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VOL. XCI. No. 12 


NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1928 


72 PAGES 



MAE WEST STRUTS HER STUFF 




IIL'IS 
MAE mi OVER 



Variety Get» Many Loads 
of Continual Scrap Be- 
tween Linders and West 
Factions of 'Diamond Lil' 
—All Pirincipals Anxious 
to Talk and Do Despite 
Advice From Advisors to 
Lay Off — Miss West 
Went to Jail Developing 
Style 

MAE»S FIVE LOVERS 



Cuddle Rides Popular 



Cuddle rides are outdistanc- 
ing the dip thrillerA as mag- 
nets in amusement parks this 
season, according to early re- 
ports. 

Young America is scorning 
the dips and loops for the 
milder and dark rides. . 



F. N. ABANDONS MOLLY 
TO OWN WEIGHT nCHT 



"Anyone could, tell I wrote 'Dla- 
hiond Lil,' said Mae West, in ex- 
pressing her version of the Jack 
and Mark Under charges that Mae 
is trying to cop all credit. 

"'Diamond UV has all my stuff 
in it,"'' continued Mae. "I only go 
into a play where I. can be myself 
and strut my stuff. I know how I 
want to walk and talk, show off my 
figure and looks« 

"I can bring one man after an- 
other into a play to revolve around 
me and no" one else can. I have five 
men in love with me in 'Diamond 
Lil' and most authors can't keep 
up one love interest^" said the star 
of the season's $17,000 weekly freak 
riot at the Royale, New York. 

Mae had her say following the 
Lind(?rs, over the fights and ru- 
mors of fight over the authorship 
and maniigemcnt of "Diamond Lil." 
These matters have been printed 
and they precipitated the verbal 
showdown when . Variety said 
Mae was throwing out the Linders 
in flocks from her dressing room, 
meanwhile trying to ease in on the 
show that Mark Linder claimed to 
have written. 

When the Linders were asked as 
to the truth of these reports they 
decided to bi'oadcast their stor>'. 

"Yes," said Jack Linder, "it is all 
the truth. Mae West is trying to 
grab the .show that my brother 
wrote and we have all the facts 
necessary to prove that he wrote 
it." 

Jack said that heretofore Mark 
had been willing to sit back, keep 
the peace and the royalties and let 
Mae get away with everything. But 
(Continued on page 3) 



BROOKS 



COSTUMES 



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Los Angeles, July 3. 
Molly O'Day is still under con- 
tract to First National, but is not 
drawing pay arid cannot do so until 
she gets rid of that extra weight. 

F. N. engaged a reducing cJipert 
as a companion for Miss O'Day and 
sent her away to lose the surplus. 
However, after three weeks, there 
was not much difference and she 
was withdrawn from a picture held 
for her. Miss O'Day went away 
again and came back, and was once 
more too plump. 

After that the studio heads told 
the young lady her weight must fall 
away, and fast, at her expense as no 
more salary would be forthcoming 
until she tipped the scales at the 
desired figure. 

Outside of weight thing, Miss 
O'Day is considered one of the best 
bets to have appeared on the screen 
in the past three years. 



No Columbia Course; 
^ Practical Men First 



Efforts to launch a School of 
Motion Picture Technology at Co- 
lumbia University, having met with 
failurei have been abandoned by the 
Hays office and the Columbia Uni- 
versity faculty. 

Queries were sent out by the Hays 
ofnce to executives in every branch 
of the business for the purpose of 
ascertaining if there was any need 
for college camera men, script writ- 
ters, directors and so on. It Is re- 
ported the majority of the replies 
indicated that picture men are not 
interested in college men of any 
type, preferring to use people who 
come to notice through actual work 
in the studios. 



Opera Dancer 3 Years Late 

Ellin Dalorsey, soprano, with the 
"Metropolitan Opefar 
dally practice to master the 
Charleston for the coming opera 
season which will witness the staid 
Metropolitan as sponsor of a "Jazz 
opera." 

The Charleston went out of vogue 
nearly three years ago and the 
black bottom. Its succes.sor, has also 
been laid to rest. 



2 CLASS STOCK COS. 
CONFUSING STAMFORD 



Stamford, July 3. 
Stamfor^ now has two stock com- 
panies beginning. The town Is In 
an uproar trying to straighten out 
who are the patrons, guarantors, 
patronesses and , underwriters, and 
not to subscribe to the'same group 
twice, 

Beatrice Maude's Actors' Play- 
shop group has been playing in 
Stftnford three weeks. Ruth Putnam 

Mason's Players, driven from New 
Canaan by classy but scanty audi- 
ences, opened at the local Spring- 
dale theatre, g:iven up as a tryout 
house after a few months of un- 
satisfactory bookings. The Play- 
shop group, is at the Auditorium. 

Miss Maude's Players gave "The 
Barker," with Mary Kennedy and 
Paul Huber and a good production 
last week to poor returns. "Cradle 
Snatchers," with Theresa Maxwell 
Conover, current. Gavin Muir Is di- 
recting the productions. The group 
carries a weekly overhead of $1,200 
and the directors admit In seeking 
assistance that they have more in- 
terest than cash. 

Miss Mason's Players split the 
week with Norwalk and Springdale. 
"Stella Dallas," with Edna Archer 
Crawford, is current. Edward Eisner 
is directing. This ^company is not 
as heavy to run, but it is not as well 
done as the Playshpp group. Miss 
Mason has the Regent, Norwalk, the 
first half on a 60-40 basis, with her- 
self, on the lower side. She has 
underwritten the Norwalk engage- 
ment for some weeks with some 
Norwalk business interests. 



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N. Y. State Police Drama 

H. H. Van 'Loan, the playwright. 
Is writing a melodrama called "The 
State Trooper" in collaboration with 
Crane Wilbur. 

Van Loan spent three weeks with 
Troop G of the New York State 
troopers at their barracks near Troy. 
He chose the New York state police 
because their ■uniforms are pic- 
turesque. 



Tabbing Candidates 

Two Movietone trucks have been 
assigned to follow Hoover and 
Smith around the country,, record- 
ing each speech as and when made. 

The public will be able to com- 
pare the remarks made by the can- 
didates when flashed on the screen 
in close order. 



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Another Bug Country 

Sydney, June 3. 
Freak dancing is all the , rage in 
Australia at present. Limit to the 
craze was reached when a young 
follow danced from Beelong to Mel- 
bourne, 50 miles, without a stop. 



New York 

Boston 



Philadelphia 
Palm Beach 



Washington 
Newport 



Meyer Davis Section Pages 51 to 66 



VARIETY'S LONDON OPyiCE 
8 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square 



FOR EI G N 



CABLE ADDRESS, VARIETY, LONDON 

7870-2096-3199 Regent Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Swaffer as It Looks 



By Hannen Swaffer 



; L/ojidon, June 22, ■ 

.1 witiH ftll the stvecvs in "Vanety'' about my use of_^my -word "I" could 
Btop. ,1 desire It to be known that 1 really mcan:''I."° "I" is the shortest 
word in the langudpe. It moans" me— that' is« it }s exactly what it looks 
Ukie, ari indepGhderit thing that stands up straight and wants -no explana- 
tion.- ■ ■' • ■ ■■ ■ • 

The Wec(kness of the "We" 

The editorial "w^^' either means some silly old. fool with moth-eaten, 
whisker^ pasting oh something he has cut from another' paper, an 
anOnynipuis nonentity not allowed to disclose hiniself, or else.lt is the 
proprietor who, just hecause he has bought some shares in. a paper some- 
body; else made, hires some hack to. do his spelling, for him. 

There, iis no "by arrangement with" with nie, or "by kind permission 
of." ' I lea Ve that for theatrical programs. 1 shoiild be "in spite. of, " just 
the sartie as Barrie, when seeing on one of hi.s posters, "and So-and-So" 
at;the end, said: • :"Shouldh't'lt be 'but SO-and-So:?'.'- : 

' • Call Me I and Betty Martin 

When I Say "I" I mean that I" thiiik t aiid have , the pour^ge to say isp. 

I do hot mean '\the present Avi-iter,'' "because, although I am a. writer, 
1 never accept a present. -J am never ' elusive; anonymous, ashamed, or 
hid'den,' but a guy who 'standis up' and. lets 'anybody throw anything he 
lik6s and be damrifcd" to him. 

People who do hot. use the. word "I" are afraid of themselves. As they 
have no opinions; they shelter their lack of them behind fake bashfulness, 
They dp 'riot' sign:their names because they have nothing to ;say:.atid thoy. 
haVe nothirtg to say bticiu.'ie they have hPthing to think. 

Vyho Is Neal O'H^ra? > 

jiow, please stop; all these questions in "Variety" as to who I am. ; 

T see - there is some liew fool asking- this we^k, someo.ne called Neal 
O'Hara. ' ■ ■ i . ^ . _ 

If' Neal O'Hai-a, !\vhom..you say works for, the New - York "Evening 
World," asks iCarl. Kitchen, of the- same firnr,;-who I ajn, Karl will t^ll; 
him straight away. If he ask-s*" Jack O'Hara Cosgrave, -who used to run 
the: -'Sunday World/' he will tell him, hecause, so far back, asi 1912, the 
"Sunday : World" gave me the jCi-ont^page of its Metropplitan •supplement, 
and merely put across the wiiole page; ' ; ' ' ' \' ' 

.'"Mr. SwaTfef- of London. • ; ■ = ^ ^ " 

His Epigrams." ■ . ■ ' • ! • ■ 

I thought that had fixed it in Park Row forever, but, apparently, Neal 
O'Hara has not been in Park Row very /long. • iPeTlmps, he., =d6es not-rOT 
member. Doc Perry's; as I do. . I have got' sousedrini thiece several times, . 
Jn my unregeherat'e.'.days. " ; , • : i ' ■ : 

.1 wonder if he ever kniew Old Itlari Pulitzer,- or lice. White,, or Spurgeon, 
who went to Philadelphia;. br-rrcoUld write a: column about my memr»rles 

of the "World" building. 

I Try and Earn, Some Salary 

I do not want to write any mo're about myself because it is top ea;sy. 
Cosides, I aUVays ,feei I am not earning :"Varieity's" salary when I am 
not, saying ' how. marvelous son^e aictor is, or l^ow, sweet JaKe- Shubert. 
has grown since he 'topk to Science. Perhaps it will please somebody, if 
I say that Gertrude Lawrence has become, mo're beautiful than ev<?r, 
that Beatrice Llllie'S husband is to be'm'ade a duke, and that John Barry- 
nioi e's Hamiet ought to be made intp a, town. ^ 

It will please Nellie Revell to know ' that I have a beautiful. TVew, cat 
called Peter, whom we first thought wa6 a girl, until we found h.im hang- 
ing round a stag6 door one night; . . • ; ■ . " ■ 
i -. Who Wants. Any Pjuffs Written.? , 

Perhaps- it. will please ''Variety" to' know that I am thinking of writing 
another ad for Sophie 'Tucker. Perhap$ it- will annoy "Variety*' ; to know 
that articles by ; me. appeai-ed iii; seven London papers this week, and 
that foui' other papers published cartocftns of me, -while an a;dvertisfemeht 
of one of my articles appeared in the , last issues of 112 different pub- 
lications; ". y- . . t .■ ■'. ' 

1 just mention this fact, not'only to make ail my enemies angrier 
than, ever, but also because I am a vain, swollenheaded guy -who gloats 
In his . bombast, Vho' b'allyhoos ainiost Hke Charlie Cochran, and who 
tries to steal Morris G'est's druni. • " ' [ . ■ ^ 

I wonder if. the United States; realizes that both the Prince of Wales 
and I went to Ascot this week) dnd that the. King and I sat o'n the same 
side of the course. 

When I realize that "Variety" will, pay me for Writirlg- this, It makes 
me roar with laughter. . . , 

I Cut My Hair This Week 

I wonder if Indianapolis knows that a boy whistled "Get your, hair 
cut" to me last Wednesday^ when i had only just come out of a barber's 
shop. If he had seen rhc before I wenfih, he would have sung' "Mother 
Bids Me Bind My Hair." 

A cissy chorus boy stared at me, this morning, outside St; Piaul'S 
Cathedral, and, such is my faime, that an actor came up to me at Ascot, 
yesterday, and asked me for a tip! , He little knew that I am the worst 
judge of horses in -the world. There is no point' to this storyi because 
the hp'rse finished next to last. 

No, if you want people to talk about you, you have got to have a 
nerve. ' i . ' . '. • ' 

."Look On . This Picture— and On That" 

"T. P.'s -Weekiy" hired Joseph Simpson, R. B. A. to do a sketch of 
nie, last week, but, unfortunately, Joe hadn't seen me for several years, 
and he drew me frPm his memory of . my drinking' days. We sent it 
back: that Is, I did". Joe thftli: c&m^ new saint- 

like formi which he duly immortalized. The tWo dra^fings, ^Ide by 
side, in tiie same frame, will shortly /hang In my study as : a proof of 
what writing for "Variety" c3.n! do to* a refot'nied boPze-'flght^i:'. 
This reminds me that poor Dennig Eadie died the same week that 
all the a,dvertiseniehts- of a famous qiijack medicine acftlalmed Jils testi- 
mony to the efficacy of that highly- boomed remedy. 

I Write to Plesise Oihkosh :V 

All this goe.s to show that nothing has happened In the theatres this 
.Week-r-except me. . ' .' 

T have written tliis article just' to' please the small towns of Oshkosh, 
Kalamazoo and Syracuse, Where the Shuberts once grew roses round 
the door. . 




Critics Really Kill a Play 

The , critics have been exposed again, this time by Leon M. Lion, 
who, . four days after. "The Man They Buried" -was produced at the 
Ambassadors, anno'unced the withdrawal of the play because, "Owing 
to the violent opposition of .some of the critics, the public has been 
frightened away." 

Altho'ugU I thought the play a fine piece of work, it was about cancer, 
and, ill these days of theatrical depression, "The Mdn 'Th'ey Buriied" 
la not: the sort of title that would attract. I stood outside the Ambas- 
sadoi's last night. No one •vyas going into It, and no one was going 
^n"1i^6yt=^tlTrotr^ht;rc=they--we^e==playihg^^^ 



Russell Janhey's Show May Fail 

I fear for ."Marjolaine." I sat in the Gaiety stalls on the first night, 
and there seemed a gldom round the house. It was rather pitiful to see 
Oscar Asche trying to put over very poor lines, and, in spite of the 
fine singing of Ethel Cook, sister of Dame Clara Butt, who •was In a 
box, and Lilian Davies, it seemed old-fashioned, which, of course, it 
was supposed to be. I liked it, but' I doubt if London will, 

"We are putting some more humor in," said, Russell Janney, the 
next day. i3ut even then 



GEORGIE WOOD 

. The easiest way of keeping In 
touch -with my American friends is 
through the medium of 'IVARIETY'! 
—and the cheapest. My love to you 
aJI. . My address is 17, Tring Ave- 
nue, Ealing, London, Eng. I must 
tell you Sophie' Tucker (of course, 
with Ted Shapiro) is more popvla<r. 
and a bigger success than ever in 
London. Yours,- 

"WEE" GEORGIE. 



3 London Openings 



London, July 3. 

''Spread^ Eagle," radica:i anti-cap- 
italist play ^bne'olrlginaliy iii New 
York by Jed Harris,, opened at the 
Nfi'vy theatre .and was •well received, 
due to the strong dramatic situa- 
tions. Fritz. Williams .came over 
from America to play the financier, 
Olive Blakeh^y as the consumptlye 
widow and Ben Weldon as/.he Mex- 
ican general got. high praise. 

Play may have a mpderp-te run if 
surviving the dog, .days, 

"Plunder/' opening at the Aldwyeh. 
is ratl^er ' old fashloiied but looks 
set for a gopd run. It was pro- 
duced years ago In New York. If 
clicking it will be the sixth success- 
ful farce comedy at the Aldwych. 

;At. the Lyric last night "My Lady's 
Mill" seemed destined for speedy 
oblivion. Adapted from a novel by 
Eden Phllpptts, it is a strenuous 
effort to dujplicate the style^and 
deductively the siiccess^of "The 
Farmer's Wife" and "Yellow Sands." 

Belief la that lightning doesn't 
strike three times In the same city. 



THOMAS AT COVENT GAEDEN 

Liohdoh, July 3. 
John Charles . Thomas, American 
tenor, has been engaged as prin- 
cipal tenor for the . coming seaison 
at 'CPvent Garden. 



Newport 



Dancers Going to Riviera 

Paris,, July 3. 

The danseuse Peggy, formerly of 
Cortez and Peggy, with her new 
partner, Sedano, is listed for the 
inauguration of the Palais de la 
Mediteranee, the hew casino ,at 
Nice, being .built by Frank J. Gould. 

Iti is eixpected t6 open by New 
Year's. ' 



London, July 3. 
Peggy, formerly of Cortez and 
Peggy, -and Sedano,. late of Brown 
and Sedano, are dancing at t^e 
Mayfair Hotel under a four weeks' 
engagement. . . . 



SAILINGS 

July 16 <Ne^w 'Jfprk. to.. London) 
Mr. a:nd Mrs. liick Henderson (Ber^ 
engaria)w -■' '' 

July 9 (New York to London) Six 
English Tivbli Girls, including Daisy 
Sheldon (A^quitanla). ^ 

Jijly 5 (New York to London) 
Amac (Belgenland). 

July 5 (San Francisco to Sydney) 
Torino (Sierra,), 

July 4 (New York to London) Mr. 
and Mrs. Ed Davldow (Leviathan), 

June 30 (London to New York) 
Jake Shubert (Aquitanla). 

June 30 (New York to London) 
Victor Morley (Maureitania). 

June 30 (New York to Paris) 
Margalo (iillmore, Mrs. Frank Giil- 
=fff<3r5=-(-M£curetanla)T 



June 29 (New York to London) 
Marlpn Harriss and children, J. 
Rossel Robinson, Rush Hughes 
(Olympic). 

June 29 (New York to Paris) Mrs. 
Edgar Leslie (He de France). 
, June 28 (London to New York) 
Amelia Enirhart, Wilmer Stutz, Lou 
(;..n!fin, A. J. Clark© (President 
Roosevelt), 



Newport, July 2. 
Hearty support, through ■advance 
booking, has been accorded thp sec- 
ond .season of plays at the Newport 
Casino. Last yeajP, by way of ex-, 
periment, the long-neglected theatre 
•was reopened for a season of six 
weeks of repertoire. . Tills suntimer, 
starting July 10, eight weeks have 
been scheduled, •with' a change of 
bin each Tuesda,y. 

Players heed have ho fears about 
their salaries belhig paid, nor of any 
cutq. beJn& suggested, a^ the head of 
the operating company Iq William. 
H.. Viandef bllt, and the board of di- 
rectors ..includes' other multi-mll- 
llonalrfes: Oliver Gould Jennings, 
Arthur Curtlss jameig, James Ste-w- 
art ■ Cushman and the estate of 
MoSes Taylor, former pi-iesldent,, W,ho 
died recently, leaving $30,000,000. 

Last summer the c£ist was fre- 
quently entertained by Mr. and Mrs. 
Taylor at one of the finest ', prpp- 
ertlea in Newport.. This sieason they 
will,: be feted b Jr yoiing , Mr. Vander- 

bllt, who Inherited Oakland Farm 
from his father, the late Alfred Q. 
Vanderbilt, lost ori'the "Lusltanla." 

Oliver ; Gould JehnihgS' is of a 
f anally of nillHonalres,. and his sis- 
tefs, Mrs. Hugh. D. Auchlnclosis and'' 
Mrs. Walter B,- JTames, have New- 
port pi"operties. Arthur C«i(|^lss 
Jamea: has enbrniotis wealth, ia rhan- 
slori in New Vork; pailace at New- 
port/ fthd one of the finest yachts 
afioat. - James Stewart Cushman's 
Newport; estate joins- that of Mr. 
Jahaes. .He Is head of the Alierton 
House systeni of -New; York and 
Chicago, As these directors have 
Wives who a,re noted hostesses, the 
players w^Ill be taken up and made 
much of. . , 

Ina. Claire's Care«r . 
Ina Claire, who- Is to appear In her' 
former sucpess, "The Last of Mrs. 
Cheyney," and also in "The Swan," 
was : originally named Fagan; and 
halls from Washington, D. C. Edu- 
cated In a convent, she wais a head- 
liner In vaudeville, as far back as 
1907, .her kid imitations then mia^ihg 
a hit. Pour years later she was 
with Richard (iarle in "Jumping 
Jupiter," along •with Jeanne Eagels. 
Later she was featured In "The 
Quaker Girl," and then made a Lon- 
don sensation In "The Girl From 
Utah" and "The Belle of Bond 
Street." She was ; In ."The Follies" 
of 1915 and 1916, and her imitation 
of Franceis Starr as "Marie-Odeille" 
led to. her being featured by David 
Belasco In "Polly With a Past" and 
starred by him In "The Gold- 
Dlggers." 

.Grace George 

Grace George, who revl^ves' her 
former vehicles, "She Had to Know" 
and "Captain Brassbpund's Conver- 
sion," Is said -to have been born 
Daugherty, and, like Miss Claire, 
is convent-bred. A native New 
Yorker, she was one of the school- 
girls In "The New Boy," with James 
f . Powers In 1894. At the Manhat- 
tan theatre, then Jointly managed 
by William A. Brady and Florenz 
Ziegfeld, she app^eared In French 
farces, "The Turtle" and "Mile. 
FIfl," starring there In 1900 In "Her 
Majesty," In 1907 she playe^ "Di- 
.vorcons". In Ne'W.York and In Lon- 
don.'- Mia.rrylhg Mr. Brady, she is 
stepmother of . Alice Brady and 
mother of William A. Brady, Jr. 

Rollo Peters 
. Rollo Peters, who Is to act in 
"Peter Ibbetsbn," Is sufficiently 
charming and cultured to meet the 
social stahdards set by the omnl-^ 
priesent LllUan Ba,rrett, executi've 
secretory and seeming. Pooh -Bih of 
the Casino company. Born In Paris, 
son of . Charles Rollo Peters, the 
California artist, and grandson of 
Charles Rollo Petiers, the San Fran- 
Cisco, theatre-builder, he attended 
art schools In England, France and 
Germany., (valuing recognition as a 
portrait painter and scenic artist, 
he designed sets and. costumes for 
the Washington Square Players, 
and flrst^ acted In 1918, In "Salome," 
at the Comedy theatre. In 1923 he 
beca.me leading man with . Jane 
Cowl, and was with her In "Romeo 
and-JuHet5i-and-=^T-ellefis-^vand-Me- 
llsande." Recently he was In the 
ail-star revival of "Diplomacy." 

Helen Ware 
Helen Ware returns to Newport 
for a second season, having made a 
most favorable impression last sum- 
mer. . She stars In "The Torch- 
Bearers.'* Hailing from San Fran- 
cisco Miss Ware was , born 
Remer. Educated In New York, she 



bfecome a governess. In 1899 she 
"walked on" In "The Little Minis, 
ter," with Maude Adams. In i9oi 
she understudied Blanche Bates In 
"Under Tiyo Flags." Six yoar.s later 
Miss ^are was leading lady with 
Arnold paly in repertoire. Since' 
then she has given many, fine per4 
formances on Broadway, . ' 

Her husband, Frederick Burt, ex-^ 
cellent actor and, director, stages,: 
the Casino productions, Livingston 
Piatt being teclinJcal director, 

Selena Royale is a daughter /pf 
Edwin Milton Royle, former actor, 
and Selena Fetter, former aotreas, 
Air. Rpyie has written many plays, 
inPludlhg "The Squaw-Man," 

France Bendtsen (whose name ia 
generally misspelled) v acted for 
years with Robert B. Mantell and 
E. H. Sothern In classic repertoire. 
He •v^'•as in Lillian Barrett's play for 
Mrs. Fiske some seasons ago, "Thei 
pice of the Gods." 

. Philip , Tonge, Maria . Ourspens- . 
kaya (another spelling name), Rose 
Hobart, Alfred Heather. Walter 
Kingsford and Gharleis Cfoker-KIng 
are also of the company. 
. « Basil Rathbone 
Basil Rathbone is to appear In 
"The' Admirable Crlchton" and "The - 
Grand . Duchess y and the Waiter." 
Born.ln Johannesburg, South Africa, 
he was for a time •with an insurance, 
company, and first acted In England 
In, 1911,. a year later coming to 
America with Sir Frank Benson's- 
company In classic repertoire. Dyr- . 
ing the war he . was a lieutenant. 
In 1922 he returned to New York, 
Opposite Doris Keane. . In "The, 
Czarina." After divorced by Ethel 
Forman, he married Oulda Bergere, '■ 
who had : divorced .George Fitzmau- 
rlce, the movie director. Miss Ber- 
gere once ran > casting agency and 
later •wrote scenarios. 

Violet. Kenible Cooper 
Violet Kemble Cooper, who plays 
opposite Mr. Rathbone, comes to the 
Newport Casino , not only with a 
reputation as a talented actres.% but 
with a family tree more Impressive 
than that of many fashionable mil- 
lionairesses. A Bister of Lillian, 
Greta and. Anthony Kemble Cooper, 
all of the th'eatrOi she lis a daughter 
of the late; Frank ' Kemble Cooper, • 
granddaughter of Thomas Clifford . 
Cooper, who married Agnes Kemble, 
great-granddaughter of Henry 
Stephen. Kemble,. great -great- 
granddaughter of Stpphen Kemble, 
and a great-greai-great-grand- 
daiughter. of Roger Kemble, all of 
"wrhom were actors. 

Roger Kemble was born In 1721, 
when these United States were. 
British colonies! One of Miss 
Cooper's ancestresses was Sarah 
Slddons, perhaps the most famous 
actress In the annals of the theatre. 
Violet Is a niece of H. Cooper Cliffe,. 
the actor who Is known In thl« 
country. 



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10- Week Season 

A season of ten weeks has been 
arranged at. the Casino for 20 mem- 
bers of the Boston, Symphony Or- 
chestra, . starting July 2. Shifter 
Howard, who owns a Newport cot- 
tage,' was Instrumental In bringing 
the musicians. After working on a 
comic opera, "Yankee Doodle," for 
almost a generation^ Mr. Howard 
finally had the piece tried out. It 
got as far as Providence and Bos- 
ton, Hansford Wilson was in it. 



Amac's Foreign Dates '.. 

Amac, the illusionist, sails from 
New York July 5 to open at the 
Alhambra^ London, July 16, 

Following the British dates, Amac 
is due at the Scala theatre, Berlin- 



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Hudgins in Berlin 

London, July ,3 
Johnny Hudgins and Sam Wedd- 
ing's band are filling an Indefinite 
engagement at the Ufa Palace, 
Berlin. 

Hudgins, has been appearing at 
the Kit Cat Club in London. 



Cecil's Third Return 

London, July 3.. 

On her third return to the Troca- 
dero restaurant, Cecil Cunningham 
scored exceptionally well. 

She opened last night (Monday). 



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HENRY CARSON AGCY. 

International Variety, Picture PlnjeW 
and Tlieatriclil RcprcMentntlvcH 

78, Avenue des Champs Elysees 

PARIS 

Cabl'es: Booking, rnrlu 
Phone: Elysee 09-19 
"Good actft alwaj-N needed" 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



FORE I G N 



VARIETY 



Sayag Displays Further Bias and 
Unfairness Toward Americans 



. Paris, . July 3. 

When Variety's story- of Edmund 
gayag's unfair treatment of Amer- 
ican artists, printed. June 20, was 
seen by that Impresario, h© became 
*hraged, going' backstage at the Am- 
ibassadeurs and canceling an addi- 
tional two. weeks he ha;d given the 
American chorus. 
• Sayag canvased every member of 
his company peevishly demanding 
lo know hovr Variety had learned 
of the treatment he has been giving 
American performers. 

Sayag is evidently under the Im- 
i)ression that his high-handed busi- 
ness methods are a secret. He 
flhally made up his mind that Fred 
Wariiig waS responsible and that 
started ,anotlier row with the War- 
ing band whose engagement at the 
Ambassiadeiirs has been very un- 
happy. . 

Still another cause of strained 
feeling was the firing of Edith Mar- 
tin, American chorus girl, ' who 
slapped stage manager Dorchamp 
when lie arbitrarily assessed^ her 100 
francs for being late, Shfe denied 
'she was late and states she was in 
the theatre at the time. Dorchamp 
slapped her back. The girl was 
immediately flred and fined an ad- 
ditional 100 francs for slapping 
Dorchamp. 



Marion Harris' at Kit Cat. 

London, July 3. 
Marion Harris follows Sophie 
Tucker, at the Kit Cat Club open- 
ing July 16. 
She will double in^vaudpville. 



Friends Say Hopwood 

Committed Suicide 



PariSj July 3, 
Friends of Avery Hopwood, the 
playwright, are . adva,ncing the 
theory that his death by drowning 
while swimming near Nice was sui- 
cide. ■ .'.■;■':' 

Hopwood had lately been ■writing 
pessimistic letters . to ; friends say- 
ing he was fed up ipn <i'Verylhing 
and unable to get a thrill. His 
estrangement from his mother also 
worried hiih as he previously had 
always depended upon her. 

H^opwood's. eccentricities •were 
pronounced and his impulsiveness 
well known< Discounting the sui- 
cide angle is his long standing habit 
of going bathing immediately after 
eating. At Blackpool, England,! 
whore "The, Gold Diggers" was pro- 
duced over a year ago, Hopwood 
walked into the sea after dinner 
arid with difficulty was .brotight to 
shore. 

.Otis Skihner and Dudley Field 
Malone have taken charge of the 
body of the. playwright until his 
mother cah .be located. , . 



THOMAS VAUGHAN BEAD 

London, July 3. 
Thomas , Vaughan, 58, London 
representative for Gilbert Miller, 
Gladys Cooper and Gerald DuMaix- 
rier, died June 27. 



Just a Piano Player 

Just a piano player, and col- 
ored at that, got his pay, $10 
at a farewell party In the gov- 
ernor's room of the Hotel Penn- 
sylvania, New York, , Friday 
night. That $10 was all he did 
get, notwithstanding the pian- 
ist, Donald Hayward, saved the 
millionaire; a Mr, Davenport, 
$1,000.,. , 

When the party ended in the 
hotel's largest, room, the host 
gave this piano player what 
both thought 'was a $10 bill. 
As he was waiting for the ele- 
vator in the hall, Donald 
thought he would see if the bill 
looked on the level. When he 
sa-yr the figures, 1,000, the boy 
nearly turned white. 
■ Returning to the room ho 
sought Davenport, explained, 
arid handed him the $1,000 cer- 
tificate that its owner would 
never have known about Since 
he .was to sail the same night, ' 
with that big boy but one Pf 
his . roll. ' . 

Taking the $1,000, the host 
gave tlte, boy his correct change 
for . the evening, $10, remarkT 
ing something about liow care- 
less hie was. 

The kid' never gayie it an- 
other" thought until mention-- 
ing the circumstances the fol- 
lowing day to Bill Pierce, who. 
had gotten him the one-night 
.'job; ^ ^" 



ROTITE "ABIE" FOR YEAR 

.'' London, July 3. .;" 
; Clayton and Waller have routed 
"Abie's Irish Rose" for a solid year 
starting July 13 in Portsmouth. The 
show was not a London success. 
Joe Greenwald will be featured. 



Mae West Tells Everything 



( Contirtued from page 1 ) 
when Mark was consulted he went 
into a rage. 

"No it is not royalties that count 
but lirinciple. I will not let her get 
away with all the glory and not 
leave me even the little bit of credit 
that I have asked. I will tell you 
all the truth, show you all the 
proofs so that you can print e'very- 
thing and anything about it,'' he 
said. 

; "i wrote a one. act playlet called 
"The Frame Up" In 1915, a story of 
Chatham Square, Niew York, of 30 
years agoi . It was played all over 
the country , in a burlesque show 
called "The Passing Review" in 
1921. Sometime later some one of- 
fered to buy 'my playlet for .a mo- 
tion picture but I thought then in- 
stead of selling it I would make It 
Into a . three act play." 

At this point Mark called a man 
Into the. office who had been with 
him in Chicago when he decided to 
elaborate his act into a play. Then 
he continued. 

"I wrote a play called Chatham 
Square and at different times was 
going to have Brandell, Millet Lewis 
and Lew Cantor produce it. Finally 
when I was going to get Florence 
Nash to play the lead, Robert Sterl- 
ing, a friend of mine, met James 
Timoney and made an appointment 
through him to have Mae West see 
me about the part. 
^ . J'She said Jf she jC50.uld re write jjie 
play so the role would suit her, sh6 
would do it. I let her do it as long 
as 1 got half the royalties. 

"Then we organized Chatham 
Square, Inc., to produce the play 
but she insisted that the play be 
named 'Diamond Lil' in order to 
push hie out and I had to agree bh 
'Suggested by Mark Linder,' . In- 
stead of co-outhorship. But with 
all due r-espect to Miss West for 
writing 'Diamond Lil* M^irk Linder 
wrote Chatham Square, from which 
it was taken." 

"Mae West is not oven a member 
of the corporation," said Jack. "I 
hired her and have her contr.act, I 
have the personal contract with the 
Chanins and Shuberts for the the- 
atre and I own. the play. 

These are the Lindcrs' facts. 
Mae West's Facts 

Mac West had entirely different 
ones wlicn confronted with their 
statemeuts ln^her=drcssing^room at= 
the Royolo. 

"Mark Lindor did not write a line 
of 'Diamond Lil' said Mi.sa West. 
"To prove it I'll bring him In here 
and a.sk him." Mark Linder ap- 
peared. "Did you write one line of 
the dialog of 'Diamond Lir "? asked 
Mae. "No, no dialog. I said you 
rewrote tiie play," Mark replied. 



"Is there a situation in 'Diamond 
Lil' that was in your play ?'- shouted 
Mae. 

"Atmosphere and locale, atmos- 
phere and locale,'' yelled back Mark,. 
'*It is all mine." 

"AtriQosphere . . and locale! You 
can't copyright atmosphere- and lo- 
cale. There are any. number of 
Bowery sketches with that same, at- 
mosphere. I own the copywright to 
'Diamond: Lil' and I wrote every line 
of it. There isn't a name in 'Dia- 
mond Lir that was in your play 
except' that Of Chick Clarke and I 
think I'll take that out. There isn't 
a situation or anything else left of 
your play," retorted Mae. 

"I am not here to be cross ex- 
amined," Mark exploded. 

"I told this reporter the truth and 
that's what I want printed. I won't 
stay here to be insUlted," he added. 

Timondy's Suggestion 

At this juncture James .Timoney 
interrupted to say that everything 
should, be kept quiet and out of 
'print. 

But Mae Went on, 

"Did you hire a single actor for 
this play?" 

"Yes, the singing waiters, Jojo ahd 
all of them," cried Mark. 

Here .Jojo was brought in to say 
that Miss West had engaged him. 

"You can take all my credit; you 
can say anything you want but I 
will hot stay here to be insulted," 
said.:. Marie, and took .his departure. 

Then Mae went on. with her story. 

"When the Linders gave me. 
'Chatham Square' to rewrite I was 
going to go to Cleveland -with 'Sex.' 
i couldn't do anything with their 
play and kept it for a long time. 
Ma,rk kept calling up all the time 
and I kept puttiriig him off. 

"Fipally my mother says, 'Mae, 
why don't you do something with 
that play thej^ are bothering yoii 
with?' I said, 'I ca,n't use it but 
I'll write a play of my own . about 
thij Bowery.' 

"So I wrote 'Diamond Lil.' I 
brought it to the Linders and said, 
'here, I wrote a play, but , I can't 
use yours.' 

"Jack wanted to produce it but 
wanted Mark's name on it as Mark 
had gone ail around telling every- 
one tliat I was rewriting his play. 
I thought, 'all right, I'll give him a 
break; if he had riot brought his 
=play" ta me r mi gh t-^be 4n-©levelan d-.^^ 
1 am always goot natured. All right, 
Mark was goin.? to give me half the 
royalties of 'Chatham Square' so I'll 
give him half the royalties of 'Dia- 
mond Lil,' i said to Jack. 

"And that was how things were 
arranged. He has half the royal- 
ties of my play and I have half the 
royalties of 'Chatham Square,' which 



is a.nother play entirely, and as yet 
has never been produced. 

/"The Linders got a break when 
they got hooked up with me. I am 
the one who brings people to this 
theatre. Tlie atmosphere and locale : 
they yell about have nothing to do 
v/ith it; I was all ready to change 
the locale from the Bowery, to the 
Barbary Coast if the public didn't 
like- tiie Bowery after we opened, 
and. now Mark Linder has grabbed 
off . my - Barbary Coast Idea and is 
writing a play about It. 

Passea kept Out Swells 

•"The Linders have hever been 
producers and don't know anything 
about showmanship. They got a 
break in me and want to cling to 
me. I have had the riiost terrible 
time with them. 

"It is considered the swanky thing 
to do to come to See me but the 
.society crowds that I draw could 
hardly get in the theatre because 
the Linders were •writing out so 
many passes for their friends. 
had to put a stop to that and to 
everything else. 

' "Do yoU suppose If Mark Linder 
had written 'Dianiond LlI' he would 
have given in to me? I should say 
not. Tomorrow 'atmosphere and 
locale suggested by Mark Linder' 
will go on the program. I will stop 
all this talk because I -wrote 'Dia- 
mond iiil' and I guess I know that 
I have a certain style of writing a 
play around myself. I went to jail 
developing that style of 'writing, 
didn't I?" 

As for the Linders' assertion that 
they paid for her meals and board, 
Mae said that when she first walked 
into. . their office ^ she had . $20,000 
worth of bracelets on her arms. 
''The Linders just want to stick 
their names on everything because 
they never got such a break before 
and after 1 get rid of them they'll 
never do another good thing. 
"They don't know what it is all 
about afl you can see from that talk 
of atmosphere and locale being the 
riiain thing in a play." 

And thus Mae ended her tale. 
. Jack Linder is a vaudeville agent. 
His brother, Mark, la an actor. 

James Timoney is an attorney and 
business representative for Miss 
West. They are believed to be 
equally sharing in this shOw as both 
did with Miss West's "Sex" play, 
which got her into jail as she men- 
tioned. 

Tommy Guinah's "10% 
Tommy Guinan tuned in on the 
West-Linder controversy as holder 
of 10 per cent, interest in "Diamond 
-LH:^==Tommy^=ha^ =been-^=ln-=on==thc=: 
.show for sometime but kept it dark 
until now. 

Other stockholders are said to be 
Charles Linder, M. Beauchalls, 
Ilobert Sterling and Frank Belmont, 
Tommy Guinan stepped in Sat- 
urday as an ambassador of peace 
and will renriain on the ground to 
roferee any further contests. 



Chatter in Paris 



Paris, Jiine -2. 
'Tls terrace timo in Pari.s, and 
how. 

Nightly the restaurants having 
tables and chairs on the siilowalk 
are besieged.by not only thivnatives. 
but all of the foreign pcipulaoo as 
well. Dinner is served in tixe cool 
eyeriing breezes, and those who care 
to, remain for coffee and cordials 
uritil Well on in the. night. 

Each year as the time arrives for 
this, outdoor sport so does a fiock 
of sidewalk pests who claim to be 
entertainers. Everything from fire- 
eaters to dramatic sopranos move 
up aind down in front of the ter- 
races trying to edge their w.a.y into 
a franCi 

There is one mug in Montparnasse 
who must have an asbestos throat. 
Each evening at about nine, the 
most popular hour, he comes around 

with a small can of gasoline and 
three or four wires with sponges 
fastened on the ends. He dips a 
sponge in the gas and asks a cus- 
todier for a light. 

The; leather . lunged hound . then 
thrusts the thing down iiis throat 
five Or six timeia before It is even- 
tually extiriguished. This goes on 
for a half houip or longer , unless he 
provokes the disgust of too many 
people and the gendarmes are sent 
for. ■ ■ • ■ 

In front of the Cafe de la Paix 
where the whole World passes by, 
comes a stoop shouldered, bewigged 
old lady who can still warble a few 
notes. If you are in a receptive 
mood and the garcon notices that 
you tender her a franc or so he will 
move over and tell you that she was 
the leading musical comedy star of 
the French capitar in her day. 

Wrestlers, men swinging chairs 
around their heads which they are 
hold^ing by their" teeth, jugglers, 
sleight of hand merchants; in fact, 
tricksters of every sort pass by just 
like they had planried the show In 
advance. They never interfere with 
each other and always give the fel- 
low in front a chance to get all of 
the tips that are coming his way. 



any such thing in half, a dozoa 
years. 



Thaw . and the Prince . 

An irony of fate took place the 
other eve in one of Paris' leading 
restaurants. Harry Thaw, who 
islipped one over on the newspaper 
men when . he sneaked back to town 
after a few days in Vienna, sat down 
at a table next to Prince Gborge 
of England, who also was tryirig to 
remain incognito. 

Thaw looked up, and when , he 
spied the handsome youth who out- 
does his brother, the Prince of Wales, 
in good looks, inquired as to who 
the handsome boy was. The head 
waiter came around^ took a look 
and walked away, the captain and 
several other attendants did like- 
wise arid when it seemed as though 
Hatry was not going to learn who 
the lad was, an American leaned 
over his shoulder and said: "Why 
that's Prince George, sent over by 
the King to see that you do not 
have a- good time here." 

Harry left the place immediately. 



Fred Almy, of Lady Michclham 
fame arid more recently known for 
his episode with the prohibltlpn en- 
forcement men . in New" York Har- 
bor when he tried to tell the cop- 
pers that the case of booze resting 
In front of his stateroom belonged 
to a couple of theatrical producers. 
Is back in town again with his man- 
nequin wife. Fred does not. relish 
any more publicity so he picked out 
the quietest and most exclusive 
hotel in town instead of going to 
his apartment. But we found him. 



Giggolo Cleanup. 
Another of the gay VlUe's secrets 
is that 71 of the giggolo, bad boy, 
glpper lads have been ruri out of 
town within, the last fortnight. 
Chief pt Police Chlappe, whose wife 
was formerly married to an Amer- 
ican and who they say inspires 
the "big cheese," Is pulling a New 
York "cleanup." He has rid the 
boulevards of the large percentage 
of female peddlers and now he has 
=.gone-^tOr.=worlton:^tha-bad boy.Sr 



Helen Ford came to town .singing 
the praises of Italy and all the rare 
old "gems" to be found tluiro. ,She 
said .she couldn't .sec Paris at all 
after the colorful country of Venice 
and thereabouts. Helen deplored the 
road .show condltion.s at home. She 
said she thought there woul'ln't be 



Pola on. Film Making . 

Poia Negri and her Prince Mdlyant 
motoried up to Paris after crossing 
on the lie de . France becavise the 
"ocean grey hound"; was so. fatiguing. 
Pola Stays tha.t the Artiericari movie 
star is a simp to make four or more; 
pictures \a year, and that but two 
.can be made, successfully. She says 
that Paramount would not. grant her 
th-2 conditions' she wanted to sign , 
another contract so. she has Ci>m- 
rl'.;<ely flni.shed with tnem and Is ne- 
gotiating with another American, 
firm and an English concern. She 
wants to ■■ make , one picture in Eu- 
rope and another in America each 
year from now on. ; . ' 



The French war picture, . "La 
Grande Epreuve," which did well In 
the. Paramount theatre here and 
recomimended by many to be the 
best cinema turned out thus far by 
iPrench talent is On Its way to Ne'vr 
York. 



The coppers here , are learning 
I<]riglish so that they can talk 'with 
us Americans during the - tourist 
season. 



Fannie Ward told the ship news 
men here upon her arrival that she 
felt "Just like a kid out of school" 
and one of them printed it, 



Soph's Revue 

London, J'uly S. 

A ; six weeks' provincial tour Is 
Sophie Tucker's, next undertaking 
after which it is expected Aridre 
Charlott will be ready to star .her 
in a re'yue in which Jack Buchanan 
w-ill bo '. financially interested. . 

Sopli has spent the past 11 weeks 
in town playing four and five daily. 



Sir Walter Divorced 

London, July 3. 

Sir Walter Gibbons, obtained .a 
divor-ce from his second wife on 
June ,29. Charge was adultery. - 

Gibbons voluntarily offered his 
wife an allowance as she Is 'without 
funds. / ' 



LESLIE FABEB IN FILH 

London, July 8. 

Leslie Faber, English stage actor, 
has been engaged by Rex Ingram 
for "Three Passions" based on a 
Cosmo Hariiliton story. 

It Is now in production as a 
United Artists picture at Nice. 



Meg Lemonnier in "Broadway" 

Paris, July 3. 
Meg Lemonnier will play Billie 
Moore in "Broadway." Wyn Is pre- 
senting it at the Theatre de la 
Madeleine in October.. 



"Marjolaine" Departing 

London, July .3. 
Afteir just two weeks, "Marjo- 
laine" has posted notice and will 
blow in another fortnight. 



INDEX 










2-3 


Pictures ......... . . . . 


. ... 4 


-26 






16 


-Film-JDIouse Reviews. 




37 


Vaudeville ........... 


....30 


-36 


New Acts 


• • > • 


38 


XBllls ■.• ••*•«•«•••••«* 


....40 


-41 


'Times Square ...... . 


....42 


-43 


Editorial . ; . . , ... .. . . . . 


» • • '* 


44 


Women's Page ,:. .... 


• « • * 


27 


Lcgitiniate . . . . ■. 


....45 


-48 


Legit Reviews , . 




46 


Music . . ..... ..... .i . 


....49 


-66 


Outdoors . . , : 




67 


. Obituary ... . 


• • • • 


67 


Correspondence ..... 


....68 


-71 . 


Letter List . . 




71 


Inside — ^Pictures . . . . . 


* * *. * 


44 






44 


Sports .......... 1 .. . 


• • r • 


42 


Talking Shorts . , . ... 


• • ■ • 


16 


Literati ,. 


• • • • 


29 


In.sldc — Legit ..... . . . 


• • • * 


44 


News of Dailies 




42 


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The Tiller Dancing Schools 

of America, Inc. 

226 West 72d Street, NEW YORK 

MART ROAD. President 
I>hone Endlcott aSlC'fi 

N«w fMfiHMR Now Formln* 



VARIETY 



P I C T U RES 



Wednesday, July 4, 19jyj 



Wide Angle Camera and Extra 
Wide Raw Film May Soon Show 
From Wm. Fox and Geo. Spoor 



It is vopdrtod. cxperimmtiil work 
on tho Fox "wiilo. anjrl^" camora is 
near coiTiplctioh. >vith. plans, being 
secretly prepared for the; shooting 
of ■ the Jii-fit Broadway . musical 
comedy production though a definite 
date has not been set yet;. 
. Through . means of this caiiiera- 
. Fox will be the only producer cap- 
able .of reproducing a, stage prodvic- 
tibn in pictyre.^ with life size, cast 
and figures nqt flattened and almost 
ail shades of coloring retained,. 

Production w'ork may be "held up^ 
temporarily pending a suit by 
. Robert Greathouse demanding $100,- 
000 and 2 per cent, of the sales, ZVi 
per cent, when road showed and 
grossing up to ?5,000, per cent, 
if grossing up to ST.OOO and 5 per 
cent, if grossing $10,000 or over. 
, The camera permits a wide. screen 
and a . triangular vision from all 
sides . of the theatre. With Fox's 
almo.st perfected cplor work iii films 
and synchronization far advanced 
the attempt at an exact reproduction 
of a stage show is neair and will 
probably be ;ahnounced suddenly.; 

Meanwhile Fox and Widescope, 
defendants In the Greathouse suit, 
are appealing to the .Appellate Di- 
vision ; from the order by Justice 
Ford calling for their exaniination 
before trial by Max Steiter so that 
the latter can gather facts sufll- 
cient to frame a complaint. 

The Megagraphv 

• Fox's special camera seems to be 
aloiig lines similar to the Mega- 
graph, a wide film oh which George 
K. Spoor, Chicago, formerly with 
Essanay, has. been working on for 
about 11 years. 

It is claimed thiat the Megagraph, 
. through which triangular vision is 
also said to . be possiblei is now per- 
fected arid that plans ?ire to use 
the film in [ production of a newsrecl 
to be" demonstrated at Keith's Hip- 
podrome, New York, Bhortly, the 
film to ,be sent out later as a nov- 
elty newst'eel feature. If applied 
for . newsreel" production' it would 
lead to a mpi'e general use of the 
"wifle film, width uncertain, but 
about. 2% Inches, 

Spoor so far is reported to ha.ve 
Invested over $3,000;000 in experi- 
menting with the film in the old 
Essanay studios, Ghieago, where a 
staff is still maintained. y - 

Fox, especially, will be in a posi- 
tion to roadshow, popular produc- 
tions on an eitrubive scale, selling 
entertainment throughout the coun-- 
try at less than half the usual road 
show prices and still grossing for 
the legit producers more than the 
toad show rights to the average 
successful production .are worth. 



Chi Film Boards' Plea Has 
Dept. of Justice in Hole 

Washington, July 3. 

Action of Chicago film boards of 
trade in pleading not guilty to the 
charges brought by the Department 
of Justice, as an aftermath of the 
picture house strike in that city, 
is looked upon here as having put 
the Dcpartment in a llele. 

Fact that coimsel for the boards 
are preparing a complete defense 
and getting set to attempt to beat 
the case for an acquittal makes the 
position of the Department just that 
much worse, it is said, 
■ Jt w£is fully expected here, includ- 
ing those of the Departnfent in 
charge of the case, that ei demurrer 
woiiia-be filed by the picture counsel 
Setting . forth that they were within 
their rights and thus leaving it up 
to a judicial decision on the various 
points of law in qiiestion. Drawing 
ot the' inforniation as filed, plus the 
fact that it was an "information" 
instead of an indictment, enhances 
the impression among those of the 
industx-y here that sortie sort of an 
agrbenient had been reached to have 
the court pass on the two or three 
important legal questions involved, 
Instead, of bringing it to a real 
issue, . . ' ■ 

Now the questioners have it that 
the boards, in fighting the case for 
an acquital, place the Department 
in the position of finding' itself 
crossed and with a case on its hands 
in which it will have considerable 
diflftculty in stopping an outright 
jury acquittal because of the lack of 
concrete material for a court fight. 

•That the boards were expected to 
seek the judicial decision was in- 
dicated by answers given a "Variety 
reporter by an official of the De- 
partment. He stated the film board 
counsel had changed its mind. 



Divorce Action Probably 
Off, but Alienation Suit On 



. Los Angeles, July 3. 

Present Indicatlonjj are that the 
divorce action oif Corabel Bern- 
etein against Arthur Bern-stein, in- 
volving. Mrs. Lillian Googan, mother 
of Jackie Cobgan^ ' will . probably 
lieveir gq to arfal. 

However, Mrs. Bernstein's $VB,000 
alienation suit again.st Mrs. C.oogan 
is expected to go to the courts and 
be bitterly contested. Despite 
many conferences by both sides, no 
settlement could b(J effected, in the 
.alienation suit; ' 



Marion Davies Beats 
$6,500 Table Cloth Suit 

; Los Angeles, July 3.. 

Superior; court Judge Hazlett, 
after three days of trial decided that 
Marlon. Da vies will not have to pay. 
$6,500 for a table cloth miade ex- 
pressly for . her by . Henri Dumont. 

■The court in its ruling declared 
the burden of the proof was on the 
plaintiff in this case and that his 
contention was not sustained. The 
court further ruled that the whole 
matter was a question" of fact mostly 
and not of law, therefore* he found 
for the defendant. 

Miss Davies had refused to accept 
the cloth and therefore said she was 
not liable. 

Robert Z. Leonard starts work 
this week making retakes and a 
new ending for "Show . Feopl^," 
starring Miss Davies. Picture was 
originally directed by King Vidor. 
Sound effects will be used in re- 
lea.se...,. 

Following completion of this pro- 
duction Miss Davies loaves for 
Europe, via New York, fpr three 
Months' ifibrbad.r " , ^--^ . ^- ~- - 



Weather Forecast 



Washington, July 3. 

In response to a request from 
Variety the 'Weather Burea;u fur- 
nished the following outlook for the 
week commencing Wednof^day for 
the country east of the Miss.is.sippi : 

Mostly fair weather except for 
afternoon. . Local . thunder showers 
Wednesday and Thursday. More 
general showers Friday or Satiir- 
:.day-^- r.^==-Sundny=^..u}i cei- ta4nT==--=^ - 

Temperature will remain' above 
normal several days. 



Meighan's Eastern Vacation 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Thomas Melghan is now en route 
to New York to sojourn the entire 
cummer at his home at Great Neck, 
Liong' Island. 



Fox^Poli D*al 

jDue For Closing 

It's expected the William Fox- 
iS. Z, Poli theatre deal will .fclqse 
during fllis week. It has been va- 
riously reported. 

Fox takes 6ve;' the Poli houses, 
about 18, all in New England. Con- 
•Slderation is not named, but if Fox 
buys, it will be around $20,000,000. 



Drs. Welcome Sound 



Developments of the "talker.s" 
and its relation to medicine 
and surgery will be a tremen- 
dous boon in the opinion of 
doctors. Physicians point out 
that the picture and lectures 
will b.e availa,ble not only to 
doctors and students of - the 
present day, but of future gen- 
erations. In the past, the only 
permanent records have been 
written ones, supplemented, In 
some cases; by still photos. 
Color photography is another 
angle. A committee appointed 
by the American Colleg* of 
Surgeons is working with the 
Eastman Kodak Cohipany, the 
Motion Picture Producers and 
Distributors, and others in de- 
veloping surgical films. It Is 
believed that all > medical 
schools will have complete filin 
libraries of standard surgical 
procedure used by the fore- 
most surgeons. 



Business Conditions Cool Off; 
Merging Talk of Theatre Chains 



Questionnaire On 
Sound Is Sent to 
150 Coast Writers 



Mary Blows Up 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Mary PIckfo.rd cut loose a storm 
on the day she returned from New 
York in protesting against the as- 
.slpnmont of Sam Taylor to direct 
"The Love Song" with William 
P.qyd and J^ipe Velez. Taylor di- 
T?^tod"^':arr ^?('St" r;i 1^''^ wit h=TVTiss 
rickford iirid she want.<^ liim for her 
next picture. 

There was a quick capitulation 
and Taylor wa.s immediately taljcn 
off fixing the continuity for "The 
Love Song" and assigned to Mi.ss 
Pickford. Both start Avorking on a 
story to go into production about 
Aug. 15, 



Los Angeles, July 3. 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts 
and Sciences has sent out a ques- 
tionaire on voice • and sound to 
writers of scenarios- Paper is 
classified on six different subjects. 

First has to do with mechanical 
reproduction, -writers being asked 
whether they considered instru- 
ments now in use sufficiently per- 
fect for correct voice and sound re- 
production. In case they do not 
they . are asked where they think 
the instruments can be improved. 

Second question is whether sound 
effects add realism to a picture. 
They are asked to \ name a few ex- 
amples and' also what sound effect 
they have noted that seemed un- 
natural. 

Regarding the voice, the writers 
are asked if they believe voice re- 
productions are desirable, and If so, 
to what extent. After committing 
themselves they are asked if any 
faults have been noticed and to 
what extent voices can • be trained: 
Also whether or not . substitute 
voices can be emjjloyed. 

Are There Enough Writers? 

With ref erencfe to manuscripts, it 
is asked how Important they con- 
sider the writing of the manuscripts 
for talking pictures and whether 
they must all be written in advance, 
or if some can be interpolated. .An- 
other question is what kind of dia- 
log should be encouraged — natural, 
melodramatic or wise-cracking. 
Then what kind ^ould be avoided. 
A further portion of this suggestion 
was if any advantage or disadvan- 
tage was seen in talking pictures 
speeding or slowing the story and 
If it Increases the suspense of con- 
tinuity. Writers are also asked if 
there are enough capable writers 
in the profession, or should they 
draft dramatists from the stage for 
this kind.of work. 

Questionnaire asks how. important 
they^pn^sider^ the 

ih producTng a talking ^picture and 
how far should a director collabor 
rate with the writer. Paper also 
'Wants to know if talking pictures 
should be rehearsed like stage plays. 
Another section of this question 
wishes to ascertain whether there 
can be smoothqfess . of rendition, 
such as avoiding shocks to the 
sen.ses in transitions from silence to 
voice and vice versa. Should the 
writers have had any experience in 
this direction they are asked to 
state what, if any, chances there 
may be for retakes. Final portion 
of the questionnaire is if the writers 
have any suggestions to offer to 
play, program or method that the 
Academy should pursu'e in devel- 
oping the proper; .use of voice and 
sound effect. 

Questionnaire was .sent out tP 150 
writers. 



-ANITA STEWAilT'S DrVOIlCE^ 

Lo.s Angcle.s, July 3. 

Under the name of Anna Mary 
Ilrcnnan a divorce was gi'anted to 
Anita Stewart, foi^mer screen star, 
from Rudolph Brennan, known pro- 
fessionally as Rudolph Cameron. 

Miss Stewart charged her husband 
wa.s fond of night clubing and he 
was seldom at home. 



Comm. Wants to Heaf 
Ejlubs on Block Booking 



— ^ Washington, July 3. 
Investigators from the Federal 
Trade Commission are now covering 
the country to get information from 
exhibitors on the question of the; 
.commission proceeding against the 
entire industry on block booking. 

As reported several weeks agoj 
this investigation was thcA about 
set, due to the commission hot being 
satisfied with the material secured 
from the producer-distributors whieh 
some nine companies appeared he- 
fore the board of review of the 
comniission. ' 

Just how long will he required 
for these investigators to gather the 
data desired is a question. It Is 
believed that until the full reports 
are in, and weighed against the 
statements of the producera-dis- 
tributors, no further move of a 
wholesale nature will be taken by 
the .commission. : 



New Eva too Heavy 



Los Angeles, July 3. 

Eva Von Berne, importation for 
Metrp-Goldwyn-Mayer, af ter^ two 
days before the camera in her first 
tj-yout, was withdrawn because it 
was decided she was a little too 
heavy in weight,- Anita Page was 
substituted. 

It Is understood dieticians and 
weight reduction specialists are to 
be retaiined by the studio to bring 
the girl's weight down. 



Mix's 132 Stitches 

Los Angeles, July. 3. 
After Tom Mix returned : here 
from the east- he had a slight ac- 
cident which required five stitches 
in his leg. When these were re- 
moved Mix stated thalt .during his 
film career 132 stitches have been 
removed from various parts, of his 
person. 

Mix's first western for FBO goes 
into production July 9, Sharon 
Lynn has the femme lead. 



SCHUIBEBG EAST 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
B. P. Schulberg, executive head 
of Paramount studios, and Harry 
Gets, assistant treasurer, left for 
"New York on a rush call for a con- 
ference July 6 on the production 
schedule of talking pictures for 
Hollywood and the Long Island stu- 
dios. 

In addition, it is understood the 
executives will also take . up the 
matter of expenditure for construc- 
tion work oTh sound-proof stages 
and other improvements. 



TOWN INVITES WAMPAS 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
: Pacific Steamship Company and 
the Ensenada Chamber of Com- 
merce have extended an invitation 
to the Wampas to attend as guests 
the ICnsenada Fiesta to be staged 
at the Mexican border town Oct. 19. 

Both the steamship firm and the 
town have been trying to- attract 
patronage from Southern California' 
to build UP the town as a popular 
watering place lacking, an 18th 
Amendment. . 



BARBABA BEDf OBD STBAPPED 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
. Barbara Bedford' has declared 
herself, biankrutit in a petition filed 
In the United States District Court. 

Film actress lists heir liabilities 
at $6,485.41, against '$600 worth of 
household goods In assets. Peti- 
tion averred .^he had no ca$h. 

Miss Bedford, in private life, is 
Violet . Rose . Roscoe, wife of Al 
Ro.scoe, picture actor. 



AIB TAXIS BECOME COMMON 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Producers are using aeroplane 
taxis to and fromi location points/ 
Xed Ma.rin, First National, made a 

from the j'"'i"r.st Isfatlohal studios in 
tour and a half hour.s, negotiated 
ills busine.ss and was back in his 
olllce the next morning. 



Louis Weiss East 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Louis Woi.ss, Weiss Brothers, gOcs 
to New York July 10 for a month's 
business trip. 



Present busincgs conditjonsj in the 
theatre throughout the ciountry ap- 
pciax to be the chief chill on prd» 
posed or talked about meigers of 
thcatrd chains. 

With the summer- on and trade 
not ariy too fancy anywhere, chain 
operators are prone to sidestep "ne- 
gotiations" as a waste, of energy 
just now. 

This is reported as having led t<> 
an apathetic situation, with two or 
three slnrimering deals.. 

One of those is reported aia the 
Fox-Poli, .although that has been 
often rumored with something ex- 
pected. Another is the , Keltho 
Pahtagess, which never got very iar 
beyond a casual preliminary,, froin 
the account. 

Keith-Stiahley Is said to be held 
up at present through th6 Stanley 
crowd still attempting to straighten 
up itself Internally, The main block 
in the. Stanley group is said to be 
the Fabians of Newark, .N. J., holder 
of over 200,000 Stanley shares of 
the total of around 900,000 issued. 

' Fotx-Slanley talk was .renewed 
yesterday with reports of an im- 
pending sale. Parties to such (con- 
ferences' said npthmg definite could 
be g-iven out at this tihie. 

Jacob Fabian, like the principal 
members of Finklestein & Ruben, in 
Minnesota, seems to . see into the 
future for his sons. That was one 
of the actusil reasons the F. & R. 
deal with Fox did not consummate, 
it was stated Inside at the. tiiiie. 
Fabian's Shrewd Sale 

When Fabian, sold to Stanley he 
retained the operation of his houses 
for himself ahd fiimily. During the 
negotiation for the Stanley sale Fa- 
bian was reported to haVe demanded ^ 
110,000,000 for his business, unseen 
or unchecked. Fabian said . he kept 
no books; all he knew was that his. 
circuit made $1,000^000 yearly. . It 
was ten millions or nothing, take it 
or leave it, said Fabian; but to as- 
sure the Stanley people how positive 
he was the Fabian chain would keep 
on making a. million a year net, at 
least, Jacob Fabian offered to guar- 
antee that the Fabian profits under 
the Stanley banner wduld amount 
to at least one million a year for the 
first two years. 

This guaranteie Fabian placed In 
writing, and the Stanley people 
thought it, good enough. Each of 
the first two years .Fabian is said 
to have paid the deficit under the 
one million guarantee^, and he, with 
others, still thought he had made 
a very good trade, after the second 
year's deficit had been turned over 
to Stanley. >rhat still left Fabian 
with nearly $9,000,000.* 



IN 600 FILMS, RECORD 

Guy Oliver Has Woi-ked 12 Years 
for Paramount Without Contract 



Log Angeles, July 3. 
Guy Oliver, member of the Para- 
mount stock company, has played in 
inore pictures than any other per- 
son In the world. Any disputant 
must show a record in excess of 600 
pictures. 

Oliver has been a member of 
Par's stock 12 years. He is now oh 
his 309th production for that com- 
pany. Prior to thSt and for seven 
years he^was^ continuously employed 
by Lubin, Eclair, Kinemacolor and 
Sellg. In tho^e days pictures were 
made In a week, hence the total of 
over 600 pictures. 

An unusual phase of Oliver's 
present engagement is that during 
the entire period with Paramount 
he ha^ never had a. contract; 



Colored Sound Film 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Dr. Calmas, head of Technicolor, 
will shortly put into production a 
feature length color picture with 
sound effect. 

Film will be made at the Tec^Art 
studios, and is a costume story. It 
is expected the picture will be re- 
leased as a special by Paramount.- 



lETS STAGE DIBECTOB GO 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Joh n Cromw ell, s^ ^^^ 
ac^torT etigaged^iiyrpa ram'ovm t wiTh- 
a view to talking picture.'*, has been 
tempomrily released . by that or- 
ganization. He has leluriiod to 
New York. 

Cromwell's departure i.'« con- 
strued as indicating a less-cning of 
present demand on tlift part of the 
company'for tho.se acquainted with 
the stage. 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 




STOCK FOR SCREEN 



Hollywood Second to N. Y. 
In Number of Date Lines 




aro^m 




ress 



L03 Angeles, July 3. 
Reports gathered ifrom official 
sources places Hoilywood second to 
New York in carrying the hl&hest 
number of date lines throughout the 

tsountry's Press. It proves that 
while New York , has a population 
of more than 7,000.000, and consid- 
ered the financial and commercial 
^center of the world, the public Is 
more interested in reixding about 
Hollywood's 250,000, a town which 
can boast of nothing more than 
ibelng the film capital with plenty 
of hooey planted, propogated and 
cultured by a large army of jpress 
agents and chatter writers. 

Public has becomie so fed up on 
Ihe stei-cotyped, movie note that 
anything in the ^yay of free public- 
ity copy from Hollywood has lost 
Its kick to a; certain degree. This 
has forced a number of the leading 
news services and fan magazines 
to send their own representatives 
here to Increase the volume of. au- 
thentic copy. 

360. Correspondents : 
Demand, for "scoop material" 
comes from more than 360 local 
correspondents, representing small 
town newspapers, to metropolitan 
dailies, for which each are required 
to submit on ah average of 10 stpriies 
a day. This amounts to 3,600 scoops 
^pected from a comniunity that is 
In a position to-furnish at the most 
10 or 15, accounting for the bal- 
ance of 3,590 of a synthetic nature. 
These are obtained by gathering 
threads of gossip and magnified to 
a point where they will sound like 
Bomething. 

The writer conducting a depart- 
ment In a paper of 2,500 circular 
tion demands the same attention 
as the writer who has a circulation 
of 100,000. That they don't get it 
creates a certain amount of bad 
feeling and makes the writer always 
on the alert to attack and criticise 
the studios that won't play ball. 
The alleged trade papers, published 
and operated by a one-man machine 
on the coast create their own ex- 
clusive features by assuming the 
role of a supreme dictator who goes 
■ forth with a grudge. 

One chap in this class, after coax- 
ing to Hollywood a few years ago 
and failing as an assistant director 
and fllni cutter, has been trying to 
command attention from producers 
as an expert on doctoring films. He 
attends previews and then attempts 
to write what is wrong with the pic- 
ture. Seldom writing constructive 
criticism, he will infer that if the 
. producer gets In touch with him he 
might tell how the release can be 
saved at so much a word. As far 
^s can be learned, no one as yet has 
taken advantage of these offers. 

Andtlier case Ts oi! a serhT-monthly 
tip-off and advisory bugle, used to 
promote jobs for its pilot and to 
spread propaganda that he is the 
rea]l emancipator of the silent drama, 
A, number of producers have given 
him a chance because of an ability 
to manipulate words, to find out dif- 
.ferently after putting sqme of his 
theories Into practice. As each one 
fired him he would put them on 
the chart for a long series of at- 
^ tacks. 

Hollywood is a bfidlam of pub- 
licity and there is little doubt that 
it is the moat publicized spot in 
the world. 



$1 Return per Foot 

Moving pictures encourage 
general . trade - to such an ex- 
tent that the Department of 
Commerce estimates other 
businesses derive more than fl 
return, for every foot of film 
made. The picture industry, 
representing an investment of 
nearly $3,000,000,600, purchases 
millions of dollars worth of 

I raw materiials every year. 

"There- are 20,500 theatres, 

; catering to 118,000,000 persons, 
in this country. 



FOK ASSLILING 
1ST FOR ULUER 



Now Engaging and Testing 
in New York— "Behind 
That Curtain" Selected as 
Film Play- — Mixture of 
Stage and Screen Trained 
Players in Cast— -4Sheehan 
Stipervising Selections 



Talkers in CalcMTs 

Made by Technicoldr 

laos Angieles; July 3. 
Technicoloi: Motion Pictures Cor- 
poration will start production of full 
length features with sound and ef- 
fect within two Weeks. Dr. H. f. 
Kalmus, head ;of the company, has 
been working on the plan quietly 
for two months. 

The first picture with sound will 
be "The Thrall of Leif the Lucky" 
from a story of the Vikings written 
by Gttille A. Lilljencrantz. The story 
is of the period of 1000 A. t>. and 
its screen treatment is being made 
by Jack Cunningham. R. William 
Neill will direct. Ted Reed, former- 
ly with the Doug Fairbanks organ- 
ization. Is production manager. . 

There was much conjecture as. to 
the feasibility of Technicolor being 
blended with sound and effect. Kal- 
mus decided that his own organizaT 
tion would show the way. Where 
previously the Technicolor film had 
been double coated, which might 
have handicapped recording of 
sound; only a single thickneiss of 
coating, is being; used in the proc- 
ess, thei same as with black and 
white stock. 

It lias been figured that if this 
Technicolor feature conies through It 
will pave the way for a general use 
of the natural color process with 
sound in most of the big pictures 
that will be made within the next 
few years. 

It is figured that the cost of mak 
ing pictures with the process will 
be practically about the same that 
it costs to register sound and ef- 
fects with the black and white film 
According to reports the Techni- 
color process picture when ready 
for distribution will be handled by 
Metro-Groldwyn-Mayer. 



"Shadows" With Sound 
At Astor Next Month 

"White Shadows," south seas 
story made by W. S. Vandyck for 
^M-Gr-vi3= .:being-- fitted ---for ---sound 
and will have its premiere .at the 
Astor, Now York, early in August. 
This is the fir.st of the M-Q sound- 
PrortucUons. .Synchronization is be- 
ing done. in Now York. 

KmbasKy, now playing "Th^ 
Tenipr-.i(," i..^ ,^],;,) iioinc: wired with 
no picture n.-imod to follow as yet. 



Hays Bars "Command to 
l^ve"; M-G Was Af^ 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Will H. Hays has put his screen 
ban on the play, "The Command to 
Love." 

MetrorGoldwyn-Mayer was nego 
tiating for . this script at a price 
of around $40,000 for John Gilbert. 
Negotiations were suddenly halted, 
it is said, when word was received 
that Hays' organization didn't ap 
prove. 

Wanger's Trips to Yale 

Walter Wanger has been making 
some flying trips, to Ncyr Haven, 
where . he has looked over the 
students in Prof. Baker's drama 
class with the idea of getting good 
picture writers at low prices. 

So far he has .sent several of the 
.students to Hollywood, in various 
-capacities. -^ ... _. :.. 



NOVELTY ROAD SHOW 



Los Angeles, July 3. 
"Behind That Curtain" will be 
the first all stalking picture, made 
by William Fox, to hold a regularly 
cast company of mixed stage and 
screen players. All of the major 
pri'ncipal roles, said to be around 
15, will be cast in New Yoric upon 
W. R. Sheehan's approval, while the 
minor characters, about 10^ will be: 

chosen on the Fox lot here. , 

The talkinjg picture when, com- 
pleted will go out, it is said, .as a 
novelty film road show, with the 
names of the legit players /adding 
to value. Though unknoyvn if the 
talker will have a star, it is said 
here thiat Sheehan may place Mary 
Duncan for the feminine lead^Miss 
Duncan is urider contract to Fox. 

Two directors will be assigned to 
the film; froni the account One is 
from the screen^ Raoul Walsh, and 
the other, legit, not yet named. The 
story will be rehearsed in scenes 
and each scene separately filmed. 

Walsh is going to New York and 
will meet there Chandler Sprague, 
Fox's scenario chief. .Eugene Walter 
Is reported having been called in by 
Sheehan to furnish dialog for the 
Earl Derr Biggers story that, ran 
in the "Satevepost." Sheehan Is 
reported to have paid Biggers $35,000 
for it. 

With people . and scenario set in 
New York, the Sheehan group will 
return here with the picture due 
to start around Sept. 1. , It will 
require about 12 weeks to make on 
Movietone. . 



Dwan Directing Fairbanks 

Jjoa Angolfs, July 3. 
Donald Crisp, .scheduled to . have 
directed Douglas I>'airbank3 in his 
next, leaves .shortly for Europe. 
Alan Dwan will direct the new 
Fairbanks picture. 



Winnie Sheehan, now in New 
York, when asked regarding reports 
from New York casters that Fox 
is seeking stage actors for talkers, 
replied he is . forming a speaking 
stage stock company for the screen 
It is . the, Initial organization for 
the talking pictures. 

Reports also have been around 
that almost daily tests of legits are 
taken for the talkers at the Fox 
10th avenue studios. It is not ex 
pected engagements for the Fox 
stock will be closed until tests have 
been approved. 

Through the tests, it Is said, and 
later reading of the roles, the Fox 
talking divisipn thinks it will be 
insured against a leg'lt player for 
the talker In New York proving 
miscast when the picture is being 
made qh the coast; 

After Best Legits 

"We are after the best people of 
the legitimate stage, available to- 
day," it was said at the Fox studios 
At least 20 legit people will com 
prise the stock and: scouting for 
about six legit directors, with musjL 
cal composers, said Joseph Pincus, 
for Fox "Movietone. He added that 
all Hollywood does, not afford the 
"combination" necessary for talker 
success on. the screen. . 

Of the 30 legit players taking 
movietone tests in the Fox . home 
office, Pincus would not say how 
many had qualified. "The difficulty," 
he stated, "rests in the combination 
of a good voice and stage appear- 
ance l)(;fore the camera." 

rinous said it was too early to 
TTtfftr^WhtthXjF^og 
.starred in any great percenUige of 
the 22 feature.-j which will be Movie- 
toned for the now Fox schedule. 

The legit stock company will 
also be used for the Movietone short 
subjects of which, Pincus said, there 
will be 52 for the new season. 



Equity Expects 100% Members 
Of Picture Colony s Players 
Witlun Month, Due to Talkers 



Expert Celery Eater 



Chicago, July 3. . 
At a luncheon thrown by 
Clyde Eckhart, Abe Cohn arid 
other Fox representatfves In the 
Hotel Sherman's roof bunga- 
low, .Tanet Gaynof surprised 
local picture critics by eating , 
. celery without a crunching 
nolsci 





1 

MAYBOYCOTT 




Sudden M b v e Throws 
Nat'l Playhouses Into 
Receiveirship 



Chicago, July 3. 
Sudden foreclosure proceedings 
instituted by the Guaranty Trust 
Co., New York, threw National 
Playhouses, Inc., Into receivership 
last week. This was Immediately 
after a committee of stockholders 
had Indicated they were ready to 
take over, the 10 picture houses for 
operation. Federal Judge Carpen- 
ter authorized appointm^t of the 
Chicago Title & Trust Co. as oper- 
ating reOelvers. 

.This Is. the second of Chicago's 
three independent picture house cir- 
cuits taken over for operation by 
the Chicago Title & Trust Co. The 
first was Ascher Bros/ circuit, in 
which Fox was financially In- 
terested. 

On June 28 the unexpected fore- 
closure was begun . by Guaranty 
Trust, the other bond house in- 
terested In the original $2,500,000 
loan. Attorney .Michael J. Ahern, 
representing the stockiiolders, states 
he has not given up hope of even- 
tually acquiring the circuit for his 
clients, but theatre men generally 
believe the stockholders are out of 
the battle for control of the circuit. 
Boycott Possible 

A hint of what the Title & Trust 
Co. may have to put up ^ith in 
operation of National Playhouses 
was let loose in a private creditors' 
and stockholders' meeting last week 
In the La Salle hotel. Martin Mc- 
Nally. - Ob airnnLan oX the JLtqckhqld^ 
committee, and Attorney Ahern told 
the meeting that if .the bankers con 
tinned to operate the hou.ses, pro 
hibiting stockholders from managing 
thern as they desii-ed, it was certain 
the stockholders would retaliate by 
cutting off theatre patronage. 

This would be a definite family, 
boycott of the neighborhood hou.sesi 
McNally. claimed the 5,000 stock- 
holders, their families and their 
friends would cea.'lc attending the 
houses and would see that others 
did likewise. . The number figured 
to join in the predicted boycott 
reaches above 100,000, with 10 
houses affected. 

Attorney Ahern said there was 
little chance of stockholders and 
creditor.s rn.'ili/.ing anything on their 
money with the bankers in charge. 
Ho a.sked the creditors to accept 
second and third mortgages on the 
thnatre.s for their bills, while the 
money raised already by .stockhold 

Most of , the ci-editors present agreed 
to accept the mortgages. 

Ijeo Ca.s.sanay, m.'mjiging the cir 
cult under C^uoney Hro.s. in 192C. it.s 
most profitable year,, was iiiLrodu'-'-d 
as the man who would mfiniu?'> tin 
hou.ses if the stockholders ever ao 



Declaring the Academy of Motion 
Picture Arts and Sciences to be Will 
Hays' smoke screen attack of a 
year ago against Equity and a flat 
failure today, with proof that even 
film producers have withdrawn their 
support, Paul EhUzell,. Equity, execu- 
tive, says that between now and 
Labor Day Equity will be suffi- 
ciently strong on the West Coast to 
demand Equity Shop for every cast 
in a talker production. 

"Today we have no Equity shop . 
In Hollywood and players of the 
legitimate stage may enter con- 
tracts with film producers without 
affecting their interest In our or- 
ganization," Dalzell said. At the 
same time he declared: 

"But, within a month, or less than 
that, wie will get our campaign un- 
d^r way which will witness an 
Equity shop '100 per c^nt strong in 
the film capital and which will 
rhake every film, player a niember 
of Equity. 'Then either a star will 
come In our ranks or will get out of 
pictures." 

What the "rank and file" wants 
will prevail, Dalzell . said. He ex- 
plained that Equity last, year lost 
out on the coast because of a faeft 
move by Hays and stars who felt 
their fat salaries were secure. Since 
then, matters for the Academy, '*the 
stumbling block for Equity," as 
Dalzell described it,' have changed. 
Conway Tearle'S' Standing 
As an example of the Acadeiny*B 
demise Dalzell cited CohWay Tearle. 
A year ago Tearle was a member of 
the Academy's actor committee. To- 
day, Dalzell said, Tearle is only a 
100 per cent member :of Equity and 
not even a film star. 

"Tearle Is washed up In pic- 
tures," Dalzell said. "He la back at" 
the old stahd, opening Shortly with 
a legit company in San Francli^co. 
Yes, things. in Hollywood are greatly 
chahged." 

Another Academician who was at 
the same time Equity's coast rep- 
resentative is no longer In. the job. 
In his , place is Charles Miller, al- 
ways anti-academy, who is getting 
Instructions on rounding up another 
campaign . for a solid Hollywood 
Equity. Miller takes the place in 
Equity of Wedgewood Knowle. 

Dalzell, in speaking of Francis 
Giilmoj-e's rapid return from the 
coast after getting the cold shoul- 
der from the Acaulemy with a lot 
of "fast politics" at the time, said 
that Equity then did not want "its 
house divided." 



FILMS GOT HIM 



Warned Agaihst Pictures 10 Years 
Ago, Rev. Out for Peeking Again 



Detrblt, July 3. 

Rev. JSarend H. Kulper, professor 
of historical theology In ' dalvin 
Theological Seminary, Grand Rap- 
Ids, Mich., , has lost his job because 
he attended a picture show. : 

Rev. Kuiper, middle aged, was 
called upon to defend himself on 
the same charge 10 years ago, but 
was merely warned on tha,t occa- 
sion. Now he's out for repeating 
10 years later. 

In his plea for clemency the Rev. 
said, "It ia ' not wrong to look at 
pictures, just because wicked things 
are .shown In pictures)." 



SELLING W. E. ON SOUND 

Up to the pre.scnt William R. 
Hearst has balked at the idea of 
rhorc money for sound newarccla.. 
E. T. Ilatrick, bead of the Interna- 
tional and M-G reol.s, grabbed a fast 
train to the Coa.st thi.s week. 

At hofidfjuarters it was admitted 
that ilatricU's mission is to sell 
Hears t'O n -so u n dr^-^=---- -=-^=- :-==^-- 



quired control. National Playhouses 
ron.si.sLs of the Capitol, Avalon, 
.Hfratford, Je/Tery. Chatham, Cosmo, 
(iii>vi\ West Englewood, Colony arid 
Hi(;lil;ind- 



6 



VARIETT 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



British Film Field 

By Frank Tilley 



Liondon, Juno 22, 
Most of the week has been taken 
up by the Cinematograph. Exhibi- 
tors' Association Summer Confer- 
(Bnce at Cardiff, Wales. Around 300 
showmen attended, as well as sev- 
eral of the distributors, some of 
their publicity men, and most of fthc 
trade pr.esSi . 

Monday opened with a sensation. 
After the. president announced the! 
decision of the branches by a very 
lai'ge majority against the presence 
pn. the advisory committee of the 
board of trade of exhibitors "hold- 
ing ofriclal positions in connection 
with any x'enfirig (distributing) or 
producing corporation," the general 
council decided- to send this de- 
cision to Sir PhiilR Cunliffe-Liister, 
president of the board of trade. 

Three members of the general 
council are affected— A. J. Gale, T. 
Ormistoii and W. N, Blake, all for- 
mer presidents df the association. 
AH at once put in> their resigna- 
tion from office in the association, 
Ormlston being treasurer and .Gale 
trustee. They also forestalled the 
action of the council by sending in 
their resignations from the Govern- 
ment Advisory Committee, fttid 
Ormlston (whose action is likely to 
be followed by the other two) de- 
clared he 'will cut away, from the 
association if the president of the 
bpiard of trade accepts the resigna- 
tions.- ■ ■ 

As noticed more than once in this 
department, this storm has been 
brewing for a long time and finally 
burst, at Cardiff. It is the outcome 
of a feeling among the independent 
theatre owners they were in danger 
of being sold to the trusts. Some 
of the feeling, never expi-essed 
openly, was ai'ouffed because, with 
the three now resigning from the 
Advisory Committee; arid two dis-. 
tributor representatives, the Gau- 
mbnt-Brltish group had. five repre- 
sentatives on the^pard of trade 
committee, and also a virtual ma- 
jority on that committee. 

Hitherto the independents have 
•been mainly concerned about the 
activities of P. C. T. But 'now they 
seem jufei as sca.red over the Gau- 
mont Dennian-G. T. C. combine. 
Trouble is, the big fellows are the 
ones who have done^ most of the 
work of the association. So far, 
there is no sign that liavlng 
jettisoned them, the little men have 
anyone to replace them with. . 
"Among Th6se 

American distributor visitors to 
the conference! Included Sain Eck- 
man. (Metro-Goldwyn), J. C. Graham 
• (Paramount), Horace Judge . (First 
Natlpnal-Pathe), A. George Smith 
(P. D. C), Clayton Huttoh (Fok) 
and J. C. Squler (Metrp-Gp)dwyn). 

Simon Rowson and W.^ C. Gell 
(Gaumbnt - British). W. Baker 
. (Butcher . Films),' Arthur Dent 
CWardour) and George iPearson 
(British Screen Productions), rep- 
resented the native distributing ele- 
ment. 

"Everybody's Business" 

Graham (John Cecil) of Para- 
mount, said a mouthful iat the 
Tuesday meeting. Usually he lies 
low and ses nufTin'. - But he was 
scheduled to deal with the effect to 
date of the Quota Bill of dlstribu- 

' . tors of big outputs, and here are 
some of the kicks he registered: 
"Americans have conie to- this 

■ country, and have tried to earn a 
welcome by fair business and by 
exploiting ideas known as show- 
manship. Their expansion was 
pioneering at their own expense 
When we began to do this the ques- 
. tibn of nationality had not arisen 
A film was a film, 'wherever it came 
from. 

"Now: Americans find there, is a 
- barrier between themselves aind 
their customers. We are among 
you, but hot of you. The law is 
endeavoring : to make ; employees 
ashamed of working for American 
cpmpanies^ and ashamed of the 
product they arc handlinjg. 

; "But you have to remember you 
are in the entertainment business^, 
and the moment you do not enter- 
tain all the laws in the world will 
hot keep you oiit of bankruptcy. 

".The attitude of the law Is 'first 
and foriemost British.' And one 
thing about this Country is that 
when a law is pissed it is observed, 
but the final answer is with the 
public. . Tou are slaves of the law, 
but you are also slaves Qf the pub-. 
He, and your responsibility to enter- 
tain still remains.'.' 

"The position of the Independent 
Is becoming more pefilous, for he 
Is faced not only with competition 
from, American distributors but 
strong British trusts are fighting for 
supremacy in the exhibiting field, 
and I dp^npt think .th e In d epend en t 
Tias inany years^heaS'of him before 
he is reduced to mere existence, 
4ve,n If he exists at all. 

"If blame is to be apportioned for 
this situation the Independent must 
bear his share. They are mighty in 
numbers and strength, but supine in 
using them. They lack cohesion, 
they are wanting in courage, they 
are full of fear and jealousy. Per- 



haps they will get the fate they de- 
serve," * 

McDonald himself is one of the 
independents. 

Another Flotation ". 

As tills goes In the mall, another 
prospectus is beihg put to the pub- 
lic. This . Is the flotation in which 
L. J. Clements and Nikolas Desmond 
Sauer FltzGerald have been conr 
cerned for some time and has at 
last come to fruition; 

Two theatre owners— S.' J. Flatieau 
and J. D. Harries— rare oh the board 
of this compiany, called Union Cin- 
ema Co., Ltd, Both' have sold the- 
atres in which .they were interested 
to the company, and another dii'ec- 
tor, C. F. Bernhard, sells his dis- 
tributing-, concern, British Exhib- 
itors' Film.s, Ltd., (which : handles 
the Tiffany- Stahl product here). 

Capital is Sl,500,000, in 80,000 ten 
per cent cumulative preference 
shares issued at fl, and 2,000,000 
common at 20 cents; 6g0, 000 of each 
kind are. offered to the public, 
which as usual gets pnly a minority 
of the stock likely to carry most 
profit if the company is a success.: 

Pi'eference stock carries one vote 
per share, and the common one for 
each five, so in any case th^. public 
stockholders will have a majority, 
which is rather unusual. 

Theatres acquired include the 
Grandi Huddersfleld. Adelaide, New- 
castle-bn-Tyne, the Picture Theatre 
and the RialtOi Maidenhead, Victoria 
Hall, PPrtsmbuth, St Janies and the; 
Electric Picture Palace, King's Lynn. 
Four of these are freehold, but the 
Victoria, Portsmouth, and the Elec- 
tric, King's Lynn, have but- 35 ihd 
33, y€(ars respectlviely to run on 
leases. . The seven theatres * are . 
valued in the prospectus at $1,200,- 
040. 

Profits on these and on the two 
distributing companies taken over 
•vrBritlsh Exhibitors Films Go. and 
Bernhard-Kean Productions, Ltd. 
—are given as $253,147, and they 
claim' to be able to effect economies 
so as to bring this :up to $300,000. 

Recently arrangenients were made 
for joint production by. the Tiffany- 
Stahr crowd and British Exhibitors 
Films, but nothing about this is said 
in the prospectus. In fact, it states 
of the two distributing- concerns, 
"Neither company is interested in 
production.". 

Things and Folk 

Monte Blue blew in. .On a plane. 
Been round the Continent by air. 
As a novelty. Nothing new in that. 
Lots of these fllldm stars go round 
by air — the hot variety. Says the 
stories pf hitting the high spots by 
the Hollywood fraternity are sugar 
candy. Most of , *em go home and 
think out^he nexit day's work, says 
Monte. Oh, boy? 

John Stuart is under considera- 
tion by Mary Pickfprd as her new 
leading man. He's 29; and sot his 
real start, in Germany. This writer 
took him there ta make a picture; 
Em'elka kept him for two more, then 
Hitchcock, worklhg theroj had him 
for a couple. After which Gaumont 
put him on contract. He's a good 
looking lad, jLnd a fairly good 
trouper. Bat he lacks pepi and has 
not ^ lot of s. a. Mary'U hai.ve to 
buy him off Gaumont if she wants 
him. 

"BVfenIng Standard," a Beaver- 
brook afternoon paper, took most 
of the Exhibitor's Lament (Juf^t an 
Exhibitor), carried as advertising tn 
Variety recently and made a feature 
article of It. 

Week after next a French film, 
"Napoleon," goes into the Tivoli, 
and they're also going to use the 
triple-size screen (Magnascope) 
witii wKich Abel Gance put this film 
over in Paris, after talcing five years 
to make it; — the film, not' the screen. 

Federation of British Industries 
has turned down the proposal to 
form a Central Casting Bureau here. 
The proposal suggested means of 
stopping commission splitting be- 
tween agents and film directors. 

Sutton Vane; author of "Outward 
Bound," got, judgment against par- 
amount this week on account of in- 
fringement, of his play In ohe of 
their pictures, "Feet of Clay." Jus- 
tice Astbury said two reels were 
copied substantially from : the play 
and made an order for the destruc- 
tion of the two reels involved and 
for an account as to damages, Par 
to pay costs. Appeal entered. 

Colonel Lowry of the Hays or- 
ganization is here, and conferred at 
a lunch today with the American 
distributors on this side. 

Arthur Horner, London Solicitor 
who acted for Betty. Blythe in her 
action here against G. B. SamUelson, 
and won it in 1*25, has Just got 
Judgmoht against Betty for $5,000 
costs she still owes him. 

All J, D. Williams has to say now 
he has come back is that the Amer- 
ican market "is wide open to Brit- 
igh product." :Oo-aah . as they .sav- 
in Manchester. 

Funny business this. Here's a fel- 
low advertising this week thus: 
"Gentleman who recently made a 
sensational win at Monte Carlo 
wishes to obtain three or four shows 
in small towns of l>,000 population, 
must be only show in toWn and will 
pay $7,500 for leasehold or $20,000 
for freehold." 



British Musicians See 

Menace in Talkers 



London, June 22. 

Musicians in the show business 
are being stirred up by tho; high- 
powered attempts to put talkers on 
the map here. They have taken a 
great deal of cncouragehnent from' 
the news there is a union musicians' 
move on in Ahiex'lca to fight the the- 
atre invasion of canned mupic. 

There are sufhclent players here 
to raise a formidable opposition if 
they keep together. , As the Mu- 
sicians' Union has been pretty suc- 
cessiful in the past In handling other 
situations, probably it will try Its 
hand on, this one.. 

There are reckoned to be over 
7,000 instrumentalists of all kinds 
regularly working- In London. The- 
atres, vaudeville houses, opera and 
ballet account for about 2,000, and 
the, .cabaret, cafe, dance hall and 
hotel bands absorb another i.OOOi 
The remaining 4,000 are all picture 
theatre muslcia.ns,' In addiaion to 
Which thfere are in this area some 
100 organists. 

In the 3,800 picture houses of the 
kingdom, the majority . of which 
have some kind of orchestra, there 
are estimated to be employed over 
25,000 musicians. This is under 
rather than over the number, espe- 
cially If organists are included, as 
there are some 700 or ,800 houses in 
the country wl^ich have organists 
in addition to prchestras. 

At a low estimate, however^ taking 
the number at 25,000, there Is. be- 
ing' paid $750,000 for blowing wind 
through tubes, scraping strings and 
thumping vellum. . 

It would not be difficult, once they 
were sold on the talkers threatening 
their livelihood, to get these 25,000 
picture house musicians to turn 
over some i?er cent of their earnings 
to a fighting fund. 



RUSSIA STEPS ON IT 



After American Cameramen and 
Technicians—Lists 160 Pictures 



Paris, July 3. 

Russia as a serious competitive 
factor in the world film market 
looms following announcement that 
the Soviet- government is making 
heavy subsidies to the Spmkino, ttfe 
filni making nionbpollstlc body. 

Russia, will produce 160 .films this 
year and is reported desirous of ob- 
taining American cameramen and 
technicians. Next to America, Rus- 
sia will have the most pretentious 
production schedule of any nation. 



Invite to German Exliib» 
Convention in August 

A German exhibitor organization 
representing about 4,000 theatres has 
enlisted the services of the German 
Consul in New York to personally 
extend in'vitatipns tp heads of 
Anierican independent theatre owner 
associations to attend its annual 
convention In Germany In August. 

This was divulged when a rep- 
resentative of the consul's office 
called upon R. F. Woodhull, head 
of the M. P. T. O. A., and requested 
that he be present at the confab. 

Seen later, . this representative 
stated that he had arrived from 
Germany only three weeks ago and 
that he was not familiar with the 
American situation. . He knew 
enough to deny that it was an emu- 
iation of the International Film 
Cohen^es's which met 
astro usly several years ago. In this 
case, the . consul's man said, Ger- 
man exhibitors are inviting Amer- 
ican and -t-epresehtatives Pf exhibi- 
tors' in other countries to attend 
their regular yearly convention. 



AirSTliALIA DEOPS BATE 

Washington, July 3. 

After jumping; the import duty on 
positives from l%d. to 2d. per lineal 
foot In May, this Australian Gov- 
ernment has now dropped the rate 
from the high 2d. to l%d,, cables 
the American trade commissioner to 
the Department of Commerce. 

Duty applies to all subjects other 
than those Intended for home pro- 
jectors. 



ALI-ROUMAinAN FILM 

. Washin^gtO_n,_JuJy^^ 
~"R6umahla's "bKi^e^ has 
turned scenario writer. FMlm will 
have a complete cast of native 
players and is to be produced by 
•Sacha Studios. 

The Chief's name Is Romulus 
Volnescu and the picture is to be 
titled ?'Provara" ("The Burden"). It 
will be made for ezpprt trade. 



AustraGa and Britain Work to Cut 
Down American Films in Australia 



London, June 22. 
America's share of the total foot 
age of films Imported into the Aus-e 
trallan Commonwealth dropped 
from 82.5 per cent In 192.6 to 78.1 
per cent In 1927, while imports frpni 
Britain rose from 8.2 per cent in 
1926 to 1275' pef cent In the last 
year. 

. Total of all films; features and 
shprts, from America was 1,681^ 
with a footage of 5,119,241 feet. 
Brltiish imports were 271 films, with 
492,869 feet; and "Other Countrtes" 
sending in 199 films of 585,288 feet. 

In feature films as a separate 
Item, the American percentage Is 
higher than on total imports, as It 
shows a total of 86;8 per cent for 
1927. This, however, is 6.7 per 
cent lower than fpr 1925, when the 
percentage of American features 
Imported into Australia was as high 
as 93.5. 

Paid to America for film hire by 
the Commonwealth was the sum of 
$3,750,000, estimatied to be around 
14 per cent of the total gross pic- 
ture house, receipts of the conti- 
nent of Australia^ Number of the- 
atres is given as 1,250, with an an- 
nual patronage of 110,000,000 and 
admission, gross of $27*500,000. . 

These details are repealed In the 
report of the Australian; Commpn- 
wealth Film Commission, which* 
I'ecorhmends an. Increase in the 
pi;psent, import duty of 3 cents a 
foot to 4 cents on all fpreign films, 
with British pictures coming in 
duty friee. This recommendation 
has been approved by the Common- 
wealth Government. So, if the ex- 
isting percentage of American films 
going into Australia stays where it 
la. Instead of paying $153,580 in 
duty, American distributors located 
in the Antipodes will have to pay 
around $204,780, 

There are other suggestions by 
this commission which make it ap- 
pear there ■will be additional fornis 
of preference to British films be- 
sides that of freedom from Import 
duty, which will still further mili- 
tate against America retaining her 
percientage even at the 78.1 peir 
cent of 1927. 

Native Increase 

Among these are an Increase . in 
native Australian production, aided 
by a tarifT preference Into Great 
Britain, and the establishment of 
en Empire quota systehi rather 
than the mere continuariCe of the 
present Australian quota system of 
10 per cent compulsory showing of 



native and other Britl.sh films, put. 
Into effect soma time before the 
quota system : was legislated fpr in 
the Mother Country. 

There is also an Inteiitlpn to set 
up a system of awards of merit for* 
Australian-made pictures, with tlio 
object of encouraging native film 
production, the idea being to try to 
make films . acceptable to the Ehg- 
Ilsh public so that by exchange the 
British film producer shall be able 
to cultivate a wider Australian 
market and thus further reduce the 
overwhelming preponderance of 
American films. ' ' 

Maelntosh Agitation 

This agitation and its results 
(part of which are undoubtedly the 
commitment of the British Govern- 
ment to, some fPrm of quota during^ 
the Imperial Conference of Db- 
minion. Governors in 1929) can. b«. 
traced almost directly to the activ- 
ities of Hugh D. Macintosh, former- 
ly a theatre operator here, who 
started a. campaign in 1925, alleg- 
ing American distributors in Aus-. 
tralia were evading payment of in- 
come tax tp the extent of over $2,- 
5(»0,pOQ ;a , year by charging their 
films tp their Australian branches 
at, prices which left little or np ap- 
parent profit to the Australian subr 
sidlaries of the American corpora- 
tions. 

Owning a chain of newspapers as 
well as a big political , pull,' Mac- 
intosh was able to work up a ter- 
rific agitation, and, although it was. 
alleged frequently that his action 
was prompted by a desire to get 
back at ithe American distributors, 
and especially Paramount, for hav- 
ing refused to advertise in his 
newspapers, he succeeded In stir- 
ring up sufficient feeling, not. only 
in Australia but at home, to create 
a state of mind opposed to the con- 
tinued monopoly of American pic- 
tures. That was on the ground 
that such a monopoly was a serious 
political danger; involving the pos- 
sibility of the Americanization of 
the British Empire. 

This, If any student of interna- 
tional film a^alrs in the future 
cares tb examine, the real evidence* 
will be found much nearer, to the 
real origins of the British, quota 
laws than any random suggestions 
claimed to have been madp by 
Hannen Swaffer, and likewise 
claimed (at least by Swaffer) to 
have 'been adopted 10 years later 
by a non -appreciative, arid ungrate- 
ful government and film industry. 



British Promoted F3m 
Finns in Bad Way 



London, July 3. 

SeverieU film companies, recently 
promoted via the public stock, sale 
route, are reported in a bad way. 

One concern, which sold several 
millions of dollars In stock, and has 
neither a finished negative taor a 
irelease affiliation, is understood to 
have but $70,000 left on deposit in 
the bank. 



British International Now 
For Sound; Maybe W.E. 

: , V I London, July 3. 

British International is definitely, 
set to affiliate with some synchron- 
izing devic6; 

Problem Is, which one shall It be? 
Firm was reported dickering with 
representatives of Western Electric, 



TJ'S ENGLISH MADE 

London, July 3. 
Universal will have the Ameri- 
can release of "Q Ships," previewed 
here June 25. 

■ Gordon Craig, of New Era, pro- 
ducers of film, sails for New. York 
July 7 in company with James Bry- 
son, of Universal. 



French Exports Drop 

Washington, July 3. 
First quarter of 1928 discloses a 
decided drop in French exports of 
films, says a report to the motion 
pjcture section of the Departnient 
of_ Commerce.. : 



Imports decidedly increased. 



Kinograms' Sound 

Chicago, July 3. 
Capt. McLayne Baynes^ presi- 
dent of Kinograms, spent several 
days • visiting here and announced 
that Kinograms will present 
sound reels shortly. 



Wilfiams Idea Oyer Here 
Another British Floater 



London, July 3. ; 
. J. D. Williams.^tates the reason 
for his hurried return from America 
was the discovery of a vaster re- 
leasing outlet for British films than 
he had realized. His present idea, 
is to; float . a $2,500,000 company by. 
a public issue and go into a world- 
wide distributing proposition. 

Cecil Harrison, associated with 
him in British National, will be in 
on . the new feature. 'While In 
America Williams concluded ar- 
rangements with Educational to 
handle British International. • 



Germahy's 366 

Washington, July 3. 

l^ew season pf ifllm buying in Ger- 
many finds many companies out ot 
the running. This includes Phoebug 
and Deuts'ch^Nordische Pantpmlm, 
in former years large producers. ^ 

Figures Arwarded to, the Depart- 
ment ot Commerce indicate 366 pro- 
gram films for next season. To be 
exact, of the films announced 181 
are German, 147 American and 3S 
from other countries. 

That more foreign films are In- 
cluded in this list than would be al- 
lowed under the contingent cf 170 
is accounted for by several firms* 
lists include pictures held oyer f ronx 
last season which were birought In 
under the one-for-one plan. 



A SPECIAL A DAY 



■Waahingtohi July 3. 

E>urlng the international film fes- 
tival, scheduled for next month in 
Munich, 42 films will be exhibited. 
Specials will be shown of German* 
Russian and American origin, with 
a new one every day of the festival. 

Educatlonals an dother shorts will 
be Included. 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



PICT U RES 



VARIEtlf 



Coliunbia's Exclusive Contract 
I^r Players Aimed to Shut Out 
Other Inde Fihn Producers 



teSi! -iJSta^^ in Contract 

May Re For Hours Rather Than Scale 



Device, Caused $200,000 Uoss 



IX)s Angeles, July 3. 
: Some independent picture prb - 
Queers here are compelUng stars and 
featured pla/ers eneaged £pr more 
than one. picture to sign agreements 
which prescribe that they cannot 
work for any other independent pro- 
ducer during a specific period when 
Idle; 

A contract wnltfh . Harry Cohn. 
producer for Columbia Pictures 
Corporation, an indie producer, gave 
a woman star-fbr four pictures, to 
te completed within 12 worlcing 
weeks of six days at a salary of 
■15,006 for each picture completed, 
provides that between Dec. 31, 1927, 
and Jan. 1, 1929. she could not wor?: 
for any of the so-called, independent 
producers, but might engage for 
other producers, most of whoni arc 
members of the Association of Mo- 
tion Picture Producers. . 
Paragraph 14 of the contract 
■ Cohn gave to the woman reads: 
"It is specificaily understood 
and agreed that the artist, will 
. not render her services for any 
jjerson, firm or corporation en- 
gaged in the making of rnotion . 
picture photoplays and will not. 
appear in any motion picture 
. ^photoplay during the. term of 
this agreemient, except for the 
following firms: Paramount- 
Famous- Lasky Corporatibri, 
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Pictures 
Corporation, William Fox or 
William Fox Vaudeville Com - 
pany, United Artists Corpora- 
tion, First National Pictures 
Corporation, Universal Pictures 
Corporation, Warner Brothers 
and Film Booking Offices." 
This contract Issued by Cohn 
gives him the opportunity to uiie 
the player consecutively or lay the 
player off between pictures, as he 
sees fit. It further holds the string? 
on' the artist in case Cohn wishes 
to do so by the following phrnso- 
ology: 

■ 'It is also understodi and agreed 
that the time spent by the artist in the 
production of photoplays for any 
and/or ail of the above mentioned com- 
pttniea shall be added to the period of 
^ time of the within. contract so that the 
said contract, shall ewtend beyond Jan, 
1, 1929, an equal number of ioeeks oi- 
months that the artist' is employed by 
said companies in the production of 
photoplays as aforesaid." 

Shutting Out Many 

This contract throws up the bars 
for the services of the player to such 
producers as DeMllle-Pathe, Chris- 
tip's, Roach, Senfielt, Caddo Produc- 
tions, $tern Brothers, Tiffany- Stahl, 
Gotham Productions, Excellent,^ In- 
spiration Pictures, Rayart, First 
. Division, Anchor, Mascot, Quality 
Productions, Asher, Small & Rogers, 
Gllflt Broughton -Productions, Burr 
& Hines-Enterprises, Chadwick Pro- 
ductions, Educational, Hercules Fro- 
dOctlons, Sierra Productions, Harold 
Lloyd Productions, Weiss Brothers, 
Sterling Productions, any one of 
which concerns at some time , or 
other during the year may want to 
engage this particular star who has 
considerable box-ofllce value on the 
- -^. Independent market;: 

Several of the independent pro- 
ducers, are said to have sent for this 
particular player recently and of 
tered to star her In pictures at her 
QWn salary, but were told, it is said, 
that her contract with Columbia 
prohibits her -working for any of 
them until ' she hals fulfilled her 
agreement with Cohn. 

Inquiries of several of the con 
cerns which Cohn permits this 
player to work for as to their knowl 
edge of any such arrangements 
brought forth tlie statement that 
Cohn had not consulted thiem a.s to 
. work classification, nor had they 
sanctioned the uise of their names 
in the contract Cohn gave but 

When Pred W. Beotson, secretary 
of the Association of Motion Pic- 
ture Producers, was asked if he had 
cognizance of any agreement that 
.Cohn might have with members of 
the association as to restricting em- 
--=--ployerg-auT'iH^^the"-comTJKt=^tJBriDa7- 
he stated he had never heard of any 
such form of contract being ap- 
proved by Individual members of 
his organiaition, and further said 
the association would not sanction 
any such contract being drawn 
that would place them In a posi- 
tion that n^ight show they were 
parties to discrimination. He stated 



Religious Filiiis^ Inc., 

Going Internatioiial 

Vic Donahey,- Governor of Ohio, in 
accepting nvembership of the, .ad^ 
visory board of Religious Films, Inc., 
wiiich organiza.tiori' intends to make 
20 two-reelerg in Palestine, said: V'l 
take some little pride in knowing 
that Ohio is the strictest state In, 
the Union with relation to film 
censprshlp," 

U. S. Seriator Arthur Capper, oif, 
Kansas, Secretary of Labor James 
J. .Davis, and former Ambassador 
James W. Gerard, as well as Edgar 
Howard, Randolph Perkinis, William 
Tyler Page, and James S. Parker, 
all members of Congress, have, en- 
dorsed the project to make re- 
ligious pictures and are on the Ad- 
visory Board. 

Organized in Januiatry, last, as a 
denominational moving picture ad- 
junct of the Episcopal iChurch, Re- 
ligious Films, Inc., has decided to 
make itself international and non- 
sectarian in character. They have 
tled-in with South America, France, 
Germany and other points besides 
an affiliation with the Church of 
England. Two rabbis. Nathan Krass 
and Isaac Bernard, as well as Don- 
ard Brian of the Catholic Actor s 
Guild, are on the Advisory Board. 

Eastman Teaching Films, : Inc., 
subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, will 
possibly distribute the religious 
films if negotiations now pending 
with Thomas F. Finegan, president 
of the Eastman company, are satis-. 
factorily corisumated. 



Lo.s Angeles, July 8- 
Frank D. Williams, film pro<'Css 
inventor, is suing Samuel Goldwyn 
Productions for $34,000 in allegea 
breach of contract. 

Williams a.«»serta he made an 
agreement with Goldwyn to . ui50 his 
traveling matte : process,, a device' 
by' which negatives tire supcrihi - 
posed to provide wbrldwide ''at- 
mosphere," for which he was to rcr 
ceive $44,00p.- Williams claims ho 
cniy got $10,000 and is suing tor 
the balance. 

Picture company . contends tlvat 
William?' process was unsatisfac- 
tory^and caused; a loss of about 
$200,000. Device was to have been 
used in the making of the "Potash 
and !Perlmutter" series. 




'lilitary" Ushers Are 

In Tr amin? Camp 



I'Vuir ushor.s loft. tho .Hoxy .hiiu 
SO 'to attend the Citizens Military 



Iii July or Au^^^^st l)io sl;(gvl\andH 1 
unions in -Now Yoric anil IJro'olclyn, 
No. 1 in Manh;\tt:u> and No. 4 in 
1rr()(iV<\\-n, will -.onti-r • m\i;\)tiati(iii.s 
w itli tlu^ . ciirCoront nmnagoi-ial in- •. 
ti'ri.''sts , cin oriii'.; all sluhv businOs.s , 
I liraiu-lifs .ri'latlvp to now slawo labor ' 



;su to. a.tUMiu inc v^ui/amis '"""V > i oi>htr;itMs 
Cana>;^aL I'Vattshurpv : TUey .afiv,-n..t ; .^'.^osriil aKroemt'tit 

taking post graduate covir.^cs- in 



Denny's Next Marriage 

Salt Lake City,. July 3. 
Isabel Stlefel, former Salt Lake 
girl, will be. married in November 
to Reginald Denny, according to 
word receivt J here by Alfred 
Stiefel, Jr., co'usln of the girl. 

The marriage will be performed 
when • Denny's divorce from his 
former wife, Irene Heisman Tt^nny, 
stage actress, becomes fl.nal, ; lt 
said. 



member of his association, but Is 
not at present. 

In case the artist on this contract 
requires more tlian 12 workiag 
weeks to complete the four pictiires 
for Columbia that company, accord- 
ing to the contract, Is then to pay 
$1,666.67 a full week or pro ratA 
at one-sixth for portions of a week 
until the final picture is made. 

That the producer, looks for a fur- 
ther ace in the hole with respect to 
the other producers this star may 
work for, paragraph 16 of the con- 
tract provides as follows: 

"It is expressly understood and 
agreed that the producer may sell, 
transfer or assign this contract, or 
any part thereof, or any interest 
therein, to any of the motion pic 
ture companies mentioned in. para 
graph 14 or to any motiiSn picture 
company affiliated with the pro- 
ducer herein; and upon notice to the 
artist of said sale, transfer or, as 
signment, the assignee, transferee, 
or vendee, shall be deemed and con- 
sidered as producer herein and the 
artist shall keep, fulfill and perform 
her part of said contract with the 
said assignee, transferee or vendee. 
Hogging Profit 
The foregoing paragraph gives 
the right to Sell the player to sdme 
other producer at a price above the 
one Cohn is pa:y.ing her by the pic 
ture or week, without giving her the 
Increased amount or any part of It 
Last fall thi.s particular star was 
asking $2,500 a week from the big 
line producers, and is known to 
have gotten $2,000 a week for sev- 
eral pictures from onb of them. 

The shut-out independents are 
looking for some way to meet the 

them to get away from a,..clo.sed 
market .so that they can obtain 
some of the desirable players he 
has tied up for 12 actual working 
weeks within 52 weeks. They say 
this woman .star can ea.slly earn this 
year from the independent produc- 
ers $100,000. Willie Cohn has her 
tied up with a $20,000 guarantee for 
that Columbia at one time was a that period. 



Intensivie Investigations into 
sound device stock flbtatlohs beiiig 
started by the Better Business 
Bureau is attually the. .work of the 
Hays ' organization. This cond,ition 
reveals a situation which shows in- 
Vestigators for the bureau to also 
have the dual title of secret service 
agents for the' flJm czar. At the 
sarhe time it is gleaned thait the 
association is one of the financial 
pillars of the bureau. 

By his tielip with this organizia- 
tion. Hays can have special investi- 
gations made In 48^f the largest 
cities from coast to coast where the 
bureaus all • cooperate with the one 
here which has its glesu-lnig house 
in the headquarters of the National 
Better Business Bureau. This na- 
tional network t>rovldes the Hays 
organizations, for what is described 
as "ari annual contribution," with 
complete coverage. 

Of over 16 phoney movie schools 
investigated by the bureau, as well 
ds . fake stock deals and matters 
pertaining to the film industry, the 
investigations in the majority of 
cases were made at the request of 
the Hays organization. In fact, %t is 
conceded that the bureau depends 
upon Hays for practically all of its 
film work. ''^ 

There is no isuch thing as . pay- 
ment with the bureau. It was stated. 
The firms which seek the institu- 
tion!s services "may contribute." ; At 
the sanie time It is learned that this 
coiintry- Wide chain of sleuths, is de- 
pendent upon steady contributions 
for Its existence. 

In order to hermetically seal the 
lips of its agents the bureau here 
put Into effect last week an Iron- 
clad rule requiring them to be most 
uncommunicative with nfewspaper- 
men. The regulation is Identical 
with that which prevails among em- 
ployes ig^ the . Hays' ofllcea. 



thoalTO ushc^ring but if thoro 
vaoancivs . at the Roxy upon tiuMr. 
return tlio hou.se "will bo i^lart to 
hire theni." . 

'i'lus story revives the one about 
tlie sailor on shore leave who wont 
rowing in Central Park. It also is 
perfect as fitting in with the nuni- 
eroiis gags going the rounds about 
military u.shers in the big Broad- 
way picture palaces. 

According to the Ushers them- 
selves the humorists around the 
film houses are getting to be quite 
a nuisance. . , . 

The sidewalk sentinels have it 
tough, too, on occasion. A kidder 
engaged one of the sidewalk men 
in dia;iogue. . "Why is it," ,he in- 
quire^, "that you seem to pick out 
certiin people in the crowds, pass- 
ing by?" The sidewalk, guard ex- 
plained that he "could tell" tWse 
\vlvo were thinking of going in arid 
were .undecided, ■ .. 

"Tlien," said the kidder, "you are 
sort of a salesman?" 
"Yes, sir." 

"All right. Sell this .show to me. 
Make me buy a ticketi" 

"I'm sure you'll find the -program 
yerj' enjoyable, sir.". 

"Do you call that salesman.ship?" 
"It's, a very fine feature, sir." 
"Have you seen It yourself ?" • 
"— er— no; sir." 

A door nian at the Capitol' WJis 
firdci not long ago for ritzing .a well 
known author who presented a p.ass 
signed by Me.ssmore Kendall. The 
name didn't mean a thing to the 
doorman who. decided : to conduct a 
personal Investigation into tlio 
credentials.. 

Patrons, notably" peevish ladies, 
frequently slap ushers it I.s said. 
There Isn't anything that can be 
done about it even when the patron 
Is In the wrong.' Wonien ha,vc been 
known to slap the head usher or the 
house manager just as easily. It is 
part of the routine wear and < tear 
of trying to seat 3,500 . persons In 
3,000 seats. • ; : : 

The Pararhount has the most pro- 
jiounced "system." Guard mount In 
that house is as solemn and spec- 
tacular as the Royal Fuslleers 
maneuvers In London on the king's 
birthday. "The Capitol Is character- 
ized by the peacock splendor of its 
sergeants, lieutenants and captains. 
The Roxy has 96 boys In their bri- 
gade. ' Jn addition to their cute lit- 
tle; knapsacks :the Roxy corps now 
wears service stripes for each year 
of duty. The Roxy Is -more liberal 
and elastic in scope a.nd gives its 
soldiers one day off In every seven. 



Par's 44th St Darkness 

The 44th Street theatre, under a. 
two'-^year leasei by Paramount, will 
remain dark through the isummer 
unless a sub-leasor appears. 

At the home office It wras said 
that no successor to "Abie's Irish 
Ro.se" is being considered for the 
house and that it will likely be 
•taken over by a .legit company, late 
In August. . 

N. Y. t6 L. A. 

Edmund Gouldlng. 
John i). Tippett. 
Julian Johnson. 
Morris R. Schlank. 



both In 

Now ■ 'V'ork. aiul J'.rooklyn .. expires 
Hopt, 1, noxt. i^lagohand.s are hope- ■ 
ful'o.r liiiyiiifi a now eonli'act .signed . 
up by that tiino. 

'The unions have had a two-year 
pact with the n>anaKor$ and an. ef- 
fort will .be inado to negotiate an- • 
other two-yoar jioriod. 

New York local expects to name 
a committee to confer with the difr 
teiront managerial bodies covering 
legitimate, picturois, vaudeville, bur- 
lesque and grand opera at the Met- 
ropolitan. . 

Brooklyn Union men expect to 
start negotiations around Aug. 15 
wliich will give the managers two 
weeks in which to sign the new 
contract. 

At this time the unions make , 
no claim of asking for more money 
but will insist upon a. number of 
changes, eapecially a,s the present 
scale, affects the .ovei'time worker?. 
• Matter of Hours. 

The stagehands in : the picture 
theatres., will endeavor to reacli a 
rnore . complete understanding on 
tlie hours, as the houses are now 
openini; at almost any time, some at 
11 a. m. and running to 11 p. rii„ 
wliiie . others open later . and keep 
operating Until 1 or 2 a. m. 

Booth operators and . the studio 
workers" in New York are governed 
by the local picture oi>erators' union. 

Tlie stagohandis expect to sign for 
vaudeville and burlesque on the 
same managerial status as before, 
this contractual agreement was 
handled by the Vaudeville Man- 
agers' Protective Association. The 
burlesque end (Mutual Wheel) Is 
in harmonious relation with th,e 'V. 
M. P. A. 



L. A toN. Y. 

Eddie Buzzell. 
Ona Munson. 
Charles McDonald. 
Joseph M. S.chenck. 
Joe Rock. 
Han.s Blanke. 
-R-.-=A;=Wal.sh,-=— 
Arch Buchanan. 
.Tune Collyer, 
Liloyd Corrigan. 



Film Con Man Jailed " 

New Haven, Conn., July 3. . 
Con men are already capitalizing 
on the name value of the Olympla 
Maori Excelsior Pictures Corp., re- 
cently organized to produce "Don't 
Stamp the. Roses,", a seven -iceel film 
depicting the life of Olympia Maori, 
freed murderess. 

. Ginp Sannd, of no address, was 
given a two month.s' Jail sentence by 
the local .City Court last week be 7 
cause of his . activities in getting 
^rirLs to pay him fce.s so that they 
Could .secure leading , parts in the 
Maori film. 

Excelsior Corporation has not yet 
started active production and is still 
trying to dl3p6,se of its $50,000 of 
Steele. 'The firm has opened up an 
office here. 



Pola Staying Abroad? 

L/03 Angeles, July $. 
Jjatest word, from Pola Negri to 
friends here, is that she will return 
in Soptomber unless slid ftigus to 
make pictures abroaA. 



$26,500 for New Club 

stock floated to cover construe 
tion and furnishing of the new Mov 
InR- Picture Club got members to 
subscribe a total of $26,500 at the 
organization's fir.st affair in a local 
hotel when 80 of the 200 charter 
membor.s wore present. 



. Collegians Arrive 

Los Angeles, July 3, 
J, A. Clark and T. J, O'lloarn 
two moro of Professor Hakor's Yah 
playwrighting clas.s, have arrived to 
get iin. insight into the picture busl 
ncss. . ■ 

Tlioy will spend .six months at th<i 
i'aramount studio. 



lachmann After Talker 
For Continental Use? 

S, Rachmann, of Berlin, is again . 
In New York and appears to be 
angling tor thie Continental rights 
to Vocaflim, a talker that ha^ had 
ia.. dubious existence so far on this 
side; Richmann is reported takings 
Vocaflim for Germany and prob-" 
ably also securing its Co'ntlnental 
rights. 

Since arriving in New York and 
occupying the largest suite at the 
high scaled Ambassador hoteli 
Rachmann and his many secretaries . 
have been .propositioning "names" 
to record for Vocaflim. It has been 
assumed by most of the names ap- 
proached that Rachmann wishes to 
return to his foreign home with a 
list of American show, celebs that 
will more easily permit of his ex- 
ploitation of Vocaflim over there. 

Rachmann Informed one of the 
names that "there will be millions 
in this for you. You will go Into" 
every theatre .and cafe in Europe." 

All right, then," replied the 
"name," "if there are millions In 
it, lay -two of them on the line be-^ 
fore I make a record and I'l l wHl 
think It over." 

The two millions have hot as yet 
made the line. 

Box Office Flop^ 
Educational, a picture distributor 
of film shorts, has been reported 
taking up Vocafilm for circulation, 
but beyond the jirelim ainiiounce- 
mcnt, there has been alienee. Edu- 
cational is said to' have put up no 
money. 

A Pittsburgh lay man is said to 
be behind Vocafilm and so far ha.s 
Invested about $250,000. Some 
months ago two $2 showings of 
Vocafilm at the Longacre theatre. 
New Yorlc, were given at different 
times. Each proved a failure at 
the box offloo. Later it was said 
Vo'cafilm had Inipi'ovcd . its record- 
ing but to dato nothing nv)re has 
been soon or hoard of Its talking 
records. 

llaolmi.'inti some years ago pro- 
"mct^a-'iitmself -th ryugh -T r£a--(Gtir--- 
man) into a con.slderable amount 
of steady yearly inrcnne by a Para- 
mount and M-.f;-M oonncotio'n 
forniod with Ufa. Later Rachmann 
became associated with a German 
newspaper and tiieatre operating 
syndicate, apparently getting In 
soft In position and moixey in Ger- 
many. 



8 



VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



i 



Wednesday, July 4, lejjg 



Bow and Talker Los Angeles' Best; 
No Rush for 'Tast'' Reissue, 




"Mob," $24,500 at Met— State, $20,00(h-Arbuckle 
Gives Egyptian $8,200— "Fazil," $6,800 



Los Angeles, July 3. 

(Dravying Pcspulation, 1,450,000) 
Weather: Fair 

MMth heat in the d}\y time and 
lair and cool .riights, a. California 
ietanding plus:, tnide at the pic- 
ture emporiums last wet'k. caused 
no Hysterics ext^rpc in two spots. 
Metropolitivn. Avith '"l^idios of the 
Mob" jumped busir.ess more than 
^8,000 over tiie prv'vious. week, and 
let the house jusc over the red 
boi"der. Wiirner Brothers, 1\-ith 
"Tenderloin." grot the big edge in 
Hollywood. 

Carthay Circle, the only house 
now shooting to the 91.50 trade, 
took it on the beagle for the third 
week of "Fazil." Fox opus. just 
means nothing at all for the $1.50 
trade out here. . Loew's State had 
"Hawk's Nest" and Sills' name 
seerhs to be* amiong those forgotten, 
locally. Trade dropped around 
46,000 below, previous week.' 
. United' Artists- didn't seem. \q 
show a great deal of enthusiasm in 
selling the reissue of "Way Down 
East." House appeared to let the 
producer do all the exploiting and 
picture went put at the end of its 
first weiek. Had it not been for 
Roscoe. Arbuckle In . person, the 
Egyptian would have finished with 
about half the gross it pulled. 
"Drums of Love" couldn't stand off 
the adjoining talker. Boulevard was 
another house to depend entirely on 
stage attraction, Gene Morgan. 

Belmont did, not get along so well 
with , its coni.bination of dramatic 
stock and first-run pictures. On 
screen they had "Turn Sack the 
Hours," and on stage "Is JZat So?" 
Trade was soso. Really too bad 
they had to push Harry Langdon's 
"The Chaser" into the Criterion, 
where no picture at all of late has 
reached first base. Intake was just 
.about 1500 above week before, 
which puts no medals -on anyone, 
concerned with its exhibition. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Boulevard (W. C.)— "Good Morn- 
ing, Judge" (U) <2,164; 15-50). 
Gene Morgan -vital as far as draw- 
ing power is concenied here; screen 
meant nothing; $7,000. « 

Carthay Circle (W. C.-Miller)— 
•'Fazil" and Movietone (Fox) 
<1,B00; 50-$1.50) (4th week). Third 
week skidded about $1,500; picture 
only, has another week or so to 
go; '$6,800 liberal. 

Criterion (W. C.)— "The Chaser'' 
.<F. N.) (1,600; 15-40). Too bad 
to bury this Langdon here, instead 
of putting it into other spots; a 
measly $2,500. 

Belmont (Goring) — "Turn Back 
the Hours" (Gotham) (1,551; 16- 
50). Customerig out this way evi- 
dently don't appreciate a lot for 
their dough; In addition to screen 
stock company did "Is Zat So?"; 
$3,000 the answer. 

Egyptian (U. A.-W. C.) — "Drums 
of Love" (U. A;) (1,800; 25-75). 
Fattv Arbuckle real b. o. magnet; 
$8,200. 

Loew's State (W. C.^Loew) — 
"Haw'ks Nest" (F. N.) (2,242; 25- 
99). Milton Sills a back number in 
. this house; compared to business 
hiis pictures have done here in the 
past, ar<iund $20,000 marvelous; 
|4,600 below preceding week. 

Metropolitan (W. C.-Pub) — 
"Ladies of the Mob" (Par) (3,595; 
26-75). Big trade, all they have to 
do Is plant the Bow name some- 
:where around the Apuses;: up $8,000,. 
br better,' above recent level; $24,- 
600. 

United Artists (U. A.)— "'Way 
Down East" (U. A.) (2,100; 25- 
$1.10). Little Interest shown in sell- 
ing revival for the single week 
house kept it; $10,500. 

Warner Bros. (W. B.) — "Tender- 
loin" and Vita (W. B.) (2,756 ; 26- 
75) (3d week). Second week for 
talker big at around $21,300; about 
two more weeks before another 
comes along. 



POX SIGNS KLEIN 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Charles Klein, who directed : a 
number of rather arty pictures for 
the Independent market recently, 
has been placed urfder contract by 
Fox. His first asslgnnient will be 
"Fog," to have been made by Lew 
Beller, r 

Due, to June Collyer going to Eu- 
rope, Mary Astor will be the fem- 
Inlne'lead/""^"""^"'"^"""""""""""^ ""^^ 

COSTUMES 



Norma Shearer Okayed 
By Baho at $19,000 



Baltimore, Jtily 3. 
(Drawing Population, 750,000) 
Weather: Pair; 

Reported that Loew houses are 
being wired and majority of local 
first runs will have talkers' for the 
coming season. At the present time 
only the uptown Metropolitan is 
wired.. Rivoli now having the tape 
strung and will go Vita -when it re- 
opens. 

Metropolitan, ■with olosing date 
rumored for last Saturday,, is still 
running with holdover of I'Lion and 
Mouse." Ajs soon as this one ex- 
hausts following, theatre goes dark 
for redecora-ting. Closing is opr 
portune as business is off with the 
exception of the Loew Century. 

Stanley, which went back to the 
old pit policy, following the sudden 
departure of "Pep" Kaufnian, re- 
turned to' the stage band Idea in 
midweek. Eddie Sherv.ood, proprie- 
tor of the supper club a,top the 
Stanley, stepped into the gap last 
week as: m. c. Buddy Page, from 
the Stanley, Philadelphia, came in 
Monday, changing theatres with 
"Pep" Kaufman. . .. 

Seasonal slump wias noticeable 
last week. Only the big Century 
came through without b. p. daihage. 
"The Actress" caught on . Imme- 
diately, Norma Shearer being a local 
favorite. Elsewhere returns were 
not so good, the Stanley diving with 
"Happiness Ahead." : 

Estimates Fop Last Week 

Loew's Century.— "The Actress" 
(M-G) (3,200; 25-60).' Very good; 
returns exceeded previous week's 
$19,000. . 

Stan I ey— ( Stanley - Cr andall ) ' 'Hap - 
piness Ahead" (F. N.) (3,600; 25-50). 
Followed the downWa;rd trend; mat- 
inees and first evening showis off, 
house picking up late in the even- 
ings; not over $16;000. , 

New G a r d e n. — (Schanberger's) 
"Phantom of the Opera" (U.) and 
vaud§. (3,200; 25-50). Nothing to 
rave 'about; picture a reissue and 
Leon Naavara, yaude headliner, re- 
cently m. c. at local Stanley; . maybe 
$12,000. . 

Valencia.— (Loew-U. A.). "Drums 
of Love" (tr. A.) (1,500;- 25-60). 
Average second week for this time 
of year f» $4,500 to $5,000. 

Parkway. — (Loew-U. A.). "Across 
to Singapore" (M-G) (1,000; 25-35). 
Good sumnier average, but film, 
while satisfactory, hadn't . pulling 
power of other big ones recently 
shown in this select followup house; 
next to Century as the best b. o. bet 
in local lineup; $3,700 far from bad. 



I 



PRODTTCTIONS 
BXPIiOlTATIONS 
PRSSBNTATIONB 




"C O SXUAACS 

3 w.«»<ottt sr. N •yf»s^si 



"Lion-Mouse" Very Big 
In tacoma to $6,200 

Tacoma, July 3. 
(Drawing, Population, .125,000) 
Weather: Warm 

With the Maylon . Players back 
again for 10 weeks at the Heilig, 
scaled at 35 cents to 50, the effect 
was felt at most of the other houses. 
Company just closed at Spokane. 
.Will Maylon _and Louise Miller are 
leads, and troupe doing nice biz. 

Pahtages is keeping level with the. 
Pan in Seattle, a much larger town, 
although some we^ks, of coursie, Se- 
attle steps out in front* West Coast 
houses, Rialto and Colonial, doing 
well, but Blue Mouse did the big biz 
last, week with "Lion and Mouse." 
Estimates for Last Week . 

Pantages (1,500; 26-50)— "The Es- 
cape" (Fox). Manager Cook now at 
military, training camp near here, 
but he comes in to bank the coin; 
$6,700; big. 

Rialto (W. C.) (1,260; 25-60)— 
"Ladies of the Mob" (Par). They 
like Clara here; $4,700. 

Blue Mouse (Hamrlck) (650; 60- 
75)— "Lion and the Mouse" and 
Vita (W. B.), Very big at $6,200. 

Colonial (W. C.) (850; 15-26);— 
"Skyscraper" (Pathe) and "Broad- 
way Nights." Not bad with $1,500. 



BLANKE ABROAD FOR W. B. 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
^"llans"^Bianic?rwM"7eim6""t?7"'tiTig 
country as assistant' director to 
Ernst Lubitsch and remained with 
Warners when the latter left, is 
reported en route to. New York, 
where he will sail for Germany to 
act as production manager of all 
Warner product in that country. 

Blanke,. prior to coming over herr, 
was affiliated with Ufa and other 
companies. 




MEYER DAVIS 

Tour attention Is invited to the 
special Meyer Davis Section, . pages 
51 to 66. 



MO Actiiany Wants Warm 
Weather; Wis., $17,000 



; Milwaukee, July 3. : 
(Drawing Population 650,000) 
. Weather: Rain and Cool 

More rain swept through last 
week and' the houses saw the red 
ink spread. Summer still seems a 
long way oif and the houses which 
usually fear ^ hot spell are praying 
for warmer wieather which will per- 
mit the patrons to come oxit without 
fear of wet feet. 

Wisconsin : perked up a little, 
probably because the town wanted 
to show Dave Schooler, m. c, f or the 
past year, that they liked him. It 
was Schooler's farewell and he Is 
succeeded this week by Richy Craig. 
Another old favorite left the Mid- 
wesco house with .Schooler, Art 
Richter, organist, who gives way to 
Les Hoadley, brought in from one 
of the neighborhoods. House did 
well at above $17,000. 

Warner's "Tenderloin," held over 
at the Garden, finishing Its 10th day 
Thursday night, is good for another 
week and to«k In at about $9,000 
for the seven days. House is play- 
ing a fully, synchronized program 
from newsreel to feature. 

Jannlhgs was banked on to put 
over a revival of "The. Last Laugh" 
and the Alhambra realized a neat 
return. . Other . houses were so-so, 
the Miller paying a final bow to 
vaude : and going Into a picture 
grind. 

Estimates for. Last Week : 

Alhambra (U) "Last Laugh" (Ufa- 
U) (1,800; 26-50). Stage show with 
reissue of Jannings helped; above 
red a little bit at $8,600. 

Garden (Brln) "Tenderloin" and 
Vita (W. B.) (1,200; 25-60-75). Vita 
and Movietone with a straight 60 
cent charge after 1 p. m, and 75 
cents for loges; still making plienty 
of money' and got about $9,000 on 
last seven of 10 day run; picture 
holds for another week. 

Merrill (Midwesco) "Across to 
Singapore" (M-G) (1,200; 26-60).. 
Heavy exploitation failed to bring in 
any money; Sunday business espe- 
cially bad; not up to $5,000. 

Miller (Midwesco) "Patent Leather 
Kid" (FN) (1,600; 15-25-40-50). 
With -Loew vaude playing its laist 
stand arid feature in second down- 
town showing, house was in the red; 
15 cent morning prices dragged In 
the people but not for sufficient cash 
to mean anything; around^6,000. 

Palace (Orph) "Sally of the Scan- 
dals" (FBO) (2,400; 26-60-75). Orph 
vaude with Jeanne Eagels did the 
business here; JTeanne got _so much 
publicity this trip and on her failure 
to show in "Her Cardboard Lover" 
the public was curious; better than 
$20,000. 

Riverside (Orph) "Rlnty of the 
Desert" (W. B.) (3,000; 15^5-40-60). 
Vaude With the dog film; better 
than $9,300, okay. 

Strand (Midwesco) "Fools for 
Luck" (Par) (1,200; 26-50), Also 
ran; Just on the street and that's 
all; hot over $3,400. 

Wisconsin (Midwesco) "Some- 
thing Always Happens" (Par) (2,'- 
€00; ^25-35-60-60). Farewell for 
Dave Schooler as m. c, with big 
stage show; house above red line 
for the first time In a month or 
more; better than $17,000, 

**Tempest" to Sound and 
Barrymore May Talk 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
•Tempest" will be United Artists' 
first picture to have sound. Record- 
' ing-^Tv6W^gl5rng" 6n"""rn 
expected to be finished, by Aug. 1. 
An effort may be made to have 
Barrymore talk, but with little pos- 
sibility that Camilla Horn or other 
members of the cast will lend their 
voices. 

When the Bjrnchronlzation la 
completed, picture will make its 
Hollywood debut at Grauman's 
Chinese. 



Fox Around $21,000: 
$11,500 for Colleen 



Washington, July 3. 
(Estimattd White Population, 
450,000) 
Weather: Warm and Rain . 

Things are getting even tougher 
at the Rialto with a change of pol- 
icy to take plaice soon, l^otlce was 
given Saturday night, to the .orches- 
tra while a dally change With seven 
reissues currently constitutes the 
layout for the week. House is wired 
and may, be going In for synchro- 
nized accompaniments sans pit or- 
chestra. 

In contrast and with repoi'ts of a 
change back to five K-A act* and 
a picture scheduled for the fall (Its 
previous policy), the Earle is climb-: 
Ing and getting into some worth- 
while gros.ses, though it has had Its 
set backs. Last week . with "Hap- 
piness Ahead" takings jumped a 
couple of grand. 

Advent of Leo, the M-G lion, got 
plenty of publicity last week,- but 
without any direct effect on the box 
offices oif the two Loew houses. Pal - 
ance arid Colunibla. Latter,- with a 
compulsory second week of Jan- 
nings' "Street of Sin," was not so 
hot, while the Palace, with "Part- 
ners In' CSrime," further demon- 
strated that, the two men coriiedy 
teams mean nothing extra. 

Met had a state rlgltts, "Road to 
Ruin," that most of the Independ- 
ents had been afraid of In connec- 
tion with the censors and Increased 
takings by a couple of thousand land 
created much talk. However, was 
not held over as. Is the general- pol- 
icy. ■ ■ 

Meyer Davis, aided and abetted 
by "Hangman's House," mieant ex- 
tra business Saturday and Sunday 
when the musician, whose name is 
coupled with dance orchestras, led 
his large pit comblniation for those 
two days at the Fox. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Columbia (LoeW) — ''Street of 
Sin" (Pair) (1,232; 35-50). Second 
week that couldn't be dodged weak; 
around $6i()00. 

Earle. (Stanley-Crandall)— "Hap- 
piness Ahead" (F. N.) and Stanley 
Co. unit (2,244; 35-60), Up went 
busineiss with Colleen Moore; 
brought $2,000 increase; close to 
$11,500. . 

Fox (Fox.) — "Hangman's Hpuse" 
(Fox) and Meyer Davis in pit Sat- 
urday and Sunday (3,434; 35-60-75). 
Davis gave the house a great start 
on Saturday, actual increase being 
'$1,000 over previous like days; bal- 
ance of Week on par with preced - 
Ing ones; around $21,000. 

Met. (Stanley-Crandall) "Road 
to Ruin" (1,518; 35-60). Surprise 
.money getter with much . question- 
ing of booking; figures talk, how- 
ever, and gross looks to have been 
In proximity of $9,000. 

I>alace (Loew) — "Partners in 
Crime" (Par) and Lbew-Publix 
unit, "Step This . Way" (2,365; 35- 
50). Under previous week with 
house spreading all over the place 
on Wesley Eddy, m. c, now starting 
on his seventh month; riiay have 
rung up $15,0tf0. 

Rialto (U) — "Thanks for the 
Buggy Bide" (U) (1,978; 35-50). 
Exploitation of Koran, mystic, 
helped picture;' maybe $4,000. 



ROCK'S SOUND PLANT 



Studio and Lab in San Fernando 
Valley By Oct. 1 — Indies interested 



Los Angeles, July 3. 

Joe Rock' Is In New Toi'k arrang- 
ing for the purchase and Installation 
of synchronization devices in a plant 
Which he will erect in the San Fer- 
nando Valley. The. Independent pro- 
ducer plans to have two units ready 
for operation by Oct. 1. 

While it is Rock's iriteritlorf ' to 
make talking and sound pictures 
himsell', he also has an understand.- 
ing with iseveral large quasi- inde- 
pendent companies, the budgets of 
which restrict them to the making 
of pictures. These concerns , have 
announced . ; their readihesB to sign 
contracts for space as soon as Rock 
is in a position to offer them. . 

The Christies also announce Met- 
ropolitan studios ■ will be equipped 
for sight and sound production, us- 
ing Western Electric device. 



LANGD6N'S /*HEART TROUBLE" 

Lob Angeles,. July 3. 

Harry Langdon's last ^or First 
National, after being without a 
permanent title for , four months, 
will be released as "Heart Trouble." 

I'roduction Was practically ready 
for showing before la title waiS 
agreed upon. 



FARROW'S ORIGINAL FOR BOW 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

John Farrow, who wrote the 
continuity for "Ladles of the Mob," 
han .boon assigned to w!rite Clara 
Bow's next. 

Farrow has been on the Par.a- 
mount lot for five months and just 
recently signed a now term con- 
tract. 



BOW JUST $43,0(K) 
CHI; ORIENTAL 
DROPS, $36,000 



Weather Hurt ; 'Cossacks/ 
$18,000, Roosevelt; *St 
Anger Opens Big 



Chicago, July 3. 
Weather: Rain I 

Day . after day of bad theatr* 
weather, which holds down the 
grosses until Saturday* put the • 
damper on most Loop houses agaiiii 
Democratic convention is also cred- 
ited with keeping some customers 
out of the rain. 

Big noise aroufid town is the talk- 
era. McVicker's, closed Until Friday 
to permit wiring, opened with 
"Street Angel" to big biz mainly in- . 
duced by heavy exploitation. Robse- 
velt, next to close for wiring, takes 
on "Sunrise" as its. initial sound 
feature. All big. houses in the city, 
Publix and Indies, will sopn be 
wired. Four of the large neighbor- : 
hood indies already are: featurlrig 
talkers and: are engaged in a hot ad 
battle with Publix-B. & K. about 
which has the better tonal effects. 

- While Al Kvale, m; c, has jerked 
the Oriental out of its despondency, . 
last week's $6,000 drop indicated the 
house will h^ive to .pay more at- 
tention to its pictures. "Cossacks" 
went sailing on Its first week at 
the Roosevelt and rated very strong 
at $18,500. "Ladles of the Mob" at 
the Chicago felt the weather and. 
let the house continue a drop started 
the previous week. This time the 
figure waS' $43,000, what the house 
does with an ordinary program. 

"Lion and the Mouse" slipped a 
grand in its third week at the ; Or- 
pheum but holds the. house aboVe 
normal after an exceptionally high 
s t a r t. Personal appearance of 
Sammy Mandell, lightweight champ, 
may have brought the State-Lake 
a few extra, "Ramona". closed at 
United Artists after four weeks aind 
a. good local showing. "Steamboat 
Bill, Jr.," In. Monroe closed for the., 
summer with "Painted Post" finish^ 
ing the season to an okay $3,800. 
Estimates for Last Week 

Chicago (Publix) "Ladies of the 
Mob" (Par) (4,500; 60-75). Clara 
Bow unable to. show particular 
strength With $43,000; "Hey! Hey!" 
(Publix unit) on stage. . 

McVicker's (Publix) "Street An- 
gel" and Movietone (Fox) (2,4001 
50-75).. Reopened, wired, Fridtiy; ' 
big start and excellent notices;' 
$20,000 first three days. 

Monroe (Fox) "Painted Post" 
(Fox) (976; 60-75). Mix finished 
season, with; satisfactory $3,800; 
house closed for summer. 

Oriental (Publix) "Michigan Kid" 
(U) (3,300; 35-75). Drop of $6,0(!0 
below opening week with Kvale af 
permanent m. c; $36,000 with "Levefli 
Lovers," Publix unit. 

Orpheum (W. B.) "Lion and the 
Mouse" arid Vita (W. B.) (760; 60). 
Talker continues high; $10,260 on 
third week; opened to $14,600; Vlti* 
shorts. 

Playhouse (Mindlin) "Berlin," 
"Power" (Mindlin) (600; 50-75). 
Second week of "Berlin" With Jan- 
nings' "Power" added ;. good at $3.- 
100. ' 

Roosevelt (iPublix) "The Cossacks^. 
(M-G) (1,400; 60-75), Great open- 
ing week; overcame poor climate, 
for $18,500; following this run, 
house closes for wiring. 

State- Lake (Orpheum) ."Th€i, 
Masked Angel" (Chadwick) (2,500;- 
50-75). Picture rated mod erate;> 
Mandell, boxing champ, headed 
vaude bill; below expectations with 
$17,000. 

United Artists (U. A.) "Ramona", 
(U. A.) (1,702; 35-75), Finished 
good fbur Weeks with $18,000.;/ 
"Steaniboat Bill, Jr.," (U: A.) cur- 
rent. 



Lowry Nearing Isl Year 
ksM. C. at Ambassadoi' 



St. Louis, July 3. 
(Drawing Population 1,0(X),000) 
Weather: Cool and Rain 

Weather had a tendency to trim 
down attendance in spots last week. 
Rain and cold nights took a walloR, 
at the two outdoor theatres. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Missouri (Skouras) (3,800; 35-65). 
"Partners in Crime" (Par); $21,400rv 
—Loev^f's--Stato^(^-,300;---2 5^35-65) - 
"Telling the World" (M-G). Another, 
smart alecky Haines film; $18,000. 

Ambassador (Skouras) (3,000; 25r 
35-65) "Half a Bride" (Par). Ed 
Lowry will soon be celebrating his 
flr.st ycrtr here as rii. c; $31,400. 

Grand Central (Skouras) (1,700; 
50-76) "The Lion and the Mouse; 
and Vita (WB). Still drawing; 
$10,250. 

St. Louis (4,280; 35-66) "Don't 
Mai'ry'' (Fox). 



Wednesday, July 4, 19M 



PICTURE GROSSES 



VARIETY 



9 



^Cossacks; GSbert and $71 J50 Near 
July 4th Nifty k ^^C^^ 

^'Red Dajnce" at $2, $15,250, Tfeanks to Shawr— Par 
Under $70,000— Specials Drooping 



MONTREAL'S 4 FIRST 
RUNS NEAR $50;0D0 

Loew's $15,000— Negri, $1 3,- 
000— Billie Dove, $12,000 



:ju3t enough heat slipped 'in last 
week to make Its presence felt; un- 
der the various marquees. A warm 
ijreeic-ehd plus the approach of. the 
national holiday also made the past 
Saturday and Sunday anything hut 
w. rave for the film contingent. 
• "Cossacks" and Gilbert about 
-np?ad-eagled the field for June's 
gS d£?ys^ in . gathering $71,200 at 
5?e Capitol and holding over Only 
ither noticeable rlse^^as the 
Rtrand. where "The Hawk's ' Nest' 
Sn ?ake credit for $28,600. but the 
Kse^ives.lts new aU-film (talk- 
liS^ shorts last week) policy some 
^deration in the matter. The 
lather two big theatres were off, 
-Magnificent Flirt" not being able 
to reach. $70,000 for tbe^P'^^^^,!?" ; 
Arid "Foreign Legion" falling short 
«f J90,OQO at the Roxy. ^. 

.Bivdll took a soiyi . bump with 
-Uncle Tom's Gabin.^' which hung 
op a record low first week under 
the "run" regime by. doing but $10,- 
900 Picture goes out this Saturday 
for* "King of Kings," which comes 
tn with sound accompaniment. 
•^Tom" did .$2,200 on its second 
. tveek-fend. , , . 

The twin house, Rialto, also light 
With $20,950, and ."Drag Net" de- 
Darts to allow "Man Who Laughs" 
to enter, latter film closing at the 
Central Wednesday. This house 
goes dark until "Lilac Time" (F. N.) 
cbmes in Aug. 3 plus Fir natone. syn- 
chronization. "Station Masters 
second week at the Cameo hung 
fairly close to its initial) gross at 

$6,200. ^ ^ , 

Specials 

None of the ■ $2 group, really 
Showed anything unles-s It was "The 
Red bance's" opening $15,250. Most 
Of the draw here Is generally ad 
ftiitted to be the Movietone short on 
iBernard Shaw. "Fazil" is getting 
feady to blow after a fourth week 
to $5,000. About two more weeks 
tFlll conclude this stay. 

"Trail of '98" is another oh its 
way out. "White Shadows," M-G's 
first sound picture, being due at the 
Aator about the first w6ek .in 
Aiigust. "EJnd of St. Petersberg" 
Claims to be hovering around five 
figures and will attempt to remain 
for the summer, while "Dawn" isn't 
bringing much attention to Itself on 
42d street and tjuits this week; 

"Lion and the Mouse" is using 
tig ads in the dailies but doing all 
right "Wings" was steady, and 
f'Tempest" down to $6,700. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Aster— "Trail of 's'S" (M-G) 
(1,129; $l-$2) (16th week). Basing 
Along not showing much at $7,400; 
will depart last of this month to 
be replaced by "White Shadows," 
south .sea film, M-G-M's first sound 
&tid effect effort. 

'^Cameo— "The Station Ma,ster" 
(^ovklno) (549; 60-75). Did pretty 
vfW. on second week; fell oIT $600 
to $5»200; using triple bill this week 
m'cludlng Chaplin and Jannings. 
'^Capitol— "Cossack.s" (M-G) (4,- 
62D; 35-50-75-$1.50) (2d week). Big- 
tfest business on Street and at $71,- 
J50 holds over; jump of $23,500 over 
pireceding bad week, 
^ .Central— "Man Who Laughs" (U) 
(922; .$l-$2) (10th week). Univer- 
sal gives up house this Wednesday; 

Sicture started off smartly but 
\irlndled to medloCre figures; opens 
at the Rialfo this Satufdayr "Lilac 
Tipie" (P. N.) here Aug. 3 with 
. AbUnd. 

" Criterion^"Wings" (Par.) (836; 
$l-$2) (47th week); Sticking it out 
fdlrly well; at $11,000 or $12,000 no 
cbinfi,plaint5; picture now in its 13th 
Week in Cleveland. 

: Embassyw«'Tempest" (U. A.) 
(596; $lr$1.60) (7th week). Dipped; 
down to $6,700; small house would 
like to be wired to do away with 19 
xnuslcjans now in orchestra. 

Gaiety— "Fazil" . and Movietone 
(Fox), (808; $l-$2) (5th week). 
. Woii't and can't stick, much longer 
at $5,000 pace; duo to leave July 15 
with "Lost in the Arctic." Snow's 
. picture, to follbw; "Godless Girl" 
(Pathe) here last week in August 
or Jirst of September. 

Globe— "The Red Dance" and 
Movietone (Fox) (1,416; $l-$2) (2d 
Week). Started to $15,250; okay but 
below "Street Angel's" opening 
pace;' Movietone short on Bernard 
Shaw getting most of credit for 

JJraw. _ . • . _1 

"H a m nhe'rsf e 1h— 
t>erg" (SovkinoJ (1.265; $1-$1.50) 
(6th Week). Hanging around $8,000 
ftna will try to stick through sum- 
mer. 

.Paramount — "Magnificent Flirt" 
,(Par.) (3,666; 40-65-75-$l). Vlor- 
enco Vldor never has been tuctor 
here and repeated on that verdict; 
plus weak stage show house under 
$70,000 for second time since Paul 
Ash bowed In; $68,750. 

Rialto— "The r)rag Net" (Par.) 
»«46&; 36-50-7«.(l^ (jd weok). Just 



'HAROLD TEEN' BEATS 
BOW'S FILM IN SEATTLE 



''Lion and Mouse" Gave BJue 
Mouse Big Gross Last 
Week; $1 1 ,300 



Seattle, July 3. 
(Drawing Population,: 450,000) 
. Weather: Fair 

Right on the heels of the United 
Artists reopening at pop prices 
comes the announcement of new 
policy at Orpheum. Vaudfilm house 
ia going back to the two-a-day and 
r^eserved seats. Sundays, only, will 
see the continuous grind. . Prices 
go to 75c. top Sundays .and $1 for 
week day reserved; Went into ef- 
fect July K Mat prices, 25 and 40, 
with 1,000 reserved at latter price. ' 

Columbia is doing better, but It 
looks as though this house will have 
to eventually cut prices to meet 
new U. A. competition. 

Biz just fair the past week. Blue 
Wtou^e . doing great with the talker, 
"Lion and the Mouse." Ed Emer- 
son, in charge of publicity at the 
Seattle, went heavy publicizing 
Lena Malena, new star to appear In 
person arid 6n screen liext week. 
First Hollywood star at the Seattle. 
She was welcomed and kissed by 
the mayor, and feted and feasted, 
Seattle had some special Interest 
past week with red hair contest 
during Bow picture. But "Ladies of 
Mob" given bad beating by "Harold 
Teen." 

Estimates for Last Week 



Seattle (W. C.-Pub.-L) (3,100; 25- 
60)— "Ladles of the. Mob" (Par). 
Deemed poorest vehicle Clara Bow 
has been seen In here; Publix stage 
show, "Pagoda Land," dandy; $14,t 
500. light. 

Fifth Avenufl (WC) (2,700; 25-60) 
"Harold Teen" (F. N.). Unex- 
pected big, beating Seattle; $15,000 
Hermie King, m. c, helped. 

United Artists (W. C.-U. A.) (1,- 
800; 25)— "Burning Daylight" (F. 
N,). Price, 25 cents, featured; good 
picture for . opening and with lim- 
ited advertising, okay; $4,400. 

Columbia (U) (1,000; 25-60)— 
"The Whip Woman" (F. N,).' Fair 
at $3,400. 

Blue Mouse (Hanirick) (950; 60- 
75)— "Lion and Mouse" and Vita 
(W. B.). Doing great; $11,300. 

Winter Garden (U) (850; 15t25)— 
"Wild West Show" (U). Did biz; 
$2 800 

Pan'tages (1,500; 25-50) — "Don't 
Marry" (Fox). Lois M^oran has 
name in lights; fair- at $6,500. 

Orpheum (2,700; 25-50)— "Alias the 
the Deacon" (Pathe). Vaude ordi- 
nary and biz still bad; new policy 
next week; $6,800. 

Presiderit (Duffy) (1,650; 25-1.25) 
—"Alias the Deacon" (Duffy Play- 
ers). Second week, with Berton 
Churchill and Helena Shipman in 
leads; Helen Audiffred returns riext 
week; $3,000. ■ 

Take Up St, Claires Option 

Los Angeles, July 3, 
Paramount has renewed its op- 
tion on Malcolm St. Clair, dire^tor^ 
for another year. " - - : • 



Montreal July 3. 
(Drawing Population 600,000) 
Weather; Fair : 

A wet Saturday anfl Spnday 
wrecked the national FrenchHCan- 
adian process of Sti Jean Uaptlste, 
but helped the. theatres. People who 
camb out and were caught in the; 
downpour pa.cked the matinees. 
Enough were left over to also make 
good nights. Hence, close to $50,000 
was the total in the four first runs. 

"Three Sinners," at the Capitol, 
was a near rave. Pola Negri in a 
blonde wig and some snappy clothes 
brought in the f emmes. . Film's $13,- 
000 would be pretty good at any 
tinle. 

Another good picture was "The 
Yellow Lily," which jumped the 
Palace to $12,000. This postpones 
further chance of the house being 
closed for a couple of montlis. 

"His Tiger Lady," at Loew's. was 
okay, with vaude that was better 
than usual. 

The Imperial, rebuilt Into a new 
theatre, is scheduled to op€n next 
week as a straight vaude . house, the 
first here for aibout 10 years. Pic- 
tures are out and youngsters under 
16 get their .first cliancc to see 
something besides musical comedy 
and stock since March. Seats , are 
reserved and Manager Conover fig- 
ures on lifting- his grosses to $10- 
000 and $12,000 ev^ry week. 

Charles Emerson Cook's Savoy 
stock grossed $10,000. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Capitol (FP) (2.700; 40-60) "Three 
Sinners" (Par).. Wet opening night 
and Sunday brought in crowds who 
were out to see St. Jean Baptiste 
celebration; fell off later, but good 
enough to boost to $13,000; very 
good for time of year. 

Palace (FP) (2,700;. 40-6,0) "The 
Yellow Lily" (FN). Matinees much 
better than usual; transients con 
tinue to help grosses; $12^000. 

Loew's (FP) (3,200; 45-75) "His 
tiger Lady" (Par). Menjou helped 
bv eood vaude; excellent at $15,000; 
^"^Strand XUA) (800; 30-40V "The 
Magnificent Flirt" (Par) ; ' Light- 
ning" (Educ); "Burning Daylight 
(FN), and "Stop That Man' (U). 
Altogether. $3i500, better than pre- 
vious week. 

Neighborhoods— NormaL 



STATE HOLDS 
ALL-SOUND FOR 
TfflRDWEEK 



Detroit House^ $22,000-^ 
Michigan, $40,800-^ap<- 
itol, $23,900 



Detroit, July 3. 
Weather: Warm and Rain 

Ktinsky's State, with its all-sound 
program, came .back with another 
fine sum in the second week of that 
policy. House stayed well over $20,- 
000 and continuing to grab most 
of the attention dowhtown. "Glor 
ious . Betsy." as well , as the Vita 
Mpyietone shorts, hold for a third 
week. It's , the first time In this 
section a straight picture, at pops, 
has been able to remain three weeks 
in a 3,500-3eater. 

"Tenderloln"-Vita, also talking, 
saw enougli in its sixth week at the 
Madison to stick currently. Tliis 
one must be surmounting the red 
by plenty as "The Jazz Singer" has 
been set to return for the pa.9t two 
weeks. ■ Present, pace, -if adhered to, 
will keep "Tenderloin" in for eight. 

Pair of silent films, "Drag Net" 
at the Adams and "Garden of Eden,',' 
United Artists, both went out after 
two weeks. No Important, money 
fpr either at any time. 

Capitol screened its. best picture 
in some time In "Happiness Ahead" 
and beat the weather with a,nother 
normal' receipt slip. Michigan wa.s 
also strong in the film department, 
"Street, of Sin" managing to go sev- 
eral thousand above the previous 
disastrous week. . . 



FRISCO STAGES BIGGER 
THAN SCREENS LAST WK. 



doing fairly and leaves I^iday In 
favor of "Man Who Laughs (U) , 
underworld film $20,950 on second 

Rivoli— "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (U) 
(2,200; 35-50-75-$l) (2d y/eek). 
Poor first week record for house; 
$10,900; understanding IS U guar- 
anteed' house P^io^^t regardless of 
gross; "King of Kings" (Pathe) 
here Saturday with first Photophone 
synchronized score. ' , 

Roxy— "The Foreign Legion (U) 
(6,205,^ 50-75-$l-$1.505). Pi<^l^ed^up 
over two previous weeks to get ?»8,- 
000; is Increase of . $10,000 and may 
m^an that worst is oyer. 

Strand— "The Hawk's Nest (F 
N ) (2,900; 35-50-65-75). Did pretty 
well with second week of all-film 
policy, $28,000; scven-reel talker, 
"Light of Broadway" (W. B-), open- 
ing at special midnight show this 
Friday; in here first because of high 
Wafaftte(r"aTid- percei vtage. 

Times Square— "Dawn" (Selwyn) 
(1 080: $l-$2) (6th week). Has 
been quiet and departs this Sunday 
Warners— "Lion and the Mouse" 
and Vita (W. B.) (?.360; $1- 2) (3d 
week). Doing nicely but not up to 
previous money of talkers here; 
may be that clientele Is getting used 
to dialog or possibly that Strand, 
with its Vita talkers and shorts, Is 

cutting in; lio^vcr'''.,'^,''n^A'if th^« 
to make excuses for $11,000 at this 

time. 



Girts 1)0 All Right ^ 
lnK.C^,500Tops 

Kansas City. Jujy 3- 
(Drawing Population, 700,000) 

Girls were it on the screens last 
week. Corlnne Griffith was at the 
Midland; Colleen Moore, Mainstreet; 
Dolores Costello, Globe; Vlrgin4a 
Lee Corbiit, Uptown; Helen Foster 
Liberty, arid Nancy • Carroll. Pan,- 
tages. Newma;n, with William 
Haines, was the only house featur- 
ing a male star. _ 

Weather was half fair and rain 
and the wet didn't help, some of the 
downpours coming early in the even- 
ing; Radio reports of the Demo- 
cratic convention also held many at 
home or took them to one of the city 
parks where the Kansas City "Star 
had installed a loud speaker which 
could be heard for a mile. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Loew's Midland. — "Garden Of 
Eden" (U. A.) (4,000; 25-35-50). 
Stage show "Rio Romance," one of 
the poorest Publix units to reach 
town; $18,300. 

-Mainstreeti— "Happiness Ahead 
(F. N.) (3,200; 25-50). Colleert 
Moore a natural for this house, 
coupled with more than satisfying 
picture was great bargin bill in 
honor of Louisville Loons' first an 
nlversary In house; $19,500. 

Pantages.— "Chicken a la King 
(Fox) (2,200; 25-50). Made to order 
for Pari customers; $8,000. 

Loew's Newman. — "Telling the 
World" (M-G) first half; "Mile, 
from Armentlers," last half. Haines 
foa-turo. first four days, , has Anita 
Page and reviewers claiming great 
things tor her; $3,800. ^ 

Liberty.— (Ind.) "Road to Ruin 
(1,000; 25r35). Third week for pic- 
ture with a moral and there were 
some who were curious; $3,900. 



Boston Light 



. Boston, July 3 
I (Drawing Population, 850,000) 

L^^Businfias -^i aat- week . .was j-ather 
spotty, the State having one of its 
weak and leans arid the Metropol 
itan just doing fairly. ^ 

Met did about $33,000, which 
shows an improvement on the same 

week last yoar. \ ... , 

Estimates for Last Week 
Sta*e (4.000; 30-40-50)— "I^ugh, 
Cl6wn, Laugh" (M-G). Did $17,800 
on the week. 

Metropolitan (4,000; 35-60-75)— 
"His Tiger Iiady" (Par). . Fair at 



Estimates for Last Week 
Adanis (Ktmsky) ,"Th© Drag Net" 
(Par) (2d wxiok) . (1,700; 50-65). 
House still neglected since talkers 
hit town ; underworld film got good 
notices but no real money after first 
few days; "(Soodbye Kiss'' current; 
$10,500. 

Capitol (Kunsky) " Happiness 
Ahead" (FN) (3,448; 50-75). Strong 
screen and stace bill last week and 
normal at $23,900. 

Madison (Kunsky) "Tenderloin"^ 
Vita (WB) (6th week) (1,976; 50- 
65). Remains In profit class despite 
unusual run for this town; looks 
like eight weeks; "Jazz Singer" 
billeid to follow; $10,000. .: 

Michigan (Kunsky'-Publlx) "Street 
of Sin" (Par) and "Kat Kabaret" 
unit (4;i00; 50-75). Big house re- 
cuperated after bad week to . get 
$40,800; Jannings and heavy ex- 
ploitation for hew stage draw, 
Frank Beastoh, responsible. 

Oriental "Sporting Age" and 
vaude (2,950; ,26-76). Paul Specht 
on stage last week but without sup- 
port; gross no better than usual' at 
$9,000. ' 

State (Kunsky) "Glorious Betsy"- 
Vlta (WB) and Movletotie (Fox) 
(2d week) 3,000; 60-65). Second ex- 
cellent week for all-sound bill at 
$22,000; program holding over fOr 
third week, setting local record. 

United Artists (UA) "Garden of 
Eden" (UA) (2;000; 60-65). Low 
second week at^ $11,000 after fair 
opener; Keaton's "Steamboat BUI" 
(UA) first comedy to play hou^e and 
away to good start. 

Heat Soaked Portland 
Houses T^2Lrd Last Week 

Portland, Ore.. July 3,. 
(Drawing Population 400,(X>0) 

'Lombarcll, Ltd.," holds^ over for 
Its 6th week at the Heilig aifter cre- 
ating a record in long stock runs 
here. "Ramona" had Its second big 
week at the Columbia, but other 
than this business declined with the 
advent of hot weather. 

Estimates for Last We«k 
Portland (PubHx-"Wr. C) . (3,500; 
35-60) "The Big Noise" (FN), Only 
fair success; Rubllx "Tak-a-Charice" 
unit. Did $10,000. 

Broadway (W. C.) (2,000; 35-60) 
"Ladies of the Mob" (Par). More 
underworld stuff; Movietone -News; 
got $13,800. 

Pantages (Pan) (2,00P; 35-50) 
"DoTi't Marry" (Fox) and vaude. 
Around $11,800. 

Oriental (Tebbetts) (2,709; 25-35) 
"Turn Back the Hours." Colorful 
picture of South Seas; $7,000. 

Columbia (U) (1,200; 35-50) "Ra- 
mona," (UA). Big In second week; 
women liked; promises third week; 
$8,000. . 

Heilig- Henry Duffy Players (2,- 
000-;— 25T'$lrj25);— — Fourth-:-wcek--ot 



Bessie Love Helps Warfield Do 
$26,000— Frank Jertks Boosts 
Granada to $18,000 



San Francisco, July 3. 

(Drawing Pop., 756,000) 

Weather: Fair 

Warfield and Granada .were* long 
on stage entortainmtMit arid more • 
or loss deficient on screen. Run 
houses, SL Francis with. "Four ■ 
Sons" and Embassy with "Lion and . 
the Mouse," clicked handily^ grosses 
but slightly oft over the preceding 
week. 

Warfield continued to lead : the 
town with Bessie Jjove heading a 
Farichon and Marco "idea." "Bring- 
ing Up Father," film, didn't mean 
much. . , 

At the Granada, Zane Grey's 
"Vanishing Pioneer" was a doubtful 
draw. On the otlier hand,. Frank 
Jenks c, was back after being 
away . nearly six riionths .and is 
given credit for a major portion of 
the business. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Warfield— "Bringing Up Fathei-" 
(M-G) (2,672; 35-50-65-90). Bessie 
Love a jreal box office attraction,- 
Rube Woif clientele getting bigger, 
no. trouble passing $26,OCjO. 

Granada — "Vaniahing Pioneer" 
(Par) and Publix unit. (^,785; 35- . 
5.0-G5-90),. Gala return for Frank 
Jcnks .and bus'ness up, with strong- 
er scteen feature might have got- 
ten back to winter and spring 
Stride; $18,500, exeelleht. . 

St. rrancis — ^"Four Sons'' and 
Movietone (1,375; 35-65-90). Sec- 
ond week consistently strong; 
around $11,500. 

Embassy— "Lloh and the Mouse!' 
and Vita (W.B.) (1,367; 50-65-90). 
Talking picture continued draw on 
third wej:ik; two more to go and 
then "Glorious Betsy," a little over 
$12,000. , 



"Lombardl, Ltd.," with Leo Carrlllo, 
local record since early '903 ; busi- 
ness dropped for last week, $6,500, 
but holding over for 5th week 



U?« Movietone Truck. 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Universal Is using a Mbvlotpno 
truck for sound In the wator scenes 
now being filmed for "Forbidden 
Love," 



Jesse James' Neighbors 
Dislike Thomson's Idea 

Topeka, July 3. 
(Drawing Pop. 85,000) 
Weather: Unsettled; rain 

Only one 'house that showed an 
Increase over the previous week, 
but that week a new low record was 
set for the first three days at the 
Jayhawlc so last week a slight in- 
crease there was to be expected. 

It wasn't the bookings. Chiefly 
the weather, a typical Kansas mix- 
ture of hot, cold and r-ain. 

Estimates for Last Week , 
Jawhawk— (40— 1,500) ( Jayhawk) 
Colleen Moore in "Happiness Ahead" 
pulled. Last three days Dix's "Easy 
Come, Easy Go" stood up against 
conditions. Total $2,400. 

Orpheum— (1,200— 40) (National) 
Double bill was "Magnificent Flirt" 
and Fred Thomson's "Jesso James" 
scored flop, practically all charged 
to bandit picture. Eastern Kansas 
was the scene of Jesse , James' oper- 
ations and Kansans cannot stand for 
Thomson's interpretation of the out- 
law; 

Grand— (1.400 — 75) (National) 
Waddcll Players iri "The Parish 
Priest" fine opening but business 
faded. $1,400. 

Cozy — (400 — 25) (Lawrence) "The 
College Widow" first half suffered 
and while Rinty's picture "A Race 
For Life" last half did as well as 
could be expected, another demon- 
stration Topekans don't care for 
dog pictures as they did. $600. 

Novelty — (1,100 — 25) (Crawford) 
Art Higglna and his "Folly Maids" 
held just about even. Stunt nights 
well scaittered through - week cause. 
$1,500. ^ . , 

Best- (550-r20) (Lawrence) Al 
Russell and musical tab show seems 
to be due for all summer run. Busi- 
ness off every where else but with 
third run westerns right at figures 
for week before, $900. 

Buffalo Quiet 

Buffalo, July 3. 
(Drawing Population, 550,000) 
Weather: Wet . 

Business remained on the slide 
last week. Excessive rain kept the 
public home several days. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Buffalo (Publix) (3,000;. 30-40-65) 
"Shepard of the Hills" (F. N.) 
"Bowery Follies." Good show kept 
the house above water; $26,200. _ _ 

Hipp (Publix) (2.400; 60)— "Night 
Flyer" and vaude. Hfld up remark- 
ably, both picture and vaude .shar- 
1ng-thc-credit^-$12;000.=.--^-=^:*~^ 
Great Lakes (Fox) (3,400; 35-50) 

^"Nows Parade" (Fox) and vaude. 

Continuance of tlio eight-act policy 
kept business up the finst half but 
dropped away toward the end; 
house returns to five acts this week; 
around $10,000. _ 

Lafayette (Indcp) (3.400; 35-50)— 
"Llttlo Shepard of Kingdom Gome' 
fR N) ftnd v.audc. Flna.1 week 
I)rior to summer closing; tapered 
off to under $9,000. 



r i 
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VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Different Methods by Fox-Warners 
For Talking Shorts EspeciaDy 



Unlike Fox, which is signing up 
authors an^ directors for Movietone, 
■Warner Brtithers state they iare re- 
lying isolely on Bryan Fpy and Mur- 
ray Roth as their ace director and 
author, respectively, for the Vita- 
phone feature and short subjects. 
Hugh Herbert, who co-authored 
rLlghts of New York" with ^Roth for 
Vitaphone, has been since annexed 
toy Fox. . 

Fox is devoting special attention 
to its authors and directors. Be- 
Bides Andy Rice, sodri made a su- 
pervisor after leaving Broadway 
for Hollywood: as a. comedy con- 
structor, Fox has Herbert, Harry 
I)elf, I'aul Gerard Sniith, Charles 
Juciels, John Meehan and ISugono 
Walter among others. 

Jog Pincus and Ben Jaclcj>on ; arc 
cpiiicludlng their eastern mission 
arid are about to settle' \v.ith other 
directorial and author nanies, fol- 
loxving which these Fox executives 
rotiu-n to California in about two 
we(.ks. . , . ■ ■ • . 

Tlie, extensive preparations being 
Liid . by Fox' towards organization 
Indicates, to showmen, an intention 
to top the field in talkei* production 
on a prolific scale. 



Kew Trial for Actress 
In Suit Over Elephant 

> Los Angeles, July 3. 

Beofiuse Lila . McComa.s, film 
ac i>:s, appeared- in coxirt fashioh- 

y attired .the jury believed, she 
was not suffering financially, and 
.ja\v>n-ded her only $500 fpr injurie.s 
si'P ained in a fall froni a circus 
elf bant at Fox studio.. • 

T'Vat.was the contention of Miss 
MeComas' lawyers when they ap- 
p-rred in court again and asked 
for and were granted a new trial; 
'Su]>crior Judge Beecher, without 
c( ■ piont, ruled that the- ?500 judg- 
m' vt w'as insufncient. on the basis 
of the evidence submitted at the 
fi .-t: trial. 

f vit is directed ogainst the Al 
G. T^'^.rnes circus, with the original 
c jviuint asking for §S2;6S!) dani- 
at,e3. • 



Home Portables 



Honie projectors are now be- 
ing sold in portable cases as 
compact as those containing 
talking machines, radios and 
typewriters, ' 

A wlrQ connection makes it 
possible for the projector to be 
set UP by. the traveling home 
movie fan in any spot he may 
be that has an electric light 
or socket outlet, without much 
trouble. 



WHITEMAN AT 
MINNESOTA 




Town R e c o r d — ^State's 
Kiddie Revile Okay 
at $17,000 



'BURLESQUE' OFF TILL JAN. 



Par. Will Transfer Film Sound to 
Disc Record for Its First Talkers 



Los Angeles, July 3. 

Paramount has deferred making 
"Burlcsqiie," its first talker, -until 
next January. 

•lipy Pomeroy is still experimentr 
irig with synchronization, and JPara- 
mbunt contemplates uisihg an . extra 
strip in addition to the film scenes 
on- this film. The extra st.rip is to 
be a synchronization record. 

In the making of "Burlesque" aiid 
of other pictures for the first six 
months of talkers Paramount is go- 
ing to transfer the sound from the 
film strip to a wax disk similar to 
Vitaphone. The trtihsfer will be 
mad0 after the synchronized picture 
hfis been cut for release. It is said 
Paramount engineers believe that in 
the beginning better results will be 
obtained through the disk record 
than from the ^celluloid recot-d. 

Victor Fleming had been assigned 
to direct "Burlesque," but it is un- 
derstood that another director will 
be given the job when shootiiig 
starts. No. selections . have been 
made for the cast. 



U*« Two Talkers 

Los Angeles, July 3; 

Universal Is now niaking addi- 
tional scenes, for "Lonesome" with 
movietone .dialog. 

Picture is already in New York 
at the Pox studios having scor» 
synchronized. . . 

. Paul Fejos directed. He will do 
"The World Tomorrow" as Univer- 
sal's first all sight and sound fea- 
tur«. 



**Leo's" Tpuring Outfit 

"Leo," MrG-M's loafing lion in 
prison, hung around the Astor the- 
atre on Broadway Monday after- 
noon, while cameramen shot Loew's 
Stnte and the Loew staff on its 
lectges across the street. 

Though his first official publicity 
■visit to New York, "Leo" did his 
usual indifferent squat. Later Nor- 
man Pyle, In charge of the 2-wagon 
caivacade; steered the outfit down 
to Park Row for the newispaper boys 
to get an Idea of what five years 
hanging out with an indifferent lion 
means. That'.s how long it will take 
Pyle to pilot "Loo". around the world 
on wheels, . • 

The troupe bosidcs the loafer and 
Pyle con.<3iRts of drivers in gaudy 
unifornis along with a calliope and 
its player. It's about the noisiest 
stoam piano since the Yankee Rob- 
inson Circus was on tlie„sq:y.ar^^^^^^ ._^.L 

Wa.gons are highly colored, freshly 
painted, and look like a de- 
tachment of a class wagon .show. 

"Leo" has done a part of the. world 
and this trip will complete his trav- 
els. The tour seems to depend solely 
upon the lion,' as there is no sub- 
istitutc, while the Original "Leo" al^ 
'way.s precedes every M-G-M feature 
on the screen. In that rip.spect lions 
in pictures are like police dogs. 

"Leo's" world rwido publicity stunt 
for Metrp-Goldwyn-Maycr is under 
the general supervision of Howard 
Dietz, in charge of M-G-M pul)- 
licity 



M-G-M'S "MARY DUGAN" 

M-G-M has bought the screen 
I'tfi'hts to "The Trial of Mary 
Pugan," for anything from $1.00,000 
to $1:50,000, depending on wlio 
selling it. 

=^Rcr5rtr^ls^"'AT^nr"^Wooxls^^7?harrsf 
Norma Shearot is slated for the 
title part. 



IRENE RICH'S STAR FILM 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Irene Itich Will he starred by 
Quality Picture.s in "The Hand That 
Rocks the Cradle," by Wallace Ross 
Williams. 

The picture will go into produc- 
tion in September. 



Minneapolis, June 3.. 
(Drawing Population, 470,000) 

Excepting the dance marathon 
which has been drawing from $9,000 
to $12,000 daily for the past eight 
days at the Armory, Paul White- 
man and his orchestra at the Min- 
nesota last week rah away from the 
field. No one in these parts ever 
imagined it was possible for a local 
showhouse to draw so mahy peo- 
ple. Overfiow crowds not only 
jammed the lobby every evening, 
but extended four deep for an en- 
tire block, waiting as. long as an 
hour to gain entrance. Gross easily 
set a record for the town and marks, 
the third week in succession this 
theatre has been over $30,000^ 
Whiteman's band is credited with 
$40,000 On the week. 

Considering the tough opposition, 
the State, with a big kiddies' revue, 
also did sweet business, Its $17,000, 
however,, is about $5,000 off from 
what the semi-annual kiddies' re- 
vue usually turns in here. 

In neither -of these instances did 
the photoplay count. 

After a big fiir-st yi'eek 'Road to 
Ruin," at the Strahd, fell, off.' Sex 
picture, however, is good box office, 
and the total. for the fortnight run 
really stands out as remarkable. 

In addition last week also includ- 
ed a huge civic pageant, cast of 
1,000, for three days and nights at 
the JO,000-seiit Auditoriuni; two cir- 
cuses, the Hagenbeck-Wallace and 
Al G. Barnes shows, here for two 
days each; Edith Taliaferro as a 
guest star with the Bainbrldge 
Players; American Association 
baseball with several double-head- 
ers, gi'eyhound racfhg with book- 
making as its piecc-dc-resistance; 
Frances White and the heavily ex- 
ploited "Walking Back" ' (Pathe) at 
the Hennepin-Orpheum, and a 10- 
pioco Scandinavian band, consist- 
ing of a father and nine sons, rang- 
ing frorh 2V4.to 21 years, at Pan- 
tages. Civic pageant .and the cir- 
cuses suffered the. most, Hennepin T 
Orpheum and":Pahfages' were . un- 
doubtedly lidlpcd by the Whiteman 
overfiow. While up to recent stand- 
ards, businoiss, however, was . far 
from good at either house. At 35c 
Richard 'Dix,; whose ])ictur6s usually 
play the Minnesota or" State, could 
draw no bu'siness at the Lyric in 
'.■Easy Come, Easy Go,"', while the 
second loop run of "Little Shepherd 
of Kingdom Come" flopped at the 
Grand. Seventh Street, viaudfilm, 
was almost completely deserted. It 
closed Saturday, perliaps for good. 
Estimates for Last Week 
Minnesota (F. <fe R.-I'ublix) 
(4,100; 65)— "Lady . Be Good" (F. 
N..) aTid .Paul Whiteman's band with 
Publix Unit, "Say It Witii Music." 
CJrcatost business in the history of 
the town; even matineos were hold- 
out.'?; nitjht overflows four docp and 
a block long;- Whitoman entirely 
rospunsible; $45,000. 
. State (K. <fc H.-l'uljlix) (2,500; 60) 
— "(!ood Morning Judf;a" (IT) and 
kiddies' rovuc with 30 performers. 

n gs to PK^^p \iU ed-=1i ( -a vil^' .-4) u t^n o t= 
nearly so strong as usual, due to 
opposition; about $17,000; great un- 
der circumstances. 

Hennepin - Orpheum (Orj)lu':um) 
(2,890; GO) — "Walking .Back" 
(Patho) and vaudo. I'ic turo mucii 
better than house usually gets and 
helped trade; • around $10,000; bet- 
ter than recent Woekss, l>ut no brag- 
ging. 

Strand (F. rflr R.-T'ublix) (l.DOO; 
50)— "Road to Ruid." Sox film a 
box office card; dropjied from first 
week's hiuh mark: only picture to 



Actors* Sound Meeting 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
July B the actors' branch of the 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 
Sciences will hold a imeeting to dis- 
cuss sound pictures. Gathering will 
be open to- members of other 
branches. 

There will be. an open forum; 

MISCALCULATED LEAP 

San Diego, Cal., July 5. 
Walter Brennah, 33, film actor, 
had a harrow escape here 'recently 
when the automobile in which he 
was ridingr plunged into the bay off 
Pier No. 2 at the foot of Broadway. 
Accident occurred during the film- 
ing of a, picture. Brennan received 
a sprained back and a severely 
bruised leg. 

Plunge of the machine Into the 
water was- part of the action of the 
picture. Two other men, were with 
Brennan, all three to leap from the 
auto just as it left the pier. Bren- 
nan failed to Jump in time. 

MICHIGAN'S JULY SOUND 

Detroit, July 3. 
The Michigan is being wired and 
is expected to add talking shorts to 
its programs in abdut.two weeks! 
This will be the fourth downtown 
Kunsky house with sound equip- 
ment. Others are the State, Madi- 
son and Capitol, 

Wiring of the United Artists has 
hot begun as yet, but survey and 
estimate have been made with the 
talkers likely to open there shortly. 

PICTURE CLUB'S SUBS 

At a dinner tendered by the 
Motion Picture Club Thursday^ at 
the Park" Cehfrsfl ^hot^l "over '^25,bo6 
was /pubscribed" by the 72 members 
present for 6 per ceiit bonds being 
.floated to raise $100,000 for the 
club, 

Funds to the extent of $60,000 are 
to be used to decorate and equip 
the clubroonis in the CBond ■Build- 
ing. . 



MENJOU OFF UNTIL AUG. 15 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Adolphe Menjou will not resume 
work at Paramount until Aug. 15. 
At that time he begins on the first 
of his thr€!o final pictures. 

This is "Papa," a French, story he 
dug up while abroad. 



LOEW STOCK BREAKS THROUGH 
ON I)P-SD)E; OTHERS UNCHANGED 

Money Stringency Cripples Style of Clique Manipu-^ 
lation— Money at 10% Monday Without Effect 
-—Same with Loans at 5 Yesterday 



/ 

go fortnight in many weeks; about 
$5,000 last week and around $14,000 
on two weeks. 

Pantages (Pantages) (l.COO; 25- 
BO-0-r-^iWoman= -Wjse'----und- ^-vaiJdc;- 
Good enoug;h sho^v, but didn't have 
a chance; iaround $5,000. 

Lyric (F, & R.-Publix) (1,350; 35) 
— "Easy Come, Easy Go" (Par). Lix 
on decline here; about $1,100, bad. 

Seventh Street (Orpheum) (1,400; 
40)— "Crooks Can't Win" and 
vaudc. Hou.se folded Up Saturday 
night after long stretch of bad 
business; about $3,000, ruinous. 

Grand (F, & R.) (1,100; 26)— "Lit- 
tle Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (F. 
N.), Second loop run around $500; 
nut so hot. 



Only significant thing that hap- 
pened among the amusement istocks 
during the week was the breaking 
through on the iipside of Loew, 
Monday when call loans were at 
.8 per cent, the . theatre stock was 
briskly bid up to going 
through its old resistance, point at 
54 with apparent ease. 

It. was then that the blow of 10 
per cent, money halted an incipi- 
ent moviement to break away from 
the long period of drifting. Bidding 
for Loew btopped abruptly and 
prices eased to the old level. Yes- 
terday the rate dropped precipi- 
tately to 5 per cent, around nobri, 
after opening for renewals at 8, 
but no'-attempt Was made to take 
up the campaign where it had been, 
blocked . the day before. The les- 
son,, apparently, ha:d been taken to 
heart. 

Dealings in Small Volume 

Managers of the other cliques in 
the amusenients apparently took a 
more cautious course. Dear money 
had been forecast for days and no 
attempt had been made to draw at- 
tention to the special theatre stocks, 
pool nrianagers being content to hold 
their own.. As a .general thin^ they 
rode out the creclit stringency storm 
Monday in orderly fashion. Yester- 
day when the long side looked much 
better, the impending holiday ma.de 
any aggresive action scarcely worth 
while. . 

Paramount held Just above 127, 
Fox dallied from 76 to 78, Loew 
ranged between 54 and 54%; Pathe 
repeated 18 to 18 V^, while Keith ^as 
a trifle lower at 1,9'%.- Shubert was 
sold Monday at 57 close to its bot- 
tom for the year and did not come 
out yesterday up to 2:30. Warner 
Bros., well regarded as a long pull 
proposition, was distinctly strong, 
yesterday recovei-ing from; around 
35 to a top yesterday at 39%, the 
best it has done since-^lhe. break 
from above 44, 

Among the theatre group Fox and 
Warner are attracting most atten- 
tion, due to the possibilities of talk- 
ing pictures. 

Paramount has done absolutely 
nothing to discount €ith,er way the 



proposition of a stock split, up. 
When-the news came out; there was 
a conspicuous absence of the usual 
selling. Old pool here is merely 
standing aside for the present, 
Stanley Looking Up 

While al Itrade infOrirnatipn indi- 
cates no progress toward a merger 
of Stanley and other interests, the 
stock seems to be distinctly in proc- 
ess of discounting something by 
way of betterment. After a month 
of idle drifting, daily turnover has 
been climbing and prices have now 
advanced from the bottom of 30 to 
better than 41 early this week. Just 
as internal dissension was reflected 
in mysterious selling, from the early 
spring on, so ^j,ustment of com~ 
pany internal affairs appears now 
to be in course of a discounting in 
open market trading. 

In spite of yesterday's remarkable 
easing of the money rate, brokerage 
advice to . customers still takes the 
4i.ne .of caution. The demonstra^ 
tion by the Reserve Bank Monday 
was conclusive. The -Bank is ad- 
verse to a new speculative orgy 
and has illustrated . its , ability to 
apply, the brakes effectivelyi The 
brokers' item is still enormous and 
opinion is unanimous that it will 
take a lon^ time to reduce it. Until 
that has been accomplished to the 
satisfaction of the Reserve Bank 
the long side in the amusement 
stocks is fraught with great danger, 
particularly. to the shbe string spec- 
ulator. 

Con. Film on Exchange 

There was a general dearth of 
definite news regarding theatre 
companies. Consolidated Film In- 
dustries, preference stock paying 
$2, was transferred froih the Curb 
to the Stock Exchahg& the ordi- 
nary shares renialning 'on the les- 
ser board. In connection with the 
new listing:, income account for 
period Jan. 20 to March 31 waa 
made public, giving net t»rofit for 
period $262,348. Capitalization is 
represented by 300,000 shares of $2 
cumulative participating preference 
shares nad 400,000 shares of no par 
common. 



Summ.ary of trading for week ending Saturday, June 30: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



, loaa 






High; 


Low. 


Bales. 


45 




900 


180 


103 


2,700 


77 


40% 


17,800 


110% 


00% 


4,300 


25 




4,000 


90 


70%. 


300 


02% 


72 


10,000 


34 


22% 


3,300 


27% 


26% 


.200 


11 


5 


1,700 


109 


104 


100 


131% 
O'/S 


m% 


10,700 


2 


. 8.000 


2314 


H'^ 


2.200 


fls>% 


64% 


1,700 


100 


. 03% 


."50 


43% 


22 


24,000 



10% 
20% 
32% 

23% 
34% 



101 
1139i 
102'/j 
81% 
101 

.■e'J%. 
122 



13% 

22% 
.17% 
- 1 — 

11%. 

13 



03 

10.'>% 
00 
fiO 
08% 
88 • 
. 00% ■ 



2,000 
8,400 
111,300 



200 
13,200 



$0,000 
00,000 
0.3.000 
18,000 
44,000 
10.000. 
32,000 



Isaucand rate. 

. American Seat (4) 

Eastman KodaH (8) 

Loew (3). 

^Oo. pref (0%) 

Do pref. (7) 

Fox CldsB A (4) 

Madison .Square Garden (2)....,. 

Met.-G-M. pref. a.80).. 

Motion P. Cap 

First National prof. (8).. 

Paramounl-Famous-Lasky (8) . . . 

Pathe Exchange.. 

Pathe Cla.is A 

Shubert (.1) 

Universal pref. (8) .'. 

Warner Bros .". . . 

CURB 

Con. Film Ent 

I>o. pref. (2) 

Fox Theatres, 

-Gri ff 1 Ih -m:rr; i i-i rr^ ri"i^ vr^^ i V 
Loew deb. rts. ................. . 

"Warner Bros. .-. .'. '. 

BONDS 

Kollh'B 0';3, MO; , ..... , , , , . . 

Loew 6's, •41. . . . . . . -. 

Do. ex-war. 

P,athe 7'a, '.37........... 

Param't-Famous'Lasky . 0'», '47. 

Smitert C'6, ;42 ,. 

Warner Bros. 0%'s, '28 (Curb)... 









Net 


High. 


Low. 


Last. 


<:hg-. 


35 


84% 


s-> 


+ % 


178 


170 


170 


+6% 


64% 


61% 


53% 


+2 


102% 


100% 


102% 


+1% 


20% 


20 


20% 


±2^ 


83% 


83 


83 




78% 


74 


77% 


+3% 


20% 


28% 


28% 


- %l 


25% 


25% 


25% 


- % 


8 


7% 


8 


4-1- 


104 


104 


101 




127% 


.124% 


120% 


4-1%) 


5% 


5 


fiVi . 


+ % 


18% 


18 


IS 


- % 


67% 


55% 


57 


+ % 


00% 


0« 




+ % 


37% 


33% 


3fl'/4 


+2 


15% 


13% 


' 1-1% 


+1 


24% 


24 


24% 


+ %) 


27% 


22T6 


27% 

iJu-„— 


+3% 


• iii% 


W% 


15% 


"41% 


31% 


27% 


31% 


+3% 


05% 


03 


03 


-2% 


107% 


100% 


. 107% 


+ % 


00% 


00% 


WA 


. + % 


70 


60 


G!l% 


00% 


09 


{M)% 


- % 


80 


88 . 


88 


■ -2 


110 




11 U 





Bid. 
30% 
32 

e 

■4 ■ 
6 

37% 



Abkcd. 
. 31% 
34 
0% 
0 

0% 
■ 88% 



ISSUES IN OTHER MARK 
Al| Quoted for Monday 
Over the Counter 
New York 

Quoted in Bid and Asked 

.... Roxy, Class A (3.50). .......... . 

.... Unit do 

.... Urtlt do ■ 

De Forest Phono. 

. . . . Ti'chnlcolor 

.... Schlnc Ch. The. (3K .......... . 

Philadelphia 

81445 Stanley Go. of Amorlca; 

Chicago 

Balaban ' & Kat?, 

Los Angeles 



ETS 



*i% 



40% 



40% +4 
Of.% 



Boach, Inc. 



Skuuraj) 



St. Louis 



40 



EOACH'S SOUND CONTEACT 

IjOs Angeles, July 3. 
Hal Roach has signed a 15-year 
contract V/ith the Electrical Re- 
search Products Co. which allows 
him the use of any sound device un- 
der that firm's control. 



In Mixed Feature 

Los Angel<>s, July 3. 
Harry Webb is making an c.nst- 
crn-western feature, with Vii'Kjn>'i' 
Rrownc Fairc, Gaston " (llii.ss and 
Sheldon Lewis as principals. 





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be0nniing in August 



Charles Farrell 



^No doubt that Cbarled Fanrell has It, espedally in 
those Russian unifonns. In *The Red Dance\ sup- 
porting Dolores Del Rio» he*s the answer to. many a 



maiden*8 prayer. 



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Dolores Del Mo 



^One realizes that beauty is not Senorita- Del Rio*a 
only outstanding screen quality. Her fidelity to char^ 
acterization, the iacile changes of expression and her 
ability to catch the fleeting mood of a scene prove h^" 
to be a real actress.*' —New Yorfc Evening Grapl 



Ivan Unow 



**£irst acting honors go to Ivan Linow, who plays 
vulgarian in the rough, and who suddenly finds Mi 
self a general in the Red army. Linow is sincere, co: 
vincing and entertaining. He even plays his unpleasai 
moments humanly.- -Ntw York Americc 



Raottl Walsh 



**Raoul Walsh, remembered for his direction of the fill 
version of *What Price Glory* and die more rccei 
starring vehicle for Gloria Swanson,*SadieThompsoi 
had done a piece of work that is superior even to thoi 

' —New y<nrk Evening Fori 

***The Red Dance' is one of the most magnificent thinf 
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Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



p i 'c t' O 'R E s 



15 



VARIETY 



Chatter in New York 



Louise Brooks Is bringing her 
new divorce back to Broadway. 

An open-house roof-apartment in 
the SQ's is staked by a syndicate 
of ni6ht6^vls who make the front 
inan play host. 

Clirt Orr, Boston newspaperman, 
came to town and worked in the 
Wall Street bookstorei of Double- 
flay-Doian. He wrote flVe chapters 
of a nov4l, sold it to the boss, 
arid has been sent to Maine to finish 
It and three others, scheduled for 
publication duriijg two years.; 

Mordaunt Hall, of the "Times," is 
bpcndlnff his vacation in Hollywood. 

The Leo Marshes and the Walter 
tJberhardts are neighbors in Rye. 
' Genevieve Berkley has passed up 
Show business, to operate a stage 
^ dregs Shbn as Mrs, Toni Fadden. ; 

Nancye Hanks has done likewise 
to sell real estate. 
("Harvey Wertz .of the ."Evening 
Post" is sportinff a shiner- 'he won 
4t the' dance marathon. 

Aspirin tablets, are available in 
retiring rooms of most of the pic- 
ture palaces, for customers who 
sneeze because of the feooling sys- 
tem. 

Lynn Farnpl Is goaling friends 
With an extreme E]ric von Strohelm. 
haiircut. 

Johnny SchUltz, of the .Keith of- 
flce, takes a bona fide vacation next 
week. 

Milton Dance Criandall is reported 
engaged to Mrs. Widell, the marar: 
thon hostess* who danced 20 hours 
with the baron. ■ 

The editorship of a languishing 
daily passes to a recognized whizz 
In the fall. - 

Sixteen Times Square joints were 
tipped Sa!turday night and wouldn't 
let the children carry anything out- 
side.- 

Kent Watson, publisher of the 
Miami Beach "Sun," is spending 
the summer here lInlni^ up a new so- 
ciety weekly. 

Mary iEllen Vorse, vrho crashed 
the tabs when she went to say 
good-by to a boy-friend and then 
forgot to get off the boat, has re- 
turned to her literary mamma, 
Mary Heaton Vorse. The boy- 
friend, John Hewlett, local neyrs- 
papermah, remains in Paris to read 
copy on the "Herald." 

Warren Nolan, of United Artists, 
and Hugh O'Donnell, of the 
"Times," are vacationing up Maine 
way. 

Howard Benedict, the press 
agenti returns from Europe next 
week, leaving Arthur Kober ex- 
hausted In Paris, 

tiucila Mendez-Ince is high-hat- 
ting the moyies and going back In 
musicals. 



Amateur chemists are faking 
sloe gin by ramming a mangled 
red plum Into the bottle and letting 
it. soak. 

" Tippy Gra-y is reported to be en- 
gaged to Clara Whalen Cassidy, of 
the United Cigar coupons, 

Alison Smith, prettiest reviewer, 
will second string . for St. John 
ErVine when he hits the "World." 
, Hot in Speaks 
Hot weather has hit the hide- 
aways with the open window prob- 
lem and its attendant compliaint 
nienace' Stews shoot thMr tempera- 
tures up with Scotch and then 
fling up windows on sound am- 
iplifylhg courtyards. 

Cops report that neighbor corn- 
plaints have tripled since the warm 
spell. . ■: 

Once Picture St^r 
The local chasers have . been 
tipped to shy . off of a certain pic- 
ture star who i-s about to return 
to her- old haunts from Hollywood 
because , of poor health. The girl, 
forced, to conspicuous iirbminence 
by big pictures, billing and exploi- 
tation, is slated to repeat the run 
out of a forciign star iour years 
ago, for the same reason! 

Diverting Scandal " 
Efforts- to cover up and divert 
an impending scandal on a young 
star under contract to one of the 
big comptinies have been so trans- 
parent they have tipped the papers 
not already wise.. Every day a, 
bulletin on the young girl's plans, 
naively mentionlhg "mother," hits 
the olTices. The press agent even 
has been put -to cooking up a rea- 
son for her visiting. New York, ~ 

The real reason seems to be the 
property of everybody in town, in- 
cluding the name of the millionaire, 
his week-end phoney; moniker, and 
where he maintains charge accounts. 



There Is No Substitute for 




STAGJE'BAND 
ENTERTAINMENT 

Known aa the 

"PAUL ASH POLICY" 



PARAMOUNT 

THEATRE 

NEW YORK 

Indefinitely 



Kidding on the Level 

' Los Angeles, July 3, 

John .Waldron, head of the 
Sennett studio in the absence 
of its owner, haa ordered in- 
stalled in studio oilices, stages 
and outdoors, both. In sun and 
shade, a number of thermom- 
eters. Waldrbn's idea is to 
refute the gerierar belief that 
the temperature in San Fer- 
nando valley is warmer than 
In Hollywood a,nd that it's too 
warm for comfort. 

Studio will maintain a chart 
showing omcial weather fig- 
ures and also Hollywood tem- 
peratures taken under ap- ' 
proximately similar conditions. 
Back of. the move is some 
kidding On the level by mem- 
bers of the producers' associa- 
tion and the concern of pros- 
pective studio builders in the 
section. 



Weekly Studio Survey 



S«iznick's Idea of Talkers 
For Indie Exhib Market 



Los AuRiMi'S, July 3. 
.Studios sliow a drop of 1.") points 
in porcontage of production. lU>;iso.n 
for a slump at this lime of the y»\'ir 
is attributod: to the. viriscltlod con- 
dition caused by the sound thing. 
Among the 23 .active studios are .56 
foatures arid 25 short subjects in 
worlv. 

V'livorsal tops . the list with 11 
iinils in work. Tho.se inehuTo "The 
Kid'.s C'Un-er," directed hy J. Ci-aft; 
"The I.ust' Warning!," I'aul Lc.ivi; 
"Forbidden Love," Wesley Rugglea; 
"The Ciirl on the Barge." Edward 
Sloman; "Collegians," Nat lloss; 
"Horace of .Holly%Voud," lOilward 
Luddy; "The Mystery. Hider," .Taek 
Nelson; "Wolves of the fity." 
Ijcigh Jason; "Beauty and Bullets," 
Ray Taylor; "The Range Wolfe,'* 
Walter Fabian, and "Line of Duty," 
Bnice Mitchell. 

Warner's comes next with five 



"EXCttlSIVEI-T COLCMBIA 
UECORDING AnTI.«5T" 



Model Beauts for Paris. 

One . of Flo Ziegf eld's first jobs on 
returning from his Canadian fish- 
ing trip was to pick six beauties 
from his various shows to go to 
Paris as manequins for Jean Patou. 
Of the six New York girls who 
modeled for Patou a few years ago, 
five have made, wealthy marriages 
and the sixth, Edwina St. Claire, is 
now a ball room dancer. T^he new 
batch has not been finally decided 

on yet. ^ . 

Heart- Breaking Chatterers 
The power of film chatter writers 
to make or. break lives with their 
idle gossip is brought to light once 
again 'by the story of a young pic- 
ture actress ;who has just gained a 
career and lost a husband through 
that very medium. She used to be 
a chorus, girl. Like a number of 
chorus girls she did a little picture 
work around New York. Also like 
a number of chorus girls she had 
a husband she didn't want any more 
and a young man she wanted a 
great deal. He was a reporter bn 
a New York dally and it was a 
beautiful love affair. 

The girl decided about a year and 
a half ago to go to Hollywood for 
the dual purpose of trying her luck 
in pictures and getting a Califor- 
nia divorce so she might marry the 
reporter. In Hollywood she found 
it hard tb get a break and was 
without wprk for several months. 
' One day, through a girl friend, 
she met a pictiire. star who took her 
to lunch "a couple of times and "to 
the opening of his latest picture. 
That*-3 where the chatter writers 
stepped in.. Seeing the two together 
they flooded their papers and maga- 
zines with the. usual rumors of an 
impending marriage and also said 
the girl had been selected to , play 
opposite the comedian in his next 
picture. AH this was printed In 
the New. York papers. It. was no 
riot with the boy reporter. 

One eventful day t\yO things 1\»P- 
pened. The girl was sent for i'-/ a 
big company on the strength of the 
rumor that she was to play oppo- 
site the comedian and given a five- 
year contract. The other was the 
divorce decree handed down. Full 
of joy and excitement tho girl put 
in a long distance call to tell her 
sweetheart' she was now free to 
marry him. But the careless go.s.'^Ip 
had done its work in that quarter, 

."I'm -sorry," said the young man 
3,000 miles away. "I judged from the 
papers that you hfid forgotten all 
about me, I was married last week." 

The kid is hearthrokeji but the 
chatterers, will go right on. 



Lewis J. [Selznick is in New York 
with a new bankroll. Part of it is 
his own, with the . greater portion, 
said to be around $2,000,0.00, picked 
up among people with whom he, 
was active in the real estate mort- 
gage business and made consider- 
able money for. 

Selznick's mission east Is to 
negotiate with the Radio Corpbra-^ 
tion of America or General Electric 
on sound attachments for th^) 
making of feature pictures. Selz- 
nick figures on making moderate 
priced talking pictures with names 
and releasing oh the' independent 
market. • 

If the venture should prove suc- 
cessful at the start Selznick will, 
attempt to re-establish branch ex- 
changes and operate as he did a 
number of years ago, when he 
headed the World Film and Selz- 
nick Pictures. 

His son, Myron Selznick, now an 
artist's representative In Holly- 
wood, will probably be associated 
in the enterprise. 



M-U-M has four features includ- 
ing "The Single Man," directed by 
Harry Ileaumont; "Morgan's Last 
Riiid,"' Nick (Vrindle; "We.st of 
Zanzibar." Tod Browning, and-"The 
Mask of the. Devil,"' Victor Sea- 
strom. 

Metropolitan, leasing plant, has 
four features in 'work, ineUiding 
"The Mating- Call," James Cruze 
for raranunint; "lleH's Angels,". 
Howard Hughe's for li^A.; Rayart 
serial and an Hxeellent featuirc di-' 
rected by lUirtoii King," . 'I 

FIVO's three features iiiclude 
"I'^ury . of , the Wild," directed by. 
Leon d'l'sseau; "Captain .Gareles.<^," 
Jerome Storm, and "Rough Ridin' 
Red;" Louis King. - ,- . 

Bathe has two features with 
"Show Folks," ■ directed by Paul 
Stein,' find "Annapolis," Christy Ca- 
banne, in work. 

. Tiffany-Stahl has; "The Gun Run- 



Tliis table shows a summary of weekly studio activity for the 
past 20 weeks. Percentage, of production is based on 106 . 
iinits working at 23 studios on the Coast, determined 
by , the average normal working conditioijLS 
during the year 1927: ' 



studios 



. Weiek 
Feb. 22 :., 
Feb. 29 ... 
March. 7 : . 
March 14 . 
March 21 . 
March .28 . 
April 4 . . . 
April 11 < . 
April .18 . . , 
April .25 . . 
May 2 . . . , 
May 9 . . < . . 
May 16 .., 
May 23 . 
May 30 . . , 
June 6 . . 
June 13 . 
June 20 . 
June 27 . 
July 4 . . . 



Features 


Shorts ■ 


Total 


Dark 


.Pet. 


y ' '-i 


. 47 


8 


55 ■ 


6 - -■ 


'■ -.52 ■ 




. 39 


9 


48 


'12 


.45 


■• li'. 


. 46 


14 


54 


9 


.51 




. 49 


■ 16 


65 


■ ■ . 7 


.61 




. 49 


•15 


64 


8 


.60 


- - ■ ■ '■- 1 


. 47 


17 


64 


6 


.60 , 


. 53 


17 


70 


v 5 • 


.66 


■ . 


. 50 - 


19 . 


69 


■ '■ 8 - 


.65: 


> ! .; ;. 


, 52 
. 50 


.i7 ■ 

17- : 


69 : 

67 


9 

,6 


: 

f62 


i..;-',- 

• . i ■ 


. 52 . 


15 


67 


7 


.62 




. 54 


17- ■ . 


71 


4 


.67 




. 63 


20 • 


83 


3 


.77 . 


y , '. 
'■ .'■ . ^ ■ 

J :5 • 


. 66 


21 • 


89 


: 2 


.64 


. 68 


24 


92 


0 


. .87 


*■ ; - ■ 
>. ■. ,1 *■ 


.* 65 


32 


97 


0 


.90 


.'v' 'I • 


. 77 


, 31 


108 


0 


i.oi 




. 76 


31 


107 


0 


i.oi 




. 64 


30 


94 


0 


.89 




. . 56. 


25 


• 81 


0 


.76 





M-G-I9's Sound Studio 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Douglas Sherer, who in associa- 
tion with G6orge Kahn is assisting 
Eddie Mannix in supervising the 
construction of buildings to ' be de- 
voted to synchronization at M-G-M, 
is in New York on business con- 
nected with equipping the struc- 
tures to be built. 

The foundations of the recording 
building, about 70 by 100, are al- 
ready in and. represent the most 
substantial piece of building in ^ny 
studio structure, on the west coast, 
if not in the country. The back- 
bone of the plan Is composed of 20 
steel and concrete piers, each 17 
feet below the surface and all con- 
nected by steel rods and concrete. 

On the west the walls abut - tho 
high fence back of the bungalow of 
Marlon Davies. 

"Telegram" Expanding 
Locals Into National News 

''if Hearst of any othCT^ 
outfit try to balk us Scripps.-How- 
ard is prepared to fight It out." So 
says R. C. Recce, general manager 
of the New York "Evening Tele- 
gram's" daily newsreel debutante 
who admitted that some one had 
bribed the boys to ditch delivery 
one day last week. "We are now 
using a film delivery service," said 
Reece. 

The afternoon daily Is now ship- 
ping 125 feet of film to 90 local 
houses, most of them Loew the 
attcs, at a cost of $20 per week, ac- 
cordinfy .to Recce. No' Broadway 
houses are included. 

Plans will materialize within two 
weeks, Recce assured,, whereby the 
services will expand into a national 
weekly. Distribution then will bo 
made through state rights ex- 
changes. The local sorvico is also 
planning to increase daily rclease:3 
-co^O 0-feetr-=------=-^ 

The outfit is backed by Sc-ipp>-- 
lloward with C. H. Ferrcll, e:c- 
Pathe-ite, managing editor. 



features and four Vitaphone sub- 
jects in work. Features are "The 
Singing Fool," directed by Lloyd 
Bacon; "My Man," Archie Mayo; 
■"The Little Wildcat," Ray Enright; 
•Outlaw Dog," Ross iederman, and 
"Noah's Ark." Michael Curtlz. , 

Fox has seven features and one 
movietone subject in work. Fea- 
tures are "Mother . Knows Best," 
directed by J. G. Blystone; "Mak- 
ing the Grade," Al Green; "Dry 
Martini," Harry d'Arrast; "1'he 
River." Frank Borzage; "None But 
the Brave," Al Ray: "Prep and 
Pep," David Butler, and "Cyclone 
Lover," R. L. Hough. 

Six, Five and Four 
Paramount has six features In 
work including "Docks of New 
York,", directed by Josef voti Stern- 
berg; "Take Me Home," Marshall 
Neilanj "The Fleet's in," Malcolm 
St. Clair; "Sins of the Fathers'," 
Ludwig Berger; "Moran of. the 
Marines," Frank Strayer, and "Var- 
sity," Frank Tuttle. .. 

First National has nve features 
including "The Wrecking Bo.ss,'- 
directed by Eddie Clinc; "Water 
Front." W. A. Seiter; "The Show 
Girl," Al Santell; "The Divine 
Lady," Frank Lloyd, and "Do Tour 
i3u tyi" ^Wiiiiam lieaudlne. ^ , ; : " • " 



ner," directed by Edgar Lewis; and, 
"Beautiful But Dumb," Elmer Clif- 
ton, in work. 

United Artists has "The Alw'akian- 
ing," directed by Victor Fleming, 
and' "Revenge," Herbert Brenon, In 
work. 

Columbia also has two features 
"Out of .;the Depths," directed by 
Irwin Willat, and. "The Scarlet 
Lady," Alan Crossland. 

Studios with one feature each are 
Chadwlck, Tec- Art and Chaplin. 
Studios engaged in making shorts 
are Sennett, three; Christie, three; 
Aoach, three; Educational, three; 
Stern Brothers, three, and Cal-Art, 
Dalley and Novel le, one each. 



Roach Comedies' Music 
By Capitol, N. Y., Outfit 

liO.s Angeles, July 3. 

Commohclng with a Charley Chase 
two-rooler,. scheduled to start Se.pt 
1, the Koach studios will send all 
subsequent pictures to New York to 
be synchronized with the Capitol 
theatre orchestra. 

Studio expects to do all its own 
syiielironizing here after .Tan 1, and 
no attempt for dialog will bo mad(! 
until ufler tho first of the year. 

Henebery Directing Denny 

Los Angelfc.s, July 3. 
Gotham has loaned Joseph Hene- 
bery to Universal to direct tho next 
Reginald Denny picture, "Red Hot 
Speed." 



Ted Marks 

'WHISTLING COMEDIAN' 

A Great Idea 
Featured in 

Fairchaflaird Marco Ide^ 

Dir, WiVl. MORRIS AGENCY 



■ Irene Ca.stle McLaughlin was in 
town, giving the Algonquin celebrity 
hounds an eyful of sni.ii-r, now 
i (Continued on page iIT; 




rK.\^UkKI) WITH 

FANCHON AND MARCO'S 
"SPANGLE IDEA" 0 



Michigan Vaude M^rs. Ass'n, 
Charlie MACK 

nooklntr tho iiioHt p.xlftnsivc ciroult 
(if v;uiil';vlll« ami pri-.-scnlatlon tho- 
atro.H bclwcnn N'-w Vorlc arwl CWnaKO 
Michigan Theatre Bidg. 
DETROIT 
Si.'ui(l;ir(l Attn, AVrlle of Wlr« 

ASK l'K.\KI- iin<l «»US 



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James Vita's Chi Manager 

Chicago, July 3. 
ITarry D. .iamos has been instfillt-l 
as loeal manager for Vitaphone. 

Threr. ,sfil"smen work, out of tli'.' 
Chicago oni';c. 



TREEN and BARNETT 

TriE UNSOPHISTICATED CO-EDS OF SONG AND DANCE 

rt'aUir< <I hy I' ANCIION on<l M-Mt^O in tlio 
"s.M.I.V rUOM IIOM-VWOOI)" 1I)K.\ 



12 



V A R 1 E t Y 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 




Today more than ever before Good Pictures are the foun- 
dation on which this business must rely. 

No business of any kind can be any greater than the 
quality of its product. 

Good Pictures must be produced up to an ideal and not 
down to a destructive budget. 

Last year the stars and producers of United Artists 

pledged themselves to produqe Good Pictures the best 

that talent, energy and money could make. 

That promise was more than fulfilled. 

For 1928-29 each United Artist again subscribes to our 

ideal to produce the finest attractions that each can 

create. - 

With knowledge of their sincerity I confidently endorse 
their personal pledge and heartily commend to you this 
season's United Artists Pictures in testimony of piir faith 
in the Business-building value of Good Pictures. 




President and Chairman 
Board of Dkeciors 




UNITED 
ARTISTS 





Mary PiekEovd 

in a modern and grown, up love story will 
reveal a new "America's Sweetheart*' with 
curls cut off — a picture even greater than 
"My Best Girl," Sam Taylor Production. 

Norma Tab^adge 

in "THE WOMAN DISPUTED". A Jo- 
seph M. Schenck presentation of Denni- 
son Ciift's play. With Gilbert Roland. 
Pirection Henry King from C. Gardner 
Sullivan's scenario. 

Gloria Swanson 

in "THE SWAMP". A powerful drama 
of German East Africa, written especially 
for Miss Swanson by Eric Voh Stroheim, 
who will also direct. Her greatest effort 
— a tremendous successor to her best pre- 
vious picture ''Sadie Thompson." 

Dolores Del Rio 

in "REVENGE." An Edwin Carewe 
Production from Konrad Berc'ovici's story 
"The Bear Tamer's Daughter." 

Vilma Banky 

Presented by Samuel Goldwyn in her first 
starring picture— "THE AWAKENING/V- 
by Frances Marion, Victor Fleming direc- 
tion, with Louis Wolheim and Walter 
Byron. Song by Irving Berlin and syn- 
chronized musical score. 

Charlie Chaplin 

in. "CITY UGHTS." A rollicking, laugh- 
ing, whirling story of the boulevard and 
the night club.* An original story written 
by. Mr. Chaplin and to be directed by him. 
Supported by Merna Kennedy and Harry 
Crocker. 

Douglas Fairbanks 

in "THE MAN WITH THE IRON 
MASK." An original story felling of the 
further ad ventures! of d'Artagnan and 
"The Three Musketeers." Directed by 
Allan Dwan-. 

D. W. Griffith 

Production 
"THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES," with 
Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Ben- 
nett, Don Alvarado, Sally O' Neil. From 
Dr. Daniel Carson Goodman's story 
adapted by Gerritt Lloyd. 

John Barry more 

"will have two pictures presented by Jo- 
seph M. Schenck. 1st, "TEMPEST/V 

with Camilla Horn and Louis Wolheim 

Sam Taylor Production — Playing capac- 
ity at Embassy, N. Y., at $2 top. 2nd, 
UNTITLED with Camilla Horn. Direct- 
ed by Ernst Lubitsch. 

Ronald Colman and 
YSlma Banky 

in their last co-starring picture, "TWO 
LOVERS," Samuel Goldwyn presenta- 
tion. Direction Fred Niblo from the 
. story ^!*Leathetf ace, 'Iby^^BaronessJOLrczy,^ 
Eight weeks on Broadway. Synchronized 
musical score. 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VARIETY 



15 



Ronald Colman 

presented by Samuel Goldwyn in his first 
starring vehicle, "THE RESCUE," from 
Joseph Conrad's novel. Herbert Brenon 
direct^n with Lily Damita. 

Buster Keatosi and 
Ernest Torafence 

in "STEAMBOAT BILL, Jr." Acclaimed 
everywhere as Buster Keaton's greatest 
comedy. The funniest travesty of the 
Mississippi River ever filmed. Directed 
by "Chuck" Reisner. Presented by 
Joseph M. Schenck. 

Herbert Brenon production 

"LUMMOX," Fannie Hurst's tremendous 
best seller will be Herbert Brenon's next 
picture to follow his recent great box- 
office success— "Sorrell and Son.' 

*^Xhe Love Song*' 

with William Boyd and Lup.e Velez, with 
Irving Berlin song in Movietone. From 
Dr; Karl Vollmoeller's story, "La Paiva." 
Adapted by Hans Kraly. , D. W. Griffith 
Production. 

Roland West Production 

"NIGHTSTICK," one oi Broadway'* 

most successful plays, will be made by 
the director of "The Bat" from the 
scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan. Certain 
to be one of the most thrilling crook 
dramas ever filmed for screen entertain- 
ment. 

' Henry King Production 
"SME GOES TO WAR," an Inspiration 
Picture, Inc., presentation from Rupert 
Hughes' Red Book story. . Big Cast- 
Big Production 

Rex Ingram Production 
"THE THREE PASSIONS," from Cosmo 
Hamilton's novel. With Alice Terry, 
Clare Fames, Ivan Petrovitch. 

''Heirs Angels'V 

Greatest of air films. Now more than I I 
months in the making. With Ben Lyon, 
Greta Nissen, James Hall. A Caddo 
Production perisonally presented and 
supervised by Howard Hughes. A Road 
Show Attraction. «- 

19 

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURES 
for 1928-29 

m the order of their release. 



July 

Btutcr Kcaton and 

Ernest Toncnce in 

"STEAMBOAT 
BILL, JR." 

August 

Ronald Colman and 
' Vilnu Bmaky in 

"TWO LOVERS" 

John Barrymore in 

' *«TBMPEST*' 

September 
MoriBA TalmadK* in 

"THE WOMAN 
DISPUTED" 

D. W. Griffitli'a 
«THE BATTLE OF 
THE SEXES" 

October 

Dolores Del Rio in 
"REVENGE" 

Vtlma Banky in 

"THE 
AWAKENING" 

November 
"THE LOVE SONG" 

with Williua Boyd and 
Lupc Velex 

t Ronald Colman in 

"THE RESCUE" 



Road Show_ 
"HELL'S ANGELS" 

December _ 
"NIGHTSTICK" 

Roland West Production 

"LUMMOX" 

Herbert Brenon 
Production 

January. 1929 

... . .-Gloria-Swanson in 

"THE SWAMP" 

Douglas Fairbank s in 

"THE MAN WITH 
THE IRON MASK" 

Mary Pickford Production 

UNTITLBD 
February 



Charlie •Chaplin 

"CITY LIGHTS" 

John Barrymore 

UNTITLED 
March . 



"THREE 
PASSIONS'^ 

Rex Ingram 

Production 

"SHE GOES 
TO WAR" 

Henry Kidk 
Production ' 




Good Business depends on Good Pictures — — quality 
pictures. 

Good pictures must be produced up to a standard, never 
down to a price. 

United Artists PiGtures are Good Pictures. They cost 
more. They're worth more. 

By booking Quality, you practice soundest economy. 
Your patrons remember quality and quality only. 

Over a period of a year, when you play Good Pictures, 
your cost may be higher but your returns will be much 
higher.. That's good business. 

Today thousands of exhibitors know that Good Pictures 
build the steady healthy ever-growing patronage. Today 
United Artists Pictures are being played by more show- 
men than ever before. 

The nineteen United Artists Pictures for 1928''29 are 
BIG pictures produced individually; They are sold the 
same way — — Individually on merit 

Each picture will be backed by an individual and distinc- 
tive money-making exploitation campaign to sell your 
public. 

In bujdng pictures the real showman says "Not How 
Cheap - - but How Good." 

Keep your Good dates open for the Good Pictures. That's 
Good Business. 

Make your appointment with United Artists salesmen 
early, nowl 




Vice-President and General Manager of Distribution 
United States and Canada 



UNITED ARTISTS COiU>OilATION 



JOSEPH M.SCHEKCK. 



^EicH^PiitiirelSiirindii'idualty--^ 



^^iSctsgtas Fairbanks ^r^^ Samuel GoUu^ 



16 



VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Talking Shorts 



BERT SWOR AND CO. (3) 
V I T A P H P N E NO. 2544 
10 Mins. 

Strand, YonkerSp N. Y. 

Bert Swbr and one o£ his brothers, 
probably John, in the "deducts," 
frorn their stage . routines. It is 
gi.von . proper introduction by lo- 
catin;^ it in a, colored social club, 
the members of which liaVe assem- 
bled to find out .what the 'treasurer 

-has done with the. furidSv . 

Bert' Swpr. asvthe treasurer, when 
Buspiciously interrpgated by the 
(Committee of one (John Swor) 
proves conclusively by the black- 
board gaff that seven goes into 28, 
thirteen times. He al^o does the 
same syni by addition and nTultipli- 
cation. This has been a standard 
roiatine with the brothers for years. 
, The comedy starts slowly . and 
the dialect is a bit indistinct in 

.the- tieginning. biit after Bert Swor. 

■.takes command, the laughs conrie 

Jfast and consistently. All are. , in 
blackface. Other .members! are used 
to dress the set and have no dialog. 

.iGood number record. Bryan F.oy 
directed. Gon , 



BILLY and ^LSA NEWELL 

Songs, Yalk. . Music 

VITAPHONE N0. 2296 

7 Mins> ■ . 

St rand|i Yonkers, N> Y. 

Billy; and Elsa Newell register 
very Veil in this talking short. They 
use portions of their vaudeville spe- 
cialty; ;• ; • 

Opening in a garden,- set Miss 
Newell in Spanish costqme is atop 
of a wall. Billy as a troubador In 
Spanish getup, serenades her. 
Using' the prop legs, which hang 
down in front of her, she manipu- 
lates them as in their vaudeville 
turn. It didn't get much, probably, 
due to photoisraphy. Some of the 
audience thought the stuffed gambs 
were her own. . , 

Joining her admirer in the garden 
they do their comedy double song 
number with Billy strumming an 
accompaniment on the guitar. Miss 
Newell's clowning aind burlesque 
here begin to get oyer. Her first 
rendition of a "blue" note was 
muffed. Some ot the peasants 
' thought she was naturally off key. 
They finli^hed strongly after the 
house had definitely decided they 
are comics. 

In this short the iNewells timed 
their "laughs and waits exactly as 
when ' doing their vaudeville spe- 
cialty. It was almost perf^iect syn- 
chronization, the audience's laughs 
dying away just in time for the pair 
to continue, as they would have 
done : on a personal appearance. 

Some of the later records are be- 
ing criticised' for talking on lajjghs. 
The artists claim this is asked for in 
the sound studios. On this, showing 
' the vaudeville technique is the 
. proper one. ' Con. 



BEN BERNIE AND ORCHESTRA 

MOVIETONE, NO. 9 

10 Mins. • 

Strand, Yonkers, N. y. 

Someone over . oh 10th avepue 
muffed one with this shprt. Bernie 
was' known as a monologlst, and a 
funny gagster before he 'was ac- 
claimed as a leader and violinist. 

In this record Bernie Is confined 
to two brief comedy announcements. 
The balance consists of the orches- 
tra playing several iarrangoments, 
with Bernie lost leading in a long 
shot, ■ ■ 

He received a reception when he 
stepped out in "one," probably from 
radio and ex- vaudeville fans In the 
house. Though they applauded the 
orchestra,: it was obvious they 
wanted to hear Berpie's wise chat- 
ter.' 

• Record is too short and not enough 
Bernie. 



"BETWEEN THE ACTS" (2) 

Howard Bros. 

VITAPHONE NO. 349 

Camedy Talk and Song; 12 Mins. 

.Clinton, New York 

■ One of the most brilliant comedy 

offerings on the Vitaphone program. 

Business, dellvCry and. material 

scoring', for approxiniately 60 Hughs 

a minute gives this number a liigh 

rating. 

High-hat comedians, burlesquing 
Errand opera, . in Hebe dialect, 
panicked the 'customers In .<i Hebe; 
neighborhood, where it is assumed 
the subtleties of vaudeville's best do 
not usually register. The higher the 
boys went in class of comedy the 
stronger the returns, .Indications for 
better class houses excellent. 

Part of the material has been 
heard around, biit not too frequent- 
ly, even in. New York, ahd with 
practically all of It very smart. 
Sent across by the boys In a style 
that defies duplication or imitation. 
' Gene and Willie Hqward appear 
in a scene showing the outside of 
an opera house, one affecting the 
smart viewpoint, ■while the other, 
in a loose-fitting, old-fashioned 
dress suit acknowledges disappoint- 
ment at the entertainment with 
shrugs, sneers and comical Yiddish 
expressions. 

Opera burlesque followed for. ap- 
proximately five minutes-. Especial- 
ly appreciated by this East Side 
audience, but should do. well' ainy- 
where. . Mori. 



There Are None Better' 



Than 




E 



GREEN 




Distributed by 

FOX 



Lassiter Bros. 

Eoamin' with "Roman Nights" 

July 5-11 
Portland Theatre, Portland, Ore. 



IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COSSACKS 
VITAPHONE NO. 2280 
Stringed . BanVJ; 9 Mins. 
Clinton, New. York , 

A crack six:-piec6 band with a 
pianist, four boys playing what are 
believed to be ftussian instruments 
called "balalikes," and the other 
With mandolin. Swing from one 
number- into another smartly. 

Harmony pleasing and neatness 
of the nien in trim uniforms helps 
greatly. One of the men announces 
the ; numbers in Russian. Hugh 
Herbert, vaudeville comedian, com- 
edy Russian makeup/ which ma;kes 
him look very Irish, translates with 
spicy coloring resulting in laughs. 

Two members of the band fine 
vocalists, each scoring heavily. Band 
opens with "Katinka," play several 
medleys including military airs and 
finish with the "Stars and Stripes." 
Can fill, satisfactorily anywhere in- 
cluding the first run picture houses 
where" they wbTil\3 'be 

.Jfori. 



SEELEY and FIELDS 
VITAPHONE No. 548 
Songs; 10 Mills. 
Clinton, N. Y. • 

That hot singing . twosome, Blos- 
som ' Seeley and Benny Fields,, do 
well in their maiden experience bC'- 
fore the sound and sight apf)aratus. 
However, not quite as feverish as 
in person on a vaude stage. Per- 
haps they , had to tone down. They 
belong essentially to the mob which 
likes flip, worldly comedy. Charles 
Bourne and Phil Ellis, their twin 
baby grand players, render the 
musical background as Jn the vaude 
turn. 

Very bad and needing correction 
is the long wait at the start between 
the opening of the r.umber and the 
actual appearance before the cam- 
era ofJhe,,pAir^_,.^Desi 
to eliminate, or get "away from, the 



THEATRE REVIEWS OKLY 



All Variety reviews on talk- 
ing- shorts are reported from 
theatreis. attended by Varlety'is 
reviewers during regular per- 
lormanc'es. 

Vjarlety will not review talk- 
ing shorts In projection ro'omB, 

It is believed an audience is 
Wholly ■ essential to denote the 
necessary reaction to a ishort, 
and especially talking comedy 
shorts, for a reliable report. 



Jerky abrupt beginnings of many of 
the Vita acts, this has an opposite 
effect. But the total is okay^ The 
pair record well and put lots, of life 
into their three songs, familiar stuff 
of a seml-hotsy totsj| nature. Lo^d. 

ED LOWRY 
VITAPHONE NO. 2565 
10 Mins. 

Capitol, Chicago . 

Skouras Bros,' prize , m, c., hom- 
ing at the Ambassador in St. Louis, 
made a couple of these things while 
acquiring a tan In Hollywood re- 
cently^ This one's a good buy. 

Ed LiOwry opens with a currently 
popular ditty about his girl frien^ 
being with somebody else, showing 
a clear recording voice. • He lets 
loose several' of his reliable gagi^ 
iabout a guy who stutters. The 
neighborhood a.udience here laughed 
so hard at his voca,l flrercackers 
they drowned, put about one -fourth 
of his taHc, : with; no timing for 
laughs. ' 

He closed with a comedy lyric 
and the still surefire "Laugh, Clown, 
Laugh,", handling the latter very 
well. .... 

Lowry's a classy looker in per- 
son arid his relatives may pass out 
when they see him projected. I/oop. 



IRENE RICH <5) 
"THE BEAST" (Dramatic) 
VITAPHONE NO. 2279 
9 Mins. 

Clinton, New York 

Mile, de .Lys. . . . J , .....Irene Rich 

Her Husband........ ..John Miljan 

Carruthers , Barry Townly 

Written by Barry Townly, scene: In- 
terior tropical hat. 



John Miljan stands out most ef- 
fectively as the betrayed husband 
who goes to recapture his wife, pre- 
sumably fallen Into the hands of 
savages. 

"The pla.yl,et Is convincingly pro- 
duced and played, with " the dialog 
carrying enough . Interest ' to over- 
come lack of scenic variety. 

Use of the film star's name In the 
lights may be figured to attract 
business, Irene Rich appears only 
for a brief period, carrying the least 
important role. Speedy routining 
and construction. In addition to 
novelty, recommend this number. 

. - Mori. 



InIeW VoRK OFFICE 
1560 



613 TAFT BL 



BLDG 
HOLLYWOOD, CAL. 
HEMPSTEAD 3594 



HARRY J. CONLEY AND CO. (2) 
VITAPHONE NO. 2273 
"The Bookworm" (sketch) 
11 Mins. ^ 
Strand,. New York 

This Is a sound-sight version of 
Willard Mack's playlet^ "The Book- 
worm,": amounting almost to a com- 
edy blackout. In the cast are. Ethel 
DeVoe, Duncan Harris and Harry J, 
Conley, 

^ Done in three parts as a low com- 
edy bit. Opens in a book store, 
where Conley, as the boob, is talk- 
ing to the clerk about a man-about- 
to>vn^ whp committed ^suicide _f or a 
woman, ^ 

Clerk says woman Is a customer 
of the shop, and Just at that minute 
she calls up for a book. Conley, cu- 
rious, saya he will delivei: the vol- 
ume and starts off on the mission. 

Scene shifts to home of the flam • 
ing dame. Conley Is ushered in by 
typical comic btitlet. Vamp goes to 
work on the bashful one, whose al- 
ternate ^bravado and shyness make 
the comedy. In the end the vamp 
carries the amorous assault to the 
blundering Conley, who is held in 
a half -nelson on the couch while 
she kisses him. 

Then Conley wakes up in the 
train at the end 6f the line, A 
dream. 

Dialog Is jumpy and uneven. They 
have a long way to go to make me- 
chanical sight and sound talk ex- 
changes perfect In Illusion, Here 
there is the effect of an awkward 
pause between speech and cued re- 
0ly|^8lSft £in"d"ffrilsh"of~spe^^^ 
too conscientiously regulated, and 
whole thing is stiff and clockwork 
In precision. 

In spite of which the' bit was gen- 
uinely funny in situation and In 
business, particularly the strong 
arm love scene, whichi evoked hon- 
est laughter. And in spite of crudi- 
ties Conley's creation of the comic 
sap was fairly real. Rush, 



WHEEL OF CHANCE 

First National production ond release. 
Directed by Alfred Santell.- Richard 
•Hartliolinrss starred.- SvOry , by ■ Fannie 
lJurst. No other credits on load Blldes or 
proprum. Press ehcot supplies data. Sce- 
nario by Gorald C. Dufty. At .Strand, New 
york, week Juno 30. Ilunnlng tltne, 78 
minuteo. 

Nlckolal. i. ..... .Richard Barthclmdsa 

Schmulka Richard JBartholmcss 

Sara Turkoltaub Bodll ItQSlnp 

Mosher Turkoltnub.. ..Warner Oland 

Hanseha Tallnef , Ann Schacffer 

Ada Berkowltz.,....., ...... Llna Basquette 

Jbsl6 I>re\v .Margaret Wvlherston 

I'a Berkowltz.,.,...... ...Sidney Franklin 

Ma BerkoWltz, . . . , . : . , . .Martha I'ranklln 

Two angles give this picture good 
value. First Is the excellent han- 
dling of a dual role by Richa:rd 
Barthelmess, and second Is a certa;in 
p. Henry, quality in the story of. 
twin brothers, separated bjr chance 
in Russia during . childhood and 
coming together years later- In New 
York, each the product of the mys- 
tic chances of life. One is. the dis- 
trict attorney and the other the 
waif of mischance he has to pros- 
ecute on a murder charge. 

Theme is f airlyv well Worked oiit, 
through the use of symbolic views 
recurring at Intervals ivhen it Is de- 
sired to indicate the circumstances 
that worked upon first one and then 
the other of the brothers. Story 
has AS its background a sympathetic 
treatment of Jewish family life, 
value of which lis pcrha:ps question- 
able in a screen play of this sort. 
The "Abie's Irish Rose" vogue gives- 
the Jewish, motif a comedy com- 
plexion . and how the generality of 
fans will regard It as the atmosphere 
of a serious drama is a question. 

The symbolic shots show a spin- 
ning roulette wheel .through which 
bits of action are dimly visualized, 
the Idea being to picture the acci- 
dents of life that took two men so 
far astray from the siime beginning. 
T*hiS' makes an. engaging bit of trick 
dramatic effect. 

Picture has many bits of, fine sug- 
gestion and Barthelmess plays the 
dual role of the brothers well, 
achieving striking effects In con- 
trasts while making hoth portraits 
convincing with acting at once au- 
thentic and legitimate, Bodil Ros- 
ing in this picture takes a high place 
among the film actresses playing 
mother roles. Hers Is a perform- 
ance of splendid unaffected natural-, 
ness with a world of human appeal. 
Story has something of a sex kick 
in , certain spicy passages involving 
Margaret . Livingston ais the. scarlet 
woman, and there are underworld 
bits that, hold interest. . 

Dramatic passages are skillfully 
managed In a vein of quiet empha- 
sis and the cast never over-empha- 
sizes. Technical production is first 
rate. In summary film makes a sat- 
isfactory plaiy for the exploitation 
of this popular screen star, which 
f^pells box office value. Rush, 



THE BIG KILLING 

Paramount production and release. Co- 
starrlnpr Wallace Beery and Raymond Hat- 
ton. Directed by F. Richard Jones. Story 
by G rover Jones,- adapted by author and 
Gilbert Pratt. Cameraman, Alfred Gllks. 
Supervised ' by Benny Zeldman. Herman 
Manklewlcz, titler.' At Paramount, Nfew 
York, week June 30. Running time, 60 
mins. 

Powdcr-Horn Pete Wallace Beery 

Dead-Eye Dan....... Raymond Hatton 

Old Man Beagle..,.- Anders Randolph 

Beog-le's Daughter. . . '.- Mary Brian 

Jim Hicks .... .........Gardner James 

GtorBe Hicka.,.., Ijane Chftndler 

Old Man Hick?.;. Paul' McAllister 

Beagle Son No. 1.., ,,, .James Mason 

Beagle Son No. 2. .Ralph Yqarslcy 

Beagle Son No. 3..,,,^ Ethan LAldlaw 

Beagle Son No.. 4. ;i.eo Willis 

Beagle Son No. 5... Buck Moulton 

Beagle Son No. 6 Robert Kortman 

Sheriff Walter James 

Barker..; , ..Roscoc Ward 

Better than some of the Beery- 
Hattons and not as good as others 
"The Big Killing" looks like mod- 
erate pay-box stuff. Coincidental 
with that prediction the opinion may 
be vouchsafed that it is well the 
comedy team is being separated by 
Paramount, An association that 
seemed riotous at Its Inception now 
j;ends to j)allt ; . ^ 

The spectator with, a meniory 
watching the rather- silly didoes of 
the recent Beery-Hattons, including 
this one, will go back to before "Be- 
hind the Front" to the days when 
Hatton and Beery were two cf the 
screen's outstanding character ac- 
tors, not slapstick comics interpret- 
ing a couple of zero-minded morons. 

"The Big .Killing" has more story 
and less gags than previous Beery- 
Hattons and is that much of an im- 
provement. Also directed with more 
legitimate attention to reasonable- 
ness. . — 

Story 'Is reminiscent of an old 
Buster Keaton feature. Beery and 
Hattoi> as a pair of dubs unwittingly 
get caught in the midst of a moun- 
tain feud. They are everybody's 
enemy and escape being murdered 
by dumb luck. 

Gardner James, who some seasons 
ago was the recipient of one of 
those Hollywood ballyhoos, has his 
first major assignment in some time. 
James wears his hair too long for 
romantic. =.leads and = se.ems facially 



limited to a pain and agony regis- 
try, so his specialty has been, and 
Is, weaklings. 

The cycle of weakling heroes haa 
passed. Gareth Hughes is in 'vaude- 
ville. Jack Plckford retired, Barthel- 
mess Is doing prize lighters, George 
Hackathorne is in eclipse. And 
with the snappy boys on the 
ascendency it's a pipe the love in- 
terest^ in "The Big Killing!' will be 
a wash out for all sides. The dames 
won't care, for It's extremely minoc 
in the picture, «,nd the boys won't 
admire a hero who does nothing ex- 
cept take It on the jaw and over the 
head throughout the picture. Land. 

THE MICHIGAN KID 

Universal (Jewel) production and release. 
Baaed on Rex IJeaoh's novel; Directed by 
Irvln WlUat with J. G. Alexander odapt- 
Ing; . At Boxy, New York, week June 30. 
Running time, 158 mins. 
The Michigan Kid. .Conrad Nagel 

Rose Morris. . ........... Renee Adorbe 

Fra-nk Hayward .Ijloyd Whltlock 



Fair material for the big houses 
during the hot months with the 
Nagel and Ad oree names to help. 
Putting '^it all together It's just a 
picture following a familiar Alaskan, 
trail and winding up in a forest 
fire. Lightweight for the de luxe 
theatres but will take on poundage 
as the admission tap drops. 

Story . has a dance hall backr 
ground with the Michigan Kid the 
best known gambler in the north., 
Couldn't have cost U much to turn 
It out although' the miniature forest 
fire "and rapld^,. . down which the 
principals escape ; by ' double expo- 
sure, m&ir have given the cost sheet 
a . little persopa,lity. Yarn is con- 
ventional bUt'-.Nagel gives a good 
performance and Is the main cast 
balancing to please. 

Midway flashback takes the main 
trio to school toNshow Rose an ar- 
gumentative point, between Jimmy 
Rowan and Frank H.ayward. Years 
later both boys are\in Alaska with 
Jimmy running thfe big joint and 
Frank gambling to- recoup a lost 
Wankroll. A jam sends Frank's 
watch into Jim for a c£Lsh advance 
and Rose's photo, Inside, Is the first; 
Intimation to him oiii the former's 
Identity. As Rose Is due to arrive 
sliortly to wed Frank, Jimmy takes 
It upon himself to meet her, Frank 
having to get -back ,.to camp to 
square a stalling wire , sent the gIrL 
Closeted away In a halfway cabin- 
during a windstorm. Rose*.- finally 
learns Jimmy is her childhood 
sweetheart and Frank showa up to 
try and gum the works. A forest 
fire brings on the climax of the 
heavy knocking Jimmy unconscious 
as he sleeps, trussing him up and 
leaving him hidden. He then 
awakens Rose for the runout. The 
girl, however, finds Jim and the 
boys battle, all over the place as thei 
flames leap toward the .cabin. A 
canoe finally gets them on their 
way with the ride down. the rapids 
picturesque enough despite the 
faking. Wild pad.dling ends as the 
craft goes oVer a falls- 
Cameraman's double work Is 
smoothly done and this meller haM 
(Continued on page 23) . 



HARRY 



HacDONED 

THE ARISTOCRAT 



OF 



Stage Band Conductors 

A( the 

CAPITOL, DETROIT 



EDMEKEL'S 

ORGAN CLUB 

HARDING THEATRE 

/ fZih Week and Still Growing 



STANLEY BIRNES 

An Idea of Merit 

■ F«>aturc«1 In a ' 
FANCHON AND MARCO IDEA 

"SPANGLES" 

Direction WM. MORRIS AGENCTT 



JOHN 



KRLTNE 



SANNA and WALLACE 

"SENSATIONAL ADAGIO TEAM" 
with JACK LAUGHLIN'S 
"TOP O' THE WORIiD" UNIT 
Week Jnne 30 to Jaly G— Circle Tlieatro, Indiana puIiH 
Difeotlon: WILLIAM MORRIS CHICAGO OFFICE 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VARIETY 



IT 




■Ma 



ROXY NAILS HIT OF THE SHOW 

FOR CATHEDRAL OPENING SAT. JULY 8™! 

PETE HARRISON MAKES WHOOPEE 

IN PRAISE OF NEW FBO ATTRACTION! 

JOE BROWN GOALS 'EM WITH BEST 

PIECE OF TROUPING OF THE YEAR! 

RALPH INGE SCORES NEW 

TRIUMPH WITH Walloping 

DIRECTION! 




VIOLA BROTHERS SHORE WINS 

LAURELS FOR SMASHING HEART 
INTEREST STORY! 



ALL THEIR GENIUS OF SHOWMANSHIP 

MERGED IN FBO'8 FIRST GREAT 
HIT OF THE NEW SEASON! 



o/ie ^ aid a V"^ 
■ ^" the t'^^-intef"'* 



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RALPH INCE PRODUCTiON 

JOE E. BROWN GERTRUDE OLMSTED DAPHNE POLLARD GERTRUDE ASTOR 



ore NET Profit with FBO Pictures 




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VARIETY Weanesday, July 4, 19JJ8 1 



PAIiAMOUNT 



announces 




HE Whole Show 




m Quality m U i 1 iJ Pictures 




25 OR MORE 1928-9 Paramount Feature 




IN I^OUND. Most of them with talking sequences. The list 
includes "WINGS", "THE WEDDING MARCH" (von Stroheim), "ABIE'S 
IRISH ROSE", "THE PATRIOT" (Janmngs-Lubitsch), '*THE CANARY 
MURDER CASE" (greatest mystery novel of the decade), "LOVES OF AN 
ACTRESS" (Pola Negri), "WARMING UP" (Richard Dix). The last named 
already pre- viewed and acclaimed a sensation. * • «' '* • 

Paramount News in Sound. The industry's acknowledged 

news reel leader — heard as well as seen! ♦ « * # * 

Christie Comedies in Sound. All of the Christie product 

— the class two-reelers t>f the business — synchronized in 1928-9. 





ON THE 0\->4Jtt.JCiJt!il 1 • New short features — big 
names— big time acts — Publix presentations. Oflfering the small town 

9 

theatre the same de luxe shows as Broadway. * * * • 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



P I C TURKS 



VARIETY 



19 



New York Censors Seem Tougher on 
Picture ^Cuts' Than Penn. Censors 

If the cq,9e of cuts by censors In "Chinatown Charlie" is accepted as 
the index, the New Tork censoVing board, despite opinion to the con- 
trary is much mo're severe than the Pennsylvania board. 

When Variety panned the Charles Burr picture, "Chinatown Charlie," 
with Johnnie Hines, Mr. Burr, on the west coast, was perplexed by 
the notice. Variety's review of the picture cau&ht in New York among 
other things said the story was incoherent. 

Ah investigation revealed the. cuts made by the censors in New Tork, 
and that brought out the exits made in Pennsylvania, with the two here 

reproduced: „ , • 

*^ Pennsylvania 

Reel 1— Eliminate views ot boy whispering to Charlie. 

Reel 3 — Eliminate all views of woman's dress blown up when it goes 
up above her knees and views of two men looking at her between views 
of her dress being blown ul). 

■ New York State 

Reel 4 —Eliminate all views of girl, bound and gagged in closet. 

Reel 5.— Eliminate subtitle: "The museum Is a blind for smuggling 

***Reel 6.— Eliminate underlined word in subtitle, "But, your Excellency— 
Where the hell do I get off ?" , 

Eliminate all views of Chinese disguised as wax figures, in boxes, in 
museum and views where disguise is pulled off and they are revived 

'^EHihSiat© vleW of smuggler hitting policeman on head with IroU bar. 

Reel 7— Eliminate ail views of white girl struggling to! resist china- 
man Eiiminate scenes where he pursues her up .flight of stairs, scenes 
S struggle at landing, and all Views of Chinaman with hand oyer her 
• mouth. . ^ . . ■• . " . 



Fox Combines Sales Depts. 

Sale of Movietone features, news- 
reel nad short subjects comes under 
the supervision of the Fox Sales 
Department starting this week, ac- 
cording to orders Issued. Movie- 
tone productions have been handled, 
through a separate department 
headed by. Milton Schwartz, 
Schwartz remains as head of the 
Movietone sales department local- 
ly, general sales to be under the 
direction of Jimmy Grainger. 

Fox exchanges and film salesmen 
will be enabled to sell talking shotts 
in addition to the full length fea- 
tures. 

It is reported that production ac- 
tivities are scheduled to increase to 
the extent where a full length fea- 
ture, an issue of the newsreel and 
a short subject will be produced 
weekly. ■ 



%ily Review'' "Sale" 

Cfeorge C. Williams is reported to 
have made a HOarst sale of the 
"Exhibitors Dally Review," film 
trade paper publishfed In New York. 

Wm Rl Wilkerson newly assumed 
the work of editing aind publishing 
the paper, which has been reported 
for some time under the control of 
Its. printer. 

Hank Linnet has resigned, it is 
said, with other staff members re- 
jnaining. 

Wilkison is reported to have taken 
charge under an operating arrange- 
ment, with little, if any, cash pass- 
ing. 

Gordon Elliott May Play 
"Life of Valentino" 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Aa soon as George S. UHman can 
-find some one who resembles the 
late Rudolph Valentino in every re- 
spect he win start on the screen 
version of "The Life of Valentino/ 

So far it looks like Gordon El 
liott, now under contract to Hal 
Roach. Elliott resembles the for 
mer star in looks, weight and phy 
slque. 



Clarence Brown's Work 
In Finishing "Gossack" 

Correcting Variety's version . of 
Clarence Brown's, p.art in filming 
'The Cossacks," Irving Thalberg 
supplies this data: 

When Director Hill was sent to 
Africa on an important production 
matter, Mr. Brown was sisked to 
complete the picture In order to 
have it finished in time for Its dis- 
tributing release date. The result 
of Mr. Brown's work was highly 
satisfactory and the picture was fin 
Ished. The cost in making these 
scenes directed by Mr. Brown was 
not $200,000, but $65,000. The pic- 
ture had been finished and shipped 
before Mr. Hill returned to the 
Studio from Afrlca. 

i/Lt. Thalberg also points to the 
box-office record of the picture at 
the Capitol, New Tork, when it piled 
up over $71,000 in its first week and 
Is held over. 



Brush Fire Threatens F.N. 
I Lot; Police Are Suspicious 

Los Angeles, July' 3 
A spectacular brush fire ranging 
over hundreds of acres of niiountaln- 
slde and which police .believed to be 
of incendiary origin threatened the 
First National lot for two hoiirp one 
afternoon last week. The blaze 
called In the organized fire fighters 
of the studio as well as those of the 
city. 

Fire started , near the eatrance to 
the old Lasky ranch and burned 
fiercely. T'lie Los Anjgcles River 
finally saved the studio, with the 
only remaining danger from sparks, 



Too Many Gag Men 

Los Aiigelos, July 3. 
Cast pug men are incroas- 
ing so rapidly that they are 
now like tho scenario writers 
who accept jobs on speculation 
and specify that If their story 
treatment is not accepted no 
pay will be expected. 

This was discovered recent- 
ly when an experienced gag 
man applied . to one ot the 
cheaper independent companies 
for a job. The prodVicer subr 
-mitted a proposition at so 
much for each gag used In the 
plcturie. It would bo nec- 
essary, however, for the G. 
M. to stand by during produc- 
tion. Since $5 would be paid, 
for each gag, the gag boy fig- 
ured the most he could get 
would be $100 In five weeks. 
He turned down the job. 

The producer merely shrug- 
ged, saying he could get plenty 
of gag men to accept his of- 
fer. 



U Will Use Fox's 

Process for Talkers 




SKOlJn/lS BROTHERS 

flmBAJjrADOR 

ST. 1.0IJI.S. fV\0.. 



NOW! 



WKST COAST'S BROADWAY 
1>01CXLAND, ORE. 



GOTJLDING'S ADVICE 

Los Angeles, July 3 
Edmund Gouldlng has^ returned 
to the Coast and signed with 
M-G-M aa a director and In an 
advisory capacity on the sound and 
sight work. 

Goulding, having been a play 
Wright, stage actor and picture di 
rector, qualiflefl as the best au- 
thority on talkers now on the M-G 
lot. 

Gouldlng will probably direct 
Ramon Novarro in a sound pic 
ture. Star has a voice trained for 
opera and at one. time contem- 
plated doing concert work. . 

HTJBBJLRD'S SEA STUFF 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

M-G will finally make "Mysteri- 
ous Island." Luclen Hubbard has 
been on the story treatment for the 
past four nionths and will put the 
picture into production Aug. 6 under 
his own direction. 

A considerable portion of the 
undersea stuflt shot In the Bahama 
Islands by the Williamson Brothers 
Will be used. It also may have 
sound. 

WILCOX-WAXCOTT SEBIES 

Los Angelas, July 3. 
Wilcox and . .Walco^ plan; two 
series of comedies to be made at 
the Cal Art studio. 

"We Kids" will Include the troupe 
which made the McDougal Alley 
series for Bray and "Bob and Bill" 
will be 12 twp-reelersv Both series 
Will bei state righted. 

Macleod Directing 

Los Angeles,. J'uly 3, 
Norman C. Macleod, writing sce- 
narios for Fox, has been made a 
director. ■ ' 

Macleod's first job wiU bo to 
make , a Bex Bell western. 

Rosson Leaves Fox 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Richard Rosson, who recently 
completed directing "Road House' 
for Fox, has left that organization. 



Christie's Script Library 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
On€| of the few companies not 
worrying over the source, of ma- 
terial for dialog pictures is Chris- 
tie Brothers. Almost during the eri^ 
tlr* course of its existience, or until 
exhibitors three years ago expressed 
a preference for slapstick and gag 
stuff, the Christies made the basis 
of their material, polite or parlor 
farce comedies. In Its archives the 
company has a complete record of 
all these stories In Its script li- 
brary. 

Company will now bodily trans 
fer to the screen the more success 
ful of the vaude skits without par- 
ticular regard for the advantages 
of picture techni?|ue. 

NEW STUDIO NEPHEW 

Lo& Angeles, July S 
Alfred Stern, 16, nephew of Carl 
Laemmle, has been assigned to an 
important posltloa. at Universal's 
casting office, where he will learn 
the picture business. 

Toiing Stern arrived herie four 
months ago and was Introduced to 
pictures after school hours at the 
Stern Brothers' studio. Abe and 
Julius Stern are also uncles to the 
young movie novice. 

PAB'S EFFECTS DEPT. 

Los Angeles, July 3, 
Paramount hias changed tho name 
of its Pomerby Department to the 
Special Effects DeUartment with 
Owen Roberts In charge and Van 
Nest Pelglaze designated super 
visor. 

Pomeroy will probably devote his 
entire time to talker experimenta- 
tion. 



CHRISTIE'S SOUND BLDG. 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Christie has abandoned the plan 
to convert one of Its old studios for 

56ti¥idv : y^^^^-^^^ ~ ^.-^--.-^--^-^ ^ 
Instead, Western Electric engi 
neers are now drawing plans for a 
new building similar to that being 
built for M-G-M. 





'^WORLD'S MASTER UNlCYCLlSr* 
with "Top o' World," a Publix Unit 

Direction WILLIAM MORRIS— Next Season, EUROPE 



JUNE EEPLACES SALLY 

L06 Angeles, July 3, 
June Collyer, instead of Sally 
Phlppe, will be the girl in the sec- 
ond Fox Newsreel features to be 
made In Europe this summer. 

Miss Collyer Is now en route to 
New York. She will be joined early 
in August by staff and cast, to sail 
Aug. 11. 

Bessie Barriscale's Return 

TjOS Angele.s, July 3, 
Bessie Barrlscale, after an absence 
from the .screen of several years. Is 
playing a vaudeville trouper In 
pathe's "Show Folks," Paul L. Stein 
directing. She will work on the 
samo.lotjwiierfi.^undcr^ the,M 
Ince, she was at one time the lead- 
ing feminine player.. 

Cannon Directing 

IjOU Angeles, July 3. 
Itaymond Cannon, former ece- 
narJo writer, has been signed to 
direct for Fox. 



Negotiations are under way be- 
tween Universal and Fox whereby 
Movietone recording production for 
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" and other 
Universal specials will be done in 
the Fox studios. ■ 

From present Indications it seems 
as If the deal will go through, even 
if Universal should sign up for 
Movietone producing equipment 
with one of the equipment manu^ 
facturing concerns, because of the 
delay due to experiments follow- 
ing purchase of recording apparatus 
which would be more costly. 

Other contemplated Universal 
specials to be Movietoned, "Show 
Boat" and "Broadway," yvill most 
likely be done In the Fox studios, 
also, if present plans go through. 

Universal will be the first of the 
producers, next to Fox, with Movle- 
toniB film production since. Para- 
mount and Metro- Gold wyn- Mayor, 
though having purchased Movietone 
recording rights and apparatus. Will 
have to carry on extensive studio 
experiments which may take from 
six to 18 months before recording 
becomes easy enough to carry 
through. , . 

Newmeyer-Lloyd Split 

Los Angeles,- July 3. 
Fred Newmeyer leaves the Harold 
I Lloyd organization by mutual agree- 
ment, after six years. He directed 
I eight Lloyd pictures. 

Newmeyer has signed with Uni- 
versal to direct Glenn Tryon In "It 
Can Be Done." He" then goes to 
Paramount to direct a Dix picture. 
Lloyd has been farming Newmeyer 
to other producers for the past two 
years. 

GILBEET'S 1ST TALKEE 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
John Gilbert's next picture for 
Metro - Gold^fryn - Mayer will be 
"Thirst," original story by Dale Van 
Every and John Neville. It. Is being 
adapted for the screen by Willis 
Goldbeck and as a talker. 

This Will be Gilbert's first picture 
with sound. William Nigh Is dl- 
I rectlng. 

CHI MOVIETONE UNIT 

.Chicago. July 3. 
' Fox Is sending a comprete.;Mb- 
vletorte producing unit here. Three 
men are accompanying the equip- 
ment and making pictures en 
route. 

Unit will be permanently sta- 
tioned at the local Fox branch. 



F. N. Group in N. Y. 

Expectant of Axe 

With a corps of elticlenry exports 
In the Fif.st National's homo ofTlce, * 
Joseph P. Kennedy la expected to 
leave things in New York untouched . 
until his return from ' .a thorough 
personal scrutiny of the situation of 
the company's studio at Burbank, 
Calif.'. . 

. AcGonipariled by his assistant, 
Eddio Moore, Mr. Kennedy is 
slated to leave for the ,west today 
(Thursday). 

First National employes feel that 
when Kennedy gets the report of 
the . accountants there will be a 
weeding. In this respect they point 
to Pathe ;as an example of what 
happened when Kennedy invasion 
materialized. 

Reports Tuesday were strong 
around the home office that Rich- 
ard Rowland would not leave the 
company when his contract as gen- 
eral manager in charge of produc- 
tion expires in August. It comes 
from ordinarily credible sources 
that Kennedy will keep Rowland for 
his knowledge of production, Out- 
ward substantiation of a get-to- 
gether between Kennedy and Row- 
land has been observed by . employes 
that the two have been in confer- . 
ence on the . several visits to the 
First National headquarters hy 
Kennedy since he assumed charge; 

In the same Informal way It .is 
reported that Ned Deplnet is also 
definitely In charge of First Na- 
tional distribution as W/^ll as sales. 

Meantime, one of the first of the 
smaller executives to be discon- 
tinued on the payroll Is C. Chandler, 
assistant to Jerome Beatty, director 
of advertising and publicity. Chand- 
ler Is supposedly on his regular 
two weeks' vacation, but he ten- 
dered his resignation before start- 
ing. Chandler was one of the com- 
pany's pioneers. He was succeeded 
slightly over a year ago as publicity 
chieftain, by the present incumbent. 



Par. Signs Two 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Norman Burnsteln, whose "Sins 
of the Fathers" was bought by 
1 Paramount, signed to a writing con- 
tract by that company. 

Ben Grauman Kohh, formerly title 
[writer and editor at Columbia, has 
also been signed by Paramount. 



West Coast Motion Picture 
Directory of Players, Direc- 
tors and Writers 



Titles by 

MALCOLM 
STUART 
BOYLAN 

FOX 




JOHN F. 
GOODRICH 

FREE 
LANCING 



NORMA TALMADGE BACK 

Lois Angeles, July 3. 
Norma Talmadge, accompanied by 
her mother, returned from Hawaii 
last week. 



HpeclallzloK In 
' OfislnalH, Adaptatlona with ^ ' 

ORIENTAL SEniNGS 

, Available for Technical Work on 
Oriental. South Seap and Alaskan Picture* 

^LPH PARKER 

c/o "VABIETT," I-. A. 



Synchronizing "Two Lovers" 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Sam Goldwyn is naaklng retroac- 
tive his decision regarding syn- 
chronization on "The Awakening' 
I and "The . Rescue," both now in 
work. Ho has ordered the same 
treatment for "Two Lovers," 



JOHN WATERS 



DIRECTOR 



HOWARD EMERSON 



Versatility 



and ORCHESTRA Showmamthip 



Touring Indefinitely for Loew's 
DIrorllon AKTin R firl'/ZI 



20 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Talking Shorts Intended for All 
Publix-Loew Wired Houses, With 
All B way s Big Houses After Them 



According to contracts pending 
between Publix and Vitaphone; 
whereby 325 theatreSi including all 
Publix-Loew houses on Broadway, 
are to be booked for talking shorts 
ptarting in the fall, New York's main 
highway is slated to become a show 
center devoted almost entirely to 
talking pictures by September, 
While nearly every Important the- 
atre in every key city In the coun- 
try, is due to follow shortly after. 

in taking lip the matter of serv- 
ice with the Vitaphone Corporation, 
it is understood that the 325 Publix 
houses, to: be wired will require 
an average of four Vitiaphone acts 
a week. It Is said that this will 
provide for a marked change . in 
vaudeville and picture house opera- 
tion by the Publix circuit with the 
major changes the curtailment or 
elimination of stage presentations, 
stage bands, pit orchestras and 
vaudeville. ■ ..■ 

On Broadway the Capitol, Loew- 
Publix stage, direction, the P3,ra- 
mount and the, Strand; wiU be try> 
ing talking shorts. Vltaphoiie, pro- 
duction .will be increaseidl in - order 
to meet the requirements of 12 new 
acts a week, three or four for each 
house, Loew's State, it is reported, 
is also to be wired but nothing has 
been definitely settled. 

It Is reported that l^hTirsday Pubr 
lis signed with Electrical Reseai-ch 
Products for Vitaphone- Movietone 
equipment for 95 theatres and took 
up thfe matter Qf service for sub- 
jects with the Vitaphone Corpora- 
tion. The matter of contracts for 
the additional 230 Publix theatres Is 
due to be set shortly. 

.With Loew's proposed 150 wired 
houses and other circuit wiring now 
going on the chilins will represent, 
among themselves, . approximately 
800 wired theatres. 

Selections of Shorts 

In addition to the housed men- 
tioned which requii^e talking shorts 
service by Sept. 1, the Capitol, Para- 
mount, RlaJtQ and .Rivoli are also 
be wired and will probably use 
ialking shorts. The contracts are 
mainly, for dual equipment, Vita- 
phone and Movietone, so that sound 
neiwsreels can be \iuaed In these the- 
atres. Installations in the Em- 
bassy and the AStor are figured 
to replace house Orchestras for $2 
specials. 

'Up to the present time, with the 
Strand Only using talking shorts, 
booking of these features has been 
directed from the Vitaphone book- 
ing department. With three first 
runs on the street , soon, each re- 
quiring different subjectis and each 
competing for quality of material, it 
is understood that the house oper 
tors will be allowed to select, from 



The Last Resort 



Denver, July 3.. 

E. P. "Buzz" Briggs, misin- 
ager of the Sta,te, probably 
could, be listed in that army 
whose cry was, recently em- 
blazoned across the page ad- 
vertisement in Variety : "Where 
the Hell Anv I Heading?" 

Briggs has tried everything 
to mjike the Curtis street 
movie house, first and second- 
runs. Business continues rot- 
ten, 

i While at a dinner party the 
other evening, Briggs chanced 
to remark that he hid begun 
the stiidy of metaphysics. 
When an interested young 
high -heel asked why, he com- 
plained r''^ 

."I've tried everything "-else 
and 1 believe that may put the 
house over." 



a number of Vitaphone subj^ts 
shown each week. 

The Lioew-Pniblix combination will 
represent approximately 475 wired 
houses when installations are com- 
pleted. The difference in cost of 
house; operation, with music and 
stage costs lower, la ineistimable. 
. Other circuits, it is reported, are 
also figuring on the usei of; talking 
shoirts. P6H signed last week for 
about 15 theatres where, it is un- 
derstood, talking shorts may re- 
place small time vaudeville to a 
large extent. Universal Chain The- 
atres is/ also dealing with Elec- 
trical Research Prodiucts. 



SHERIFF ATTACHES B. 0. 



Morris Fitzer Owe« ^1,798 On Cali- 
fornia Theatre, Los Angeles. 



Lios Angeles, July 3. 

Sheriff's oflico attached the box 
ofllce at the California theatre after 
a groiip of wage claims were filed 
and suit for rental money was insti- 
tuted in Superior Court against 
Morris Fitzer, lessee, by the Miller 
Amusement Company, otherwise 
West Coast Theatres, which owns 
the tlieatres.^ 

According to the complaint, Fitzer 
stopped paying rent after a period 
with ;i,798.89 now due £ind unpaid. 
It is understood Fitzer acquired the 
iease 6f the house last April for a 
period of six months, with an op-, 
tion to, take it for 10 yeaxs. Theatre 
was being operated on a grind pic- 
ture policy with stage attractions at 
15 cents. With a nut of around 
$1,500 a week,, house was just about 
breaking even. 

Fitzer, a former Syracuse, N. T., 
exhibitor, after opening the theatre, 
left for the east, where he is how 
said to be. Efforts have been made 
to get in touch with him there. 
Meanwhile labor claims will be the 
first paid from attached receipts, 
which netted around 11,200. 



"Gang" Contest Starts 



lioew theatres in . N<bw T***"^ 
Brooklyn and Long Island, number- 
ing 65 as well as all points through- 
out .the U. S., on July 2, started 
the tleup with newspapers in all 
the cities where the Lbew theatres 
stand for what they term "Our 
Gang Contest." 

In the tieup are included several 
rapers heretofore regarded as dead 
set against any puhlicity campaign 
hookup." 

Of the men handling the exploita- 
tion Teyry Turner has the New TOrk 
campaign. 



Sheet Metal Theatre for 
Effects in "Last Wamingf 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
"The. Last Warning," now being 
directed by Paul Leni for Universal, 
will be filmed entirely within a the- 
atre built on a stage completely 
covered, with sheet ihejal. 

After producers .decided to inject 
mysterious sound ' effects into the 
film they were told it would be im- 
possible because' of the echoing 
sounds which would reflect Into the 
mike. A test was made, which 
proved this theory wrong. 



DICK 



BIARGVBRITE 



SAUNDERS and JONES 

DANCERS 
DVITH FAKCHON AND MARCO'S 

"HI-YALLER IDEA" 

Dick Saunders, Master of CeremoDlea 
. at lioew's State 



July 12 Extension 

Chicago, July 3. 

Limit for filing of answers by the 
27 defendants in Marks Bros.* bill 
of complaint, charging restraint of 
trade, and first set for July 6, was 
extended to July 9 and then to July 
»12 by Federal Judge Wilkersoh. 

There are 10 groups' of attorneys 
preparing the answers. 



EVANS 



and 



WEAVER 

FEATURED tVITH 
PAMCHON AND UARCQ'8 
. "HI-YALLER IDEA" 



MAKES GET FITBRIEBS 

Chicago, July 3. 
Annual . show of the Associated 
Furriers, heretofore held in a B. & 
K. loop theatre, has been switched 
this year to the Marks Brothers' 
two tH€atF6s, (Jranada and Marbro. 



TEEEIS' FOREIGN OVEETUItES 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Tom Terriss havin^r completed his 
two. picture contract for Tiffany 
Stahl,. is negotiating with British 
International to make four pictures 
In England; 



L. A. Giving Away $15,000 
In West Coast's Contest 

Los Angeles, July 3. . 
Jett Lazarus, director of advertis- 
ing and publicity for West Coast 
Theatres, is on a three weeks' tour 
of the circuit arranging for a "star 
guessing" tieup in conjunction with 
local newspapers and merchants. 
He Is also working on advance 
propaganda for Greater Movie Sea- 
son which begins In August. 

First of the star guessing tleups 
was made here with the "EJvenlng 
JE|xprei9s,'^ In which 115,000 iii mer- 
cbahdlse and prizes, donated by 
local merchants, will be given away 
to the winners. . First prize is, si 
$1,250 piano. Donations run down 
to I2.5D In gold. 



Pete Woodhiill Steering 
For Photophone; Raw 



Indie exhibitors who drop In 
at headquarters of their Mo- 
tion Picture Theatre Owners 
of America are being steered 
toward .RCA's talkie device. 

"While I personally ^ can't 
say anything In this pos'ltlon," 
says Pete Woodhull, chairman, 
"yet from what I gather ex- 
hibitors In general like Photo- 
phone the best of all the de-' 
vices." 

Just before he made this ob- 
servation Pete okayed his aa- 
slstanti Mike O'Toole, taking a 
Pennsylvania exhibitor over to 
Fifth avenue for a photophone 
audition. 



F-M UNITS FOR PUBLIX 
N.W.H0USESiN2WKS. 



Los Angeles, July 3. 
Publix units come out of Seattle 
and. Portland as soon as arrange- 
ments can be made to r6-route 
them heading west. This will prob- 
ably be within two weeks. 

4n agreement was made between 
Harold B. Franklin and Sam Katz 
that the Fanchon and Marco shows, 
playing In the Fifth Avenue, 
Seattle, be moved to., the Seattle 
theatre and that those playing the 
Broadway, Portland, be sent to the 
Portland theatre. The two Wesco 
houses in these towns. Fifth Ave- 
niie and Broadway, are to have long 
run policies when the change takes 
place. 

It Is: also likely a similar niove 
will be made by September, to 
eliminate the Publix shows in Los 
Angeles and San Francisco. Un- 
derstanding is that the F, & M- 
troupes will move from the War- 
field, San Francisco, to the Granada 
and from Loew's State, Los An- 
geles, to the Metropolitiin. In this 
case, too, the West Coast house's. 
Met and Warlield, aj*e to becomo 
long run housesv 

Franklin Is expected here from 
New York by the end of this week. 



Immermair for L & T. 



U. A. Playing ^•Toilers" 

Los. Angeles, July . 3. 
First picture Of any other com- 
pany to play the local United 
Artists theatre will be Tiffanyr 
Stahl's 'The Toilers." It opens 
July 11 and on July 13 will also 
open at the United Artists, De- 
troit. 

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is in the 
film and it is understood his father 
asked that the picture be given a 
break. 



.Detroit, June 26. 
Walter Immerman, manager of 
the Michigan, goes to Chicago short- 
ly to become supervising manager 
of-the Lubliner & Trinz (B. & K.- 
Publtx) . houses in that city. The 
Job is being created for him and is 
similar to that -formerly held there 
by Jack Knight. George Strudel, 
now at the Oriental, Chicago, will 
be transferred here to replace Im- 
merman. 

Iminerman's move will cause fur- 
ther managerial shakeups to affect 
all , downtown Kunsky houses, but 
the State and Capitol. Ascher Shaw, 
now managing the Adams, will as- 
sist Strudel at the Michigan. Dave 
Dunn, Madison, goes to the Adams, 
and Harold Archibald, now assist-; 
ant manager at the Madison, will 
becomie manager. 



PUBLICITT DEFT. CUT 

Lod Angeles, July 3. 
.:R.obert Yost, publicfty .. director, of 
Fox studios, is now also acting as 
studio contact man. 

^ob was formerly handled by Tom 
Lewis, :now back with the editorial 
department because of orders foir 
a cut in the publicity department. 



JESSE CRAWFORD 
ORGAN CONCERT 

PARAMOUNT THEATRE 
NEW YORK 



Playing a Song Writing Novelty by 
JACK YELLEN 
Which Inl^oduces His New Song 
"IF YOU DON'T LOVE MC" 



JOISOir JIRISHES FILM 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Al Jolson finishes "The Singing 
Fool" for Warner Bros. July 5, leav- 
ing for New York July 8 for three 
weeks. He returns here to do the 
Vitaphone work with his picture. 



Fixing Bennett's "Kiss" 

"The Goodbye Kiss," Mack Ben- 
nett's special being released by First 
National, will be retitled iand the 
war stuff in the prolog eliminated. 

Tiiis decision, it Is fiaid, was 
brought about as the result of audl- 
cnce-reactions-^on^the-Goast-and^In 
the middle west. 



Goldburg Sells Interest in 

First Dlv. Distributors 

After denying reports that he was 
to stop iprodiicing pictures or that 
First Division Distributors, Inc., 
would be dissolved, at a meeting of 
the A. M. P. A., and stressing the 
permanency of Independent pro- 
ducers in the film industry, Jesse 
J. Goldburg has sold his interest in 
the company to .Robert S. Furst. 

Goldburg may start independent 
production again. 



INDIES FACE 
8% COST FOR 
ADDED SOUND 

■ ♦ ■ 

Unable to Produce Talk* 
ers Themselves— World's 
Gross for Percentage 



^Unable to meet the high price de- 
mands aJid cash advance guaran-; 
tees demanded for talking film re- 
cording production Independent pro^ 
ducing companies, even the largest, 
are faced with . the problem of pay- 
ing 8 per cent, of their gross sales 
if turning soune of their pictures 
over to be synchronized by those 
companies having the studio facili- 
ties.' 

With practically all of the major 
producing companies using sound 
effects and dialog In their forth- 
coming pictures the independents 
find it necessary to use the new de- 
vice to meet the competition. Cost 
of' recording apparatu.*} is $100,000 
in., advance,, according to reports 
and a high weekly service charge. 
In addition the independents are. 
not in position to s|^end $l,boO,000 to 
equip a laboratory with more funds 
needed for experimental work. 

It is reported that one of the in-i 
dependent . producers, trying to 
make a deal for synchronized sound 
and dialog pictures, was told that 
he wpiiid have to pay 8 per. cent, of 
his world's gross sales on all of 
his pictures regardless of the 
number of pictures synchronized. 

With laboratory construction and. 
equipment purchases practically im- 
possible for Independents the latter 
may . be forced to agree to the 8 
per cent, cut, a charge which would 
reduce profits to a minimum. 



Rembosch's Boat Trip 



Frank Riembusch, on behalf of the 
Unafftliated Independent group of 
which he is national secretary, thia 
week broadcast an invitation to ex- 
hibitors to attend a novel conven-; 
tion.: 

The. congress will assemble on .% 
boat at Duluth, at 3:30 the after- 
noon of July 10, proceed Under 
steam to Port Arthur. Canada, re- 
turning July 12 In the evening to 
Duluth. Round trip, including 
meaJs. berth and hotel at Port 
Arthur, will be f 25. 

Rembusch, the trade insurgent, re- 
views the situation and expresses 
the view which is also that of 
President Steffes, that the time is 
ripe for an exhibitor stand. 

Anyhow the deep water conven- 
tion is designed to further the in- 
dependent organization idea. 




Senator 
Theatre 
SicLCramento 



HI-YALLER TRIO 

Patsy Hanter, Dorothy 
Yoes, Flora Washington 

FEATUIIEP WITH 
FANCHON AND MAKCO'S 
"HUYALLER IDEA" 



Water* On McCoy Westerns 

liOs Angeles, July 3. 

John Waters will direct two Tim 
McCoy pictures for M-G. 

He was formerly with Paramount 
on Zanc Grey productions. 




MARCO IDEJB 

There is ho Business Depression 
All i>f the 2S theatres playing Fanchon- 
& Marco ** Ideas** are making money 

Because! Low Cost 

High Box Office Values 



Wednesday, July *. 1»28 



V A R I E T Y 




400 ACTS 
ACTUALLY AVAILABLE NOW! 

Featuring the world's greatest Opera 
Stars, the world's greatest Concert Stars; 
the world's greatest Dramatic Stars, the 
world's greatest Screen Stars, the world's 
greatest Radio and Vaudeville Stars. 



Vitaphone— first in the field with a lead 
of two years— is the most marvelous box- 
office business builder that the Motion 
Picture Industry has ever known. 



Vitaphone dominates the programs in 
the theatres of the foremost circuits of 
the United States. 





PubGx Theatres Corporation 

Loew's theatres, Inc. 
Stanley Company of America 
Equity Theatres, Inc., Philadelphia 
Schine's Enterprises, Inc., New York 
Finkelstein & Ruben, Minn. 
Midwesco Circuit, Milwaukee 

Westcoast Theatres, Inc. 
L J. Sparks Enterprises, Florida 

Marks Bros., CUcago 
Harris Amusement Companies 
John Hamrick Blue Mouse Theatres 
National Theatres Corp., Chicago 
Dipson-Zhnmerman Theatres 
Comerford Theatres, Inc. 
Saenger Amusement Co. 
Alfred Gottesman Enterprises, Conn. 
Durkee Circuit 
Dent Theatres, Inc. 
Robb & Rowley, Dallas 
Griffith Amusement Co. 
4th Ave. Amusement Co. 

(Fred DoUfs, Pres.) 

Skouras Bros., St. Louis 
Balaban & Katz 
John HT Konsky Theatres Co. 
Stanley-Fabian, New Jersey 
Stanfey-Rowland-Clark, Pittsburgh 
Midland theatres Co. 

(M. B. Shanberg) 

Universal Theatrical Corp. 
A. H. Blank Enterprises, Iowa 
' Ike Libson Enterprises 

and 

Leading Tkatres Everywhere 



VITAPHONE 

321 WEST 44'" STRCtT, NEW YORK 



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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



V 



U-G'M is thrilled! 

—The reason is 
**Excess Baggage -* 




William Haines i5 
happy! 

"—The reason is 
** Excess Baggage" 



The industry will he 
m 



—The reason is 
Excess Baggage 



THE FIRST RELEASE FROM 




-G-M IN 1 928-29 IS 
"EXCESS BAGGAGE" 



^ It IS one 6 

ever 





motion 



WilUafn Uatnks in "Excess 
Baggage"-, with Josephine 
Dunn and Ricardo Cortez. A 
James Cruze Production 
Based the play by John 
McCowan. Continuity b\ 
frances Marion. Directed by 
James Cruze. 




GENTLEMEN, prepare for a classic-^ 
IT w\\\ take its place with the mightiest, " 
A great stage success has become 
A triumioh of the photoplay! 
SEPTEMBER ist M'U-M brmgs you 
WILLIAM Haines m txcess Daeeaee 
STARTING off a memorable season— 
AND in rapid'fire succession come 

"OUR Dancing Daughters" {mth Joan Crawford) 

LON Chaney in "While the City Sleeps" 
"THE Bellamy Trial" (M onta Bell's wonder film!) 
WE make this prophecy now: 
M-G-M again in 1928-29 is 



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TALK OF THE INOUSTRY 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



23 



THE MICHIGAN KID 

(Continued from page 16) 
DOlnts, mainly Nagel. Whltlock 
Jrifikes his villainy impress, while 
Miss Adoree is paasive with most 
nf hef value for the picture in 
whatever magnetic quality her name 
mw' possess. . Willat has smartly 
ket)t the film under an hour so that 
It moves along at a good pace. , 

Better adapted and strong for the 
intermediates but good enough- for 
tb© big capacities in a pmch. 8ui. 

Sally of the Scandals 

WHO Droductlon and release. FeatUi-lne 
B^le Love, Story by Enid Hlbbard; Dl- 
?^ed by Lynn Shores. At Hlppotlromc. 
N^w York, week July 2. Runnins time. 
»bout 54 mitia. . . 

The ambitious but virtuous 
chorus gill is once mor6 glorified in 
I picture that, lilce the numerous 
brints taken 'from the same stencil, 
will probably interest, and possibly 
fascinate, the hinterland. 

Remoteness to reality in these 
back stage yarns makes it difficult 
for anyone Connected with the trade 
to get a reliable slant on the aver- 
age rion- critical lay reaction. 

Bessie Love doing the black, bot- 
tom in a manner that \\rbuid get 
her canned from any Broadway 
chorus is represented in the picture 
as a shoW-wower. Out in Ashta- 
bula, O., they may agree with the 
scenario writer. But almost ahy- 
•vyrhere they will probably give Miss 
Love several points on duekiness, 
u. s. a-, and sweetness. It's her B. B. 
that's weak. 

The story Is sweet simplicity it 
self. A,, is a cute little chorus girl 
wlio supports B, her crippled little 
sister, and is courted by C. a rogue, 
jealous of P, the big producer who 
in spite of his millions: and the 
women who thrust themselves at 



ARLINE 

LANGAN 

OBIGINATOB OF TIIK kO^OPEDIC 
DANC£ 

4tlt Conttecative^ear wltb 
^ FnnchoD uiid Hnrco 



HELENE HUGHES 
ROY SMOOT 

Featured with 
FANCBON and MABCO 



him is kindly, domestic and Santa 
Clausish. Then there is B, the nasty 
prima: donn^v who tries t^o frame a 
little chorus gal. " 

The title will possibly mean a lot 
whefe the expresses, don't stop. Pro- 
duction fair, Land. 



The Wonderful Day . 

(FRENCH MADE) 

Paris, June 26. 
This release of the Cineronians 
'tiaa been adapted ' by Rene Barberid 
from the farce of Yves Mirande and 
Gustave Quinsbn, played a couple 
of years ago under the title of "La 
Merveilleuse Journee." 

It is a good comic production, 
excellently acted and while entirely 
taken , from a stage; play is not in 
tlio least "theatrical," The picture 
is amusing screen comedy, for an 
easy going, not over critical public. 

Pelloux, archi-milliardair, is fed 
up with life. It no longer offers 
him novelty, having everything 
money can buy. He has been con- 
sulting a quack doctor and a drug- 
gist at; Cassidagne, where he has 
put in on board his yacht, but iact- 
Ihg on the advice of his pretty 
young nurse, Gladys, he suddenly 
orders the charlatans ashore; and 
steams for Cannes, 

However, the druggist's appren- 
tice, Blaise, was forgotten and 
when the yacht is on the high Sea 
the youth appears oh deck. He had 
been asleep and now wants to be 
landed. Pelloux finds the youth so 
diverting that he engages him as 
a sort: of secretary. 

The wonderful days commence 
when the party arrives in Cannes. 
Blaise is served like a prince in 
-the hotel, going through all the de- 
gree of toilet to make him the ele- 
gant companion of the millionaire. 
He falls in love with a lady in the 
hotel, but she fights shy of his ad- 
yances-, In the evening, at the ca- 
sino, the provincial druggist's ap- 
prentice is found gambling, winning 
big stakes by following the lead of 
Pelloux, itither amused at the sit- 
uation. . 

Noticing the lady from the hotel, 
Blaise gives an order to a jeweler 
present In the casino for a pearl 
nieeklace to bq sent to her. A "de- 
caves" offer to sell his villa to pay 
his gambling debt; Blaize buys It 
and offers it to the lady. 

So occupied with love making the 
youth forgets his position in the 
game and when his employer sud- 
denly goes "Banco" he finds him 
self ruined. He goes home to weep, 
where his pretty neighbor visits 
him to return the pearl necklace 
and the villa. 
. There is a mutual explanation: 



they are both of modest circum- 
stances, having a good time for 
just one day. 

Blaise indignantly declines to 
take back the presents he made. 
The nurse, Gladys, had also visited 
the casino, having discarded her 
service robe for an evening dress. 

As might be suspected, Pelloux 
is so struck by her beauty he is now 
brazy about her. But the girl wants 
to leave, having other things in 
view. Or is it the feminine man- 
ner of angling a rich husband? 

The vision of being alone, mis- 
erable and laid up with his millions 
without the soothing Gladys to 
nurse: him profnpts Pelloux to beg 
her to marry, him. The tantalizing 
girr accepts, but on condition he 
returns the money he won from his 
own secretary. . 

. This enables Blaize to wed the 
lady of his dreams, who turns but 
to be a piano teacher. 
. Dolly Davis Is seen to advantage 
as the delicious nurse; Andre 
Roanne does Blaise in amusing, 
"timid" stylCi «nd is the star of 
the picture, which is snappy and 
diverting. . Kcndretn. 



GOLF WIDOWS 

Columbta producMon anJ release. >Dinn't- 
#d by Krlo C.' Konton fri-^m ■ st'ory by . W. 
Scott Darling. Arthur Tmld, camoriiinJ'n. 
In cast: Vora Reynold.s, Darrison Kord, 
John Patrick, Sally Hand, Kalhleon Key, 
Vernon Dent, Will Stairton. At Loew'^ 
Ni!\v Yolk, one day, June -!t, half double 
feature bill. Ilunnlnfj time, aboiit (jO min- 
utes. 



Wild West Romance 

V\)x. production and release. Ilex Boll, 
star. Directed by R. Lee Hough from 
story by Joihn Stone. Sol Halprin, camera- 
man. Titles by Dejos Sutherland, In oust: 
Caryl Lincoln, Billy . Walters. ,• At XKjew'a 
New York, one day, June 26, one-lialf 
double bill. Running time. So minutes. 



Competition between a good cow- 
boy, who wears all the fittings, and 
a bad lad in an office suit for the 
smile of the cleric's daughter is the 
incentive for "Wild West Ro- 
mance." Rex Bell, Buck Jones' suc- 
cessor on the Fox lot, follows In 
his master's footsteps. A much 
younger man with a much broader 
smile, Bell should be popular with 
the kids. 

Picture ambles along at the start 
with slow moving stuff . of the 
would'be cowboy ne'er-do-well 
playing with the youngsters. Min- 
ister's daughter also introduces the 
heavy and his gang. 

After that, usual hard riding, 
stage coach robbing and planting on 
t^ie innocent man. 

Bell, as. the good broncho bum, 
beats up his competitor's gang and 
lathers his horse in chasing his 
enemy over the desert. 

A scrap on top of the train is 
good stuff, the kind that will get 
patrons of westerns at the end of 

thoil* S62tt-3« 

A kid pal of Bell's, roping one of 
the gangsters and generally playing 
the young hero, will also find school 
support. 



Why the extra four roel.«? ia the 
cause for wondorihcht. "(Jolf Wid- 
ows" would still be poor <xs a two- 
reelcr. 

Cluttered with woary sags, the 
story as brought to tlio screen would 
make a sophisticate out of a nioron, 

Husbands who play golf cause 
wives to stroH to a HoUy^vood joint, 
drink tea, pick up a couple of lads 
and wind up most harmlessly In Tia 
Juana. ■ 

. The cast names are the only. help 
since the captions are a.s futile in 
their attempt as the story. 



HUSBANDS FOR RENT 

"VVarncr Uros. proilurllon and release. 
l)lrecfed by Henry Lchrmiin. Story by 
Kdwin Justin Mayer. .Screen . iiUiy by 
tliaham Uaker. I'''calurlni7 t),\ven- Moore 
and llelone Oo^^tollo. In east: J.ihn Mll- 
Jnn, Knthryn IVrry, Olauiio CilUliiRwater, 
Arthur Iloyt. At Tlvoll. New York, on 
lUuiiile Villi, ' June 2.S-ia. Running time (» 
rninutes. 



LOVE rs A LIE 

(GERMAN MADE) 

Aneiko production. Distributor not named. 
Directed by Eric Wasehncck. Author not. 
credited. Featuring Harry I.icldtko and Lee 
Parry. Several other players deserving 
screen credit not billed. At the Fifth Aver 
nue Playhouse, New York, week June 20. 
Running time, about 70 mins. 



Mediocre sorio-comic flicker that 
holds a few lauf^hs ni;unly through 
the t'l'forts of Oillinpwatei- hs a ritzy 
Englishman and Hoyt as a .snoop- 
ing society scandal . slieet. reporter. 
Lots of nionocled men, couple o£ 
Rolls Koyccs and a comedy maid 
are rung in for atmosphere., in a 
story uhout English domestic diill- 
cuUies.. "Title . Is purely b.o. . 

Plot has Owen Moore, playing a 
stupid dude part, engaged to Kath- 
ryn Perry. Helene Costello makes 
him break it. Another marriage. 
After a short term the quartet are 
cheating but again the comedy 
English father patches things up 
and th6 scandal seeking scribe is 
Qut-witted. ■ 

Not much but the comedy bits 
will hold it in the grinds if the 
supporting bill is adequate. 



Everything that hitherto has been 
hurled at foreign pi'oduction meth- 
ods and foreign pictures in the way 
of condemnation seems like compli- 
mentary comment in view of this 
latest importation 

Titles are barely intelligible but 
at no time -intelligent. Direction, 
scenic construction, camera work 
and general effect reminiscent of the 
early pictures turned out 10 or 15 
years ago. 

One shot stamps this creation of 
modern vintage. It's a flash of the 
gigantic presses grinding out a 
newspaper. Four out of every five 
foreign pictures nowadays feature 
from six to a dozen shots of ma- 
chinery of some kind. It's consid- 
ered symbolic, a symbol of the crude, 
old-fashioned ideas still in vogue in. 
Continental pictures. 

The story tells of a famous en- 
gineer who marries a servant girl. 
The wife goes wild and the hus- 
band leaves her, but he returns In 
time to save the girl from commit- 
ting suicide. 

Slmpfe? Very. 

Interwoven with this pathetic 
theme is the story of the girl's 
brother who murders his father for 
s6me money. the girl had sent him. 

Were you ever in Europe? 

Mori, 



Supporting Henry B. Warner and 
Anita Stewart in ^Quality's "Ro- 
mance of a Rogue," now in produc- 
tion with King Baggot directing, 
are Alfred Elslier, Billy Praney, 
Broderick O'Farrell, William H. 
Tooker, Fred Esme.lton .and Charles 
Gerrard, Faxon iican and Chandler 
House .ai'e at the camera. 



"Code of the Air," BiSchoff Pro- 
ductions, has ,Iune Marlow, William: 
V. Mong and James Bradbury. 
James P.' Hogan directing, under 
supervision of Carroll Sax. 



"HERMir KING 

"The Musical Master 61 Ceremonies" 

Now— Fifth Ave., Seattle 

Direction FANCnON »nd MARCO 



Gino Severi 

MIISICAT.. niBECTOR' 
CAMrOKNIA TIIEATUE 
. SAN rJBANCISCO 

Direction: 
WEST COAST THBATBES, Ine, 





"David Kubinoff, »• finished violinist, is the star of the stage presentation 
thl.9 week. The musician deinonatrates liow pleasing Byncopfttlon can be made 
when skillfully handled. He first plays one of his own con^positlons which he 
CAlIs "rhe Kussian Peasant Song.' He also gives his own ver.<»lon of the 
'Hallelujah' chorus of 'Hit the Deck.' He threatened to atop the show yesterday 
afternoon nnd was compcllea to make two speeches before he wan allowed to leave 
the stage."— A. F. GrLLASPBY, S. F. "Bulletin." 

. "He coines on the- ararta.da stage this week as David Rublnoft, the viollnUt. 
ire leaves after about the fourth eneoro a.i the hit of the show. Kublnoft Ukea 
popular music— he admits (t and play.s it with an Individual touch that keeps 
this audience applauding for more. Hut better .still Is his more serious work, 
Buch as the Russian peasant dance, his opening number and his own compo.sltlon. 
Rublnoff Is part of another good Publlx stage act— this week a Gem Idea. 

■ — .San Francisco ' Call. • 

" 'Gums,' the Publlx st;igc revue, staged by our old fcllow-town.sman, Mort 
Harris, provide.s one surprl.so in David Kublnoft, a young violinist, featured In 
the net. He play.i popular numbers, plays as an. artist should, and reaped a 
great deal of applause from yesterday afternoon's crowd.'' 

— KJEORGE C. WARUKN, S. F 

"David' nublnoff, violini.'tt, fenturcd, scored the biggest kind of a hit 
laughing fiddle is . a wonder."— CL-KKAN D, SWINT, S. F. News. 

"•"nav.d Rublno.rc and his violin ^^^^ 



July 5 to H— D«>nvcr Tlientrc, Den- 
ver, <'alo, 

'July i;{ to 10 — IClvIora Theatre, 
Omuha, Neb. 

•July 20 to 80— Capitol Theatre, Ue» 
Moines. 

July 2« to Augr. S^ralnce Theatre, 
DulluH, Tex. 

Ausr. 4 to XO— Worth Theatre, Fort 
Worth, Tex. 



Aug. 11 to 17 — Texas Theatre, San 

Antonio, Tev. 
Aug; 18 to 24 — Metroiwlitan Theatre, 

Houston, Tex. 

Aug. 2R to .31— .Saengcr Theatre, New 

Orlonns, T.>a. 
Sept. 1 to 7 — Alabama, Itlrm Ingham, 

Aln. 

.''ept. 8 to 14— Howard, Atlanta, Ca. 



FIRST TRIUMPHANT 
WESTERN TOUR 
With Publix Unit "GEMS" 



Direction 
WILLIAM MORRIS 
AGENCY 
New York 



'i ? ' «i A ^^ 



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VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Operators Lockout 
Aim of Musicians 
Ousted by Talker 



Milwaukee, July 3. 

The test of the Musicians' union 
against theatre owners who refuse 
to install orchestras because of 
Byhchronization may. be staged in 
Milwaukee. 

Joseph Padway, attorney, for the 
local musicians* union; Is scouring 
the union rules to see whether the 
union will be justified in calling out 
the operators and stage hands afTil- 
lated with the I. A. T. S.'E. in case 
houses which are wired refuse to 
employ musicians even if they, don't 
■.play.' . 

"The time for a test case is com- 
ing," Pivdway , said. "We have, a, 
minimum nurnbcr of men scheduled 
for each theatre in the city. . If . 
that theatre has music at all, it 
must employ, the or'chesrra. Housea 
can't get by. with J\:st an organ and 
the same,- I think, hpjds true; of 
synchronized music. 

"If the theatres that are wired 
refuse to pay for the. minimum, 
number of musicians after the con- 
tracts .have run out and refuse to 
renew, I believe we stand justified 
In callinig out the- union operators 
and. stage handsi" , 

The Garden Case 

At present the Garden (down- 
town) a,nd five neighbbrhoodig here 
Are wired. The Garden is running 
a fully synchronized program of 





Vituphone acts and Warner fea- 
tures an<,l a Movietone newsrcei. 
The neighborhoods merely us'e the 
talkers for short subjects. It la 
understood that the Qarden con- 
tract with the musicians ran out 
June 30 and was not renewed. The 
house paid the band for about 
eighteen days it was not used dur- 
ing "Tenderloin.'* Now that the 
contract is up It remains to be seen 
what the union will do. /The own- 
ers of the house insist they will put 
In no band until September and not 
then if they have all wired plGture.% 
The minimum herie is four men. 

That the operators are. not keen 
about going out in sympathy with 
the musicians is : evidenced by a 
statement of Glenn Kalkhoff. presi- 
dent of the opei-ators' local, to a 
Variety representative. . 

"I suppose we will have to go out 
If the international orders it," Kalk- 
hoff said "But that doesn't mean 
we want to. We are satisfied to 
stay on even If the musicians don't 
play. It gives more operators work 
in houses where synchronization is 
used and. we get better pay/' 

The rule here Is that two men 
must be employed in the booth at 
the same time if there is a wired 
show and they get around $86 per 
week. 

MInnimum .Personnel 
The musicians are now. fighting 
one downtown, house, the White- 
house. The house refused to comply 
with the riiuslcians' orders for a 
certain number In the band and the 
union declared a strike, calling out 
the operators. The house has been 
running for two years with canned 
music and non-unioh operators. 
The unions have been picketing t]ie 
place with a banner every day. The 
house is one of the grinds in the 
downtown section and Is making 
money. 

The Miller (Midwesco) has cut 
out Its stage shows (Loew acts) 
because .lt could get ''no conces- 
sion or quarter" from the union, ac- 
cording to Chairles Braun, manager. 
The house, in the red, sought to 
cut the stage force and band. The 
unions denied the plea and the 
house went Into vaudeville for Sat- 
urday and Sunday only and pic-, 
tures on a grind for five days. 

With the musicians . out of the 
Garden and Miller, the Princeas, 
another Midwesco, will oust Its 
band in a week and play without 
music. It is also rumored on the 
street that the Strand (Midwesco) 
is ready to be wired for Movietone. 

In the meantime the musicians 
are preparing for their trouble. A 
2 per cent assessment is taken from 
each man's pay each week to be 
placed in the emergency fund in 
case of labor trouble. 



MASTER OF CEREMONIES 

TO XHB 

MASTER OF CEREMONIES 

TMs Week 
NORSHOEE, CHICAGO 
with "LEVEE LOVERS" 

APUBLIXUNIT 

Direction WILLIAM MORRIS 



SENSATIONAL DANCERS 

Four Covans 

Featured >vltli 
TXSCnOTi rtna M AltCO*S 

"HI-YALLER IDEA" 



AURIOLE 



I'lCATVBED IN 

"DANCING IFEET" 

Now— Texas, San Antonio 



Kleihege Appeals 



Hammond, Ind., July 3. 

William Kleihege, a millionaire 
Hammond theatrical magnate, found 
guilty of conspiring to bomb the 
$1,760,000 State theatre last Novem 
ber, has appealed from the Lake 
County Court, 

The jury which convicted Kleihege 
was out three hours and took three 
ballots. The defendant conspired to 
bomb the thca'tre because of poor 
business, the prosecution charged- 

He faced a 10 to 20-year sentence. 
Sentence was passed June 30. 



Talkers Draw Attention 
Of All N. Y. Critics 



Broadway theatres, notably 
the Strand and Warners, are 
giving plenty of lobby display 
space over to .talking picture 
billing. Cut-outs and stills are 
used In abundance, the talkers 
getting practicivUy an equal 
break, with the feature filni In 
the frames both Inside and out- 
side the theatre. . 

During the past few weeks 
there has also been a notice- 
able tendency on the part of 
newspaper picture critics to 
give more space to talkers 
In their daily columns. Less 
than a month ago the talkers 
were commented upon briefly 
If at all, whereas they are now 
getting sizeable review? and in 
many cases are being made the 
subject of week-end features. 

In several of the New York 
dailies both the dramatic critic 
and the picture reviewer have 
commented on the same talk- 
ing picture subject, within a 
few days of each other. This 
has probably resulted because 
of the scarcity of new shows 
coining into New York during 
the. past few weeks, but the 
steadily Increasing output of 
talkers may soon bring up in 
several newspaper offices the 
question of where the dramatic 
critic leaves off and the screen 
critic begins. 



Vacation on Pay for 

Toronto Operators 



Toronto, July 2. 
This season picture inachine 
operators In 49 local houses are to 
get a week's vacation with pay 
for the first time. The lineup In- 
cludes all the downtown theatres 
and t'flvo Independent neighborhoods. 

Of the 49 theiatres about 42 are 
contrblled by Famous Players- 
The agreement, as above, was 
worked out between N. L. Nathan- 
son, head of FP, and William J. 
Couvert: for the union. 



Exchanges Get Verdicts 
Before N. Y.'s Joint Bd. 

Only two cases of any importance 
to JDloture'ihtercsts came before the 
Jo^t Arbitration Board of the New 
York Film Board of T.adc and the 
T. "O. C C. last week. ^ 

In the matter of 'Educational 
Film Corp. and Fanious Players- 
Lasky . against the Sanders and 
Giobe theat-es, New York, for hold- 
ing over a' newsreel, the. Board 
found for the exchanges and award- 
ed a verdict of $37B against the ex- 
htbltors; Attorney Louis Nizer 
(Phillips and Nlzer) appeared for 
the exchanges.. 

In the action where the . Park 
Plaza sued. United Artists for $5,000 
for an alleged broken contract, the 
Board found that the exhibitor had 
suffered no damages and gave a 
verdict for the exchanges. 

Park Plaza claimed the, exchanyfe 
had failed to deliver "The Circus'" 
after having a contract for it and 
as a result was forced tb put. In 
Sophie Tucker to save the show. 
It was proven by U. A. that thcex- 
hibitor had been running bis vaude- 
ville acts and that therefore no 
dairnage was suffered by the house 
in advance notification, due to a de- 
cision by the Joint Board of Arbi- 
tration, that "The Circus" couldn't 
be delivered a:head of the Mt. ISden 
theatre. 



First National's .. "Lilac Time," 
starring Colleen Moore, goes into 
the Central, New York, Aug. 3. 

P. N. has taken the. house for 13 
"weeks with an option and may Iceep 
the theatre, throughout the win- 
ter. "Man Who Laughs" (U) 
closed Wednesday night (July 4) to 
open at the RialtQ, Saturday. 



Great States Wiring One 
House in Each Town 

'Chicago, July 3. 
Great States theatres, Publix sub- 
sidiary controlling Illinois, is in- 
stalling sound equipment In one 
theatre in each .of Its towns. Already 
wired are the Empress, Decatur: 
Coronado, Rockford, and the Ma- 
jestic, La Salle. 



Arctic $2 Special 

"Lost In the Arctic,'' natural life 
production made many miles north 
of Alaska, is to be presented as a 
$2 special on Broadway shortly by 
Fox, probably following "Fazll," at 
the Gaiety, in. about three or four 
weeks. 

The picture was made by Sidney 
and H. A. Snow, who explored re- 
gions in the Arctic circle for six 
months In. an effort to , discover 
eight men lost with the Stefanson 
expedition, it Is reported. Tll?y 
came back with photographs of a 
huddled group of skeletons, found 
on Herald Island, alleged to be the 
remains of the Stefanson party. 

The picture,, now being cut and 
titled, will be held up for the addi- 
tion of Movietone effects and Alas- 
kan theme songs. 



BOULEVARD'S NEW POUCY 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Boulevard, West Coast neighbor- 
hood house, playing two Fanchon 
and Marco stage shows a night will 
play only one stage performance, 
from Mondays to Thursdays during 
the summer. Picture. will be shown 
twice nightly. 

On I'Yidays there will be two 
stage shows and three on Saturdays 
and Sundays. 



F. & R. Split Weeks 

Minneapolis, July 3. 

In an effort to stimulate trade at 
the Lyric here and the Strand at 
St. Paul, showing first runs at 35c., 
without stage entertainment or or- 
chestra, F. & R,-Publix Is instituting 
a split week policy. It is a return 
to a policy In vogue hereabouts 10 
or more years ago. Another inno- 
vation In an effort to boost biz will 
be a Friday instead of Saturday 
opening for the State and Capitol 
in Minneapolis and St. Paul. 

State ranks next to the Minnesota 
^s the leading film house of the 
town. - The- -Capitol- enjoys . that 
honor In St. Paul. 



MOEEAir IN N. E. 

Portland, Me,, July 3. 

Armand J. Moreau, formerly of 
Portland, has been appointed New 
England District manager of the 
Publix Theatres Corporation with 
headquarters in Boston. . 

Moreau was formerly southwest 
em field representative for Publix. 



What Kriesler Is to the Violin 





IS TO THE BANJO 



Continues to Be Held Over in Every Theatre He Plays 

Be It East or West 
Presentation or Vaudeville 

This Week — ^Fox's Philadelphia 



Direction 
JERRY CARGILL 

1560 Broadway 



BACON 
BANJOS 

USED EXCLUSIVELY 



MAY BUY OUT BLANX 

Publix is looking over the figures 
of the A. H; Blank circuit in the 
middle west. 

If the tinderlaking goes through 
it is understood Publix will acquire 
Blank's remaining 50 per cent, in- 
terest and operate the hou.ses. 



"Warming Up" for Wired Hotises 

"Warming Up," Puramount'a first 
sound- ^fllmi^"and—a^lKC5TCball-T?ro^ 
starring Richard Dix, comes into 
the Paramount July 14. 

Feature will subsequently be 
turned loose d.ay and date in all 
the wired Publix class A houses 
July 28. 



Sam Katz Laying Off 

Sam Katz is vacationing in Chi 
oago for a week. The Publix head 
is expected back in New York tht 
•JJk'At of next week. 



F. N. Takes Central 



BUFFALO'S SUBE SEATER 

Buffalo, July 3. 
A film art theatre Is reported 
in prospect for Buffalo to be built 
on Delaware avenue between Chip- 
pewa and Tupper streets, the fash- 
ionable ^ shopping district. Mike 
Mlndlln was here recently looking 
over- the situation and may be con- 
cerned in the matter. 



BOOK UNIT JULY 28 

Joe Santley's first "book" unit 
for Publix is scheduled to open . in 
N.e>y Hayen..: July^ arrivfis 
at the Paramount July 28. . Santley 
is doing two of these for the chain 
Initial effort is titled "Babes on 
Broadway." 



Films Instead of Play; 
Early Talker Insigbt? 

Paramount has bought picture 
rights (probably for talkers) to two 
more S. S. VanDlne mystery hovels, 
"The Benson MOrder Case," first of 
the serlesi and "The Greene Mur- v 
der Case," most recent. 

This sale calls off the projected 
pliay from the latter book, which 
Bartless Cormack was dramatizing. 
S. S. VanDine (Willard Huntington 
Wright) has declared • Cormack in 
on the picture money to. compen- 
sate him. for time spent on^ the. 
dramatization. 



B. ^ K.-Great States Fully 
Clothed Beauty Contest 

Chicago, July 3. 

B. & K. will stage a beauty con- 
test at the Oriental shortly. Girls 
win appear fully clad Instead of In 
bathing suits. 

After "Miss Chicago" Is selected 
here, she will compete in a contest 
fostered by Great States to iselect 
"Miss illinoi.s." 



CENSOES STOP "CITY" 

"City Without Jews," German 
made film production slated to go 
Into the Fifth Avenue Playhouse 
Saturday, has been held up by the 
New York State censorship bureau 
on the grounds that It Is a "chal- 
lenging theme.". 

Mike Mlndlln, head of the Fifth, 
Avenue Playhouse Group, intends 
to' iight the censorship decision In 
the courts, he says, with the co- 
operation of the Block. Publishing 
Company, publishers of the book, of 
that title. 



RUBE WDIF 




"THE MIRTH OF A NATION"* 
Master of CeremonVea 
Warfieid, San Francisco 
Has a New Stage "idea", each 
Week % 
Conceived by Fanchon and Marco 



CIRCUIT MEN AND TALKERS 

Several heads, of picture house 
circuits have been in I«Iew York for 
the past week or . so. 

Principal purpose of their visit 
has been to see and talk and about 
the talkers, also theatre wiring 
equipment. 



Master of Ceremonies 

WALT 

ROESNER 

CAPITOL, NEW YORK 



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Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



UIERATI 



Waxman's Cabinet 



X. p. Waxman contributes . an 
ilinuslng one-man debate to a re- 
«oht issue of "The American He- 
l)rew," based on the proposition 
that there is either an unwritten 
law aiffairist Jews as American cabi- 
net members, or it's just a coinci- 
dence. He points out that in. 139 
years there have been 400 cabinet 
officers and the only Jew in the as- 
semblage was Oscar Straus, who 
■erved under Roosevelt.- 

On that percentage, Waxman 
takes the position that Jews are 
"cold turkey" for high public at- 
Hce in the U. S. Answering his own 
contention that "eligibility is no 
qualification," Waxman picks a list 
«£ leading Jewish citizens and the 
portfolio for which they would be 
test fitted : 

Secretary State, Otto H. Kahn. 
Treaisury, Felix M. Warburg. 
War, Gapt. Sydney, G. Gumpertz. 
Navy. Commander, Edward JElls- 
terg. 

Agriculture, Aaron Saplro. 
; Interior, Adolph Lewisbhn. 

Commerce, "Eugene Meyer. 

Postmaster General, Julius Ro- 
eenwald. 

Attorney General, liOuis Marshall. 



"Times" Does Change . 

i'he vaunted New. York "Times" 
censorship of advertising submitted 
to it is not always what it is sup- 
posed to be. Merchants who desire 
to cut prices on standard commodi- 
ties are ba|-red from the "Times" 
advertising columns, and the same 
notice went to a New York book 
Bhop (Garry Pascal Lieberman) 
^hich after advertisiiig in the regiir 
lation manner in the "Tlnxps Book 
Review" supplement, attempted to 
put through an ad with cut prices 
on all bdpks. 

Proprietor of the book store was 
baled before the "Times" censor- 
ehip co'mmittee and told that the 
»d was a no go, that other book- 
sellers using "Times" space would 
kick and, besides, underselling was 



Ask the Man 
WhoPlayedJt! 




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PERCENTAGE ONLY 




Special Reels for 

WOMEN ONLY 

Special Beel for 

MEN ONLY 



SAMUEL CUMMINS 

Public Welfare Pictures Corp. 

723 Seventh Ave., New York City 



unethical, anyway. Bijt tlie hus- 
band of the woman who conducts 
the book shop, and who is a news- 
papcrinan, viewed it as just com- 
petitive trade, iipd said the edict 
was agreeable to him, mentioning 
also that the ad would go to the 
"Herald Tribune" book section, in- 
stead. "Times" committee went 
into conference at that with the re- 
sult tiiat the ad, cut prices and all, 
was allowed In. . 

Other cut price booksellers have 
been taking space since while mer- 
chants think it queer that they can't 
cut prices, when booksellers can. 



Dutton Heirs Out 

The Button heirs . are out. of E. 
P. Dutton & Co., one of tlie coun- 
try's biggest iDOok publishing houses, 
their interests having been pur- 
chased by John MacRae and Henry 
C. Smith. Both have been at the 
head of the flrni for many years. 
MacRae and Smith will continue the 
Dutton name, that being one of the 
conditions of the sale. The Dutton 
bookstore, on 6th avenue, will also 
be continued. o • 



More Fires 

Heywood Broun isn't the only one 
to get fired for writing in another 
publication an article which his own 
paper didn't like. In the July "Plain 
Ta,lk," edited by G. D. Eaton, is a 
statement to the effect that Cpaig 
Thoihpson, of the Atla.nta "Consti- 
tution," and Morrow Mayo, of the 
Pasadena "Star-News" were dis- 
charged by their respective editors 
for articles which appeared under 
the names of each^ in "Plain Talk." 

The monthly-takes a nice rap at, 
the newspapers for their action. 



Shifting Public Opinion 

Edward Li. Bernays, public rela- 
tions' counsel, is the author of a 
brochure on ''Manipulating Public 
Opinion: The Why and the How," 
rejjrinted for . private circulation 
froni "The American Journal of 
Sociology." It is set forth with 
considerably force and clarity the 
modus operandi of not only influ- 
encing and swaying public opinion, 
but its conversion away from cer- 
tain damaging beliefs and preju- 
dices. Through the medium of 
printer's ink, Bernays sets forth how 
the millinery industry, for one 
thing, was put on its feet. 

The silk industry, Brunswick 
Panatrope, soap manufacturing and 
an important racial prejudice 
against a.n edible product /believed 
to be non- kosher, are among the 
enterprises ; that have . benefited 
through the consulation of public 
relations' counsel. (It is assumed 
that 'in all or the majority of . cases, 
Berna^ys figured as such publicity 
director.) 

Bernays argues that the psy- 
cholopy of public persuasion is 
motivated by the three most com- 
plex social motives: the basic in- 
stincts of self-preservation, procre- 
ation and lovei and that commer- 
cial enterprise, development and 
marketing revolve about any and 
all of these motives. Bernays argues 
his points with rare conviction. 



a long term of years and at a 
moderate rate. 

There are now over 3,000 maga- 
zines with national circulation and 
about 300 with a large newss]tand 
sale. It Is reported that half of 
this number can easily be weeded 
out and that, unless merged, 50 per 
cent of the magazines will have 
to give up anyhow. 

The most evident chanjje In 
popular tJiste in magazine reading 
is in the true story type of fiction. 
Circulation of niagazines of the lat- 
ter type is still dropping aV the 
rate of 5'0,000 to 75,000 a month in 
some Instances. The attempted 
comeback of the "art'' magazines 
liaa also flopped miserably. 

Public reading taste is manifest-, 
ing itself in favor of outdoor and 
strong action stories. 

In the remodeling of the editorial 
pqlicieis of some of the movie fan 
publications It is reported that the 
fans are becoming satiated with the 
perpetual blurbs woven around star 
personalities only. 

Movie fans, it seems, are finally 
getting wised up, partly through tiie 
Increased use of picture news by 
the daily newspapers. 



Coty's Paris Daily 

Coty, the French perfumery 
maker, has started a daily and a 
fight in Paris. It sells for 10 cen- 
times, less than half a' cent. His 
fight is with the other, dally pub- 
lishers who asked him not to print 
at less tlmn 25 centimes .(1 cent). 
The Coty daily is called "L'Ami du 
Peuple." It's up against distribu- 
tion through the antagonism of the 
other papers. 



Judc). Gray's Memoirs . 

An authentic, documented auto- 
biography of Henry Judd' Gray, 
written while in the death l>ouse 
at Sing Sing, and carefially con- 
cealed- from the knowledge of 
tabloid editors, -will be on the ifall 
list of BoW and Liverlght. 

The book will^ be handled in a 
dignified maiiher, with no attempt 
to utilize the spectacular angles of 
th« cade for publicity. 



Merging Magazines 

Merging of magazines on a whole- 
sale scale is predicted in the re- 
port of the chief executive of a 
movie fan magazine publishing con- 
cern to the effect that he has been 
approached by various printing es- 
tablishments at the rate pf one or 
more "a wee^^^ to slnTc tfie 

identity of their publica.tions and 
go along under a combination. In 
these offers It was proposed that 
no cash outlay be made, the pub- 
lishers of the losing periodicals be- 
Ing willing to accept payment over 



Clow's "Escape" Series 
Steve Clow, Broadway raconteui* 
and author, has fashioned a series 
on "Famous Escapes from Atlanta" 
which the New York "World" Sun- 
day Magazine section starts run- 
ning shortly. Clow's series is the 
first authentic story of "lams" of 
Louis Desohelles, Dutch Anderson, 
Gerald Chapman and Other notori- 
ous criminals. Glow; also has sold 
"Plain Talk," the monthly ' review, 
a flock of striking stuff. 



Book On Theiatre 
The Story of the Theatre" Is the 
title of a new book by Glenn 
Hughes,' assistant professor of Eng- 
lish and .dramatic arts at the Uni- 
versity of Washingto'n, published 
by iSamuel French. "A short his-, 
tory of theatrical art from its be- 
ginning to the tpresent day" is the 
sub-title of the volume. It goes 
into great detail, starting with the 
story of the theatre in ancient Asia 
and ending with contempary stage 
activities. 



Hugo Ballin, the picture director, 
who laid aside the megaphone some 
time ago to devote himself to writ- 
ing fiction, has had another novel 
accepted by the Macauley Co. It 
bears the title of "Stigma." 



A blofiraphy of Liotta jCrabtree, 
the actress^ is to be brought out 
soon by Har court, Brace & Co. 
Written by Constance Rourke, It 
bears the title of "Troupers Of the 
Gold Coast, or the Rise of Liotta. 
Crabtree." 



COAST NOTES 



Trem Carr has started on Ray- 
art's "Sweet Sixteen," prize fan 
magazine story. Scott Pembroke 
directing. Cast Includes Gertrude 
Olmsted, Helen Fostier, Gladden 
James and Reggie Shoflleld. 

Laura La Plante will play "Mag- 
nolia" in "Show Boat." Production 
starts July 16. 

Morris R. Schlank has started on 
an untitled James Curwood story. 
In the cast: Lila Lee, Cornelius 
Keefe, Walter Long, Jules Cowles, 
Ray Ha.llor a,hd Helen Lynch, 

Francisco Maran added to "The 
Last Warning," U. 



Wheeler Gakman added to"Mask 
of the Devil," M-G. 

Ward Wing, former ga:g man tot 
M-G, signed by Par. 



Virginia Bradford retained by 
Pathe for feminine lead in "Marked 
Money." Others in cast are Junior 
Coghlan, Tom Kennedy and George 
Duryea^ 



Irene Rich, feminine lead In "Ned 
McCobb's DJiughter," Pathe; . Pro- 
duction abourAug. 1. 



In "Fury- of the Wild," FBO, are 
Tom O'Brien, Barbara Worth, Rob- 
ert Homahs, Art Robbin and Al 
Smith, Leon D'Usseau directing. 



Wiliiam Bailey and Pat Harinon 
added to "Waterfcont," F. N. 



Marjorie . Bonner opposite Bob 
Curwood In "The Range Wolf," U. 



Jack McDonald added to "Show 
Boat,"U. . 



Ann Brody added to "My Man," 
W. B. 



Lionel Belmore added to "The Re- 
deeming Sin," W. B. 



Jack Duffy being starred In "Hot 
Scftch" by Christie. In cast are 
Neal Burns, Joan Marquis, EddiCv 
Barry and Stella Adams, 
c — 

Nancy Dover new lead for Bobby 
Vernon, in Christie •comedies. 



Those supporting Billy Dooley in 
"Orletital Hugs," Christie, are Vera 
Steadman, Lorraine Eddy, Alar- 
guerite Colova and Bill Blaisdell. 



Clarence Brown startis "A Woman 
of Affairs,"; starring Greta Garbo,, 
for M-G Aug. 3. Either Nils Asther 
or Walter Byron, latter Imported 
from England by Goldwyn, opposite 
Miss Garbo. 



Poodles. Hannaford has started a 
two reel comedy, "The Decorator," 
at Weiss Brothers under direction 
of Sam Newfield. Harry Martell 
plays the heavy. 



Oliver H. . P. Garrett adapting 
"Dirigible," Par. 



Robert Bolder added to "The 
SinglS Man," M-G. 



Ada Williams, playing extra bits, 
placed under contract for a year by 
Fox. Added to studio stock com- 
pany. 



Warners has purchased rights to 
"The Home Towners," play by 
George M. Cohan. Robert Mc- 
Quade, who appeared In the play, 
will be In the film. This is an 
aU-Vltaphone picture, Bryan Foy 
directing. 



Herman Raymaker to dlreict the 
next "Flash" dog picture, M-G. 
Grease Paint. 



Sue Carol added to "The Single," 
M-G. 



Herbert Brenon, working on 
screen treatment of "The Lumniox," 
Fannie Hurst story which he will 



produce for U. A. He leaves shortl,. 
for New York to confer with thL 
author. 



Jacqueline Gadsdon, added t/v 
"West of Zanlzibar," M-G. 

Dorothy Sebastian, opposite Tim 
McCoy In '^Morgan's La.st Raid" 
M-G. ' 



Fred Newmeyer, directing Glenn 
Tryon in "It Can Be Done,'^ u. 

Rln-Tin-Tin's next for W. B will 
be "The Outlaw Dog." Helene Cos- 
tello, Phllo McCullough and John 
Mlljan in cast. Ross Lederman to 
direct. — 



Nils Asther, Opposite Norma 
Shearer in "The Little Angel," m-Q 
Sam Wood to direct. . 

William Desmond has started on 
tr's serial, "The Mystery Rider" 
-Jack Nelson directing. 

One sequence of Buck Jdhes'. 
"The Big Hop," his first of four 
independent productions, will be In 
Technicolor. Particular scene la a 
dinner dance. 



D'Arcy Cijrrlgan, added to "The 
Last Warding." U. 

Marcella Corday, added to 'Th© 
River," Fox. 



Tom O'Brien added to "Th« 
Shakedown," U. 



In "Days of Daring," II, starrlngr 
Bob Curwood, Gloria Grey, Bud Os- 
borne, Tom Foremkn. Walter Fa- 
bein directing. 



In "Marked; Money," Pathe, Junior 
Coglah, George Duryea, Tom- Ken- 
nedy. ' 



Joe Brown, Doris Hill, Marcia Har- 
ris, . Yvonne Howell and Jeanette 
McLoud added to "Take Me Home,?" 
Par. Mar$hall Neilan directing. 



, Frank Strayer directing "Moraif- 
of the Marines," par. 



Florence VldOr starred in '-Dlvorc* 
Bound," Par. 



. In "Gate Crasher." U, Glenrt 
Tryon, Kathryn Crawford, RusseQ 
(Continued on page 41) 



BENNY 



MEROFF 



CUTE, EH! 




Breaking AH Records 
Marks Bros. Granada 

Marbro Theatre8^ 
Chicago, HI., Indefinitely 

Exclusive Okeh Recording Artist^ 



FIRST NEW YORK APPEARANCE 

NELL KELLY 



With PAUL ASH at 



PARAMOUNT THEATRE, NEW YORK 



INDEFINITELY 



THanks \o FANCHON and MARCO 



WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



W O M E N' S P A G E 



VARIETY 



27 



Among the Women 

By The Skirt, Jr. 



The Best Dressed Woman of the Week 
FRANCES WILLIAMS 

. "S.caridals"^Apollo 



Gray Matter 

By MOLLIE GRAY 
Tommy Gray's Sister 



What It Takes— "Scandals" Has Got 

What it takes to make a great revue, Georpe. White has got in this 
year's "Scanda,ls." This holds true both as to artists and material, the 
score being the weakest department. •Such girls Zlegfeld might well 
be proud of, and the amazing thing is that they are clever as well. The 
oostumea and sets are as elaborate as usual and in . vastly better taste. 

Chorus opens the show with a dialog number called "Not As Good 
As Last Year" which disarms the audience and makes them almost 
afraid to draw comparisons. The girls are unusually dressed in .short 
snakeskin ' dresses with split skirts, hats and elboW length gloves .all of 
■snake. .. : . j' 

• Harty liichman, whose reception was a matter of minutes and the. 
Biggest of the evening, sang the; plug song, "On the Crest of a Wkve".. 
and the show girls 'displayed a. great deal of themselves in outfits made 
to represent, the oceans. . Frpmces Williams entered, in her. least becom- 
ing gown, a yellow crepe with a bertha and an odd lacing, effect down 
the front. Slie Is more charming than ever and .has chosen her costumes 
with great care and a canny eye* Seems better looking, too. 

The ever youthful Pennington was cunning in a tiny skirt of blue 
fringe, diamond brass iete; and a huge blue ostrich plume laid flat across 
Ber hair. She is inclined to wear her panties too short this yea,r, as 
indeed are .all the girls in the show, which reveals the ugly part of the 
Ifeg and hip and la mote daring than becoming. 

. Rose Perfect gave a moment's sheer delight singing "Kiss Me Again", 
olad- in a gorgeous gown of pink satin embroidered in. rhihestortes, 
acalioped at the bottom, ahd carrying a cascade of pink chiffon down 
the side. Later, she showed a! painted yellow organdie bouffant with 
peach streamers and a leghorn hat. The song for which she wore this 
does not suit her voice as well as others she offers. 

A number called "Plckln' Cotton" was well done by Miss Williams .in 
Ded satin pants, knee length, a white and black polka dot blouse— the 
girls later showing a red and white tiny overall effect with bandana 
Bieaddresses. Miss Penningfon was adorable in a tiny white skirt, , a 
Bed bandana brassiere and a red bonnet carrying a huge sunflower.. 

Bernlce arid Emily, ' two yo'ung acrobatic dancers, . were a solid hit 
and looked pretty In short skirts of. pink chiffon petals and rhinestone 
ftrassierea edged with pink rufflies; . . * : 

Miss Williams was stunning in a White chiffon gown made to repre- 
sent a sailor suit embroidered in rhlnestones. Very individual. A 
Rhinestone collar is used, rhinestone lacing down >the front and stripes 
of the stones up and down the uneven skirt. Again; she was equally 
lovely In a chartreuee chiffon cut circular with a bertha .hanging from 
each shoulder embroidered iii rhinestone flowers. Mr. Richman harmoh- 
ized well with this costume In tan. Penny wore a salmoh pink mefalUc. 
romper thing, too short. With no back whatever, and a pink maline bow 
over ©"ne ear. Miss Williams waa also good to look at in a short green 
costume with a cross effect done in stones and many coque fcathers- 
.Aanging worn with green cuffs, and her white jodpers were nicely tailored 
tor a comedy scene. 

In the finale. Miss Perfect had a white taffeta with circular ruffles 
And black flowers; Miss Pennington, a tiny -frock of white with feathier 
skirt, and Miss . Willlariis a black taffeta with net ruffles and stones, 
embroidery diagonally, reaching the floor and worn with a rhinestone 
cap — all of which seemed a bit too mature for her. Ensemble do some 
gi^eat imitations of the principals in short costumes of black and white 
Stones embroidered in diamond ahape designs. 

Among the audience were Ethel Barrymore, charming in an otchld 
velvet wrap; Dorothy Dalton, in a gold gown; Gertrude Lawrence, in 
to evening ensemble of violet chiffon; Ethel Shutta, in a blue brocaded 
wrap; Irene Delroy, showing a pretty metallic cloak in red; Ona Mun- 
Son, wearing a black and white wrap; Madeline Cameron and Dorothy 
dto'ne. 

Here and There 

Wanda Lyon in a smart printed chiffon, Peggy AUenby In a black 
crepe with a white flower at the shoulder, and Virginia Smith wearing 
k black velvet f rook and tiny Parisian hat, all cotalng out of the Fox 
Studios on 10th avenue. ^ * 

Also Miss Fritzl Scheff going In, dressed beautifully in a sport costume 

4f canary yellow. '' ■ ■ , i. i, * 

Inez Courtney in a beige velvet and a big hat at a cocktail party. 

Ellen Dalossey having tea at the Plaza In a printed, chiffon and small 
beige hat not looking the least worried by her responsibilities at tne 
Metro'politan 'Opera. ^ ,^ 

Rosalie Stewart, at a luncheon on 57th street, wearing a navy blue 
fensemble trimmed In lighter, blue and a very smart navy bancock. 

At the opening of "Say. When" Gertrude Lawrence looking as cool and 
well groomed as usual, Heleri Mencken wearing a gold lame wrap, Jane 
Taylor with a fluffy hair cut. Dot Hall in , trailing white chiffon, and 
Virginia Smith again— this time In an extreme white crystal gown and 
ilame red shawl. . ' 



"Flirts'" Settings First 
"The Magnificent Flirt" has eler 
pant, interiors and who could grace 
such settings so fittintrly us Florenoo 
yidor? Her negligees wore all 
straightline aff.airs but hor gowns 
dipped and trailed and. wore tiod in 
odd places. A light satin evohinf; 
ensemble , had the shoulder straps 
tied with a bow in the center of 
the back and white fur banding 
the cape collar of the wrap. ' The 
"exclusive" creation that proved to 
be twins was of gold sequins thip 
gown covering but one shoulder, a 
narrow band coming from that one 
around the neck to the low back, 
wrap of the same material.' ' When 
two go,t in one room they probably 
dimhried the Gallfornia sun.'-'' 

Miss ■ Vidor wore ' tionsiderable 
diamond rings and many bracelets. 
Her earrings would do ordinary 
folks for chandeliers.; ,' 

Loretta .Young is fulfilling some 
of those ''Laugh, Clown, Laugh" 
promises. Her "black velvet fi'.ock 
had a vestee of soft white pleats 
reachin|r to the heck. But the ultra 
modern, draperies and! lighting fix- 
tures and wall dieeorations- we're 
more interesting than anything said 
or done in the picture. 



- Rex Bell and Lihdy 

Rex Bell, must have feared a re- 
treating audience So he got the big 
punch of "Wild West Romance" in 
early. Caryl Llricdln studies him 
closely and says "Why you look 
like Lindbergh." After the flashing 
of Lindy's picture Rex acts as 
though he thought the reseniblance 
were more than skin deep. 

The West was real enough. Rocks 
that look like stacks of poker chips 
with plains between for the long 
shots. Rex must be Riming at the. 
junior trade, quitie ia number of 
youngsters irt this. 

Handsome Ice Man 

Detroit, July 3. 
Budd Ellis, -24, ia betfolt's h5vnd- 
somest ice man. ' Budd won the 
Graystone ballroom's contest, for 
pretty males. j 

Judges were women- There were 
29 other entrants, besides Bucld, 
who has a mustache. 



NEW YORK CHAHER 

(Continued from page 13) 

clothes; She sailed on the "He de 
France." 



Joe Schenck,. of Van and Schenck, 
has a hew yacht christened "P'e- 
gusjo," a combination mOhicker in 
honor of Peggy Schenck, the femi- 
nine pride of the Schenck family, 
and Van and Schenck's flrat names. 



Patricia Gridier, Spanlah danoer 
at the Silver Slipper, has gone legit, 
debuting in Willard Mack's "Bad 
Debts" at Great Neck. 



At the Roxy 

It Is strange that even a much used idea, when presented' at ^he Roxy 
takes on an illusibh of novelty. . Perhaps it is the ">aenitude of , the 
•apace in which they work, or the number of artists used, or the Uehting 
facilities or the expert training. At any rate, it should be interesting to 
note the effect they get from the . old dance of the; wooden soldiers done 
by the Roxyettes against a black yelvot eye, in the usual white pants, 
red coat iand high hats. .■ ■ ' . , , „,i,„ 

Beatrice Belkin sang the"Bell Sohg".from "Lakme" superbly and was 
nicely clad in jeweled Oriental robe with long pieces hanging oi rcu 
chiffon. , . , 

A novelty is" in a scene of a ballot school with the girls in long mallnc 
dresses; exercising at the bar while the ballet ma-ster. m a whito^suit 
pounds his stick. The dunce of the class, played by Agnes dc Mrlle. .^o 
exasperate.s the toachci- ho has his star pupil dance for ^o^;. which gives 
Patricia Bowman a chance to do an exquisite toe <i^ric.Q Ihe cl.usa tncn 
drifts out, leaving Mi.ss de Mille to practice alone. A baby sP^t " th^ 
footlights rcfloct.s' he~r shadow on the wall as she does quite a Pa'-/^^''^-^"^ 
comic version of the struggles of a POor girl to become «'^, ^--J^^t ^^^j^/ f."^ 

After the news reel is a collegiate scone, the girl.s ^'^''"P '"^^^-^^^^f, 
graduation drossos and another gro'up in rod, while and blue s;vo. tivs 
worn with white skirts. Too . much campu.s. singing hut a- good n 
Is added by a trio of buck dancers. 

Good picture this week too. "The Michigan Kid.' J^;'"-^ 

:"rirHp^si^tr^ir^ 

traveling suit cross fox and tailored black hat. 



Remarks at Random 

By Nellie Revell 



Resuming a column. ;ifler . a vacation of four weeks it is a sad task, 
indeed, to make rorei-ence to. tlio untlnvely demise , of my good, buddy, / 
Clarence Wniots. Here is at least one occasion wliere word.s fail .to 
express my poignant sorr.ovv. Claronoo, for over 20 years on' the business 
staff of A. Jj. I'irlangcr and Florenz Ziogfeld, was recognized as one of. 
the hiost eflicient of c\)inp;iny managovs, ; His tact and diplomacy in 
liandling temperamental stage folks, ami his knowledge and grasp of 
the. theatrical business made him invaluable. 

Stricken in Philadelphia, last, spring while on lour With "Rio llita," 
at the, close of . the season , in. I)o'ston, he wciit to his . summer camp in 
Lucerne, .N. .Y. 

■To Louise Willets,. whoin I. have long niaintained is the best Wife in 
the world, my heartft'lt : condolences arc extended. Slvo was a miirhty 
factor in Clarence's life, her devotion to hini being exceeded . only by 
her readiness "and ability to aid and comfort him, fo'r she was the ideal ■ 
helpmate.' 



Frank V. ChambeHln, formerly 
high in the councils of Paramount, 
and now Far Eastern ^alea head 
for M.-G.-M;, stated frankly that 
newspapermen are poison to him. 
He ief oF BhaSghal^^ ^ 
They're over there, too. 

John Barry, director of the Puh- 
lix Managers Training ^chool. re- 
turned to town after a hnonth jln 
the south and. resumed cla-sses. 

Eugene Castle, short subject pro- 
ducer, has gone to the coast. 

■The Henry Miller theatre,, which 
will domicile Ward Moreh6usc'.=i 
maiden stage play, "Gentlemen of 
the Press," is being redecorated for 
the event. "Ward is in Denver as 
the guest of a local stock company. 

Don eiarkj who rejoined the M.- 
G.-M: publicity staff after a yoar'.s 
absence, is working half days only. 

Walt Itoesner took, his first after-: 
noon- off in seven months la.st wec'k, 
but worked, the two evening shows 
af the Capitol. 

Nattaciha Uambova, widow of 
Rudolph Valentino,' appeared re- 
cently in a .shoestring produetion at 
t h e^= () I d -l^a t h o-s Ludlb. 



During my month's vacation l! covered a lot of territory, winding- up 
wi'tii a \Veek at Coney Island. The Island now boasts of a hotel called 
the Half Moon which bids fair to rival some ot the more pretentioua 
hostelries of Atlantic City.-,. While Coney Ifliand is by no means Atlantic 
City— the atmosphere, crowds and boardwalk are distinctive in each 
resort — th<};* hotel will ijd niiich to popularize the Island lylth a desired 
element. Accessible, comfortable! and what a hideaway. . • 

While at COhey I was a dinner guest of JVIr. and Mrs. Samuel Gomt>ertz. 
Mr., Gompertz is mayor of the Lsland, husband of that erstwhile great 
stage comedienne, Evie . Stetson,; and brother of her former partner, 
jenhie Melyjlle. , Every,body : remembers that radiant team of Melville , 
and Stetson; .-" ' ■ ' . . . ' 

Mr. and Mrs. Gompertz occupy' a sumptuous, home at Brighton Eeach; 
with Miss Melville in an apartment adjoining. Sam is sort , of a Santa. 
Glaus for old performers every summer and distributed about his various 
enterprises at the resort are 15. or 20 former stage faOfors. Belling 
tickets at the Edeh Mused I found Wiliiahi. Cameron, of Wilson and 
Cameron;. Patsy. Doyle. and Harry Bartlctt were working In front of a 
concession. Joseph J. Sullivan, one of the old comedians of Hallen and 
Hart days, and the author of "Where Did You Get That Hat.f is spieling 
in front of a sideshow. 

Fannie Bloo'dgood, who has sold; perhaps, more front rows in burlesque 
than May Howard herself, is wojrking at the Parkway baths; also there 
is Alec Selbert, years ago a Bamum and Bailey clown. Behind the 
t;ounter of the Half: IVJpon I espied Gus Solke, Jr., son of the well known 
producer. Young Solke has retired from the sho'w business and. how 
greets the public as a suave hotel clerk. 

AW, shut up! I did not say I didn't like "The Front Page" when I 
saw it in Atlantic 6ity. On the contrary I thought it a great story, well 
written, well staged and perfectly cast. I liked it Immensely and think 
it will run on ad Infinitum whether it choosea to or not. But I did say 
I thought— and still think— ft too raw for audience consumption as pro- 
duced at the shore. And if the dear public wants it, far be It from 
me to deprive it of any of the thrillB It can get out of the dialog, many 
parts of* which I still insist are seldom heard outside of a bl-othel. It'a 
O. K. with me boys. So keep your haberdashery on. 

Personally, I am rather interested in learning that a .mayor can dis- 
charge a sheriff, one a city and the other a county offlcer. I had always 
thought they were nominated and elected by the "peepul" but It just 
goes to show how eisy It Is to be mlstiiken,: for the mayor In the play 
not only fires the sheriff but. scratches his name right off the ticket on 
which he is up for re-election two days hence- 
Dropping into a room of a Times S.Quare hotel yesterday I found 
three women .guests, generally regarded ks sophisticated, shelling peaa, 
which: one was preparing to cook on a sterno in the apartnient. 

In a recent list of people seen on the Atlantic City boardwalk I car- 
ried the name of Ann Pennington, My «rror. At that time Ann waa. 
in California. Herman Fucha, who had touted me, alibied hla mistake 
by explaliAng. "Well, I didn't see. her face but they certainly looked like 
Penny's knees." • 

Kipling once remarked that a "woman, is only a woman but a good 
cigar la a smoke" and now a cigar manufacturer in. Phllly claims a cigar 
that has "It." He advertises thualy: "Webster didn't say It but the 
modern definition of 'IT' Is 'that indescribable something that makes a 
person or thing a winner'." . It sure is a great age that, we live In -when 
a neuter pronoun can take on such significance, but what does Elmor 
Glyn, discoverer of ."IT," think about It? 

"Jokes Too Rough F6r Ladles" says a headline on a stoTy relating 
how a Texas Democrat lost out at the state convention. Wonder what 
they thought about the rough joke pulled on the Republicans at the 
Ho'ustoh . convention f 

"What are you 'doing?" a.sked an actor of Jimmy Hussey, 

"Working on the K. K. K. circuit," he replied. , 

"How come— K. K. K. circuit?" queried the other. 

"The Keith, Kennedy and Kasi^y circuit," Hussey explained. 



Roland Drew, who plays Vi'Mv"- 
.Moreno in the U. A. picture, "Ka- 
mona," is Walter Go.ss, former re- 
porter on the "Heraia-Tribune." 

Ler)la I^ani^, a young singer nn.- 
knovvn on Broadway, has h'-en 
signed by llorano .Liveright for tho 



SIZING 'EM UP 

At The Palace 

Something approaching the old 
Monday night air of festivity at 
the "Paiace, first time in ' many a 
week. Maybe It Was the prepon- 
derance of dancing, maybe the re- 
freshing coolness after the stifling 
day. Anyway, a note of gayety was 
there, begipnlng with little Ewing 
lOaton. Does she take her costume 
from her name or her name from 
her costume? In her cute little 
English schoolboy's suit .she does 
s(;v(u;il sprightly hard .shoe rour 
tines and some excellent acrobatic 
dancing; She should avoid singing, 
however, and there seems' no good 
reason why she should play the 
violin. 

Ju.Murfi^^Pi;ipny^:^a.Dcmg'^ln,.^'JMjj.d, 



That Coy Stuff u • 

This weather is the delight of those little r.roadway s'irls vj'hj) w'^tHt .^^^^^ 
being coy country maids. They appear, everywhere '"/■'^'^^.^''^ j'' . 
huge organdie bows and milk-maid bonnet.s. ^ With the cn^U^u^o .n. M" 

orally black patent- leather ^-^^^ ;-:'l^^';^;;!^'Z^nV^^^ PMce. ! r-rima' donna role in "The Daggc 

It IS almost a pity when anyone ^-^^^^^ a J m little sport en..l.,.ne ; ,nd the Rose" (stag,..), tho forl.h- 
Oingham is not for town w.-ar at any time ^ m l l 

13 equally as youthful, while a pr.nt frock wo.n with a nii, iju.siu.s Mayer's "The Fird>rand." 

«ood Laslc at any time of tho day. * " 



rlrjck'.s Tricks." elaborate miniature 
revue, with an exceedingly attrac- 
fiv; girl, Josephine Fontaine, who 
il'ies graceful- things with long and 
grotesfjue legs. She wears clollie.s 
well, too, giving (|uito ap air to a 
couple of simple chiffon frocks, one 
In jade ',gr"en and th" otluT in 
t)Ul ifr'Mip yellow with black velvet 
.-.arli. 

Tlw ( hoi u;; W'.'-ii -i <ni - >i'.li.'."t: ve 



.set of silver and scarlet Pierrot coa-; 
tumes,. and another, for a Dutch 
number, in Delft blue satin. Some- 
body ought to tell the two Slrla 
who do the dance in maids' dressea 
that bright pink stockings are not 
the most slenderizing things... for. 
legs already a shij.de over plump. 

The gayety takes something of a 
tumble when Eva LaGallienne ap- 
pears on a time-worn arid some- 
what moth eaten balcony for her 
"Romeo and Juliet" scene. Miss Le 
Gallienne may be an excellent pro- 
ducer and a great force for civic 
good, but she's no Juliet. 

Iler clipped brusque accents and 
her fiat, colorless voice simply re- 
fuse to lend themselves to the p;uir 
sionato warmth of Juliet's six-eches. 

Tho amltencc applauded violently, 
as th(!y do invariably when. any- 
thing labeilod classic is handed 
^thetH^ iri ^.l l gy tw o^a-jjay.,^. U JXl.kL gt^ 
staled also that Miss 'LcOafllenne 
looked very cliarmliig in an ivory 
brocade gown and an equally ivory 
pallor. 

n.aiety ta,k'>s a sharp rise again 
with the advent of i'l-ggy Uhamber- 
Un and lioss lliines, with their 
I frankly rowdy and infinitely funny 
burl".-;i]iie of an apache dance, 
I'eggy i.M a '-uie youngster with a 
i< al seii.ie of lomedy. 



28 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 4, 19J58 




If you played AL JOLSON 
with the Next Best Box Office Attn 




EDDIE LEONARD (Blackface) 



THE MINSTREL OF 



I? 



i: 



■■t-j 



Reprinted from "VARIETY r Dec. 16, 1925 

Three of Big Timers Best Draws 

Lost; One with Opposition 

other Branches of Show Business Costly to Big-Time Vaudeville 
East and West — Case of Van and Schenck— Scarcity 
of Headliners Marked 



The Inroads made on vaudeville 
by other branches . of the show 
business is aptly Illustrated by the 

loss of several acts considered the 
best of all arotfhd drawing cards 
in vaudeville. 

According to a big-time coyi- 
sensus and rated on the gross 
business attracted all over "the 
county, and not in any one par- 
ticular spot, the five best box- 
office attractions among standard 
vaudeville acts are Eddie Leonard, 
Pat Rooney and Marion Bent, Van 
arid Schenck, Nora Bayes and 
Sophie Tucker. 

All of these acts are rated as 
neighborhood proof and sure-fire 
draws in any vaudeville house in 
the United States, regardless of 
its policy or location and with or 
without a strong supporting bill. 

Of the group, Eddie Lieonard 
and Nora Bayes are playing for 
Ithe Keith Circuit; Sophie Tucker- 
is knocking them bowlegged in 



London; Van and Schenck are 
getting $4,000 weekly in picture 
houses, and Rooney and Bent are 
getting the money on the road 
with their own musical comedy. 
Daughter of Rosie O'Grady." 

The cost of the absence of the 
three acts to big-tinie vaudeville 
cannot b^ computed in dollars and 
cents, according to the bookers, 
but runs into staggering figures. 
Not only does the two-a-day 
vaudeville house lose the sure-fire 
draws from its list, but in the 
case of acts like Van and Schenck, 
which piay picture houses in op- 
position to?, bi^-tlme vaudeville, a 
more expensive show than usual 
must be booked iagainst them, 
costing big time a double loss. 

The scarcity of: "names" and 
real headliners who can draw was 
aptly Illustrated w*en the Or- 
pheum Circuit recently abandoned 
its policy of holding big vaude- 
ville shows over for two weeks in 
one city next season. 



INDIANAPOLIS "TIMES" 
Feb. 12, 1924 



KANSAS dl 
Oct. 2^ 



BURNS MANTLE said: 

"Mr, Leonard is a gentle min- 
strel with a curiously appealing 
note in his voice and a decidedly 
individual gift, both for singing 
and writing negro melodies. He 
n^eds no more to guaa-antee him 
the popularity he enjoys." 



CHARLES DARNTON 
said : 

"Eddie Leonard has much the 
same sort of stuff in him that 
made J. K. Emmett and Billy 
Scanlan popular In their day." 




Eddie Leonard Has Fastest 



Stepping Act in Captivity 



By Walter D. Hickman 



"Fast moving syncopated feet. 
Feet with melody In 'em that tap 
at the window of your Imagination, 

"Above all this fast steppin' and 
warm melody, Eddie Leonard 
towers head arid shoulders above 
4;hem all. Here Is an artist with a 
soul of love — the kind of love that 
makes th^ whole world happy. 

"I have seen many acts in 
vaudeville the years that I have 
told you about the theatres, but it 
remained for Eddie Leonard to 



bring the real Yankee act to 
vaudeville. It is American and it 
Is glorious. 

"By the time you redd this there 
will be a constant line of. people 
before the box office; I know you 
want to see Leonard and his great 
bunch of men. The sooner you get 
your seats the better off you will 
be. This Is not a box office plug, 
because I know that capacity is 
gpirig to be the rule at Keith's this 
week," 



lOS ANGELES "EVENINa 
EXPRESS" 



Eddie Leonard 
In a New Type 
Of Minstrelsy 

By Mabel Brundige 

"Unique .experience in the 
theatre — ^high ^ water mark of 
achievement — tears come and 
the heart Is deeply touched, 
cleansed, like the old Greek 
purging by pity, when Eddie 
Leonard sings -'Water Boy,' an 
electrification that he projects at 
the Orpheum Theatre, where he 
headlines this week's bill, 

"Others have done negro ^spir- 
ituals, but Leonard stands~^llt a 
class by himself. Years have un- 
doubtedly ripened his technique. 
Great in the past he has . been, 
but in this song (unique In the 
annals of Orpheum minstrelsy) 
he achieves a new level — a 
standard that may remain un- 
challenged for many a moon. 

"One lives, with Leonard, In 
the Georgia prison camp, where 
the poor rockbreakcr calls for 
water— a primitive cry that tears 
the heartr strings, an animal 
plaint that means death if not 
answered. 

"Great artistry, Eddie Leon- 
ard. "What more can one say? 
All one can do Is to hear him 
ap.ain and again. 

"A.ssociated with him Is an ex- 
cellent aggregation, presenting 
a modern version of • minstrelsy, 
-without -end===^mcn,—havingy in== 
stead, 'caliente' clogging, hot-off- 
the-griddle athletic gyrations 
and fortissimo male singing; For 
good measure Eddie prances 
amiably and sings Southern 
levee ballads." 



VANCOUVER "STAR" 
December 4, 1927 

MINSTREL'S KING 
ACCLAIMED. HERE 



Elddie Leonard Presents 
Real Old Dark Offering 



"NOT VULGAR. 

"Mark it on your program after 
a visit to the Orpheuhi theatre 
where a great minstrel, Eddie 
Leonard, is appearing. 

"Not blatant, not loud, not 
coarse — that's Eddie Leonard. 

"The negative end Is dealt with 
first because the things Leonard 
avoids ' are so common among 
other.s. 

"This man can be called the 
leading minstrel of America, the 
last of an old. line stretching 
back to plantation days, min- 
strels who built up a unique 
form of entertainment that has 
since endured. 

• "After listening and watching 
Eddie Leonard for an hour you 
begin to wonder why heHhrllls 
his audiences. He has a voice. 
He dances, 

"Then you begin to realize that 
the . minstrel exudes human 
sympathy and kindliness. He is 
in tune, as he showed last night, 
with the hearts of his audience, 
and that was why he had. to beg 
leave to get out to his dressing 
room after a series of recalls. 

"Behind his blackened skin 
Eddie Leonai-d cannot hide his 
Jr-ish faceJ iior behind his darky 
patter an Irish brogue." 



ORPHEm 
$8,000 J\ 

Bill This Week Is Costliei 

andi 



If the Orpheum were in 
probably would come out tod 
announcing something like th 

$8,000 WORT! 

SACRE 
TH5: SALE OF 
EVERYTHIh 
A 

popula; 

Sale Includes 

Eddie Leonard and His Songs'. 

The sale will be* held every 
afternoon and evening this weelt 
II opened yesterday and standing 
room hardly was to be had. 
. This is the costliest bill the Or- 
pheum has had In the theatre, 
according to Lawrence Lehman, 
manager. Besides the bill, there is 
an a;fterplece, a travesty on the 



LOS ANGELES "E 
Febm 



BRIGHT MINSm 
OF HMi 
SCOR 

By the 



Eddie Leonard, appearing at tlu 
Orpheum this week, .sidesteps jaw 
'blues and spirituals, which w 
professors common ascribe to i 
Ethiope's culture on these, ou 
American shores. Out of ou 
dusky brethren's minstrelRies " 
has worked something thai 
unique. 

It is that unique appeal ^nii^j 
swept the Orpheum uudicnce o 
its feet yesterday and brought 
back to sing several of many 
time minstrel favorites. 
STYLE IS UNIQUE AND NOVtJ 

The fh^rthaT Eddie- sets tiP^". 
red topper and a crim.son b^^. 
dross suit rind works ''^„ *oi 

face chorus behind him does n 

mean he is the mi"st'*'"Vf Is 8( 
ordinary sen.se. His stuff 



EDDIE LEONARD (As He Is Today) 



Address MABEL RUSSELL LEO 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VARIETY 



29 



CANTOR and you wanted to follow 
^tion, Mabel Russell Leonard Says: 





"VARIETY" 
March 19, 1924 



HE HOUR 



PALACE, NEW YORK 

VEddie Ijeonard and Co. cloaod 
the first half ar^d lOddie went 
through like a fire ; engine 
through a trafRc jam. It was a 
soft spot for the minstrol, but it's 
doubtful if .that had any particu- 
lar bearing on the whale of a hit 
he registered, for Leonard has 
talent and that's a pretty rare 
commodity in vaudeville — espe- 
cially big-time v^VUdeville where 
scenery and assurance are the 
substitutes. 

"Leonard got a reception that 
lasted for a minute or more and 
it was the sincere sort of ap- 
plause that's so ea.slly detected 
from the spurious. He did nearly 
40 minutes and it was all real 
entertainment. The soft shoe 
dancer doing the iRain' number 
did six encores and earned every 
one of 'em. The Leonard act 
saved the first half." 




*TOST" 
25 





s?er Presented 'Her< 



^merchandise business, it 
with a page advertisement 

IRTALENT 
;ED! 

IIE SEASON 
^MUST GO 

[prices; 

Jlo which pleased and held the 
4|ence to the finish. 
Applause Honors Divided 
Applause honors were divided 
tt<en Eddie Leonard's act, "Oh, 
Wt It Rain?" Whiting and Burt 
BLlloy Cummlngs, Which is not 
itling the others. They all pot 
^ hands and came back for 
(Res. 

1^. Leonard works hard, to put 
tt'his songs and even throws in 
iSimous walk and dance to ac 
Ns.ny them. 



IWG HERALD" 




^ator 

Wnt that it. has you first 
J"8mg, then gasping and then 

for more, 
lirouldn't want to spoil the nat 
Uness of his appeal by calling 
lit— but if It is, it lies some- 
"fe between Alabama, the 
"eo and the Harlem district. 
HEAL GENTS OF MELODY 
ate ; "Water Boy" and "Roll 
<in Roley-Poley Eyes" are real 
of melody, tenderness and 
«ios. 

5l3 company shares their tal 
* between singing and dancing, 
a_the^daneing-the -more -effee- 
^ Several chorus number.s 
■well received, however, and 
■ melodious backing they give 
J e undoubtedly helps the effect 
"is song.s. 



BOSTON "DAILY ADVEETISEE" 
January 18, 1927 



Eddie Leonard s Minstrelsy 

Stops Show at B. F. Keith s 



"Eddie Leonard, the 'singing 
minstrel,' hit : town yesterday, 
heading what was acclaimed by .a 
capacity audience as the greatest 
show that has been on the boards 
at B. F. Keith's this season. 

"Eddie's reception amounted to 
an ovation, and his act, bigger and 
better than ever, kept him answer- 
ing encores until he and his play- 
ers were eixhausted. He sang all 



of the old-time favorite minstrel 
songs that have made him famous 
and added several new ones that 
proved immensely popular. 

"Action was the keynote of his 
mln,strels. Half a dozen of the 
peppiest eccentric dancers strutted 
their numbers, while a Jazz band 
kept the act in lightning form. The 
enthusia,sm of the appreciative 
audience made each of the actors 
eager to outdo himself. 



WINNIPEG "TRIBUNE" 
November 24, 1925 



"Orpheum.— It will probablyl 
be left for the next generation to] 
realize the contribution " whichi 
Eddie Leonard* this^Aveek's head- 
liner at the Orpheum theatre,] 
has made to the art of music In 
America by his negro folk songs. 
So great is the personality of the 
man, so large his fpUawing who 
flock to vaudeville theatres to 
hear him sing and watch the fa- 
cinating shuffle of his feet that 
in mmy Instances his gifts and 
achievements as a composer re- 
ceive only a. precursory and 
passing recoghftion and tribute. 
Leonard has written his songs at 
a time when the world is mad 
over jazz, yet he never has con- 
ceded anything to the artificial 
taste for coon songs. He has less 
of-the .sadness and .rnore of the 
care-free, rollicking travls of tne 
darky nature than Foster had, 
yet he Is just as faithful in his 
depiction' of the race as was the 
immortal composer of The Old 
Folks at Home." 

"Orpheum— One of the re- 
wards of going to the Orpheym 
theatre often enough is. hearing 
Leonard, the famous black-face 
star, who comes along once , in a 
blue moon to sing coon songs. 
Here is a rare performer, one 
with the discernment to see the 
vast wealth that is the heritage 
of the millions of negroes in 
America. Much great art is naive, 
simple and unaffected— and this 
is the quality of negro art, Leon- 
ard is a southerner, is deeply in 
sympathy with tne negro, and as 
faithful as Foster in hi.s depic- 
tion uf the spiritual qualities of 
the race. He shuffles and dances 
a lot in his act, and there's not a 
dark roustabout on any Missis- 
sippi steamboat who can outdo 
him In Jtlie shivaree dance. But 
hG^doesn't' have to '(linCe, really 
He could just sing." 



CLEVELAND "NEWS" 
January 1, 1925 



BIGGEST WEEK 
IN THEATRES 
UNDER WAY 



"Follies" Promises to 
Play to "Sell Out" 
Engagement at Ohio; 
"Miracle" at Hall 
Must Glosie on Sat- 
urday 



By Archie Bell 

"Eddie Leonard is on the first 
position, of course, as Eddie 
Leonard will continue to be, so 
long as he appears upon the 
Stage. I don't know how old 
Edward is— in fact, that Is of no 
matter for he appears to be 
about as young as he was twenty 
years ago — but I do know that 
he was the originator of a dis- 
tinct type of song offering. He 
has been imitated by a veritable 
crew of loss distinguished cork- 
face comedians, who seem to fail 
to recognize their debt. One 
thinks of the medicine advertise- 
• ments when seeing him, for he 
is the creator of his minstrel 
style. Why buy imitations when 
the original is with us? 

"Mr. Leonard's contribution is 
song- and i^dance,^v^^ald.ciL^=An_4= 
abetted by what he terms his 
'bunch.' It's something like the 
programs he has given us for 
many years, and just as snappy." 



MABEL RUSSELL LEONARD 

LOS ANGELES "EVENING EXPRESS" 
January 5, 1926 



Eddie Leonard a Riot 



Prince of Minstrels Stops AH Other Proceedings at 
Keith's Theatre and Begs Off With Neat Speeches 



"Typifying all that ever was 
best in minstrelsy came Eddie 
Leonard to B. F. Keith's ; theatre 
with old, bid songs, satin cos- 
tunies, burnt cork arid 'dandy coon' 
poses — all passe, old and of no 
account in other hands. 

"With crooning lullaby effects — 
tricks of the voice, mere trickery — 
this artist made the very old and 
trifling songs behave like grand 



opera. He transformed burnt cork 
into a thing of beauty. His poses 
merely gave a new definition to 
the word 'grace' and a new and 
most lovable 'dandy coon' passed 
by to riot calls demanding encores. 

"laddie I./eohard has gfirgled and 
crooned his songs so long that 
there is real interest in knowing 
liow old he Is, where he b6gan and 
how he got his start." 



Jack Lait in "VARIETY" 
Said : 
April 26, 1923 

•/ — . ' < 

I While at the Palace, New York 

"One would say that Leonard 
might do it everywhere but New 
York. One might; but New York 
is his softest picking. His fame 
is chiefly as a min.strel, though 
most folks have forgotten hi.<i 
origin entirely. And minstrel 
shows in New York are and for 
decades have been extinct. Yet 
Leonard is a hero, a lion, a wan- 
dering son come home and a 
long-lost buddy back from dan- 
gers afar, right in the Iveart of 
Times Square. Figure it out 
yourself, but don't doubt it. He 
gets sentiment out of lyrics that 
don't make sense and have be- 
come national classics; he gets 
pathos out of being away on the 
Orpheum Circuit; he is a song- 
and-dance man who is by profes- 
sion mainly an orator. Nothing 
can follow him but intermission." 



SEATTLE "DAILY TIMES" 
September 7, 1926 

Two Orpheum Acts Hit 
Entertainment High Point 



"Two of the seven acts of 
vaudeville comprising this week's 
Orpheum bill virtually 'stopped 
the show' at the. opening per- 
formance yesterday and the en- 
tli-e program is wortlfy the Or- 
pheum standard." It- has plenty 
of lively comedy, some excellent 
dancing and novelties to com- 
mend it.. 

"The two 'show-stoppers' are 
Eddie Leonard and his minstrel 
bunch and 'BroornKtlck' Elliott 
and Babe LaTour. . 

"Eddie Leonard's return is In 
the best act he has ever given 
to vaudeville." 




'I 



yU), Cumberland Hotel, New York 



EDDIE LEONARD (Blackface) 



30 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



N. V. A. Sanitarium at 




, After Two Years, 
Not Above Ground Floor 



Sariihac, N; Y., July 3. ; 

Although publicity and work have, 
been going on for two years for the 
much publicized sanitarium here of 
the Na.tional Vaudeville Artists, the 
work has not progressed beyond the 
ground floor. 

Various alibis have been offered 
for tile ..unjjeem]iy delay. One, 
has been cohstrpcfibh wiiH delayed, 
through .the' winter^ months. A"-; 
other, was trouble with masons.; 
Meanwhile bundling oi>erfitions else.- 
wliere in and around here pro- 
gressed througijout . the winter; 
without hindrance. 

A report , that .the delay has been 
•bijought about through lack , of- 
. funds is looked upon: as in ' credi-, 
ble, since the N. V. A. is believed: 
■to . have collected at least $1,500,000; 
• on the solely expressed purpose of- 
building this sanitarium; Its build-, 

■ ihg cannot cost over ?15O,000.: 

■ Show pt'Ople around are mu<:.l^' 
puzzled and th6re is plenty of talk. 



No Rush for 

Knigkt Asldng $2,500 



Aviators seem a drug on the 
show market judging from the non- 
takers of Sir Capt. George Hubert 
Wilkins' a.sking price oi: $2;500 dally 
for a personal appearance at fairs, 
expositions, piars, tpwri halls, etc. 
Capt; Wilkins, recently knighted by 
the King of England for his feat 
in being the first to make the flight 
to the North Pole, arrived Monday 
on the "Stefaqjorg" and was offl- 
cially received .by Acting Mayor 
Joseph McKce in Mayor Walkerls 
absence from the city. 

Capt. Wilkins is making personia.1 
appearances in Milwaukee and De 
troit under municipal auspices and 
malces his American debut at the 
Steel, Pier, Atlantic City, Sunday, 
playins percentage' against no 
' giiarantee. Wilkins is: to get 50-50 
above the avcrrige gross business, 
with a possibility of $10,000 gross 
ori the day. , 

Qtherwise, the $2,500 daily asking 
price has fetched no' takers. , 



"Varieties" Called New 

For Eltinge at $3 

W^hat is expected to be a new 
foriii of entertainment is' slated to 
open at the Eltipge, New York, June 
16, under, the direction oC Frank 
Martens, who calls the attraction 
"Varieties." It is described as ;a 
combination' of the London "Cql- 
Optlmists" idea and American 
vaudeville.- A stage band will woi;k 
along: presentation lines. Willi a 
$3 toi), regular performances will 
be given in addition to Sundays, the 
attraction being rated outside the 
Jurisdiction of Eciuity.' 

Martens claimed Monday hie had 
signed Clark and McCUllougli. The 
Plfccadi'lly band will be a feature; It is 
the forrher .Flotilla band tiugmented. 
Ambtig the vaudeville acts engaged 
are Bothwell Browne, ' female im- 
pensonfttor, off the stage for a long 
while, in a new routine, and the 
Donovan ' Sisters. ; There will be a 
chorus, appearing only at the end 
of the first part and at the finale. 

New Vita Shorts 

Forthcoming. Vitaphone releases 
will include Leo Garrillo. in "Hell- 
gfate of Soissoh," La Savello Revue, 
Harry Delf and He^dda Hopper in 
"(Giving In," the Foy Family in two 
numbers. Jay C. Fllppen, Val and 
Ernie' Stanton in two more num- 
bers, Field and Johnson, two more 
Gus Arnhieim numbers, the Notre 
Dame Glee Club, 

Percy Wenrich, song writer, will 
appear in a number to enact some 
of the songs he wrote many years 
ago. 



All Mother 



Chicago, -July 3. 
Having a press notice to 
prove that he stopped the 
show in Mllwaukeei, Coleman 
GOetz, m. c, mailed the re^^lew 
to his mother with pardonable 
pride. 

Her reaction Was 100. per 
cent, mother. "I know yoil can 
stop a shOw," she writes,' "but 
how about stopping your non- 
sense?" 



PROMOTIONS IN 
SIGHT FOR 
KEITH MEN 



Howard, Willi, McCaffrey 
and Meyers Among 
Others Favored 



Using Staff as Acts 

In Dull Summertinie 

Toronto, July 3. 
Williarri Smflh, manager of the 
Trent, Jrenton, Ont., is trying out 
the plan of putting the house staff 
into sliort turns and temporarily 
discontinuing rogular vaudeville 
bills. 

The show is going oyer. 



Legit Revue's Cast 

, .''Ju§t a . Minute," musical revue 
wWich Bloom and Greene are pro- 
ducing, gpeS into rehearsal this 
week. 

The cast, comprising mostly 
vaudeyillians, includes Arthur and 
Morton Havel, Joyce White, Helen 
Lowell, Burt Harger, Flavio Theo- 
dore, Lyster Chambei'S, Margaret 
Black, Walter Craig, Count Berni- 
vlccl, Lehman. Beck and Three Re- 
corders. . 



Reorganization of. Keith's may 
see promotions handed out to book- 
ers in the near future. 

William Howard is . succeeding, 
Deyton Wegefarth as Keith's office 
manager. Howard was formerly a 
booker, working with William Mc- 
Caffrey. McCaffrey is now hooking 
the Palace, New York, in addition 
to his othier houses in Boston, Chi- 
cago, Washington, etc. 

Arthur Willi, assistant to Eddie 
Darling, who has been booking the 
Palace, New York, for the past 
year, will be promoted, and suc- 
ceeds George Godfrey. Godfrey and 
his assistant, Lester Hamll, re- 
signed last week to join the Edward 
S. Kellar agency. 

Ray Myers, also a former God- 
frey assistant, has been promoted 
to assistant to Harry Singer, 
Keith's new west coast district 
supervisor. They will haye head- 
quarters in Los Angeles. 

Steve Quilly, assistant to Dan 
Simmons, will handlef the books for 
Buffalo and Toronto^ . Jack Denip- 
sey, scouting for material since re- 
linquishing the books of the Mike 
Shea hotises, yrill return to book- 
ing. 



Retainers, Exclusive Service, 
Salaries and Prices Between 
Acts, Names and Talking Shorts 



Goofy Hoofers Go 

Into 14th St. Theatre 

The. nine teams surviving the 
hoof-and-goof ; dance marathon at 
Madison Square Garden opened 
Tuesday at Fox's Academy, on 14th 
street, New York, at $2,500 for the 
remiaining six days of the week. A 
possibility of iopehlhg as a special 
attraction for a week at the; Win- 
ter ■ Garden with the "Greenwich 
Village Follies" stopped their, open- 
ing Monday. 

The revue date fell through after 
Lee Shubert had instructed Arthur 
S. Lyons to get him a proposition 
for the 18 dancers for the Garden. 
Shubert probably , .figured on the 
Mad »Marathoners as a freak at- 
traction to offset the premiere of 
White's "Scandals" this week. 



Sarknac Benefit 

Saranac, July 2. 

The following show officiates to- 
night (Wednesday) at Mrs. William 
Morris' pet chai'ity, . the Saranac 
Day Nursery.. The talent came up 
from New York by rail and motor, 
including Lou . Holtz, Ella Shields, 
Gus Edwards, Ray Bolger, Herman 
and Samniy Timberg, Frances 
Arms; Fleure^e Jeoffrie, George 
Jessel, Julius Tanneri, Cliff Ed- 
wards, Ike Rose's Midgets, No-velty 
Clintons. 

In addition, Harry Lenetska, Abe 
Lastfogel, Walter . and Edwin 
M^eyers and Martin .M. Wagner of 
the Morris agency, with Max Silvers 
of the Fox organization and his 
wife, Ben Thau, Al Rubin and Wil- 
liam Blackwood and wife from Lon- 
don made the trip. The latter is a 
London critic. 



Rabbi's Expose Act 

Rabbi Joseph Jasin, formeirly of 
Cleveland, has resigned from the 
pulpit and plans to go Into show 
business with his. fake spiritualistic 
expose act. ' 

Rabbi Jasin has devoted, special 
attention to splritufilistic rackettsera 
for years, but .only in .an amateur- 
capacity, giving lectures or expos- 
ing methods for newspaper men. 



Reformed Hobo's Tab 

"Fellow Workers," tabloid version 
of the legit hobO comedy, will be 
produced . for vaudeville by Mack 
and-Deane, newcomers in the vaude 
producing field. 

"Fellow Workers" was authored 
by Karl (Slim) Kuhlman, reformed 
hobo, and offered for a series of 
investor performances at the Grove 
Street, Greenwich Village. Kuhl- 
man will make his stage debut in 
the vaude version. It will carry a 
cast of six. 



RE-MARRYERS SAH. 

Haying vpmdrricd ' her fortner 
hu.sbaiid. Rush Hughes, adopted son 
of Riiport Hughoa, Marion Harris 
sailed for London June 29 for a six- 
week engagomont at the Kit-Cat 
.Club; ' 

Miss Harris' two children and her 
pianist, J. Russell Robin.son, accom- 
panied her. 



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CAMILLO LOAZA KILLED 

San Franpisco, July 3^ 
• Camillo Loaza, 28, piahist-accom- 
panist for his wife, Gaby Duvalle, 
singing act, at Pahtageg, was in 
stantly killed. June. 2S when he f6ll 
five stories from a window at the 
Argyle hotel here. . 

Returning from the theatre, Loaza 
fpurid his .door locked and the key 
not to be, found. The hotel clerk 
offerc<jl to climb from an adjoining 
i^oom thi'ough the window. Loaza 
attempted to follow, but missed his 
hold and crashed five stories. 



Ted Lewis (or Shorts 



Warner Brothers have engaged 
Ted Lewis for a series of talking 
shorts, with the first to be named 
"Everybody Happy?" the . Lewis 
trademark. .. 

The Vltaphorie -will first -take 
Lewis in the fall. It's not unlikely 
if the breaks come for the come- 
dian-bandmaster, he will be starred 
in a full length dialog feature by 
the Warners. 



"10 Nights" Tabloided 

"Ten Nights in a Barroom," which 
folded at Wallack's, New York, last 
Week, will be tablolded for vaude- 
ville. It opens at Proctor's, Mt. 
VernOn, N. Y., next Week. The tab 
version will be in three scenes and 
carry a cast of 10. 

Kathleen Kirkwood, behind "Ten 
Nights," will also ready a tab ver 
sion of "Salome." 



CO-STABS ON MOVIETONE 

Mary Ellis and Basil Sydney, who 
were co-starS of their own stock 
company last season'^at the Garrick, 
will probably make a series of two- 
reel playlets for. Fox movietone 
They are now negotiating with Joe 
Pincus. 

Miss Ellis has made one talker. 



Emma Dunn in Again 

Emma Dunn, legit, shortly returns 
to vaudeville under direction of 
Valerie Bergere. Miss Bergere au- 
thored^ the sketch in which Miss 
Dunn, win .appear. Support of four. 



-MORE ACTS FOE VITA > 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Warner .^rothors continues to 
grab as many vaude acts as it can 
get for Vitaphone. 

Recently signed to record are 
Shaw and Lee and Bronson and 
Gordon. : _ 



IRENE DELROt'S PARTNER 

Irene Dclroy, closing with' "Here's 
Howe" Saturday, is due for vaude- 
ville with either Paul Frawley or 
William Holbrook as her partner. 



Chez Chase in Picture 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Chcz^Chase, who just fini.shcd a 
:xS tagc==^on gagcmcn t -^atr^G rauman's. 
Chinese, has been signed by M-G 
for a part in Lon Chaney's "West 
of Zanzibar." 



Dancer's Film Contract 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Lo Rayne Duval, former p'anchon 
& Marco dancer, has been signed to 
a long term contract as a stock 
player for Universal. 

Miss Duval has boeri working as 
an extra in the "Collegian" series. 




DICK and EDITH 

BARSTOW 

"HELPING TO ILLUMINATE" LONDON 
Permanent address, care "Variety," Loudon 



Paying a vaudeville name a re- 
tainer to insure exclusive option oa 
his services for a forthcoming two- 
reefl. talking short picture is believed 
to be the beginning of real com- 
petition for "names" among the 
talking: picture producers. 

The artist was tied up by Poj 
after he had made two successful 
one+reelers, at the 10th avenue stu- 
dios. • His retainer will cover a 
period of 60 days, at which time tHe 
two-reel comedy, the first of its Hind 
attempted by Movietone, will b© 
ready to shoot. 

The option period was necessary 
for the studio to secure a story • for 
the artist. An original written by 
a newspaperman is boing consid- 
ered. 

, Vaudeville artists of standard 
qualillcations report being ap- 
proached by. talking picture scouts. 
In most cases the artists are ex- 
pected, to do their specialties,- as the 
talking people seem pot to have 
reached the*, stage where they will 
employ writers to write material 
for acts who have already made a 
sound picture with their vaudeville 
specialties, or for acts, who, while 
willing to make talking or singing 
pictures, will not use their standard 
material. ■ 

Exclusive Songs Higher ^ 

One instfince and an angle for 
the picture people iii dealing with 
artists : is the case of Van and 
Schenck, who made two Vitaphone 
records, using popular songs. Wheii 
approached: in regard to using ex- 
clusive songs, the pair , asked three' 
times the figure paid them for the 
pop records. 

Van and Schenck may have been 
the first act to be their own op- 
position in this latest . era of the 
talker. They recently appeared in 
a key city as starred attraction in 
a picture house with a 15c. grind 
across the street billing one of their 
talking films. An affect was felt. 

Different prices have been set by 
acts for the talkers. Name turns 
as a rule have put It on quite, a 
bit under the inipression It would 
be but a single record and that it 
was picking the coin out of the sky. 
Smaller actis In any number of in- 
stances have asked , and quickly re- 
ceived one week's salary, as they 
are rated in vaudeville. 

Seldom has the talker maiter 
quibbled over th^e lower prices but 
they have dickered in the usual way 
for the large sums. 

The small acts appear to think 
the talker is publicity for thenu 
None of the turns making records 
evidently has given any thought 
thp.t they sell the rights for any 
talking short made by tliem in each 
case forever. There may be re- 
vival or reissue of talkers at some 
future date, if- the smaller un- 
known act of the present should 
later attain stage or screen fame. 

A name turn .^who made one of the 
earliest of the talking shorts now 
on the market lately seeing it was 
much displeased over its defects. He 
•asked the talker firm to .withdraw, 
his early record, offering to make 
another in substitution. So far he^ 
has received no reply. 

No . set price scale has been es- 
tablished for talking short stars or 
turns. Competition for talking short 
acts may create, a lively market 
for the. better known names oi" 
turns. ■■ ■ . . 

It was rumored that one producer- 
distributor-theatre chain operator 
had decided upon a new contract, 
covering all of its departments,, for 
the talkers. This agreement a.s re- 
ported was to have called for the 
artist's services in any division of 
the firm's enterprise, with both pic- 
ture and vaudeville actors subject 
to call for talking shOrts or UPon 
the stage for personal appon ranees, 
each exclusively while under con- 
tract to the firm. . 

Inquiry at the headquarters of 

the concern brought a denial ot any 
.such- Iht6ntlon7-' -It^was -%xided-tha^ 

thought. had not been suggested. 

Straights for Himself 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

Fanchon and Marco will present 
Bobby Agnew by Movietone. ^\>;new 
will sit in' the audience arul do 
straight for himself on the .screen- 

It's the same idea being used 
"Scandal.s" for Willie Howard and 
Harry Riehman. • 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



V A U D E V I L L E 



VARIETY 



31 



Eddie Darling Washed Up as Keith's 
Chief Booker After 20 Years in Job 



4— 



Eddie Darllne, formerly chieiE 
booker tor Keith's In New York 
not resume that position when 
returning from his present trip 
•broad. Ife unlikely Darling „w"l 
6ven go hacic to the Keith agency 
in any capacity. ^ 

In the realignment Of the Keith 
New Tork t»bbking office no provi- 
«lon is mad® for Darling. When 
that department is eventually prop- 
erly reorganized there will be no 
(Bpot left open that Darling could 

fit into. ' _ 

Other than the Palace, Danny 
Bimmons will be In charge of all 
the bookings for Keith's Greater 
New Tprk houses. Simmons is also 
abroad. In bookings Simmons will 
cbnfer with Major Thompson, as 
district supetvisor for Keith's in 
New York, following the new rule 
calling for mutual conferences on 
bills between the booker and super- 
visor of the kelth's districts. 
• Darling has been a Keith booker 
•for 20 years. Nearly all of that pe 
i>lod he has been in command 
While E. P. Albee was the head of 
Keith's, Darling's sway was su- 
preme, and the chief booker evi- 
dently conducted the booking end 
^Ith full assurance of unlimited 
Huthorlty or Influence. 

Not Popular 

Darling ,ei-ected but slight popu- 
larity as a booker, and then only 
among .those he favored, whether 
booker, agent or actor. No one was 
fcertaln of Darling's favor for longer 
than 24 hours. ; His swift changes 
In moods kept ' the K«ith bookers 
under him on the sixth floor in a 
continual panic of fear, and nearly 
iall of the agents were held in simi- 
lar tempo. 

In bookings Darling was strong in 
his likes and dislikes, playing fa- 
vorite acts brazenly and. repeatedly, 
without regard to their worth or 
merit on the bills. This went to an 
extent that Darling's list of old 
timers was carried along by him 
for years, and In numbers was only 
exceeded by the many old-time or 
other turns Albee would force upon 
the former Larry Golde books lii the 
Bame office. ' . 

Darling's retirement as Keith's 

• chief booker was hot unexpected 
upon Albee passing his stock iind- 
control to the Kennedy-Murdock 
cbmbination, At first it was thought 
Albee's intercession for his linex- 
plainable favorite might hold Dar 
ling in for a whiles but this is now 
baid to be a remote possibility. 

Salaries 

Eiarling leayeis Keith's quite well 
. off, from reports, for his always 
modest salary for the important po 
sition he held as chief of the Keith 
booking offices: His highest nalary, 

• paid him when the change fUA-ived, 
is reported as $17,500. George God- 
frey, recently : resigned from the 
booking office and who - was for- 
merly chief Orpheum booker under 
Max Gordon, was reported to have 
been paid $20,000 a year, 

Gordon doesn't appear to be con- 
sidered either in the present lay 
out of the Keith booking depart 
ment. With the Keith prodiictipn 
department annihilated a,f ter it had 
shown a loss of $50,000 In its first 
year and but very few good acts 
(Other than some made up by John 
Bchultz, Gordon is left with nothing 
^ to do besides continuing to advise 
Marcus Heiman. Gordon holds a 
: contract with the Orpheum at $26,- 
OOO ariuually. It hiis three more 
years to run. 

As a booker. Darling received 
credit now and again for digging up 
names as headliners. Most of this 
credit should have gone to the 
agents who dug them up. In legit 
bookings, however, as with others. 
Darling booked - according to his 
mental equipment. At times, from 
the acts and the bills so booked by 
Mm, that didn't appear over-broad 

Carr's Suit Held Up 

Chicago, July 3. 
-^^Suit==.for ;=Beparate=-»maIntenanC;_ 
Instituted by Mrs. Alexander Carr 
against the actor has been held up 
by Judge Joseph Sabath because of 
duplication. 

Attorney Ben Ehrlich filed the 
action. It is said Mrs. Carr re- 
turned to her husband after this 
'. suit was filed, but became annoyed 
again and filed another suit with 
the same charges through Attorney 
Ilobert McCormlck. 



'^Easing 'Ein Out" 



Two vaudeville agents talk- 
ing Over the rapid changes in 
the Keith offices. 

"What will they do about 
those guys With ^ contracts ?" 
asked one agent. . . 

"They , will ease them out," 
was the answer. 

"How can they do that with 
a contracted man?" came back. 
"It's not so soft. Take Max 
Gordon; he's got a contract. 
How could they do it to him?" 

"That's all set now," the 
other agent said-. VHe's gbihg 
to be the house manager at 
Vancouver." 



ROBERT WARD, ADDICT 

Vaudie Comedian Picked Up By Po- 
lice-^Fbund Morphine oh Him 




WALLY CRISHAM 

Featured Juvenile 
With Maddock's "Tricks" at 
K-A Palace, New York, this week, 
July 2 



Minn. Dance Marathon 
Beats Theatres and Circus 



Robert Ward^ Imitator of English 
comedians and said to be a member 
of the Ward Brothers, according to 
detectives . Hari-y Addy and Jack 
O'Brien of the Narcotic Division 
at Police Headquarters was , ar- 
raigned In West Side Court before 
Magistrate John V. Flc^od. 

Ward was charged by the sleuths 
with possessing a. quantity of mor- 
phine. TMey alleged they found al- 
most an ounce on him as he emerged 
from; the Hotel Empire,' 111 West 
46th street. Ward, wan and pale, 
became greatly agitated- when ar- 
rested late In the afternoon and 
taken to the West 47th street sta- 
tion tb be fingerprinted. He scan- 
ned the persons in the detective 
bureau filled with sleuths and re- 
porters. 

' He told the sleuths, they said, 
that he has been a victim of tho 
drug habJt for two yefjrs. He said 
he acquired the "habit" after it 
had been, prescribed by a physician 
to alleviate pain. ' ' 

Addy and O'Brien told reporters 
that Ward began his theatrica'. ca- 
reer years ago on the Bbwery He 
sang and played the piano at the. 
old Chatham club, quoted the 
sleuths. He told the detectives that 
he has endeavored to fight the "ha- 
bit" . -with little success, Ward 
plead not guilty, waived examina- 
tion and was held in $500 bail for 
Special Sessions. A surety com- 
pany went on his bpnd. 

Reunite After Gentlemeiifs 
Agreement Stands 5 Years 

Lane and Smith have reunited for 
vaudeville and will come out of re 
tirement after five years. 

Team dissolved because of Joe 
Lane's poor health. After the split 
Prank Smith went into the Insur- 
ance business pending complete re- 
covery of his partner. Lane, unable 
to continue with his partner 
through having developed tubercu 
losis in an incipient stage, wis 
partially cheered by a gentleman s 
agreement between the partners 
that Smith would not continue in 
vaudeville until Lane was cured. 

The: latter arrangement was sort 
of a; wager on Smith's part as to his 
confidence, that Lane would eventu 
ally be restored to health. 

Bee Palmer Sidesteps 

Chicago, July 3. 
The assault charge brought b;^ 
1 Bee Palmer here against her hus- 
band, Al Siegel, was dismissed 
when Miss Palmer informed the 
court by wire that she didn't wish 
to prosecute. 

Sworn out while she was playing 
the Marks Bros, theatres, the w'ar 
rant got considerable publicity. 

DAVIDOWS SAILING 

Ed Davidow and. family sail 
I Wednesday for Europe on the Le- 
viathan. ,,, 
While away Irving Sherman will 
I be in charge bf the Davidow 

M^gcnay.=.=SlifiXmaJl J£a§.»e^?b^^^^ 
Loew, vaudeville agency franchise 

.feist month. 



Deif s 2d Talker 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Harry Delf Is now completing dl 
rectlon of his, second two-reel 
Movietone for Fox. It is entitled 
'Mystery Mansion." 

Sumner Getchcl and Toy Galla 
gher heading cast 



20 Keith 2-a-Dayers, AP Vaudeville; 
Reserved Seats-3 Daily Week-Ends 



Minneapolis, July S. 
Theatre managers are yelling be- 
cause of the unexpected oppositioi> 
from the dance marathon. In the 
Armory, It has been In progress for 
two. weeks and gives promise of 
lasting at least four days longer. 

The entire town apparently is 
dance derby mad. What hurts the 
theatre managers as much as any- 
thing is that the newspapers, which 
fight .shy of theatrical publicity, arc 
devoting columns to the dance mat"- 
athon and that the promoters are 
compelled to pay only $2 a day to 
the city for their special permit. 

Incidentally, if the Minneapolis 
experience Is any criterion, this 
dance marathon proposition is the 
fastest money making amusement 
racket ever sprung. In 1 2 days the 
local promoters have cleared in the 
neighborhood of $50,000 net pi-ofits 
and the dough continues to roll in, 
with every indication that the final 
clean-up will be nearly $75,000. It 
remained for a locai insurance man 
to put the derby across here. Harry 
Goldie Is the Insurance man. 

Through veterans' Influence the 
promoters obtained the Armory 
from the city at the extremely low 
rental of $150 per day. Unemployed 
ex-service men were hired f of $4 a 
day as ushers, guards, ticket takers, 
etc., and the Rainbow Division band 
was taken on for $2^5 per night. A 
considerable amount was spent to 
put the Armory into shape. Includ- 
ing the erection of bleachers, boxes, 
dressing rooms and fbr various 
equipment. Before -the real coin 
started rolling back Goldie and the 
promoters were "in" $15,000. 

The daily "nut" Is $2,200, accord- 
ing to Goldie. The derby runs 24 
i>ours per day and there are three 
shifts of employes; Each shift com- 
prises a small army. There always 
are on. duty, doctors, nurses, mas- 
ters of ceremonies, trainers, cooks, 
etc. A complete vaudeville show 
also put on during the 15-minUte 
periods when the dancers are rest- 
ing. A considerable amount has 
been spent for advertising. Then 
there Is the food for the dancers, 
ice, rub down machinery, various 
medicifial and^-olther supplies, etcv, 
all of which cbsts real doUgh. 

There Were 81 couples at the 
start, recruited mostly through 
want ads in Twin City newspapers. 
By the 12th day the competition 
had narrowed down to seyen 
couples. Business started coming 
the third day and ever since, 24 
hours a day, and how! During the 
past week gross receipts from $9,- 
000 to $12,000 dally. Admission was 
BOc, reserved seats 75c and box 
seats $1. When the crowds became 
so large that it was necessary to 
turn away hundreds every day, the 
ante was boosted to 75c, $1 and 

$1.50.. . 

The local promoters already have 
lined up Omaha and Milwaukee for 
the derby, while Den E, Lane, St. 
Paul promoter and dance hall oper- 
ator, baa announced a derby for St. 
Paul with $3,000 in ca.-'h prizes and 
entries-limited to^Mlnncsatan.g..:..:.^,^ 
Hagcnbeck- Wallace's circus found 
Itself unable to compote with the 
marathon. Located acrp.ss from the 
Armory where the dance derby was 
in 'progress, the circu.s took a boat- 
ing during its two days here. 
Wlicreas the clrcu.s wont into the 
red to about $5,000, the marathon 
cleaned up approximately $17,000 
net during the same period. 



No Donald Keith 



A Well dt'Os.'spd man avovind 
28 and giving: the name ot 
Donald Keith called / at tlio 
stage door of the Ihtorstato 
house at Beaumont, . Tex;, 
asking for FcJiton and Fields, 
who were on the bill. 

Giving his nanio, the man 
stated he represented the . As- 
sociated Press and Variety, 
and had been sent to Beau- 
mont by Variety for news. 
Other tiian that, no approaches 
were made. 

Fehton and Fields, knowing 
Variety, and also Beaumont, 
withheld their suspfclbns, but 
forwarded them to this paper. 

Variety has no representative 
br co-respondent named Don- 
ald Keith.. No Variety represen- 
tative ever roes on the road 
who would not be known in 
person at least to one act on 
any bill. 

No matter what narhe or 
how many names In the New 
York or the branch offices the 
person may familiarly mention, 
anyone other than Variety's 
local correspondent, usually a 
newspaper man and widely ac- 
quainted in his city, should be 
treated with suspicion. 

No person in the show 
^business should make any 
' kind of a payment for a sub- 
scription or advertisement in 
Variety, to a stranger. 



\n early policy sotting tor the 
oontoihiiljvted revival of big time 
vauilvvillo by Keith's is. for ' 20 of ;, 
tlie cliain's key' city : housi-s . next . 
season to play twice daily on a re- 
served seiit iKJlicy, not over $1 top; . 
with the iioxuse playing three per- . 
lonnanoes Saturday arid Sunday. 

At present the intention is to play 
nothing but aeta.; It is unsettled 
j 11. St now whether a double policy, 
may be lust tried out'/ the straight 
vaude show and vaude with pic- 
tures, both under the same general 
scheme and the. better draw of the 
two to be finally chosen. 

Keith theatres will be . selected 
fbr the twO-a-day .with capacities 
,up to 1,400 and" not under 1,200. In 
the cities where Keith's operates 
a twb-a-dayer and a vaudfilm houise, 
selected acts will first appeiar In 
the smaller house, bbbked the next 
time into the same city into the 
regular three-a-day pop. 

With. Keith's 20 big timers of the 
entire circuit, an act on the big. 
tinie route may be playing the twb^ 
-day one week and the contlnupua 
or three-a-day the, foilo\ying week. 

Other than the outline of the re- 
vival policy, nothing has been de- 
termined, it is said, with regard to 
number of? acts ' per bill, booker oir 
the cities. 



SLIP-OFF WEDDINaS 



Johnny Hyde and Emerson Yorke 
. -Commit Matrimony in Conn. 



Friday, June 29, was the occasion 
of two more or less secret theatri- 
cal weddings, both at Greenwich, 
Conn., but not together. Johnny 
Hyde, of the WilliAni Morris agency, 
committed matrimony with Ann 
Burns, nOn-professIonal, arid H, 
Emerson Yorke, of the Brunswick 
recording laboratory executive staff 
In New York, took Solita Palmer, 
radio and pbonogi-aph songstress 
and class nlte cllAb entertainer, 
unto himself as Mrs. Yorke. 

The Yorkes'' niarriage was a com,- 
plete SuprlSe, the groom being os- 
ten.slbly on a vacation. The slip-oif 
duplicates tbe stunt Walter ,G 
(Gus) . Haenschen and Jimmy 
O'Keefe, both of the Brunswick or- 
ganization, did three years ago and 
last year, respectively. Haenschen 
has since left Brunswick to head 
the Sonera's recording labs. 

Judge J. J. O'Brien (local) per 
formed the Hyde-Burns ceremony 
at the Pickwick Arms, Greenwich, 
with Marvin Schenck "fts best man 
Rabbi Dr. Martin, father of Jess 
Martin, also of the William Morris 
organization, conducted the rell 
gious ritual. 



Gar Ruined; Five Escape 

The five people in Cook and Col 
lins' "Remnants" revue escaped 
with only slight Injuries when the 
car in which they Were traveling 
from Philadelphia to Chicago left 
the road near Stoycstown, Pa., June 
26 and somersaulted three times. . 

Although the car was damaged 
beyond repair, all five of the com 
pany were able to open in Chicago 
last week, 



Won't Open Till Fall 

Two big houses, practically com - 
t>lbte and at least ready for the fin 
Ishlng touches, will not be opened 
by Loew until fall. . Theatres are 
the 3,200-seatcr in Providence and 
another of similar capacity In 
Louisville, Ky. Both will play pic 
tures and units. Louisville house 
maiJkaJLQiiW^^lry^Jnto^K 



Guy Fisher Charged Witli 
Selling Revue for $500 

Guy Fisher, booker, said to have 
been a nrofessional skater : at one . 
time, and now having offices In the 
Roseland building, was summonedL^ 
to West Side Court to. explain ttf< . 
Magistrate John V. Flood ' trfl 
-Whereabouts of $500 given to him, 
by Jack Drimer, 1841 Third aVemie, 
and S.am Dresser, 105 Cook street \^ 
Brooklyn. 

Fisher came to court. He car- 
ried what purported to be a con- 
tract. He said that he did not 
cheat Drimer and Dresser out of 
their money. Also in court was 
Madge Locke, producer- and show, 
girl. She glared at Fisher and told 
newspapermen many unkind things 
about him. 

The Complainants, Driiner and 
Dresser, said they had bought » 
revue from Fisher. Later they 
learned it' was owned by Miss 
Locke. It was , called "Madge . 
Locke's ReVue." 

Miss Locke came to court to 
testify in behalf of the complain- 
ants. She told newspapermen she 
never gave Fisher tbe right to sell 
any of her revues. She said sh» 
gave permission to F'isher .J^nd 
others the right to book her revuea 
only. 

Fisher cordially greeted . Miss 
Locke to get a frozen reply. Fl.sher 
was asked to explain and hurriedly 
left, waiving a "contract." :,The case 
will be heard, in west Side Court 
next week. 



SUPERVISING DUNCANS' SHOW 

London, July 3. 

Jack Potter, brother-in-law of the 
Duncan Si.sters, arrives tomorrow 
(WednoKday) on the Berengaria. 

Tfe'.s here to f.Mip"rvi.sc Hie Lon- 
don produftion o£ "Tousy and ICva" 
due liite next month. 



Ed Gallagher's 2d Stroke 

Edward Gallagher, formerly of 
Gallagher and Shoan, suffered an- 
other paralytic stroke, the secondi 
this week at Kings Park, L. I. He 
has been confined there over a year, 
after having suffered • a nervous 
breakdown. 

The aftermath of the second 
stroke Is Indeterminable at thl6 
time, although. Gallagher has seem- 
ingly responded to treatment, ac- 
cording to physicians attending 
him. 

Gailagher, despite his munificent 
earnings In vaude and musical com- 
edy while of Gallagher and Shean, 
Is now practically penniless, with 
his former wife, Helen Gailagher, 
reported financing bis sanitarium ^ 
bill and providing comforts. <i-*'-- 

Mae Murray's Act 

Los .Angeles, July 3. 
Mac Murray will take a revue, 
with a cast of 12, over the entire 
I'antfiges circuit, starting in Sep- 
"trmher;^"^" ^ - n , 

The .screen, star ha.s abandoned 
all pieture plans ff.r the present. 

Wilton's Act for Loew 

iTewett and Ball are opening on a . 
Ivoew route, procured by the Alf 
T. Wilton office. 

The act has played for Keith'a 
for years. 



32 



VARIETY 



V A U D E V I L L E 



Wednesday. July 4, 1928 



Keith's Outside Producers Start 
Laying Out New Acts for Next Season 



Abolition of Keith^s production 
dcparlnicnt Which fell uiul(ir the axo 
o£ Joseph Kennedy's reorganization 
regime has precipitated renewed ac- 
tivity among: the Keith outside pro- 
ducer«. Previously they had been at 
a standstill because of former prc- 
vailinff conditions in that booking 
olflce. 

While nothing official has gone 
out, it is expected the fprihei: $1,000 
maximum for flash and production 
acts, announced after the Keith- 
Orphieum merger, has been abro- 
gated in the rebrRanlzation and the 
circuit will , buy acceptable ma- 
terial . without , a . price limit. 

. John Ford for Jos. P. Kennedy 
will/c^ll a meeting of the enfran- 
chiised producers this week or next; 
It Is said," at which, he will attempt 
to pep them up into the former 
stride by promise of an even break 
on their output, something the pro- 
ducers had iiot had for years under 
the old regime. 

Producers' faith in the new Keith 



iadministration has set mOst of them 
into unusual midstimmer activity. 
Charles B, Maddock, who cut pro- 
duction schedule when the Kelth- 
Orpheum $1,000 maximum was an- 
nounced, has already spurted into 
next season activities with four big 
productions acts as a starter. Henry 
Bellitt, another Keith producer, has 
set 12 acts for next season. Rosalie 
Stewart -has another forptildable 
lino-up. Paul Poole, Ben Boyar, 
Charles and Evelyn Blanchard and 
Albert Lewis, Inc., are among other 
outside producers who will spur on 
productions reasonably certain of 
a fair breaU with the new regime 
of the booking office. 



SMAIX REOPENS N. Y. OFFICE 

Anticipating a closer relation be- 
tween New York and Los Angeles 
for the furnishing of talpnt for 
sound pictures, the Edward Small 
Agency has reopened Ita New York 
office. 

Mike Connelly is in charge. , 



Chicago** "Welcome" 

Chicago, July 3. 

The State-Lake building looks- 
strange these days with a 
"Welcome" mat in front of the 
entrance. 

As a result of the new wide 
open arms policy, agents, pro- 
ducers and- others indirectly 
associated with the Keith of- 
fices here have received per- 
mission to take offlc6s in the 
State-lAke building. 

It's the first time the boys 
have been aible to get perma- 
nently near K-A-O headquar- 
ters here. ■ 



65c Pop Policy Fails ; 
Orpheiim Back to $1 Top 

Vancouver, July 3. 

Orpheunri, Keith's local house, 
changes Its policy next week, back 
to the typ-a-da:y with ^1 top. from 
three-a-day and 65c top, with no 
reservations. The lower part of the 
house will be reserved under the 
new policy. 

It was a losing battle under the 
old system with plenty of wide open 
spaces In the balcony, despit^e 35c 
admission. 



iHi 



As tt world's show 





Number 
of 




is unapproachable. 

It will bring purchases and sales of pictures} 
acts and attractions internationally^ from and 
in all branches of the show busiiiess, anywhere. 

As in previous International Numbers, the 4th issue, out in 
July, will cover the show business of the world 

INTERNATIONE ANNOUNCEMENT MEDIUM 

for Any Division of the Screen or Stage 
ALL OYER THE UNIVERSE 



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'^VARIETY," 154 W. 46th St., New York City, U.S.A. 



Loew s listing Standard Acts for 
Next Season-100 




Loew Circuit is lining upi a. for- 
midable list of .standard acts for 
next season, ihciuding renewals 
with more than 100 standards which 
bolted . Keith's last , year for Loew 
routes. 

Loiew's is jockeying around its 
present names and headliner ma- 
terial to. off rspots this month and 
next with the arrangement figured 
as both wise, and strategic move to 
resuscitate business in tough stands 
throughout the summer by giving' 
shows that must pull. Thus far suoh 



Latest Phnk-Walkers 

Of Keith's Offices 



The latest plank walkers in the 
Keith offices are Joe Sheehan, fam- 
ily department booker; ! Harry Bur- 
ton, agent; Aaron Kessler; agent, 
and Louis. Splelman, agtfent. 

William Delaney and William 
Hanrahan, reported last week, as 
out, are' .to renif-i"^' Delaney is one 
of the' veteran bookers of the fam- 
ily department and will be one ot 
the key men retained by Tink Hum- 
phries in that department. None of 
the family department bookers will 
rate an assistant. The sixth floOr 
or big time bookers will be allowed 
as many a.ssistants as are neces- 
sary to catch acts and handle the 
books. 

Hanrahan >»ill book the. Hippo- 
drome, Broadway, Coliseum, Frank- 
lin, Chester, Fordham, Albee, River- 
side, Keith's, Jersey City, aind Union 
Hill, all in Greater New: York ex- 
cept the last two. 

Final Agency Shake-up 

The final shake-up of the agents 
Is expected to b<j"^announced . by 
John Ford within the next 10 days. 
It is known that the agents' com- 
mittee were informed they '■would 
be cut down to 20 franchisied offices. 
Some of the agents will double up, 
which win cut down the number 
to be let out, but several of the as 
sistants will be given the. air.- . 

It is believed the survivors will 
be chosen from a list rated from 
their commission earnings and on 
the quantity of new. niaterial they 
have brought into the " offices dur- 
ing the past few years. 

Some of the assistants' checks are 
said to have run as low as $6 week- 
ly durfng some periods of the year. 
This 'type of agent is not wanted by 
the new regime iirfQ. will be on the 
list to go. 



experiments have been successful 
with fewcer closings this summer ■ 
than iBver before on the Circuit. ' 

This, season and next Loew win 
maintain Its last season's pace in 
taking: available material and sew* 
Ing it up with long term contracts, 
Loew's booking department h^8~ 
been signing rieht and left with thp 
list held In abeyance for several 
weeks before ahfibuncement through 
some of the acts having additional 
time to play for Keith's and others 
on unexpired contracts. . 

With proposed installation of 
Vitaphone, strong bill3 and equally 
magnetic screen output Loew's fig-, 
ures to more than maintain present 
pace in the yaudefllm field next. 
season> 



THOSK VERSATIUE DANCERS 

MURIEL 

AND 

FISHER 

ForeniOBt Sixponents of the Botrerr 
Dance — ^Featured In :<Farl8ian Frolics' 



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Hammel with Morris 

Lester Hammel will associate 
himself with the William Morris 
Agencjr this week as general utility 
and contact man. 

The former Keith booker, who 
was let out under the Keith house- 
cleaning regime will be an inside 
man for Morris, batting for any of 
the agency executives in greeting 
acts and talent whenever somebody 
or another is particularly rushed. 



JAY C. 




rRIAfiS CLUB, NEW YORK 



GORRINNE 

MARSH 

In Specialty Dances 

Featnrod with '^Radlo' Fancies'* 
Mow PlnylDK Fantares Circuit 



PANTAGES CIRCUIT Present* 
ROO£R and EDNA 



la "BI^MB IT ON MB. BEIX" 
by ECOl^NE CONIBAD 



VALE 



AND 



STEWART 

YESI WE DANCE 
Direction of liYONS and JLTONS 
A PUBMX UNIT "DANCING FEET" 



THE MEMPHIS 

COLLEGIANS 

That Sweet Band from the Soutti 

Headlining Pantas^s Circuit 
Direction of ES'TEI^tA CBEEN 





IN 



"A Dozen Minutes of Variety" 

This IVeek (July 2) Keith's Palace, New York 



Direction HARRY WARD 



ALICE MELVILLE 

NOVELTY EUROPEAN 
VENTRILOQUIST 

NOW TOURING AMERICA 
PANTAGES CIRCUIT 

Direct from QUEEN'S HALL, LONDON, ENG. 



t I! 'f V? :« ri 



Wednesday, July 4, 192§ 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



33 



Clii Bookers-Agents-Producers 
Must Walk Strsught Chalk Line 



•I 



Piazza Lines UplMnig Staff 



Chicago, July 8. 
Ben Piazza, new general manager 
of Keith's Western Agencies, 
In this city started his executive 
duties by jacking local bookers and 
agents Into renewed ambitions that 
had almost been flattened by the 
previous offlcials. During a meet- 
ing of bookers Tuesday and agents 
Thursdayi he threw quite a scare 
Into the boys . whp haven't beer 
playing on the level. 

piazza let it be, known that he 
was aware of who had been cheat- 
ing and declared he intended to"; put 
a sudden halt to the practice of 
booking with a, favorite agent. 
Bookers who have a habit of taking 
, any act, as long as a certain agent 
'ofters them, are partially to blame 
lor bad business in the houses they 
book, he stated. 

Stressing the Importance of per- 
gonal contact, Piazza declared 
bookers must be thoroughly ac- 
quainted with maniagers of the 
houses they book and the acts they 
are u^ing. With this knowledge, he 
■aid, a booker may tell a manager 
«f his headliner for the week, ad- 
vise hlrri to. exploit the act to the 
limit and the manager wouldn't 
question the booker's knowledge or 



Let *Em Lay 



advice. 



The Riinaround 



Piazza denounced the ill-treat- 
ment of acts which has been in evi- 
dence locally for some time, He 




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Address 



ROSCOE AILS 

Artist Isles 
Russell Point. Ohio 



told the boys he wouldn't stand for 
the runaround tactics against acts, 
stalling them and breaking their 
spirit before booking. . 

Acts brought In with fsj-vorable 
eastern reports aren't to. be treated 
as unknowns, he said, and forced 
to "show" here under bad . condi- 
tions. 

Promises that the new Keith or- 
ganization would loosen the pUrse 
strings to give needy houses aug- 
mented prcliestras and better stage 
dressings were made by Piazza. 
Also, . if a booker desired an act 
that seemed impossible to obtain, 
he would bend every energy to help 
the booker gist the act. r'iazza 
finished with a statement that 
bookers wore to be re.'^ponsible for 
their own books and shows. 

At conclusion of the meeting, 
questions and 'a general discussibn 
were called for, with numerous 
ideas advanced for the betterment 
of bookings and ilelations. 

Telling Agents 

Thursday, at the meeting of 
agents, Piazza laid It above the 
belt but with plenty of force. ^ He 
said he was aware that certain 
agents had fair-hia.ired boy friends 
among the bookers; that certain 
bookers were known to be dealing 
with only one. or two agents for 
personal or business reasons; that 
certain agents, judging by the acts 
they booked, couldn't possibly 6arn 
a living and there must be an- 
other reason for holding the fran- 
chise. 

Further, he said he knew that 
one agent had bought stock for a 
broker and held it for hiin for a 
profit. Piazza termed it a form of 
stealing, but said, he was willing 
to ovei-look it. A record of every 
Chicago'agency is In his possession, 
he added. 

In regard to opposition, Piazza 
stated there Isn't any, the Keith's 
wants all the g;ood acts. While they 
wouldn't, be permitted to book acts 
into, certain houses, the field Was 
wide open for anything they wanted 
to take from those houses. Any 
time an agent wants an act for 
Keith's houses, Piazza said, he 
could look to him for assistance in 
getting it, after the act had been 
approved. 

Piazza said he expected the 
agents to Invest time and money in 
their agencies, and unless they in 
tended to do that they were 
through. He gave them until July 
9 to attempt a consolidation of 
some agencies and consequent elim- 
ination of unnecessary agents. Also, 
he expected them to offer sugges- 
tions during that time, as to pro- 
curing of material, improvement of 
office operation, and bettering of 
business activities between agents 
and bookers' 

■ Bookers, Piazza declared, are de- 
pendent upon the agents to secure 
acts that will help put the houses 
over. The houses are open to any 
act, he said, -If it is a good one.. 

Any complaints by agency or 
agent are to he referred to Piazza. 
Carmody Appointed 
It was announced at the meeting 
that Tom Carmody would be general 
booking manager, in reality as well 
as in name. Carmody is well known 
here with a reputation for executive 
ability and knowledge of acts. Ho 
is in full authority over bookers 
and agents.. It is accepted locally 
that Piazza exercised sound judg- 
ment in his selection of Carmody 
(Continued on page 71) 



Wisecrackers still woi-king 
on tlie marathon ouster of tlie 
Keith . ag<^ts' and bookers. 

Two acts- outside the Palace. 
Suddenly one looked up °and 
exclaimed, "Here comes your 
agent; better catch him.." 

The other, replied :\ \Vhy ?•".,• 
He wouldn't catch me last 
week at 125th street." 



ACTS FOR SHORTS 

Keith's Favoring Photoplione- 
Contract Clause 



No Flood Due of 



ROYAL TELLS MID-WEST 
M(»S. TO GINGER UP 



Assumes Charge of Keith As- 
signed Territory-— Mort 
Singer, Ass't 



•Vaudovillo ads playing, tho Keith 
and Orpho\im Oirt'uit's nCxt ■soa.'son 
will bo used by' IMiotophpno tor 
talking shol-t.s, Piiiiilar to thoKO liow 
rcloasiid by Vitaphonc and Movie- 
tone. '.. 

Miller and Lyl.os, the eoloi od toam 
at the Palace thi.s week are Kaid to 
I be the first act to .,bo drafted by 
I'H. C. A. IMiotophono for a short 
subject. 

Robert Kane, repro.sonting FBO, 
\vill Bupervise the short subjects. 
According to ■ present ... plans,, acts 
will be signed to do thoir vaudeville 
specialties. 

The new Keith contract is said 
to include an option clause which 
gives Pliotophone first call on their 
services for shorts, while playing 
for Keith's. 



Chicago, July. 3. 
John Royal, new Keith's mid- 
western theatre manager, supervis- 
ing territory between New York 
State line to Denver, and Winnipeg 
to New Orleans, has scheduled vis- 
its to all the' houses to promote a 
closer working, arrangement be- 
tween managers and bookers. 

Speaking to the Chicago man- 
agers, Royal asked them to abandon 
the idefl, that they were working for 
a factory and put over their houses 
individually. If a manager thought- 
business in his house was attribu- 
table to. the shows, ROyal said, he 
should tell his booker what the lo- 
cal trade wants. Royal said out-of- 
towh manager virill have the same 
contact privileges and will be' asked 
to make i^uggestions. 

It Is understood there will be no 
wholesale dismissal of managers, 
with a gradual clean-up probable. 
Tmrnediate recognition is prorhised 
those who create business, arid put 
their theatres over. 

Singer 'for Chjcago 

Mort . H. Singer, the only real 
showman of the old Orpheum Cir- 
cuit crowd, will take charge of Chi- 
cago theatre operation, as well as 
assi.st Royal In remedying the gen- 
eral mid-west Keith's theatre situa- 
tion. Rumors of radical changes 
were stopped with the Singer ap- 
pointment, as managers have confi- 
dence in Singers' ability, and meth- 
ods of management. 

Royal .floored some of the old 
guard with his quick recognition of 
the trouble with houses around 
here. His selection of Singer fur- 
ther impressed therh with the reali- 
zation . that he knows what he's 
doing. 



Creatore-Lenelska Firm 

Louis K. Sidney has given Peter 
Crcatore a Loew agency franchise 
which Creatore and Mitchell Lenet- 
ska, . brother of Harry, and. last 
With the Stanley organ i7.atibn, will 
operate;, 

Creatore was ' for afeveral ' years 
with Arthur Spizzi, ' 

Arthur Johnston, who combined 
Spizzi as . Johnston-rSpizzi Ipnter- 
prises, has resigned from the book- 
ing .business to rejoin Irving. Berlin, 
Inc., as Berlin's musical amanucn^ 
sis. Mack Stark, Johnston's busi- 
ness manager, may continue with 
the latter. 

Spizzi is going it alone again. 



New Keith Agents 



Agont--^ ourrohtly holding Keith 
(Orplioum) franchise's .ind whw sur- 
vive the pr<^sont hdviso cleaning, 
•Vvill not have to .■st.-ind by and ."O.e 
no\v.(>onvora granted franchises, ac- 
cording to roport. 

. The granting of permission for 
Cioorgo Oodfroy, Koitii - Orpheum 
booker, and ' bin assistant, I.o.<(fer. 
Uaniil, to join the ICd ward Kellar 
agency caused ."^peculation 'among 
the agents. It l.s understmul that the 
tie-up with Kollar was a.sUed for by 
Godfrey. In view of liis lon.l^ service 
the permission .wa.«5 in the nature of 
a reward. 

Keitli's never encouraged the 
bookers when they so.ught to be-, 
come agents. The circuit's position 
was that it requires ycar.s to de- 
velop a booking man. "The bookers' 
position w.as that agents made moz-e 
money than thoy did, with less re- 
sponsibility. 



JUDGMENTS 

Hillsdale Amus. Co., Inc., and Gu6 
Hill; LJIdridge Co.; $4,555. 

Freehill Restaurant Co., Inc., and 
E. J. Churchill; Bethlehem Eng. 
Corp.; .$1,179. 

Arthur S. Lyons and Wm. G. Sea- 
bury; Y, A. Kudara; $117. 

Michael E. Reiburn; 533 W. 57th 
St., Inc.; $11,862, 

Satisfied Judgments 

Macfadden Newspaper Piib. Corp.; 
Chas. Fleischer; $128; June 21, 1928, 

Same; same; $19,034.50; Dec. 18, 
192G. . 

Same; same; $133 25; Dec. 19, 
1927. 



PANTOMIME AND DANCING WITH THE WORLD'S MOST 
HUMAN "PROP" HORSE 

GERALD AND HO AG 

Present "DIZZY HANK" 

Just Finished 14' Weeks at Los Angeles in the W°"^;f;,„P''°'°f."^^^^ 
wittrCharlivChVblin^"Circus"^lf)irWw^ 



Kingston, N.Y., Merger 
Closiini One House 



After Walter Reade, Operating the 
Reade Kingston theatre in Kings 
ton, N. Y., 6-day town, for one 
year, and the Broadway Theatre, 
Inc., running the Broadway in the 
same city, hafl admitted a loss of 
$80,000 between them, a merger of 
the two Kingston tht.atres was ef 
fected this week, 

The Broadway theatre is managed 
by Harry ^P""^^ Albany 

theatrical man. 

Under the merger one house will 
Operate for a given , period and go 
dark to permit the other to oper- | 
ate for a similar time. The one 
showing the biggest <gross at the 
end of its ailoted perio'-lp will oper- 
ate permanently/ the other remain 

ing dark.' 

Fox's Full Talker Weeks 

By . next season the Fox vaudfvlm 
hou.ses in New York will be operat- 
ing Movietone features on full week 
programs. 

. Since its Installation in some of 
the Fox houses it has boon usod on 
a .half-we^k basiS; 

I'reliminary plans were discussfid 
by Fox heads with the belief that 
the time is now ripe for their full- 
week operation. . . 



WHAT THE GRITiCS SAY 
ABOUT 




APOLLON 



Now Headlining Keith-AIbee-Orpfceum Circuits| 



AUTHUK 



MINK.V 



MILLARD and MkRU 

in "KOLLEGE KAPERS," Written by Henry Bergman 
JUNE 25 (THIS WEEK) TROY AND SCHENECTADY 
OlrorUoii MIl.T I.KWIS 



EEBOOKS TO SAVE $12.50 

Clii<:ago, July 3., \ 
P.ooked into the New Ca-i-tlo tlie- | 
atro, New Ca.stle, Ihd.,- for one d.-iy j 
;it. $C2.50, Mort (loldlierf.'\s "Dance! 
Hits" ini.'^sed the fir.st of th<.' four 
.'■:r'lif'dul<;d shows. 

rpon arriving at the house, the 
.!<■( was immediately cancllr-d l.y 
.1,.- manager and re-t nga^ed for the 
l einainina three iibawa i».t i."iO. 



"Headline applause Honors last night went to a country- 
man of Nazimova's, Dave Apollon. Dave's act, is not new, 
but this versatile Russian, who sings, plays the .piano and 
mandolin and dances like a whirlv<?Tnd, completely stopped 
the show. . . . Apollon was doubly handicapped because 
he-followed five dancing turns. . • • Jhen Dave came 
along and made 'em like more dancing. This Russian boy is 
a showman every minute he is on the stage, and provided 
genuine entertainment last night, just at the time the Sunday 
night crowd was needing it badly. A Qreai act and worthy 
of the feature spot on any vaudeville bill. 

(Los Angeles "Record," June V 

"Dave Adollon,. master of the mandolin and showman 
de luxe, tied the Orpheum show up into a group of neat Gor. 
dian knots at the opening performance this week, demon- 
strating that we must still look to Russia for pur vaudeville 
novelties. Apollon is no stranger to the big time, and .each 
year he may be depended upon to display hew mdicatr^^^^^^^^ 
his virtuosity and showmanship. . . The Apollon act 
is fast and colorful, marked by matchless playing, swift, 
dancing and first-rate entertainment." oo, 
aancmg - « (Oakland "I'rihune," May 2«; 

"Vivid coloring of . another country— Russia— figures in 
Dave Apollon's offering, 'An Apollonian Revue. . . ■ 
Strenuous Russian steps and gorgeous costumes .piake this 
revue highly dynamic. Dave is almost, a show in himselt, 
with his boot-and-heel steps, in his handling of stringed 
instruments and wisecrack remarks as master of ceremonies. 

(hos Anveles "ExvresH," June Ji) 

"Dave Apollon and Company, who come in for headline 
honors, maintain a highly flavored Russian atmosphere with 

clever songs and dances." , 

. - (Los AnyvUs "Examiner," June .',) 

"Dave Apollon and , his company . . . steal the show 
with a lavish and zippy song-and-dance revue. . , ^. 
Apollon . . . is both classical, popular and entertaining. 

(LosA7i(/(l(..'i"K('u:s.'Jtiii( )> 

"Surrounded by colorful settings, Apollon and his company 
breeze through a corking good novelty revue. . . • Out- 
side of his Russian dancing, Apollon acts as master of cere- 
monies and announced each of the numbers. His patter, 

^-s p o ken--w i th Aa=.R uss Lah-_^.&cce±.^k.deJJ gh^ 
played numerous stringed instruments." 

, ' (ijfiH Anf/clcs "Herald, June. ■>, i 

A BOX OFFICE ATTRACTION ANYWHERE 

Direction— BERNARD BURKE 



84 



VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Detroit Barren 



Detroit, July 3. 

At the present time Detroit la en- 
tirely devoid of representation by 
a major vaudeville circuit. 
. Lpew and Keith's niay be revived 
next season, but there are no sighs 
of i*an regaining a local outlet. 
Lo.ew will probably find sL spot in 
one bf the down tovvrn Kunsky 
houses, Vtrhlle Keith's Is believed 
holding off until determining effects 
of the new 5,000-seat Fox, scheduled 
to open about Oct. 1. 

The lene vaudeville theatre down- 
town at the m;oment Is Kunslcy's 
Columbia, now booked by Billy Dia- 
mond (Chicago), but to switch to 
the CoToperative (Kunsky) OIHcG' 
4n tv/o webks; This last stand for 
vaudeville is ! having tough sled- 
ding in competing with several .sur- 
rounding burlesque houses. 



ROSALIE STEWARTS ACTS 



Producer with Brother Turning Out 
Condensations 



Rosalie Stewart and her brother, 
B. S, Stewart, appear to be con- 
centrating on vaudc productions for 
Keith's, 

A revue with 18 people to rUn 70 
minutes, called "Komicalities," has 
Mel Klee, Hjarry Barton, Harry 
Young and Ai Borde, the latter said 

to be from the west, it Is a con- 
densed version of "A La Carte." 

Marion Murray will be a one-act 
"Meet the Wife." A revival of "The 
Old Homestead," with Harry Hor- 
ton as Uncle Josh, Is contemplated. 

Tru York, daughter of. York and 
King, in a; skit called "Leave It to 
Ruth," by John Murray, Is another 
Stewart turn. . 



Orpheum's 7th St. Closed; 
Perhaps for All Time 



Minneapolis, July 3. 

Diie to a long stretch of extremely 
poor business, the Seventh Street 
theatre, Orpheum'3 (Keith's Asso- 
ciation) local vaudfllm house, closed 
Saturday, 

It Is doubtful If the 15 -year-old 
tlieatre will ever reopen. Prior, to 
the Hennepin-Orpheum'S advent, it 
was called the Orpheum. and for 
mariy. years housed big time vaude- 
ville. Because of land value en- 
hancement and profitable operation 
during most of Its career, it has 
been an extremely good Investment. 



Willie Shea in Booking Dept. 
.Willie Shea, formerly with 
Keith*.s, is going Into the: Stanlgy- 
Fabian booking department. 



TAYLOR, KEITH'S N. E. , 

District Manager for Now England 
and Eastern Canada 



Boston, July 3. 
Henry Taylor, manager of the 
Majestic for eight years, has been 
appointed district manatjer of the 
Keith, theatres and Interests in New 
I3ngland and Eastern Canada. He 
has been notified of his appointment 
by John Fox'd, assistant to Josepih P. 
Kennedy. 

. Taylor, prior to the Majestic, was 
manager of the HblUs Street for 12 
years. During that time he also 
acted as production, manager of mo- 
tion pictures for Joseph P. Kennedy, 
the new head of the Keith Interests. 



Glenn Tryon to star in "It^an Be 
Done"- for Universal. Fred New-; 
meyer will direct from the story 
written by Edward Montaigne and 
Mann 9^e, 



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AH Keys 



Waltz Orch. 
By Bob Haring 



Fox Trot Orch. 
By Frank Skinner 



Brass Band 
By Clarence Wheeler 



J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Co 

Kansas City, Missouri 



Keith's, Boston, Fades 
' With Old Timers There 

Boston, July 3 
Plenty of notable "first nlRhts" 
but the closing Saturday of the B 
F. Keith theatre will surely 
dowh as the most notable "last 
night" of any theatre In the coun- 
try. ■: 

The house was packed and in ad- 
dition to the regular bill, old- 
timers who delighted the hearts 
of the Boston public 34 years ago 
when the theatre \vas opened, reap, 
peafed to receive a royal welcome. 

The program of the evening was 
well balanced and, in some waya 
It was a regular reunion, back arid 
front stage. In the wings were 
more, great vaudeville people to 
take part in the program than 
probably were ever assembled ia 
this city. Out front were the 
patrons who were considered the 
best Judges of vaudeville in the 
country. 

Among the old-timers to appear 
wai John L. Cain, 78. with Barnum 
61 year^ ago. He did some juggling 
that any of the new-timers might* 
well.envy. It was surpriising. 

Stella Mayhew, who said she 
would give imitations of herself, 
made a great hit with her coou 
songs. . . ■ 

. Sam .^Mahoney, who did an ice- 
Water tank act 25 years. a;go, came 
out . to prove that he is. just as 
young and vigorous today as he 
was then. 

Tommy Ryan brought down the 
house with such dancing as he did 
in 1873, and Hap Ware! did just 
such a '.'turn-over-' as 34 years ago 
when Ward and Vokes were a great 
team. . 

Eddie Xeonard, who taught AI 
Jolson arid othiers how to, sing mlH'- 
atrel songs, wowed 'em. 

Ethel Bairrymore gaye a few 
imitations and was visibly affected 
by the ovation, aiid vigorous Mag- 
gie Cllne sang "Throw Him Down, 
McCluskey." Chic Sale, Bert Pitz- 
glbbon, and Fred Stone also par- 
ticipated, among others. ' 

Bart Grady, manager of the 
theatre for years, got an ovation 
when he stepped into the orches- 
tra pit, took the baton and led the 
"overture" he led 20 years ago, and 
then surprised leading the, old 
Melstersingers In a doiig. 

Rita Gould's Act 

Rita Gould will return to vaiide*- 
ville after a two years' absence. 

Miss Gould will havei a new son^ 
cycle, by Ballard McDonald. Ben 
Boyar sponsors the act 




KOEHLER and EDITH 



WORLD'S FOREMOST ROLLER SKATERS 

Booked Solid Pabllx Circuit 

Week of July 15-21 
AI..\UAMA, mnTVnNtJHAM 
Wopk of July 2S-28 
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. DiKCtlon: 
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Suite 1857 Wm. Morris 

1440 Brondwny . 15420 Drondwdy 
New York City New York City 




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Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



36 



DIVORCES 

Edwartl.B. Dudley, manager, Kop- 
' pin theatre, Detroit, has agreed to 
divide his property between himself 
and wife as a result of her suit for 
divorce. Mrs. Pearl Dudley is to re- 
ceive one-half of the n*,000 home 
and a half interest in the Dudley's 
jo.OOO automobile. 

It is reported that before the set- 
tlement was reached Dudley bought 
the home and it was this that 
prompted Mrs. Dudley to file claim 
accordingly. 

Ralph Duff, . Greenwich theatre 
musician, . has been granted a, di- 
vorce in Connecticut from. Marian 
Duff, New York cabaret entertainer. 
They were married June 4, 1922. 
Duff charged desertion. 

MILTON 




America's Foremost Singer and 
Fastest Russian Dancer 
DlMctlon of H ARK'S PEARIi 



O ARIiE N A 



DIAMOND 

(DANCING HARPIST BVPR^ME) 

DolDir the Harp DainclnK Specialty as 
Originated by Her Dad, 
^ , Charlie Diamond 



An "Idea" of Fanchon and Marco 

ROYCUimW 

with 

FLORENCE DUFFY 



NOW PLATING PUBUX THEATRES 

MASSE 

AND 

DIETRICH 

Direction ARTHUR SEEUG 
of LYONS and LYONS 



License Comm'r Without 
Opinion Says Things 



The a:gent who jacks up his fee 
over the customary five per cent 
will find himself embroiled in liti- 
gation despite the recent ruling of 
the U. S. Supreme Court that states 
have no authority in the matter of 
regulating such commissions. 

This comes direct from License 
Conimi!?sioner Quigloy who for the 
past threo ..weelts has been waiting 
for an opinion from the corporation 
counsbris office. His declaration 
Monday that his office will pursue 
the lines they have always followed 
came after it was obvious that he 
was getting the royal run around 
from legial quarters and after it was 
also apparent to him that , a test 
case and another ruling will be the 
only deciding factor to throw him 
off the track he has always used. 

In the. meantime the commis-. 
sioner's investigation into the meth- 
ods of Indie vaude agents has met 
with a peaceful requiem. Jack Lin- 
der has cleaned his slate, Walter 
Plimmerr who Commissioner Quig- 
ley's assistant, blonde Miss Kennedy, 
called a "perfect gentletnan," who 
she couldn't believe would fib, has 
his new license. 

Little is heard about A. and B. 
Dow, except that their «ase hasn't 
been trlfd and isn't even on the 
calendar. 

As for Lawrence. Leon, the lad 
Plimmer biefriended to the point of 
being called a. fibber by the blonde, 
Lawrence is progresslnjg nicely un- 
der the guidance of a new angel. 

Leon is not worrying about the 
blonde or the commissioner. He is 
doing his business on the net. 



Frisco Orpheum Billing 

San Francisco, July 3. 

Golden Gate (Orpheum junior 
house) has resumed outside billing, 
after being off the bdards for sev- 
eral years. 

Twenty-five stands are being used 
as a preliminary showing. 



Producer on Stage 

Irvin. C. Miller, colored show pro- 
ducer, has returned to the stage in 
"Broadway Rastus.". 

Show is now playing through 
Ohio. 

' • ■ 



Wrong Liberty 



Liberty Week, current in the 
Keith houses as a business 
getter, is said to have . ema- 
nated from tlie head of the 
publicity department. At 'one 
house the manager reported he 
had to call for police protec- 
tion. Patrons thought it meant 
free admissions. 



Markus Still Leads 

hde House Bookers 



Actor Figures for Keith's ; 
Complains of Max Gordon 

Sammy Wright, former burlesque 
comic, has squawked to John Ford; 
of Keith's, regarding the deal lie 
alleges he received from Max Gor- 
don, head of the production de- 
partment. 

Wright states he went into "Her 
Birthday," a new; act written by 
Solly Ward and financed by the 
Keiths' production department. 
Wright alleges he was used to give 
the act a try-out at the Green - 
point, Brooklyn, and that as soon 
as it was discovered the act was 
likely, Gordon decided to shelve It 
and put Solly Ward In it. 

Wright makes the point that with 
himself the act would have cost 
tl^ie office, about f600 a week and 
that with Solly . Ward it will stand 
$1,250 a week. Wright states that 
it cost the production depart^lr^ent 
aboi^t $500 to put the act onto the 
Grpenpolnt stage and that when he 
asked Gordon why he was throw- 
ing . away this preliminary Invest- 
ment Gordon replied the produc- 
tion department frequently spent 
$1,000 on an act and shelved It the 
next day. 

Gordon, according to Wright, de- 
scribes persons who differ with him 
as "cranks." 



SUN-KEENET NAME OUT 

The . S\jn-keeney Booking Agency 
officially dissolves Aug. 1. 

Despite Inactivity since Keeney's 
Brooklyn, N. Y., houses were taken 
over by Loew some months ago and 
several other Keeney stands swung 
into Keith's for bookings, the cor- 
porate name held as sort of sub- 
sidiary to the regular Gus Sun Cir- 
cuit office In New York. 



Fally Markus m;Untaiiis loader- 
ship of Indoponilont vaxulo- bookers 
for midsuuimor. 

D.ospito ".wholosalo closings, Mar- 
kus still holds 43 houses on. his 
books. Including split weeks, onij 
and two day slanils. . It is likely, 
there , will bo but a fovv . (IroppinK 
froih this list since tho genoral 
closings are about over tor tho 
Markus list. 

Jack Lindor Agency is in second 
place with 30 houses. Arthur 
Fisher, is next with 14 houses, 
mostly split weeks. 

Lawrence Golde. former Keith 
booker, who embarked in tlve inde- 
pendent field soriio months ago, has 
eight houses on his books, two split 
weeks aind five one day stands, the 
latter spotted through. Long island 
and playing a vaude road show. 
Gblde is; active In considerable field 
work for next season, when he may 
get even a better start than this. 
. Markus has :maintained his aver- 
age as leader throughout the season 



BIRTHS 

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Boer <LoIa 
Weniworth) at Ponipton Lakes, N. 
J., Jur.o 2.2, son. Mother was for- 
jnerly. of Tombes and Wontworth, 
father coniluots.-) training camp. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jiiek Hose, son. 
Father is assistant manager of the 
Ooston Circuit. 

Mr. ana Mrs, Itoy McNeill, "at 
Sun l''viincisco, Juno 18. ..son. Father 
is auiinaKcr of Foster & . Kleiser 
I'ostint^ (.'0., San i'runci.soo branch. 

Mr. and Mry. William Reed, 
da\i^;hter, .It the Kauikeolani. Chil- 
dron's hospital, Honolulu, June 2S. 
Mother is Eva Novak, picture ac- 
tress. 

Mr. and Mrs. David Brcnnan, 
d.aughter at Danbury, Conn., June 
28. Mother is Myrtle Stuart, actress. 



J. L & S. Takes Diversey 



Chicago, July 3. , 
Direction of the Diversey theatre, 
originally promoted by Jones, Linick 
and Schaeffer, is to revert to that 
firm. For three years the house 
has been operated on a three-way 
partnership by Orpheum, Balaban & 
Katz and J. L. & S. at a loss of 
approximately $200,000.: 

J. L. & S. will not shoulder a 
great portion of the loss as the 
contract provided that If B. & K.- 
Orpheum dropped out all' equipment 
in the house would become the prop- 
erty of the original operators. 



COIOBED HOUSES CHANGE 

Two colored houses change con- 
trol Aug. l. Orpheum, Newark, will 
be taken over by T. L.' Walker, the 
present manager, and J. Seaman. 
They will continue to book vaude- 
ville and pictures. 

The Attucks theatre, Norfolk, Vd., 
owned by the North Carolina Mu- 
tual Insurance Co., has been secured 
under a 10 year lease by the 
Theatres Corporation of America. 



HARRY Q. 




ORGANIST 
Warner Dros. Theatre, Hollywood 



On« ft FanehflN Md Marco's Gm4 "Idtat" 

BABE 

MORRIS 

Tiap Dancer Supreme 



Featured In Fanchon and Marco's 
"Batbtnb Idea" 

LUCILLE 

F» A G E3 

In SPBCIAIiTT DAMCEB 
P. S.— A W«ek •( Lanoht witli Banay Rukls'^l 



Onr 2nd Tear with FUDUX 
JOHNNY TIM 

MILLS and SHEA 

Touring America with 
"Snapshot Unit" 
LAUGHS! LAUGH81 LAUGHSI 



WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT FT OF HANNEN SWAPPER? 



IN SPEAKING OF 



MEDLEY WD 




In the "Sunday Express " June 17, re their Victoria Palace Opening He Says: 



"An American turn called Medley and Duprey, who i scored a great success at the Victoria Palace 
the other day . . . Medley, the husband, -who caused roars of laughter. . . . Sir Oswald Btoll, 
by the way, was so keen on Medley and Duprey that he booked them for jail the rest of their stay 
at more money than they came for!" 



**The StroUer'' in 



"ThPse thincs made the turn' of "Medley and DuDrey* all the more attractive. The pair came from 
TTntt*.d States with a considerable reputation, but Medley originated in Yorkshire. As he says of 
i^^Jf S fust fooll around.^ A^ he does It In easy style. He Is a lanky droll who never forces 
?l/:T^tnr w^iincra bit patters a bit, dances a bit, and all the time he Is 'kidding' his partner— 
Who {ri?s r^^^^^ «tay in this country for some weeks, I am glad to hear." 



Thanks to Sir Oswald Stolt, Mr. John Hay man (Victoria Palace), Mr. Val. Parnell (General Theatre 
Corporation); also our Fat Hustling Friend and Agent Henry Sherek. 

We are under contract with the Keith Circuit, and for that reason we have been unable to accept the 

ENGLAN^ Tour, General Theatre Corporation Tour, Moss Empires, and of fer to be starred in 

West End Revue. 

AUSTRALIA: Vaudeville tour. ^ , 

AMERICA: To play in New Arthur Hammerstein production. 

FOR WHICH OFFERS WE ARE, HOWEVER, VERY GRATEFUL 
Best Regards to All Friends and Well Wishers. England is a great country if they like you. 

■ . „ . European Representative: 

Amertcan Representatives. HENRY SHEREK 

JENIE MCOBS "^-^^ 



36 



VARIETY 



VAUDE-BURLESQUE 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Levey's W. C. Houses 

Kan Frfincisco, July 3. 
IJcrt TA'vey, head pC the Coaat 
L.cvoy Vaudeville Circuit, and op- 
erating small tfrne combination 
houises on the Coast, has pra.(;tioally 
closed with West Coast Theatres 
Circuit to take over the .Imperial, 
. former run de luxe picture house. 
It will ho operated hy Levey for pop 
. priced vaude. 

Levey's deal with West Coast may. 
also include the Million Dollar, Lois 
Ang:6les, . and one or two other 
houses. 

Five; acts and a feature film at 
25c will be the policy with ISc mat- 
inees probable. 



MORRIS OFFICE SUING Will OpcB CU Agcncy 



Demands $20,000 From Lew LesI ie j 
— Latter Siys He Paid Foster 



Suinsr through Jerome Wilzin, 
William Morris, Sr. and Jr:, as 
partners in the William Morris 
Agency, ask $20,000 from. i>ew 
Leslie, producer of the '•Blackbirds" 
revue at the. Liberty, New York, 
for commissions on the Ijondon and 
continental tours of the Kuropean 
edition of ; "Blackbirds," with Flor-, 
enco Mills sta;rred. 

Leslie denies any indebtedness 
through Julius Kendler, avering 
full satisfaction of commissions to 
Harry Foster. Morris' British rep- 
resentative. 



Chicago, July 3. 
It has been settled by the New 
York headquarters of the William 
Fox theatre chain that a Fox book- 
ing agency will be opened in this 
city. 

No date has been set for the In- 
stallation, nor is it reported who 
will be in chargo. . 

The agency -will place the act- 
bookings for the Fox theatres in 
this section, and allso for. the Fox- 
Saxe picture houses in Wisconsin. 

If the Fox agency intends to take 
on independent houses for bookings 
at the start or thereafter, no in- 
formation Is given. 



Mutual's Six Houses 

In Greater New York 

In the booking layout for'. New 
York and Brooklyn next season Mu- 
tual Is listed to play three houses 
across the river. These are the 
Star, Gayety and Empire. The cir- 
cuit will pass up the Casino entirely. 

In New Torlc the Columbia, Irving 
Place, and Hurtlg & Seamon's will 
play the Regular shows, the Irving 
Place substituting for the old Olym- 
pic. 

Talk that the Minskys would have 
one or two of their New York 
houses on the Mutual list, has pe- 
tered but. The Minskys have made 
other plans with the Apollo, uptown. 




Prefers Keith's Eastern ; 
Does Hollywood, Detroit 

Detroit, July 3. 
Cohen Bros/ Hollywood, neigh- 
borhood presentation theatre, will 
sever booking relations with Keith's 
Weistern to book through eastern 
Keith's, Wayne Christie to handle 
the bookings. 

Warnie Jones of Keith's Westeirn 
supplanted George Lukes as' the 
Hollywood's booker during the up- 
heaval in the State -Lake building 
a couple of weekd ago. . . 

The Cohen Bros, have been enter- 
ing complaints about talent sent 
from Chicago for some time and 
were knpwrn to be on the verge of 
dropping Keith's altogether wh^n 
they compromised on the east. The 
Hollywood plays split weeks, ; but 
goes into a full week policy in Sep- 
tember. 



Wigwam Goes Pictures 



San Francisco, July 3. 

Nat Holt, who has been operating 
a musical burlesque stock at his 
Wigwam, with frequent changes . 
during the past j'ear, turned the 
house into a straight picture grind 
policy June 30, at 15 cents. 

Wigwam has a capacity of l,70b. 



MUTUAL'S ST. JOE SUNDAYS 

Arrangements have been ' made 
for the Toole theatre, St. Joe, Mo., 
to play Mutual shows on Sundays 
only,. starting Sept. 2. 

Mutual shows playing Kansas 
City will hop int6 St. Joe for the 
Sunday date. 



Marcus Loew 





General &Kecutiue Offices 



Roch Hill Road and Winchester Blvd., Queens Village 



Colorful bimealows and villas In the mimiicr of Old Spain, In a beaullful natui»l 
Bctllng ndJolnlnB tlie CoUaeo Garden Nurseries. Complete with everything .that 
this typo of home ihould have— patio, real Spanish tile roof, two-story living room 
with balcony nnrt huBe open llreplace. Six spacious rooms and a 60 x 100 plot.- 
Mxldcd and InnUscaped. 



noose .Wired for 
Ba«1io, with Base- 
board Ontleto 

Brass, 
Plamblnc 

Craftex 
DecomtloBS 

I^argre Cedar 
Closets 

Kxtm Toilet 

lied Devil 
Boiler 

Copi>er . T..eaders 
and Gutters 



X X. 



^10950 



Parquet' floors 

Save-T7-Tlme 
Hot Water , 
Heater 

Spantsli 
TUe Boot 

Open Fireplace . 

StAndiUff Shower 

8teel Girders 

3x8 Floor Beams 

Colored Tile Bath 
TUe Kitchen 



Apollo Stock Out 

Stock burlesque at Minsky's' 
Apollo, Harlem; closed last week 
(June 30). Minskey's other itock, 
the National Winter Garden^ closed 
two weeks ago. 

The , stock policy will be dropped 
at . the Apollo next season through 
Minsky's merger with Hurtlg & 
fSeamon. Minsky's interests are now 
merged with the Mutual wheel 
shows at Hurtlg & Sean^oh's Music 
Hall for next season. 



AN 



BUILDING 

N EX 



^--NEW YORK CITY 



CONCREtE STREETS— ALL IMPROVEMENTS 



90-63 
SatphiiL 

Blvd. 
Jamaica 

N. Y. 



"Oct o trmENCc^iro uB imw Hwe* 



Tel. 
EEPablic 
4162 



■> DIRECTIONS TO PROPERTY 

I.. I. n. R. to Quocns Village, then North on Winchester Blvd. Or bus from 
Main SUtlon, Tamalca, to property. By 4uto, Ulllslde Ave. and ICoctar. UlU Boad 
■ .^ohfonl St. or Winchester lllvd. North two blockfl to development. ' 
FOR FREE AUTO SERVICE. PHONE REPUBLIC 4163-4-5 



A VAUDEVILLE \GfSr<CTl WHICH PRODCCBS MOBE THAN IT PROIOISBS 
CONSISTENT, EFIi'ICIENT SERVICE SINCE 1913 




Astor Theatre Bldg., N. W. Cor. 45th St. atid Br^iadway 

Lackawanna 7876 New York City 



$7,400 at Columbia 

The sfbck burlesque policy; now 
in its third: week at the Colimibia, 
New York, has caught on. The 
opening week .with favorable 
w&Either the house grossed |9,9G0.' 
It did $7,400 last -ttreek. 

Emmet Callahan is starring the 
stock shows which hold plenty . of 
girls and a change of book weeicly. 



HILL'S DEFAULT JUDGMENT 

Between Aug. 1, 1923, and Dec. 
31, 1927, the Eldredge Co., theati^ical 
printers and lithographers, rendered 
$4,402 of services to Gus Hill and 
the Hillsdale Amusement Co., Inc., 
but were not compensated. 

Suit to. recover has resulted in ^ 
default judgment' for that amount 
totaling $4,555 with costs and ih-^ 
terest. 



TRENTON STOCK FLOPS 

stock burlesque is out at. the 
State, Trenton, N. J., after two 
weeks. 

Al Singer, Mutual producer, who 
had the stock, quit cold wlien: they 
wouldn't turn out. 



J. H. LUBIN 

GENERAI. HANAOER 

MARVlNirSCHENCK 

BOOKING MANAOEK 
CHICAGO OFFICE 

660 WOODS THEATRE B'LD'G 

JOHNNY JONES 



ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC. 

PooUdk All Theatre* Coatrolled br 

STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA 

A route of 16 weeks within 200 miles of New Xork 
Artists {nvltcd to book direct 



1560 Broadway 



New York City 



323-5 Wort 4eth Street, Bait* «0S 



MAJESTIC THEATRICAL CIRCUIT, Inc. 



JACK GOLDBKRO, President 



BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY 
COLORED THEATRES and ATTRACTIONS 



METROPOLITAN BOOKING OFFICES 

INC. 

"METROPOLITAN VAUDEVILLE** 

306 STUART STREET, BOSTON HANCOCK 2566 

Fn«I N. Dealsb, Boss FrUoo, "Doc" Breed, Joseph Sullivan. Louis E. Walters 



1660 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 

HABBS PADDEN, Manager 



BRYANT 4205 



Say ** Loew* 
for Shows 



»> 




WH I T E 



Say "Whitehcavks*' 
for Applause 



And HIS WHITEHAWKS 

Featuring RUTH STANLEY and ETHEL ALDERSON 
11— REAL ARTISTS IN A NEW BAND IDEA — 11 



LOEW'S STATE, NEW YORK, NOW 

ENTIRE CIRCUIT TO FOLLOW 



Direction JOHNNY HYDE 
WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE 



BACK AGAIN AT THE PALACE, N EW Y ORK, THIS WEEK (JULY 2) 

""''■^ " :^'" "^"' GENE^^'" — ™— ■ - - - , -.^ 



HARNEY and CONNORS 



FEATURING OUR NEW COMI-COLLEGIATE DANCE 



with "C. B. MADDOCKS' TRICKS" 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



S7 



METROPOLITAN 

(LOS A^M5ELES) 

Los Angeles, June 30. 



debut» came tearinjg on with seven 
lea(?ue strides, arms and legs °wind- 
mllUng at a terrific pace. She 
socked the customers right on the 
button for a clean-cut k. o. in one 



AVALON 

(WIRED) 
(Chicago) 

Chicago, June 28. 



Ruth Roland, one tinie serial round, Nell was scheduled several 
«iicen of the movies, who has s^ce j^^^^^j^g for an appearance at | Is one of the' former Cooney Bros. 
?eat)ed a fortune in real estate ^j^^ j^^^^y^ g^e is perhaps not 



all houses now. operated by James J 



pop airs. Then International news 
reel. 

Hertz played an organ noVelty 
that revealed just what can be ex- 
tracted from this musical instru- 
ment, with accompanying slides, 
that clicked handily. .'He was tend- 
ered a big ovation. An Oswald com- 
edy and then a feature reel, show- 
ing San Francisco 25 ycai-s ago, Just 



Ground this' town, formally made Kj^g^ ..jj^^ cathedral" would ask in Costen in the interests, of eastern 

her bow in picture houses on tne i ^i^^^g^y dignified entertainment bond houses. Costen hus bettered ^ 

Coast with her personal appearance aj^g ja everything that any aver- the circuit noticeably, but he may preceding the earthquake and flrc, 
for one week at the Met. Miss KO- fan will like as a rip-snorting, get air -^hen stockholders raise and thence down to the present day 
land's future Itinerary along the_cir- ^ang-up comedy wow. It is seldom enough coin to repay and attempt to I a gireat novelty 
cult depends oiv what she^w^^^ In a picture house that a turn is run the houses themselves. pj^^ three acts typically small 

in this house. With a weak picture^^^^ Nell's was.; "Minstrel Days" might be an over- time, but two scoring easily. Two 

Bebe Daniels in office The settings for the unit are worked stage band Idea, but Charlie Jansleys, aerial act, with the man 

" " ' tasteful in firecracker ^ed with 6c- HOgan. booked In Coleman Qoetz, doing the top 



STATE 

(WIRED) 
(Minneapolis) 

Minneapolis, June 28. , 
Dospito the opposition of Paul 
"Whiteman, who drew astounding 
business to the Minnesota, the semi- 
annual kiddies' revue, always ^3ure- 
tiro box office here, attracted highly 
profitable patronage to tiie State. 
Entire ci'cdit for the healthy draw 
m^ist go to the . yQimgsters, as tho 
filrn feature, "Good Morn inpr, Judge," 
and the show as a . whole were be- 
low par for this house. 



cdunter-balariclng^the^ box i tasteful In firecracKer rea wiin oc- i xauB'tn uuukcii voieiuuu mwi;^, l aoing me top worK, ana snowmg a r The curreht revue was labeled 

*"^i?fK«d^teDDera'' u^^^^^ caslonal inserted tableaux of Chi- Toots^Novelle Pat Pagettc, Ronnie lot of skill. Deuce spot filled by two .-Hello AiScvn." Th 

Ington'8 "Steps and Steppers ^unu ^ Tassels, quaint hanging and Eddie. McKenzie and Bishop, colored hoofers, McDonnell and Mc- sett inc ocean liner diffiWd from 

in the stage ^he consensus of^opln. Jge^^ 3^^^g,ous brocaded and made it the strongest show the Conn. They mopped up. . aSuifng thS el^r 'hid be^h 3 

Xon ^«^l*^^lJ^'^V^;^raw t^^^ satins of the Chi- house has had In months. Third. Delmor and Moore, song before. Kntcrtainment was modeled 

credited wim wiu^ I.. neae performers all help to make Routining was natural and easy, ahd dance revue. Man and four along routine lines. All the revues 

would be. _ ■ • the unit a stand-but. . Baild and acts paraded down the girls. Not anything special, Tlien are pretty much the same, it ap- 

The Met has been ■2'' „^ Its all-Chinese personnel provides aisles at the starts "seated tjiemselvcs m^^^ and Towne. comedy singing parently . being difficult to devise 

the chin for many ^ f;"j7 gr^^ Mr. on a terrace in an arched, red, full and talking, with Johnny Morris even an appearance of newness of 
with the Daniels screen nantie •'"^M -yv^u jnjitates Eddie Cantor Mid Al stage set decorated with large tarn- panicking them with, his coincdy. novelty. In this instance it did hot 

about played oV\. *^ ♦i**B^ior?^ Jolson not too accurately, but of bouvines. Dell Lampe, m, c , inter- He revealed plenty of talent. A. seem as though the t.alerit Was up 

week's gross -^^'w^^ Its way He also does a locuted, With Goetz and Pagette, show stopper here. to past standards, or, at least, it ap-r 

was expected to ensemble number called end men, in blackface. Novel le ap- Closing, and holding the stage for P-}^^?^"^ ^''^ 

- — A-i^ tw^^^e- first an wnusiial L^^ of an hour-considerably advantage as usual, ^ 

Mlsa RolaSd went Chinese gal named Mis* Kee Kee acrobatic dance and then before Jong-were BahkofI and Girlie; ,„^P"="^"lfl^'=^* ^^''^ o/ ^.["^Y- 
ment on Mls^ «oiana ^we^^ " : . . black drapes with an illuminated Elaborate production that brought M^S^^ ^^^P w»th the Statue of Li^^^ 

A Chinese version of the Flora- F^e^^** attached to hia body, p^^nt ©f Individual talent A ^nd ^ho^^^^ line^coming into^ view. 

A crimes? ,^«rf*^" Both were isolid punch spots, giving ^^f ,i eiris with a couole of ^^e kiddies on the deck of the ves- 

?Sed^ uhU ¥aS O^ltSed the boy. an open d^r^o aU picture ^^fsll vrov& Backoff S*^l^s ^^ATu '"/^TJt^^ 
turned the unit. , Paul uscara siagep q^^^^ ^ae^ the same gags partner With a fine background and two adults n. the^act. representing 

^ _ ■ for end work as In the B. & K. {he act scored solidly Between ^" ^'"^'GTation- pfflcial, that before 

vruo ^ , Nee Wong, last on thePantages L„i„gtrel unit, but they're his and [Changes of seines an unproCTamedth^^ in the United States 

of the Met, can go credit for pro- Circuit, is in the unit. Wong bil s K^f^nt over as new here. Later he Ljomifc pulled a Ted Lewis and thehv they would have to show Uncle Sam 
motliig one of the neatest exploita- himself as "The Chinese Ukiilele ".inched himself with a comedy num- L-re ui> straw hats a la Jack Rose, h^hat they could do. In turn, then, 
Sve campaigns, in connectioii with Ike'Vand sings like an Oriental Bmll hjer and a heart-breaking ditty, the while he clowned all over the they stepped down from the. deck 
Miss Roland's appearance. It helped. Boreo. He is a wlz on the strings Ubout a dying babe, that he wrote aproh His falls provided plenty of ^nd through one of the ship's exits 
BuSness on the opening day, Satur- but his Shanghai yodeling is his himself, : fSs Sd tow:S-d {hf the footlights, where they did 

day, was above average, with five best, leverage for applause. ; McKenzie and Bishop, In b. f. here, glowed the customers he had real their slnging^ and dancing, 

shows Saturday and Sunday. Very short and direct from the] are a straight male harmony team talent ^ lu master of ceremoniea 

Miss Roland'came on in the mid- storehouse, its cobwebs dusted >ff. capable of an early spot They at- Bankolt and Girlie did some Rus- "l^de the announcements^ for .ea^^ 
die Of the stage show. Introduced Is the opening overture, "Spirit of tempt to put over nothing but the g,an steps and near the finish they act. The J^^^S V^^l^r^^^^^ 
bv Jules Buffano, guest band leader '76" with the famous fife and drum voices. Pagette plays harmonica L.ame oh for some more .whirlwind, '"^fl"? «7 Wo>f^" «^ 

tSiAm. c, after a trailer was reeled trio getting the, center frame and and bliies up the folk songs. • A gtuffv For a flash finale a fegulatipn ^^^^^'^t^^^^^nfL" m*t^^^ 

off giving the highlights of Miss Ro- the army apd navy getting one spot good ori and off specialty Complet- airplane hung from the flies, filled "J^^rnrfnn ^^^^^ 
laiid's past screen career. AcUon each on the flanks. ng act. Sonnie and Eddie (colored) ^^ith girls, with propeller working. ^Pff^^^Pj/.^J^^^^ supposed 



Into the house was a percentage one, 
Bet above a certain figure that made 
the deal an equal one on both sides; 
besides a safe and sound proposi 
tlon. . ■ 
To Gus Bysert, managing director 



film 



and all whooping it up for a fast 



was fast in the film, running six paramount is now using a Krazy were, accepted t!..;.w^^^v,nnf^r? h'^^ all whooping it up for a fast """^Si the best liked of the iuv- 

minutes^ lending color, to. Miss Ro- Kat cartoon comic every week, house tap and acrobatic hoofers finish. A class offering, but too long 

land's personality when she walked pro^ably an aid to a good spill on Ballet drew an encore out ora spot | ^hen „iaced with four other acts. I . Pf^^^^r^^ 

on. Met with a nice reception. the crowded performances but more wherein they put small dolls through. 

With no apologies or prentese. likely the fruit of a ; squawk ^by a «h^^^^^ 

Miss Roland went i-ight Into a pop Charles B, Mintz, who was reported r?ctwe. Finale naa tne company 



aong Which She delivered okey, con- several months ago as disgrunt^ siafe^hlir silhoaettes being visible 

Bidering that her professional ex- with his breaks as a short subject ^tage, their s^ilhoi^^^ 

Serlence on the stage Is limited. An producer; releasing through Par- before the If .^ehted tambo^n 

impression of Ted Lewis doing "Me amount. Lo^^fr&fer the c'oS^ 

ahd My Shadow," with the aid of cal Coolidge, looking very sad. afi^^J and "air ^SStl 

a little colored tot was neatly done ^as applauded in the newsreel but g^f^ ?eSy has tlS^organl 

and followed by a ballad. About a1 Smith brought down the house. Jg^^^ 

nine minutes in all and satisfactory. Eoery and Hatton in "The Big Kill- laccoraea a spot nere. i^ooa i«ur 



flnrv^ripH shows with hundreds turned away 
darkened | _ . Edwards. 



When placed with four other a^ts,. ^ ^s^*,*'a;^'^en^Dev^ Ths 
Screen feature, "We Americans ' former is a half-pint size picka- 
(U). Opening _night two_ capacity [ ninny, six years old, who, made up 

^^^^jj ^^j^^^^^ a hula-hula 

dancer, did some hot dancing that 
provoked , considerable enthusiasm. 
Miss McDevltt is a "blues" singer. : 
Both have appeared, in other State 
kiddle revues. 

Aniong the others. :were/ four 
pretty maidens nicely costumed In 
the "Varsity Drag";; five-year old' 



LOEWS STATE 

(LOS ANGELES) 

Los Angeles, June 29. 



, - Inir judee'' (tl) featiire. and "Lucky Fanchon and Marco's "Bandj^^ five-year old 

While Miss Boland may not break ing'? (Par). on the screen. ^^ar- e \ / _ short, com^. Idea, starting its tour from this Teddy Eddy and Patricia and Gene-. 



any house records here shei will be amount is now priced at $1 flat for 



credited though for all over about 
)16.000 the house may do on the 
week.. 

Partington's unit with. Ilonaay 
Bailey, Charles Huey, Glen; £uid Jen- 
kins and an ensemble of mixed stepi- 
pers (12) ran off in shape with the 
exception of a slight impediment In 
the line. One of the girls, turned.an 
ankle in the first show and was out 
for the rest of the day. The acci- 
dent was covered, up . neatly and 
probably indistingiiishable to lity 
optics. 

Miss Bailey, consistent and good 
songstress who hales from Chicago, 
scored with her numbers and 
showed a marked improvement 
since last seen around the Chi pic- 
ture houses; Huey, personality lad 
and intrepid whistler, looked okey, 
while Gleh ahd Jenkins, with their 
"darktown" messln* around, dis- 
bursed the laughs in the layout. 

The Itneup of boys and girls 
worked around the ishow In good 
style aided by effects of lights and 
.colors. Buffano's method tff m.clng 
Wasnt anything to brag about with 
about all in his favor a nice smile 
and personable appear'ance. His 
work with the baton was much bet- 
tet-. 

The band under Buffano's dlrec 
tlon and Interspersing with lyrics, 
meted out a good arrangement of 
"That's My Weakness Now," a new 
one around this town. 
.V Stage portion in toto ran for 
around 40 minutes with Herb Kern, 
organist, not getting a chance to do 
the feature stuff this time, but 
handling the screen subjects in 
straight style and methodically 
Paramount Newsreel, cartying six 
items, Including some shots the 
Democratic convention. Added 
short subject was e Fables cartoon 



the cream days and performances. 
It was formerly 90 cents plue nine 
for Uncle Sam or .99 for the show 
shoppers. That should materially 
help grosses 
A song piugger named Gordon 



Loop. 



house, brought back to town Eddie vieve Lewis, small for their, age, 

Peabody, for the one week. While who appeared as Japs and scored 

this latest P. & M- unit measured In song a«d dance numbers; Ame- 

up in quantitative quality to any lia Rogers; remarkable Oriental and 

of the others, it lacks a good deal acrobatic dancer, etc. 
(SAN FRANCISCO) | in actual talent. There aire the No Vitaphone shorts. Usual bver- 

«?aTi Francisco June 29. 1 16 winners of the Los Angeles '.'Ex- ture also eliminated. Balance of the 

^^?^K^^tJ^'^^^\ Ackerma^. ^Is & Oppen..to- fes^^ in | program- consisted of the news 



EL CAPITAN 



tprri?ntPd Jesse Crawford's organ 1 .n.i;ivc»ju«ai. - "PP«n ^^ Venice under the title of a Movie weekly, Charlie Chase comedy, and 

terrupted ''^.^J^^^^^-'tf^.^ idea, night opened their new El Capltan, t.^iA^ t,-r.r^ T..,rnriln£r the Larrv Goldbere orean concert, 

concert to sing a. song. ^ The laea, J'.art Lid Mission stre< 



weren't fooled. 



iMtid. 



tiouspicture-vaudehouses. JBl Cap-. g ^^^^ is even of less worth. 
Itan represents an _ investment ol [ jjoweyer, they do not go . any fur- 



ORIENTAL ■ lfrtt''»^.Snr™S<i?i^^ on theolrcult 

(-L.v~ L.,.r." Uni.) fJl-SI-'SISlS.' 

(CHICAGO) I Building is of Spanish Renaissance 

Chicago. June 28. Uype, with a Moorish moltf. Con- 
Ai v-««t« hmueht the Oriental struction work was started in Feb- 



irSq- w..h j«.^ <j| te'„,,^fS,Sl a.* associate 

funny^ faces. He is. perhaps, best JfJ^^^y^^ ,g entrance from Capp 
defined as a Clown. . street to accommodate patrons using 

McDermott produced this wecKs Uhe auto parking space in the rear. 
"Levee Lovers." Poorly titled out .phls promenade foyer encircles the 
otherwise okay. Curtain is elevated auditorium and is flanked at either 
on a scrim depicting the business i^^ grand stairways leading to 
section of an old southern town. loggia, overlooking the. prom- 

Seated on steps, in front of the ^^^^^ 

scrim's tavern. Is George Dewey walls are tapestries and 

Washington, Band, conc^i^d, goes 1^^^^ ^j^^ work of Albert Herter. 
into "My Old Kentucky Home. ^ u^^^^^ promenade foyer entrance 
drop in back of the scrim rises, as the auditorium proper 

does the scrim itself, and discloses r^^^^^^j^ paneled Spanish doors, 
the band on. the deck of a. nye^_Uph Jn Celling Is old. Spanish 
Bales of cotton are on the " ^'"^ ^ ..... 



This unit would have tightened 



MICHFGAN 

(DETROIT) 

Detroit, jlihe 29. 
Frank Beaston, the Jphhhy Dund 



up and gone along at a much faster /T,^'' . ^^asion, jpnnny x^uhu 
clip without these gais. Cleo Wood, I of "Excess Baggage," Is ,the_new 
young, has an embryonic soprano, 
built for operatic lines and to whom 
the stage is, in iall evidence, new. 
Miss Wood has quality in her voice, 



m.. c. at the big Mich IgaA. Frona 
the Juvenile lead roliei of a non- 
musical legit show to . th0 person* 
ality draw assignment at. one of the 



PARAMOUNT 

("Chinese Niflhts" Unit) 
(NEW yORK) 

New York, June 30. 

Chinese vo-de-o-do plus Nell 
Kelly, the angular Fanchon and 
Marco protege, are the highlights of 
a stage show ( that has Paul Ash 
in the pit and may be the beginning 
of an anticipated series of Publix 
units \.hich will chase stage bands 
down into the trenches. 

'X3hinese Nights In San Fran- 
cisco" has for its nucleus the "Hon- 
orable Mr. Wu," Chinese gentleman 
of quiet voice and manner, and a 
chorus of Chinese lads and lassies. 
It is an all-Chinese affair with the 
exception of Miss Kelly. Mr. Wu 
and his associates appeared pre- 
^viously^on^the^Coast:^s.^a^ail chon 

and Marco "Idea." 

Putting the stage boys in the pit 
Is new to New York and the east 
but commonplace on the West 
Ceast where special shows requiring 
complete sovereignty of the rostrum 
come through every other month or 
so, and have since Fanchon and 
Marco founded their dynasty. 

Miss Kelly, making her eastern 



boat. Bales pt cotion are "J- beamed, backed by a midnight sky 
stage to depict the dock. ^ Musicians ^^^^jn'^ g^ld stars. The arched 
are attired in overalls of green ana ^ j^fts and the proscenium are 
red striped silk. House ballet does .^ith gold and cerise. Or- 

some stepping In appropriate cos- k^hestra pit has ample accommoda- 
tumes. tlons for 60 pieces. A feature Is an 

Kvaie enters to lead a hot number, electrically operated organ console 
chorusing it himsflf with, a clarinet. Uft, . ■ , . . ^ 

Then the Lucille Sisters, one of the A modern stage. BO feet wide, with 
better presentation sister teams, do depth of 35 feet, the largest In 
an excellent Topsy and Eva bit. prahcisco. More than a dozen 

Their sob harmony Is good. dressing rooms back stage, with 

Next Jerrie. This lad plays a shower baths and BanitaUon.^Light- 
mean accordion. He is a comer if ing scheme is unusually attractive^ 
heUl develop the accordion and go Fixtures throughout are finished to 
?n a little less strong for hippy represent old rusty ron, with the 
m a iitue le f . ,,.,. „r„* details brought out in a soft gold 

with touches of red and blue to har- 
monize. . , , . , 
Front section of the balcony is 
given over to loges, with the total 
seating capacity slightly in excess 
of 3 100. A weekly change policy 
of first run pictures and fiyo acts 
of A & H vaude will prevail, with 
the house scaled at 35 cents nights 
and 25 cent.s matinoe.s, and a stand- 
ard -priee-for-childr-en..p£^i(kCiinta:Jki 
all times. 



dancing. After this came Milt Wat 
son for several songs. Kvale and 
Watson are pals of the old Ash days, 
and clown together effectively. At 
this juncture ballet was on again 
in pink and white hoop skirt cre- 
ations. Ariother band number, with 
a chorus by Ned Miller, a song 
writer well known to the Oriental 
crowd. Lacks stage presence but 
can ^sing a song. ^ ' 

Registering as tFe (Tislincf=^lf of 
the show was Jack Joyce. Mono- 
pedlc dancer. ^ „«^„a 

Washington sang three songs 
very well. Show closes with bhnk- 
inff lights and a hot jazz number 
which finds Jerrie centered in the 
.lancing bullet.. Picture, "The Mich- 
igan Kid" (U), and business ca- 
pacity. i-OOP- 



John J. Cluxton, for 22 years with 
Alexander PantagCJ, Is managing 
director of El Capitan. 

Show opening night ran fully four 
hours, primarily due to length of 
feature vaudo act, Bankoff ami 
Girlie, almost an hour, Mel Hertz 
organist, started with a medley ol 



lt^i,.^^AA intermediary experience or tralmng, 

delivered, ■ may be a record. • 

Aniong the regulars in this show, Nice boy, Beaston. Million dol- 
only one, Gogo Delys, has been seen U^j. gj^jlg appearance, pep and fair 
around before; She was formerly musical ability. But If he has es* 
known as Gbgo. Besides acquli-ing tablished a long Jump record, from 
a second monicker, this gal_has im- non-musical legit to musical pres- 
proved by leaps and bounds. Her j-^^^jj^^j^jj other pofential masters of 
stage careef is yet young, havin*; igj,pj^Q^jgg should let him hold It. 
graduated but a year or^ so ago the moment he walks on 

from the University of Southern 3^,^^^^^^^ reveals a glaring lack, of 
CaUfornia. Gogo, though ^still a lit- j^j^^^jg^jg^ his new Job. Which 
tie weak-lunged, now delivers a severely questions the sagacity of 
light ballad in nice style and car- his sponsors in »>ring him along 89 
rles her stage personality well along fj^g^^ There mu.st be lesser towns 
with that. and theatres, where Beaston might 

The rest of the bill has Walter have found his bearings. 
Bradbury, dancer; Dorothy ,and Little doubt that Beaston will de- 
Leona, acro-dancing team; Ken- yelop, for he has all the natural 
neth MacKinnon, youthful prodigy, abilities and almost enough to cover 
and Jlmmie Maisell, Pcabody's co- .present short-comings,- but -they're, 
worker at the banjo. Bradbury's handicapping him greatly by in- 
easy splits and knee drops gets by stalling him before a picture house 
okay for the first specialty in the audience that knows its picture 
layoiit, with the two girls. bettering houses, and m. c.'s as well as any- 
that with their bends and twirls. . U^here. 

The McKinnoh kid Is just a tot, ^s the wise-cracking Johnny 
but clever. For his age the kid Is Dunn of "Baggage," teamed up In 
a, wlz at the xylophoniTand can.irat- that- show with one of. those 
tie a few Intollfgent bars bri the U^other-daughtcr "sister" teams, he 
trap drums. The grown-ups will, go caused the Balaban & Katz master 
for iiim. mind department to get stuck on 

Peabody In front of the band him whrle^playmg Chicago. A bU 
skinned through hi.s duties with no odd that B. & K., being sold, didnt 
SSy and brought out the boys keep him in Chi wh ch is just^J^ 
for several well arranged pop num- good a town as Detroit—for m.^c. 3. 
bers credited to Ernie Wehl, pian- Though there is a musicians union 
ist 'Alone and in a few sequenced in that city and a guy named Jlm- 
With Maisell, Peabody concluded .-if- my Petrillo running it, which might 
fairs on the banjo and guitar, get- bo the reason. , . T>»«c.f«« 

ting to some vocal accompaniment. . Another bad break for Beaston 
With Peabody going It alone on re- In the first presontment to support 
micsts thrLige portion ran for him. the "Kat Kabaref unit, long 
more than 50 minutes at the second on R. H. Burnslde's P'-oduction end 
.Tow Friday afternoon. ; but anemic In talent. And worse 

• J, Wesley Lord occupied the jet a f n,.„^^^^^^^^ 
organ period to advantage by g.v- h"^t t'^^^^^f^'^^^^* helpful.'^ The 
ing the customers abreak to the moro \'^\'r.'^^f,j^^ptrsin^^ whose en- 
ll]^rWmeloaies=™^ 

Lord s mea | b ^^^^^j^^j should have educated 



slides on the screen . limlu. n..««... 

for his novelty was an assor men ine b"^^!--' amc<i V.H well as Ginger 
of p.-u-odies on pop numbers old and J^^^J^^^" / ^adly a.^ Ginger fared 
...... Met with approval. „ , I with the Capitol'.^ "wLsc" audience. 



new 



Screen fe.aturc "Heart of a ^ol- , >^^'--— ^--^-j^^^^^^y ^^^^jhle that the 
lios Girl' (F. N.). . , , ■ , f,^^t MIchiirJin'B more subdued patronage 

Trade started off bri.'jkly the first ^'^^'^/^"o^t'l^ued on page 38) 
day. IV 



38 



VARIETY 



NEW ACTS 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



EVA L^E GALLIENE and CO. 
"Romeo and Juliet" 
11 Mine.; Full Stage (Special) 
Palace (St. V) 

Eva Le Galliene, who in the 
modest billihe: oj the Keith's press 
deitartment, is the "Marvelously. 
Clever Youns. Genius 'of the Ameri- 
can Stage," la held over at the Pal- 
ace for her second Aveek, 

To Donald . Cameron's "Romeo," 
sh6 "Juliets';, to. the, satisfaction of 
the PaUace patrons looking beautiful 
and interesting under Mr. Ken- 
nedj''s 'moonlight. Judging by the 
applause she does, right by our 
"VV'ill. At least she enunciates the 
beautiful lines of Shakespeare, no 
plight conslderatiou In a vaudeville 
house where they get restless easily. 

The balcony scene has been seen 
In Viaudeville so often that a lot of 
the folks , think : It's a vaudeville 
sketch. Depending as it does, upon 
voice technique instead of the 
nsual vocal pyrotechnics of the 
usual legits ideia of what vaude- 
vilie audiences should be shown. 
It's a happy choice.. In this case. 
It serves to enable Miss. Le .Gal- 
liene to spend her second week at 
the Palace in a much more inter- 
esting skit than her opening week's 
sketch. 

However she doesn't wear as well 
as Frank Fay did. Con. 



DELVEY SISTERS (2) 
Violins and Songs 
One 

5th Av6. (V-P) 

Amateurish sort of a violin play- 
Ing-harmony singing sister turn 
that looks as though the two girls 
might have been members of a . girls' 
orchestra at one time. They, open 
with a harmony song that is pretty 
bad, but finish better with "R6-" 
mbna'! while on- the strings. 

In between the girls besides strip- 
ping from a sort of . hoop skirt to a 
full skirt dress beneath, play the 
violin and fairly: well. One of the 
:girlg is trying to be a comedienne 
while doing "Turkey In the Straw" 
tis others have done it without; the 
instruments, particularly • Pat 
Rooney. 

Girls had better be framed up 
properly before the fall ^ason ar- 
rives or the coffee and cake cir- 
cuit will get them. 



DICK HENDERSON 

Comedian 

19 Mins.; One 

Palace (St. V) 

irero's a comic the Keith pfeople 
ought to sow up with one of those 
long term businesses. With ma- 
terial he could , top any Vaudoville 
bill on a return engagement, if 
given the support of a big league 
publicity department. 

Dick Henderson is thoroughly 
Americanized, so much so that if 
there is any yestlge: of his original 
routine remaining it is uiinotlce- 
able. He has picked up a flock of 
familiar, gags but It is delivery that 
stands out. 

He works fast and doesn't wait 
for laughs, jumping to the begin- 
ning of his next one before pausing 
for the last. echo. .He has a splen- 
did singing ^oide, opening offstage 
with a serious effort and then walk- 
ing on to get a lau^h on appearance. 
He Is short, pudgy and wears a 
trick hat, sizes too small. 

His pantomime and sense, of, 
travesty are used to great effect 
when he . sings a ballad, burlesquing 
(without announcement) different 
affected singers' styles. His closing 
number lis a fast pop son.fe, in which 
he does a very funny dance .bur- 
lesque on the current "Varsity 
Drag," black bottom, stomp and 
other Harlem originations, , 

Henderson is sure fire as Is but 
with fresh material could write ii is 
own, ticket on this side. He 
whammed- them No. 4 at this house 
and should have been next to 
closing; ~- 

iBet for talking shorts. <^on. . 



HARMONY REVELLERS (13) 
Band 

12 Mins.; Full Stage 
81st St. <V-P) 

Working for 55 minutes on the 
stage as part of "Syncopation Gale- 
ties," presentation, it is difllcult to 
Judge the time length the act would 
ordinarily ocdUpy if . by Itself. 

With a couple of sets of familiar 
hoofers and some horrible, comedy 
attempts by members of the band 
trying solo hoofing, the band Is still 
a wellrroutlned congregation and 
rises above the rating of the ama- 
teurish song and dance men by de- 
livering several peppy ja^z tunes 
that scoried heavily. 

Hoofers and comedians should be 
cut down on time If band is routed 
separately. Pleasing selections and 
surefire orchestrations. Cornet 
soloist an outstander. Moru 



EWING EATON 
Music, Songs, Dances 
13 Mins.; One 
Palace (St. V) 

Ewing Eaton In tuxedo trousers 
and Eton jacket opens with violin 
and song gradually going into 
dance. Her voice is just so so but 
she can dance for anybody's, dough. 

To violin accompaniment she does 
a graceful waltz and a, bit of tap 
dancing and with the orchestra 
slams over a whaJe of an acrobatic 
eccpntric routine. She also' sells, a 
violin Solo acceptably. 

iElblled up an unusual volume'- of 
applause at the Pdlace No. 2, 
Started five years ago In plctUrie 
houses and has been' In musical 
comedy on the way up. 

Miss Eaton's dancing will make 
her stand out in any comipany. 

• V ' Con. ■ 



Film House Reviews 



"THE BOAT SHOW" (7) 
Revue . 

18 Mins.; One and Full Stage 
Lincoln Sq. (VrP) 

Not even a parody on the Zlegfeld 
m'usical show except the suggesr 
tiveness of the title. Ordinary rou- 
tine dancing mostly^ with violin- 
acrobatic single thrown in.^ No 
flashy costumes nor scenery. Sat- 
isfactory to audiences . of grind 
houses. 

Opens with special drop of sun 
On ocean, in "one." Two girls in 
sailor garb duet topped off by tap 
dance when drop goes up to full 
stage scene on. boat. Special stage* 
used for entrance by specialties. 
Lad in ^officer's uniform serves as 
announcer. 

First of specialties is toe dancer, 
followed by quartet of men and 
girls who do comedy dance. An- 
nouncer then does an impersonation 
of Harold Lloyd, okay until , he at- 
tempts to ape Lloyd's mannerisms. 
Not so hot but gets applause. Next 
Is sister team in semi-tap dance, 
Badly paired as to build, made 
worse by clash in colors of outfits 
Blonde girl fiddler and contor- 
tionist gets biggest applause, al- 
though her personality registers 
practically nil. . ' ; • 

Conception of vaude show in 1895 
work review of performers In re- 
galia of that time. 



LOMAX AND JOHNSON 

Piano Act 

13 Mins.; On© 

State (V-P) 

Two man colored combo in formal 
evening dress, with their act valufl 
as staid. In the .main, as theii' at- 
tire. The singer goes in for . one 
of those, hear- John Steel top notes 
and misses Invariably. The pianist 
is the hotsyrtotsy baby biit under 
wraps because of the McCormack- 
ish pard. 

One of those ja,zz vs. opera finales 
is resorted to but a routine encore 
pepped It up for a fair score In the 
deuce. , 

Lomax and Johnson could forget 
their Chautauqua conception of 
vaude value to advantage and also 
eliminate the aesthetic manifesta- 
tions in favor tjf sturdier whlz-bang 
stuff with which the racial enter- 
tainer is so closely identified and 
with which he finds general favor. 

, . Abel. 



MAY and WALLACE (2) 
Comedy and Song 
15 Mins.; One 
81st St. (V-P) 

Marty May introduces himself as 
a clever straight-faced comedian 
Affecting an Intimate, even affection- 
ate manner which the customers 
found not unpleasant.' Plenty "of 
good material and delivers in fine 
style. 

With a,^irl who appeal's halfway 
through. May closes with a banjo 
recital, using a short whiskbrbom 
Instead of fingers, -to strong >; re- 
turns.'' ,■.■'■■..■ 

Appearing here without scenic 
.settings, but with a stage band 
(Harmony Revelers), In the back- 
ground helping for effects. May 
easily topped everything on the light 
bill, Moru 



ARCO and MIGNON (2) 
Dancing 

10 Mins.; One 
.Academy, Chicago (V-P) 

Mixed dance team, specialists, 
with small time capabilities at pres- 
ent. They start with a Bowery rou- 
tine for laughs and getting a few, 
"Next"ls"tme'^rt'-thOTe^back-^bend-con— 
tortlon bits by the girl, worked in 
plenty of bare akin for good male 
appeal. The man finishes with an 
acrobatic soft shoe number — the 
best thing the act has. 

Worked In "one," and opened here. 
Just fair neighborhood stuff now, 
with ability to improve. 



CARL and NEIL FLETCHER 
Song and Dance 
12 Mins.; One 
American (V-P) 

Clean cut male team in Tuxedo 
costumes and polite comedy talk to 
match. Sing agreeably and ex 
change mild talk suavely. Lyrics 
run to blue shadings which got 
them solid with the American clien- 
tele. 

Quiet opening, but build to first 
class applause finale with unison 
stepping, soft shoe eccentric. No 
.2_here. and excellent for the spot. 

Rush. 



FRANK VIOLA and Co. (2) 
Balancing 
12 Mins.; Full Stage 
86th St. (V-P) 

Frank yJola is assisted by two 
women. The younger holds a ladder 
with her feet and supports both 
Viola and the other Woman. 

Big, flashy, circusy thrill is Viola's 
head stand on the flying trapieze 
without hand or arm hold. He 
makes a lot of it. Corking trick 
as he works it. Mark. 



SAUL BRILLIANT and CO. (8) 
Comedy and song 
10 Mins.;. One 
Academy (V-P) 

Nut comedy trio, two men and a 
woman, the latter opening at the 
piano; Delivery not . over strong 
and material may be sufllcient for 
lower grade vaude houses but un- 
certain elsewhere. 

Saul Brilliant work's with a plant 
at the start, bringing him up . on 
the stage for a couple of vocal num- 
bers, accompanied by a uke. That 
should get across. The plant has 
an eccentric comedy twist in his 
voice, quickly apparent and liked 
here, j^ori. 



(Continued, from pago 37) 



could be more of a meanie. When 
an ordinarily .well-mannered audi- 
ence snickers, it can't be the fault 
of the audience. Not when Ginger 
Rogers starts to baby- talk, walk 
pigeon-toed and becomes overly af- 
fected. And when they start to Svalk 
in the inJddle of a first show, there's 
no argument. "They did Just that 
when Ginger faked a dance to ren- 
der an . unwarranted encore. This 
sort of entertalnmcht cannot pos- 
sibly do the Michigan any good. 

Ginger Is a woWn from reports, At 
the Oriental, Chicago. She Is doubt- 
lessly okay there Or for any other 
place that wants to see her, omltr 
ting Detroit.. . 

Beaston's personal contrlbutlQ;ns 
were somie snappy band conducting, 
a song bit with Miss Rogers In 
which he almost, but not qtiite, 
saved, the girl, and a vocal solo. 
Latter might haVe been sliced or 
cohflned. to a chorus with the band, 
^after hearing Beaston's^ so-so sing- 
ing voice. Another thing he should 
learn is to keep off the trough and 
stay .oh the boards, when singing, 
also after hearing his voice: 

Besides the stage show, some 
very excellent house stuff this week. 
Overture by Ed Werner's pit .sym- 
phony, playing a medley of Tschal- 
kovi^sky tunes, musical gem. This 
orchestra rates with Spltalny's at the 
Chicago as topnotch over anything 
away from New York. Both Invari- 
ably stop their shows, a: feat sel- 
dom, if ever, accomplished with 
overtures before the 'day of picture 
h'ouses. 

Arthui- Gutow, working without 
the f rati this week, departs farther 
from the usual by omitting any 
semblanfee of a plug. He is using 
a Fleischer cartoon film, gaining 
laughs as weU as congregational re- 
sponse through a little not. rhyth- 
mically hopping from one word "In 
the Good Old Summer Tlnie" to an-^ 
other. ' 

Paramount news, with some local 
sh6t9 by the "Diaily News" inter- 
mingling. Aesop Fable short in this 
show as a filler. Latter type of junk 
is due for elimination when wiring 
of the Michigan Is completed In a 
few weeks. • 

Making it tougher ■ for Beaston, 
though building him tremendously, 
was the corking, exploitation cam- 
paign conductcd-by. the' Kunsky of- 
flve. Heavy attendance at the show 
caught, due in general to the com- 
bination of unusually strong adver- 
tising and the f feature picture, 
"Street of Sin" (Par). Bige. , 



SHERMAN and RYAN 
Singing and Comedy 
14 Mins.; One 
Lincoln Sq. 

Another one of those attempts to 
pull a, Van and Schenck. Gets over 
well with audience of this kind. 
Boys', voices harmonize but their 
diction is inclined to be unintel- 
ligible in spots. 

Fast opener with the hack re- 
quest for audience approbation. 
Followed by wop duet, for the 
usual number of laughs. Man at 
piano renders ballad solo, which 
could be greatly Improved in de- 
livery, but registers okay. 

Irish duet closes with applause 
hardly meriting encore. This is 
operatic burlesque on banana song 
and sends the performers away 
happy. 



PHIL and KITTY MOWARD 
Song and Dance 
11 Mins.; One 
American (V-P) 

Energetic boy and girl, agreeable 
voices and vigorous, capable step- 
pers, but of same type and style 
as "scorc"s"W ybtrFi~pc 
in. These two have the assurance 
that argues they have had some ex-' 
perlence. But they haven't yet de- 
veloped Individuality. 

Just pair of smiling, hardwork- 
ers who will in time take on ciiar- 
acter and an identity — or fade out. 

Rush. 



FOUR DIPLOMATS 
$ongs 

14 Mins.; One 
Academy (V-P) 

Neat- appearingf 'male' four^^ 
prefacing harmony singing with an 
Instrumental ensemble, clicking 
both ways, 

Gulta.r, banjo, 4ccordeon ahd sax 
are the instruments for the musical 
ensemble opener which they plant 
for tops. Discarding instruments, 
one boy takes the piano with all 
remaining for the ensuing numbers, 
all pops, delivered okay. 

Good deucer for vaude or pic- 
ture houses as demonstrated in No.. 
2 at this big house. Edba. 



CHARLES DTGHAN 
Acrobat 

9 Mins.; Full. Stage 
American (V-P) 

Light opener. Heavy set man in 
tuxedo Walks on, swinging a cane. 
Doffs jacket and goes into hand 
stand feats, some novel and re- 
markable considering the man's 
evident weight. ^ _ 

Hc~^op3~'a WFiolis~~3ort~of~"walk^ 
across stage on his hand.i, weaving 
from side to side as weight shifts 
slowly from both to one hand, hold- 
ing the single arm balance. 

Scarcely an act. at all. Maybe 
stop-gap turn of half a brother act, 
partherless for the time being. 

Rush. 



EASTMAN 

("L'Apache"— stage) 
ROCHESTER, N. Y- 

Rochester,- N. T., June 27. 
Gayne. Ralph Bunker shook the 
natives up again this week with 
"i." Apache," . slice of the Paris iin^ 
derworld. With the setting the fa- 
mous Cave of the Angels in Paris, 
Bunker presented, a series of spe- 
cialties that clicked from the open- 
ing ensemble to the .final "Ga c'est 
Paris!" 

The act Is ushered in with Mar- 
guerite LaLIberte, newcomer to the 
Eastman company and a lyric so- 
prano who started many grabbing 
for their programs, singing "Ca 
c'est Paris" behind closed curtain. 
The curtain rise reveals the revel- 
ers stepping around and greeting 
the arrival of a party of American 
sailors. 

Two of the girls have a spat over 
a blonde gob and one uses a' knife. 
As the gendarmes bust In, a dan- 
cer picks up- the punctured lady and 
waltzes around with her until the 
law departs. Florence Keczel, as 
a flower girl, sings "Vloletera" and 
Hugh Sbrensen, baritone, gets over 
with his "Matinatta." 

High spot of the presentation is 
th e -Apache- d ance, d oti e -by Th elma 
Blracree and iyan Triesault, dan 
cers, with Dot Drakeley's "Mon 
Homme" getting almost as much. 

The whole thing is in French and 
there was . much speculation as to 
how the audience might take it 
Eastman draw Is mostly , a class 
crowd and the "I'amOurS" went over 
like "The Sweetheart of Sigma Ghl." 

Conductor Victor Wagner had the 
70-plece orchestra playing Weber's 
"Freischutz" as the overture .and 
the feature -vvaig "The Drag net." 

OooMng. 



ROXY 

(WIRED) 
(New York) 

Nev/ York, June 30. 
House haa been struggling through 
a dull summer period which sud- 
denly descended upon it three weeka 
ago, A couple of bad pictures didn't 
help, but the situation ought to 
brighten a little thi« week. "The 
Michigan Kid" (U) is on the screea 
and there's an appropriate hot 
Weather show dh the stage. That 
means the stage end is light com- 
pared to what this. house usually do-, 
nates, but it nioves fast and had 
quality. 

Doubtful If throughout the past 
season any Broadway de luxe house 
has offered an overture superior to . 
this week's "Fosterlana" as played 
by the 7B pieces now In the pit 
This Is Maurice Baron's a,rrahge-: 
meTit of ' a series of Stephen Foster 
melodies, excellently played under 
Rapee at Saturday's first show. 
Any time an overture can go H min- 
utes and still get healthy, applause 
It holds s(?methlng. Following, 
Markert's contingent of .32 did a 
wooden soldier routine of various" 
stiff -legged formations, probably a 
repeat, to well earned appreciation. 
Girls handled the drill well under 
red and white, lights and before a 
back dr of mammoth toy soldiers 
in turn backed by a series of dual 
painted shadows. 

Beatrice Belkln immediately after 
in an Oriental set to sing "The Bell 
Song" from "Lakme." Lighting was 
effective oh the singer with green 
ahd . purple spots playing on her 
from the left, a red spot. from the 
right and. a yellow lamp, picking 
her out from the front of the house. 
Between Miss Belkin's voice, the 
lighting ahd the orchestra accom- 
paniment this Incident caught all 
the applause it was worth, ample; 

An ll-mlniite pantomimic ballet, 
skit, titled "Roxy's Ballet Class/' was 
away from the usual in unfolding 
a thread of a story revolving around 
an awkward pupil, Agnes deMllle, 
daughter of William deMllle, with 
Patricia Bowman cast as the 
ballerina and who turned loose 
a stage full of grace. Troubles 
Of Miss deMIllo were not without 
smiles, finishing as the girl repeat- 
ed over and over an elementary 
exercise in ballet work before & foot 
trough lamp which emphasized her 
shadow upon the back drop. Open- 
In^r of this scene was based on an 
Edgar Degas painting, posed behind 
a scrim, by the principals and 21 
of the house ballet, the transparent 
curtain flying as the action com- 
menced. Pretty. 

A 13-mtnute newsreel had three 
Movietone subjects inserted and all 
good. Finish of the Yale-Harvard 
crew'race at New London stood out 
because Of the yachts fcutting loose 
with their whistles as Yale ap- 
proaciied the finish well out front, 
and Al Smith's nomination at Hous- 
ton was showmanly presented 
through Franklin Roosevelt recit- 
ing parts of his nomination speech 
and as he reached , the governor'a 
name flashing to the demonstration 
which followed in the convention 
hall. Preceding this was the cere- 
mony of Trooping the Colors on 
King George's birthday. Sound reel 
has had the same regiments in 
other ceremonies, but always good, 
and this one especially so. If they 
ever get it In color it'll be sensa- 
tional. Otherwise Fox hit twice on 
the silent clips, International, M-G, 
and Paramount once. 

"On the Campus" was the final 
stage bit ahead of the feature. 
Employed the ballet, vocal chorus 
and Markcrt troupe with Locke, 
Harak and_Locke the. high applause 
point oh the .strength "of a military 
tap up and down stairs. Another 
trio, offering a Continental Idea of 
comedy, were mild. Charles Prevln 
led the cheering and glee club sing- 
ing, the Markerts hopping to it for 
a fast number as the ensemble 
punch. Set, an exterior, was nicely 
costumed and lighted. As far as 
electricity Is concerned there's no 
doubt this is the best lighted pic- 
ture house in the world. 

A Efolo organist kept the cu.stom- 
ers amuse at the main <'0J'.^°'* 
diirinlg the change over. Sia. 



ILL AND INJURED 

Sam Bradford, chief of police. 
M^G-M .studios, seriously injured in 
an auto collision, Hollywood, Cal. 

George C. Roberson (Rpberson- 
Smith Players7 recovering from at- 
tack of stomach trouble at the Mayo 
Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 
_ ^y^]!''j-^„No.rtonr.jrn^^ 
Music :^ox, Nevir York, -who was 
operated on for appendicitis two 
weeks ago, left the hospital last 
week and Is rapidly recuperating. 

Harland Dixon, sprained an ankle 
at tho Audubon last week. . 

Cancelled last half at Fox's 
Academy, 

Belle Ford, In private life tho wife 



of Jack McNevin. vaude booker, 
suffered a paralytic stroke of her 
left side last week at her home in 
Jackson Heights, L,. L J3h6 is » 
young woman, 

George Sidney, who became Ul. 1" 
Baltimore last week, is rt'ported 
slightly Improved. 

Bess Meredyth, M-G scenario 
"Witcnfi^ig^^lB ==^Hoiiyw0crd==liospitalr- 
Hollywood, Cal., suffering from glass 
cuts about the head and neck as 
a result of a collision with a hit 
and run driver. 

George Thomas, press agent for 
F. N., operated upon for appendi- 
citis in Hollywood. 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



39 



PALAC?: 

(St. Vaude) 

second half of the Palace bill de- 

foJr^fi carbon trouble, Monday 
The first half ran as sweet 
a Liberty motor. 

Second halt was slightly switched 
»fter the matinee. Miller and- DyleS. 

again in vaudeville, . were 
Sfofcd up one: notch, from next to 
rfSS to openins after Intermis- 
So5 Chamberlin and Himea 
™nvPfl down one peg. The switch 
S§d Ker and Lyles but xlldn't 
S the dancei's ^ho closed last 
tiek with "Here's Howe." The 
TM-oner switch would have been to 
«ftve them up to No. 4 and put 
Sick Henderson (New Acts) In the 
beavy spotk . . _ 

Henderson glommed the hit of the 
Wll in the four hole. Be is an im- 
Soitation With a million ^dollar de- 
f^ety and 10 cent material, mostly 
Rleaned from the current ^crop of 
Scotch gags, with heavy leanings 
foward "College Humor" and 
"Whiz Bang." Henderson came. by 
^av of Australia via Orpheum Clr- 
iuit east. In Los Angeles they spot- 
ted 'him No. 2 and he stopped it just 
as cold as he did at the Palace Moh- 

day- 

■ Eva Le Gallienhe (New Acts) in the 
Bhelf scene from "Romeo and Ju- 
liet " may have drawn a few of the 
Civic Art Leaguers but they^ were 
nretty well lost. "Romeo and Juliet" 
means Just about a;s much to a 
vaudeville box ofllce as the Austra- 
lian Paper Tearers would. They 



while two dancing boys strutted 
their stuff between changes. Good 
dance act but devoid of production 
ideas. . 

Four Diplomats (Now Acts) did 
a combine of instrumentals and 
harmony singing to ready response. 

Amac, . male illusionist, bewild- 
ered as usual with his disappearing 
girl illusion. Baffled here, although 
some of the skeptic's suspected 
twins, ^ ■ 

Lcnora's Sensational Steppers, 
secor/l of the dance flashes, next, 
and eclipsed the opcriing- sict for 
class and all ai'ound dancing. Set- 
tings and costuming class and act 
has a wallop for any bill. . 

Sim. Moore and Pal, travesty acro- 
bats, ^ got their .first shot at comedy 
thus far on the bill with horseplay 
and knockabout , stuff. : Laughs 
mainly deriveid from the misapplied 
acrobatics. They liked 'em, . 

Harry Girard's California •chor'al 
ensemble, one of the Repeats within 
a few months here, mopped with a 
pleasing and harmonious repertoire 
Act numbers 14, including Girard in 
the pit conducting. Mrs. Girard, 
soloist, and 12 choristers. Ensemble 
all trained voices, reported as hay 
ing been pupils of various conserv- 
atories of music on the west coast 
and grouped for vaUde purposes by 
the Glrards; 

Bobby "IJke" Henshaw, also re 
peat, had .the comedy thing alt his 
own, next to shut. Henshaw ambled 
on with some falsetto maneuvers, 
got down to business with his ukc 
for a pop, clowned, some more and 
_ I then trotted out a comely Mlsa for 

applauded Eva heavily . and passed . a comet solo as well as giving Mel - 
UD flowers, which means nothing at- ody Lane iac boost through Inveigling 
the Palace where anything labelled a song Plugger plant Went/ over 
class is swallowjed by the peasants, blg.- 

The bill had two corking either Threie Whirlwinds, male skiitorlal 
Anders. Beehee and . Rubyatte, two trio, closed with fast and fancy 
Arabs who forgot more about show- skating that held. "Turn Back, the 
manship than- nine-tenths of the Hours" (Warners), film feature, 
vaudeville acrobats will ever tumble I Edl>d: 
to, opened the bill in grand style. 

They are a line looking pair of * .,«.«*^w.v»% ^« 

youths and have given their act^a . HIPPODROME 

big league production. Their hand- x 
to-hand work andT Arab tumbling (Vaudfilm) 
were increased a hundred fold by Chainges aplenty at the old echo 
the way the pair carried themselves, drome. Ushers have gone Balaban 
costumed the act and sold it. An and Katz in military pantaloons and 
eyeful for the frails and an enter- British jackets. There is also a new 
taining opener. . note of courtesy, plenty of Pathe 

. Ewlng Eaton (New Acts) proved a and FBO shOrts, Topics of the Day 
strong deucer. This girl has come gandwiched in between acts after 
along like wildfire, for according to Kj^g custom of Loew's Amerlcd,n and 
Variety's files, in 1923 she opened U warm, stale odor that requires 
at the Missouri, St. Louis, and was go^^ artificial breezes, presently 
put on the grease by Variety's critic jg^^j^jjj^ , 

In that charming slab. There was rj,^^^ vaudeville was all Henry 
no doubt at the Palace. Santrey and his associated turns, 

Maddock's ^Tricks, which- started jj^^^^ . Anna Seymour and Es- 
Its vaudeville - f s_-Maddock s K ^jjg j^^^^g The big band was 
"Bag Of Tricks" until Tjixie Frig- I starting but more grandiose 

anza put the finger on the billing, ! g ^^ progressed - to something like 
was third— and^^how. T*ie act was (^gather considered) its traditional 
fipotted perfectly. Individual im;; y^allop 

pressions were scored bv.each of one 'of the Pathe shorts was a 
the four principalfi, Josephine Fon- patriotic melange of Patrick Henry 
taine, Wally. Chrisham ^"^„ors Jo^^n Hancock, Jockey Revere, . G. 
dancing ^team. barney ^.nd Conn^^^ the Battle of San Juan 

The production is adequate but one ^^^^ jabeled as produced 

^^^^ J^^^'^^f « ^?nrV exclusively by Pathe for Keith's, 
though they came out of a P»:"ry. -^j^o^her was a travelog down the 
Lane panto. ■ ■ ■ . . Ganges River in India. Still an 

After Intermission and Piithe an FBO two-spooler star 

News, a short film bearing, down Jf^'C^^^ ^ mustached fawn 

• heivily on everything patriotic that K charlton. classy 
was in the Pathe stock 

trotted out and labelled a Keith ' stairs while holding and 

Picture.. NO title writers w^^^^^^^ SiSLing 'the womai^s a gr^t act 

screen credit but Abe Lincoln. fZJZ.„v ^itrht anH deserved an extra 

Benny Roberts in the afternoon. 



(Vaudfilm) 

Sovorul intort'stinjT fi'aturos about 
llii.s w{^ek".q bill al Uu.- Locw houwO, 
v.sidc from such pliysiofU ii-i:vniu's- 
ations as :in (•xivanrdinarily olIV- 
i*'iit rc-frigcrating sy.stoin not fsij;- 
niticantly fri^rid to t)ic dof^r(;c O.l' 
possible danpcr' toward indncinn" 
colds and yet is sxifflciontly t'ffootjvo 
uiito the purpose thereof . Thfv even 
temperature becomes soon apparent 
and one wonders ii! it really Was so . 

hot without and is . the inoire inn- Liijiuh .id.eas t ius ■ wt i-li as ith :l Ei 
pressed by the contrast on exiting. 

Another thing, the State seem? 
to be strong for newspaper tie-ups 



STATE 



niiinher. and if more of that hoke 
iMuld he f.\ir;iet(>d from the rtiiiks 
Wliile has a whale of a ehance for 
f'^aiuri' pri'M nlaiion. As it is, the 
act's a ^v^l^v. 

\ "J^asy .('(ini(>; l^^asy (!m" tOixl. fea 
ture; Liz l;i.iu1: . ,17" I, 



81 ST ST. 

(Vaudfilm) 

Thr vaiidevilU-- Hill ha ^ Ih k w 
fnirned along pietiire housi- iircscn- 



-4- 



The Hal Roach comedies being 



substituting sure fire argumenta- 
tive crossfire. They retained the 
"arithmetic," "revolution" and ^'de- 
ducts" routines, both getting plenty 
of laughs. They closed to solid ap- 
plause but wisely bowed out of an 
encore 



86TH ST. 

(Vaudfilm) 

. Five act show and usual film fare 
on a neighborhood plane. At this 
East Side uptown house the front 
Chamberlin and Himes were drop- Part of the f"<31torium was pre^^^ 
ped into a tough assignment next, well filled with about 12 fuU^^^ 
They had to follow oceans of com- empty. The 86th Is all pressed up 
edy and dancing. The pair are do- ^or the summer with the ticke^^ office 

ing their regulaf specialty and built I?^'^^ *^^^^PIf,^f,"5, or bHUon dollar 
up to nice returns but had. to work Despite the million "f^J^ill" 
hard. The girl's opening song. "Hard cooling Process " ^as pretty hot 
Boiled Role," is really the theme and huniid t»^^^\J^°"^7her- com- 
song-of the act. Both are costumed The .show as p|r|^ed h^^ 
as east side hicks, work before a prised a balancing act,. a t^O-injn 
special drop and can hoof, Thfeir singing xombo. a ligh^^^^ 
burlesque Apache a^nd the girl'.s with a female impersonation ^as its 
rough-housing of the man in "My highlight, "Ut comic and a dancing 

Man" proved sure fire despite the act. ^ ^^"""^^^ «Pt IwLtnln? the 
tooaitinn ment with one act awaKening vne 

Gus Fowler, veteran magician, humid dozers and the closer holding 
closed in- his novelty offering .and. rapt attention. . 
held them In exceptionally well. . Frank Viola (New Acts) ^as cir_ 
Fowler's feature and dosing, trick cusy s^nj,*^ ^Li" Jnd And? 
is producing 16 alarm clocks from spot. ^ddif j^ombe and ^ 
a derby hat. All of his props run Nevins, together for sometime nave 
to watches and clocks. Act^irtastily new topical numbers w^^^ 
dressed in black, and a black velvet going ^apidly^from one num^^^^^ 
eye envelops the stage. Another pip another. They nnako 
illusion was making a diamond leg a single number with ea^^^ jn 
garter appear on the girl assistant's for team work that enables tnem to 
gam. Without touching her. Con. | t^eSege^FHrt.'' with Tommy 

Mann and five' people, bring noth- 
ing new to the stage tha.t ha.sn t 
bl?n done a la Julian Eltinge yet 
Mann does a corking, impersonat ion. 



ACADEMY 




(Vaudfilm) 

Plenty of flash, color and danci 
on the first half layout. Several 
Peatcrs. Good house Monday niL - . , 

proving the bargain shows can get but makes ... . necatlve eom- 
^^afim^dcspit^^soaring^antic^of-t-hc^aeniLlin^ ne(,auv 

thermometer. Talking 

a minority with the 

stuff predominating 
/or a good show for ^ 

even if lacking on come 
Catherine Rose and (. 

With a dance flash lifted 

sphere of ordinary thr( 

tured mcml)er crack £l 

cntal. Remained the usual dance big fea 

flash set up with three girl.-? alter- Feature 

nating as soloists and en.semblc fFN). 



booked into the house are tied up 
locally with the "JoiirriaV' in con- 
nection with screen opportunity for 
juvenile talent in the "Our Gang" 
comedies; The hews reel is tied 
up with another evening daily, 
Telegram," with its specially pro- 
duced topical shots, "The News To- 
day," dovetailed with the regular 
M-G-M screen magazine. 

As excellent hors d'oeuvre for 
what proved a dancing show aire 
Marsh McGurdy at the organ con- 
sole, than whom there is no whomer 
for straightaway organ work, and 
Riiby Zwerling wielding , the baton 
over one of the best pit orchestras 
extant; in and out of vaudeville. 
Regarding McCurdy, one wonders if 
his specialty showmanship pars his 
instrumental skill, and if the former 
only approaches the latter what ; a 
wow he is for the Roxymount type 
of cinema cathedrals. 

Zwerling almost buried the new 
Walter Donaldson pop hit, "Just 
Like a Melody Out of the Sky, 
with a pedantic overture to . the 
overture out of the clas.sics. And 
why not, also* some novelty slides, 
if only of the orthodox ill. genera? 
If the Paramounfll stand for 'em, 
the State shouldn't hi^hat 'em. Past 
perfbrm9,nces have evidenced a par- 
tiality to the slides. It was in the 
course of this number that McCurdy 
again impressed with an obbligato 
to "Melody Out of the Sky" that 
sounded like a musical, hand-saw. 

The stage portion introduced with 
Peters and Le Buff still doing the 
same trampoline routine they have 
used since 1921 and still clicking, 
although the caster, 225 pounder, if 
not more, is an anomaly, fpr an ex- 
hibitionistic athlete. 

Lomax and Johnson, pair of dude 
spades gone Americanmerk (New 
Acts) recalled the time when Har- 
lem talent was its genuine low-down 
self. Such are the ways of the 
An^lo- Saxon assimilatiori ! 

Lander Brothers; with Irene Leary 
straightlng, are standards ^ with 
some of the chatter ante-dating 
even their long record in the per- 
fesh. They are strictly for the fam- 
ily trade. They did 25 minutes and 
the routine can stand a little of the 
axe. 

Billy Taylor, out of production, 
still is . badly in need of an author 
with his "I'm the GUy" sketch which, 
however, seenis to have been Play- 
ing around steadily enough. The 
Impression it makes is solely to the 
credit of the affable Taylor and his 
feet. The juvenile can. step with 
any and more than sustains the 
tempo V<a nether talents, but the 
vehicle itself sounds home-made. A 
femme lead, sister team and a male 
light-heavy complete, the Iine-uPr 

Taylor is class for production and 
should stick in musical comedy 
which, in itself, would insure him 
sturdier libretto fortification. 

Jane and Katherine Lee were the 
money act. The gals are canny 
troupers and know their groceries- 
on showmanship. Matured and de- 
veloped and . sophisticated, the Leo 
kids have blossomed into a pair of 
gifted adolescents who.se natural 
charm equals a long evident talent. 

The hit of the show was Dave 
White and his White Hawks, band 
act that can and shOtld be devel- 
oped into an aggregation of a par 
with Waring's Pennsylvanlans and 
trvihg A^i^oTlSDli'a Commanders, as a 
kindred type of ver.'iatile band en- 
tertainment. , ■ . : 

White sneaked into New York 
from nowhere and his impression at 
the State recommends him for im- 
mediate important rating. - Heading 
his musical octet. White is more of 
the performer than the maestro. 
The conducting thing, as little as he 
does, may be a gag, and a .show- 
manly subterfuge it is, too. It par- 
allels the now familiar idea of giv- 
ing some wicked vocalist a prop 
clarinet and heightening the effect 
of the singer's lmpre.<;sion just be- 
cause he Bteps out- of the rank.s; 
Simllarlv, White is too expert a 
stepper and performer to have been 
a musician first. 

There i.s a Variety new act record 
of a Dave White who headed a 
dance rjUintct (four girl.s a.«.sistingj 
and there is equal possihillty that 
he is related to Sammy White, of 
ruck and White ("Show. lioat ). 
That eoeentric stooge suggested that 

thought. , X , •„ 

==^=Jtr^ rdleK« r~W-h i t fea t^..t huz^lu'lm.a.'i 



minute .<;tage- show, mainly .coin- 
l)osed of hoofers,, wrapped . round 
tsvo acts ratitip a spot in this house, 
the Harmony; Revelers, (now . aets) 
13-pieoo .stage band,. and Marty M;iy 
and Wailaco (new aets). 
. IXoduotion is on a full stage with 
the Band -working straight through 
the entire . lineup. YaudcvillG is 
billed as thrt "Syhepp.a.tion Gaieties" 
and offered as a presentation, with 
Flo Perry as mistress of ceremon- 
ies. . ''Vamping Venus," (F. N.) fea- 
ture picture, and a couple of shorts 
.Although billed as the m. c, Mis.s, 
Perry does little announcing so that 
three of the six turns are left un- 
known, A couple of smart, speedy 
specialty dance-rs, following two 
poor hoofers and a set of four mixed 
pairs, delivered in fine style to sev- 
eral curtain calls. 

Followed Flo Perry who talked 
and sang in a throaty gurgle leav- 
ing an unfavorable impres^on. later 
enhanced when she attempted 
"Laugh/ Clown; Laugh" In a way it 
was never meant to be tried. 

Two of the boys in the band, In a 
comedy hoofing number dressed as 
scarecrows, fared badly with noth- 
ing in style in the way of ability to 
-waiTtint the attempt- The . Mcbc 
dialect comedy .^ohg number, fol- 
lowing, terrible. 

Marty May, appeared shortly 
after. 

Anida Sisters contributed briefly 
with an acrobatic waltz -which start- 
ed .slowly but finished weft, Showing 
good timing, nice appearance, pretty 
costumes and pleasing routine. 

, Miss Perry appeared for severa.1 
minutes, in her voice-throwing act 
followed by an immature and un- 
businesslike hoofer who lacks style, 
material and a few other things. 
Presentation closed with the 12 
steppers dbing Bill Robinson's tap 
dance Up and do-wn , a flight of 
sta irs. 

Business bad. Weather hot. 

Afort. 



deliver thbee verses and as jiiaiiy 
ehoriises of "Wav Dnwu South in 
lleavi-M" dead sii-aiglii and without 
nuu h .uuinalion. 

NaiK-y l)i.-i'k<M\ IniU' si-ii;,;" r, took 
ov<-r llie 1 .ilhf.r lu'.ivy as.-^iunnu lU t,>f 
opi ii.in;; tl iv serimd lialt . a l.'^U for 
this esialili:;':iiient for a . "-straight 
woman .sin;:l<>. SlU' in;idc a 'si»i\v 
slai t. uith . ;i pop, hut pre.st'iuly 
nailed 'eiii with tlic voi,-.il It.ic-K of 
proing info a ballad refrain in a 
h'umminiT vepr.odaetipn- cf a inutcd 
violin, .striking voc.U . perforni.'iiu-e. 
l-'ii.'in till n oh. it was easy fur -hei". . 
She', u.^i-d '•l,aiigh. (.Mttw.h-. l.aii.ulv*'- 
for tile linit^li,' gettinfr jrood ri tnrns 
with . a vigorous liandling of . the 
huhvher and its recitative int<'rhide 
.'ind elinclvihg her hit . with a fituvle 
in the same llute-like.- hinh notes/' 

Uest (if the bill mere routine. 
OooU nml Vernon, woman d<iing kid 
in pinafore ..and cxehangini; gags 
with straight man, both draihllng 
for agreeable harmony singing. 

Alex Melford trio of .acrobats 
closed. Some remarkable tumbling 
and risley work, but no idea of 
showmanship. Style is as old fash- 
ioned as the red phi.sh props they 
use. BoVs are excellent gymnasta. 
For instance the powerful under- 
stander does a slide across the stage 
balancing himself on his. hands 
which hold roller skates. They make 
nothing of this feat, which could be 
made worth while, . 

Charles Deghan, equilibri.st <New 
Acts) opened, with Phir and Kitty 
Howard, song and dancif (New 
Acts) , in the deuce spot. Rush.^ 



LINCOLN 

(Vaudfilm) 

Just one of those routine pro- 
grams of vaude with a foreign-made 
feature picture for the first half 
that comfortably fill this old reliable 
of the 66th street neighborhood. 

The poster lineup in . the lobby 
gives the neighbors the impression 
that an abbreviation of Zlegf eld's 
"The Show Boat" heads the vaude 
program. That a highly spicy screen 
epic about the French prostie who 
the war made nationally, famous 
should be seen in M-G-M's release 
of Gaumont's "Mademoiselle from 
Armentieres." 

The ..first turns out to be "The 
Boat Show," a series of Unrelated 
dancing, singing and violin inci- 
dents ru.shed through a long 18 min- 
utes. And the picture, -with a lot 
of newsrecl cut-ins for most of the 
War stuff, rai.scs the Mademoiselle 
of war lyrics to a sainted Joan. 

The biggest bit of entertainment 
on the entire program is in the 13 
minutes th.at Archer and Bclford 
go through their piano mioving skit 

Cannon and Lee give, five min- 
utes' worth of tricky bicycling with 
a .solo number worked In during 
Which bike acrobatics prove fairly 
entertaining. 

Sherman , and Ryan have fairly 
good voices but should get after 
their instructor to hit a little heavier 
on the Use of vowels. 

Burke and Uurke also came in ^or 
applause . with srhart cracks and 
song. The male partner pyerplays 
the would-be" tough "boob" IryThg to 
make the French damo, 




mm, 



■Vamping Venun 
Mark. 



ic ranK-M. the tuba i)layi-r aii< 
.Kfixophoni.'^t clicked with a double 



AMERICAN 

(Vaudfilm) 

Strictly a suininer bill, lacking, 
and minus a hcadlirier. Fairly, good 
level performance, strong on singing 
and with medium comedy values. 
Businei<8 only fair Monday night. 
Summer weather counter attrac- 
tion. On the other hand the much 
publicized feature, "Ijaugh, Clown, 
Laugh" (M-G-M) an attraction. 
IIHped to balance a so-.so show. 

Jo.seph B. Stanley aiid Co. was 
thrt headliner. Here Is a theatrical 
oddity: Stanley comes from bur- 
lesque, but when ho hits the spe- 
cialty division he goes legitimate to 
the extent that his comedy is a bit 
too line for the American clientele. 
Stanley would bo better in a house 
drawing a wiser nir>b, for hi.s char- 
fi'cter comedy si uff is. rich- in qui<-1 
■.hijm.o.r.l. ..lJe- didjA:,eU .hr^i-.fs . 
V'"t 111'; vociffToiis rKurns ficf'fmlc<r 
I'ack;ird and Dodfc, twii-m!;n fi-f-al. 
irnisica] and g;ig t'-am. who. in r<- 
turn wouldn't ni;il:e any bffnlw'r 
wli;ilfv<r bcfiire llif luio-.viiig 

Ff.'irrington and (;r<-'-n, ii' xt !•■ 
clo.-lng and wi-Il in Dic loie in ap 
rd.'iMse. "Iffim Ti-""' and bis 
nine' col''ri-d cf>ni' dy (-oiildn"! w< ll 
mi.'.-.'.- )ier-c. Hut 11;. .f;-- no '"1 ' ' ■ 
son why. Cora should (ontinuf- to 



5THAVE. 

(Vaudfilm) 

About the nicest thing at the 
Proctor's 5th' Avenue Monday night 
was Its cool looking lobby. A re- 
frigerated atmosphere was . created, 
easily seen from the street. Fair 
downstairs as.semblage for the July 
4th week at 9, but few remaining at 

id. 

The bill was that kind, too. made 
up for mid-:summcr and a makeshift, 
so no squawk possible. Although 
wonder will not cease as to where 
some of these acts come from. More 
so. than where they will go, for that 
.ea.slly can bo guessed. . . 

Ot the five turns, only two ap- 
proached standard. One was Coram, 
the English ventriloquist, with a 
walking dummy, about the only 
change besides a few gags in many 
ye.'vrs. He's probably finishing up 
the Keith tour. Other held l<\ilton 
and Parker, with the same outline 
and songs as for three year.s, hut the. 
talk somewhat shifted. Maybe F&P 
are in possession of. another turn 
they will- spring in the fall. It will 
come in handy for them. 

it's "Liberty Week" in the Keith's 
houses currently. To help publicize 
the 4th. The idea must have .come 
from ia. Pathe short film called 
"Spirit of '76," all assembledi tiftged 
throughout with flags but no flag 
at the finish where one should have 
been. Otherwise you see everything, . 
even to Paul Revere getting. olTn 
his horse, And the Liberty Bell was 
so big It didn't ring. Pretty old 
stuff, this, In vaudevMIe, trying to 
make the Flag a substitute for en- 
tertainment. One of those tricks of 
other da,ys that could be safely 
pa.s.sed upi 

Especially wltlf the other three 
acts. Two were dancing turns, one 
with a Mex string orchestra, of the 
Tango sound. Probably looked upon 
as a summer turn. It closed the 
show. The other dancing act opened 
it and also had a Spanish dancer. 
Included was a terrible attempt by 
one of the girls for a travestied bal- 
let dance. ■ 

Besides that, a sister act, "On To 
Rebo" as the Pathe feature film, 
with the assembled fight picture 
added, besides other shorts— and 
still the lobby was nicest, to look at 
and be irt. 

MARRIAGES 

Harrison Holllw-iy, program man- 
ager Radio KPRC, San Francisco, 
_to J-Ullctte punn, rad 
In San Francisco, June 27. 

Ernest J. Krugi manager of the 
Shore theatre, Chicago, and brother- 
Jn-law of Ashton Stevens, to Anna 
norcnce Herman, non-pro.. June 
20 in Chicago. 

John Hyde to Ann Burns, June 
29,. In Greenwich, Conn. Groom is 
vaudeville booking agent associated 
with William Morris, agency; bride 
is non-pro. . 

H. Emer.son Torke to Solita Pal- 
mer. June 29, in Greenwich, Conn. 
Groom is recording executive with 
Brun.swlck recording laborntorlcs; 
bride is radio and phonograph 
songstress. 

Charle.** Hanna, l<'«it. and Mrs.. 
lOlb-n Uliim in S<-w Vork City, 
June 27. They will niakr iheir home 
ill N'ir-e, FraTice. 

]'..-.njamin Mnlb-r., fonnex San 
Kr;inci.-.ico t lie.'i f re na ;:fr, .-i iid now 
op'T-'iting two houses in ."^Mnla Uo.sji, 

.la-.:'l l = -r oi Kr.-i'ik .i'.l.'n mh. adver- 
ill!-: rii III at I-' . ;r> '.;!!. Calif., 

.' in I-;' -M.;-ii-iii ( f K:i\ • Uck' t 
[.■■,-t., s to .Mil'li-d .-^i-ibr m New 
V- 1 1< ! i\y 1. 

I t Knr^ M;i;'ii;;va) y.-a( tor. to 
l^dri.'i KM-x^'beth. rion . pn >f ef-sional, at 
\Virinij>eg, June 30, 



40 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 4, 1828 



PRESENTATIONS— BILLS 

THIS WEEK (July 2) 
NEXT WEEK (July 9) 

Shows carrying numerals such aa. (1) 'or (2) indicato oponingr this 
week on Sunday or Mfonday, as date may bo. For next week (8) or W 
>rith split weeks also Indifcated by dittos. . 

An asterisk. (*) before name signifies act is new to cjty, doing .a new 
turn, reappearing after absence or appearing for first time. 

Pictures include In classification , picture policy . witii vaudeville or 
prosentation as adjunct, ... ■ ■ ' ■ ' ■ 



PARIS 

Week of July 2 



>:;int»lre 

Benevol' 

Franto Piper 

Antonet & Beby 

Bve &. Jean Fazll . 

The Daroa ' 

Rose Amy 

SImone Azlbert 

Henrlette Lctovre 
FoUeA Borgort) 

Podse Sl9 

Andre Randall . 

Oeorgrla Graves, 

Tvonne Gulllet 

Alice Meva 

John Tiller Co 

Komarova-SUlWne . 

Oretchlklne 

Rudeau>Gastel 
. T^mara & Roberts 

CoUette Jove 
• •.Raymona-Cahuzac 

'Car'ua-Lysana •; 
. Moptel-Sourget 

Mallna Dorsowna 

Claudia lonescu 

'Mona Glvry 
Jlarain a'AccUma* 
iatibn . : 
. Miss Qulncy 

Darius Menagerie 

L.lillputlen 

Gauthlcr's Horses 

. peschamps Bros 
'. Mme Cholot , 

LieonUte . 



Atlas Rene Dogs 
Mylos & Coco 
Czerda. 3 

Moulin Rouge 
Mlstinguct 
Earl Leslie 
I'atrlcla Storn 
Spadaro 
Carjol-Dandy 
D Belli & Ryaux 
Mazza Sis 
Poggl Sla 
Boyer Sla 
J W Jackson Co 
■ Jean .Gablti 
Dltrlx-Duval 
Jade-Doihlnl'ca 
Legeay-Pierret ■ . 
Fred Mele Bd 
piympla 

Dora Strpeva 
Misala - 

Gloria Maravillaa , 
Gesky 
Iris Dclysla 
RaibanoR . . 
L'le Walter & Ptnr. 
Lily May 
Stephen Weber 
Solane . 
Genia & Dorian 
Isabel Moreno . 
Sundermann % . ■ 
Beny-T.ony 
WlUy J. ■ 



Beatrice Belkln 
George Dc' Mlllo 
Patricia llowman 
Anthony Nelle 
MicUa Hoffman 
Mlscha Voljapln 
Nina SergoyeVa 
3in\: Coomba 
Locke llarak & L 
Alexia Rothov 
IJIlly Claire 
"Michigan Kid" 
CHICAGO, ILIi. 

Avnion (2> 
Roy Dloterlch Bd 
Ates & Darllrife 
Al & Sack Rand 
Margarei White. 

Capitol (2) 
■Del Lampe . Bd 
6 CrackerjacHa 
Lydla Harris 
McGrath & Travers 

Chicago {2y 
"Rio Romance" U 
Paul Whiteman Bd 
Nell .Lorenz 
Joe Pennep 



"Lad lea of Mob" 

St«nl(?r (80) 
Buddy Page 
N Wayburn Chicks 
Charlie Calvert 
Loc. Slaters 
Brown & Bailey 
Dbuglas Wright Co 
"His Tiger Lady" 
BIBM'WH'M, ALA. 

Alabama (0) 

"Trenaure Ships" U 
V & E Stanton 
Walter Mitchell 
A & G Bloom . 
Felicia Sbrrell Co 
Pirate Boya. 

BOSTON, MASS. 

Metropolitan (30) 
"Ocean Bluea" Unit 
Rodemich Pals 
Art Geissler Orch 
'No Other Woman* 

. State (2) 
Sunshine Sammy 
Deno & Rochclle 
■■'Dlam'd Handcuffs' 



LONDON 

Week of Jiily 2 



ITNSBURY PARK 

Empire .. 
Bogus Prince Rev 

HACKNEY 
■ Empire I 

Yes Sir Rev 
. XONDON 
■ Alhambra 
lilly Morris 
Alt Jackaon's Co 
Hedges & Fields 
O S Melvlri 
Conrad's Pldgeons 
Sophie Tucker 
Roy's Lyrlcals , 
Randolph Sutton 
Qladdy Sewell 
CoUs«am 
Ko'una Sla 



June Dancers 
Bob Hall 
Jovera 

Medley .& Duprey 
Victoria palace, 
Frank Van Hpven 
Ayr &Child8 Bd 
Jane DlUon 
Victoria Girls 
Max Wall 
Sam Rayne. 
Harvard W & B 
Fanjacks 

New Cross 
' - ' Empire 
Formby'a Night Rv 
STB AFFORD 
Empire 
Contraata Rev 



PROVINCIAL 

ENGLAND 



I 



ABERDEEN 
H. M. 
Ziord Nabs 
ABOWICK OR'N 

Empire 
Becnt & Ptnr 
BIRMINGHAM 
Kmplre 
Btanelll & Douglas 
Clarice Mayne 
WllUo Lancet Co 
George Doonan 
Bud Cordell 
Ijena'King 
6 Commodores 
Laurel Bros « 

Grand 
Bon Jour Par la Rv 
BLACKPOOL 
Grand 
Macdona Players . 

Opera House 
Revolt Christopher 
BRAUFOKU 
Alhumbra 
Paint & Powder Rv 
BRISTOL 
. Jlippodrome 
Dam Thing Rev 
CARDIFF 
Empire 
. Alfredo Bd 
Dancing Gren Rcv 
CHATHAM 
Empire 
' Willie Pantzer Co 
CH IS WICK 
Empire 
Lee & Tesnlt 
Talbot O'Parrell 
Will Cummin 
Lena Brown 
Syd Howard 
P T Belblt 

DUNDEE 
King's 
Safety First Rev 
GLASGOW 
Empire 
Dream Birds Rev 
llANLEY 
. GnincI 
Welcome Home' Rv 
LEEDS 
Ifimpire 
The Foys 
' Kent '& .Bernlco. 
Bella 

. Nat Mills & Bobble 
r S Juggling ■ Jewels 
Trlx Sis 

Penrose & Whltl'ck 
Fred . Barnes 



Boyal 

Tnterfercnce _ 
LEICISTfiB 
Palace 
Olive Maskelyno 
Act Superb > 
Ayro Wheel 
Rlstorl & Ptnr 
Clay ICcyes 
Byron & Byron 
LIVERPOOL 
Empire 
Whispering Wires 
MANCHESTER 
Hlppodronfe . 
Valliere 
Hayden Nevard&W 
Lancashire Lads 
Howard & King 
Fred Curran 
Dorothy Ward 

Palace 
Jack Hyiton Bd 
NEWCASTLE 
Empire 
Orders la OrdersRV 
NEWPORT 
Empire 
Arta & Models Rev 
NOTTINGHAM 
Empire 
Shake Your F.eetRv 
PORTSMOUTH 
Royal 
Eve'a Price 

SALFORD 
Palace 
Come to Show Rev 
SHEFFIELD 
Empire 
Boys Will Be Boya 
SHEPH'DS BUSH 

. Empire 
Handy Bandy 
Claiff & Wager 
Do Bussc 
Clro & Rey 3 
Weaterna - 
Jack.son Owen 
Williams & Taylor 
Mary & Erik 
SOCTHSEA 
King's 
Sunshine Sal Rev 
. : SWANSEA 
Ximpire 
Hatch & Carpenter 
10 Loonies 
Russell & Vivian 
Jess &'. Jessie 
Welsh Miners' 
WOOD GREEN 
Empire 
Toungs Bloods 



ALF T. WILTON 

1560 Broadway ^ Bryant 2027-8 
Has Signed 

OLGA COOK 

with 

MjESSBS. SHUBERt 

for the title role of 
"Barbara Fretchie" 

in "MY MARYLAND" 

Opening in Chicago on or about 
September 2d, 1928 



Picture Theatres 



UTEW YORK CITY 

Capitot (30) ■ 
"Blue Melodies" U 
Walt Roesner 
CapitoUand 
Howell Harger & T 
Frecldle & Eddie 
Jeanne Geddes 
Capitol Boys 
"The Coaaacks" 
-(7) 



"N T to Paris" Un 
Walt Rocsner 
Capltollans 
Harland Dixon 
Sylvia Froos 
Lovey 2 
Capitol Boys 
"Tho Actress" 
• Paramount (30) 
••Chinese Nltes" Un 
Paul Ash 
Chinese MaidcnA 
Hon Mr Wu 
Bernee Ahl- 
Kee Kee Lowe 
laowe Lai Oy 



Ami Fong 
Yip Lai 
Chinese. 6 
Nee Wang 
"Big Killing" 
(7) 

"Ocean Blues" C'nlt 

Paul Ash ' 

Moss & Frye 

Scanlon 
-Den nos^Ai^iScan lon^ 

21 Foster Girls 

"The Racket" 
Binlto (30) 

Marg Ring 

Joseph Wotzol 

Carl Bitter! 

"Drag Net" 
lUvoU (30) 

Robert Cloy 

Virginia Johnson 
:JLiily Marr 

Rlvoll Male 4 

Rlvoll Dancers 

'Uncle Tom's Cabin* 
Roxy (30) 

'32 Roxycttes 



Harrla Barrls 
Amato Grossl' 
Leonora Girls 
"Hot News" 

Granada (30) 
3 Browns 

Walsh & Charland 

Harding (t) 
'Ride 'em Cowboy'U 
Al Belasco 
Milton Watson 
Doyle & Schelner 
Dodson ■ 
Lyndon & Farnum 
Helen Kennedy 
Liughlln Dancers 
"Iiiugiii Clown" 

Mai'bro (30) 
B4hn/ Meroff Bd 
Charlotte Lansing 
Ji.o!c Osterman 
V^n DeVelde Co 
. Nertihore (1) 
"L ivce Lovers" U- 
Frank Masters Bd- 
G D Washington . 
Jack Joyce 
Jerry- 
Lucille Sis 
Henri Keates 
"Streets of Sin" 

Oriental (I) 
"A Movie Party" U 
Al Kvale 
Charlo 

Cii'f Eagle Feather 
Murray & Allen . 
Janet Sis 
Rose Valyda . 
Kosloft Danciors 
"Telling World" 

Rogal (30) 
Fess Williams Bd 
Mooro & Shy 
Chas Davis 
Marshall Rogers 
RevcUa Hughes 
Regal Red Hots 

Bialto (0) 
Ishikawa Bros 
Mary & Bobby 
Senate (1) 
"Home Week" Unit 
Mark Fisher B<1 
Earl lAVero 
Sybil Fagan 
Doris Rue 
Hall & Eseley 
Evan Sf Pere.7, 
Henry - Keates 
"Laugh Clown" 
Siteridnn (1) 
Verne Buck Bd 
Newhort & Phelpa 
Hickey Sc -Massart 
Stratford . 
2d half (5-7) 
2 Cyclones 
Jpari Houston 
Gilbert & Wimp . ■ 
Adrian .' 
Bob Hope 

Tlvoll <2) 
"Sun Shades" Unit 
Bennle Krueger Bd 
lHlfis Universe 
Eddie Perry 
Joe Jackson 
M.i^x &• Gang ' 
WJilnwilght Sis 
Gi6 Gnftln 
"I^adlpa of the Mob 

Uptown (2) 
"Hoy Hey" Unit 
H L Kpltalny Bci 
■Jiiclc, Powell 
Frank Devoe 
Gibson Girls 
Milton Charles 
"Ladies of Mob" 
ATLANTA,. G A.' 
' Howard (0) 
"Mikado oC Jaz2"U 

Areh Cannon 
Dob J..nHalle 
I'Tvolyn Vec 



(9) 

Ernst Ayer 
Dolan & Bonger Rv 
■'The Actress" 
BUFFALO, N. Y 

BufTalo (30) 
'Flapperettes" U 
'Ladies of Mob" 
Great I^kes (1) 
WllUe Creager Or 
Love Doctor 
Joyce Lando 
"Finders Keepers 
CliEVEIAND^ O. 

Allen (2) 
''Kat Kabaret" U 
Bet Nagel & Omar 
Hearst Br^s 
Albertlna Rasch Co 
KaranofC & Maree 
Patterson 2 
"Ladies of Mob' 
(7) 

"Bowery Follies" U 
"Wheel of Chance " 
COLUMBUS, O. 
Oiilo (7) 
"Kat Kabaret" U 
"Certain Yng Man" 
DALLAS, TEX. 
Palace (7) 
"Snap Shots" Unit 
Tyler Mason 
Bert Tucker 
Mills & Shea 
Lillian Bernard 
Flo.Henrle 
Gould Girls 
DENVER, COLO 
. Denver (tt) 
"Jems Rev" Unit 
Jules BufCano 
Dennis Sis 
Ray Schuster 
Dave- Rublnoff 
Caskln 

Burns & Klssen 
DES MOINES. ,IA. 
Capitol (0) 

Tick Tock" Unit 
Kasche Girls 
Frohman & Gary 
Bernard & Rich. 
Helcne Yorke 
Bayes & Speck 
DETROIT, MICH 

Capitol (30) 
"Here Bride" Unit 
Dei Delbrldge^Bd 
Margu'crTfe Ball 
Moore" & Lfewis 
Paul Mali, 
Benny Strong. 
(7) 

'Jazz B'terfles" U 
Del Delbridge Bd 
Keo Takl Yokl 
Maj' Wynn 



Wiilard Anrtclin 
8 Mikado Girls 
ICimawa Tr 
BALTIMORE. MB 

Cenlury (30) 
Ted Claire. 
Mitzic Mayfair 
Bob-Bob-Bobble 
4' Dictators 
JiJdlth Grimih 
'Telllnig the World' 
(9) 

"Main St to B'y" U 



"Olorloun Betsy" 
IT. WORTH, TEX. 

Worth (6) 
"Fast Mall" Unit 
LoGrohs 
Foster Girls 
Eva Thornton 
Myrtle Gordon 
Eddie Hill 
Roy Sholton 

HOUSTON, TEX. 

Metropolitan (0) 
"Havana" Unit 
G D Washington 
Borla Petroft Girls 
Al Mitchell 
Wally Jacltaon . 
Coater'& Hewlett 
Dorothy Berks 

INDIANAPOLIS 
Piilace (7) 

Rome & Dunn, 
Chas Althofr 
Accent & Ganlesco 
Lolse Reese 
"The Actress" 

KAN. CITY, MO. 
Midland (7) 

"Rah Rah Rah" U 
"Ladles of Mob" 
LOS ANGELES 
. Belmont (30) . 
3 Wise Fools 
'Dugan of Dugouts' 

Boulevard (20) 
Gene Morgan 
Red Carter 
Steve Salvage 
Baby Electric 
"Buck. Private" 

Cartliay Circle 

(Indef.) 
Carll Elinor Orch 
VFazll" , : 

Egyptian (20) 
Lynn Cowan 
Emp'S' of .Harmony 
Andy Rice Jr 
Emlle & Romalne 
"Happiness Ahead" 

Loew's State (20) 

Eddie Peabody 
Van Joys Idea 
Jlmmle Maiscl 
Walter Bradbury 
G6-Go-Delya 
Electric 2 . 
Cleora Wood 
Kenneth McKennan 
"Hfeart of a Girl" 
Metropiolltan (30) 
"Steps & St'pers" U 
Jules Buffano 
Revue 

Ruth Roland 
Ila6may Bailey 
Charles Huey 
Glenn & Jenkins 
"Hot News" 

United Artists (27) 

Gene Chown 
"The Circus" 
Warner Bros (Indet 
C Bakallenlkoft Or 
Larry CebaJlos Prs 
Jimmie Clemens 
Eileen Marcy 
H & Dan Downing 
The Rogues 
Tommy Atkins 
Sally & Ted 
Vitaphone • ' 
"Tenderloin" 

Mlissouri (30) 
"Bang Bang" Unit 
Frank Fay 
Genie Wlrlck 
Wheel of Chance" 

NEWARK. N. J. 

Branfoicd (30) 
'It Might Hap'n' U 
Eddie Moran 
Billy Rolls 
Reckless Recco 
Fink & Ayres 
Eddie's Co 
Mildred La Salle 
"Big Noise" , 
NEW HAVEN. CT. 

Shermap (2) 
Ben Barton Bd 
^Matinee Idol" 

N. ORLEANS. La* 
Soehger (6) 
Blue Plate" Unit 
Koehler & Edith 
Lorraine Tumler 
Gordon & King 
Long & Small 
Mutt & JefC of J 
Meyers & Hanford 

OMAHA, NEB. 
Riviera (0) 
'Milady's Fan" U 
Frank Jenks 
Basil Lambertl 
Dorothy Neville 
O.leda '& Imbert 
Stanley 2 
Benny & Western 
Ada Kaufman Girls 

PHIL'D'PHIA. PA. 

Carman (30) 
Rooney & Clinton 
Shamrock Bd 
Gloria Gray 
16 Glorious Girls 
Ruby Fay 
"Don't Marry" 
Fay's (2) 
Silver Toes Key 
Browning & flrf'k'n 
Dewitt & Gretta_ 
G(!ralffirie"Mindi: Co 
"Ranabm" 

Fox (2) 
Sammy Carr 
M &. C Stone 
Irv Aaronaoh's Com 
Red Stanley 
Phil Saxe 
'Chicken a la King' 



Stanley (2) 

Streets of N Y* U 
Florence Moore 
Novelle Bros. , 
Peggy English 
16 Tlvoll Girls 
George Lyonft- 
Jaclc Kaufman* 
'Steamboat BUI Jr' 

PraTSB'BGH, PA. 
Ponn (2) 

"Xylophonla"' Unit 
Teddy Joyce 
Chester Fredericks 
Rosemary 
Hal Sherman 
Musical Johnstons 
Foster Girls 
Don Albert Orch 
'Tolling the World' 
(9) 

.'Step This Way' U 
"The Cpssacks" 

Stanley <2) 

'8 Bells" Unit 
Ted King 
Olivette 
Paul Howard 
Lime 3 
Elsie Gilbert 
Oeorgle Ta-pps 
Jazz Beaus 
"Hawk's Nest" 
PROVIDENCE, B.I. 

Fay's (2) 
Earl Lindsay's Rer 
Bizet & Hendrle 
Jean Allen 
Helen Bendle 
Alvin Sis 
McCarthy Sis 
Hllza 

Chaa Dane - 
Helen Miller 
Joe Meyers 
Hermanos Williams 
Shuffle Along 4 
Rogers & Donnelly 
Marco & Jerome 
Crooks Can't Win 

Majestlo (1) 

Ant'ole Frledland R 
Claude Bowers 
Fr'klin L Roosevelt 

Half a Bride' 
S. ANTONIO, TEX. 

Texas (6) 
"Dancing Feet" TT 
Harry Rose 
Riehard Edwards 
Martha Vaughn 
Larry Vale 
Wallie Stewart 
Alice Fiiin 
Alice Swanspn 

SAN HCANCISOO 
Granada (20) 

Frank Jenks Bd 
Glenn Goft . 
Rltz Bros 
Bernard DePace 
Moore Sis 
Bernle Bros . 
Chas JoUey 
'Ladles of: the Mob' 

St. Francis (30) 
M Brambllla Bd 
Movietone 
"Pour Sons" 
^Vtorfleld (30) 

Rube Wolf Bd 
Sweet William 
Bad Bin 
Ruby Keeler 
Lucille Page 
Maxlne & BoPeep 
Movietone - 
'Telling the World* 
ST. I.OVIS, HO. 
Ambassador (1) 

"Rsih Rah Rah" U 
Ed Lowry - 
'Ladles of the Mob' 

State (30) 
Nat Nazarro Jr 
Chas Althoft 
Jue Fong. 
Accent & Glanesco 
Naza^roettes 
"The Actress" 

(7) 
Ponce Sis 
Lillian >Morton 
Fuzzy Knight 
Berry Bros. 
'Steamboat Bill Jr*. 

SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
State (7) 

"Sunny Skies" Unit 
"The Actress" 
WASH'GTON, D. C 

Wearle (30) 
"All Aboard" Unit 
Jack Pepper 
Bert Lewis 
Kirk & Lawrence 
Barr Wllley & Sch'l 
3 Rah Rah Rah Gls 
8 A Kaufman Girls 
"3 Ring Marriage" 

Fox (30) 
S J Stebblhs Prea 
Borrah Mlnevltch R 
"Thief In Dark" 

Palace (30) 
•Main St to B'y' U 
Wesley Eddy 
Ruth Wltner 
Joe Bcsscr 
CS11H~&-GWI« 
Bardy & Norway 
Barnett & Clark 
Almlra Sessions 
Felicia Sorrel Co 
'Certain Young M'n' 
(7) 

"Chinese Nlghte" U 
"Fools for Luck" 



Miller ft Fears 
Melody Mansion 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (12-lB) 
Ethel Marine 
} Longfellows 
VloUt Singer Co 
John Barton Co 
WlnohlU & Briscoe 
Natban & Sully 
Grand 
1st half (9-11) 
Little Plpplfax 
4 Mariners \ 
.Burke & Burke 
Harr'gton & tJreen 
Bedlnl Arthur Co 
2d half (12-16) 
Kuma Co 
Crelghtoh & Lynn 
Claudia Coleman ; 
Denno Rochello Bd 
(One to flU) 
Greeley. Sq. 
1st half (9-11) 
Solma Bcaatz 
Pattle Spear Go, . 
Irving & Burnett 
tdincast'r & L'ming 
Eddie Davis Girls : 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-lE) 
Takewa' Japs 
Peggy Calvert 
Edwards & Morris 
Van & C Avery 
D' Andrea & W Bd 
(One to fill) 

Lincoln 9q; 
1 St half (9-11) 
Al Noda's Amazons 
Ferris & ElHs 
Burns Sc Kane 
D'Andrea & W Bd 
(One to All) 

2d half (12-16) 
Man-Kin 
Patti Spear Co 
Going Strolght Co 
Lancast'r & L'ming 
Eddie Davis Girls 
National . 
1st half (9-11) 
Joe Cody Bros 



Nell McKlnlor 
Miller Rev 
(One to nil) 
Premier 

1st half (9-11) 
Gardner & Dunham 
Nancy Decker 
John Barton Co 
Romalne & Castle 
Petty Reat Bros 

2d half (12-16) 
Br'kaway Darlowes 
Murray & D'gherty 
Diana Chase & B 
Sparling & Rose 
Dance Madness 
Universal 

1st half (9-11) 
Klefer 3 

Lucille Benstead 
Jas Kennedy Co 
Clifton & Brent 
Night & Coney Is! 

2d half (12-16) 
Aerial LaValls 
Bud & Elinor CoH 
<3hase & Collins 
Sally Fielda 
Melody Mansion 

ATLANTA, GA. 
Grand (0) . 
Wilfred DuBoIs 
Meehan & Newman 
Seymour P & B 
Ralph Whitehead 
Radio Fancies 
BAY BIDOK 
Loew's 

Ist half (9-11) 
cannon & Lee 
Murray & D'gherty 
Van & C Avery 
Bobby Randall 
Oiwene Johnson Co 

2d half (12-16) 
Winnie & Dolly 
Rublhi & Rosa 
Robinson Connie Go 
Henry Fink 
Colonial 6 
BIBM'OH'Af, ALA. 

liOevir'S (0) 
Hack & Mack 
Ryan & Ross 



Bond ft Trent 
Welsh ft Kills 
Makor-Redford Rv 
MONTREAL, CAN. 

Iahsw'b (9) 
3 Woatergarda 
Fay & MUUkon 
Behind the Wall 
Hall & Dexter 
Julian Hall Bd 
(One to nil) 
NEWARK, N; J. 
State (0) 
Zelda Bros 
Edith Boblman 



Christopher ft C 
Donald ,Sls 
TORONTO, CAN. 

Ijoew'B (0) 
Gaynor ft- Byron 
Art Gillman 
Nol^. & W St Clairs 
Lew Kelly Co 
Freeborti's Folllos 
WOODHAVEN, L.r 
Willunl 
1st half CJ-U) 
Worden Bros 
Bud & Elinor Coll 
Fielder Harriet &l£ 



EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED 
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN 



BEN ROCKE 



1632 B'way, at 60th St., N. Y. City 



Jack Janis Co 
Demarest ft Dcland' 
N T G'S Rev 
NEW ORLEANS 
State (0) 
Nelson's Catland 
Bobby ft King 
Bernlce ft. Pansey 
Johnny Berkes 
Revue Fantasy 
NORFOLK. VA. 
State (0) 
Raffln's Monkeys . 
Oscar Grogan 
Donovan, ft I^ee 
Pejer B Lang Orch 
Saxton ft Farrell 
PALISADES P'BK 
(9) 

Marietta 3 . 
Bellang 



Al B White 
Will Hlgle Girls 
. 2d half (12-15) 
Baggott ft SheldOB 
Hicks ft Hart 
Miller & Fears 
Joyner ft Foster 
(One to mi) - 
YONKERS, N. Y. 
l,oew's 

1st half (9-11) 
Takewa Japs 
Prlsch Rector ft T 
Archer ft Belford 
Billy Glason 
Mildred Andrea Cs 

2d half (12-15) 
LaFleur ft Portia 
Nancy- Decker 
Cook ft. Vernon 
Romalne & Castle ' 
Bobby O'Neill Co. 



LYONS & LYONS 

iftr Intimate Cluiti raf); 



MOVIE TALKERS 

Movietone, Vitaphone, Photo- 
phone and all ttaa . other pic- 
ture talkeri constitute the 
coming show bublness. Suit- 
able talent U at a premium 
and our Mr. Burt Cort«lyou 
is. IntenslTcly devoting lili 
time 'to thli field. See him. 



LYbNS & I.YONS 

fAKAMOOHT SlSCMPinfOMl 




Keit&'s 




violet Singer Co 
Going Straight Co 
Joyner ft Foster 
2d half (12-16) 
Worden Bros 
Lucille Benstead 
Shoozer Jr 
Harrlngt'n ft Green 
Jose Bohn Co 
Orpheum 
lat half (9-11) 
Aerial LaValls 
Lloyd ft Dean 
J B Stanley Co 
Brown'g ft Br'cken 
Lowe Sargent Rev 

2d half (12-16) 
Ford ft Price 
Clifton ft Brent 
Brown ft Blrm'h m 
Lauder' Bros ft L 
(One to fill) 

State (9) 
ATex Melford 8 
Sherman ft Ryan 
O'Donnel ft Blair 
Bobby Henshaw 
Rainbow Rev 
Victoria 
1st half (9-11) 
Winnie & DpUy 
Creighton & Lynn 
Rrown ft Blrm'h'm 
Sally Fields 
Denno-Rochelle ,Bd 

2d half (12-15) 
Murand ft Glrton 
Jerome ft Mills 
Fielder Harriet &H 
Billy Glason 
Mildred Andrea Co 
BROOKLYN 
Bedford 
1st half (9-11) 
LaFleur ft Portia 
Rublnl ft Rose 
Abbott ft Bisland 
Claudia Coleman 
Fay Elliott ft King 

2d half (12-16) 
Al Noda's Amazons 
4 Mariners 
Cartmoll ft Harris 
Alvarez K'dem's'<;o 
(One to nil) 
Gates Ave. 
1st half (9-11) 
Great Johnson 
Hicka & Hart 
Janet of France 
Winchlll ft Briscoe 
Violet Joy Glrla 
- 2d-half (12-16) 
Little PIppifax Co 
Frlsh Rector ft T 
Billy Taylor Co 
Burke ft Burke 
Marlon WMklna Co 
Melba 
1st half (9-11) 
Margie Barrett 



Tuesdays 
723 7th Ave. 
New York^ 



j[ackl;upshutz 

TAILOR, 908 Walnut St., Phik 



Ernie fisher 
Lang & Voclk 
Morris Silver Co 
' Columbia (B) 

Leon 3 . 

Robert BlIMnps 
Fern ft Arllss 
Cowboy 4 
Darling & Clarke 
Bob Carter Co 

Madison (30) 
Vitaphone 
"Tenderloin" 

(7) 
Vitdphcne 
-iliazz. Slng.ejc:V- 

Mithlgiin (30) 
"Bowery PollicB" U 
Frank Beaalon Bd 
Mario & I*azarin 
KdgPCombH 4 
c;hlQ Kennedy 
Joiirmy Special 
H'-ja Sis 
llainos MIdgcta 
Sotol Girls 
(7) 

"Plftppovettps" U 
Frank lieaston Bd 
Belle Baker 

State (Indef) 
Vlta-Movietoflo 




NEW YORK CITY 
American 

1st half (9-11) 
Ford ft Price ' 
Peggy Calvert 
Marlon Wllklns Co 
Goodwin ft Fitzg'ld 
N & G Verga 
Jjauder Bros ft L 
3 Arreys 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Seinbler Bros 
Clark ft llcose 
Abbott ft Bisland 
Lloyd & Dean 
3 Kitchens 
(Others to nil) 
Itoulevard • 

lat half (9-11) 
Baggott ft Sheldon 
Jerome ft Mills 
Robinson Connie Co 
ateppo ft Pierce 
Supper Club 



2d half (12-16) 
Groat Johnson 
Hazel Crosby 
Archer ft Belford 
Sunshine Sammy 
Violet Joy Girls 
Commodore 

lat half (9-11) 
B ft B Miller 
"CfounieaaTSIlmT Co 
Hall ft Gear 
Cardire ft Wales 
Harrlaon Moss 
Kuma Co 

2d halt (12-16) 
Balzar Taylor ft P 
Billy Randall 
J Kennedy Co - 
4 Choc Dandles 
Ollle ft M Bingham 
Alex Barto 3 
Delanooy St. 

1st halt (9-11) 
Oscar ft Joo Martin 
Jean Starr 



Ada Broadmint 
(Others to All) 
' 2d half (12-16) 
Dancing Danbury's 
Marie Dunckley 
Rome ft Gaut 
Myrtle Vaughn • 
Zelaya 

Metropolitan (0) 
Al Gordon's Dogs 
Liomax & Johnson 
Geo Yoeman 
Mary ft Ann Clark 
Dave White ilawks 
(One to nil) 

"^^"■"^^ Oriental '""""^ 
lat half (9-11) 
Murand ft Glrton 
Marjorle Burton 
Cook ft Vernon 
Keiaya 

Dance Madneaa 

2d half (12-16) 
Gardner ft Dunham 
Howard ft Bennett 
lEd D'Oraay Co 
Al B White 
Paul TIscn Bd 
I>Hla«e (9) 
Alex Barto 3 
4 Choc Dandles 



Hamilton Sis ft F 
Frank Terry 
Raccooners 
BOSTON, MASS, 

Orplieni^ (9) 
Hammer ft.H'mer 
Pam & Peg Garvin 
Jar row 

A ft L Barlow 
Collins ft Peterson 
Caaino de Parla 
CANTON, O. 
Loew's 
1st half (9-11) 
Ponzlnl's Monkeys 
Craig Campbell Co 
Otto ft Oi-etto Co 
Elliott ft LaTour 
Paddy Cliff Orch 
CLEVELAND. O 
Granada 
1st. half (9-11) 
Rose Kress 8 
Alex'nd'r ft Elmore 
Lionel Mike Ames 
Walter Hlers ' 
Bert Earle Girls 
2d halt (12-16) 
3 Golfers 
Heller ft Lorraine 
Frank Sinclair Co 
Frank Mellno Co 
Flo Hedges Co 
Park 
1st half (9rll) 
3 Golfers 

Holler ft Lorraine 
Frank Sinclair Co 
Frank Melino Co 
Florence Hedges Co 

2d half (12-16) 
Rose Kress 3 
Alexander ft H 
Lionel Mike Ames 
Walter Hlers 
Bert Earle Girls 

State (9) 
CahlU ft Maybelle 
Frank Whitman 
Princeton ft Yale 
Eddie Lambert Co 
Perry Mansfield Co 
COLUMBUS. O. 
State (9) 
3 LongHelds 
Wil J Ward 
Ward ft Wilson 
Wedding Ring 
Smith 'ft All man 
Strclska-LaRue Rv 
CORONA, L. I 

Plaza 
1st halt (9-11) 
Man-Kin' 
Bernard ft Merit 
Hite ReHow Co 
Henry Fink 
Jose Bohr Co 

2d halt (12-f6) 
Petty Rest Bros 
Marjorle Burton 
Burns ft Kane 
Bedlnl Arthur Co 
(One to All) 
EVANSV'LE, IND 
Loew's 
1st half (9-ii) 
The Le Roys 
Natalie Alt Co 
McLaughlin & H 
Al Herman 
Carnival of Venice 

2d half (12-16) 
Tom ft Joe . Gabby 
Carroll ft James 
Jean Norwood Co 
Christy ft Nelson 
Wyatts Co 
HOUSTON, TEX. 
Houston (9) 
Broaciua ft Barton 
B ft H Skatelie 
Roblaon ft Pierce 
Runaway Four 
Marino ft Mona Rv 
JAMAICA. L. I. 
Hillside 
^^lift-'Ralf^^ (9=lTr""" 

3 Kitchens 
Howard ft Bennett 
.Snoozer Jr 
Sunshine Sammy 
Bobby O'Nolll Co 

2d half (12-16) 
Selma Braatz . 
A R 'Thompson 
Janet, of Franco 
Steppe ft Pierce 
Supper Club 
MEMl'HIS, TENN 

lioew'B (9) 
Kate ft Wiley 

4 Eaton Boys 



NEW YORK CITY 
Broadway (9) . 

Fr'klyn F'rnum Bd 
Chas . Cross Co 
Hilton ft Almy 
Peggy McKetchnle 
(Three to nil) . 
(2) 

B. Egan Redheads. 
Van Horn ft Inez . 
Freda ft Palace 
Pvrdy ft Fain 
Broken Toys 
Lou White Co . 
Ed Brown ; 
Chester 
ist halt (9-11) 
Wallace ft May 
Francis Renault 
Wilton ft Weber • 
Red Donahue Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Lou White Co 
Ray. ft Harrison 
Iiorner Co 
CTwo to nil) 

2d half (5-8) 
Cole ft Snyder 
Loma ft Worth 
(Three to nil) 



Coliseum 

lat half (9-11) 
Reed ft Duthers 
Almond , ft Gray 
Freda ft Palace 
Lomd Worth 
(One to nil) 

2d halt (12-16) 
Mangoan Tjc 
DIok Henderson 
Slim TJmblln Co 
(Two to nil) 

2d halt (6-8) 
Kerr ft Ensign 



Hamilton : 

1st half (9-11) 
Ray ft Harrison 
Golden Bird 
Lou White Go 
(Two to fill) 

2d halt (12-15) 
Wallace ft May 
Francis Renault 
(Three to nil) 

2d halt (6-8) 
Jim Lyons 
Melva Sis 
Reed ft Lucy 
(Two to fill) 
Hippodrome (9) 

Jack Hanley 
NItza Vernille 
Harris ft Van 
Mae Usher 
Baptle ft Lamb 
Colleano FamUr 

<2) . 
Henry Santrey Or 
H ft A Seymour 
ChappetTe & Clt'B 
Estelle Fratus 
Jefferson - 

1st half (9-11) 
Henry Santrey Bd. 
H ft A Seymour 
Estelle Fratus 
Almond ft Gray all 
(One to nil) 

2d halt (12-16) 
Ada IJrown 
Freda ft Palaoe 
Twins ■ 

Varsity Varieties 
(One to nil) 

2d half (6-8) 
Wallace ft May 
Red Donahue Co 
; Forsythe ft Kelly 



Andrew and Louise Carr 

JUST FINISHED 

40— WEEKS' ROUTE--40 

for PUBLIX 

Direction 

Joe—IEDDY & SMITH— Ed. 

226 West 47th St.. Snite 901 



Co 



Pierre White 
Viola- Dana Co 
Jack Donnelly 
Block ft Sully 
8l8t St. 
1st. half 9-11) 
Dick Henderson 
Venlta Gould 
C Downey Co 
Jack Donnelly Rev 
Twins 

2d»half (12-16) .- 
Marlon Murray Co 
Geo Hunter 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (5-8) 
Sylvia Clark 
Bertha Kalish Co 
Joe Niemeyer Co 
Faye BUlot ft KlUg 
(One to nil) 
Fordhani 
1st half (9-11) 
Wheeler ft Sands 
Mangean Tr 
Bertha Kallsh 
Slim Timblln 
Paco ft Juanlta Co 

2d half (12-16) 
Ship Ahoy 
Loma Worth 
Red Donahue Co 
Blue Slickers 
(One to nil) 

2d half (6-8) 
Senna ft Dean 
Mixed Pickles 
Stillwell ft Fraser 
Mae Usher 
(One to nil) 
Franklin 
1st half (9-11) 
.Jim I..yons 
Pat Honnlng 
Tia'rdelivngS"^^ 
Ship Ahoy 
(One to nil) 

2d half (12-15) 
Henry Santrey Bd 
H ft A Seymour 
Clarence Downey- 
Estelle Fratus 
(One to fill) 

2d half C-8) 
Hilton ft Almy 
Graduates 
Jurdon & Grace 
Slim Timblln Co 
(One to nU) 



Frackaon 
(One to fill) 

. Palace (9) 
Coram 

■Ted Lewis Orch 
Adele Rowland 
(Others to fill) 

(2) „ 
Chamberlain ft H 
Beehee & Rubyatte 
Gus Fowler 
Miller ft Lylcs 
Dick Henderson 
Bag o' Trlx 
Eva La Galllehne' 
Ewine: Katon 
• Regent 
ist. half (9-11) . 
Hap Hazard Co 
Milton Bcrlo 
Jr Steppers 
P & E Rosa 
(One to fill) . 

2d half (12-t5) 
jack Landauor 
Jack Usher 
Vic Honey Tr 
Reed ft I'a Vere 
Louisville Stringer* 

2d half (6-8) 
L'Estrange Co 
Ling Toy Co 
Dot Francisco Co 
Song Fashions 
Boyle ft Dell* 
Boyai 
1st holf iO-ll) 
D Clayton ft C 
Ollv .Tohnson 

Joy ft Roy 
3 - Longfellows 

Gfo Hunter 

2d hnlf (12-16) 
=^B^D-Or«ay-=-C«..=^- 
Ixjula London 
Blue Grasa 4 
(Two to flU). „ . 

2d half (6-8) 
Alice Ueyo Co 
Plcrlot & Sf-ofleW 
Kramer & Pauline 
Jack Usher Co 
Anthony & J^.^n 
CONEY ISLAND 
New Brighton (»' 
Frankie Hcalh 
McKay ft Ardlne 
Joe Browning 



W,e<3Uies4ay, July 4, 1928 



V A R I & T Y 



41 



XB 6 



1 Life UuoyB 
jramlnOB 

\»TBt & Vogt 
(2) 

neeaon & Folsom 
liarle Mans Co 
Flarry Holrn^B. 
/enlta Gould 
:^tte Atlicrton . 
rack Hanloy 
lully & Thomas 
?lormftn Thorn*' 

let half (9-11) 
smith & H"* 
J Downfey Co 
teoodlan<l 
t^el Boy Co 
lohnny Herman 

2d half (12-16) 
Pinto Howland Co 

2d half (6-8) 
Boy Friends 
jr Steppers 
J & B page 
Merle Co 
3ubln & Mulone 
FAR BbCKAWAT 
" Striinil 
2d half (12-15) . 
Jack Donnelly Co. 
Bertha KiUsh Cp 
Wlltpn .* Weber. 
Joe Toune Co 

2 Diveya 

* 2d half (6-8). 
C Dovnlne Co 
S>d Marlon Co • 
Cblleano Family ■• 
4 Pepper Shakers 
Clifford & Marion 
Will Oakland; 

BBb6Kl.YN , 
ill)ei» (0) , 
Boyle & Delia 
Besstr & Balfour 
Devil's Circus 
(Three to flU) 
(2) 

Kltza Vcrnllle 
Trixle Frlganza 
Healey & Cross . 
Princess 'Watawaso 
2 Daveys- 

1st half (9-11) 
M'Manus & Klckej^ 
Nlte In Dixie 
[Calvert Sib 
(Two to fill) 
■ 2d haU (12-16) 
D Creedoon & C 
Swor Bro« 
Olive Johnson Co 
PhlUlpis & Sheldon 
Uiurla Stamm ' Co 

2d )»alf (6-8) 
Wm Sabbott Co 
Dallas "Walker Co 
Thornton & C'tn'y 
Jack Laridauer . 
WH Steiie Co 
Madison 
iBt half (9-11) 
Qretta Ardln? Co 
Fred Ardath Go 
Allien Cook Co 
Vic Honey Tr . 
Btlllwell. & Fraser . 
Beed & ha. Vero 

2d halt (12-16) > 
M'rsh'll M'tgorhery 
Woodland R^v 
Jim Lyons 
Bardelangs . 
Rubin '& Mailohoy 
Jerome & iRyan 
2d' half (5-8) 
Nada Norraihe 
Hllller & Forte 
Carr Bros & Betty 
Hahoii & Scott- R 
Almond Si Grdy S 
Bmlth'&'Hart 
' Orpheum 
1st. half (9-11) 
Collegians 
Deree Sis 
Louis London 
(Two to fill)- 

2d half (12-15) 
BelUer & Forte 
Night In Dixie 
Joy & Roy 
Calvert Sis 
(One to ail) 

2d half (6-8) 
Lady Barbara's Co 
T & B Waters 
Meet the Wife 
Shelton Pollard 
Nash Sis & Molly 
Prospect 
let halt (9-11) 
Jack I^ndauer 
.'Ii'Estrange Co 
. 2 Daveys 
Ada Brown 
Jack Usher Co 
2d half (12-15) 
t P & E Boss 
t Nel Roy Co 
\ Jr Steppers 
■• C & L Londau 
r Nel Roy Go - 
! ^ 2d half (6-8) 
Pinto & .Howl'd Cq 
Phillips & Sheldon 
Margie Hayes Co 
4 Symphonlst 
Morgan & Sheldon 
AKRON, 0. 
Palace 
Iflt half (9-11) 
Torke &. KIng 
Lockett &; . Page 
Smith & Strong 
Peter the Great 
(One to nil) 

2d hfl,lf (12-16) 
Joe Howard 
Jack Benny 
Stepping Feet 
•Parker &. Mack 
(One to All) 
• 2d half (5-8) 
(311da Gray 
LUl Faulkner Co 
Manuel Vega 
Plehls & M'Donald 
Bol Gould 
ASrnjRY PARK 
St. James 
2d. half (5-8) 
John Irving Fisher 
(Others to nil) 
ATMntIC CITI 

^^-==OE(trlg— 

1st half (9-11) 
Casson Bros & M, 
Barto & Clark 
(Three to nu) 
„2<1 half (12-15) 
Os^le & Llnko 
Royal's .Saxt'nettos 
5 Petlcys 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (5.8) 
Wm Ebbs Co 
« Honry, Ejoph 
(Three to flU) 



BAI/nMORE, WD. 
JUppodrome (2) 

Joe Marks Co 
Millard & M 
Tom & Jerry 
On Tour 
Lane & Lee 
(One to fill) 
New Oardens (2) 
Ship Ahoy 
Chas Ray 
Sultan 

Charlotte & Leah 
Leave It to Ruth 
Jack Major 

UINGHAMTOK 
BlnghamtoA , 
2d half (6-8) 
Hong Kong 
(Others to fill) 

BOS-rON, MASS. 
Bowdoln Bq (2) 

Fields & Buckley 
Davis &■ Connie ' 
Turner Bros 
Dick Burton 
(One to nil) 
Qorddn's Olympia 
(Scol)ay Sq . (2) 
Harry Howard Co. 
Granada & Holb'k 
Brlahts 

Carrlo LiUle ' 
Talent & Merit 
Dagman Co 
Stateroom 19 

Gordon's Olympla 

Washington St.- (2) 
Bag & Baggage 
C & Juanita. Go . 
Calvin & Wood ... 
Great -Lester : ,. 
D.'.Orsay.- Go 

bru>G'e:i"jit, -'■ ct, 

PoU'B ; 

• 'Ist half (9-i.l) 
Pastime Rev . 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (6-8) 
J C Fllppen . Rev 
(Others to fill) 
BUFFALO, N. T. 
Hippodrome (0) 
Ken Murray A: - I* ' 
Monroe & Grant 
^Butler & Santos ' 
Sands & D6oi)e 
(Twor io inil)- 

".. (2) 
J':& R Hayed 
Milt Douglas Bd', 
SKamrdcks & T 
(Three . to fill), 

• ■, -CANTON,- p...':-: 

Palace 

1st hiaif (9-li) 
Roy Oummlngs: 
Harry Jols.ort 
Gaiiico Capera 
Joe Mendls 3 
(One to. fill) 

i2d half (12-16) 
Jones & Rea 
(Cithers to fill) 

2d- half (5-8) 
Mitchell & burant 
(Others to fill) 
CINCINNATI, O. 
AIbc« (0) 

Joe. Lfiurld 
Lockf orda . 
Biiapsody In Silk 
Jack WUson 
E & L MiUcr 
(One to fill) 

, . ■ (2) .. ; . 

Nan Halperln ■ . . i 
Jack. Benny ; - , 
Elsie & Paulsen 
Spencp & True 
Night at Club 
(One to fill) . 

Palace (9) 
Sandy Doiiglaa ,' 
Van Cello. & Mary 
Jo6 Phillip's 
Bob Johnstone 
B & J ' Brown 
Dlehls & M'Donald 

. (2) 
Waiman's 'Debs 
bubas 2 
Angel & Fuller 
Foster Fagan & < 
Stepping Feet 
Chas Wilson 

OLRVELAND, O 

105th 6t^ 

1st half 9-11) 
Pressler & Kliass 
Ruiz & Bonlta 
3. Armlns 
Shamrocks & T 
Freddy Stritt Co 
2d half (13-16) 
Oracle Deagon 
Jimmy Bponey 3 
Harry Jolson 
Bennington & Gang 
(One to fill) 

-2d half (6-8) 
Havana Bound 
. 3 . Nelsons . 
Patrlcola 
Jones & Rca 
Music Art Rev 

. Pnltoco. (9) 

Benny Davis Co 
Maniiel' Voga 
Mitchell & Durant 
(Three to flU) 
(2) 

Louise Groody 
Serge Flash 
Bobble Johnstone 
Yorke & King . 
Frankcl & Dunlevy 
Rhapsody in Silk 

COLUMnVS, o. 

Kellh*8 
. 1st half (9-11) 
T & L Donnelly 
Jones & Rea 
Gracie Deagon . 
Parlsicnhe Art 
C Bennington Bd 

2d half (12-16) 
Roy Gummlngs 
Cameo Capers 
Klkuta Japs 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (6-8) 
Joe Mcndcs 3 ■ 
Barr 2 

Peachds Drowning 
Foster & Peggy 

DAYXON, O. 

Keltli's 

Ist half;<9-ll) 
Jaza Boat Rev 

2d half (12-15) 
Foy Family 
O'Brien & J 
■Valcnela 
Spencc & True 
Night at Club 



2d half (6r8) 
ffi & L Miller . 

3 Gocphers 
T & L Donnelly 
Tell Tales 
Ruiz & Bonlta 
DETItOIT, MICn. 

Uptown 

let half (9-11) 
Glad Moffatt 

4 Qirtons 
Havana Bound 
James Lee Rev 
(One to nil) . 

2d half (12-16) 
Stan Kavanaugb 
B & M Reed Co 
LiU'n Faulkner Co 
Freddy Stritt Go 
Lewis & Wyman Bd 

2d half (6-:8) 
Cameo Capers 
Alex & Peggy 
(Three to fill) 

iExizABiitii, n.j: 
. ;city . ■ . 

2d half (6-8) 
.B'rnard. & Suzanna 
kbram . 

McKay & Ardine 
Cassons & Marie ' 
Wm Kent Co 
ERIB, PA.. 
Erie (Oy, 

Echoes of Spain 
Don Gummlngs 
li'aber .& Wales 
M & B, Harvey 
(One to fill) 
(2) 

Gracie Deagon 
Du Ponts 
Tates &. Law ley 
Jim Burchiil 
(Two to fill) 
GU£N8 FAlIiS 
. Itlnlto 

1st half X9-11) • 
Hope 'Vernon 
^ndy Potter Co 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Bob Murphy 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (6-8) 
Stlckney's Circus 
(Others to .flli) 
GRAND RAPIDS 
Ramona. Park 

Ist half (9-11) 
Barr 2 

B^lleclalre" Bros 
Park Sis & H 
Al^x . & Peggy 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (12-15) 
Sol Gould . 
4 Glrtons i 
Geo McLcnnon 
Revel Bros & R 
Holden & Graham 

2d half (6-8) 
Jerry & Grands 
James Lee . Rev 
Glad Moftatt 
Stan Kavanaugb 
LeMairo & "Van 
HARTFORD, CT. 
Capitol 
ist half (9-11) • 
Dagma Co 
Drew & Dowllng 
Great Lester 
Johnny Elliot Co 
Charles Ray 

2d half (12-15) 
All Girl Show 

'• 2d half (5r8) 
Gates & Claire 
Lady. Alice's Co 
Ideal' Girl 
Bdkcr. & Francis 
Pat Henning 
U'TINGTOKT W. V 
. Orpheum 
1st half (9-11) 
Chnrlio Wllison 
Chita's Co . 
(Others to fill) 
■ 2d half (12-15) . 
Pressler & Kliass 
G Wynne Go 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (6-8) 
Bob Capron Co 
Van Cello & Mary 
Fr'dman & S'ym'r 
Chief CaupoUcan 
Hcraa & Wallace 
JERSEY Cixi 

St4ite 
1st half (9-11) 
Marlon Murray Co 
Collins & Seeley 
(Others to fill) 

•2d half (12-15) 
Geo Dormonde Co 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (5-8) 
M'Manus & Hickey 
Zermalne & Farrar 
J & C Hughes 
John Irving Fisher 
( T wS tb nil)-" - 

tlMA. O. 
Kelth'iB 
1st half (9-11) 
'Bee Jones Rev 
Lill Faulkner 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Glad MofCatt 
(Others to. illl) 

2d haH, (5-8). 
M & B Harvey 
4 O'Connors 
4 Glrtons 
(Two to fill) 
IX)ULSVnXB, KY. 
Keith's 
1st half (9-11) 
Night at ClUb 
Foy Family 
Valencia 
Spencc & True 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Jazz Boat Rev 

2d half (6-8) 
Williams & Sweet 
Ghezzis 

Garden of Melpdy 
B & J Brown 
Sandy Douglas Co 

=^--=LYNiJ,..MAS&u... 
Olympla 
2d half (12-16) 
Prince All 
Jack Goldlo 
Phoenix -3 
Al Noda Girls 
(One to nil) 
M'RRIST'WN. N.J. 
Lyon's Park 
2d halt (6-8) 
Earl & RlJil Rev 
Owen Garry &. O 
(Three to fill) 



NASHVILLE 
l>rlnccfls (9) 

Lew Brlce' 
TE Costello Co 
Cosmopolitan 4 ' 
Under thp Palms 
F'rteman & Seym'r 
(2) 

Eddie Dale 
Valencia . 
Gene Greene 
O'B'n & Josephine 
StralDH S-- Strings - 

NEWItCltGU 

' Academy 
1st half (0-11) 
Torn no Sis v 
Al Noda Girls 
Shelton &. Pollard 
Frear Baggett & F 
Harry Carey Co 

2d half (12-16) 
Bailey & Phil 
Stlckney's Circus 
Zuhn & Zuhn 
Mbna Mxira Boys 
Bassett & Bailey 
2d half (5-8) 
Twists & Twirls 
Braminos' ■ 
Jean Joyson 
Wilton & Weber 
Dave Genaro. Go 

NEW II.AVEN* ex. 
Palace 
1st half (9-11) 
Sync Gaieties 
(Oth(?rs to nil) 

2d half (5-8) 
E K Nadei Rev 
OXXAWA, CAN. 
Keith's (9) 
Jack George 
Irvlhg's Midget Or 
G & C Worth 
Watson & Wood 
X>uboi3 2 

(2) 

audy Shaw Co. 
Andy Potter Go 
Brooks ^£ Nice ' 
Margie Halllck 
B & B Donna 
PAXERSON, N. J; 
Itegent 
2d half (6-8) 
Burke & Dtarkln 
J & C Hughes- ■ 
4 Aristocrats 
Mack &. Rosslter 
Circus Follies 
PHILADELPHIA 
Ettrle'.(9) 

yvfett6 Rugpi 

Jack' Crawford 
Ma'sdh Dixon 3 
Geo Bradhurst Go 
(Two to fill) 

. . (2) 
Ray Shannon Co 
Blue Slickers ■ 
Blue Grass 4 
Padlocks of 1928 
(Two to fill) 
PIXXS BURGH 
Pavis (2) . 
Side Show 
Henry Regal 
Geo McLennon 
pressler & Kliass 
Pallette Rev 

Harris . 
1st half (9-11) 
Glenn & Richards 
4 O'Connors 
Bob Capron Co . 
Mack & Brantley 
Scargold 

2d half (12-15) 
Viola Dana Co 
Gwynne Co 
Dttlniagc & Kitty 
Jcannette Seymour 
(One to fill) . 

2d half (6-8) 
Hector's Pals 
Butler & Santos Rv 
Rosa Rosalie 
Diver Vine 
Ralstons 

■ POUUHKEEPME 
Avon' 
Ist half (9-11) 
Jean Joyson 
Bessett & Bailey 
Bailey. & Phil ; 
Stlckney's Circus 
Mona Mura Boys 
2d half (12-15) 
Harry Carey Co 
Al Noda 

Frear Bnggett. & F 
Torano Sis 
Sheldon & Pollard 

2d balf (6-8) 
Agcmos . 
Gladys Delmar Go 
P X Bushman Jr 
Frank Farron 
Doree Sis 
QUEBEC, CAN. 
Keith's (2) 
Frackson 
Watson & Wood 
Dubois 2 
Elsie Clark 
Crisp Sis 

RICHMOliD, VA. 
Lyric (9) 

Margie Goates 

jV.Enaut .Bros ■ 

(Others to fill) 
(2) 

B & E Newell 
Stepping Feet 
Louis Leo 
Under the Palms 
O'Conn'r '& Vaughn 
SARATOGA. SP'GS 
CongrcHS 
1st. half .(9-'ll) 
D & B boiina 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (5-8) 
Ch.mg's Mandarins 
(Others to fllD 
SPRINCPIELD, O. 
J'alace 
1st half (9-11) 
Bob Murphy 
Gates & Claire 
Lowe & Sargent RV 
(Two to All) 

2d half (12-16) 
Lou Cameron 
Victor. Graff 
Drew & Dowllng 
(TWO to fill) 

2d half (5-8) 
Koarna & W'allett 
G & B Parks 
Burns Bros 
(Two to fiU) 
= SYR AC:t- SEr^Jv-Y-;=^ 
Keith's 
iMt half (9-11) 
M Halllck Co 
Milton & iJoug Bd 
Yates & I-iwloy 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (12-15) 
Norman Thomn.s 6 
Williams Si Sweet 
Wm Halllpan 
(Two to fill) 

2(1 half (6-8) 
Sands & Doone 



Reed & Duthers 
4 Ilamels Sis 
Ken Murray 
Monroe & Gr.ant 
Leoii Leonard Co 

XOLEDO, O. 
Keith's 

let half (9-11) 
Sol Gould 
Goo Mcljennon 
Adclino Bohdon 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Birr 2 

Bcilecl.ilre .Brt>3 
Alex & Peggy 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (6-8) . 
Jazz Boat Rev- 
lORONXO,; CAN 
Hippodrome (9). 
H Waiman's Co 
East & Dumke 
J Sr R Hayes 
Honey Tr ' 
(Two to fill) 
(2) 

Xjou Cameron 
Klkuta Japs 
Fan Falre 
Vox & Walters 
Johnny Hyman '■ 
(One to fill) 
XRENTON, N. J. 
Capitol 
Rome & Gaut 
Post's' Californlans 
Bob Rowland 
(Two to fill) ' 

2d half (12-16) . 
Pierre White 
(Others to fill). 

2d half (6-8) 
Jack Mandy 
Ada Kaufman Girls 
(Three to fill) 
UNION CITY. N.J. 
Capitol 
2d half. (6-8) 
Judson Cple 
Red Pirate ' 
Frank' Work Co 
Rogers & Wynne 
3 Good Knights 

"WAXERBURY 

Talace 
1st half (9-11) 
All Girl Show .. 

2d half (12-16) 
Johnny Elliott Co 



Dagmar Co 
Yatps & rinlro 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (5-8) 
Nally Si Pago 
Kearns & "Wiillctl 
Long'Iln Bishop Co 
Hayes & Mayes 
Bell & Albert 
WIUTB PLAINS 
Koith'K 

1st half (9-11) 
4 Pepper Shakers . 
Breen La Bard & li 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (12-15) . 
Cole & Snyder 
Hectro 

(Three to nil) 

2d half (6-8) 
McI Klf'e 
4 Ortons 

10 Knlglits in Bar 
(Two to fill) 

WORCESTER 
Palace . 

1st half (9-li) 
Lou' Cameron . 
Victor Graff 
(Tiiree to nil) ; 
2d half (12-15) 
Lowe & Sargent Rv 
Western Vapors 
Ohas -Ray 
(Three to nU) 

2d half (5-8) 
Fricks & Pope 
Bob Murphy 
.4 Van Rippers- 
W & G Ahearn 
G & E Parks 
YOUNGSTOWN, O. 

Keith's 
■ 1st half^(s9-ll).. 
Parker Mack 
Jack' . Benny 
Stepping Feet ; : 
Joe Howard Co' 
(One to fill) 

id half" (12-15) 
Yorke & King 
Lockett &.Page 
Peter the Great 
Smith Sc. Strong 
(One to fill) 

2a lialir (6-8)' . 
Dan Small 
O Benn'lngtOTi Co 
Mack & Brantliey 
Wih Ha:illgon . 
Hal Niemata 




BEAl MONT, TKX. 

. (;•). . 

(Samp bill playH. 
LiVKu .(■■hailo.x, lU, 

J>Iirovi>]i"rii 1 1 ; 

Al(>x;inili-la. 12) ' 
I^aSallp. & Maok 
Kil i<: Miiy Krnii! 
L-iS.s-< H White I'o 
"Wsillvi AUiNuUy 
H .( C'onley- 
UIKM'(iII'.'V(, ALA. 

•. MajoHtic (0) 
Pondcll 3 
3 isoulhorn Girls 
3 bailors 
Xlshcra 

Carl Kroed Oru-h 
Ihlil.LAS; TF.X. 
. Majestic (9) 

Vfu-lrtloa. 

I'T. WOKTII. TEX 
MiijcHllo (9) 

Alberta Lpi> Co 
IJr^niiott Bros 
jlm & M IlarUlna 
Family Ford ■ 
Grace Edler Co 
HOI'STON. TKX. 
Mcrtlni (9) 
Go-ssips of 1928 
L'LE ROCK, AUK. 
Majestic ■ 
lat half (O-ll)' 
Fortunello & C 



Orpheum 



CHICAGO, ILL. 
Palacel (2) 

H & J ReyeB 

(Others to flU) 
Riviera <2) 

Olive Olsen 

Lockett & Page 'Co 

(Others to fill) 
State-Lake (2) 

J E Howard Co - 

Lahr & Mercedes 

Brown & La Velle 

Our Gang Co 

(Others to fill) 
LOS ANGELES 
HUl Street (2) 

Packman Minstrels 

Cortini 

D^re Wahl, Go 
(Three to fill) . 

Orpheum .<2) 
Dora Maughan 
Eugenie O'Brien ■ . 
Calif Collegians 
Bert Wheeler C3o 
Colleglates 
Shaw & Lee - - 
Tex McLcod . 
Brox Sis 

MILWAUKEE 

Orpheum (2) ' 
6 Dauhton-Shawa 
De Marcos 
Jack Wilson 
Johns & Mably 
(Two to fill) 
MINNEAPOMS 

Hennepin (2) 
Smith & Barker 
Jeanne E'agels 
Jerome & Evelyn 
TIllls & La Rue ' 
(TWO to fill) 
OAKLAND, CAL. 

Orpheum (2) 
Eddie Borden Co 
Mason & Keller . Co 
G & P Magley 
Reilly Go 
Lydcll & Hlggins 
(One to fill) 



Ilcnoe Itiano Co 
('I'lii'po ui tUO 
2d U;iif ii:;-ir.) 

Kub IHM) I.);mr( r»t 
I'"i'ni oil .M Kii'lilH ' 
Willie Co- 
(Two to nil.) 
NEW OKLKANS 
. OrplKMini: 

. 1st luur (u-u) 

(tf;nno IjHI pl.iys 
Hato.n lldiige id 
half) 
Conlin fi HitmlUon 
VXilly Moody 
lliliy Vurl Co 
Uitllc JaMC Little 
liool'gc WonK ^'O.' 
OKLAHOMA CITY 

Orplicuiii (9). 
All Girl Show 

SAN ANTONIO 
. . Irtiijwitlc . (9) 
GuHono.H 
Carl Dobba Co 
Lovan St Dotlia 
Toney & J^OrnL-xn ■■ 
Countcs.s Konia Co 
'.m.,sA OKLA. 
Orpheum' (9) 
Eilooni . & Marjorlo 
Qulxic .4 

'frSiU.-^n & Wallace 
J.Tck Redmond 
Dain.ty Marie' . 



Associatian 



VANt Ol'VEU. B.C. i 
Pnntugi'H (9) I 

(SroUs I 
Mildred Forre. I 
Kolly Jncksun I 
(irccn '*,- Aumin I 
II.-iiiU)n Urns 
TACOMA. WASH. , 
- VantuKOH (9) '. 
Wi-.-si- 3 ■ i 

Ktai l.iooU Iloy I 
Kl Cola iV; Hyrne. 
HxposUion 4 
MiirKO * HtHh 
rOKTLAND. ORE. 

Piintagc'M (9) 
Mary f^•^^'0('npy . ' . 
Gnvhiun *c Courln'y 
.'^ulUvnn & Ruth . 
. Madoilno . 
Worn CI' iVi Mary. A- . 
Mrt.''iin lilxoii Co 
IS ANril.V> CISCO 
Pantikgoti (9) 
Jarily.s 
Mai-U Tlvoli: 
Warlo 0 McDonald 
Miu-K<"t ' Morol 
Uo.wl:) till . & Joyce 
•Havaniu 
LOS ANOKl.KS 
Pantitg<>$ (9) . 
Mary Zollor 
Houlton <fe AVhit'g 
lllraoh Arnold Hal 
Tnicy it Elwootl 
l.Smpirc Comedy 4 
Spooi" A Parsons- 
SAN DliEiJO. CAL. 

. P.intaKOS. (9) . 
Piiit; iNOrtrlk , ■ 
Dnvi 4 T.'^'fi.slc 
W(l(li>> V'hUc- 
Oini'gham & B'nett 
W jnoim Winter . . 



V.i.di'll ■"rts .' 
L'G 15KACII CAL. 
I'antuges (9) 

liiin'iiiir 'rioiipe 
AlK-o Mi'lviDe 
r\\ut> .t K.-i'l'our 
H..i;.-r i«i K llurst 
.M.-iriii. It.isiia Hil 
SALT lAKK fITY 

PantagA" (!)) 
.\ii.«n-ivliaiv W.-iilr.i 
Hi-uiij;iii\ .(.}ordoti 
MiUii'l T.iliafi'rvo . 
Uuili ICtlinn 
Lll>liv I >aiu-(-vs 
J.Oti.AN, I TAIl 
raiitiigrH (!»)'. 
T'>oroMiy l.uiur Co 
. Wiifd iVi I'an-i(-k ' 
Uayinond Hond 
'Morris' .V: Klynii • 
JiioWs it Ouoi-ns 
OMAHA. Nint. 
W«irld (9) 
WU.son & Koppoi 
M.nrjah • 
Mubi'.l M.i'.Cann 
V.ori\. \- Wills 
UnviMii.inn Animals 
KAN^ ('ITY, MO. 
• I'liudigr-.s (tt) 
CliM-jii lit'Von ' 
Kl'i'unot- J udd 
Cod;- 5 . 
cure Xa'ztu-r(i 
lainv. iM-. WliHo 
Houndclay Hin* 

.mk.mphis, tknn. 

Pahia'gcs (9) 

Fields & Ci.pk 
C-irii'la- ].)lamond. 
'Kldcr Stt'p'iiors 
..In Bed Early 
Argrnllne Itev 
Manclicslur & Ross 



OMAHA, NEB. 
Orpheum (2) 

Frances White . 
Jay Ward 
Lorin Baker Oo 
Yong Wong Tr 
T & A WAldman 
(One to fill) 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Golden Gate (25) 
Zelda B&ntley 
Bon John Co 
Bury's Dog's 
P Hickman's Co 
PlBher & Hurst 

(One to fill) 

Orpheum (2) 
Eddie Conrad Co 
Ken Howell's Co 

Mary MArlowc 

Gaston & Andre 

Berk & Saun 

Chas T. Aid rich 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 
St. Louis (2) 

Chas' Irwin .. 

Stiibbleflelds 
■ Weaver Bros 

(Three to fill) 

SEAXXLE, WASH. 
Orpheum <2) 

Britt Wood 

Mex Tojjlca Orch 

Paqulta & Chikita 

Give & Take 

Moody & Duncan 

(One to fill) 

VANCOUVER. B.C. 
Orphenm <2) 

James J Jeffries Co 

Joe Daly Co 

Val Harris Co 

Tom McAuliftc 

Upham Whitney Rv 

Ann Garrison Co 

WINNIPEG, CAN. 
Orpheum (2) 

Restelll 

Shaw & Carroll Rv 
Klutlng's Ent 
(Three to fill) 



CHICAGO 
Ameriean 

1st half (8-11) . 
Bob Sc O Nelson 
Manny Smith 
Bertr'nd & Ralston 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (12-14) ' 
3 Kecria Girls . 
O'Gonnan & Evans 
(Three to fill) • 
. Belmont 
'1st half (8-il) 
Lauren & LaDare. 
Sunbohnetts- 
Adams' (k. Rash 
(Two to fill.) 

2d half (12-14) 
Lundb'rg '& Edw'd'fl 
Ates & Darling 
(Three to fill) •. 
Dlversey 
Sunday only (8) 
Bertrand &' Ralston 
(Others to fill)- 
' Englewood 
ist half (8-11) 
Esmonde & Grant 
Lundb'rg Sc Ed^Vds 
Will Aubrey 
(Two to fill) 
2d half (12-14). 
Sunbonnctts 
(Others to fill) 

Majestic (8) , 
Maxlne & Bobby 
(Others to fill) 
DAVENl*OBT. lA, 
Capitol 
1st half (8-11) 
Worthy & Th'pson 



Proctor 



NEW YORK CITY 

seth St. 

1st half .(9-il) 
Behee & Rubyatt 
Tom & R Romolne 
Miss Patrlcola 
(Two to fill) 

'2d half - (-12-16) 
4 Ortons 
Adele Verne 
J G Morton Co 
CTwo to fill) 
6th Ave. 

Ist half (9-11) 
Lc Paul 
J C Morton Co 
Bison City 4 
4 Ortons 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Stlllwell & Fraser 
Miss Patrlcola 
Shuffles & Taps 
(Two to fill) 
i26th. St. 

1st half (9-11) 
Harry Bolden 
Mahon & Scott .Rv 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (12-15) 
O'Connor & Vaughn 
Leave It to Ruth 
McManus & Hickey 
Ureen LaBArd & B 
(One to fill) 
WESXCHESXER 

New Roclielle 

1st half (9-11) 
Hector 
-OiGonnor=& Vaughn 
Cole & Snyder 
Shuffles Si Taps 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
4 Pepper Shajters 
Padlocks of 1928 
(Three to fill) 

. Mt. Vernon. 

Ist half (9-11) 
Padlocks of 1928 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Villi A. Vance Rev 



Nick Hiifford 
Rita Gould Co 
Romas Tr 
(One to fill) 
Yonkcrs 

1st half (9-11) 
Villi &. Vance Rev 
Charlotte Worth. 
Leave"3't Co RiiTh ' 
Sid Marlon & Co 
Romas Tr 

2d half (12-16) 
Chappelle & C'Uon 
Johnny Herman 
Urban Rev 
(Two to fill) 
NEWARK, ,N. J. 
Palace (9) . 

Aussie & Czeck 
Combe &.Nevlns 
Joe Marks Co- • ' 
Clifford & Marlon 
Bag of Tricks 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
Grand 

.Ist half (9-11) 
Crisp Sis Co 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-15) 
Brooks & Nao6 
(Others to fill) 
XROY, N. Y. 
rroctor's 

Ist half (9-11) 
Andy Potter Co 
Hope Vernon 
I'rlncess Pat 
Brooks & Nace 
H Hlggins Co 

Stewart 
(Others to fill) 
8C1IENECXADY 
I»roctor'B 

Ist half (9-11) 
Block & Sully 
Norman Thomas 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-15) 
Yates & LawKw 
Crisp Sis Co 
(Three to fill) 



2d half (12-14) - 
Pulton & Mack. 
Rich & Chcrlc 
Larry Rich Ent- 
(Two to fill) 
MILWAUKEE 
Riverside (8) 
Lucas Si- Lillian . . 
(Others to fill) 
ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Palace 
1st half (8-11) 
Fultbn & Mack 
Rich & Chcrle 
Larry Rich Ent 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-14) 
Johns S^ Mabley 
Gonlln & Glass 
Quln Ryan 
(Two to fill) ' 
SIOUX CITY. lA. 
Ok^theum 
1st half (8-11) ' 
Ryah Sis 
Suite .10 
Lorln " Raker Co 
Honey Boys '■ 
(One to fill). 

2d half (12-14) 
Yon Keo ' Tr . ' 
Adrian 
Norree Co 
(Two to fill) 
SOU. BEND, IND. 
Palace 
ist half (8-Jl) 
Anger & Fair . 
Hart Krazy Kats 
(Tliree to fill) 
2d half (12-14) . 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A. 

DR. JUUAN SIEGEL 

lC(iO ' Broadway , New York 
Bet. 4eth and 47tb Sts.. 
Thli WmIi- 
KXHKL DAVIS; PAX KELLY 



I ButtCTfiidi 



ADRIAN. MICH.. 

Croswell (6-7) 

Jule & Rita . 
Garry Ow.ch' . 
Sun Bonnets 

ANN Arbor 

Michigan 
2d half C6-7) 
. Belleclalr -Bros 
(Two to fill) 
FWNX; MICH. 
Capitol 
2d half (6-7) 
Carlos Com Circus. 
Marguerita Padula 
Yesterthoughts 

KALAMAZOO 
State 

I 2d half (6-7). 
Parisian BricktopR. 
(Two to fill) . 



I^ANSING, MICH. 
Strand 

■ 2d half (6-7) 
Lublrt Larry & A - : 
Tiny Town Rev 
(One .to fill) 
OfWOSSO. MICH. 

Capitol 
. 2d half (6-7) 
Fid" Gordon 
(Two to. fill) 
X'ONXIAC, MICH. 
State 
2d half (6-7) 
Agee & White 
Stop Look & 'Listen 
(One: to fill) 
SAGINAW, »rtCH. 
Temple 
■.2d half (5-7) 
Hrtrrlngton Sis 
Billy House Co 
(One t<J fill) 



COAST NOTES 



itb W A R D S U OAT 

■ BONDS FOR INVESTMENT 

'A,-.B. Leacli.& Co., Inc.. 57 William St,, N. 



Olsen A Johnson Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-14) 
Joe Mcndl 
Olsen & Johnson Co 
(One to fill) 
DES MOINES. lA. 
Orpheum 

Ist half (8-11) 
Corner. Drug Store 
Reynolds & Clark 
Yon Keo Tr 
(Two to fijl) 

2d half (12-14) . 
Worthy & Th'pson 
Lorin Raker Co 
Hungarian Tr 
(Two to fill) 
DEXROIX, MICIL 
Grand Riviera <8) 
Rath Bros 
Racine & Ray 
Holl.i'wood 

1st half (8-11) 
Wttgner Side Show 
Frank Richardson 

2d half (12-14) 
Prank Richardson 
(Two to fill) 

KANSAS CIXY 
Main. Street (8) 

Louisville Lobns 
Ypng Wong Tr .. 
VlllanI Bros 
Chas Irwin 
(Two to fill) 
MADISON, . WIS. 
Ori>hcum 
1st half (8-U) 
. Johns -& . Mabley . . 
Cdnlin & Glass 
Qulnn Ryan 
Marg Severn Co 
(One to fill) 



(Continvied from page 26) 

Siinpson, liloyd. Whltlock, George 
Chandrer, Joao Standing, Virginia 
Sale and Florence Turner. 

Michael Farley appointed Buper- 
visor of westerns for Fox. . 



Alan Hale In "The Spieler," Pathe. 
Picture foes in work Aug. 1, Tay 
Garnett directinig. • 



William Seiter will direct 
I outcast" for. First National. 
Corrine- Griffith will be in it. 



'The 



Aurora 8 .. 
Bertr'nd & Ralston 
Adams & Rdsh 
Mlirg Severn Co 
(Onci tb 'fiU) 
SPRINGF-LD, ILL. 
Orpheum 

.1st halt <8-li) 
Joe & Win Hale 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-14) 
Morley & Anger 
Leon Leonard Co . 
(Three to fill) 

^'^ G^AH)^'^' I Pathe has started on "-Show 
Perez AMargierite Folks" with Eddie QuiUaiii Robert 
p Harrington Sis | Armstrong, Lina Basquette ana 
Carol Lombard in cast, Paiul Stein 
directing. 



Page & Cortez 
(Others to fill) 
SX. PAUL,. MINN. 
Palace ' / ■ 

'1st half (8-11) 
Adrian 
Norree & Co 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (12-14) 
Ryan Sis 
Suite 16 

Reynolds & Clark 
Honey Boys 
(One to fill) 
WAUKEGAN 
Genesee 
2d half (12-14) 
Mfildie & Ray 
Joe Phillips Co 
Hart's Krazy Kats 
WINDSOR, CAN. 
Capitol 
Ist half (8-11) 
Fid. Gordon- - 
(Others to fill). 

2d half (12-14) 
Lubln Lowrie Sc A 
(Others to fili) 




NEWARK. N. J. 
Newark (9) 

Musical Geralds -. 
Joe &■ Sol Freed 
Jimmy Gildca 
Schaeffer & Bernlcc 
Stylish Steppers ' 
4 Valcntlnos 
Mayo & Bobby 

NIAGARA FALLS 
Strand 

Brady & Mahoncy 
Garden of Roses 
(Three to fill) 

lORONTO, CAN. 
Patitoges (0) 

1st half (9-11) 
Dalt Sc. I^marr 
Chas & G MoratI 
Harry ('oopcr 
Buggs Sc Weston 
Fantasy Ilcv 
IIA MI LXO Nf^ Oil^Nv- 

I'antagcH (0) ■ 
3' Kayton Girls 
Morris & Ward. 
I'easc & Nelson 
Niles St Mansfield 
Vcr.Matile. Steppers 
TOLEDO. O. 
Rivoll (0) 
LlltleJohnH 
Oh.xn St GarretHon 
Hogerx JifV 
I Biirnn & W<-Ht 
Up in the Clouds 



INDIANAPOLIS 

Lyric (0) 

Paddy .Saunders 
Meyers & ' Sterling 
Richard Vlntour 
Blgson Herbert 
Alexander . £ Olson 

MINNEAPOLIS 
. I'antagen (0) 

3 Olympians 
Edison & Gregory 
Kola Sc .Sylvia 
6 Crooners 
Earl Fagen Bd 

CALCARYi CAN. 
Pontages (0) 

Raymond & Geneva 
Ulis At Clark 
Gray Family 
Hayden Han'g & H 
Hilly Lament 4 



INCORPORATIONS 

New York 

Admor Amusement Corp., Brooklyn, 
theatre proprietors and managers, ?10,- 
000; Adolph Schartz, Morris Golonnh, 
Louis W. Nallb. Filed by Lewis B. Al- 
terman. 729 7th ave,. New York. 

Undcrhlll Theatres Corp., Manhattan, 
general amuseinent l)u.slne.s3. ?B,000, 
Nathaniel Weiss, Harold Jacobs Abner 
A. Weiss. Filed by Maurice M. Cohn, 
246 6th ave., New York. _„m.. 

Phanover Corp., New York, dramatic 
plays, playlets, mu.HcalB. 600 shares, 200 
nfd . $100: 400 com., no par; Ethel Blum, 
James C. Haulon. Filed by Oscar Im- 
ber, 1170 Broadway, New York. 

Georgian Copyrlghttt, Inc., Manh.-itt.an,. 

manufacture and deal In motion pic- 
tures, features, feature films, 1,200 
shares. 400 pfd., $60; 800 com., no par; 
Ulchard T. Llngley. John McCabc. Ger- 
tr»ide Priester. piled by John F. Mc- 
Cabc. 41 Maiden Lane, New ■york._ 

Rodawin Amus<»mcntH, Inc., New York, 
theatre proprietors and managers, |10,- 
OOiO; Florence C. Day, Ida Ro»<;' 
Welnblatt. Filed by Charles Welnblatt, 
1 11 W. 42d St., New York. ^ ; . 

-ErIanffer IMrmliiitham Xheatre Corp., 
New York, producing theatrical, musi- 
cal, operatic, movliig pictures, 1,000 
shares no par value; .Leonard E, Berg- 
man.. Milando I'ratt, SaUl J. Rarpn. 
Filed by Saul J. Baron, 214 W. 42d pt,, 
New York. _ \, t, „ 

Alexander McKalg Inc., Manhattan, 
stage playH. operas, operettas, vauder 
vlUes, 126,100; Alexander McICalg. Roh- 
ert Thayer, John F. Wharton. Filed by 
Cohen. CoIp, Weiss and Wharton, 61 
Broadway, New York. 

Picture Corp.. Manhaltan. dramatic 
and motion, picture rights of alorles, 
motion pictures.. playa, photoplayij, 
$1^000; Clinton M. White, Richard 
.SeuzBde, Nora Y. Jarrelt. Filed by 
Robt. L, Noah, llugot Bldg., St. George, 

'""'CharlcH Mushi .Store, Inc., New York, 
ln.>»trurtientB, ' music, $10,000, 



musical ln.>»trurtientB, ' music, 
ijii.y i.umoni ■> I oharlcs Wclss. Molllc Weiss. Edward 
J5P0KANJS.;^ASir:,Uv;ViBH..^-.Elied.=by.^^ 
Pontages <9) Broadway, New York. 
Russian Art Circus | William Hodge,. Inc., Manhattan, the- 
atrical enterprises. 100 shares no paJr 
value; ■William Hodge, Helen Hodge, 
fharles Hturges. Filed by O'Brien, 
MalcvlnRky and Drl.scoll, Times S(j., 
Ne.w York, .„ , 

Rrin Distributing Corp.. New York, 
motion plctarc playH, 600 shares no par 
value; David Brill, William C.- Herri- 
nmnn. MUton Kolb. Filed by Sohreiber. 
folllns, Myers and Butchtcr, 286 MOdl- 
Bon ave., New York. 



Wally & Zella 
.4 K.arrcys 
Those 3 Fellers . 
Cycle of Dance 
SEATXI.E. WASH. 

Pantage4 (0) 
6 Uracil avJs 
Grat-i. .Poro 
./(If ill rndrd 
Ilodt^ro Si Malcy 
B'way Bits 



42 



B'WAY RACK! 
SEE STOCKS 



Risko 



Gets Break With 
Over Godfrey 



One Woman Now Seamstress 
After Defrauded of $9,000 
in Real Estate 




LOUGHRAN'S GLOVE SKILL 



Decision 



his da 



Since Deputy. ChleC Inspector 
Jtiirics S. liolan, in charBe of the 
tlicatrical (listrict, has driven the 
"floating" poolroom from -Broadway, 
several new rackets have sprung up. 
Phoney stock outfits and spurlpUs 
real estate concerns "take" one for 
all they have. 

In the real /estate racket the 
wbme'n ai'e the . victims. In the 
phoney stock riacket. aged men, 
mostly from out of town, are being 
taken for legitimato stock and spare 
cash. 

During the : past month several 
persons have been arrested and held 
for the action of the <jrand. Jury. A 
short time ago. ''Randy'' Newman, 
disbarred Bi^jadwrty attorney, and 
one Visco were held for the Grand 
Jury. A few days ago a woman 
told, in West Side Court how she 
Ivad bought^ five lots froni several 
men said to have ' been connected 
Avith the Fisk A.ssociates, Inc., . in 
Columbus circle. : 

.She had sunk more, than ^9,000. 
Her husband was driven to a mental 
institution when she was unable to 
rc^coyet her money or get her lots; 
"'"^is woman, was compelled to go to 
■ ; . k as a steamstress. 

Saay Arrested 
E:\rl H. Scay, Do. salesman, $top- 
:r at the BjlvtcTc-re hotel, was ar- 
•■:?n?d in West Side Court before 
■A -jIsJrate John V. . Floor and held 
In heavy bail for the action of the 
. C; c'nd Jury. Errny was charged. 
\-- -.h obtaining 33. -lO!) worth of Roxy 
Iheatre stock frcpi Edwai'd L. Jen- 
kins, comrositor on an evening 
nowsjyaper. 

Sea.y was arrested by Detectives 
r.wood piwer and "Bill" (Bujpny) 
O'Connor, of . the West 68th street 
station. Jenkins had read a brochure 
issued by Seay and some others 
which told a bon?.nza that could be 
made in dealing in stocks. Jenkins 
went to Seay's office, 1658 .Broad- 
way, name of the outfit was 
Earl Phillips Co. The name is the 
first names of Sea,y arid a man said 
to be Phil Pennelly. ' 

Jenkins explained he had Roxy 
\t';ck. They . told him that with 
,tme more money and his Roxy 
.-cock they would give him better 
. r^ ieldang stock called Roxy Circuit 
stock. • He gave up his stock and 
money. He was told to come bacii 
arid collect his coupions. 
• He returned, but the outfit had 
moved arid no one knew where. 
Jenkins finally' went to Assistant 
District Attorney Alexander Leh- 
man. . . 



Beautiful Blonde l)ip 



As a result of many complaints 
from women shoppers that their 
purses were being rifled and . that 
a beautiful blonde woman had been 
noticed acting suspiciously, D<»- 
t<?ctlve Daniel Burns, Pickpocket 
Squad, was assigned to apprehend 
the culprit. 

Burns was walking through 42d 
street near Fifth avenue when he 
observed Itfarie Nelson, 29, 163 
West 48tii street, jostling against 
.several Women. Burns recognized 
the description of the female men- 
tioned In the complaints and de- 
cided to watch her. 

The well-dressed blonde shoved 
against seyeral women, and finally 
Burns said he saw her walk along- 
side. Helen Floyd, 746 Sixth avenue, 
and open . her purse. Before she 
had an opportunity to. extract iany- 
thlrig the detective, nabbed her., 

Her fingerprint recorei Indicated 
she had been arrested Feb. 13, 1918, 
for disorderly conduct and was 
sentenced to 30 days in the Work r 
house. April 28, last, she was ar- 
rested in Newark, N: J., on a bag- 
opening charge, but wa.s acquitted 

When before Magistrate Flood in 
West Side Court she pleaded guilty 
to this charge. On her promise to 
leave New York and remain away 
the magistrate extended extromo 
leniency and sent her to the Work- 
house for^ 30 days. She promistil 
'siiT'wourd'Igo^WsT^^ 
pletcd her sentence. 



By Jack Pulaski 

immy SUittery hurt a mit 
le bout with the 
chariip, TontrtiyTLioughran, was can- 
colled, tliey booked Armand Eman- 
uel the coast barrister- boxer, as sub- 
stitute. The scale \yus reduced from 
,$16.50 to $11 because of the switch 
but there was a.coinparatively light 
house at the Garden Thur.sday to 
see Loughran outbox Armand. 

Tommy insisted that Emanuel come 
in over the weight limiit, taking tbe 
stand thiat he would not chance the 
title for small money. It- was nec- 
cs.'^ary, therefore, foi" the cpast. light 
heavy to drink water, which placed 
him on the. scales a quarter pound 
more tlmn 175 pounds, the decision 
limit. , ■. ; , 

There was a prolonged howl oyer 
the decision from the fans, whO; 
adapted Emanuel a& a favorite; 
though he was 3 to 1; in the betting. 
They liked the kid because recently 
he outpointed Mike- McTigue here 
after being knocked down in the 
first round arid because he is a ringf 
mixer; Being, partial, the bugS only 
saw tbe puirches he. landed and dis- 
counted the work of Lroughfan; . No 
doubt that, the later won on point* 
by a considerable margin during 
the 10. rounds. 

Loughran did most of the, leading 
and' landed many glpve^ to the 
body. In boxing skill he was best, 
though Armand is no dub and with 
experience will step with the best of 
them. 

Emanuel Was best in fast counter- 
ing, surprising with left-hand work. 
A left hook shook Tommy toi; the 
heels in the eighth round, but the 
champ out-feinted the youngster, 
who had the chancie of jputtirtg oyer 
tiie finisher. In the' ninth round 
Tommy's left eye was cut; ; Armand 
was unmarked,, which maintained 
Loughran's rep as a llfeht hitter. He 
was rated by a gallerlte as not being 
able to break an egg; 

In the semi-firial. two hard-hitting 
light heavies entertained, in tiie 
sixth rognd colored Deacon Tiger 
Payne, who brought a funny bath 
robe on .from the coast, claimed a 
foul and the referee gave him the 
match with Jo6 Monte, Both were 
socking it in and it was a.bout even 
when stopped. 

Risko vs. Godfrey 
Over, at Ebbett's Field, Wednes 
dar. Johnny Risko, Cleveland's best 
baker boxer, was given the decision 
over George Godfrey, the big colored 
fellow whose 235 pounds was 45 
pounds heavier, than that of Risko. 
It looked as If Johnny was handed 
something on a platter, Godfrey ap-r 
pearing to - have the better of the 
argument. The judges . may have 
deci<3ed in Rlsltp's favor for his 
courage in battling the mountainous 
black. 

In the first six rounds Godfrey 
had the edge. Risko seemed afraid 
of him. The eighth and ninth 
rounds cleairly went to Risko, who 
had settled down to business and 
was slamming GeorgeiS" body with 
heavy blowsi 

For a man of his strength God- 
frey is a bust'. He looks as If he 
could whip the world but. lacks a 
fighting heart. Had he copped from 
the tough Clevelander he would have 
have been in line for some im- 
portant bouts. Tunney would make 
a chopping block of him. 



FORE 



Glen Oaks Tops Fenimore 

Fenlmore lost its team match 
Sundi^y, at Gleo Oaks when Its eight 
picked men bowed to . the Long Is- 
land experts. 

Charley Yates was number one 
man for Glen Oaks with Maryln 
Schenck, of the Loew office, on the 
squad. Arthur Stebbins was nurn- 
bei- one for. Fenlmore, Score .was 

10-9.' 

Schenck shot a 91 a^nd 88, and 
Yates an 81. a,nd a 79. The clubs 
play, a return match, at Feriimore 
Aug. 5. . 



News From the Dailies 

- This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pMb> 
lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chictigo, 
San Francisco, Los Angeles and London. Variety takes no credit 
for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. 



NEW YORK 



Everybody is, crashing, what pub- 
licity can be snatched from sv/itch 
to the taxless $3 gate. 



341 Wins at 'Clearview 

Ray Wilbert ' won the annual N. 
V. A. tournament at Clearview laist 
week with a total of 341 for the 
72 holes of medal play. Charlie 
Freeman, medalist, finished eighth 
with 359, 

Among the first divisibn other 
total scores were William Mandell, 
348; Hal Forde, 348; Fi'ank Brltton, 
349; Pat Patterson, 353; Jack Pul- 
torii 354; James Fisher, 354; Pete 
Mack^ 365 ; Dave ' Thursby, 366; 
Chris Ghisholm, 367, and Harry Nor- 
wood, 372. 

Mandelli>: and Forde played an 
extra role for the runner-up horior, 
Mandell winning and Forde getting 
the consplatloh prize; Another play- 
off was in the second division be- 
tween Frank Brotikway and Bob 
Mortinaer, tied, at* 370, Brpckway 
winning. . : 



Aftermath of auto accident in 
Which Frances Shelley was nearly 
killed, on the ^yay tb Canada brought 
statement from her companion, 
Jack Norvell,, mining engineer, that 
actress had asked to be allowed to 
drive near Glens Falls, N. Y., and, 
becoming confused on the dark road, 
had driven into a tree. First ex- 
pected to die. Miss Shelley now has 
good chance of recovery, 



Although both are married, Jer- 
6me Fiske Collins, wrestling pro-* 
moter, and Dorothea Sainte Claire 
Erio, announced their engagement 
to marry.' Both are defendants in 
divorce proceedings, by their pres- 
ent mates. 



MINN/S DOGS DOING OKAY 

Minneapolis, July 3. 

Greyhound races JuJit outside th- 
city limits are getting a great pl:i\ 
from the puHle. 

Hot tips are sold in .sealed enve- 
lopes for $1 the envelope. 



Old Legit's Street Stunt 
.Gets pQod and Lodging 

His story of having worked in 
shows for Harrigan and Hart, Toby 
Pastor, Harry C. Miner and others 
more than a score of years. .ago 
when the famous theatrical man- 
agers were still on the Bowery, won 
for Cliarles Ross, ,59,, no home, a 
suspended sentencie on charge of 
disorderly conduct. He was brought 
into the Tombs Court before Mag- 
istrate George W. .Simpson after be- 
ing arested. while giving a scene 
from "Hamlet" to quite a crowd In 
front of police headquarters. He 
had been making enough money to 
buy himself a. flop and eats by giv- 
ing these Imprdmptu . performances 
on the streets. 

When >asked about his past, the 
gray haired, neatly dressed defend- 
ant dramatically told the court he 
had appeared as tragedian with 
famous stars of Tony Pastor's day. 
— Tin p res.sed, . Ma gis t rate__.. Sim pson 



Negro Baby's Mgrs. Held 
In $500 Bail for Trial 

After listening to testiriiony of 
Thomas J. Kelly, Children's Society 
representative^ Magistrate John V. 
Flood, In West Side Court, held 
Louis Bolton, 36, Commodore Ath- 
letic Club, and William Jones, 50, 
44 West 98 th street, for trial in Spe- 
cial Sessions on a charge of allow- 
ing a minoi: to give a public, per- 
formance Without a permit. 

At the same time a similar eharg'e 
against. William Pearlman, 47, 366 
Lincoln place, Brooklyn, of the 
Everglades restaurant, was dis- 
missed. Ball of $500 was fixed in 
the cases^f the other two. 

On the morniher of June 13 Kelly 
went to the Everglades and said he 
saw Esther Lee Jones, seven-year- 
old negro child, who was announced 
as ; the sensation of Broadway and 
impersonatoir of the late Florence 
Mills, do several dances and sing 
some songs. 

The manager denied that he or 
the child or the guardian had . re- 
ceived any remuneration for the 
performance. He said he merely al- 
lowed her to dance because friends 
had requested him. Jones also de- 
nied receiving any salary. , Pearlr 
man, who was brought to court be- 
cause he Is hea^ of the club, proved 
he was not present at the time.: 



AMATEUB DAHGEBS CONFESS 

William H. Berry, 24, and Charles 
Hall, 23, amateur dancers, who 
came here recently from Baltimore 
to seek stage engagements, pleaded 
guilty in Special Sessions to a 
charge of unlawful entry and were 
rerhanded for Investigation and sen 
tence on July 6. 

The two men were airrested at 
Columbus avenue and 104th street 
after they had been observed to 
enter several apartment houses 
When searched Jewelry belonging to 
Mrs. Florence Johnson of 507 West 
112th street was found in their 
possession. According to the de 
tectives the. defendants answered 
ads for furnished apartments for 
the summer. They would call at 
th^ places advertised and left alone 
for a moment would pocket any 
small article within reach. 



let him go \Trider a suspended sen- 
tence, advii^ing hlin to seek Icgiti- 
tnate employment. . ' 

As the old actor left the cou>, 
.oom he remarked humorously to 
i-epofters: 

"Ve.s, all', I have. l)'M>u Iwickod ar " 

■ ed from H:' ''' !!! t'> V, • 
'rr:x, V !: " i.ii(.'r> api).';u'ed wit'. 

i-se l'ayli..n." 



Hilton over a mortgage and 
of a New York building. The Hti- 
gation - dates back 16 years to the 
time Irene Fen wick was the wife 
of the late Felix Isman. 



Marie Prevost, granted an inter- 
Iqcutbry decree . of divorce from 
Kenneth Harlan, screen actor, win 
not ask 'for a permanent decree 
Within the next few weeks the cou^ 
pie may remarry, ; 



■ Irene HoW.ard,. dancer, granted ft 
deci'ee of divorce by Judge Blake 
from Charles Howard, realty man 
Complaint said defendant Intenvper- 
ate and did hot support his wife. 

Charles Duell, former head of In- 
spiration Pictures, rhade an unsuc- 
ce^^sful attempt to reoi>en his case 
against Lillian Gi.sh for breach of 
contract. Judge McComb denied 
the .motion of attorneys for Duell 
for a new trial on the ground that 
Duell's suit had been tried before 
in another court. , ■ 



Maiudy Madison, song writer, 
started suit against Flo Ziegfeld, 
asking damages of $50,000 on his 
contention that ''Ol' Man River/' In 
Show Boat," is d pirated version of 
hlsV song, "Long Haired Mama," 
written by him and sung In Paris 
by the Dolly Sisters. Madison is in 
Paris. His family name Is W. Ren- 
wick Smith. 



Seizure of quantities of bottled 
liquor as well as 200 aliens who 
tried to crash the frontier on the 
four sections of the RingUng- Bar- 
hum circus from Montreal to Og- 
densbiirg got page one featuring in 
the New . York dailies, which^ as 
usual, suppressed the; show's name. 
Circus was tickled to death at hav- 
ing the stuft confiscated. If all that 
liquor had remained on hand, effi- 
ciency of the personnel would have 
been low for weeks. 



Incident to the sailing of Morris 
Gest. the "World'^ gave a boost for 
the Stratford-on-Avoh Festival Co., 
which \GeSt will bring here in the 
fall for., a Shakespearean .season. 
Tour starts in Montreal in October; 
goes to the Pacific Coast and then 
back east. 



Proposal of Equity to sound pub- 
lic opinion on the proposition, of le- 
gitimate performances oh Sunday 
was given ample publicity by the 
dramatic editors. 

Reported set for Leslie C&rt<?r to 
go on tour with "Shanghai Gesture'' 
for A. H. Woods. 



LOS ANGELES 



Charles A. Lynch, druggist, was 
fined ^50 in Municipal court after 
several girls complained they paid 
him $3.50 each to be booked in a 
film that never materialized. . Lynch 
pleaded guilty to a charge of false 
advertising. 



Nils Olaf Crlsander, picture di 
rector, filed suit in superior court 
against the Cecil B. DeMille Pic- 
ture Corp., asking $44,626 for al- 
leged breach of contract. Complaint 
states that Crlsander was employed 
as a director at the DeMille studios 
under contract for a year at $1,000 
a week. It is claimed Crlsander 
was dismissed before the contract 
expired. 



Civil suit Involving about $4,000, 
000 was filed in Federal Court here 
agaiiist Irene' Fenwick Barrymore, 
actress Wife of Lionel .Barrymore. 
Action was brought by the Central 
Union Trust Company of New York, 
suing on behalf of the late Henry 



Music-Food Tie-Up 

Chicago, July 3. 

Following example of the Good 
rich Sllv^rtown Cord orchestra, the 
Kellog;g Cereal Co. opens its own 
exploitation unit July 9 at Buffalo, 
N. Y., under title of Kellogg Pep 
orchestra. 

This orchestt-a is being booked 
and managed by the Music Corpora- 
tion of Atnerica on a regular com- 
mercial basis, with the Kellogg 
company provWlng^ational adver- 
Bsing"~an^dnexploltatIbh~^tIe^flp^^ 
grocery stores handling the Kellogg 
Pep cereal. The M. C. A. will book 
the unit oyier Its own ballroom 
iMiains; as well as offer It, for out- 
side dates. 

"Happy" Felton and his orchestra, 
"n'T the Sliver Slipper cafe in 
:•' \ were selected to carry the 
new title. 



Credit Film With Sales 

Chicago, July 3. 

Popiularlty of "The Jazz Singer 
(film) whicii features two . of Jol 
son's songs, "Mammy" and "Dirty 
Hands, Dirty . Face," has jumped 
the.se Brunswick records, niade. by 
Jolson a long time ago. Into the 
front line of disc sellers. 

These two J)olson records led the 
Brunswick list for May. 



Karl Cooke, veteran colored pro- 
fessional, was tendered a. , benefit 
himself at midnight June 28 in the 
Lafayette theatre. N. Y. Cooke 
served with the old 15th regiment 
and~" was the^f ou nder" ~of the' first 
Imperial Clulj of Elks, 



Williann Mohr, attorney in the 
Equity, New York, hea,dquarters 
who is In charge of salary securl 
ties and co^iplalnts, has gone to 
Italy on vacation with relatives 
Frank Mufson, Equity office deputy 
is handling Mohr's department. 



Helene Costello, picture actress 
and daughter of Maurice Costello, 
las been granted a divorce from 
John Y. Regan, newspaper man. 
Cruelty was the cliarge. ftogan did 
not defend the action as he is in 
New York. Couple were married 
June 20, 1927, and separated Jan. 7, 
1928. ■■ 



J. W. Randolph, Hollywood 
broker, pleaded not guilty tor-the 
charge of murdering his wife, .Mrs. 
May Winette Randolph, iijiother Of 
Anzonette Colllaon, actress. Latter 
is, the wife of Wilson Colllson. play- 
wright. Randoli^h will go to trial 
before Superior Judge Edmonds 
July 16. . 



Lovelace Barrett, . picture actor, 
was accused of coming home drunk 
and administering beatings to his 
wife, according to the divorcie com- 
plaint filed by Hazel Barrett. An- 
other charge against Barrett alleged 
that he kept company with many 
girl friends. 



George Marion, Jr., is titling 
Paramount'* "Just Married" and 
Herman Manklewicz- is performing 
similar service for the sarne com- 
pany's "Water Hole." 



"Take* Me Home" is the title of 
Bebe Daniels' Paramount starting 
June 28. 



Ruth Elder, who will .play oppo- 
site Richai'd. Dix in Paramoiint'a 
"Moran of the Marines." left Pads 
for Hollywood June 27. The pic- 
ture Is slated to start July 16. 



Complete cast In "The Terror," 
Warners, with Vltaphone, Include 
May McAyoy, Louise Fazenda, Ed- 
ward Everett Horton, Alec B. Fran- 
cis, Holmes Herbert John Mlljan, 
Mathew Betz, Frank Austin, Otto 
Hoffman and Joseph GIrard. Roy 
Del Ruth directing. 



Duane Thompson assigned to 
play lead opposite Ted Wells in 
"Beauty and Bulletts," directed by 
Ray "Taylor, Universal. 



Lotus Thompson assigned to play 
lead opposite Edmund Cobb in 
"Line of Duty," directed by Bruce 
Mitchell. Universal. 



Tristram Tupper writing original 
story for Janet Gaynor's next star- 
ring picture for Fox. 



Harvey Clark added to "Beauti- 
ful. But Duptib," Tiffany- Stahl. Jgl- 
nier Clifton directing. 



Sally Blaine opposite Bill Cody in 
"Woes of the City." Directed, by. 
Llegh • Jason. U. 

SAN FRANCISCO 



Harold C. Macquarrle, local rep- 
resentative of a New York financial 
newspaper, filed suit for divorce 
here against Mrs, Mario D. Mac- 
quarrie, harpist, whose whereabputa 
he professes not to know. His wire, 
he said, informed him she preferrea 
the concert field and stage in pret- 
erence to domestic life. 



Peter Dallas, former manager of 
the Follies Cafe, was acquitted oi 
charges of murdering Frank RfPP 
following an argument, over a show 
girl last March. Dallas contendeoL 
Rapp attempted to kill blm after 
becoming angered over dismissal oi 
.the_-.gitl.J[jc.(mx=.JJlft_lFj)llies:L:|^^ 
and that Rapp was killed accidenc 
ally. Jury deliberated only 25 mm- 
utesl. 

Dolores L. McCurdy, singer for 
Radio KFWT, San Franci.sco, was 
attacked near her home in Berkeley 
by a man who fled In an auto wi en 
the girl's screams frightened h""- 
Miss McCurdy, 18, was haaiy 
bruised. 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



TIMES SQUARE 



VARIETY 



43 



SICEY DANCE THING 
FINALLY FINISHES 

20 Days in Garden to Gross of 
$104,000— Dancers Paid Off 

By the order of Health Com- 
niissioner Dr. Louis I. liarris, IVlil- 
tpn D. CrandclVs walking and alall- 
endurance dance derby, which 
opened at Madison Square Garden, 
New, YorK. June 10. closed June 30. 
vlth about iis much excitement, as 
^ne might find -at a spelling bfee. 

Of a total of 134 couples on the 
floor at the start but nine were on 
tbeir feet when the bell rang and 
the band played "There Is No: Place 
Like Honie" Saturday at- niidnlght. 

The following stood the grind: 
Tommy Nolan and Anna King, 
Pittsburgh; Edward J. Leonard^and 
Marianne Jacque. Pittsburgh; Gun- 
ner Nellson and Hanna Karpman,-. 
' New Yoi^k; Wliliam Bush and Her- 
cules Mary Prorilitis. Pittsburgh; 
James Jerry Pr lore and Florence 
Carlough. Passaic, ..N. J.; Dominick 
Laperte and Charlotte Kush, Johns- 
town Pa.; Alfred Ippalitl and Dor- 
othy-Bremen. New York; James F. 
Scott and Olga Christlanson, New 
Tork; Dave Alierbach and Vera 
Campbell. 

Donations, or "throw" money 

• given by the fans amounted to $10.-: 

• 242. Jinimie Pfiore got $2,000 of It; 
Gunner Nellsfon and Hanna Karl^ 
man, who furnished the comedy and 
laughs for the gang, grabbed $1,650. 
"jlmmie Scott took around a grand. 

The prize money, $8,600, was split 
nine ways, each couple- receiving 
$955.56. This split gave each dancer 
$477.78. On the total of 48,1 hours 
of dancing each dancer received 
less than $1 an hour. ■' <■ 

' The Garden claims a: groais gate of 
$i04,060 for the 20-day grind. It 

" was estimated that Crandell's vnet 
profit was around $15,000. In the 
racket with Crandell are Harry 

, Grelle and John Hernon, both of 
Pittsburgh, who are in for a cut. 

The only real thrill the regular 
all-night mob i-eceived was Friday, 
19th day of the contest. Promoter 

, Crandell, who up to this time loved 

. to stick around a "mlcrDphone," 
started to make an announcement. 
Barely Into his spiel Crahdeli re- 

\ celyed one of the finest raspberries 
ever given a speaker. Losing his 
head, Crandell ruled Eddie Leonard 
out of the contest. This started a 
young riot. . Crandell was hissed 
and booed, chair covers, hats and 

V bottles were thrown at him, while 

othe crowd rushed on the floor and 
the dance stopped. 

Legit Stuck 

The surprise of the contest waa 
the sticking of James F. Scott, who 
had one of the jjrincipal. roles in 
, "Gertie,** a, sta*?e production, and 
appeared in "Manhattan Mary.'' 
Vera Campbell, medium with the 
New York run of "Ramblers" and 
the past season with White's "Scan- 
dals," clalnis she will rejoin a show 
Tommy Nolan and Anna King, who 
have played in vaude, will return to 
It. 

Pat Salmon, who went for 135 
hours In the dance, has been offered 
10 weeks in a, dance revue.. She got 
more publicity than any one else In 
the contest. Priore and his partner 
-.have a contract to dancjo at Jlmm^r 
Kelly's at Creeriwich Village. ' \ 

Crandell and G. C. Pyle may 
present a mammoth, and bigger than 
ever arcihi- breaking racket in Buf- 
. falo, Detroit, Paris, London and 
points east. 

The sickly thing had to stop 
When Crandell's injunction *o pre- 
. vent the Board of Health interfer- 
ing was denied in the Supreme 
Court. Whereupon the police 
stepped in. CrahdelT had been told 
to stop nightly dancing at -2 a. rh 
He thought to beat it by the in 
junction action. / 
. As a gag^ring affair the marathon 
Was the limit. Looked as though 
^everyone was after publicity at $10 
^ throw. 



WM. DAVIS DONVICTED 



Small Time Gyp Collected $20 
From Women . 



William Davis, 29, actor, 750 
Georgia avenue, Brooklyn, was ad- 
judged guilty of a charge of petty 
larceny In Speclal Sessions and re- 
manded to the Tombs until July 7 
for sentence. Meantime a probation 
ofllcer will make an investigation of 
his ciiaractfjr, 

DSivls was arrested by Detectives 
James Fitzpatriclc and Stephen 
Love, West 47th street station, on 
complaint of Mrs; .Lillian Mc- 
Brayer, 325 West •45th street, whoso 
daughter is said to be In "Good 
News." The detectives did not learn 
the • professional name of the 

daughter. 

According to the story told by 
Mjrs. McBrayer to the police, Davis 
met her and her daughter and told 
them he would get them member- 
ship in the N. V. A. club for $20. 
Mrs. MeBrayer's daughter had ex- 
pressed an intention of entering 
vaudeville. The woman .said she 
gavie Davis the $20, but later 
learned he had no authority to coir 
lect the; money ahd had appropri- 
ated it to his own use. 

The detectives said they had been 
informed that there were other pei:- 
sons who had been mulcted ;by 
DaLvis, but: that they did not desire 
to appear in court. 



SAME COP AT 4CTH- 
B'WAY FOR 18 YEARS 



Indecent Book Raid 
At 47th St. Bookshop 



Joe Scherer Retiring from the 
Force on Pension in 
August 



HUROK REPAYS DANCER 



Russian Charged $750 Wrongly 
Taken From Him by Mgr. 



NITE CLUB DANCER BAD 
GIRL, SAYS HER MOTHER 



John S» Sumner, siaperintendent.of 
the New. York Society for the Sup 
presslon of Vice, and Cliarles .Bam 
berger, his chief aid, with a warrant 
issued by the Chief Magistrate, ar- 
rested a bookseller and an artist and 
seized iseveral thousand copies of 
books at the Gotham Book Mart, 61 
West 47th . street. The defendants 
pleaded not guilty, waived examina^ 
tion for trial_ In Special Sessions. 
They f urniatled balK 

The defendants are David Moss, 
34, who owns the book shop, and 
Rene Jocklnga, 29, artist, of 251 
Bleecker street, Manhattan. Moss 
and the artist were represented by 
an attorney. 

The arrests and . seizure were 
made June 18. Information was fur- 
nished by Henry Klein, 341 West 
45th street, according to Sumner's 
affidavit. Jocklnga entered the store 
to sell "Experiences of Flagellation" 
ahd two alleged indecent photos, ac- 
cording to the affidavit. 
. Among the'^alleged indecent books 
seized were "My Life and LoVes," 
by Frank Harris. "First Temptation 
of St. Anthony," "Wild Party," by 
Joe ikfai-ch, and many others. The 
affidavit consists of three pages/ In 
citing the alleged indecencies, Mr. 
Sumner states that further descrip- 
tion is impossible because it would 
be offensive. 

One of the books seized is "The 
Joy Peddler," by Shoenfeld. The 
latter is a writer of note. Eleven 
copies of his book were seized. 

"I cannot understand why my 
works were seized," said Mr. Shoen- 
feld to reporters. "There is nothing 
indecent In 'The Joy Peddler.' Uri-, 
less Mr. Sumner, has taken excep- 
tion to the way I denounce profes- 
sional social reformers. My book has 
been lauded by prominent clergyrrien 

ajrid" Iso^enT "~ • - - ~ 

"Only recently. Dr. Magness 
praised my work and urged me to 
continue. 'The Joy Peddler' is 
founded around the Curran investi- 
gation. It touches upon night life 
and a harlot and the city father!?." 

4 MONTHS FOR BIGAMIST 

Ehrenfeis Pleads Guilty to Marrying 
Two Women 



Officer .Joiseph Scheror, who has 
directed trafllc at the corner, oi 
Broadway and 46th ^street, for 38 
years, is retiring from the police 
force on pension Aug. 13. He , will 
have then completed 25 years of 
service, seven as a. patrolman in the 
old Cherry Hill and rod light dis- 
tricts, and since 1910 in Times 
Square. The only, other old timer 
among, the traffic squad in the Times 
Square area: is Mike Cahill npw of- 
ficiating in the signal tower at 43(V 
strfeet. 

Scherer started when horse car- 
riages were as numerous as auto- 
mobiles' iand when the traffic job 
WOT regarded as"ejasy.". The trafllc 
squad is now the hai'dest wpi'k 
on the force. : The only theatres at 
46th street then were the . Globe, 
Gaiety, Astor and Folies Be.rgere 
(I^'ulton). . The Palace, 'Central, 
Strand or State were not even 
rumors. The side istreets were still 
largely residential. 

Picture companies frequently .shot 
scenes in Times Square in the . early 
days and so quietly nb crowds 
collected. Times Square was 
Main streetish then. Houdinl -hung 
suspended, ; from a .subway ex- 
cavation, shaft at the corner of 46th 
street and Broadway while a . mob 
watched him - wiggle out ' of a 
straightjacket. Publicity stunts that 
would get the perpetrators arrested 
today were frequently pulled; 
. According to Scherer it is still 
quite common for moving picture 
cameramen to pass through Times 
Square taking pictures. However, 
this is now done ;at night and from 
a moving automobile. These scenes 
show BroadWiay's/'whlte lights" and 
are inserted In pictures bearing 
such alluring small town titles aa 
"Heart of a Follies Girl,""Sally of 
the Scandals," etc. 

Knows Everybody 
In his 18 years on the same spot 
^herer got to know hundreds of 
show people. He's a great rooter 
for show business and thinks 
show people are the . best naturej^, 
in the world. Scherer admired Kay- 
mond Hitchcock's sartorial effects 
as much as the comedian's inva- 
riable wise crack. . 

"Keep Moving" is th6 idea of the 
New York traffic squad. A delay of 
a moment for a taxi to drop a fare 
will create a "bottle neck" and halt 
.traffic for blocks sometimes. Street 
cars are a hindrance because every- 
thing has to stop when they do. 
Eventually, ^cherer Relieves, sur- 
face lines will have to be removed 
from highly congested areas^uch as 
Times Square. 

Upon his retirement In August 
Scherer will take his flivver and go 
for a tour through New England," 
winding up for a visit to Mr. Siriip- 
son, proprietor of the pawnbroker's 
bank at 46th and Broadway, who 
has a summer honie in Canada and 
has asked the officer to drop in. 

^Scherer is a widower, has two 
married daughters, and a son at 
Morris High, who got 91 in mathor 
matics but intends to be a lawyer. 
Scherer will make a commercial 
cijiinection possibly upon returning 
from his "good long vacation," 



After several adjournments in 
West Side Court, Samuel Hurok, 39, 
theatrical m.T,naper, rtsidin?? at the 
Ansonja Hotel and having his busi- 
ness at 55 West 42nd stiu>et, vfaA 
discharged in West Side Court by 
Magistroto John. V. Flood. iluroU, 
vi.^ibly concerned about his arrest, 
wa.s aceoniiKinied by an attorney 
and several friends. 

Hurpk was: brouKht to covirt on a 
summons; Obtained by Michael Uzdi- 
khitlkian. llussian dancer, who Came, 
to this count'O' .with a ' Tlu.ssian 
troupe :about two years ago. The 
ilussiun dancer' charged • he gnvo 
ITuroU $750 • when the latter stated 
that the money wa.s to be given to 
the government as "a t)ond.for the 
dancer white he remained here. ■ 

The dancer said he went, to 
Hurok and deniahdcd . his money, 
but never got it. He engaged . Mr.s. 
Sophie Mayer, an attorney, and she 
hailed Hurok to court. 

Hurok got several adjournments. 
Finally the case was heard by Mag- 
istrate John Flood. It was stated 
that, the complnlnant expressed a 
desire to withdraw the action. Mrs. 
Mayer told the . court that Hurok 
promised to make good the money. 
The defendant's contention was that' 
the money was given to him by the 
Russian dancer for. publicity he had 
obtained for him. . The Russian 
dancer lives at 23 West 123rd street 



Marion Strasmick, 19, in Court 
on Summons— Stayed Out 
All Night 



Walker Is Schenck's Guest 



Mayor Jimmie Walker, of New 
York, arrived here Monday with his 
entourage and was given half a 
floor at the ' Roosevelt . Hotel in 
Hollywood as a guest of Joseph M. 
Schenck. 

Walker, while here will be en- 
tertained by his many picture 
Jrlend.s and will also be a guest at 
tno Hearst ranch, located near San 
Luis Obispo. 



As the- prosecutor and hi.s counsel 
were about to sum up before the 
jury in Judge George P. Donnellan's 
part of General Sessions where he 
had been on trial for more than a 
week, Paul R. Ehrenfeis, former 
operatic and concert tenor, decided 
to plead guilty to bigamy. He was 
s<?ntenced to four months in the 
workhouse. 

^-EhrenfelSr--who_-.Glainis.^lQ_-Jae...ja. 
German baron, was arrested on the 
complaint of his second wife, Hetty 
Rost del Pino, former lyric soprano 
with the San Carlo company. She 
claims ho married her at the Munic- 
ipal Building, New York, in July, 
1923, The first Mrs. Ehrenfeis ap- 
peared as a witness for the second 
wife. 

Ehrenfeis also conducted the Ger- 
man concert hour over WGL«, 



Beauty Teaicher Held 

Mrs. Lillian iPyms, 30, beauty cul 
ture teacher, of 33 West 51st street, 
pleaded not guilty in. West Stde 
Court to the charge of inserting a 
misleading advertisement. She was 
held by Magistrate John V. Flood in 
$500 bail for the Special Session's 
Court. 

The bieauty teacher^ plump and 
short, was arrested oh a warrant 
Issued by Chief Magistrate William 
McAdoo. Policewomen Margaret 
Taylor and Ellen Newman executed 
the warrant. They had submitted 
an affidavit to the chief magistrate 
explaining how they had paid $10 
each to have their faces "lifted." 

Mrs. Pyms denied she cheated the 
cops or anyone else. "The big de- 
partment stores carry my method; 
so there certainly can be no fraud," 
she told the court. 



Waiter's Flat Cleaned; 
Didn't Impress Court 

Helen Anderson, 19, dancer, of 71 
East 127th .street; Harry Wunsch, 
17, lamp-.shade maker, of 350 East 
16Gth .street, and .Bernard Judg(i,,17, 
soda clerk, of 120 East 116th street, 
were freed in W;e.st Side Court by 
Magistrate John V. no.od.. The trio 
were arraigned on the charge of 
gr.and larceny. 

They were arrested by Detectives 
Bill May and Tom Brady, of We.st 
lOO.th street station. .The coni- 
plainant, Grover Anderson, waiter, 
of 429 West 124th street, alleged that 
followioi^ a. party the trio made off 
with several suits of his, watch, 
camera and some silverware. 

^Th_? jvaitcr told the . -sleuths that_ 
1h e~ha7ral)art y^sTrh is 
the defendants had joined; He was 
compelled to leave for work; The 
trio remained. When he arrived 
home the following day he found his 
apartment had been looted, 

.He reported the theft and the 
three were arre.sted. It Is alleged 
that the two male defendants were, 
wearing his suits. They .said the 
clothes had been given to them. 



Marion Strasmick, 1.9, 843 Eighth 
avenue, dancer at the Silver -Slipper 
liite club, was before Magistrate 
I'^lood in West Side Court on .a' 
summons clKirKing her with, disor- 
derly conduct. ■ . 
, Complainant was hor' mother, who 
said her dau;?h1er stayed out until 
all hours of the .morning .and. dis- 
played a v.iolent t'emDcr.when ques- • 
tioned.: Mrs. Strasmieh said that on 

several mornings her daughter ar- 
rived home at 8 a. m. 

She flaid she knew Marion quit 
Avork at the nite club at three, and* 
demanded an: explanation. Ori one 
of these occasions, the mother said, 
Marion flew into a rage. After 
fimiping up arid, down on the floor, 
she hurled an alaVm-q^lock at her 
mother. It missed. 

When the case was -called Mrs. 
Strasmick had left the courtrbpm 
to phone. When she did not answer, 
the ckse was dismissed. As the 
dancer w'as about to leave the court 
her. mother appeared. .~ ; . 

A verbal battle raged for almost a 
half hour, during wiiicH the dancer 
screained hystericaily while the 
mother addressed a crowd that had 
gathered and told of Marion's faults. 
Finally the girl idarted out of the 
bulliaing while . the mother was 
threatening to apply for ^nother 
summons. 

Marion explained to the magis- 
trate that she had gone to visit 
friends In anotheivnlght club and. 
was delayed a little longer than she 
expected. The girl denied she drank' 
or smoked and s^tid she could not 
stand her mother's consta'nt nagr 
ging, and that she would leave 
home. 



PIAYWBITING lECTUEES 

Playwrltlng by radio Is a new 
WEAF course starting July 11. Em- 
erson Evans Is conducting the series 
of instruction. 



BROADWAY GUIDE 

(Changes Weekly) 

.V. ' '■ 

For •how people, as well as laymen, this Guide to general •musem«nt« 
in New York will be published weekly in response to repeated requests. 
It mny «erye! the qut-of -towner as a time-saver m selection. 

PLAYS ON BROADWAY 
Current Broadway legitimate attractions are completely •••tfd ^ 
eommented upon Weekly in Variety under the hetdmg: "Shows In flew 
York' and Comment." . . » , ' t. 

In that department, both in the comment and the 
the gross receipts of each show, will be found the necessary Information 
aa to the most successful plays, also the scale of admission charged. 

NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK 

Capitol— "The Cossa,cks" (Gilbert) (second week). 

Paramount— Paul Ash and "The Big Killing" (Beery-Hatton). 

Rialto— "The Drag Net" (Bancroft) (last week). 

Rivofi — "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (final week). 

ptoxy— "The Michigan Kid" and strong stage show. 

Strand— "The Wheel of Chance" (Barthelmess) arid Vitaphone show. 



SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING 

"The End of St: Pele>8burg (Vitaphone) 

"The Red Dance" and Movietone "Trail of '98" ' Tempest 

"Fazil" "W.ngs" 



NIGHT LIFE 

Enforcement squad raised plenty of mischief with raids on 18 of best- 
known spots. Places don't know where they are because of impendmg 
continued raids on "observation" charges under U. S. Supreme CJourt. 
ruling against sale of cracked ice and "mixer" accessories. : 

It's a great break for the'hotel roof gardens, which, anyway, are gain- 
ing better holds oh the dine-and-danco public because of conservative 
tolls and minimum converts. Avera.ge couvert is $1, _with $1.50 on .week- 
ends, although Vincent Lopez at the smart St. Regis roof accounts^ for 
the extraordinary $2 couycrt and 50c brcad-arid-buttcr charge. Park 
Central Hotel with Vincent Scotti, however, has .eliminated the couvert. 
Other hostolrics worth-while arc Hotel Astor (Freddie Rich), Pennsyl- 
vania (Johnny Johnson), Biltmore (Bernie Ounimlns' band and George 
Childs and Madeleine "Northway, class ballroom team), Mangeq, and 
Waldo.rfrAstoria with the imported-fnsm-BoSton Leo lleisman and un- 
u.sual dansapation. 

The prolific Lopez also accounts for the wow biz at his Pclham roaa- 
hou.se at Woodmansten ^nn. Ben Riley's Arrowhead Inn with a Meyer 
IXavis orchestra is as usual in the .summer; ditto John and Christo s 
Pavilion Royal down Merrick road, also with a Meyer Davis unit and 
Van and Kchenck as the features. On the same Long Lsland road, Harold 
Leonard's orchestra at Castillian Gardens is attracting favorable c^m- 
=mtTit-and-patronage-.- Gastillian-Royalr^^-Rlstcr--.en^ 
road, is Lopez's nearest competition with a nude revue. u * 

The other Westchester spots like Pelham Heath, Red Lion, Hunter 
Island Inn, California Ramblers' Inn and Post Lodge .(Larchmont) are 
drawing sighs from the managements, with latter getting a play from 
the younger Westchester element. 



RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC 

"Last NigVit I Dreamed You Kissed Me" 
"Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky" 
"When You're Smiling" 



"Girl of My Dreams" 
"Dream River" 
"You're a Real Sweetheart" 



44 



VARIETY 




TradF MarK EleElstered 
PubllNiiod Weekly by VARIETT. Ine. 
Slnje SUvtrman, Prealdent 
16* . WeoT- -leth' Street New. York Cltr 



Inside Stuff— Pictures 



With Fox's Movietone News, Paramount's Movietone News, and 
M-Ci-M"s Jilovietone Nows, perhaps other Movietone News, the brand will 
navo to ho calloil tlrst. Fox after bulldinff up the Movietone News name 
soomoii unusually liberal in spreading it. over the picture, map. Perhaps 
8UBSCRIPT10N: i,yx intotids to call his sound news by another name, or aerain it may 

Annual.... 110 rorBien, .111! i^o that Fox thinks tho sound news that wins will always sell itself rather 

8in«rie.-Copie«..;. ««• ihan'-the: nnrn'o it boars. 



Vol; XCI. 



No. 12 



15 YEARS AGO 

(Fro»i Variety and "CJipptr") 



Picturo industry was all sot for 
Its first trade oxpositioh at Grand 
Centi-al Palaoo. at whioh all nuinu- 
factiirers . Qf liUn and eauipmont 
were exhlbitinsT. 



The Shuberts hooked up with the 
tubin coinpany of Philadelphia for 
a plan of-lilinihij stage plays. .Idea 
was sutritested by association of K. 
& E. with Viiatti'aph for scame pur- 
pose. Fii'!5t Shubert filming was to 
be the Hippodrome spectacle 
•^Around the World." 



. indio oxhibs have the opinion the electrics are. holding out on theni in 
favor of tho chains , for talker installation. They see the hook-up as 
NVosforn F.loctric for Publix and Loew's, with General Electric (Photo- 
phono) for Keith's. and Stanley. ' 

Some of the indie exhibs are a bit worried oyer it and others seem to 
fool relieved. With the slow installation, indies do not see much hope 
for their houses to be wired in .the near future, If they want the talken • 



Talking shorts may do away with personal appearances In the picture 
and vaudeville houses of picture Stars, going out for the once over only 
.tour. The same stars or names may go on the shorts; equivalent to their 
por^ional appearatice and' at coi>slderable less money. 

A. talking short of a film star might cost around . $300 ifor 'the house 
\vhile thie personal appearance would cost $3,000 or more. Other than the 
local publicity possible with the personal appearance, there's little differr 
enee whether their faces are on a irecord or the stage. 



Real estate canvass disclosed six 
theatres under, conistruction , in 
Greater IsTew Yo;'k, other than flln> 
houses. There, were .117 theatres, 
in the city, ; 227 picture houses, be- 
sides 38 open air screen places. 



Evelyn Thaw, dancing in London 
with Jack Cliff pr(J, received an of- 
fer of $3,000 a wo.ck for an engage- 
.m'ent at Hammerstein's, New York. 



show business was carried away 
with the specialty touring company 
Idea. Gomstock & Gest planned a 
troup headed by Gertrude: Hoffmann, 
P.olaire, French singer and Lady 
Constance Stewart- Richard^son, sal- 
ary of this trio being; $10,000 a 
week. ' • : ■ 



Another pr;oject was to send but a 
troup headed by Marcelihe, the 
Hippodrome clown. 



San Francisco was at the peak 
of prosperity, due to influx of hordes 
of workers to. build the exposition 
\of 1915. . Estimated that $400,000,000 
would be spent in the Golden Gate 
by the end of, the affair. 



Theatrical managers determined 
to cut their billboard space in half. 
Commercial displays weire swamp- 
ing stage, bills. • 



50 YEARS AGO 

(From "Clipper") 



Marie Victor Hugo and Alfred 
Tennyson, French novelist and Enef- 
list poet laureate, diec^-within a day 
or two . of each other, the former 
In Paris, and the latter iii the Isle 
of Wight. 



The Coup Circus, a new property 
and name in the tented field, opened 
ii> Washington to good business. 
The novelty of the .enterprise was 
that the show had neither side show 
or concert. 



Endurance contests were featured 
In -sports. Miss Exilda Lachep 
pelle set a pedestrian mark' when 
(She walked 166 inlTes Tn ~2T'hour^^ 
and 24 minutes on a track in Madi- 
son, Wis. 



An independent producer recently arrived on the coast to ihalffc a 
ieerial. He set about ■ to negotiate for big nanleis and dealt with the 
talent direct. Calling one of Hollywood's leading heavy acjtors on the 
phone, the producer asked what the actor's salary would be and was 
•informed that he might consider the part for . $4,000 per week with a 
lO-week; guarantee. • 

That was not. too' much for the producer- to" pay. He asked the actor 
to come bVer to' the studio to sign, the contract 'but the actor siald he 
had to play golf that afternoon, niight call the following day. 

Two days later the actor's agent called to' close the .deal, but the pro- 
duction had istarted virith another heavy who asked no more than $650 
a week and a much better actor for the part than the higher priced golf 
player, .■" • 



Exhibitors and exchange men have but slight Idea pf the lengths to 
which producers sometimes are forced to g;o to secure a striking title 
for a production, especially in the case of an expensive ^comedy* In one 
recent instance the executives p'f a unit had been puzzllpg ovier a title 
for a comedy for 15 weeks. 

The story went through production, all the cutting, editing and titling 
stages, with long distance phone* conversations with the home office, 
and still no suitable title. The one New Yock liked best ebuld not be 
translated so* the natives of any country In the -world other than English 
could Comprehend what was intended. In titles^ Is the translator to be 
taken Into account? , - 

In Brazil, several years ago, a translation was made of the main title 
and sub-title* in Pox's "When New York Sleeps." A New Yorker, stroll- 
ing down the principal street in Rio Janeiro; stopped In. his tracks when 
he saw a big announcement In Po'ttuguese of "When New York Snores!" 

So the title maker must build a. group 6f words that may be trans- 
lated with Intelligibility. . A slang word or expression may be "great 
8tufE"~^or the United States, 'but when the picture starts beyond the 
confl.nes of Uncle Sam's yard it is different/ 

Meantime, the comedy officials are poring over IBO submissions and 
crying to think of others to separate one that will strike the fancy of 
the majority of the title committee back In New. York— the swivel chair 
vetoers of Hollywood efforts. 



Paramount studio shot and recorded Its first synchronous sequence 
at noon Juno 23. Simply , and quietly one of Roy Pomeroy's. staff was 
photographed while he made a few remarks. Ostentation was avoided so 
there would be nothing tending to complicate what studio iexecutlves 
believed marked the actual beginning^ of production. 

Prior to the formal recording there was a trace of the dramatic In the 
atmosphere, Theye had been several preliminary tests, all of which In- 
dicated, ^the apparatus was in order for the synchronouis shot. 



On the eve of a meeting between 
Paddy Ryan and Johnny .Dwyer, 
heavyweight pugilists for the title 
of American chainpion, Ryan was 
assaulted by a gang of unknown 
men in Brooklyn, and severely in- 
jured. Among his hurts was a 
wound iniuiu by a dirk. Sporting 
circles Gxonerf.tod Dwyer. of any 
connection with the assault. 



. . One of the fir.st athlcLii'mcolin>?s 
of oellegiatc toam.s at which there 
was a gate, was the l)ascbaU match 
between Ydle' f.nd Trinccton at the 
St, George Cricket grounds. "Clip- 
per" says no provision was made 
at the place for handling a payinK 
crowd, and suggests if college events 
are to_ be given with an admisshm 
' cKat"PC^tli^Lt""f«f5,W^ 
a professional field. Yale won the 
ball game 10 to 3. 



Golf was not impprtaht enough 
to got even an occasional mention. 
The tired business man of New York 
took his relaxation in rowing on the 
Harlem river. The Stock Exchange 
had a rowing club with a clubhouse 
on the Hai-lom. 



A new racket for the coast is being pulled dn picture actors and ex- 
ecutives by a suave young man. 

He .calls these people on the phone and tells t|^em that he has been 
recommended by a mutual friend, stating he represents a -wine growers' 
association. He informs them that he Is f oing to give* them a gaUon 
of old California brandy with the complimients of the concern, and also 
wants to know if he can serve them at the same time with sorhe wines. 
The customers ask what he has with the reply being port, sherry and 
clare^t. 

An order is given.' The man then requests that the party meet him 
in front of their home to get the delivery. When the folks come out 
of their home or to it, the young man seems very nervous and says he 
has waited at least 20 minutes and that he- must meet a boat coming in 
at the harbor within an hour. So' he requests the folks take the package 
themselves into the house. When asked the price he Says from $30 to 
$40 always depending on who the customer may be. They give him 
cash and he drives off. 

• Then they get the pay off as they open the nice looking package, 
fi ndin g three gallon containers of white glass filled with plain sink, water 
and the so-called . brandy or its container missing. This fellow man- 
ages to operate with immunity as none of those stung are In a position 
to appeal to' the authorities for his apprehension. 



• A young western star, thrifty enough to have accumulated! something 
like $400,000 in Los Angeles real estate, has received offers to which he 
is giving serious attention. 

There are two of these.'. The first is of 20 aicres, in San Fernando 
Valley, the surrounding property being ra,ted at $8,000 an acre. The 
other, an alternative, is of 40 acres, 15 or. more miles, out into the valley 
and surrounded by land worth $10,000 ah acre. No strings are. on the 
offers, only that the player build a studio and guarantee to maice scvt 
oral pictures. , . . 

Thoso*making" offer control .seA'oral hundred acres of land in the neigh- 
borhood of the .sites, tendered the player. ~ 



One of the "smart" boy associate producers on the coast whoso knowl- 
ed.i;e of .the world is somewhat limited, confessed his Ignorance when 
checking over a story for a South American picture^ He came across a 
passage whore it said "The pearl diver goes to the bottom of the. oc«an 
in liis search for pearls and gets foot caught in ah ablone shell." The 
young producer wont into a tantrum declaring to the author of the story 
that .such could not happen because pearls like diamonds were mined. 



^.L.AuiiliiaUau=ccai.'iQi^s=iic.Gm4o^bc..:V^ 

legs on the scro(>n. A recent picture dealing with rum running was 
shown to the censors tlicre and they directed that all shots of a girl 
drinking with title accompanying it be <>^limlnated, and also ordei'ed that 
all seciuences involving an uncovered knee and back of a woman and 
.showing a man going across the room and turning out the light be 
deleted. 



The increasing popularity created by the public for making amateur 
films is largely responsible for; a Vogue among professional film people 
to adopt the .same means for making short .subjects and exporiment.il 
work, while others who tu-o not interested in- golf and the many other 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 

forms of pastime load Up their cameras for the week-end and see what 
they can catch. 

The latest to fall for this sport is Donald Davis, son of Owen Da/ia 
the playwright. Young Davis is a staff writer at the Paramount studies' 
He is devotihg his spare time to making a two reel subject tided 
"Sweetie." When ccmpleted it will be entirely through his own effort^ 
with the exception of the laboratory work and Dorothy Mathews who 
plays the only character in the picture. 

"When Mae Murray gave birth to a- child some 14 months ago she man 
aged to keep it a secret until a reporter of a Los Angeles paper scooped 
all competing papers on the news of the child. This created much con^ 
fusion in the home pf the, star as well as with competitive local papers' 

The news had leaked out while tiie star was in the east, or the day 
before she was expected to arrive home. Her husband. Prince Dvani 
believing that he might be accused for leaving ah opening for the hews' 
motored to a distant town to meet his wife on the incoming train to 
give her the story of how it all happened. He found that reporters had 
beaten him to it; They were already on the train seeking a statement 
which was the first the wife had known her secret had been bared to 
the public. 

Meantime, another leading Los. Angeles paper, sore at being scooped 
sent a reporter, and photographer , to the star's home so that they might 
be the. first' to publish a,picture of the. baby. Thiig resulte(3| in a free for 
all battle between the Jap servants and newspapermen without pro,cur- 
ing the picture of the 'child. When,. the star arrived at her- home, boiling 
and still expectiijg much explanation from her husband, she succeeded 
in removing the child to some isolated spot where no camera can reach 
it .for the time belnjg. 



As Jack Barrymorte and George Jessel came across the cohtinent last 
Week they took a stro'll .tip and down the station at .Williams, Ariz. A 
woman in one of the. cars noticing them, said to another femme: 

"Do ypU know, those young men out there?" 

"Oh, yes," replied Miss" Knowall, "that's an English concert singer 
and his accompanist." : 



Showmen seem agreed that, there rhust he a reduction of at least 25 
per cent, in the. huhiiber of standing the'atres within, the next two years. 
This 25 per. cent, reduction, they say, .will remove' about 10 per . cent, 
of the. present gross seating' Capacity. 

Houses to' be removed will come mostly from readjustments of policies 
and circuits, besides the usual discontinuance, while older theatres will 
pass out through their largely increased realty values. , 

The 25 per cent., minimum is set regardless of the houses to he built 
during, the same two. years. There will be comparatively few, it is 
believed. 



Inside Stuff-Vaude^e 



Keith's reported efficiency, expedition of cleansing Itself of wasted high 
salaries is said to be blocked in some directions by inherited contracts, 
coming to the new adniinistration of Keith's- from the merger of the 
Keith and Orpheum circuits. These are^ for employes of Keith's and the 
aggregate of the contracted salaries Is said to be large.' 

It Is not reported if Keith's has.decided upon a system o/r campaign to 
ease out the blockers, even though that course might be: adopted. A 
favorite plan in large'^organizations of discouraging contract holders is 
to take work and authority-away from them, .leaving them nothing to 
do but stand around to be talked about by their fellow workers and 
draw their salary. Or to assign 'them to an obnoxious post In the hope 
a resignation win follrfw. 

Ofttlmes when an employe holding a contract secures an idea he Is 
not wanted, there remains a wish .that a settlement will be made of the 
unexpired term. Many hold on i?i this expectancy until convinced 
otherwise.- 



Makers of talking shorts, are conimencing to dig back for old material 
from vaudeville skits and acts. '. These will be liberally borrowed for 
the canned acts, as many of the latter will be put together by the 
booker or producei* of the shorts departments. ^ 

Just how the matte): of royalty or purchase may be handled for the 
material doesn't appear to have been settled upon. So far it has been, 
olperating on the free and easy. Idea; first thinker, first grabber. 

Many a producer of talking shorts with a good memory or scrap book 
Is apt to erect a reputation for originality when making the shorts, that 
only the trade paper critics, knowing their vaudeville, will dissipate. 

An unusual case of an act Inspired by his agent to do' personah exploi- 
tation and stand the expense itself occurred last week with the opening 
of Sunshine Sammy at Loew's State', New York. The "Our Gang" col- 
ored kid came Into the State with a route already secured and a salary 
set but spent $1,000 in exploitation, paying) for it out of his own po'cket 
It consisted of a street parade, reception to 5,000 colored orphans with 
refreshments served, a balloon shower from the windows of Broadway 
office buildings, and other stunts. 



Price Is reported the obstacle In the contemplated purchase of the 
Proctor houses by Keith's, which books them. One story is that F. P. 
Prbcto"r values his properties at around $15,000,000, believed by Keith's 
to be a couple of millions out of the way. . In the show business of the 
present a little thing like 20 hundred thousands should be easily smoothed 
out. 



It is too early to speculate on the exact impressions that the Vitaphon? 
and Movietone subjects are going to make in certain sections especially 
when comparisons are made with-itlie very, subjects themselves appear- 
ing in their original acts. • . 

A funny incident occurred at the De Witt theatre, . a. Stanley-Fabian 
house In Bayohne, N. J., which involved Vitaphone subjects. Hugh 
Herbert and Co. appeared .at the house in person in "Sons of Solomon." 
The audience at the time couldn't see Hugh's act with a field glass. 
Then Hugh's act done on the Vitaphone and played at the house re- 
cently and scored a big hit. Then again the Vitaphone did the Ted and 
Frank Selbinl act and at the DeWitt the audience Couldn't see it. Then 
again the Selblnls booked in person did their act and next to closing 
were an accepted hit. 



Inside Stuff-Legit 



■The combination of a tall, dark and handsome leading man who can 
wear tights and sing well for the "Cellini" role in the musicalization o'f • 
'"The I'^irobrand," is holding back Horace Llvoright's impending produc- 
tion of "The Dagger and the Ro.sc" as It is titled in its operetta transition. 
:Abmjl^the_iiiUy...ijyj)_-_AJner^ 

are with rival managements, Ziegfeld and Shuberts. . 

The order to cast "Cellini" has been anno^ying the legit casters for an 
entire year, a record in itself, with Liveright casting his optics across 
the Atlantic for any possibilities. 



Rita Wciman sails Thursday on the "Belgcnland" for London, where 
she will confer with Godfrey Tearle on her play, "The Acquittal," of 
which he is producer and leading man. The play has been touring the 
Engli.sh provinces .sovcr.al mo'nths and is due in London in the fall. ^V■ith 
Miss Weiman will be her husband, Maurice Marks, co-author of "Hain 
or Shine." 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



L E G I T I M ATE 



VARIETY 



45 



Public Not Benefited by Tax Off 




The new admissions tax law ex- 
empting tickets priced upi to $3 for 
amusements and sports became ef- 
JectiVe June 29. 

Though the exemptldri takes . in 
the bulk of all tickets, it is Indi- 
cated that the public will not be 
benefited to an extent expected. On 
those tickets purchased at the box 
office there is an unquestioned 
saving of 10 per cent, the resguiar 
admission tax:. But if purchased in 
a premium ticket agency, the actual 
diftererice is no more than 3^ cents. 

When the new. law became effec- 
tive all agencies along Broadway 
increased the resale price to 75 cents 
and the patron now pays |3.79,for a 
$3 ticket. The odd pennies rejp>re- 
sent the five per cent tax on pre- 
miums, a matter of four cents as 
against 2^ cents paid on BO-ceiit 
premiums, which for a $3.30 ticket 
used to cost $3.82% each. 

The new law . in raising the pre- 
mium limit from 50 to 76 cents, be- 
yond which the agencies must split 
60,60 .with the government, vras 
taken advantage of by all agencies 
With the exception of the Equity 
iicket office. Antfther agency planned 
(Sticking to the old 60-cent basis but 
.discovered that on getting tickets 
from other agencies, the 7 5 -cent 
premium was tacked on and was 
forced to make the same charge. 
• It Is said that McBrlde's, which 
heretofore held to a . 50-cent pre- 
mium, favored raising the limit. 
. The ways and means committeie 
was said to have be^n^adyised that 
at 75 cents/ ticket agencies could 
inake a profit without abnormal 
charges. McBride's Is said to sell 
1,000,000 tickets annually and the 
boost in premium would mean $250,- 
OOO yearly more to that firm. 
Big Prices for Hpts 
That\ the other brokers intend 
Bticking to a 75-ceht premium Is 
hardly anticipated. Those who were 
Investigated, heavily ;flned and as 
bessed are expected to charge big 
money for the outstanding hits, 
They will hold fltrictly to the law 
Which calls for paying 60 per cent 
th all premiums more than 75 cents 
bs income tax, but doubtless figure 
ftn getting back the money they ex- 
pended In lawyers' fees and th6 coin 
paid the government. 

The Jaw permits of ho price fixing 
Only the managers could control 
high prices by making allotments 
with restrictions. That is something 
the managers iprobably never will 
bttempt. ~ 

The average patron who deals 
with the agencies, which is neces 
Bary to secure tickets, for the sue 
cesses, even moderate hits, will pay 
tiB much as ever, if not more. 



Newport's Money Crowd 
In Second Casino Season 



Newport, . July 3. 
W; H. VanderhUt has been electiad 
president of the Newport Casino 
Company, succeeding the late Moses 
Taylor. Ti^e theatre was built by 
Stanford White over '5Q years ago 
for James Gordon Bennett. Used 
originally a ballroom, the house 
^till ranks as one of White's major 
architectural achievements. 

Newpdrt, unlike Palm Beach, has 
no pep, . ho hotel life, no . Bradley's,- 
no wheel chairs and no Paramount 
theatre showing . first run pictures 
ijrior to Broadway release. ' 

The Casino Valves prorhise of add- 
ing a touch of color to the season 
here and with young Vanderbilt at 
the head of the organization thei 
summer colony, the army and navy, 
and the year 'round natives are ex-: 
pected to give , enthusiastic sup- 
port to the enterprise. Its a 400- 
ijeater and sold out for the opening 
iperformance Tuesday night (July 
10) which inaugurates the second 
subscription season of the "Festi- 
vals." 

"Peter Ibbetson',' with Rollo Peters 
In the title role will be the open- 
ing week's attraction With "The 
Last, of .Mrs. Cheyney" and "She 
Had to Kno^y". underlined. 

The interest, displayed in the the- 
atre by Vanderbilt and other men 
of wealth la another evidence of 
the fact that real financial backing 
Is being given show business, Zleg- 
feld has had a monopoly oh that 
sort, of . dough for . years althbugii 
Say When," the Elizabeth Mar- 
bury-Carl Reed musical produced 
in New York last week is said to 
have the backing of several mem-, 
bers of .the Sutton Place colony. 



Business Depression 

KiHs Road Bookings 

Survey of bookings for the road 
for next season in New York book- 
ing offices at this time shows that a 
humber of cities will be without 
it single attraction. 

Letters on file from houses ex 
pected to play a number of road 
-iihows-are to the effect that closing 
of shops and mills has caused so 
inuch unemployment that it wOuld 
be unprofitable to play any of the 
attractions originally slated to ap 
pear. 



Talkers smd Talent 

Artists, writ6r^ and compiosers are 
iwild to be receiving offers from the 
sound-film producers. 

Pox is reported dickering with 
Qeorge Abbot to direct the talking 
pictures. 



Playing in Stock 

For 1 % of Gross 

George Neville, character actor 
Vho jobbed for one week with 
Joseph E. Shea's stock In Brooklyn, 
=N. -Y-r^lcter-^ 
arose over sa,lary dispute. 
. Neville's contract called for one 
per cent, of the gross. He contended 
some arrangement with Shea for 
40 per cent, and demanded it be 
^bitrated. : The board dismissed 
the claim In five minutes. The stock 
Was co-operative as was Shea's 
companies at the Cosmopolitan and 
the East Side. 



Her Sense of Feeling 



B'way's Champ 1st Nighter 
Eased Out of ''Scandals" 



George Mayer, Broadway's cham 
plon first nighter, was shut out of 
his usual pair of front row tickets 
for White's "Scandals" Monday eve- 
ning at the Apollo. It was. the 
first 'time in many seasons any- 
thing like it had happened and 
Mayer regarded it with ' no . little 
feeling. 

Mayer, retired corset mianufac- 
turer, has been attending premieres 
for over 30 years, accompanied by 
his mother, always occupying two 
seats on the first row aiUe; It 
seems a magazine publisher aecured 
the tickets, for the entire first row, 
which shut out Mayer. 

When more than one premiere 
is held on tiie same nJght, it is 
Mayer's habit to purchase two 
tickets for all, returning those he 
does not use to the theatre treas- 
urers with his compliments. Every 
box office man on Broadway knows 
Mayer, who invariably remembers 
the boys at Christmas. 



An . extremely beautiful ox- 
chorine, now a dancint; come- 
dienne, seems woU on the way 
to copping Peggy Joyce's 
laurels. Not long ago a mes- 
senger boy appeared at the the- 
atre just before curtain, time- 
and left a large and ■mystcvipus - 
looking package. Opening it 
before the excited eyes of the 
girl who dressed with her, she 
discovered among other things 
an ermine evening wrap, a 
sport coat trimmed with sable 
and several other expensive, 
bits of feminine finery, a. little 
gift from one of the boy 
friends. 

"What a Ipoky girl you are," 
breathed the roommate in a-wed 
admiration. - 

"Well," said the former 
chorus girl, "he really wa.h ted 
to send me a llmbuslne but I 
sort of hate to, feel under ob- 
ligations to a man." 



Jed Harris Future Productions 
Not Tied Up for Road Bookings 



ST. LOUIS M. C. STOCK 
IN MONEY TROUBLES 



"upsAtPaisy," musical 

Lewis A. Gensler, Composer, Turns 
Producer — Four Featured Leads 



"Upisa-Daisy" Is the. name of the 
musical to be the initial production 
of Lewis A. Gensler, who has com? 
posed the music for it. ; .Robert 
Simon and Clifford Grey attended 
to the book and lyrics. Edgar Mcr 
Gregor will direct. 

Of the cast four names will be 
featured — William Kent, Luella 
Gear (tentative), Roy Royston and 
Marie Saxon. 

Gensler has been identified with 
many, successful musicals as com- 
poser.. His present piece is adapted 
from a .former stage hit, "The 
Mountain Girl," with "Upsa-Dai-sy." 
the new title more familiar in Eng- 
land than over here. In London 
"Upsa -Daisy" Is claimed tp be the 
equivalent of the American "Whoo- 
nee."l__, _ „ _ 



St. Louis, July 3. 
F'romoters of th^' musical comedy 
season at the outdoor Gairden the- 
atre met with creditors yesterday 
to determine whether the enterprise 
had blown up with calling off of 
Sunday night's .performance of "Up 
She Goes." 

For the first time since the season 
opened a hdonth ago, the manage- 
ment got a break in the form of real 
summer weather. A good sized audi- 
ence heard the management an- 
nounce that there would . be no 
show. , . 

Monday performance of ''Lady Be 
Good" also was abandoned. , Man 
agemeht is next week looking for a 
new angel and a new start. LoSs to 
date is said to be $50,000. 

Union , stage hands had demanded 
$1,500 cash or a surety bond be 
posted to cover this week's wages. 
Neither cash: nor bond was avail- 
able. 

The management then tendered a 
$1,500 check with the stage hahds 
to set scenery fpr the .first act, send 
out a representative to cash the 
check during the intermission and 
then set the rest of the scenery. 

"Nothing doing," replied the stage 
hands. - 

The musicians . who play in the 
Garden theatre orchestra have- $1,- 
800 due then for salaries last weeK, 
Guy .Dailey, ' president of the Musi- 
cians' Union, said. The theatre has 
until tonight to pay. "No pay, no 
play" will be the motto after then. 

Members .of the cast and chorus 
have not been paid for last week, 
but are protected by a sur^y bond 
with Equtiy. 

None of the responsibls promoters; 
will discuss finances. It is reported 
the deficit to date, after four weeks, 
exceeds $40,000. 

Bad weather is responsible for 
difficulties, according to Charles 
Sinclair, managing director, and 
Earl C. Thompson and James E. 
Powers, Jr., his principal "angels" 
in Charles Sinclair, Inc., which 
operates the theatre. 
Leon Errol was brought here to 
start , the season with. '?Sally," but 
it , rained most of the first week. 
Attendance at subsequent engage- 
ments of "Queen High," "Good 
Morning, Dearie" and "Up She 
Goes" were held down by inclement 
weather. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S BIG MUSICAL 

Modest notices have been sent out 
about a new Hammorstein musical 
show. It is really intended to sur- 
prise the public by being a bigger 
thing than the "Follies," containing 
a strange, hovel idea and many 
scenes. The latter will be done by 
John B. Wengcr. 



Equity Not Bound 

By "Sunday" Report 



Contrary to a favorable cominit- 
toe rop.brt, E<inity declares tha'j 
Sunday night performances of legit- 
imate shows is far from being real- 
ized. The niattpr of Sunday hight.s. 
arose jiist before the recent annual, 
meeting adjourned. . 
. Rather , than prolong the session 
beyond the time agreed on with the 
hotel people, a committee consisting 
of George Roesener, Reginald Bar- 
lowe and Clark Silvernail was 
hamed to investigate. . 

: Accordihg to procedure, Rosener 
as chairman was to have made the 
report to the Council. In doing so 
he also sent a story to the press 
that Sunday nights were favorably 
considered, it is sq^id. 

Equity has voted against Sundays 
in New York at two general meet- 
ings and officials have fought legis- 
lation which would permit legiti- 
mate attractions to . play. ; Equity 
takes the position that where Sun- 
day pkiylng has been a custom, such 
as Chicago, there is no objection, al- 
though there is ah extra'eighth of a 
week's salary if nine performances 
are given. The New York law per- 
niits Sunday concerts which take in 
music and recitals, vaudeville bills 
being rated as concerts within cer- 
tain limitations, also picture shows. 

<Rega,rdless of th6 law only.a fa- 
yoraljle vote at a general meeting 
can change Equity's present atti 
tude. 



Norris' Lost Voice 



JjO& Angeles, July 3. 
Clarence Norris, singer, blamed his 
wife,. Ethel F. Norris, for the loss 
of his voice. Superior Judge Long 
granted a divorce on those grounds. 
Norris said he used .his voice so 
much in answering his' wife's nag- 
gings and bickerings that he could 
not sing on the stage and conse- 
quently lost his job. 



LEAVES RADIO STOCK 

-^Allne-^Berry,--a---for-mep--Tlieatre 
Guilder and more recently With Otis 
Skinner in "Sancho Panza," has re- 
turned to the legit field after align- 
:ng with the National Broadcasting 
Co.'s radio dramatic stock. 

Miss Berry has joined the Lind 
ley Cook stock at RockvUle Center, 
L. I. She will do radio and dra 
matlc work simultaneously when- 
ever consistent. 



Millionaire Da^yis Now 
Directmg Giveaway Show 



The tibket sale for the resuinptipn 
of "The Ladder" on a paid admis 
sion basis started Monday with very 
few; takers in evidence. There will 
be no performances this week as 
planned, the show in its latest re 
vised form being dated to resume 
Wednesday, next week. . 

Except over the Fourth of July, 
rehearsals are proceeding this week, 
with. Edgar B. Davis, the .millionaire 
backer, doing the direction. 

vLast week there were no tickets, 
admittance being free, first cpme 
first served. A linfe was formed to- 
ward 6th avenue after police were 
called to handle a bunch of some- 
thing for nothing patrons.- 



Joil Harris has taken ovor the 
Tiiuca Square then tro for tho com- 
ing soa.son and will present "Front 
Piigo" tliere Aug. 13. It is one of 
the Solwyh trio of houses on 42nd 
stroot. Tlic Selwyn at present has 
Harris' ."Koyal Family" which may. 
continue there Until the: imjported 
rtns Year of Orace" . i.s , due in 
October. 

By Uvisin^ the Times Square, 
"Front I'ape"' .t«kei> rating as; an 
indei)oridcnt> ..attraction, \yhioh can 
be booked on tour cither through 
Ei langer or the Shuberts. The lat- 
ter have been interested in the 
profits of the Selwyn theatres and 
there was a stipulation that all at- 
tractions playing those houses 
should book the. road through the 
Shuberts. The Shubert arranger, 
ment and interest in the Selwyn 
liouses expire Sept. 1, the theatres 
then .becoming independent. Both 
"Coquette" and "Royal Family" 
must book through the Shuberts 
but the status of Harris' new pro- 
ductions is undefined. 

Harris has" been dickering with 
the ShuhertS' for some time over 
booking terms; without reaching an 
agreement. It ,was°repor ted recently 
that the Morosco was mentioned 
for the highly touted "Front Page," ; 
with Harrris asking 65 per cent, of 
the gross and more than half .«the 
house profits. 

The producer sailed abroad on the 
"He de France" Friday for three 
weeks' . vacation. Prior ; to leaving 
he indicated his second try-out 
show ''King X" was cold. The show, 
written by Bruce Gould, was first 
known as "ftEohor Bound.!' 

Harvey Phillips a,nd Bob Howard . 
now in the Selwyn box ofi^lce will 
switch to the "Times Square when 
Harris takes it over. "Front Page" 
is a newspaper play. Another news- 
paper play "Gentlemen of The 
Press" being done by Jackson and 
Kraft is datea for Henry Miller'* 
Aug. 27.. 



''Unborn ChSd" in Tent 



"Her Unborn Child," withdrawn 
from the 48th Street, New York, 
Saturday after a three-week repeat, 
is going out under canvas playing 
the Adirondack Mountain (New 
York) resorts. 

Another cast has been engaged 
for the tent tour. GeorgjJ W. Gatts, 
who presented the show originally, 
will be associated with Paul Scott 
In the present venture. 

"Her Unborn Child" is to be pre- 
sented in key cities throughput the 
country by '"George GmtS-ffm^^^ 
son. 

Show reopens In Chicago Labor 
Day at the Central for • an indefi- 
nite stay, then playing Philadelphia, 
Boston and other cities. 



JERRY ALLEN INJURED 



stage Electrician Accidentally Fell 
Over' General Understudy 



Jerry Allen, general understudy 
for "Married and How" at the Lit- 
tle, New York, was internally in- 
jured back stage last vireek. She 
Is in I'l.e Pan-American' ho.spital, 
East 90th street, where an opera- 
tion may be nccos.sary. 

Miss Allen was .sitting on a piano 
stool when the show electrician 
reached over her head for some 
article. He stumbled and foil on 
ths"^^a(JtfeHs;"^^=who- ""was" 
Diagnosis was a severe strain of 
the stomach, with the possibility of 
injury to an organ. 



"Captive" m Pittsbnrgh? 



"The Captive" is due to show In 
Pittsburgh next week, under the di- 
rection of S. W. Manheim and Cleve- 
land associates. 

After ipresenting the much cen- 
sured play In Cleveland the Man- 
helm group purchased the road 
rights on speculatiori. The shojnr 
was stopped in joetrolt, the first 
stand selected by the Clevelanders. 

They appear to be taking a cha,nce 
with the Pittsburgh date, not cer- 
tain whether the authorities will 
.step In or not. 



Princess, Toronto, Foreclo 



Toronto, July 2. 

On application of the Canada Life 
Assurance Company a writ of lore- 
cloisure has been issued against the 
Princess, Erlahger booked legit 
house here, dark for the major part 
of the last two seasons. 

C. L. A. holds a mortgage of $144,- 
000 given on the theatre by Bertram 
C. Whitney and, Alice H. Whitney, 
Detroit. The ni'ortgage was regis- , 
tered May 23,a91j6. - ^ ' — . 



Crosby Gaiges Separated 

Cro.sby Galge and his wife are 
separated after 20 years married; 

Mrs.. Gaige is reported in Reno 
starting divorce proceedings. 



Misses Shelley and Milton 
Out of Danger in Hospital 

Frances Shelley, lead In "Rain 
pr Shine,'' and Beth Milton, also of 
that shbw, both dangerously In- 
juried when a motor car Ih which 
they were - driving to Montreal 
struck a tree, are reported virtually 
out of danger at the Glens Falls, 
N. Y„ hospital; It may be some 
time before they can be moved to 
New York, however* 

The girls were reported in criti- 
cal condition early la.st week, but 
thereafter steadily but slowly im- 
proved. Miss Shelley sustained a 
number of cuts around the face, in 
addition to a probable fracture of 
the .skull, Miss Milton being simi- 
larly injured. 

Physicians stated neither girl 
would "BHW"pCnTittH5Ht"S^ 



Ina Claire's Ist Rep Play 

The first production of the Ina 
Claire repertory season which Jed 
Harris is planning for the fall, may 
bo a modern version of "CamlUe." 
Walter Connolly has been engaged 
by Harris for the company. 



4Q 



VARIETY 



L E G I T I M ATE 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Plays on Broadway 



SCANDALS 



Ninth in Georije "Wliliti's §oiIoii in two 
aots anil '17 nronps. Soupa liy ■ DoSylva, 
Urown txnil llonder-Hiin, willi binvk cr<'i(itiHl 
to W. K. Welis nn(l Ci'.)rs'.> White. Staiit vl 
by White, fhoru.s Inolndos I'-t pu«Jiums 
plus iU r(:U3.si.>ll Marli.Mt Rirls ftnd nint* 
show Kii'ls. ArnoKl ..Johnson's orchestra In 
pit untlrtr ■ (iirci'tlun ■ of -Wm. Ualy. I'i'ln- 
clpala incluilo iiany llirhmun, Willie niul 
tnigene llowiir.l, Ann I'ennlngtoii, . Tom 
Pati'icoln. Krancos Wllllnms, Uose Perfect, 
Win. o'Niiiii, Iternlcb and limily, Hnstlng.s 
Twin.a.. Elm City Koun Arthur I'ase. At 
Apollo.' New: York, opening July 2 4t $10.50, 
with };ti,ik) .r<>BUlar top. 



. .White's new .'•Scandals" is just 
about nV hat yoi,i expect It to be, a hig 
and a yood rcyuc which will scamper 
thrdusiv tfie sumnicr to high re- 
ceipts, one anple being because 
there's nothing in town, or coming 
in, to dispute it.s supremacy as hot 
weather entertainment at/ a $6.60 
scale. 

Throwing out that first night hys- 
te;ria wiijeh yearly sweeps the back 
of the hbiise in cries for Tom and 
Penny, it looks Very much like Wil- 
lie Howard a:nd Harry Richman's 
show, with Frances Williams not 
so far behind. It doesn't shape as 
the mcTst expensive production in 
the scries, yet itis got enough and 
more of sight values and material 
th^n it needs, plus the usual allot- 
ment of that skin they love to watch. 
Score holds at,, least two tunes the 
boys Will' plug' into popularity, and 
a possible third, although the mel- 
odies lack . spontaniety. 
■ Opening night the show didn't 
ring up until 8.53, with a sidewalk 
mob giving it a picture premiere 
atmospiiere. Including a 17 -minute 
intermiesion the performance broke 
at 11.51, plenty overboard, with it 
probably taking the boys the next 
w&ek fbv extract the poison, mostly 
in the second act. 

IProductiorially there are seven full 
stage sets, a sWeet and versatile 
front curtain capable 6t being 
drawn up and lowered by sections, 
one standout novelty, af neat assort- 
ment of , eye-filling clothes and 
drapes, and a bunch of girls who 
are an illusion aid, dresse^d pr tin- 
dressed. 

On laughs, the comedy's best as- 
set is that it's consistent if lacking 
one distinct howl. White has 
thrown the Howards and Richman 
into quartets a, coQple of times 
for all male lyrics, one number of 
which will undoubtedly get air. The 
choice lies bfetween "Fathers of the 
World" and "Bums," both using old 
melodies for .inference 'and the lat- 
ter item the stronger of the two. 

Most of the sketches had a toUgh 
time establishing punch cUmaxes. 
still, the Howards did very well 
with '"The Ambulance Chaser," hos- 
pital iscene,,including Miss Williams; 
"A Strange Interlude" was midway 
. Jn the first half and Important with 
Richman, Miss Williams and Jim 
Cart5', while . the talking picture 
(Yocafilm) bit is funny and novel. 
This had Willie Howard in a side 
box breaking up Richman doing a 
song on the screen, then Richman 
Interrupting. Howard, and' finally 
both shooting White for the punch. 
Incidentally, Billy K. Wells will 
continue to dr^w credit, or blame, 
for his .shot gun finishes, and this 
"Scandals" is not unlike a young 
arsenal. 

Biirle.squing Chicago as a town 
had a comedy drop with the timid 
soul (Willie Howa,rd) bumpinpr, off 
the nance gunman to end it. "Cred- 
its" wa.s a triangle also given a pe- 
riod by a blank cartridge; the same 
; formula . stood for "Strange Inter- 
lude," but thp. better of the trio, 
'"Home Brow," stew sequence, was 
ovcrlong. "Ranisom" spent three or 
four minutes working up to one 
line, and the "Welsh Trio;" hokc so- 
pranolng by the Howards, wasn't 
needed at all. |. 

First .act flnale Js dedicated to. 
Victor Ilerbert with. HIcTiman In- 
quiring of Willie Howard" why the 
American composer has not been 
given a place among the masters; 
Bill O'Neal, he of the ten6r voice 
which they say has never been 
trained, does the heavy work sing- 
ing the numbers as the former pair 
mention them, Rose Perfect also 
makes her first entrance at this 
point to offer "Kis.s Me Again"' do- 
ing it splendidly. Finish is "March 
of the. Toys." This makes use of 
the picture macliine which gradual- 
ly- enlarge.s a tableau until the drop 
lifts to ahoW the full stage set in 
duplicate. It is a spangled aitair 
having 26 girls pyramiding on steps 
to a point just beneath the i]ios. 

Main dance number is "Pickin' 
Cotton" closely following in m(!lody 
and rhythm the Black Botttmi but 
has no chance of dance floor mlmic- 
ing. Miss Williams warms up the 
lyrics nicely, Mi.ss Pennington de- 
velops those familiar loose hips and 
Tom Patricola .strums his mando- 
lin for added aecpmpt^niment. Good 
" 1j QT^ jf cRi hg""lTi"at"'s 
the Charleston and black bottom 
carried audiences. 

"Origin of tlie Tap Dance" was 
another ode to well broiled terp- 
sichore, again led by Miss 'Williams, 
with the dancing principals joining. 
Costuming for this lent extra ap- 
pearance until the number eventu- 
ally developed Into full stage where 
■Miss Pennington and Patricola 
teamed on stairs the width of the 
Btage for taps. Bernice and Emily 



acrobated down the same flight and 
the 16 Markertis turned In their best 
contribution of the night. Those 
two items were, of course, in oppo-- 
arte halves. Markert girls are also 
at the Roxy. and can hold their own 
with this troupe. 

"What D'Ye Say?", seems tp :be 
the - third tune on the list to get a 
rating and is excellently handled by 
Richman and Misa Williaims, . It 
owns a. comedy encore .taking the 
pair into a broad adagio during 
which they chant the lyric after 
each catch. Score, leader, listens as 
being "On the Crest of . A \yave," 
the third itiem on the pi*pgram, with 
"Pickin' Cotton" running second. 

All specialities, other than that o£ 
Bernice and Emily, are in. the sec- 
ond half. Miss Williams was prac7 
tically second after intermission, at 
10:40, to rid herself of two songs In 
four minutes, with Willie Howard 
trailing at 10:56 to do two imlta-. 
tions (Weber and Fields . and Jol- 
son) and'gain the personal applause, 
hit of the night. Richman was 
spotted next to closing, 11:35, also 
for two songs, and did well despite 
the house was pretty tired and had 
been dribblifig up the aisles for al- 
most a half hour. 

Extreme wind up is a pickput 
number after the principals have 
stated, in ensemble, thiat , they're the 
hit of the show. This leads ihtp a 
call dpwn from the choristers after 
which certain menibers duplicate 
earlier Tiumbeirs of the cast leaders. 
With 50 girls on the stage it may be. 
that some of these pick out . girls 
are "ringers," although that Isn't 
necessarily true. Chorus also gets 
first crack at. the house by starting 
off the evening by talking a smart 
lyric, dealing with "Not As Good As 
Last. Year," and then asking, "are 
you as good as last year?"— where 
it should end but doesn't. , 

Miss Pennington had her entrance 
worked up by the Arnold Jphhspn 
band (15) in the' pit singing about 
her and Patricola brought .yells of 
delight fromi the rabid when un- 
veiled as a statue and immediately 
hopping, the buck. Hpwever, Tom 
brought back "old faithful'* and he's 
following a. lot of pretty fair step- 
ping this season which boys by. the 
name of Asta,ire,.Donohue iand Rob- 
inson have and are offering nightly. 

Main novelty Is the' trunk of a 
tree, which develops into a spiral 
staircase, upon which eight girls 
parade> during "Where You Carved 
Your Name" opening the second 
act. White is reported to have first 
seen this at the Folies Bergere, 
Paris. Corking effect. 

Johnson's band is adept in the pit 
and perfprms by. itself during inters 
missipn. 

Another aid is the announcing of 
the cute Hastings youngsters; Ber- 
nice and Emily are a couple of 
feriime acrobatic dancers who . fail 
to get away from a straight picture 
house routine Pf frpnt pvers and 
kicks until they reach their nip ups, 
the team's main fprte. 

Neither White, the cast pr the 
chorus will have to worry about the 
immediate future of this edition. It 
probably won't develop the staying 
powers sonie of its predecessors 
have and it doesn't look like a 50 
week- show. But who's going to 
squawk at 30, maybe 40? It starts 
with a 20-. week buy by the ticket 
brokers. Sid. . 



SAY WHEN 

Elisabeth Marbury and Carl Reed OBeth- 
ihiir. Inc.) production of "ah Intimate mu- 
Blcal comedy" by Calvin Brown (nom-de- 
plume), founded on "Lovo In a Mist." by 
Amelle Rlvca (Prlnccsa Troubetzkoy) and 
Gilbert Emery, opening June. 20 at the Mo- 
roaco, New York. Song numbers by Mayor 
J.ames J. Walker, Jesse Greer, Raymond 
Klofires, Max and Nat Lief, Ray Perkina 
Frank E. Harling, Daisy de Segouzac, Ar 
thur Rheekman, Helen Wallace. 
; — Henry JJusse- arid his Victor- recording or- 
chestra solely featured above case. Dances 
by Max .Scheck; book staging by Bertram 
Harrusin; settings by t-lvlngston Piatt. 
Ernest Cutting conducting Orchestra. 

Principals and chorus Include Dorothy 
PJtsglbbona, Roger Gray, Bartlett Sim- 
mons, Joseph Liortora, Raymond Gulon, 
DorLs Vinton, Jane Alden, Alison Skip- 
worth, Cora La Redd, and Duquosne Miller 
(colored team),. Four Recorders (Donald 
Wells, Robert Moody. Alan Bay and ' WH- 
llam J. Cleary), J. GJibbs Penrose, Mildred 
Qulgley, - Sally Anderson; .Ann Freshman. 
Patricia McGrath. Kathryn Hamill, Ruth 
Fallows, Peggy Fish, Ruth Altmtirt, .Joyce 
Arllng. Josephine Adair, Dorothy Jones, 
'Helen Kaiser, Genevieve Kent, Katherlrie 
Horefonl, M.ibnl Martin. Anna Rex, never-, 
ly Mrtude, Archie Thompson, Warren Cros- 
by, Harold Williams, BraOley Cass, Harry 
Kirk. 



the metropolitan social buds, they 
deport themselves neatly and with 
refreshing naivete. 
. The show should whip Itself Into 
hotter shape than first presented on 
Broadway. The late hour cast 
changes, the general insldo dilll- 
Iculties so usually, attendant, to an 
independent production, particular- 
ly a musical, and all the other kinks 
did npt help . the premiere perfprm- 
ance particularly. Rumbles pf 
librettist dis^atisfactipn w'lth man- 
agerial Interference accpunted fpr 
"Calvin Brpwn" being substituted 
as a npni-de-plume fpr Atarc Con- 
nolly's . name, who felt rather 
ashamed of the book. 

.The librettP evidences incpherr' 
ency and faltering uncertainty. 
There are bccaSlpnal Shafts of rare 
comedy, such as Roger Gray's fare- 
well portion with the radio broad- 
casting Satire; but tor the main It's 
just one of those books, likened to 
an early Harry B. Smith. . 

But the composite HTad its mo- 
ments. The songs were Jolly and 
rollicking, with several Impressive 
ditties like "Little White Lies" 
(Sheekman- Wallace); "My One 
Girl" (Harling); "How About It?" 
(Greer-Klages); "No Room in My 
Hieart" (Perkins-Max and Nat Lief) ; 
"One Star to . Heaven" (Greer- 
Klages); "Love Boa:t" (Perkins- 
Liefs). and "Give Me a Night" 
(Harling). Any and all of these is 
liable to istep out as the surprise 
wow number, although "One Step to 
Heaven" proved the woof opportun- 
ity .for the aepla tinted Cora , La 
Redd, whose personal success caused 
her to swoon in the dressing rpbrh 
right after. 

'IHpw Abput It?" is anpther put- 
stander by Jesse Greer and Kav. 
Klages, .Whp cpntributed the majpr- 
ity of the numbers. Of the other 
authors and composers, Max Lief 
is of the "News" dramatic depart- 
ment, and his brother, Dr; Nat Irfef, 
is a popular Times Square molar 
specialist. . Both are coming to Im- 
portant' attention as a strong lyric 
writing team. As lor Mayor James 
j. Walker's lyric to ''Cheerio". (music 
by Greer), maybe he shouldn't have 
naentlpned It. 

It's the cast that really cpunts. 
There is Henry Busse, new a full- 
fledged maestrp o,f hia own bah'd, 
after serving for many years, as as- 
sistant conductor pf Paul White- 
man's prchestra, and closfely identi- 
fied with Whitenian professionally 
and persPnally. Busse, and . his 
Victpr recprding artists, are the big 
mPney pf the cast, and wprthy . pf 
the heavy billing. Their impression, 
in ensemble and personally «by 
Busse, soon proved the value of such 
featuring. 

Joseph Lertora as the Count is 
not the usual Lertora, and Rpger 
Gfay pn the cpmedy end did hand- 
sPmely with the little he did. The 
bppk. and Gray cpuld.stand an earlier 
introduction and opportunities. 

Dprothy Fltsgibbbns, virtually a- 
chorister elevated to leads, although 
she has been around as understudy, 
in pther intimate musical prpduc- 
tlcms, was a pleasant surprise. 
Obviously nervous and in need of 
priming on her book lines, especially 
to eliminate the raispy shrillness of 
her: speech, Miss Fitsgibbons, none 
the less, portends optimistically. She 
is said to be a better "looker" off 
than on, and as soon as the make- 
up deficiencies are overcomie, Miss 
Fitsgibbons should prove a find. 

Bartlett Simmons, also now ampng 
juveniles, baritenes Impressively 
and, with the acquisitlcn. pf that "In- 
teresting" poise, the rather youthful 
leac^ng man should also find him- 
self important in productions. 

The real wow of it all, however, 
was Cora La Redd, out of the Har- 
lem black-and-tans who gave 'em a 
load pf the low-down that panicked 
.the premiere-hounds. If a bit un- 
gainly and no rave as a finished 
stepper, the native barbaric strain 
of the race seemed to assert Itself, 
despite Miss La Redd, and the rather 
comely sable stepper got plenty hot 
and peppery. Her partner, Diiquesne 
Miller, had an equally psycholpgical 
pppprtunlty but couldn't quite top 
his partner; and so it just rPlled pflf 
the knife. 

There are pther nbtableS In the 
cast: Deris Vihtpn, Jane Alden and 
Allspn Sklpwprth. 

The talk will .be cut dPwn in time 
and the gfeneral prpceedings pepped 
up, at wlilch time thpse debble 
chorines will stand out even better 
and niake "Say When" a good bar.- 
gain buy at three bucks. . Abel. 



Shows m N. Y. and Comment 



Figures estimated and comment point to some attractipns being 
successful, while the same gross accredited to others mi^ht suggest 
mediocrity or -loss. The vai'iance is explained in the difference in 
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the'size of cast, 
with consequent difference in necessary gross of .profit. Variance 
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic 
play is also considered. 

Classification of attraction, house capacity and top prices of the 
admission scale given below. Key to classification: C (comedy)- 
D (drama); R (revue); M (musical comedy); F (farce); O (operetta)'. 



Adviiasion tax applies only\ on 
tickets priced liiorc thQ.n $3 

«A Connecticut Yankee," Vanderbllt 
(36th week) (M-682-$6.50). With 
gevernment tax pff on all tickets 

. up to $3, 'several attrac'tlens re- 
duced tpp to that price; trade 
went pit generally last week, with 
"Yankee:: abPut $17,00Q; prpflt- 
able. " . 

"Blackbirds," Liberty (9th week) 
.(R-l,202-$3). Eased off. but 
doing very well for colored mii- 
sical ahd should gp through sum- 
mer; estimated at ^14^000 last 
week. , 

"Burlesque," Plymouth (45th week) 
(CD-1,041-J3). Scale . revised 
^downward, top price formerly 
being $3.85 (>4.40 when first 
opened); dipped like other run 
shows; about $9,000. 

"Coquette," Maxine Elliott (36th 
week) (D-912-$3.85). Slipped 
mores than picked up during rainy 
week, but still making money and 
should last until new season: 
around $10,500.: 

"Diamond Lil," Royale (l'3th weekf 
(C-l,117-$3). . Continued good 
businefss here surprising to show 
people; Ippks like cinch into fall; 
last week $16,000. 

'Good News," Chanin's 46th St. 
(44th week) (M-l,413-$5.50). True 
; to form indicated; when other 
run musicals dropped away lDff' 
this one held up best; quoted at 
$28,000 last week. 

"Grand Street Follies," Booth (6th 
week) (R-704-$3). Certain draw 
and with modest hoofc^-up ought 
to show real profit; virtual ca- 
pacity this far with weekly p^ce 
over $16,000. 

"Greenwich Village Follies," Winter 
Garden (14th week) (R-1,493- 
$5.50). Cut-rated for past few 
;. weeks, indicating rather, ordinary 
rating; claimed approxlniately 
$25,000. 



"Say When" is a $3 musical, the 
fir.qt of a new crop of ppp priced, 
prpductions, although . "Present 
Arms" is reducing its scale for the 
summer from $5.50 to $3. At. that 
price, "Say When" should appeal to 
a majority of musical comedy pa- 
tron.s who, in the past, have either 
balked indignantly at giving up 
plentr=fOT-UTrair=6r-cIirCvaT.^^^ 
show-.shoppod carofully or bided 
their time until the fa,g end of a 
tiucoess' run in order to go Leblang. 

The $3 inipre.ssps as this new 
Marbury-Roed production's great- 
est appeal and a fair buy at the 
price. No wow of an entertain- 
ment, It's a pleasantly Innocuous 
gIrl-and-mUsIc .show, with a flock 
pf nice, fresh-lookin.cr gals, net the 
least portion of the attraction, Said 
to be amateurs from the ranks of 



WANTED 



A new comedy by I>on Mullaly;' Ao <>ro- 
(luccr - or director credlte'l; at Wallack's, 
July 2; $3.30 top. 

Skclly . Martin Malloy 

CaHsldy. ...i ........ .T. Oeorjjo McIOhtce 

O'Crlon n. R. Chase 

Lt.' li'oley .Lloyd ' SablnA 

James Uruce .Ken . Cartler 

Ponelopo Morton Alney Alba 

Mario Newton... ,. Irene .Shirley 

Ufnit Hfnry Terom IJnjok.s 

Dal.sy Urooks Inez . Clough 

TTuRh Clark, .Goorpe Connor 

Major I/ongatreet ; Frank Androwa 

_Mia.:^JtQbjC!EL--j;rcnt.;..^.....,.^.;^.-^aKgariiJ,. J'ltL 
Mr. Robert Trent Charles Angclo 



Rather a small-timey affair, lack- 
ing distinction in the writing, act- 
ing, direction and settihg.s. Not 
without merit in any of the.so 
branches. But .<»hort of Broadway 
quality in all of them. 

If whoever angeled tMn piece has 
a contract with Alney Alba, ho may 
salvage his losse.s. Because Miss 
Alba will click in New York. Espc-- 
oially if sho doesn't attempt South- 



ern dialect, which she -uses in this 
instance, and which ishe learned out 
of a book. But her personal charms 
and her graceful, fluent playing will 
find a place pn the big alley. She 
has been a stPck star in the less 
populous centers hitherto*. 

Neither Miss Alba ner any pther 
pf the cast had ever been heard pf 
in New Yerk theatrical high sppts, 
and none of the others promise con- 
spicuously that they will. 0ne Ken 
Cartier, the Juvenile hero, played 
like an amateur, and cannot even 
be rated "adequate." 

The' story is neither timely nor 
important. It has to do with a 
Southern girl in New York, broke, 
beset by a heavy who wants to keep 
her and tells her so in a line of 
palaver that a self-respecting boot- 
legger wouldn't try out on an Ave- 
nue ' A chambermaid. Her Dixie 
blood bolls. But — what can she do? 
Ah! A faithful family servitor, a 
colored maid, new wprks fpr a rich 
family that has gene tp Eurppe pver 
summer. Sp missie takes shelter 
there.. 

Cpnvenlently, carelessly or for 
purposes of making possible a third 
act (the worst of the three) the 
family has left $15,000 in jools. un- 
der a chair cushion. Our heroine 
is suspected, arrested; the hero, a 
meinber of the household, frees her, 
gaves her and cops heir. And the^ 
Suwariee Rlbber Tflbws gently on 
again, and all is still; 

Hooked Up very light, this, with a 
stage payroll of probably less than 
$1,500. Might pool with the house 
and hang on a while. On merits 
should close within a month. Lait. 



L A.Gro$ses 



Los Angeles, July 3. 
"Good News," in its sixth week 
at the Mayan, led the legitimate at- 
tractions here, getting $22,200, while 
the only other musical In town, "The 
.Desert Song," third week at the Ma- 
jestic, arpund $16,000. 

Of the dramatic shews "The 
Spider," Belasco, led with . $17,500; 
"Trial of Mary Dugan," sixth week 
at the Mason, estimated $13,000. 
Show.clo.ses July 14, house going 
dark. 

"]j>racula," first week at the Bilt- 
Tn or ef^ 'fi-rb u n d"" "$^1T);110D; "''Spr'e^^^ 
Kagle," at Vine Street, $6,000; 
"Show- Off," first week at the El 
Capitan, $S.800, and "Tommy," 12th 
and final week at President, near 
$4,000. 

The Japanese Players, presenting 
Ken Gekl In the second and final 
week at the Hollywood Music Box, 
drew under $2,500. "What a Man," 
opening June 27 at the Hollywood 
T'layhou.se, got $2,300 In throe per- 
fornninces. 



"Married and H/>w," Little (4th 
week) (C-530-$3). Costs little to 
operate, but no profit at pace- 
stock rights may get sponsor out 
of red; estlniated under $4i000 

"Paris Bound," Music Bpx (20th 
week) (C-946-$3). Tpp price 
drppped to $3 With riempval of 
admission tax (recently scale 
$3.85 top. and originally $4,40)- 

^ Won't last Ipng npw ; $8,000. * 
'Vll?.^'" Republic (2d engagement) 
. (6th week) (D-901-$2.50). Making 
little prpflt, but npt expected to 
■ stick summer out as intended- 
gaited arpund $7,000. * 

"Present Arms," Mansfield (lith 
week) (M-l,050-t5). • Top price 
down to $5 flat, price, including 
tax; ^ last week's gross about 
$20,000 and claimed satisfactory 

"Ram or Shine," George M. Cohan 
(22d woek)_^ (Mrl.371-$5.50). Sum- 
mer will probably slow up pace 
,for tinie, but virtual capacity so 
far, with approximate gross 
$37,000 weekly. 

"Rosalie,". NeW Amsterdam (26th 
week): (M-l,702-$6.60). Among 
four gross leadersi;; qupted over: 
$34,000 lost week; expensive to 
operate, bUt; claimed tp be making 
seme mpney. 

'^Scandals," Apellp (1st week) (R- 
l,16S-$6;'60). Summer's pnly re- 
vue entrant; ppened MPnday. 
premiere perfprmance being $16.50 
top; arrives in .sppt with chance 
fpr big . njoney ; scaled to gross 
AbOut $50,000 weekly. 

"Show Boat," Ziegfeld (28th week) 
(M-1.750-$6.60). Still Broadway's 
leader and likely among big 
money attractions up to first pf 
yiear; around $51,000 last week. 

"Straniae . interlude," John Golden 
(23d week) (D-900-$4.40). Change 
in lead this Week may have some 
reaction on business, which has 
been capacity since opening; over 
$16,000 in six weekly perform- 
ances: 

■"Skidding," Bijou (7th week) (C- 
605-$3). Said tp be getting^ by 
with last week's grpss estimated 

'^at $3,500; sponsors expectant of 
making coin on stock rights. 

"Say When," Morosco (2d week) 
(M-893-$3). Got favorable break 
in reviews in main; lower-floor 
trade for ppp-prlced musical; 
. opened Tuesday and In seven per- 
. formiances got about $8,000, which 
may be even break for modest 
cost musical. 

".The Baphelor Father," Belasco 
(19th week) ((iJ-l,000-$3.85). Hold- 
ing up to excellent, trade; not 
actual capacity, but close; $19,000 
last Week, $500 under previous 
week; tops non-musicals. 

^"The Cyclone Lover,". Frolic. Taken 
off Saturday after foUr weeks' 
average of less than $2,000 weekly. 

"The Happy Husband," Empire (9th 
week) (C-l,090-$4.40). Final week; 
came in late In season and not 
expected to stick; critics called it 
hit, however; around $7,000 last 
week. 

"The Ladder," Cort (90th week) (D- 
1,094). Admission price was to 
have gone on aga,in this week; 
wealthy backer, hpwever, delayed 
that, giving players vocatien pver 
Fpurth; no performances this 
week, newest version being re- 
hearsed. 

"The Royal Family," Selwyn (28th 
week) (C-l,067-$3.85). Got about 
$15,000; former leader still prof - 

— Itable, -though now in third place, 
with "Bachelor Father" .and 
''Strange InTerlude" out in front. 

"The Silent House," Shubert (22d 
week) (D-l,395-$3). Removal here 
lost week afforded more capacity 
for cut-rating; will probably stick 
for time; $10,000 estimated". 

'^The Skull," Forrest (11th week) 
D-l,061-$3). Doesn't cost must to 
operate and has shown moderate 
though consistent profit; pn tPur, 

- pught to be wlnnier, with stock 
rights sure also; last week, $6,500. 

"The Three Musketeers," Lyric (17th 
week) (O-l,395-$6.60), "Scandals." 
which ppened next dpof this week, 
will hardly affect great trade of 
operetta, close to $44,000 weekly. 

"The Trial of Mary Dugan," Harris 
(42d week) (D-l,051-$3). Eased 
off last week, but run meller do- 
ing well enough; over $10,000. 

"Volpone," Guild (9th week) (C-941- 

_. $3,85). Cast changes here, leads 
going on vacation; may affect 
trade, but business strong to date; 
last week estimated abPut $13,000. 
^Wanted,"-Wallacks-(l«t-Week)-(D- 
770-$3). Independently presented; 
written by Den Mullaly; tried out 
privately in Village la.it week; 
ppened here Monday. 

Special — Little Theatres 

"Patience," Masque; amateur com- 
pany frpm Baltimpre may got by 
for a time. 

"Marriage on Approval," Tetten. 

"Her Unborn Child," at 48th Street, 
and "Ten Nights in a Barroom." 
."WallAck's, closed last Saturday. 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



47 



Carrie King and a Beauty Doctor 



By David Sturgis 



Paris, June 23. I with doctors. How weU the ipro- 
r heard an old lady, near to Mont-, fession is nam'ed — the practice of 

^. — -—-'medicine; 

I will watch over Carrie King in 
Paris. It Is the second sailing of 
the "De Grasse" in July. Don't for- 



oamespe, dear to the theatre, was 
eoing blind. I found her In a noisy, 
front room, on the boulevard of the 
krtists. trying to see the passers- 
iiv It was close to midnight a,nd ffet it, some of you people of the 
■ 'theatre. Meet the hoat with roses. 



she was alone 



It was Carrie King. Known to the I She likes white ones best. I have 



Paris and*New York for given her the address of the greatest 
■ 'eye specialist In the world. Dr. 

William Holland WHmer of Wash 



stage 

1 40 years, born In. 1863 



A inerciless light, without a^shade, jngton, who cured Ellen Terry and 
vas striking upon her twltcli ng E^rl Gray. The same, kind genius, 
lace and wincing eyes. A startling ^^^^ ^^^^^ valuable 

distortion marred her cheeks and Uime, and charged a fee that even 
brow; Her right eye was grotes- j ^^^^^ ^.^^ ^^^^^ j^-j^^ 

Quely Jerked as if, from an imp on | j,^. wilirter together, 
the top of her skull 
I vas shocked. 



And^ Voronoff may. ^be forgotten 
with the years. . 



"Who are you,, young man?" 
"A vagabond." 
"Why did you come?" 
*^yes." 

"I don't understand." 
She wasn't frightened. I didn't 



FRFSCO GROSSES 

San Francisco, July 3. 
Mid-season business. Only four 
houses open, but all did well, sev- 
eral playing to near capacity. Two 



wander , from China Sea to the- 

Champs Elysees, niost of the time I ngvir /arrivals— "A Night in Spain" 
In pain, to give the feeling of . an and "The Command to Love," fared 
. well, the former setting a new house 
"fer'ellv this, my lady. I could record' at the $3 .scale. The Shubert 
hardly read or write for 15 years; musical packed 'em. Sunday 1,000 
!Il i ,o «,««fho In a dark room- t"'""ed away 
ipent 18 months in a dark room, ^^^^ the Henry Duffy attractions 
only got my eyes back three years jumped. At the President the see- 
ago. It's no fun. Let s . get to- ^eel^ of "Th© Wooden Kimono" 
gether." gained, with practically capacity 
"If I could only work again," she every show. At the Alcazar, "The 
teplied Lady Next Door" wound up its six: 
Think of it? 64, At. 40 I will be weeks' stay July l,^making room for 

' "Tommy," brought here from Lps 



Vrishlng for death. 

"What is the matter with your 
eyes? Do you know?. What do the 
Bpeclalists say?" 

'It's a long, terrible story." . 

Some pseudo painters, some an 
tlquated models, straggled by. 



Currah— "A Night in Spain." Bal 
lyhoocd by sensational advance 
campaign, this one got away to a 
whale of a. start. Originally figured 
for four weeks, looks now as though 
it may last eight or longer. First 



"They make me ill. You can have | -^etaJ/^'^hl'^omiSUI r&ve.'' 



Hlnlght." 
Then I heard a story of stories 

The Monkey Man 
"Dr. Voronoff!" I repeated. 
''The monkey man," she mur- 
mured . without bitterness." Do I 
look so ugly, so rcpulsiye? I don't 
see my friends anymore. And I love 
my friends." 
"Certainly not," I assured her, 



Started Monday night to capacity 
and held as the week advanced 
First, six days, $15,500. 

President— "The Wooden Kimono.' 
Duffy's mystery comedy is the talk 
of the town. Second week even big 
ger than opener by several hundred 
dollars. That means squeezing 'em 
in. Reached $5,900, maybe more. 

Alcazar — '"The Lady Next Door.' 
Wound up Six profitable wefeks 



'You have the loveliest expression | could have remained longer. Had 
I have seen for years.' 

"You mean — behind the deform- 
ity— ryou see— ?" 
"A golden* beautiful gleam." 
"My soul?" 
"Sure," 

"You believe In such a thing?" 
If not before I would right now.' 



to make rooin for. "Tommy" which 
opened July 2. Final week bettered 
$5,000. 

Those Syracuse Stocks ! 



Syracuse, N, Y., July 3 

A new sjiakeup in the Ffank-Wil- 

"If I could only do my work | cox company stock at the Wieting, 
again!" 



$20 Counterfeit 



Warning issued of a new 
counterfeit $20 printed from 
photo-mechanical plates, on 
bleached genuine paper. Pur- 
ports to be Issued by N; Y. 
Federal Reserve bank, 1914 
series check letter F, Slsripd: 
by Frank Whit<5 ' and A, W. 
■Mellon. 

Face has chalky appearance 
and back in heavily printed 
unnaturally green tone. 



$3 Top May Be Prevailitig Scale 




in 




2 Shows Out 



"The Happy Husband," presented 
by Gilbert Miller at the Empire, will 
close a nine wieeics' engagement at 
the Empire on Saturday, . English 



"THE HAPPY HUSBAND" 
Opened May 7. Littejl (Post) 
found it "burst of sunshine." 
Anderson (Journal) also com- 
mended as "gay and amusing." 

Variety (Ibee) said: "Hasn't 
a chance of going through sum- 
mer." 



comedy well received but doubtful 
of lasting through, summer,. It 
opened to better than $14,000 .'but 
quickly tapered, steadily declining 
to $7,000. 

"The Cyclone Lover," indopend- 



"THE CYiCLONE LOVER" 

Opened June 5. Not attended 
by major reviewers. Variety 
wrote: "Hard. to. see how this 
piece can do anything| at all."; 

ently presented at the FroliCr was 
taken oft Saturday after four weeks, 
It was rated at $2,000 or less weekly. 



LOOP Sm HOLDS 
SOME STEADY DRAWS 



"I'm going to smoke. You're go- 
ing to talk. It's your time^ to be- 
gin." 

'-'Wasn't Nora Bayes wonderful? 
She knew she was doomed and 



saw Hal Brown, veteran Character 
man; Helen Blalr, second woman, 
and Miss Blair's husband, Douglas 
McPherson, recent second man, de- 
part Saturday night. ' 
Before their final performance at 



smiled to the end. Al. Woods the Wieting, Brown and Miss Blair 
such a fine man. I got him lots of signed a contract with Ma;nager 
Paris plays. Remember 'The Girl John J. Burnes df Keith's calling 
In the Taxi?" Wonder why his for their appearance there next 
brother, Martin Herman, didn't Sunday In a skit. Ajid the skit 
speak to me the other day? . It is one to which Wilcox himself con- 
was my firist time, for months, In fesses authorship 
the opera section. I love my adopted Just what effect this will have 
children. Oiie Is doing fine In Holly- on the personal relations between 
wood. I have such lovely friends Wilcox and his employer, Judge A 
In New York. When I sell my Paris Fairfax Montague, president of the 
flat I'm going home for good. Here's Wilcox corporation, is Interesting 
my ticket on the De Grasse." the Rialto 

"And Dr. Voronoff?" Brown, Miss Blalr and. her hus- 

"Yes. I had the operation— the band were all let out by Judge 
' ihohkey, glandT And hVHised^mjT Albert" Mack^-dircctor 

face, too." who turned in his notice for a scc- 

"Dr. Voronoff— a facial surgeon?" ond time a week ago, has again re 
"Yes, If both operations , had con.sidered, and will remain. It is 
been, successful I would have lec- understood he has. been promised 
tured in America, First woman, I a fi-ee hand in casting, 
you know?" 
"But they weren't?'' 
"Oh, now! Isn't It terrible? What 
am I going to do?" 

"Rejuvenation?" I meditated, "But 
why the facial operations Voronoff 
claims' it's the monkey glapd thai_ 
gives eternal youth. He's now chas- 
ing down Bernard Shaw in England. 
Sort of p. T, B.arnum in the clinic Of 
Mephisto." 

"What's, that?" 
'^x:cuse me, Madame. 
"The American consul has the 
case." 

"When did you notice the trouble 
■with your eyes?" 



"Skidding" AH Summer 

With some changes in cast, 
"Skidding" expects" to stay on 
Broadway all summer. Erin O'Brien 
is now in the feminine lead and 
Betty Lee Carter, daughter of 
Louise Carter, of the ca.st, replaced 
Isabel Dawn this week. 

It is said Hyman Adlcr has made 
some arrangement with the Shu-, 
bcrts to keep his show running all 
summer on the week to week basis 
and to remove it to another Broad- 
way hou.<3e when '"rhe Big Pond" 
comes into the Bijou July 21, 
Loblang and the hotel trade, ai-c 



^Right after rny face was lifted." j show more or less, on 

-She-- pointed- to -a-^-ficar=covered-|HT--^i-^^^ 



with white hair. 

A Mistake 
^ "He cut some nerves or muscles 
*^ my head. See my right eye — 
how It pulls? I can't see with it 
Only my left eye remains at all, 1 
wish I could cure them. How 1 
want to work again." 

Some .students drifted by. Thoy 
yerc singing the French version of 
. What the Hell Do We Care?" I 
^aougiit of my years, like centuries, 



its feet. 



SARANAC STOCK KEEPS ON 

Sai-anac, N. Y., July 3. . 

Frod Dcliondy's Adirondack I'lay- 
crs did not discontinue here. The 
stock this week Is playing "The 
Clutching Claw" and "Jimmio'.s 
Women." 

DcBondy says he has hope of a 
ixood Ri'uson bore this sumnu-r, as 
ho had la-st year. 



Chicago, July 3, 
For eight consecutive days, it 
rained in Chicago, with a total fall 
of 5.14 inches; Business"drizz;led" 
into the box offices of the eight Chi 
legit houses, 

• "Elmer the Great" Is. doing 
whale of a business at the little old 
Blackstone, This show is consist 
ently turning 'em away, and draw 
ing capacity around $i5;6o6, with no 
Wednesday matinees.. 

Cohan has two other shows on 
tap, "Whispering Friends" and "The 
Merry Malones," both for the Black- 
stone, so it looks now like a Cohan 
year. If "The Merry Malones'', hits 
this theatre it will be the first mus- 
ical show at the Blackstone in 10 
years. 

Forthcoming Ziegfeld productions 
for Chicago will not include ''Rosa 
lie," BO they say, but "Rio Rita" is 
being mentioned as a possible guest 
at the Illinois. Other shows, in line 
for September, Include "The Com 
mand to Love," at the Studebaker; 
"Manhattan Mary," with Ed Wynn 
at the Garrlck; "My Maryland," at 
the Great Northern; "The Silent 
House," at the Princess; Greenwich 
Village Follies, at the Four Cohans; 
"Burlesque," at the Harris. 

Estimates for Last Week 
"Elmer the Great" (Blackstone, 3d 
week). A real draw. Excellent co- 
operation from both press and pub- 
lic. Sellouts the order of the day 
with an excellent outlook for the fu- 
ture. Hitting capacity of $15,000. 

'■'Good News": (Sclwyn, 20th week) 
Twenty weeks to the good, and still 
going. strong. Better than $27,000 

"Excess Baggage" (Garrick, 19th 
Week). One of the most consistent 
money getters, now, and sticking 
close to its weekly average of around 
$13,000. 

"Sunny .Days" . (Cohan'.s, . Grand,. 
8th week). Falling off nbtice^ably 
from around $24,000 last y;eo.k to 
$20,000 this week. Has reached the 
turning point, 

"The 1dth Hole" (Erianger, J)th 
week). Also hitting, the low .spots, 
but weather must be considered. 
Biz approaching $10,500. 

"A Man with Red Hair" (Adclphi, 
4th week). Gross perhaps $8,500. 

"Rang Tang" (Woods,. 3d week). 
Cut rates got more biz but no more 
money. Midnight shows on Satur- 
days, Gros.scd around $7,500. 

"Cbmpaniohate Marriage" (Cort, 
8th week). .Business inspired a hit, 
despite rain, bringing about $6,000. 
Clyde Elliott, producer, says pic- 
tures have approached him for 
srroT'n=ri p;'hts,-an d -ar e-off er-1 n g-t f 1.1 kl 
production. 

Boston Down to One 

Boston, July 3. 

The only show In town, in f.'ict, 
the only show in sight for thf town, 
"Good News'* at the Majestic, is 
going well, with the chances good 
that it will be kept in for the bal- 
an.ce of the summer. 

Last week the frross was .arf)und 
$16,000, better than the week before. 



■ There are 28 attraction regularly 
presented on Broadway this week, 
with the musicals standing out as 
usual in summer. 

The iiew law exempting from ad- 
mission tax all tickets priced up to 
il3 is effective, but w.liile that caused 
Several non-musicals to reduce tiie 
top to that, level, the leading mus- 
icials made no cliani;e. Four mus- 
icals', retain a top, of $6,^80, :and . five 
Others are at. $5.50. Three otiier 
musicals have had a scale of $3 
top, with 12 of that type In all. 

Of the 16 non-musicals current, 10 
are using an admission scale of $3 
top and one. is charging $2.50, the 
top price before the war. Three run 
drainas lowered the top price to the 
exemption level ("Burlesciue," "Trial 
of Mary Dugan" and "Paris 
Bound"). 

That $3 top may be general on 
Broadway next season. That prices 
for hits will be lower is unlikely, 
however, as set forth elsewhere. The 
other five hoh-musicals are retain- 
ing their top prices of $3.85 and 
$4.40 ("The Bachelor Father," "Co 
quette," "The- Royal Family," 
'Strange Interlude" and "Volpone"), 
With the Fourth of July bisecting 
the: current week, lowest grosses of 
the Season are a.nticipated. Teamed 
with the. holiday . exodus is a heat 
wave, and Monday trade was at low 
ebb. Last week's grosses dropped 
the gains of the previous rainy 
week. ■ . 

"Scandals" enlivened . the going 
Monday, - phly important premiere 
for weeks to: eome. "Say When," a 
last week arrival at the Morpsco, is 
moderate money affair, getting 
aboiit $8,000 in seven performances; 
Patience," amateur perforrhance, 
can hardly bid for business. 

'Show Boat" was again away out 
in front with $51,000, slightly under 
normal ; "Three Musketeers" around 
$44,000; "Rain or Shine" again about 
$37,000 and "Rosalie" $34,000; "Good 
News" Is best of the run musicals 
otherwise; around $28,000; "Green- 
wich Village Follies" claimed $25,- 
000; "Present Arms" about $20,000; 
"Connecticut Yankee" $17,000; 
"Blackbirds" $14,000. 

Dramas 

"Bachelor Father" eased off some- 
what, getting about $19,000; 
'/Strange Interlude" $16,000, , is sec- 
ond among the non-musicals with 
"Diamond Lil" close behind ; "Royal 
Family" $15,000; "Volpone" $13,000; 
"Coquette" and "Mai*y Dugan". $10,- 
500 ; ■ "Burlesque" $9,000 ; "Paris 
Bound" and "fhe Silent House" $8,- 
000;. "Porgy" $7,000; "The Skull" 



$G,500; "Married and lUw" $ 1,000; .• 
Sliidding" $3,500. 
"The Happy HiisbandV closos at . 
the Empire this wook; "The Cyclone 
Lover"; stopped fit the Frolio . Sat- : 
urday, when "Her Unborn Ciiild"' 
,and "Ten Nights in a Bai- Ruorn" 
also stopped, "The La-\vyoi-',s. Di~ . 
loinina" is tlio only n'ow slunv , carded 
for next week. .It wa.s trioii early 
in the season, under, anntlvor name, , 
• Buys 

With no. o.thci-. major ■iini<;ii>al in .' 
sight this sumrhor the aK^'ni u-s made 
a buy f()r"Scanaals'' for 20 wooks . 
witji a 10. per cent return. privilege. 
It is under.stood the entire house is . 
in the h.inds. of brokers for tlie next : 
five weoUs, .the smaller oUiccs grab- 
bing virtually all the balcony, 
tickets. 

There arc 11 buys at present, sev- 
eral more having expired. The list: 
White's. "Scandals" (ApQilo), "Tli© 
Bachelor Fatlier" (Belasco),"The 
Grand Street Follies" (Booth), 
"Rain or Shine" (George M. Cohan), 
"Voipone" (Guild), "Str.nige Inter- 
lude" (John Gbldfcn). "The 'Three 
Musketeer.s'' (Lyric), "Rosalie" 
(New Arnsterdam), "The Greenwich. 
Village Follies" (Winter Garden), 
"Show Boat" (Ziegfeld); "Present. 
Arms" (Mansfield).. 

Cut Rates 
TwO: musicals were added to the 
bargain ticket list this week, more 
than half the total number of cur^ 
rent attractions being listed in cut 
rates: "Say When" ( Morosco) , "Co- 
lumbia Burlesque" (Columbia), 
"Black Birds of 1928" (Liberty), 
"Gtreenwich Village Follies" (Winter 
Garden), "Patience" . (Masque), 
"Present Arms" (Mansfield), "Paris 
Bound" (Music Box), "Skidding" 
(Bijou), "The Happy Husband" 
(Empire), "Married and How" (Lit- 
tle), "Marriage on Approval" (Edyth 
Totten), "Burlesque" (Plymouth). 
"The Skull'- (Forrest) . "The Silent 
House" (Shubert), "The Trial of 
Mary Dugan-' (Harris), "Wanted" 
Wallack's). 



*Tell Me" Cast Paid, 

Crew Claims $2,500 

Los Angeles, July 3, 

Final adjustment has been ' made 
by Equity on all actors' salary 
claims accruing from the flop mu- 
sical, "Tell Me Again," produced by 
Arthur F. Smith ait the Figueroa 
Play House. Members of the cast 
were paid off after divisional settle- 
ment on two $5,000 surety bonds 
Smith had up to cover both this show 
and "Excess Baggage," which closed 
in San Francisco with $856 in sal- 
aries unpaid. . 

Meanwhile there is still more>han 
$2,500 in wage claims filed by house 
and back "stage employees at the 
Play House, which are pending at 
the Labor Bureau and for .which 
$mith is being held responsible, 

SHUBERT TRYOUT SITE 

Cleon Throckmorton and Theo- 
dore Gallo have taken the lease on 
the Rialto, llobokcn, N. J., for next 
season and will operate, it as a. 
legit tryout house playing Shiibert 
bobkingis, • ■ 

Rialto, controlled by the J, J. 
Levcnthal intcicsta, has played dra- 
matic' stock: for the past four sea- 
sons- and was figured a money spot 
for the resident company policy. 

Throckmorton and Gallo haVe al- 
ready assumed posso.ssion and will 
thoroughly renovate the house be- 
fore reopening it Labor Day. 



PLAYS OUT-OF-TOWN 



DOUBLE EXPOSURES 

. Rochester, N. Y., June 28; 
Gladys Unger's comedif^^Tresentea In stock 
under spohsoishlp ,ol Gilbert Miller, and 
A.1 Lewis. Directed by George Cukor, -Ivith 
tlie Lyceum Players; at Lycpiim theatre, 
Rochester* N. Y.,. June 20; 
Aur.i NomI, new star. ...... . .Greta Nlsaen 

Jbsle Ch.irmnnte. player. , , Dorothy Burgefis 

Minna. Finnish cook. , .Hilda Englund 

Miss Harly, secretary. ,. .Margaret DeMille 
Mls;3 KItterldge. .... , . .Helen niisa 

.Sadie. .Catherine Wlllard 

Kitty, manicure..,,. SaJly Matthews 

Charley Vine, star.... .James Jtennio 

Nils FJIandcr. foreign star. Oscar Amundsen 

Julius Staube. James J). Carson 

>Milton Hartzlg. .J3d Ward Letter 

Mike O'Hara. .Charle.s Kennedy 

Dick Gowdy, publicity .Edward Woods 

Luna, butler....,..',,;, .Gregory Deano 

I'n If rey. valet. Klmor Brown 

I'ollceman on lot..,,,, Charles Nyber 

Assistant director..-.",,. Julius Evans 

ChaufCcur. Jack Greene 



Otto Mgr, Erianger, Buffalo 

Buffalo, July 3. 
Charles S. Otto has. been made 
manag'T of the local Erianger. Ho 

w.is.-.formerly. . the tre a surer 



In the promotion Otto, succeeds 
Robert L. McNabb who return.s to 
New York. 



Keppic Going Abroad \ 

George Ivcppie, oper-ator of the 
Empire stock, Toronto, and who ha.v> 
closed his troupe for the summer, 
is going abroad. 

Keppio plans to re/MX'n the Em 
plrc tlie first week in September. 



Greta Nlssen, the beautiful Norse 
film star. In a comedy specially 
written for. her that was too \oj\e 
by half and dragged badly at the 
opening and near the end. The piece 
will get a new title before Broadway 
sees it, and probably a lot of re- 
writing. 

Basic idea Is good, and the blonde 
star has enough beauty to get by 
for a long time if she couldn't act 
and didn't have a good stage voice 
and personality, which she can and 
does. The theme is a scarcely cam-, 
ouflagcd expose of the John Gilbert- 
Greta Garbo romance, with Clara 
Bow thrown in for . good measure. 

Vice-presidents of., the . Perfect 
Pictures, Inc., face loss of plenty of 
dough arid time unless a miarriag-e 
of convenience can be arranged so 
their now Norwegian star will not 
be deported under the quota law. 
She insists on marriage to Charley 
Vine, male star, already engaged to 
Josift. . . 

Marriage goes tbrbugh, gets 
.spilled to all the newspapers, then 
comes the problem Of breaiklng It Up. 
Aura ha,"3 ideas of her owp. and 
eventually Charley decides to make 
it a real wedding night. ComoH gos- 
sip about the fair Aura and Nils, 
who eventually turns out to be her 
p.npa and lands the longrsought job 
as a juvenile. Forthcoming visit of 
the stork thrown- in for good meas- 
ure, as Aura and Chiirlcy meet in 
the firi.ll rtlineh. . 
■ First night l^aults were- largely 
eliminji^ted and the fiieciv se'>ined in 
good, hands with the T^ycevim IMay- 
ers. It tries to be both a .satire and 
a romanee, and .succeeds in being 
neither. The rom.mce seemed to get- 
lthe^bigg.e.Hfe.---f;uvor.=:j\r-ithr^th£^^ 
ence and rould be played a lot 
harder with the satire more inci- 
dental. Main trouble now is the 
piece, gets talky at times and needs 
a lot of cutting. 

For Broadway; "With any kind of 
exploitation and .Miss Nissen it 
sliould bring In not only the regular 
theatregoers but a lot of movie 
hounds. Bolstering up weak parts 
and rutting out much that is un- 
necessary should make it a winner. 

Ooodlng. 



48 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednesdajr, July 4, ld28 



Rain Ruins Outdoor 



Playhouse Venture 



St. I>ouis, J«ly 3. 

With only two or three evenings 
in the last 28 suitable for outdoor 
performances because of rains, 
cloudbursts and cold weather, busi- 
ness outlooks for the Garden, out- 
■dopr pliyhouse here, are bad. 

The venture BOt into full swing 
•four weeks ago with Leon Errol, 
Irving Fisher and a strong support- 
ing company offering a . revival Of 
"Sally." There has been hardly 
any relief from rain in the four 
weeks that followed. 

Last Saturda:y night two weeks' 
notice wias posted on the bulletin 
'board.- Announcements followed in 
the afternon dailies next day that, 
the notice was protection to cover 
the Equity rules and that if the 
weather warmed i:^^>- and the floods 
stopped, the notice would be with- 
drawn and the season finished. 



Maclqon Pays Up 

Los Angeles, July 3- 
After/ being indicted for -failing 
to make, proper returns| to the gov- 
ernment oh theatrft admissions, 
Louis O. Maclbon got together with 
federal oflicials- and made 'a fmal 
payment ph the $3,775 due the gov- 
ernment; The final installment 
amounted to $1,500.- 

Maclooh has been released on his 
own recognizance pending a xec- 
bmmendation from, loeal United 
Sta,tes 'District Attorney to Wash- 
ington that the case b^ dropped from 
the criminal calendar. . 



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Harris Paid | Salary 



Members of the cast of the "Shot- 
gun Wedding," which tried out sev- 
eral -weeks ago, were reimbursed 
% of a week's salary by William 
Harris, Jr., producer, at instigation 
of Kqulty. 

The piece had been playing at the 
Cort, Jamaica, L. I., and had played 
five performances when receivers 
stepped in, closed the theatre and 
refused to permit iEIarris to finish 
the week with , his production. All 
receipts f or ; the five performances, 
including Harris' sharie, were and 
ai-e still tied up in the recei-vershlp 
litigation . against .Cort, , , ■ • 

Harris paid off the cast oh a pro 
i\ita arrangement, with Equity later 
apprising him that he was responsi- 
ble for an entire week's salary, 
since , the theatre litigation was ho 
fault of Its members. 

Harris paid after receiving 
Equity's decision in the matter. 



Shows in Reherasal 



"Varieties" (BVank Martens). 
"Possession" (Edgar Selwyn). 
"Power" (Myron Fagan). 
"Intruders" (Edward S. 
Brown). ' 
."Ringside" (Gene Buck). 



Future Plays 



Coy's Cruelty Basis 

Of Eagels Divorce 

Chicago, July. 3. 
The divorce suit hero of Jeanne 
E9;igels against Ted Coy, former 
Yale football star, had its first hear- 
ing Saturday before Judge. Joseph 
Sabath and Vas continued to 
July ,10, • . 

Before a crowded courtroom Miss 
Eagels testified Coy had been cruel 
to her. The fii'st offense, she stated, 
was while she was playing here in 
"Rain," in,. January, 1926, when Coy 
Is alleged to .have beaten her in 
their apartment at the Belmont 
hotel. In October of the same year 
she charges he broke her jawbone 
while they were' coming into Chi- 
cago on a-. -train. 

liefore opening his plea for the 
divorce. Attorney Orville Taylor 
was required to convince the court 
Miss Eagels was a legal resident of 
Chicago. Other theatrical divorces 
are being held up at present be- 
cause t)f this angle. 



Actor Left $233,434 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

The late Earle Williams left an 
estate valued at $233,434 instead of 
$50,000 as was at firsit estimated. In- 
ventory and appraisal filed In Su- 
perior Judge Grail's court .revealed 
th^ correct valuation. 

There wag no will and Mrs. Flor 
ence. .Waiz Williams, the widow, 
was narhed as administratrix of the 
estate. 




JACK FORESTER 

Featured at 

CASINO DE PARIS 
PARIS 



BUDDY WATTLES 

JLIiADING KOLB IN 

"HIT THE DECK" 

UAJIESTIC THKATKE, LOS ANGELBS 
INDEFINIXELV 



"Bare Facts" Held Up 

"Bare -Facts'- will not eventuate 
as a summer revue at the Triangle, 
Greenwich '."^.llage, this - year, but 
will be held over until autumn. . 

The setback on the revue Is said 
to have been precipitated by the 
leasing of the downtown bandbox 
by the Negro Art Theatre, which 
opened there last week and will 
continue Indefinitely. 



NEW MUSICAL 

Messrs.. Mon-is and Green, who 
will make their debut as legit pro- 
ducers with a new musical, "Just 
a Minute," will open Sept. 3 at 
Springfield, Mass. 

Cast^includes Arthur and Morton 
Havel, Brenda Bond, Helen Patter-, 
son, Joyce White, Caroline Noyte 
Three Recorders, .Howell, Harger 
and Theodore and 1$ Roxyettes. 



"'The Mountain Man," comedy by 
Clare Kummer, produced by Charles 
Ii. Wagner with Sidney Blackmer 
and. Maxihe Brown, former starred. 

Charles Beahdn. and Garret Fort, 
authors of "Jargegan," have a new 
comedy, "The Last Lover," in col- 
laboration with John. Hunter Booth. 
It -was written first as a picture, 
with Booth coming In later to assist 
in the dramatization., 

"Possessed," sponsorfcff toy Edgar 
Selwyn, into rehearsal this week. 
Opens at the Playhouse, Great Neck, 
L. I., July 14, . . 

Cast includes Edjia Hlbbard, 
Laura Hope Crews, Walter Connol- 
ly; Owen Davis, Jr., Frieda Innes- 
court, George Graham, Robert Craig, 
Maud Malcolm, Joseph Baird, H. 
Dudley Mawley, and William Pos- 
tanc^ 

"The K Guy," a new play by Wal- 
ter DeLeon has been accepted by 
Melville Burke for early fall pro- 
duction in New Yoi'k. . 

"By Royal Command" is being 
cast by Herman Shumlin for re- 
hearsal next week, Chicago for a 
run. 

"The Girl and the Gang," melo- 
drama by Thomas Phillips, will be 
given a, Stock trial by the Damroth 
Players at the Liberty, Brooklyn, 
July 9. 

"The Crooks' Convention" by Ar- 
thur Somers Roche, based on the 
latter's serial in "Collier's," will be 
produced by Lyle D. Andrews. It 
is due in October. 

Gilbert Miller will send "Inter- 
■f erehce" to Chicago early in the fall. 
A. E. Matthews, after a brief holi- 
day In England, will return to play 
his original part. Others In the 
cast are not set yet. 

-"The Lawyier's Dilemma" opens at 
the Belmont, New York, July 9, pro- 
duced by S. L. Simpson. Cast in- 
cludes Isabelle Dawn, feminine 
lead; Robert Pitkin, title role; Lee 
Beggs, Hal Munnis, Mary >Iead, 
Robert Tpms, Al Boumeman. E. J. 
Blunkall is directing. . 

"The Way of Love," musical ver- 
sion of "Love Is Like That," will 
reach production via Shuberts. S< 
N. Behrman, co-author . with Kenr 
yon Nicholson on the original legit 
version, will adapt the book with 
Ira and George Gershwin contribut- 
ing lyrics and music. "Love Is Like 
That" was produced by. Jones and 
Green last , season and ran about 
five weeks at the Gort, New York. 

"Intruders," first on production 
list for Edward Sargent Brown, goes 
into rehearsal this week. It opens 
cold at the !Biltmore, New York, 
July 23. Sargent was formerly man- 
aging directOi- of the Mimbefs. This 
production is his first legit fling. 



Nellie Revell, Kay's P. A. 



Nellie Revell assumed charge this 
week of. the publicity offices for 
Paul Kay productions, newly formed 
legit producer, headed by Paul Kay. 

Three productions are reported in 
prpspect with the Kay organiza- 
tion. No booking; office has been 
settled upon, from the account. 

The Kay offices are in, the new 
Eaves building on West 46th street. 



lEADS rOK "JEALOUSy 

■ Fay Balnter will be in Al Woods 
two part drama, "Jealousy," due In 
around Labor Day. Glenn Hunter 
opposite. . ; 

. The . feihinine .role was tried out 
last spring by yiolet Heming. 



Cast for "Shanghai" 

C,- Henry Gordon, who was with 
Florence Reed in "The Shanghai 
Gesture," will be with her again in 
"The Legacy," the new Al Woods- 
Gilbert Miller drama. 

Others engaged are Leona 
Maricle; Helga Farringnal, George 
Thorpe, Harry Lllford and Utoy 
d'Tyl. 



House Changes Colors 

Howard, Washington, dark for 
lack of attractionis, reopens in the 
fall with a combination policy simi- 
lar to that at the Al^ambra, New 
York, Including a coldred dramatic 
company, tab shows and pictures. 

SUES FOB BONUS 

Chicago. July 3. 
Betty Mack, formerly featured 
player with the McCall-Brldge 
players, which closed at tlie Tower 
after several weeks of poor business, 
has started suit aigalhst the con\- 
pany for $780 bonus which she 
claims was promised to her if she 
stayed a year. 



New Canaan's Stock Out 

Society's effort to get New 
Ctnaan'^ populace . to support local 
stock at tht-ee bucks tpp rang out 
in the fourth week with 28 of the 
30 patrons, listening to "Wedding 
Bells" at the final performahce in 
as deadheads. 

Other reports drifting across the 
border say that the Putnam outfit 
is, by no means but; despite Its de- 
mise in New Canaan. They -will con-! 
tinue to prance In Norwfiik at the 
Regent, and will seek redress from 
New Canaan's cold shoulder at the 
Springdal© theatre In Springdalo, 
Conn. 



Stocks Resting 

Charles K, Champlain and Bob 
Ott traveling stock companies havo 
closed until the early fall. 

Two other touring outfits have 
taken up sdmmer stands, the Chi-^ 
cago stbck stopping at Lakeriiont 
Park, Altoona, and the Harder Hail 
Co, at the Majestic, Utica, N. Y, ■ 



Blum Coitnes Downstairs 

Gustav Blum has gotten tired of 
the upstairs theatre showmanship 
arid has not renewed his l^asc on 
the BayeSi the rbof theatre atop the 
44th St. Blum will continue to do 
business -with the Shubert houses, 
and wiir produce "The Phantom. 
Lover" and "Values" in September. 

Blum has had the Bayes under 
lease for three successive seasons.^ 



Equity Abandons Crusade 
On Casters at This Time 



The recent United States Supreme 
Court edict ruling the employment 
agency law uricon.'jfitutional has 
tempprarily, If not permanentlyjgfeet 
back Equity's proposed regulatioa 
of casting agencies -vyliich it has had 
up its sleeve for the past two years. 

Equity was ready to announce its 
report ..and prdppsed remedy on the 
situatfbn when along came the U. S. 
Supreme Court decision. 

The ruling gives casters a wide 
elasticity on fixing sumls of remun- 
eration for job getting. It has 
prompted Equity to sheive the Con- 
troversy at this time, figuring its in-, 
dividual rulings would ^ have little 
effect, Ih. face of the loopholes 
grainted agents and casters uridfer 
the high court bpinion. - ; 



"MID-CHANNEL" WITH TEAELE 

Los Angeles., July 3. 
: "Mid Channel" Is the play which 
DaVe Rose, wealthy trunk manu- 
facturer, will produce co-starring 
Conway .Tearlft and Margaret Law-, 
rence! ■ Tea,rle appeared in original 
eastern productio.ri with Ethtii 
Barrymorc. 

The .play opens at the Currah, 
San Francisco, Aug. 6. Pat Somer- 
set, Montague Sha-w, Ivis Goulding 
and Charles Dalton are in the cast. 



ILLINOIS 14-DAY BOUTE 

Chicago, July 3. 

Qreat States Th.eatres, controlling 
theatres . in most of the smaller 
cities throughout Illinois, Is mak- 
ing overtures to legit producers a,nd 
trying to book shows for a 14-day. 
route including Decatur, Peoria, 
Quincy, Bloomington; - LaSalle, 
Streator, Kankakee, JoUet, Aurora, 
Elgin and, Rockford. 

The shows are offered either a 
flat salary or percentage contra.ct. 



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FATHER 

By Edward Chlldl Carpenter 

with JVHIB WALK^B, C. AimRKX 
SMITH, GEOFFREY KBKU 

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I^EW FIELDS .Presenta 
TH£ NEW MUSICAL COMEDY HIT 

^'Present Arms' ' 

By FIE^LDS, ROOGERS & HART 
"The tunffulest, the dahclest, Uie, Tasteet and 
oiost colorful show of many a day." . 

— K. W. Osbofn, Ere. World 

VANBTmilTTT Thea., W. 48lh St. Eva. 
V nnijrjiiJJlil 8;30. Mta. Wed. & Sat. 

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"A Connecticut Yankee" 

Adapted by 
FIEI,DS. KODOEBS oiid. HART 



MAY GO ANY TDCE 

Fulton Players, Brooklyn^ did not 
close as anticipated and will keep 
going on a week to week basis. 

This was made possible by hav- 
ing posted a provisional closing no- 
tice last week. 




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ADGE KENNEDY 
in "PARIS BOUND" 

S^ONTH By "'lUp Barry 

MUSir RnX Thea., W. 451U St, 
mvoil^ D\JA. Evenings 8 -.SO 

Mats. Wed. and 8at.. S:s6 



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A COMEDY 

11th MONTH 

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M. ^VHAW Mats. Wed, & Sat. 



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Mats. Wednesday * 
Saturday 



Evenings' 5:30 

Strange Interlude 

JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE 

50th^ East of Broadway 




T\ THEATBB, West 52d. 
KXKJUM^U Svea. 8:30. Mats. 

Thur». and Sat. 
EXTRA HATINEE WED., 2:30 



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Broadway - 
47tri^ St. . 

Richard BARTHELMESS 
in WHEEL OF CHANCE 

See .and Hear on the "Vltfiphone 

GIOVANNI MARTINELU, Tenor 

Movfetone Newa^Other Features 
Mtdnlfflit Showinir Nlitrbtly, 11:30 

AU Seats 360 Until .One o'Clock 



World's 
Xiarsest . 
Most Efflclcnt 
Co'oHner Plant 



ROXY 

"THE MICHIGAN KID" 



7th Ave. & 
60th St, Dlft - 
S. L. Rothafel 
(Rory) 



wUh CONRAD NAGEL 
and RENRE ADOREE 
By Rex Beach 
STAGE REVUE — ROXY ORCH. 
ROXYI3TTES— BAIiLiET CORPS 
Host of Entertainers 



2ND 
WEEK 



JOHN GILBERT 

"The COSSACKS" 

WUh Renee Adoroe — Erne.it To^rencs 
, nuns M10I.OD1KS— SWKe Revue foaturinU _ 
WALT ROESNER— THE^OAPITOMANA, 
Capitol Grand Orch., David Mcndoza CondurllnK 

BROADWAY AT 
BIST STREET 



CAPITOL 




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A WARMCB BROS- VITAPHONE miiCtURE 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



MUSIC-NIGHT CLUBS 



VARIETY 



49 



Meyer Davis— As He Advkced 

By Jack Lait 



The Heavens are high. Only the 
Earth *li3 ttxed. That la the bottom. 
• upwarcl therefrom the space is lim- 
itless. And therein he who' can rise 
'.jnay select his own direction. 
Meyer Uavis chose a new; one. But 
'he took off. And he has kept rising 
ever since. 

Sixteen years ' ago he -was fiddling 
In the Marine Band of flv© men in 
Washington, and studying law. Law 
was bid, slow and' musty. Jazz was 
just coming, in. it. was snappy, 
spirited and exhilarating. 

The center of gayety at the Capi- 
tal then was the Willard Hotel. 
The red-coated Marines worked 
there frequently at special ; func- 
tions. The demand for the new 
music greVir» The dance mania 
swelled. 

An idea came to Davis that the 
Wiliard could use a dance orches- 
trat of its own. A deal was quick- 
ly closed. Davis put in an outfit, 
the first Meyef Davis Band. It 
netted him $90 a week,, in those 
: days a. lot of jack. ■ 

He didn't say "How long has this 
t)een going on?" But he did say 
"How far could this go ?" it went 
so far that he noiw has 106 orches- 
tras, and on his weekly payroll are 
more than 1,000 musicians. He has 
made an ihstitutlou that ranks as 
Ijig business," 

Genius for organization, fore- 
. Bight toward popular tastes, sound 
Instinct for. trying the untried, 
stellar salesmanship, square shoot- 
ing and a capacity for plenty of 
hard work, all combined to put 
Meyer Davis across. The man has 
charm, personality and imagination. 
Imagination Is described by Arthur 
Brisbane as "a faculty for guessing 
the truth." My friend, Meyer, had 
that vision. 

A genial. sort Is Meyer. I have 
been his guest frequently. And once 
tie took a light oft my cigaret, too. 
1 have met him all over the c<run- 
try, and everywhere he commands 
irespect and rates friendship. Tall, 
slightly bald, with Imposing spec- 
tacles, always a meticulous dress- 
er, he looks like a man^ who Is 
charged with affairs of state or 
finance or higli commerce rather 
than the frivolous fripperies of ex- 
istence. Had he gone through with 
the law no Jury could havei with- 
iitood him. 

• I have never heard him talk shop 
to, . a companion. I have never 
kiibwn him to ask a favor of any- 
one, though I hiave never known 
the time when he wasn't up to his 
bars doing favors for others. Ho 
goes through life with an unafraid 
smile, which Is the acme of courage 
in this world these days. Meyer 
has the poise of an International 
gentleman, a metropolite and a 
• isuccess. 

When he was 17 he was earning 
between $200 and $300 - weekly, 
which was a fortune then. No one 
knows what, he Is worth now or 
wliat he Is earning. He never dis- 
cusses such things. It Is on record 
that his life In Insured for $3,000,- 
000. Couldn't be a piker. Couldn't 
. be If he didn't carry any life In- 
surance. Just was never born 
to be. 

Sews Up Society 
Jazz, as is' commonly known, 
'came East from the West. When 
thi6 racket assumed Propprti^nSi big 
wough to intrigue the entire Inier- 
est t)f Meyer, he gave It some heavy 
thinking. Then he traveled to 
California to 'study his new com- 
.modlty at Its source. There he got 
'the inspiration for continuous niu- 
.*lc at private dances. Soon he was 
the king of orchestras for. func- 
tions In the homes of the smartest, 
all over the land. And he still Is. 
Society, the younger sets, the coun- 
try club mob everywhere, and such, 
are all sold on/Meyer. He is their 
"Plrit of the dance. 

The call«^ from Philadelphia, 
Baltimore, Wilmington, New York 
and Boston .started after he had 
Washington sewed up. The first 
named then and now looks, upon 
"Meyer Davis' Music" as an institu 
tion and a party In the Quaker City 
Isn't right without a DaVis . unit— 
•nd when they can get him — ^Davis, 
hlniself . • 

= =;Tiie =^summer-of-^-1914 -f ound--h im 
lo'oking to establish himself In some 
eummer resort. He ,chose Bar 
Harbor, as It was then at the 

. height of Its gayety. Automobiles 
not yet been allowed on Mt. 
l>«sert Island where Bar Harbor is 
situated, and It was a famou.s re- 
^rt of horsemen. The Horse Show 
at Bar Harbor every summer was a 
■'vo'rld -famous event. 
Arriving there, he was kept busy 



fron\ the very offset. So much, so 
that the society bunch were ar- 
ranging their parties to suit his 
schedule. Nine following summers 
saw, Davis in Bar. Harbor, or until 
automobiles were admitted to ■ the 
resort and drove many of the big 
establishments' away. That made 
the entertaining grow less and less, 
and Davis forsake the. place foT 
Newport, 

Today he follows society to all 
its ..haunts according to seasoij,. 
goijng to Palm Beach, Havana, 
White Sulphur Springs,. Saratoga, 
etc. 

To handle his business he now 
maintains offices in 'Washington, 
Philadelphia, New Tork and Bo's- 
tbn. He spends Scheduled days in 
each of these cities with Washihg- 
toh the longest stop on the weekly 
schedule. 

The "Washington sojourn becomes 
necessary because of his having en-, 
tered into, other fields that might be 
called allied with his music. One 
of these is his Le Paradls Cafe; 
another his Le iParadis Roof ; .. still 
ano'ther his Club Chantecler, all bf 
which are housed In his pvirrj build- 
ing, at 1 Thomas' Circle where he, 
too, has his executive offices; also 
Chevy Chase Lake, where he has two 
daiice pavilions and tv/o orchestras; 
the King Pip Bowling Alleys, Num- 
bers, one, two and now number 
three; the King Pin Billiard Parlor, 
with 31 tables, the largest in Wash-. 
Ington, and the Swanee Ballroom, 
one . of the most magnificent public 
dance places of the country. 

Not satisfied with t^is, he has 
Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia, 
with its 150 acres, employing, over 
1,000, and a hundred odd fun de- 
vices. "The P. R. T, had it for 30 
odd years, Davis has made It' pay 
In three years, 

Bowliiig Story 
It was in 1923 that he started . In 
the bowling alley business. Behind 
that .start is a sto'ry: 

Britten Brown, a Washington 
friend of Davis', was In New'^ York 
City. He suggested that Davis take 
over the alleys his company had 
Just constructed. He said he had 
a bid of $26,000 rent and told Davis 
if he'd top that they were Jils. He 
did that topping and from the 40 
alleys he has an Investinent of $200,- 
000 and operates a total of 116 al- 
leys In Washington. 

His most recent branching o'ut 
Is in the management and place- 
ment of symphony orchestras in the 
big pictui-e houses. The Fox In 
Washington was the fiwt, and Just 
recently he. made his first public 
appearance In the town where Con- 
gress meets '.to person|illy direct 
that orchestra as guest conductor. 
It was a mbney getter for the Pox 
theatre, and to .see him co"nduct 
brought back the picture of. 16 
years with his five-piece band fbr 
contrast. . 

Picked GoodJKids 
Meyer Davis attributes a great 
part of his success to having sur- 
rounded himself with a group of 
capable executives— Joe Moss, who 
has made the name of Meyer Davis 
a by-word in New York City; 
Benjamin Abrams, whtf so capably 
administers things In Philadelphia; 
William Nevins, with Davis over 
10 years In Washington; J. W. 
Wood, who. Is creating a great 
reputation for Davis in the amuse- 
ment piark and recreation fields, and 
last, but not least, his brother, 
Uriel, whose able counsel Is so val- 
uable In the developrnent of new 
enterprises. 

Meyer has a family — Mrs. Davis 
and four young ones, fro"m four to 
10 years old. 

This Issue, of Variety carries a 
special, section for the unique or- 
chestra contractor. 

Music Pageant a Loss 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

The international Music Pageant 
and Expo. ltlon, first show of Its 
kind dedicated solely to music, 
ended its two week's convention at 
the Ambassador, a financial' flop 
-Tho ugh-many- dollars^and=^cent3^aiLd= 
physical effort were expended by 
the Western Music Trades' Associa- 
tion to put the show over,«it failed 
to stimulate the public. 

Depression of business conditions 
in general and the hectic state of 
the stock market found the public 
reluctant to spend. After opening 
to $1.00 admission the show cut 
its price In half with plenty of 
paper around town. 



Raids Hurt Biz 



The raided nito. clubs arc 
continuing witliout cosj<ation of 
business h\Jk the draw has 
dropped off. General public 
opinion th,i.t the enforcemcijt 
raids entailed preemptory clos- 
ing has resulted in the speaks 
getting the big play the piast 
week-end. 

This is a repetition of the 
usual reaction when the laily 
misinterprets the. news reports 
that the places " have been 
closed by: arrests; It results in 
the nite . owls turning, to the 
"whisper-lows" for liquid .cour- 
age. 

The "taking" of some of the 
best known midtown spots 
which were presumably amply 
."protected" Is explained, by 
Major Maurice CamjJbeH's im- 
portation of western "under 
cover," liquor sniffers, unknown 
to the eastern mob, , 



Lopez' Triple Dates; 
Gmng Into ''Vanities" 



Vincent Lopez will triple three 
engagements this season, a record 
for intensive application to show 
business and a record for time- 
schedule; performance. For the 
dinner session, Lopez and one or- 
chestra are at the Hotel St. Regis. 
From 8:30 to 9 Lopez will person- 
ally conduct another band In the 
new Eairl Carroll's "Vanities," 
making a personal appearance for 
the special overture at that hour. 

Lopez disappears -for the rest of 
the evening to wind up at his road- 
house, Woodmansten Inn, Pel- 
ham; N.Y. 

Gene Geiger won his point from 
Carroll for the "Vanities" berth, 
the entrepreneur having Insisted 
that Lopez play fo# both the first 
and second act overtures, Geiger 
not acceding to the, proposition ic 
view of the roadhouse. 

Lopez's aensatlonal come-back 
after a dull season at his Casa 
Lopez in the "Winter Garden build- 
ing is the talk of the street. The 
only deductioii left for the flop of 
what seemeia a most adviaintageous 
cafe spot right on Broadway is 
ascribed to the late hour Winter 
Garden exodus at 11:30 and later,; 
with the aldewalks Jammed, dis- 
couraging motor trade and general- 
ly shooing away what might have 
been prospective patronage. 

The old psychology also of nlte 
clubs flourishing best on the side 
streets because they're intended as 
hideaways , at be^t, away from the 
public eye, may have had much to 
do with it. 

Since leaving the Casa, Lopez's 
draw at Woodmansten Inn is the 
sensation of eastern roadhouse 
business. At the St. Regis' ho is 
duplicating it to a stiff -shirt 
patronage at a $2 couvert, unprece- 
dented In Itself for a hotel, and 
extra charges like ^Oc for bread 
and butter, etc., to swell the gross. 

HERE AND THERE 



Cass Hagen succeeds Nat Martin 
at Pelham Heath Inn* on Pelham 
Parkway. ' 

Silver Slipper (nlte dub) .Is cut- 
ting down on Its band personnel. 
Tommy Gott leaving Saturday, with 
Jimmy Carr and an economic aggre- 
gation succeeding. 

James (Fats) Waller, colored or- 
ganist, now permanent ho,use • or- 
ganist at the Regal ;(plctures) Chi- 
cago. ' ' ■ . 

Edgar Nicholson, for 19 weeks 
featured organist at the Dunbar, 
Baltimore, has closed there. 

Ike Dl^fon and Band are on a sum- 
mer tour which will cover 2,000 
miles. It's a Baltimore organiza- 
tion. 



Federal Agents Drunk 

• MiiuioapoHs, J.iily 3. 

Prohiliitinn a.wnls, under tiio por- 
aonal diVfi'lion of A. J,. Vol.-^tOail, 
father of the famous Vols^touil act, 
him.'<olf , avo "('loaning .up"' the .Twin 
Citio.s to sufli an extmit that .thoy 
ovidontl.v obtain pUMity of boo'zo. for 
themsolvos. . Anyway, two of those 
a.£^ent.s Woro n i-rostod fo.r intoxica- 
tion by city police at the . dance 
maratiion at . the . Armory, . wiuM-o' 
thoy created a disturbance at ."i 
o'clock in the iiiprnihj^ 

A riot cali was isent to tho,.poliie 
department. Jtnd it ri^tiuircd six cop-, 
■pcrs to pnnxmel tlio tAVo fed. agents 
into subniis'.sion. 



TIMES SQ, AGAIN PICKED 
FOR SPECTACULAR RAIDS 

Enforcement Agents Go Into 
18 Mite Places at Same 
Hour— 102 Arrests 



Orchestra Ousted, Leader 
Runs Music Machine 

Dallas, July 3. 
Edward Cramer and iEph Charn- 
insky are musical co-directors of 
the Melba theatre here following an 
adjustment of the plan whereby 
non- synchronous musical machines 
will be operated, it was made known 
Sunday. 

Both musicians were members of 
the former M«lba orchestra, which 
was discohtinued after the installa- 
tion of a "non-synchronous" music 
device. 

The "non-synchronous machine's" 
function is to synchronize phonb- 
graphlc music with motion pictures 
for which no set synchronization 
has been provided: It plays news 
reels, comedies a,nd sucb feature 
films as do not come from the 
studios with Vitaphone accompani- 
ment. ' 

The machines have been opierated 
by non-professional workers pend- 
ing settlenidnt with the Musicians' 
Union, which had contended that 
operators of the machines came 
within the union contract. to furnish 
all music for the theatres. Mr, 
Cramer and Mr. Charninsky are 
union'men. 



Whiteman's Adyance Sale 



Chick Castle has become Chicago 
manager of Harms, repliaclng Dave 
Silversteln, transferred to the New 
Y6rTc'"^6in[Icer^afffir="haTj^-TM 
from the Woods building into the 
Remlck State-Lake building office. 



Cherhiavsky in Charge 
Josef Chernlavsky has been placed 
in charge of musical synchroniza- 
tion for Universal, The Russian 
jazzlst will concern himself with 
the Movietone pictures to be made 
by U. 



Fpr a concert a,nnounced for the 
Paul Whiteman Orchestra In Buf- 
falo next Christmas, there Is so far 
an' advance sale of over |3,500, The 
Whiteman concert will be at $3 top. 
He has played Buffalo six times 
within the past two seasons In the 
picture houses there, never at over 
60-cent top. 

The "Whiteman concert tour starts 
in October In New York, under the 
Coppicus direction. 

Meanwhile Whiteman Is continu- 
ing on his Publix-Loew contract. 
This, week he Is at the. Chicago 
theatre In that city, following with 
the other two Balaban & Katz local 
houses. Uptown and Tiyoll, In suc- 
cessive weeks. 

LaForge Twice Wed 

Darlen, Conn,, July 3, 
Frank LaForge, concert pianist 
atid composer, and Laura Mac- 
Nichol, daughter of a prominent 
family "here, were miarrled "Friday 
according to .civil law in New York 
and by the church rite In the Noro- 
ton Presbyterian church here in 
Connecticut a few hours later. 

Failure to procure a marriage 
license five days before the wedding 
necessitated the couple taking their 
parson across the state line to per- 
form-jthe civil ceremony. They hur- 
ried back here to church and were 
again joined. 



Tl\e enforcement s((uad. ran wild. 
Thur.'^Uay ni^ht on .iiroadway, ar- 
lestinK 102 pvoprietot.s, w-aiti rs and 
oilier- attaches^ of 18 nite clubs al- 
ieped 10 he violating?', the Prohi- 
hition . ainondment, : Spine, of ' the. 
host 'known and hiost-por.ulav spots 
weic inchuled, many bf which wore 
Jeomod anipij." protected.- 

An imported : squad of enforce- 
ment agents swooped down on 
Texas Guinan's Salon lioyal, Jungle 
Room, Beaux Arts, Mimic, Merry-' 
Go-Round, new Helen Morgan roof 
garden . spot, Charm Club, Silver 
Slipper, Greenwich Social Club,. 
Frivolity, Blue Hour Club, Furnace 
Club, Don Royal, European Club, La 
Frera Club, Knight Club, and an 
Italia.n restaurant on West Hous- 
ton street. 

The efliciently conducted raids 
evidenced a preparatory campaign 
mapped out with considerable 
thought and preparation. "The boys" 
had been gathering their evidence 
wisely and well and On signal they 
split into groups and raided the 
joints within a few minutes of each 
other,, ^rathering up as much liquid 
evidence as was available and nriak- 
ihg from two to 18 arrests; per place. 
The Frivolity yielded the largest 
gross with 18 arrests. 

Told , to Pay* dliecks. 

Patrons were jinmolested, but 
urged to leave Immediatelyy "But 
please do not forget to pay your 
checks first," the federal men said. 
The booze haul In each spot wasn't 
much, but the agents were armed . 
with warrants based on previously 
collected evidence. 

Among the raided cases several 
are called "wind up" spots for the 
thirsty at early a, m'., when a tonsil 
auxlliator seems necessary.. Se.veral 
were nothing more than saloons, 
with bars the biggest source of rev- 
enue. The small booze yield per 
place evidences' a scientific system 
of cache-lng the stuff beyond what 
Is needed for immediate dispensing. 

No Rough Stuff 

There was . ho property daniage 
done as In the case of the now no- 
torious. Maurice Campbell raid pre- 
viously on the Chez Helen Morgan. 
Campbell cruised the district In an 
autdmoblle while the. raids were In 
progress, the Prohibition Director 
personally , supervising the enforce- 
ment squad's attacks. The mas 
Shannon, who was the man who ac- 
tually stripped the Morgan club, was 
in active command of the squad, 
The'raids occurred- around 2 a. m. 

Of the spdts taken, the Europican 
Club, said to be operated by the 
same Greeks controlling the Guinan 
room; Is already on the books on a 
prior padlock complaint. The Cha- 
teau Madrid suffered a tough break, 
having only opened its doors Tues- 
day, or two days proir to the raid. 

The Helen Morgan roof cafe has 
been open. but. a week or so longer, 
having removed from 54th street to 
the 62d street location atop the old 
Band Box room. 

Texas Guinan was not present 
when the Salon Royal was raided,- 
evidencing a probable tip-off. 



EOEMHELD IK BERLIN 

Washington, July 3.^ 
Heinz Roemheld, here for the pa.s't 
two years as "Rox Rommell" direct- 
ing Rial to theatre's orchestra, is on 
his way to Berlin to become man- 
aging director of two Universal 
houses there, 

Roerriheld will make occasional 
appearances with his baton. 



WABING'S AT OSTEND 

It's stated through the WilHain 
Morris office that Warlng's Pennsyl- 
vanians, after playing" their 'con- 
tracted eight weeks at the Ambas- 
sadeurs, Paris, will go to the Grande 
Salle Pleyal, Ostend. , 

Others booked at . this same resort 
by Morris are Tito Rchipa and 
Marie Del Vlallar, from concert. 



Inside Stuff-Music 

Heavy Canned Plug 

An unusual "Vitaphone plug for one song is the case of Joe Davis' 
Triangle Rfcisic Co,'s publication of "I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody 
Cares For Me," an Indigo classic which has been thrice recorded. by the 
talkerr"^Gira^ATnhcini-"and-his--Ambassadors-f^^ 

Los Angele.s, first. "canned" the blues number with his band; then Stoll- 
Fly.nn and Co. and more recently "The Roaring Forties'.' (feature), all 
"Vitaphone releases. Spencer Williams and Roger Graham authored the 
number. 



"Sidewalks" in Campaign 

"Sidewalltfi of New YoVk," with the late Charles IB. Lawlor one of Its 
writers, is in for a sure enough revival,. during the Al Smith campaign. 
The .so'ng has been played and sung much In connection with Smith 
in the past, although without any acceleration In copy sales reported. 



50 



VARIETY 



■RADIO 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Freddie Rich Walks 

Out of Hotel Astor 

Dlscohtont with tho lack of co- 
r>j)ci\ition ..'iiid exploitation, aCtor 
many yours at tlio ITotol A.stor, 
Kroddio }lwh and his orchestra 
walUcd out on the MiJivsoluvnhoim 
inanaKcmeiit Monday, \vindini>- up . 
July ir» at- the Astor. Jlich lios been 
sipnpd by Charles B. DiHinprhani for 
a new nuisioul, i)robal)Jy the Ijeon 
Errol show, which will also hold 
Clayton, Jackson and Durante. 

Rich came back from his foreign 
triumphs at the Kit-Cat Cliib, Lon- 
don,, and elsewhere, and thought 
he'd be accorded sbhie publicity 
breaks,, on the strength of his radio 
rep and Kuropean click. He finally 
became miffed . bj' the Astor'a 
lackadaisacal treatment , and ' walked . 
out on what is considered a choice 
berth for a name orchestra. 

Rich became further vexed with 
the Astbr's reaction to a liece.ssary 
15 minutes' curtailment on the 
hotel's time in order to make the 
doubling engagement with the pro- 
duction. 

Rich, instead, will double on two 
commercial t-adio hours and the 
records that he has. 



RADIO RAM6UNGS 



One of the best and most recent 
danro bands on the major network 
is Vincent Kcotti and his Gondoliers 
from the I'ark Central roof. vScotti 
wa.s a, hasty annexation succeeding 
Arnold Johnson, who went "Scan- 
dals." 



Among tho song revivals on the 
air. tho "sweetheart" waltz hit from 
"Maytimo," is coming to ;the iPore 
again. Proving you can't keep a 
good song down. . 



The Happy Wonder Bakers are a 
now commercial aggregation along, 
with . the Btjrns Blathers' Miners, 
syncopating combinations, which are 
clicking on the air. Soloists dis- 
tinguish the straight dalnsapation on 
the program changes. . 



CLASS SHORE NITE CLUB 

Le Touquet, class nite * club at 
Na,ragansett, R. I., operated by the 
same management as the Club Lido, 
New York, opened Saturday, with a 
Meyer Davis orchestra as the main 
attraction. 



Among the liotel aggregations, Hal 
Kemp and his Hotel Mangerites are 
another band whose conception and 
presentation of. dance music' is 
.above par. Theirs is a smooth and 
melodious performance which hfis 
auickly attracted patronage tp the 
hotel. 



iUHi 

/SiOW IN SONG 



Lew White with an all-Tschai- 
kowsky organ recital ^Sunday even- 
ing was on the WEAF chain, sup- 
plementing his WJZ broadcasts. 
Premier organist at the Roxy also 
gives his White Institute of Organ 
a great radio plug through broad- 
casting from that 1680 Broadway 
address. . . 

White's console dexterity Is of 
extraordinary calibre, and his pro- 
grams are assets of no small order 
to the NBC chaiii. It's a relief from 
the usual jazz and gab and near 
comedy. 




Wiedoeft's Son's Share 

Los Angeles, July 3. 
Herbert Wiedof t, minor son ot 
the late orchestra leader by his first 
marriage, ientereS the legal con- 
troversy over the $10,000 estate by 
filing claim for hia share. 

The boy's petition also asks that 
his uncle, Rudolph Wiedoeft, be ap- 
pointed his guardian. Recehtly Mrs, 
Esther Wiedoeft, the widow and 
second wife, was made administra- 
trix after she had contested the 
right of others to serve. 



Ueberall Ignored Check 
Summoiis-?-Warraiit Out 

When he fniled to appear In an- 
.swer to an adjourned sunfimons 
charging him with issuing a worth- 
less check, Ben Ueberall, 41, 203 
West 48th strefet, of the Eyerglades 
Club, was arrested on a warrant 
issued by Magistrate Corr^gan in 
Jefferson Market Court. 

June 7 isigmund Werner, 610 West 
150th street, salesman for the Chel- 
sea Butter & Egg Co., obtained 
from Magistrate Stern'" a summons 
for TJeberall, The summons was re- 
turnable June 15 and on that day. 
an adjournment.; was granted until 
June 28. 

When Ueberall did not appear the 
magistrate signed a warrant and 
sent Warrant Officer Julius Stern 
to execute, it. The cop went to the 
Everglades Club, and announced 
who he wa:s, Stern said. Uebeirall 
then entered a room and locked it 
behind him, refusing to open It. :. 

Finally Stem obtained the assist- 
ance of niembers of the Broadway 
squad, and Ueberall came out and 
Was arrested. He was taken to 
West 47 th street station, where bail 
of $500 was furnished and he was 
released. Saturday he was iagain: 
arraigned in court| and this time 
Magistrate Corrigan granted ah ad- 
journment until July 5. 

Werner chairged that Ueberall 
gave him a check for $339.88 May 10 
for merchandise! delivered to the 
club. He said the check was re- 
turned from the banl^ for insuffl- 
cient' funds and that since that time 
he had been unable to set Ueberall 
or Sigmund Roth, treia-surer of the 
club, to rectify it. 

UeberaU said hfi forgot the ad- 
journment date and that was the 
reason for his non-appearance. 
Magristrate Corri§rah continued the 
bail of $500 furnished in the station 
house. James Mayer, 117 West 10th 
street, attorney for Ueberall, said he 
would prove to the court that an 
error had beei^ made and thiat 



Suit on "Or Man River" 

W. Rcnwlck Smith, profession- 
ally known as- Maury Madison, be- 
lieves that his 1927 creation of a 
song, "Long Haired Mamma," pub- 
lished by himself in Paris, France, 
is being infringed upon by Jerome 
Kern's "Ol' Man : River" Srom 
!"Show Boat." 

Accordingly, a Federal Court suit 
askiner for the usual staggering 
damages, injunction, accounting, 
etc., has been started by Madison 
against Kern, Florenz Zicgfeld and 
T. B. Harms Co., composer, pro- 
ducer and publisher of "Show 
Boat." .' 



Copyright Flop 

, Washington, July 3. 

After plenty of study of detailed 
reports on the International copy- 
right conference recently held in 
Rbfne most of the government ofll- 
cials here have reached the coi\clti- 
slon the affair was a flop. 

A • Variety reporter looking for 
tangible results has yet to find one 
official that has followed the confer-^ 
ence reports who could supply any- 
thing of that nature. 



"HE'S OUE AL" EXPLOITED 

Of the flock of Al Smith songs. 
Will Von Tllzer's. publication of 
"He's Our AV is the only one be- 
ing: nationally exploited by a large 
music house. Von' Tilzer's firm, 
the' Broadway Music Corp., Is oub- 
lishing. this number, written by A. 
Seymoui* Brown and Albert Vort 
Tilzer,. who have ' forrjjed a new 
writing teant. 



Pat Sullivan's Famous 
Creation 



IN A 



ChaHey Williams, A. C M. C. 

Charley Williams has been signed 
as m. c. by the Beaux Arts, At- 
lantic City. He will open July 2. 



CLEVER 
COMEDY 
SONG 



Arrangements Avsulabtei 

pons' with Extra Choruses] 

Vocal Male Quartet 
\ Novelty Dance Orchestra-] 
tion 

Vocal Orchestration 
Cute Organ Solo Slides 




Music Union Pickets 

In St. Louis Battle 

St. Louis, July 3. 
Disorder growing out oC the . ,, 
trouble between the theatre mu- 
sicians and the motion picture thea- 
tres that use "canned music" rp- 

sulted in a general fist flght and a 
riot call for the police at the Lemay . 
Ferry theatre here. 

Five union musicians, the owner - 
of the theatre and his two sons and 
a friend Were arrested after the bat- 
tle. It is expected that the trial 
Wl'lch will follow will be a test of tho 
right of the musicians to "picket" 
the "canned music" theatres. . 



Scientific Piano Tried ih Paris 

Paris, June 22. 
After having been heard In Ger- 
many the scientific piano of John 
Hays Hammond, Jr., was brought to 
France, a concert being offered at 
the Salle Gaveau by Lester Dona- 
hue, who had first presented It with 
the Philadelphia Symphony Orches- 
trat in America. Donahue, received 
high compliments from local critics. 



SELWYN'S "AUTHOE" 

Edgar Selwyn is working on the 
adaptatidn . of "Author, Author,'* 
German comedy by Rudolph Lothar. 

It win be his second production of 
the season, following "Possession," 
his own play, opening July 14 in At- 
lantic City. . . " ' - " ■'■ ' -' ■ ■■ ■ - 



BANJO ACES 

Featuring Bacon and Day 

''SILVER BELW 

Banjos 



FRANK REINO 

Pnramoiint Theatre Stage 
Band O'-chcblrn 
New York C \y 

I I'.u-. t .1 l:i lim iif \ n 1-1 1 i r,.f 

THE BACON BANJO CO. 



i ,M . ■ 1 . i ' ■ ! . -\ 



GROTON, CONN. 



A CHOP HOUSE 
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 

166-8 WEST 48TH STR£ET 

' ; .. . E>tt of Broadway - — — 



Ueberall was not in any way re- 
sponsible 

Suit on 2 Weeks Clause 

Buffalo,. July 3 
The Buffalo Theatre Musicians' 
Union set for legal action against 
Loew's theatre here due. to the clos- 
ing of the house several weeks ago 
on one week's notice. The union 
contract called for two weeks. The 
amount in dispute \a about $1,000. 

The union Is reported to have at- 
tempted to have the locial Theatre 
Managers' Association intercede, the 
Loew housfe having been, a member, 
but the association refused and the 
union thereupon made demands 
uprih the tioew ^Booking Agency, 
which operated the house. Loew 
people have disclaimed reaponsi 
blllty blaming the situation on the 
local holding company and the pres 
ent prospect appears to be a suit 
by~ th© union against both com- 
panies. 

Like Radioect Scenes 

Los Angeles, July 3. 

While filming a flght scenef for 

"Celebrity" at the Hollywood 

Stadium, P'athe broadcast the action 
of all that took place In the filming 
of the scenes. This is the first time 
a detailed broadcast of making a 
picture has ever been sent over the 
air here. It proved popular, acr 
cording to letters sent to KNX. 



"Felix" is populalr the| 
I world over. Let him 
I work for you in song! 



''GOING SOME*' 

BETTY MARVYN'S 

CLUB FLORESCO, PARIS 

Only six weeks in Paris and has her own exclusive 

night club 

Does Paris like her? And how! 



LEADING ORCHESTRAS DlREaORY 



IRVING ARONSON 



"HUMORESKIMO" 
"STARLIGHT AND TULIPS" 
"FASCINATIN' VAMP" 
"POLLY" 
"ROSITA" 
"WINGS" 
"NEAPOLITAN NIGHTS" 

-^4R0SEMARVt- =^ 
"LITTLE IRISH ROSE" 
"BLUEBERiRY LANE" 




OTHER SAM FOX Hrrsll "Sweet EBa May" ' 




liBW.«J'"5« T« MKAM 

jket^atNTATi^es m'Srhicn important cenrftts 

NEW CHICAGO OFFICE 
64 E. JACKSON BLVD. 




Another "Mary Lou" 
Watch It Grow 



KpBBiNs Music CoRPcmAXfON 



799SCT^Bn^Avenue.hM>yYt>ifc 




ANNOUNCING 

The netum of 

Mrs. James Thornton 

Famous tor her boiled cllnnera 
at 

The Little Green Room 

03 W. 'IBth Street 

Spcrtalir.InK In Af ter-Theftlra I^tnnora 



DOUBLES IN POLITICS 

"T^yilight (Shadows Are Pall- 
inff)", th& lofllclal song of both the 
Republican and Democratic Na- 
tional Conventions, is beihgr pub- 
lished by DeSylva, Brown and. Hen- 
derson. - 

The song: received a great plug at 
the convention because of the spe- 
cial provision In the contracts for 
both engagements specifically men- 
tioned that "Twilight" must be fea- 
tured. It is a precedent for such 
plugging provision. 

Inland Li. Tost Of Kerrville, Tex,, 
is the composer. 



MUST PAT OFF $100 

^ Rome, and Du nn must., pay Sam 
E. Collins, cabaret agent, $100 
commissions on the three weeks 
they played for Joseph Moss at the 
Club Madrid, Philadelphia. Team 
grosses $2,000 on the three weeks, 
$700 a week for the first two and 
$600 on the optional hold-over, and 
Collins was given five per cent, 
commission by Judge Ellenbogen. 

The pair, now playing Loew's 
picture houses, claimed thejr did 
business direct witli Moes. 



and HIS COMMANDERS 

Featured in "PARIS'' 
WILBUR THEATf^E, BOSTON 



PHIL FABE|10_I 



and His 

ORCHESTRA 

LOEW'S 7th AVENUE THEATRE 
New York Qity 



MAL HALLETT | 



AND HIS ORCHESTRA 
New England Dance Tour 

Permanent Address: 
CHARLES SHRIBMAN, Manocer, 
BALEBl, MASS. 



GEORGE QLSEN | 



AND HIS MUSIC 
FEATUBBD IM 

"GOOD NEWS" 

CliAMlN'S 40TB BTRBKT TDEATRB 

NlRThtly at CI.CB RICUMAM 
1S7 West 66th Street, New York CItr 



B. A. ROLFE 



AND niS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA 

WEAF ARTISTS 
Edison Records 
ROLFE ORCHESTRAS, Ino. 
200 W. 48th St., New York City 
. Phone Lack 6518 



FROM DETROIT 



JEAN GOLDKETTEI 



Orchestras . 

VICTOR RECORDS 
Office: Woodward and Eliot 
DETROIT 



VINCENT 1X>PEZ I 



and His ORCHESTRA 

Exclusive Brunswick AKist 

WOODMANSTEN INN 
Pelham Parkway, N. Y. 



I PARISIAN REP mM\ 



America's Greatest Girl Band 

Permaoent A<Mr«M 
W West North St., Ind!anapoU«, 1^' 



PAUL WHITEMANt 



And HIS GREATER ORCHESTRA 

n&M BROADWAY NrY/ C.- ^ 
Direction WILLIAM MORRIS 



IF YOU DON'T 
ADVERTISE IN 
VARIETY 
DONT ADVERTISE 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VARIETY 



61 



We Are All Doing Our Best for 





WILLIAM NEVIW, 

Manager 

Washington Office : Le Paradis Buiiding 



URIEL DAY I 



i Business Promotion 
Permanent Address : Philadelphia 






IM R LG 

Entertainment Manager 
Washington Office 





MJAMIN ABRA 

Manager 

Philadelphia Of fice: Bellevue Court Building 



JOSEPH MOS, 

Manager 
New York Office: 1600 Broadway 



MAYMARD RUTHERFOED 

AisisUmt io Mr. Moss 
New York Office 

"BILL" HAYDEN 

Personal Secretary io Mr, Davis 

if 

^ J . W. WO O D 

Managing Director 

Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia 
Swanee Ballroom, Washington 
King Pin Bowling Alleys, Washington 
King Pin Billiard Parlors, Washington 



V A R I E 1* Y 

— 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 - 



V. 



Like every master organizer, the success 
of Meyer Davis can be attributed to his 
ability to select proper men to handle 
his affairs. 

We take pride in having been selected by 
him to write his first insurance policy 
arid now we supervise the placement of 
all insurance on Mr. Davis personally 
cts well as his numerous enterprises. 



YOUNG AND SIMON 
Authorities on Insurance 
Woodward Building 
Washington, D. C. 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VARIETY 





VOICE 



BLUE GRASS By J LEW BROWN & 

'RAY HENDERS 



RSON 




Sail ors love 
Rov • ere • Trdrn 



the seas, Moon • tain • eers ■ 
the plains. Long Tor couii 



the tree, Bs ^ ki - moe« 
try lanes, When theyVe sail- 



— love the ice. 

— ing the foam. 



Men of ev 
Rid • ere. of 



'ry race, 
the 'sands. 



Wf 



Have a cer 
Dream of cor" 



tain place, That they call 
al strands, When 'they wan 



Par - a - difec.. 
der aiid ream. 




Some like Che cit 
Those that are used — 




y, ^ "^d say it's .t^ie best, 
to, The ice and the snow. 




They gel tlie pit y, Of those from the We^st, I'v 

All get bluefl— -where, The 'Warm breez-ee blpw, i t 




i 

a fav'. 
juat like 



- 'rite spot. That I love .a lot, And /I feel ' might-y nice. _. — 



rite spot, That • I love — .a lot. And . 
them all, 0. 3 place I re- call. And I, won't feel at home. 

CHORUS II 

I'm In! ^'"^ up to my knees,— Blue 




Grass blue as the as 



Ajid it seems - 'v^hen I'm gloom 



WW 



y, 



In my dreams I see Blue Grass wav-ing to mel North 



■J 



wiiidl 



Jive me the air. South windl 



Car - ry me tltere, 



Lay mj nead-L in that, Make my bed ^ in that Blue Grass 



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THE MUSICIANS OF HIS FOLLOWING ORCHESTRAS 
WISH HIM CONTlNUEDf SUCCESS 



Whitehall 

PALM BEACH» FLORIDA 



Chevu Chase Lake 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



New Ocean House 

SWAMPSCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS 



Everglades Club 

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 



Gireenbrier Hotel 

WHITE SULiPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA 



Meridian Mansions 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



New Arlington 

HOT SPRINGS. ARKANSAS 



The Breakers 

PALM BEACH. FLORIDA 



Patio Lamaze 

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 



Montauk Manor 

MONT AUK POINT. LONG ISLAND 





NEW JERSEY 



Hotel Nassau 

LONG BEACH, LONG ISLAND 



Copley FUlza 

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 




NEW YORK CITY 



The Excelsior Palace 

LIDO VENICE, ITALY 



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Associate Conductor 








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Concertmaster 

0RT0N FLOODA, 

Solo Organist 

ALFRED MANNIN 

Choral Master 






LAWRENCE DOWNEY 

The Invisible Master of Ceremonies 





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Chief Projectionist 



;S JPLOMKETT 
FRANK MITCHELL 
J. H. LEHMAM 



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VARIETY 



Compliments to MEYER DAVIS— a Regular Guy 



"RX)X 




MEYER DAVIS' 





WINTER ORCHESTRA 



Compliments , of HARRY MOSS (Director); B. DOLEN, BOB FOSTER, CHARLES READER, CHARLES DIAMOND 



Compliments of 

W A 
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a 

NE-W YORK CITY 
MEYER DAVIS' 

Jade Room 
Orchestra 

SAM KATZ, Director 

Al Yurdin 
Vincent Peper 
J. Black 
J. Lodaiver 
Al SheflF 
Sam Tudor 



"Society's FaVorite 
Children" 
Compliment tfae 
Employer — - 

MEYER DAVIS 

Club 

Chantecler 
.Orchestra 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Paul Fidelman 

Piano — Director • 

Bert Bemath 

Violin 

Vincent Carl in 

Saxophone 

Frank Amorosi 
Drums 



Meyer Davis' 

Carlton 

Hotel 

Orchestra 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

Harry Albert 
F. Mueller 
R. Kassebaum 
J. Drummond 
Robert Stickney 



Everglades Orchestra 

PALM BEACH 
Compliment* 

PHU DIAMOND, Banjo 



Compliments 

H. millrXd 

Just a Bass Player 
NEW YORK CITY 



Compliments 

JULIUS SANDS 

Drums 
NEW YORK CITY 



Club Lido Orchestra 

NEW YORK CITY 
Compliments 

JOE FABREIL, Saxoplioiie 



Compliments 

W. ARTZT 

violinist 
NEW YORK CITY 



Compliments 

SAM BRIEF 

Drums 
NEW YORK CITY 



Club Lido Orchestra 

NEW YORK CITY 
Compliments 
DAVE REST, Drums 



Compliments 

CORNELL SMELSER 

Pianist 
NEW YORK CITY 



Meyer Davis* 
Famous 





WASHINGTON, D C. 

HARRY ALBERT 

. Violin — Director 

Robert Stickney 

Piano 

Jack Powers 

Saxophone 

Elwood Wilson . 

Saxophone 

R. Richardson 

Saxophone 

Al Spieldock 

Drums 

L. Newell 

Bass 



Compliments 
Meyer Davis' 

Wardman 

Park 

Orchestra 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

Under the Direction of 

SIDNEY HARRIS 

Michael A. Fera— Piano 
Benjamin Ratner — Piano 
Maurice Shapiro— Saxophone 
Bob Olson — Banjo 
Julius dchs— Violin 
Herman C. Rakemann 

Violin and Viola 
Clifford Kershaw— '6elIo 
Otto Lehnert— Trumpet 
* Otto Lehnert — Trombone 
Thomas J. Mullikih— Bass 



The First "Job" 
Meyer Davis Had. 
The Boys Now on It 
Wish ikim Good Luck 



W 

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Orchestra 

WASHINGTON, D. C'. 

NATHAN 6RUSH,0FF 



- vLeader^VioIin 

Augustin Bofguno 
Pianist 

Joseph Ratner 

Violin 

Bernard Parronchi 

'Cello 

James Shimer 
Drums 




CIIAS. cnONNKf, 
Itceds 




[<i\';si,r,v iioi sK 




AT, KAMON- 



OEOBGE BCOTT 
Tutft 



Al. SAKOL 
JUmnIh 



Our Compliments to Meyer Davis 
THE 

SWANEE SYNCOPATORS 

P5\vanee Ballroom, Washington, D. C. 




NAT ABUAMS 
Druma 



BILL OLfiSN 
Trombone 




TKX ]!Ili;\VSTEn 
Tiiiiiipil-An-anBer 



UBOROE STEIN 

PisM 



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VARIETY 



59 



REMICK 




THE/V> ALL ! 




V A R IE T ^ 

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We^iiescTay, July ?, 193? ~ 



COMPLIMENTS OF 





Meyer Davis' Rose Room Orchestra 

OSCAR ADLER, Director 
WILLIAM SIMON SAM KATZ 

HARRY KANTOR DAN RYB 

ABRASH A BGRODKIN 



MEYER DAVIS' 
PARK LANE ORCHESTRA 

LESTER MORRIS 

(PIANIST) 



GUS LAZARO 

THE SINGING TROUBADOUR 
Park Lane Orchestra 



A.W. ESSIG 

LEADER 

^ Park Lane Orchestra 

Wishing Meyer Davis arid His Enterprises Continued Prosperity 



Outside Engagements 

SAM KLASS 



TROMBONE 



Outside Engagements 

ABE KELCH 

SAXOPHONE 



Outside Engagements 

MICKY BLOOM 



TRUMPET 



Compliments of LEW VITT, Chief of Percussions (New York Office) 

TO 

MEYER DAVIS 

King of Extraordinary Music and Prince of Extraordinary Men 



SOL KOSARIN 

DIRECTOR-VIOLINIST 

Moyer Dnvls' Orwnbrier, Wl»it« Sulplint SprinjfH, W. Vft.. 
rormcply with "J.litlo Jesse Jajmes/' "Toll Mei More" 



Park Lane Orchestra 

AL GASPARRE 

'CELLIST 



Outside Engagements 

JACK AXELROD 



TRUMPET 



WILLIAM ADLER, Violin Obligate 
GEORGE E. O'NEILL, Piano 



MEYER DAVIS* HOMESTEAD ORCHESTRA 

HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA 

WILLIAM H. GHAPIN, Violin -Director 

ROBERT ATWOOD, 'Cello 
NIKOLAS L. KING, Saxophone 
MAX ROSENTHAL, Drums 



BERT TUCKERT, Banjo 
W. A. SHRADER, Bass 



Pavilion Royal 
Four Consecutive Summers 



MEYER DAVIS' VANITY FAIR ORCHESTRA 

DICK GASPARRE, Pianist-Director 

JULES TOTT, NICK PISANI, FRANK WARSHAUER, BOB BAILEY, L. BIAMONTE, E. SHANNON 

TO MKVER WITH BEST WISIIISS FOR CONTINITED iSVCCiSSS 



Hotel Lorraine 
Four Consecutive Winter* 



6T. iaiMilB- ONE TKAB 



TALL. MAhX, FOUR WlNTKHfi 



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OUR BEST WISHES FOR 

CONTINUED SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY TO 

MEYER DAVIS 

FROM HIS 



PROVIDENCE-BILTMORE HOTEL ORCHESTRA 



AL. LEVINE 



AL. ASKT 



JACK MEYERS, Conductor 
OTTO YEDLA 



GENE LUCATORTO 



MAX YEDLA 



MILTON SAND JOHN G. HEYN 

Many ThanT^s to JOSEPH MOSS 



We3nesa»y, Jujjr '4, 19S8 



VARIETY 



MY COMPUMENTS, TOO, TO MEYER DAVIS 

MORTON LI CH STEI N 



Pianist 
NEW YORK CITY 



1 COMPLIMENTS TO MEytR DAVio rKUM 

LOUIS VAN LOOCK 

1 Washington Tenor Saxophonist 


PATIO LAMAZE ORCHESTRA 
Palm Beach 

BENNY GLAZER 

Violinist 


TEX BREWSTER 1 

ARRANGER TO MEYER DAVIS' 1 

SW ANEE S YNCOP ATORS 

No. 1 Thomas Circle, Washington, D. C. 1 


1 PARK LANE ORCHESTRA, NEW YORK CITY 

JACK SCHERR 

1 Saxophone 

J COMPLIMENTS TO MEYER DAVIS 


TO MEYER DAVIS 

JACK STILLMAN 

Trumpet 
NEW YORK OFFICE 


COMPLIMENTS TO MEYER DAVIS FROM 1 

SIG NEWMAN 

Saxophonist-Bassoonist ] 
SUNNYSIDE GARDENS, LONG ISLAND 


1 With Sincere Admiration for Our Good Friend, 
1 MEYER DAVIS— "That Marvelous Man" 

THE WARWICK TRIO, Philadelphia 

1 ROY COMFORT, Violin JACK SERVE, 'Cellist 
1 CHARLES S. LINTON, Pianist 


MY REGARDS TO MEYER DAVIS 

CHARLES R. WENZEL 

Tenor Saxophone 'Cello 

WANTAGH, LONG ISLAND 


mUAM E. liENDNER-ARON ZERULNICK 

French Horn Team 

MEYER DAVIS' ORCHESTRAS 



SAM FELDMAN ALDEN FINCKEL ALBERT STASZNY 

Solo Viola Solo 'Cello Sold Bass 

DOMENICO lASCONE RALPH DELPHEY HORACIO AVILA 

Zolo Flute Principal Drummer 'Cello 



BREAMER 

Solo Trumpet 

SOL MINSTER 

Violin 



LOUIS RICH 

Violin 



Compliments of 

HERMAN GOLDSTEIN 

'Cellist 
Brooklyn, New York 
Flatbush 4150'0038 



ARSENIO RALON HIRSH PERLMAN JOSEPH TORRES 

Violin yiola Bass 

I DAVIS' FOX THEATRE GRAND ORCHESTRA 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

JACK LUBE 

DIRECTING MEYER DAVIS' ORCHESTRA AT THE 

NEW OCEAN HOUSE^ Swampsoott, Massachusetto 

ALL SUCCESS TO MR. DAVIS 



OUR COMPLIMENTS TO MEYER DAVIS 

THE YACHT CLUB BOYS 



JOSEPH PULVER 

Bass 



JAMES LEWIS 

Banjo 

CLUB LIDO ORCHESTRA 
New York City 



To Meyer Davis from 

LEW DE FAB6IA 

Banjo 

New York Office 



TO COMPLIMENT MEYER DAVIS 

GREENBRIER HOTEL ORCHESTRA 
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia 



HARRY CAMPBELL 

Al Umile 



ED. KEEPER 

Reider Haagam ~ 



THE MEMBERS OF MEYER DAVIS' BELLEVUE STRATFORD ORCHESTRA 

IN PHILADELPHIA 



ALSO GREET MR, DAVIS 



DICK HIMBER 



J. POMERANTZ 



ED FRANK W. K. SEARLS J. DeMASI 

GEORGE THOMAS CHARLES LINTON 



THE SUMMIT - BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 

Its Proprietor, JOSEPH BROTHMAN 



AND THOSE OF MEYER DAVIS' ORCHESTRA GREET HIM 

BENJAMIN GREENBLATT, Piano-Leader 

CY EDELMAN, Saxophone 
BOB LIGHTNER, Saxophone 



FELIX SOLARI, Banjo 
DAVE DAVIDSON, Trumpet 



SAUL NATHANSON, Drums 



To 



BROTHER 




FROM 



BROTHER 




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Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Letters of Credit 



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T^r^ar Mr. Divis;- 



rear Mr. . » ti^noe Orcheetro 



1 »"?,l°„n«fwSS' 
for '"""r ten or 

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Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VARIETY 



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Compliments to Meyer Davis and His Le Paradis 






WASHINGTON, D. C. 



MEYER DAVIS READS 

THE WASHINCTON DAILY NEWS 

A SCRIPPS'HOWARD NEWSPAPER ■ 



Sincere Good Wishes to My Friend 



MEYER DAVIS 




READING 



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PHILADELPHIA 

Oar/Compliments to Meyer Davis 



CAMDEN 



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Pianos 

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Washington, D. G. 

ESTABLISHED 1879 



The Meyer Davis Enterprises Are Protected by 

llie RaOway Audit ad Inspection C^^ Inc. 

OfFilces in Principal Gities 



Compliments to Meyer Davis 

William J. Burns International Detective Agency 

165 Broadway, New York City 
OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES 



Meyer. Pavis' Willow Grove I'JirU Js 
One of the 

762 

Amusement Centers Are 
Now* Operating 

SKEEBALL 

in Units of 6 to. 18 Alleys 

There's a Reason 

Free Catalog 

SKEE-BALL COMPANY 

Coney Island, New York 



CompUmehts 

Quaker City Belting Co. 

MAKEnS OF 
High Grade Leather Belting 
Factory 

NewportTille (Bucks County) 

PENNSYLVANIA 



M. D. PLITT eO. 

/■ ■ ■ . t - 

Fruits, Vegetables 
and Poultry 

Wholesale and Retail 

76 to 82 Center Market 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 

We Serve Le Paradis and 
Cluh Chaniecler 



Congratulations To Meyer Davis From 

A PHILADELPHIA FRIEND 



I 



UTMOST IN QUALITY AND SERVICE 

TERMINAL ICE AND FUEL COMPANY 



Telephone Main 990 Main Office— 3rd and K Streets, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C, 

This Company Serves All of Meyer Davis' Enter prh^^ 




A view of ten of the Forty King Pin Bowling Alleys, 14th and Monroe Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Bowlers appreciate the best— that is why Meyer Davis furnishes his patrons with Brunswick alleys and equipment 

THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER COMPANY 

Baltimore Branch, 410 West Lombard St. 



VARIETY Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Coal Lumber 

Wilsoti' 
Gardner 

Company 

Willow Grove 
and 

Germanlown, Pa, 

With Compliments to 
MEYER DAVIS 

Building Supplies 
Millwork 


' My Compliments to 
MEYER DAVIS 

JOSEPH CASANI 

Wholesale Confectioner 
Apex Chocolates 
Bunte Diana Confections 

317-19 N. Second Street 

PHILADELPHIA 

Someihinii New Every Day 


CDuisOOeeic 

At I'lUliniKlcr of Inipor- 
liint ICvoiitH— A CiiUlo to 
llio IntoroHtlnB Pliiocu In 

Wnnhlngtoh 
MY rOMl'MMiSNTS i'O 
MJiYKR DAVIS 

431iQ:oii Aires 

. Publisher 
MunMy nalidtnff Wttnlilngton, D. C. 


WOODINGTON 

Mail Advertising 
Service 

Colonial Trust Building 
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PHILADELPHIA 

Continiiod Success to 
MKYRR DAATS 


We Value Our Connection 
zmth the 

Meyer 
Davis 

Organization 

We pirint the Philadelphia Shop- 
ping News, 350,000 copies weekly, 
and. many other full and half- 
page newspapers 

Estimates Gladly Furnished 

World Publishing Company 

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FOR INFORMATION CALL . 

Mr. N. NELSON, Lombard 8020 


M. L HORTON, Inc. 

Grocers to 
Meyer Davis* 

LE PARADIS CAFE 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 


Compliments of 

COLUMBIAN 
PRINTING CO., Inc. 

Washington, D, C. 


Tlie WnsIiiiiKtoii Homo BeautlAers 
Greet MKYER DAVIS 

Metropolitan 
Decorating and 
Electric Co., Inc, 

309 G St., N. W., 
Frnnklin 800 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 


My Compliments to MEYER DAVIS 

HARRY WARDMAN, President 

THE CARLTON HOTEL WASHINGTON, D. C. WARDMAN PARK HOTEL 


News- 
paper 
and 

Circular 
Printing 

The 
Starr 
Printing 
Company 

1 1513 Sansom Street 
1 Philadelphia 


We Do the 

Window Cleaning 

for MEYER DAVIS 
in Washington 

NATIONAL WINDOW 
and 

OFnCE CLEANING CO. 

Established 1888 

Stewart Building 
Washington, D. C. 

Branches In Principal Cities 


When Meyer. Davis 
Wants Lighting— He Calls 

A. HOPKIN, JR., CO. 

235 South 8th St. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LdMB. 8368 MAIN 8027 


Compliments to Meyer. Davis 
of the 

S. &S. CONE CORP. 

Manufacturers of 

Success Sugar Cones 


Compliments to Meyer Davis 

iiiin£Uj£i\-DUai/n, inc. 

Washington Branch 

DUDWISISER 
BUSCH KXTRA DRX OINGISR ALE 
BUDWEISER nop FLAVORED 
MALT SYRUP 


' Gratocl Clieese, Copyrighted 

rUl» Orislttal GniUcl Parmesan Boman Cheese, 

etc., put up In packngi's. In bulk. In boxes 

CORJICELLI & GAYBRANT 
Original Packers 
114 Highland Ava„ Newark, N. J; 

Agent It«preii$ntatlTe: 
John.E. Fueeel, HCC Spring Placa N. W., 
Waahlrigton, D, C, 


ORGANS 

Fine Assortment of Cnrdboard nnd 
Cylinder Organs at Very l»w Friccs 
Alio Latest Music Made of Indestruotlble . 
Cardboard 

Expert Repairing and Tuning . of All Organ* 

A. EIFLER & CO. 

lOR Greenwny Avenue 
PinLADELnUA 


Compliments to lyiEYER DAVIS 

FranUin J. Frea 

INCORPORATED 

PRINTING 

and 

ENGRAVING 

1326 Eye Street, N. W. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 


Compliments to MDBYEB DAVIS 
from 

H.F.DISMER 

Hardware and Paints 

3124 And 312e 14th St. N. W. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 


MERCHANTS CANDY 
AND TOBACCO CO. 

214 9th street, N. W. 

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Manufacturers FIREWORKS 

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Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



O U TD O O R S 



VARIETY 



67 



''Armless Wonder' at $35 Wkly. Salary; 
Not EspeciaDy Unique, Court Says 



OBITUARY 



Forrest Layman, also known a;s 
Foster Layman, an "ftrmless 
wonder" who was last year a side 
ahovr freak ^'Ith the World Circus 
Side Show, could not have been 
particularly "unique and extraor- 
- dlnary," says Justice Callaghan In 
the Kings County (N. Y.) Supreme 
Court, when he was only being paid 
J35 a week and permitted to keep 
5D per cent, of the income frqnn . the 
sales of soiivonlr post cards at a. 
dime a copy. 

The Surf avenue, side show at 
Coney Island which is suing Lay- 
man for ah injunction to enforce 
a. new contract for the 1928 summer 
season at the resort, maintained 
that Layman's dexterity with hit* 
feet In performing exhibition ! feats 
placed him In the unusual class. 
This, Fred La Reine, 1560 Broad- 
way, New York, an outdoor show- 
man, denied in his legal assistance 
to Layman. 

La Reine states there ax-e count- 
less "armless wonders" but con- 
servatively sets forth that the fol- 
lowingr are those he could easily 
make available to disprove the 
plaintiff's contentions, but also prove 
their superiority. They are Charlie 
Trippe, Jack Huber, Freddie Kale. 
Kitty Smith, : Martha Morris, Fran- 
cis Connor, Thomas McAulIs, Mon- 
treal Kid, Paul Desmith, Lutz 
Brothers and Alice Door. 

':Sam Wagner, the president of the 
World Circus Side Show, had Lay- 
mdn as one of its freak draws on 
Surf avemie last summer and sought 
to hold him to an alleged renewal 
contract for this season. 

Justice Callagahan becomes a bit 
vitriolic In his opinion that "this 
unfortunate defendant was born 
without arms and by patience and 
industry has learned to do, by the 
uid of his feet, those things which 
; normal men usually do with their 
arms and hinds. He can write, 
shave himself, shoot a, rifle, feed 
himself, etc." 

Layman denies that he is a "freak," 
stating he was born physically in- 
capaeltated and that he schooled 
himself to offset nature's handicap 

Harry Saks Hechheimer successr 
fully defended Layman. 

Clark Shows Stopped and 
Ordered Out of Town 



Clark. Brothers Greater Shows 
failed to open as per, schedule at 
Tenafly, N. J., last week, when 
unable to satisfy the town council 
as to authencity of auspices under 
which the carnival was to have 
played the week stand. 

The show moved onto the circus 
lot Monday. It had scarcely started 
setting up when Police Corhmis- 
sioner Hetherington swooped down 
upon the operators informing . them 
that their license had been refused 
arid they would not be allowed, to 
show. 

Harry Clark appeared before the 
council later and presented con- 
tracts signed by the Tenafly Ath- 
letic Club contracting for the carni- 
val with understanding that the 
auspices would attend to the license 
^ ^matter. - This -did not budge . the 
Commissioner, who gave the outfit 
two hours to leave town. 

• , • • ■ ■ 1 

BiDposter Earl Boyd 
SKoots Up Quincy, DL 

Qincy, 111., July .3. 

This town, knew that Earl- BOyd, 
'billposter for the Hagenbeck-Wal- 
lace Circus, was in town Sunday. 
E^rl fixed it so they couldn't over- 
look him, and it cost him $25 yes- 
terday morning, that being cheap 
for the fun he must have had. 

Boyd franied a fake stick up of a 
taxi driver, took playful shots at 
street pedestrians and wound upi, 
still Sunday, shooting all over the 
Hotel Qulncy, He had the guests 
and employees In a i>anic. The cops 
took the billposter for a patrol ride 
and let him cool of£ until Monday 
=JBdieh^thc= fl55 ==sock^was- put- OHi^^.. 



CARNIVAL 

For, current yvek (July 2) when 
not otherwise indicated.) 

Alabarna Am. Co., Stearns, Ky. . 
Baird &;Porter Co,, Fertile, Minn. 
Barkoot Bros., Greencastle, Ind. 
Barnett & Schutz, Excelsior 
Springs, Mo. . 
Bernardi Expo., l^utte, MOnt. 
Blue Bonnett, Sonora, Tex. 

Bradley, J. M., Indianapolis, Ind, 

Bruce Greater, Phoehixvllle, P£i. 

Bullard Bros., Henryetta, Okla. 

Byers Bros.) Marlow, Okla. 

Capital Am. Co., Rice Lake, Wis. 

Cetlin & Wilson, Oak Hill, W. Va; 

Coe Bros., Manchester, la. 

Colenian Bros., W. Warwick, R. I. 

Colley, J, J;, Ft; Cobb, Okla. 

Craft's Greater, Livermore, Cal. 

Cronin Shows, Deshler, Ohio. 

Delmar Quality, Collegeport, Tex: 

Dodson's World's Fair, Niles, 
Mich.; 11, Elkhart, Ind. 

Edwards, J. . R,, McGonnelsville, 
Ohio. 

Ehring, Otto F., Co., No. 1, Hart- 
well, Ohio; 9, Cincinnati, O. 

Ehring, Otto F., Co., No. 2, Troy, 
Ohio. - 

Fairly, Noble C, Gallatin, Mo. 

Farenzo Bros., Perryton, Tex. 

Florida Expo., Buena Vista, Va. 

Foley & Burk, Ukiah, Cal. 

Folk, Carl J., Holly, Mich. 

Francis, John, Ponca City, Okla. 

Gibbs, W. A., Rolla, Mo. 
■ Gopher State Am. Co., Cannon 
Falls, Minn. ' '• 

Gray, Roy, No. 2, Belton, Tex. 

Great International, Somerville, 
N. J. 

Greenburg Am. Co,, Preston, Ida. 
Hames, Hill ti., No. 1, Alva, Okla. 
Hames, Bill H., No. 2, Dublin, 
Tex. 

Heller's Acme, Spring Valley, N. Y. 

Heth, L. J., Marietta, O. 

Hoffner Am, Co., Princeton, 111, 

Isler Greater, Washington, la. 

Kej'stone Park Attractions, St. 
Marys, Pa. 

Kline, Abner K., Everett, Wash. 

LaClare Am. Co., Wolseley, Sask., 
Can. 

Latlip, Capt., Greenup, Ky. 
Laughlin, J. W., Butler, Mo. 
Leggette, C; R., Nowata, Okla. 
Lippa Ah). Co., Sault Ste. Marie, 
Mich. 

Little's Expo., Peebles, O. 

Lone Star, Lexington, Tex. 

McGregor, Donald, Haskell, Tex. 

Manning, Al G., Greater,; Smith- 
port, Pa. , 

Midwest (Fair) Cando, N. D. 

Mighty Hoy Shows, Marysville, O. 

Miller, Ralph R., Jonesboro, Ark. 

Morris & Castle, Minot, N. D.; 
9, Devils Lake, N. D. 

Murphy, D. D., Pontiac, Mich. 

Nelson Bros., Salida, Colo. 

Northwestern, Cadillac, Mich. 

Oliver Am. Co., No. 1, Steelevllle, 
111. 

Oliver Am. Co., No. 2. Festus. Mo. 
Pacific States, Idaho Falls, Jda. 
Page J. J., Big Stone Gap, Va, 
Pearson, C. E., Fnirbury, 111. 
Pollle Greater, Manchester, Ky. 
Princess Olga, Farmer City, 111. 
Relss, Nat, Springfield, Mass. 
Rice-Dorman, New Ulm, Minn. 
Rock City, Norton, Va. 
Royal American, Macomb, 111. 
Rubin «& Cherry Model, Calumet, 
Mich. 

Rubin & Cherry, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. 

Savidge, Walter, Am. Co., Cha- 
dron. Neb.; 9, Sturgis, S. D.; 16, 
Belle Fourche, S. D. 

Scott, George T., Brush, Colo. 

Slebrand Bros., Bismarck, N. D. 

Six, J. Harry. Attr., HicksviUe, O. 

Smith Bros., Lundale, W. Va. 

Snapp Eros., Sullivan, ind.; 9, 
Brazil, Ihd.; ^1, Logahsport, iTid. • 

Southern Tier, Hornell, N. Y. 

Spencer, Sam, Bedford, Pa. • . 

Spencer, C. L., Stlsler, Okla; 

Stcffens Superior. Fallon, Cal. 

Stoneman Attractions, Merrtll, 
Wi.s. 

Strayer Am. Co., Waupun,Wis. 
Tidwell. T. J., podge City, Kans. 
Virginia Am. Co., Moorcfield, W. 
Va. ■ 

Weer, J. C, Ligonier, Ind. 
Western Am. Co.. Olive Hill, Ky. 
Wise, David A., Westfleld, N.'Y. 
Wolford Am. Co., Hamilton, O. 
Wortham's AVorld's Best,, Bscan- 
aba, Mich. 
Zeig^r, C. F., Hailey, Ida. 



LEO DITRICHSTEIN 

Cable dispatches June 29 from 
Vienna told of the death of Loo 
DitrichstC'in, The actor died there 
of heart trouble June. 28. He was 
C3. The body was taken to -tho 
Vienna Municipal .Crematorium 
Juno 30. Prior to his death . the actor 
had been living in Florence, Italy, 
arid was boi'n in Temesbar, Hun- 
gary, his father being Count Ditr 
richsteiri' and his grandfather, Jos- 
eph- Voh Eltoos, prominent novel-, 
ist. His stage debut, wa;?. made |n 
Berlin, and. soon after hc' appeared, 
at the Royal thoitre, Hamburg, 
where he achieved a brilliant stage 
i-eputatlOn. Gustav Amborg, then 
managing the Irving Place theatre, 
New York, made hini ah offer to 



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In Memory of 
.'Our Dear Friends . 
EDAVUi D. MlKER 
OEORGB H. MINKB 
XIIOMAS W. MINEIt 

Mr. and Mrs. Barney Gerard 



come to the U. S. He accepted and 
appeared at the Amberg theatre in 
1890. . 

Though he enacted Gorman roles, 
Ditrichstoin learned to spealc Eng- 
lish and three years later was 
signed by Charles Frphman for John 
Draw's company, his initial English 
speaking venture being "MrSi Wil- 
kinson's Widows." Two years later 
he won distinction \ in "Trilby", and 
later appeared in "Hedda Gabler," 
"Are You a Mason?" and "Military 
Mad." He also wrote plays, among 
these being. "The Writing on the 
Wall," and "Bluffs," whic.h later en 
titled "Sham Battifes." He was the 
author and adapter . of other plays 
including "Gossip" (with Clyde 



• ROBERT B. MANTELL 

Robcrt IS.. M;inU-ll, -74, aiL'd Juno 
27 at his country home, AtlUnlio 
Highlands, Ni J,, from the .offool.s 
of a breakdown six wcoUb a^-ro. At 
his bedside wore his ' wlfo, . Gone- 
vieve Hampei* . Mantell, and tlunr 
son, Bruce. A daugh.tor, Mrs.. Ira 
P.latsky, arrived from Los. Anpcies. 
in time for the funeral, last Friday. 
Intorriiont in Bay view Cemetery 
near Atlantic Highlands. ' ., : 

.INir. IMantcll was fanious for . his 
years of interpretation of . Shake- 
spearian and romantic roles?.. AVhcn 
on tour last >yinter' he suffered .a 
riervous cpllapse hut recovered suffl- 
ciehtly to rosurhe playing. ' 
■ Robert Bruce Mantcll \vas born 
in Scotland and was educated in 
Belfast, Ireland. He made his Amer- 
ican stage debut in Albany in iS78 
in "Romeo and Juliet" in support 
of Mnie. Modjeska. The actress was 
appearing in repertoire at the time 
and among her plays was "East 
Lynne" in which Mantell made his 
New York deijut. He then returned 
to England and did not appear in 
American theatres until .1882. 

Mantell appeared in support of 
Fanny Davenport and won distinc- 
tion for his Avork in "Fedora," 
"Called Back," and "Dakolar," the 
last named having Viola Allen and 
John Mason ih its cast. In "Tangled 
Lives," 1886, Mantell was elevated 
to stardom and among his first 
plays were "A Marble Heart" and 
"Monbars;" His first Shakespear- 
ian success was scored in 18S8 in 
"Othello." Then, In succession, came 
"The Corsician Brothers," "Ham- 
let," and . Othello" with a number 
of romiantic productions entering 
his repertoire, namely "The Louls- 
ianian," Face in the Moonlight," "As 



AVERY HOPWpOD 

Avory llopwood, 4(i, Amerieian 
playwright,, was drowned at. Nice, ' 
France,. July 3, according to o.nbles 
reeoivod here July 2. It was at . 
night at the Juun-Los-Pin.s when 
llopwood wont- for v swini shortly. . 
after dinner, Hi> went down before 
lifosavcrs .could , reach him. 

Hopwood wa.s the author of. 
many plays and also collaborrated ' 
jvith Mary Roberts Rineliart oh 
"The Eat." His most. pop.iihir' plays 
were "Fair arid Warmer" and "The . 
Gold .Digf?or's." 

The docoased was born in Clove- 
land. Ho was^ graduated, from 
Michigan University in 1905. He 
went to Now York as correspondent 
for the Cleveland "Leader," when 
he sold hi.s, lii-.st play, "Clothes,". 
Which he and Channing Pollock co- 
authored. It was produced in 1906. 
. That started him on an • active 
and successful . career as a play- 
wright. With.Wnilsoh^ Colli!?on he 
cojolntly Avrote "Getting Gertie's 
Garter" and "The .Girl In the 
Limousin^," and in addition to "The: 
Bat," in^o-authorship with Mrs. ' 
Rinehart, they also wrote "Seven 
Days" and "Spanish Love." 

Other Hop wood plays were "The 
Deml-Virgln," "Naughty Cinderel- 
fa,"- "The . Powers" That Be," "This. 
Man and This Woman," "Our Lit- 
tle Wife," "Double Exposure," "The 
Great Illusion," "Why Men Leave. . 
Home," "Little Miss Bluebeard*' 
and ."The Harem." 

Mr. Hopwood had never married. 
He Is survived by his mother, Mrs. 
James Hopwood. 

when in New York the play- 
wright made his home at the 
Lambs Club. 



Fitch), "A Fool's Erx-and,"" "Head 
of the Family," "Mile. Fifi," "Are 
You a Mason?", "Vivian's Papa," 
"Nocturne," "The Ambitious Mrs. 
Alcott," "High Jinks," "When 
Claudia Smiles," "The Phantom 
Rival," "The Great Lover," "The 
King,'.' "The Matinee Hero" and 
"Toto.* 

In 1909 he appeared in support of* 
Nance O'Nell in "The Lily" and a 
year later scored In "The, Concert." 
Then followed "The Temperamental 
Journey," "The Phantom Rival" 
and a revival of "Trilby." For three 
seasons he acted in "The Great 
Lover." He also appeared in ''The 
Purple Mask," "Toto," "Face Value," 
"The Egoist" and "The Business 
Widow," all under Shubert manage- 
ment. 

When he achieved his first suc- 
cess in this country Mr. Ditrich- 
stein married Josephine Wehrle, 
daughter of the proprietor of the 
old Belvedere Hotel, He left New 
York for his native country in 1924. 



CIRCUSES 

Miller Bros.' 101 Ranch 

4. New Bedford, Ma.ss.; 5. Lowell; 
6, Lynn; 7, Waltham; 9, Portland, 
Me. ; 1 0, Worcester,. Ma.ss. 

John Robinson's Circus 

4, Petoskey, Mich.; 5. Traverse 
C ity T-^BrMafilStPiPr^—L-ad ingtOTiT-=9r 
Grand Rapids. 

Sells Floto Circus 

4, ZanesvlUe, C; R, Springfield, 
O.; 6, Anderson, Ind.; 7, 'rerre 
Haute. 

Ringting*B. & B. 

July 4, Kitchener, Oht.; 5, .ton- 
don; 6, Port Huron, Mich.; 7, Flint; 
8, 9, 10, Detroit, Mich.; 11. Toledo; 
12, Fort Wayne, Ind.; J3, South 
Bend, Ind. 



Colored Tab in Tent 

"Slim" Drake's "Darktown Fol- 
lies," which has been out as a tab 
attraction all season, opens this 
week at Shady- Lane Park, -Peeks- 
kill, N. Y., indefinitely. 

The colored revue will be given 
under, canvas in an especially 
equipped tent with capacity' of 500. 
Admission top of 25 cents for an. 
hour show, 



Playland Park Opening 

Playland Park, New Brunswick, 
N, J., opens for its initial season 
July 7. It has five, rides, thre^ 
shows and space for 50 concessions. 

Fred Davidson, mana.ger. 

Free gate will operate excepting 
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 
when 15 cent admission will be 
charged. 



Big Show at Grant Park 

Cliicapo; July 3, 
Hingling-Barnum <S: Bailey circus 
coriics here for eight days starting 
J!.ily 14. _ ___ _ 

tHc! "slTou^ wTirbl- prf£:hc'(I Th Xfraht ' 
I'ark. 



Southern Colored Fairs 

Mldsiimmer Colored Agricultural 
Exposition, negro fair, was held last 
week In Asheville, N. C. 

Another big colored fair, the 
Montgomery County (Ky), Expo, 
Will be held July 30-Aug. 4, at Mt. 
Sterlin, Ky. 



You Like It," "The Secret Warrant," 
"The Dagger and the CroB.s,'' etc. 

Mantell's personal life was char- 
acterized by four marriages. His 
first wife obtained a divorce In 1893; 
his second wife was Charlotte Beh- 
reris, a jprominent actress. His third 
wife was Marie Booth Russell who 
died in .1911. . A. year after her 
death he married one of Miss Beh- 
rien's closest friends, Genevieve 
Hamper, who was eventually ele- 
vated to stardom by Mantell. 

Mantell also played in pictures. 
Among some, of the pictures In 
which , he appeared were "The 
Blindness of Devotion" and "The 
Green Eyed Monster." ^ 

Mr. Mantell's son, Bruce, has been 
a student . in Detroit University. 



JOSEPH PETTINGILL 

Joseph Pettingill, 73, old vaude- 
villian' and for .some 32 years past 
company manager vvith Gus Hill 
shows, died June 28 in New York 
following an operation for intes- 
tional trouble. 

Joe PettinglH's real name was 
Geiger, but to _the profession he was 
known as Pettingill. He was the 
last of the old American Four, 
which included Pete Gale, Jimmy 
Hoey and. Pete Dailey, . — ' 

He is survived by Jean Pet- 
tingill, who appeared in a number of 
Hill shows as ah actress. Interment 
in Mt.. Kensico Cemetery. 

Pettingill at one time managed 
"Bringing Up Father," "Mutt and 
Jeff," . " 'Round, the Clock," "Vanity 
Fair," "The Gay Mastiueraders," 
"Gay New York,"- "Hot Old Time," 
and "MacFadden's Plats." 



HARRY W. BISHOP 

Harry W. Bishop, 56, veteran San 
Francisco showman, died June 25 at 
his home in that city. A widow and 
five children survive. Interment in 
Mountain- View cemetery,' Oakland. 

Bishop began his theati'ical career 
as a circus acrobat with his father 
and foster brother. Later, he be- 
came interested in the old Majestic, 
Central and American theatres in 
San Francisco. He succeeded Walter 
"Morasco=a's=-OTanager=of^thc= Grand- 
Opera- liouse. . 

Aboiit 20 years ago, shortly after 
the earthquake. Bishop transferred 
his activities to Oakland where he 
founded the Liberty Playhouse and 
the Bishop . theatre and presented 
legitimate attractions. It was at 
the Bishop that the showman in- 
vented and developed the first re- 
volving stajge. 



CLARENCE WILLETTS 

Clarence Willetts, 48, one of th^ 
best known show managers in the 
country, attached at different times 
to. productions staged by Dilling- 
ham, Erianger " and. Ziegfeld, died 
July 1 In Luzerne, N. Y. 

Willetts was last company man- 
ager of "Rio Rita." Just before the 
show Closed he became 111 and while 
recovered sufficiently to return. . 
home, his condition gradually be- 
came worse. His demise was at- 
tributed to ulcers. 

. Willetts started in show buslncsS' 
via the old Daly thea,tr(s box offlce. 
Erianger eventually made a man-r 
ager Out of him. 

His widow, IliUcille Willetts, sur- 
vives.' 



MRS. WILLIAM ROCHE 
(Anne Beatrice Thompson) 

Mrs. William Roche, 32, wife of 
Gol. William Roche, manager of the 
Harris and Selwyn theatres, Chi- 
cago, died at Garfield hospital, Chi- 
cago, June 29. She Is survived by 
her husband, her mother, Mrs. 
Katherine Thompson, of Detroit, 
and a sister, Mrs. Agnee Martin, of 
Pittsburgh. 

Death was caused by pneumonia, 
contracted upon her return from a 
winter spent In California. She had 
been confined at the hospital for 
five weeks. Prior to her marriage 
to Col. Roche 10 years ago she had 
been a concert artiste. Her profes- 
sional name was Anne Beatrice, 
Thompson. 



LLOYD A. BALLIET 

Lloyd A. Balllet, 44, veteran 
vaudevilllan and tenor, died June 22 
■in Bogota, N. J , of a nervous break- 
down, i. 

Balliet was last with Those Four 
Entertainers when he -Buffered a 
complete collapse, Balliet at one 
time worked with a number of 
shbw.s, one being Will H. West's 
Minstrel Jubilee. He had been with 
the iFour Entertainers for about 20 
years, Balliet was born in Mans- 
field, 111. 

Interment in Nevada, Ohio." 



PHYLLIS ROSE 

Phyllis Rose, 18, died June 27 at 
her home in Cleveland. 

M1.S3 Rose \ya3 of the Rosf Sis- 
ters, who were touring witli the 
Grace Elder company. The decca.sed 
was talu'n ill while on the road and 
removed to her home. 



FRANK J. WAGNER 

Franlt J. Wagner, 55, amustment 
promoter, .<^anta Monica, Cal., died 
of--heart= disease^in=:-his="officeT?=-"atr 
La Monica Ballroom, June 27. 

He is survived by a widow and 
his mother, both living in. Santa 
Monica. , 



-I 



Harry James Bleay, 7 6i, musician, 
died at hla ranch at Moneta, Cal,, 
June 4. Bleay was a clarinet player, 
of West Coast prominence. 

Interment in Roeedale cemetery 



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■ . '. ■ Palafce 
Woallicr lu'i-e. sudaonly chansred 
fritiii continual rain to. hot iinJ l'air, 
with one. about as bad as tho other 
• t o she w l>u.sltifi.s.s. With Joo LanriP,' 

. Ji'ranlc Kfionaii and rlronc , Ricar.do. 
, the c>irr<.>nL bill should hayo bi'on, a 
Kood ■.Oliicaki,) draw, biit inVt moi-e 

.tliaiv halt thi? oroh(.>.s'tra seats ; vVert\ 
iilled Sunda'y .afternoon, \ , . _ 
■. CauriC' was .a walkaway hero, in 

.next to closingv and judRlnsj- by that, 
he'd be a' nifty 'iii 'presorttation 
liduses.' Tiiey'd fall hard for the 

. democratic delivery, the, steady 
streanV of new and easy gags, and 
the' American family perspnaliti^f. . 
This town is likewise so much des- 
sert for Fi\ank ICeenan, who. worked 
a sketch by. Nancy Bradford titled 
"The Second Performance." It's 
the reliable, though bearded, idea 
o£ a great actor acting to .test 
s.bmebody. -.this time, to see if his-, 
w'ife. really wants to come back to 
him after running away 10 years- 
before with another guy. 

Irene Ricardo, with her special 
coniedy -lyric bits, is a standard in 
vaudeville and could carry Ixer rou- 
tine intact into any type of pop- 
price house. She includes im- 
perisohatidns of a policewoman who 
has lo.<3t her horse, a slightly Hebe 
senoi-ita, a Rebecca, .the Jewish« 
wife of a Scotchman, and a buna 
opera singer. 
. Opening were -.Geraldine and Joe, 
juvenile song and dance team, who 
seem to be about five years old. 
The boy is a surprisingly .talented 
acrobatic dancer. His partner sings 
pop songs in a mature manner for 
laughs, An arduously worked 
Apacho dance makes a strong 
closer. The team will click 
•wherever officials permitv Second 
were Herma and Juan Reyes, con- 
cert violinist and pianist, respect- 
ively. Jimmy Conlin and Myrtle 
Glass, third, have a purely hoke act 

tWhat. should tickle all but supper 
crowds. Conlin. in wild golf cbs- 
tumie, has a mob of Stage hands 
making noises backstage and dis- 
rupting routines while he plays 
piano and his partner sings. .Big 
here. 

William Hplbrook and Barbara 
Newberry, fbllov^rlne intermission, 
have improved the customary dance 
act w^ith several special lyrics by 
Neville Fleeson. Ivy Weir', is at the 
piano. 

Following Joe; Liaurie, ,Odiva and 
her seals, clo.sed. Loop. 



noliiriv.l' hoys, ■ aro : fair ,.stiM)j-'Ct-g. 
Look. ;^'i)oa in' tu.xeilos and bluok 
fodoris. carrying \yhito cancrf. 
. r.Xh'o and Cortez, mild slap-stick 
offerinir, open with scene in a Span- 
ish bazaar; girl attirfHl in special 
c6stunu». .il.ile. comedian ..critt?ri3 in 
sailor uniform. . One of those things 
w-hore t lu) h i is'.vv s'onor i t a iii;i U t-ea ts 
the small lar. Not very kobd: 

In No. 4 the ^online Carroll .Uo- 
vuc. I'\)ur i?ii'l.s in Dutch costunv<?s, 
.special (In)p showiiii,^ wlndtnill- and 
nvo.'idow. (i\v\n Coaturod in diincinf^ 
routines, followed by. a dance .team 
in, Tihite spangled Spanish fan- 
dangos. ' ', 
■ Joe lMulliiw and compnuy (4), 
two men. two women.. Phillips is 
a good Irish comic of th-c burlesque 
variety worki'n;? with a .stra.ight in 
the dating two girls, The straight 
has Irdiible nlaking Joe: behave like 
a .gehtlemah. One girl sings, an- 
other d,).ncing, ■• ■ ■ . ,. 

,'I;xck- Le Vier does well with his 
work on .-x' tnvpeze in a wooden 
rocker ' dii'h, ' .Five Bracks, tum- 
blers, . closed. - ^jOOpr- 



Freddie Parkoi* Is m.. c. at Abe 
SimonVs SauorkriLut Gardens on 
Chicago's South Side; . itube Hei- 
fer's oroho.stra.' 



Tlie now Ironwood, ' Irohwoort, 
Mich., opened June . ab vvith .5 acts 
£ van do v-i lie booked by Billy Dia- 
mond,. 



Jiin Wallnoe, manager of the Km- 
press, Decatur, is being replaced, on 
account of illness, by Leonard Wor- 
ley, manager of the Palace, Peoria. 
The Palace has been closed for the 
umrner. season, • 



. Gale . stock has closed a three 
montiis' engagement at the Or- 
pheum, Quincy. -House reverts to a 
traight picture policy. 



Majestic 

Bad despite a creditable. program. 
Including seven acta, "A Ship 
Come.«i In," film, and newsreel. 

Jerorhe, a youngster of " about 16, 
xylophoriist, has a neat appeararice 
and dbe.s w-ell. 

Ford, Marshall and Jones, three 



When in Chicago 
Visit These HiU 



ADELPHI 



Matinees -Wednesday 
and Sat'urda/ 

A; 11. WOODS' Sonsntional 
New Mclodriimn 

"A MAN WITH 
RED HAIR" 

' llugli WalpoIfr'H weird tnlo 
A blood-curdlinf; thriller 
Now ill its Bocond year iii L>ondon 



American 
To whom it .may concern. And 
small time show business conceriia 
all showmen. The Anierican the- 
atre, at iyiadi-son and Ashland 
streets, is snapping out of it,. and Is 
-Showing marked improvement. Serv- 
ice is rendered with greater alacrity 
and shows are adhering more' closely 
to schedule, 

Thursday night they put on ' a 
stage wedding. Gifts from loca.1 
merchants were included, and there, 
was a regular Paul Ash line.-uP but- 
side, waiting to pay 35 cent^ gate. 
* Included on the vaudeville bill 
were five acts, all satisfactory for 
the American clientele, and a few 
good for the Ma;jestic, and other 
houses of like caliber, .Among these 
latter mig:ht; be named Nine Step-. 
:pers. Jack Atkins, ahd Jean, Nor- 
wood and company. Be|lrome broth- 
ers opened the show in slovv-motion 
aero work, hand balacing, and pos- 
ing. "They wear gold caps, girdles 
and body paint. 

Cholet and - Jones, nice . looking 
youhg chap, and an old-maid type. 
They pass the accustorried line of 
talk. He sings and yodels, she 
does a comedy dance in an old- 
fashioned gown, plus a, bustle. 

Jean Norwood and company have 
a crime playlet with plenty of sus- 
pense arid drama, but the cast is not 
uniformly good. Chap .who plays 
the. detective is good, Joan Norwood 
fair, the aged, father qualifies, but 
a brunette girl is blah. Story car 
ries kick.' 

.Jack Atkins sings Irish song; tells^ 
of experiences as a census taker, 
imitates railway station announcer 
and winds up with a southern song 
He has a smile and appearance, and 
is mild entertainment. 

Nine Steppers, flash girl dance 
act, .clicks as good materiati Girls 
make nice appearance, opening in a 
military dance routine, Then comes 
a single girl -in a. yellow jockey suit 
doing a hobby-horse specialty that 
.is • fair, succeeded by a clean cut 
sister team in -white sport dre-sses 
singing and dancing.. Finale, girl 
.solos in gypsy dance, with complete 
ensemble ■ on, 

. Business, a capacity main floor 
Picture, "Acro.ss to Singapore" (M 
G-M). 



Daddy Kemp, ni'anager of the 'Owl, 
colored hoiiso of the Coston circuit, 
has taken over the management of 
two other Cooney houses catering to 
the colored population of the city's 
south side. He now manages the' 
Owl, .Vendome and Pickford. 



Vaude has btien discontinued at 
the Echo, Des Plaines, for the sum- 
hier. 



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CORT 

''A Companionate 
Marriage'* Si^SS^ 

"\ frank, but ' clean piny nnd tliA 
Nniooth work of a skilled cmftHinnn." 
— Ashton Stevens, CIil. "Iler-Kxum." 
Now IMaying. .S^eventli Week! ■ 



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A, 1.1. KHrtiiRcr * Iturry J. Powers, Mgrs. 

WALTER HUSTON 

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THE DOMESTIC COMEDY SUCCESS 

^*THE 19TH HOLE" 

• By and With 

FRANK CRAVEN 



The. American Society of Con?, 
posers, Authors and Publi.shers 
through Attorney E. S. Hartman 
lias filed damage suits alleging vio 
Intion of performing rights again,'? 
the Edgewater Dance hall, Eagl 
Inn, Overland theatre, Calumet 
.clUb^: Columbia hall. Triangle cafe 
and Impenal theatre./ Each suit is 
For $2.'30 damages' and coiirt costs 



Buddy .Fisher's orchestra has 
bften bookTod to open at- the Steel 
pier, Atlantic City, shortly,. 



Studio j)layers have ^ finished pro 
(luotion -of "The Firebrand," ■ • 



ni])rovis..-d fnHhiou. ,show for the P:>.l,aro here. _ Emil Seidcl remains 



i'a.r JOOU A, D. 



Mike Fritzel is opening a new 



is mu:sical director. 



James Chandler, Tipton, has been 
appointed manager of the .Wood, 
Kokomo. 



The Lark. Brazil, has reopened 
following remodelling and installa- 
tion of . a now organ. 



Mr., and Mrs. J, C. Ram.she, 
Springfield, O.; have purchased the 
Union Grand Theatre Building, 
Union City. Kenneth C. Sink re- 
mains as house manager. 



Dave 'Silverman, guest conductor, 
is duo back at the Circle shortly, it 
is reported. 



DETROIT 

Variety's Detroit Office 
tuller Hotel 



Cass (Shubert - Stair) — "Desert 
Song" (8th week). 

Garrick (Shubert - Stair) -r- "The 
Scarlet Woman" (8th w.eek)^ 

Bpnstelle . Playhouse — "A Free 
Soul" (stock). 

Adams (Kunsky) — "Good-bye 
Kiss." 



C O R R ES P ON p E N € E 

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All matter in CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week unlc$s 
otherwise in.dicated. 

The citieo untfer Correspondence in this issue of Variety, lire as 
follows and on oaaesk 



ATLANTA 
CHICAGO 
DALLAS . 
DETROIT 
INDIANAPOLIS 



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.. 71 
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MINNEAPOLIS ....... 

MONTREAL .......... 

SAN FRANCISCO • 

3 Y R A C U S E'. ;••#•< 
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house drop and niinua a single .spe- 
cial lyric. It was assumed before 
he finished that "Singing" Eddl© 
Nelson would,, close with "Laugh, 
Clown, Laugh," He did and misled 
as an applavise getter. J ust enough 
for one bow. and not enough for 
a second bend or an encore. . 
. Nlxoti Rigg Co., semi-acrobatic 
and ynicycle, two men and.' a wo- 
man, latter in short wardrobe, 
closed. This is a standard opening: 
turn In the interriiedlates, but totally 
unversed In' holding 'em itj; They 
walked and had a right to. 

"Clothes Make the Woman," fea- 
ture film, on a par with sljrround-- 
ings. ■ liige. 

"Pearl of Great Price," Nv'w York 
flop last season, will open at tha, 
Shubert Detroit July 8, giving De- 
troit a pair of new. ones within aa 
many days. Gene Buck's "Ringside" 
(new) is billed to premiere June 7 at 
the Lafayette. 

Meanwhile the town mirreht legits, 
"Desert Song" and "Scarlet Woman,'? 
are hanging on at about eveu or 
less, in anticipation, over, the 
Knights Templar convention to be 
staged here next week. According 
to liberal pre-estimate, around 200,- 
000 of the Masonic boys will be here. 

"Desert Sonff" has cut to mini- 
mum in principals and chorus and 
probably will last about a week 
after the convention is ovei*. Paul- 
ine Frederick contemplates remain- . 
ing in town after 'I'The Scarlet 
Woman" packs up for two weeks or 
so of "Madame. X" at the Garrick. 



Paul Savoy Is omclally . barred 
from the confines of the Kunsky 
OfHce. The order further warns 
Kunsky house managers, and all 
other employes . of the circuit; 
against any business contact with 
the banned agent. 

Order was issued by the execu- 
tive oflice without an explanation. 
Savoy's connections with the Kun- 
sky booking ofllce were recently 
severed by Kunsky. 



cafe, the' Cafe Royai, in the old 
quarters of the Mandarin Inn, Wa- 
beish avenue' and Congress street. 



The Four Rajahs have been signed 
to a one-year contract by the Keith 
office and have left for New York. 



Dudley Players will close their 
season with this week's production, 
"Spooks," at the Kedzie theatre. 
Reopen on Sept; 2. 



Officials of the .West Park, board 
have installed a nickel dancing sys- 
tem in Garfield Park. The nickels 
go to the orchestra. 



Herbert M. Johnson, manager of 
the Chicago Civic Opera, Is scout- 
ing through Europe for opera talent. 
He is writing articles on his travels 
for the Chicago "Journal." 



Capitol (Kunsky) — "Ladies of the 
Mob"; "Hero Comes the Bride," 
unit. 

Madison (Kunsky) — -"Tenderloin"- 
Vita (7th week). 

Michigan (Kunsky-Publix)— "Tell- 
ing the World"; "Bowery Follies," 
unit. 

State (Kunsky)— "Glorious Betsy" 
(3d week). 

United Artists (tJ. A.)— "Steam- 
boat Bill." 

Oriental — "Clothes Mal^e the 
Woman" ; -vaudeyille. 



Robert Hadfteld, m.ariager- of the 
Hoosier theatre at Whiting, Indiana, 
h.a3 resigned. Mo rgie Bennett, owner, 
will operate. 



V. U. Yoiing interests recently ac- 
quired the Maywbod theatre at E. 
Hammond, Indiana. 



Management of the Lawndale the- 
atre will operate the house on a 
Saturday and. Sunday basis for the 
balance of the summer. Pictures 
and five acts. 



H. V. Bloundin has taken over the 
vaudeville department of the Sur- 
anyi booking, o fl lces. . . '_l 

Aaron J. jone.s is spending io d.ays 
in fsTew ..York as guest of Adolph 
Zukor. 



"Morcadet," Balzac's last comedy, 
and "The Ladies of Battle" are be- 
ing presented, by the Jack and Jill 
Players in' the Drake Hotel French 
room during July. . 



Art. Colony players presented 
"The ColiMiwl's . Lady," by A.shton 
►^t(»vr>n,s and .Cfeno Markey Saturday 
night 



BMouins, :,at the Oasis staged 
. i.lu-oe tilAylets, one of them "The 
Lovo i^olipn," drama version of an 
O. IkTU'v'.s story. 



"Mi'i-ioii of th(.v Movies" will close 
.It th>v .I.u;k find .Jill' I'l.ayhouso in 
Iho l")r.i,lc'-' hotel on July 4, follow- 
ing a livi'-wiMjk run. .It ^ylll be 
. T'lllow-od iiy "M'^roadet,'' 



Dill Pi<<kl->.-< li.-ivo schodiili.'d "The 
I''ourth . .1 )iM;r(»'" I'or .luly .3, along 
Willi Ro^vtiL IJi'igg'a play. 
"I'hy.'^ohcd." 



Cube player.s .are pre.ientlng "an 
eight-act artistic variety show." 
One feature is a one-act play done 
by Lon Tcsoyman, Kngli.sh actor, 
and written by Anton Ghokov. 
There will be a South Sea orches- 
tra, impersonations by D. Cameron 
White of the Blackfriers, and an 



Leon Errol and Jacic Osterman, 
starring last week in the stafje 
.shows at ■ the Marbro and ■ Granada 
(he.atro,s, played a. special .Tai-Lai 
handicap .at the Rain bo. Fronton thi.s 
week. . 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By EDWIN V. O'NEEL 

English's— "Abie's Irish Rose" 
(llerkell stock). 

Keith's — "The , Copperhead" 
(Walker stock). 

Apotlo — -"The Vanishing Pioneer." 
^ . Indiana— "LadioH oC the Mob." 

..iJCircle— "Harold.^Ti'on.'.'.., ■ 

' ^'arace— "'The Garden of Edon." 



The Dream, Brightwood neighbor- 
hood house, has boon remodeled. 
.Stage presentation policy: began 
Saturday night. 



Sander."? theatre has been reopened 
by Harry Keene, neighborhood 
hou.so operator. 



' Harry Pox has been engaged as 
master o£ ceremonies for Lioew's 



Oriental 

As the only do-Wntown vaudeville 
theatre In the fourth largest city 
in the U. S.,.the Oriental is doing 
very little. ; In attendance, consider- 
ing its capacity, it is the most neg- 
lected house in town. No more than 
five rows of people on the lower 
fioor of a 3,000-seat theatre at high 
noon Sunday. 

Purely a. finance proposition from 
the start, the Oriental recently 
slipped away from Charlie H. Miles 
and into the palms of the receivers. 
And as bad as it looked when Miles 
was around, it never seemed so 
badly off as now. 

The fault is, clearly that of the re- 
ceivers themselves. Ordin.arily when 
a banking house finds it-self in the 
possession of a theatre, a showman 
is appointed to run it. That there 
isn't a showm.an, or even the sem* 
blance of one, within a block of the 
Oriental is obviously the trouble. 
No one around who knows a show 
or a^ theatre,, beyond running country 
.store nights; con.sequently, no shows 
and no audiences. 

Current week's layout of five acts 
and a picture is a perfect whv; Not 
a comedy turn in the lot. Of three 
full stage occupants, not a special 
set. A standard opening act closing 
the bill. Mid-spot holding one of 
the tnosf unsucce.ssfur attempts at 
Hash ^ entertainment ever witnessed. 

Lineup stands fOr approximately 
$1,500 in salaries, including cuts. 
Not bad for the house, for five acts 
playing four-a-day, but tough en 
the audience. And tougher still for 
the acts, playing to 2,500 empties. 

Opening. Morrell Eleanor Co.. 
roller skating, man, woman and boy. 
iCstabli.s.hed. in Intermediate circles 
but never more than a fair starter 
Three Dunn Bro.s,, deucing in "one," 
products of the local amateur con- 
tf^st school. - Difference now is .that 
they are getting paid for it. Two 
wom<-*n, singing and d.aniMng in 
ni(-'dio(;re fa.shiou, man at the piano 
;ind .'I kni-'c-dr.op kid; rompos^x the 
.mifl:«P<J!JJj?JC.;j.j!lQ.t.Jtuc^ 
billing or on the .slides, this com- 
bining with the routines to give vent 
to a belief that the act was born 
no earlier than the previous evening. 

Big spot, next to closing, holds 
one of the numerous Eddie Nel-sons. 
This one Is "Singing" Eddie Nelson. 
Against "California" Eddie Nelson, 
"Blackface" Eddie Nelson and just 
plain Eddie NeLson, "Singing" Eddip 
Nelson seems inferior. Hfeadllne act 
In. the only vaudeville house down- 
town, working as a single before the 



From reports, the Cohen Bros, 
are seeking a Mutual wheel fran- 
chise for their downtown Colonial. 
A representative of the Cohens left 
for New York over the weekend, 
suppiosedly to consult Mutual, . 

Thp lone wheel franchi.se here la 
now held by Izzy Seidenberg's Cad- 
illac. Seldenberg's agreement Vlth 
Mutual is believed to empower him 
with the final say in granting a sec- 
ond franchise in the. city. Howe-ver, 
there remains a possibility he will 
be interested with the Cohens should 
the deal go through. Colonial for- 
merly was a pop vaude stand, 
played musical stoclc and tabs l£>^t 
season, and usual "health" films 
over tile summer. 



Stock burlesque downtown at 
Cadillac, i?alace. Loop, National arid 
Avenue theatres. 



'/.Desert Song" lias cut to eight 
pei*formances a week, . Sunday 
nights are out. 

Vaudeville is out of Butterfield's 
Pt. Huron for the summer. 



State and Royal Oak theatres, 
have swapped managers, sending 
Karl Kreuger downtown and Rex 
Menkley to the suburban house. 





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VARIETY 



SAN FRANCISCO 

^'^ Variety's San Francisco Office 
Loew's Warfield BIdg. 
(Room 615) Prospect 1353 



Ing, the visltinpT manapers tendered 
Frank Whitbeck, in charge of pub- 
licity for the division, a traveling 
bag in approclation of his co-opera- 
tion. . ' 



Managers from all towns included 
In the Northern California division 
of West Coast Theatres, met here 
+0 discuss plans, for Greater Movie 
Season, which West Coast w;U in- 
augurate Aug. 18, and also to form- 
ulate other plans. Before adjourn- 



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Now at . 
132-136 W. 43d Si 
Nev/York 



Heni-y Duffy moved his produc- 
tion of "Tommy" intact from his 
President, Los Angeles, to the Al- 
cazar here, opening July 2. This 
is first time Duffy has deviated 
from a Sunday opening in several 
seasons. 




Dottie Pickford, screen actress, 
arrived here from. Horiolulu on the 
Matso'nia. 



of the "Chronicle," and Curran D. 
awint, holding down a similar berth 
on "The News," aro leaving July C 
fpr the Nortliwost for a vacation 
trip. ■ They will be;gone about three 
weeks. 



Lynn Cowan opens as master of 
coremonios at the T & D, Oakland, 
July 7. 



in the w«st end and will be ready 
Christmas. 



. Mrs. Walter McGinn, head of the 
public relations department of Air 
lied Amusement Enterprises, is re- 
covering from the grippe. 



The St. Jean li?aptisto procps.'^ion 
held every your, "June 24, was put 
oyer to the following Monday be- 
cause of rain and thi-n again post- 
poned to Sunday last. CoiTe?pond- 
ing with, the national Dominion Day 
holiday of July 1-2 it attruftod 
crowds and was witnessed by close 
to thrco-fiuartors of a million 
people. 



The newly merged T & D Junior 
and Golden State circuit interests 
have acquired the Market and Red- 
ding theatres, owned by the North- 
ern California Theatres Co. The 
circuit will operate the two houses 
with J. J. Wood, former operator, 
continuing as manager. 



Brady & Winans' are . sending 
Jane Cowl dii-ect from New Tork 
to the coast for six weekis. She 
opens at the Geary July 23 in "The 
Road to Rome" for three weeks, 
thence goes to Los Angeles for 
three weeks and , directly back to 
New York. 



Sam Greenvvald, .star cameram-^n 
for Paramount News reel, formerly 
with International, has been tem- 
porarily transferred, from Los An- 
geles to San Francisco, his home 
town. 



William L. Brickley has been ap- 
pointed assistant manager and su- 
perintendent of Pantages here. Emil 
M. Umahn, publicity director, is 
acting house manager during ah- 
sence of Rodney L. Palntages, who 
will be in the northwest for three 
weeks. . 



Phil Phillips, press agent for the 
T &'D and other West Coast houses 
In Oakland, is batting for Fi-ank 
Whitbeck while the latter is. east, on 
his vacation; Whitbeck is now en 
route to Rochester and New York. 



George Rose, violinist with the T 
& D theatfe orchestra, has resigned 
to become leader of the orchestra at 
Marquardt's cafe here. 



George D. Warren, drama editor 



Allan Usher is in charge of Par- 
amount's local Movietone depart- 
ment. 



Michael . Carney, Pathe. 
here, has, been transferred 
Seattle branch exchange. 



booker 
to the 



MONTREAL 

His Majesty's — "Little Nellie 
Kelly" (Savoy musical stock). 

Orpheum — "The ; Best : People 
(stock). 

Capitol — "Happiness . Ahead" 
(F. N.). 

; Palace— "Skirts" (M-Cr-M). 

Loew's— "A Girl in Every Port" 
(Col.). 

Strand--"Fifty-fifty Girl" (Par.) ; 
"The Upland Rider" (F. N.) ; "Lady 
Be Good" (F. N.) ; "The Desert 
Bride" (Col). 



Movietone news reels will be the 
first exhibition of the new device to. 
come Into Montreal. They will be 
booked into all first-run houses by 
September^ 



Ringling Bros, and Barnum Bailey 
circus did well. in a two-day stand 
here, although one of them was wet 
and the tents went up over a sea 
of mud. Failure of the St. Jean 
Baptiste procession to materlaUze 
helped the circus; Going on to 
Ogdensburg the 'four section circus 
train was stopped at the border and 
customs removed 700 bottles of 
beer, wine and . gin. 



A 1,200-seat theatre (neighbor 
hood) to be operated by the United 
Amusement Corporation which al 
ready has a chain of twelve thea 
tres all over the city, is being built 



VARIETY BUREAU 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

416 The Argo.nne 
1629 Columbia Road, N. W. : 
Telephone Colurribia 4630 



transferred to 
New York City 



the "Telegi-am" ifl 



Jlorton Floodu.';, formorly urganw 
isl in several Chiiwgo .picturo-preSH 
ontntion Ihcalros, is n<iw lioinf;- foa«* 
turod at the Fox. „ 



Mi'yor Davis has established hiS 
family for tlu* summer ;it James^ 
town, li. I. lie will spend a por* 
tion of the smnnver there, himself 
prior to leaving ^for a mi>iith in 
i'hu-ope with .l.ohn StOinhorgor to, 
see, that his first orch(\«itra abroad, 
the Lido, Venice, is right. 



By HARDIE MEAKIN 
National (Erlanger - Rapley) — 
Steve Cochran's stock in "Inteiier- 
ence." 

Poll's (Shubert)— De Wolf ,Hop- 
per's musical stock closed; Saturday 
night. 

Pictures 

Columbia— "Diamond Handcuffs"; 
next, ''A Night of Mystery." 

Earle— "Three King. Marriage" ; 
next, "Ladies of the Mob.V 

Fox— "A Thief in the Dark"; 
next, "Husbands for Rent." 

Little— "Surrender." 

Metropolitan — !'Glorioi;s Betsy" 
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next, "Fools for Luck;" 

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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



Vi 



VARIETY'S LOS ANGELESOFFICE 

ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge 

loew's State Bldg., Suite 1231-22 
707 So. Broadway, Trinity 37U'3712 



LOS ANGELES 



Professionals have the free use of Variety's 
Los Angeles Office for informatiori, Mai) 
may be addressed ciare Variety, Loew's State 
BIdg., Suite 1221-22, Los Angeles. It, will be 
held subject to call or forwarded, or adver- 
tised in Variety's Letter List. 



OrpTi6um 

Conflicting layout, spoiloil wliat 
Would have ,^bcon a Rroat show at 
the Ori)heiirril Tod lycwi.s', held over 
for tlio third woclc,. bountod for the 
: dravv> yet evory other act; on the 
bill included song and music, in ap- 
parent disregard to the Ijew is ag- 
gregation which closed.. 

The first halC - of the hill had 
Creorgie , Price; prebeding interrhis-.: 
sion, who >stayed for 32 inir»ut<\s. 
about 12 minutes more than his al- 
lotted time. Of the. naany mamniy 
yodelers that have been coming and 
going Price stood put here as the 
most pleasing of them all;. 

Bad spotting spoiled the baWier 
part of the show. Two singing acts, 
both flashes, followed each other, 
Noither benefited, First of these 
was Eva Clark with. Dan Caslar and 
the Croonaders. Act is laid out in 
fine shape as far as attractive . set- 
tings and . routining are concerned. 
The trio counts here mainly and 
holds the turn up. .Well liked but 
stayed on too long. Immediately 
next was C. B. Maddock's "Side 
Kicks," male flash singing turn with 
a lone cutie who can do little. 

Tom Payne and Vera; Hilliard 
deuced- with a line of repartee billed 
as "humor, ancient and modern," but 
mostly ancient. Starts off fast, 
slowing down at the fini.sh with the 
. old riiaterial. 

AI Shaw and Sam Lee parted the 
curtains for the second sequence, 
stopping the show cold. The late 
comedians of "The Five o'Clock 
Girl" created laugh riots from start 
to finish. 

Lewis came on with an almost 
entirely new routine pnd a new back 
drop. In Eleanor Brooks, a fine 



ON AND AFTER AUGUST 1 

DR. J BERNSTEIN 
Dentist 

formerly at Hotel Pbrtland, ISZ We."«t 
|. 47th St., win be located in the- new 

MOTEL VICTORIA 

7tH Avenue at 51st Street 



dancer with flash appearance, ho has 
a strong bet. . 

Openers were the Del Qrtos, 
.Sipanish dancers, three men. One in 
fjkirts had 'cm fooled until the eiid 
when the wig came off. 

Pit orchestra, directed by. A, F. 
Frankenste'ini continues witli over- 
tures. "Hustle of Spring" seemed 
too highbrow for this mob. Newell 
Alton at tbe organ with, pop .stuff 
during iiitornii.ssion. 



Pantaaes 

Fast vaudeville lineup here last 
weelc while Clara Bow in "iVly Lady 
of Whims," revival, featured as 
screen attraction. 

Oh the strength of the "It" girl 
drawing, the stago layout consisted 
of only five acts. 

Mario and Rosita, with Don AI- 
bert'.s Argentine Band (5) were 
headliners. in closing, holding every- 
thing to the finish. Mario and Ro- 
sita know their stuff while the band, 
is a good combo of musicians, who 
help out materially. 

Sketch With a novel twist was 
presented by Chase and Latour, 
company comprising tv/6 couples. 
Opens well but flops for the finish 
after building up strongly. 

Roger and Edna Hurst won hon- 
or.s with a line of "hoke" comedy. 
Girl is the comedienne. 
; Alice Melyille.. one of the few fem- 
inine ventriloquists on the stage, 
got over .satisfactorily. 

Bonhair Troupe (6) male tumblers 
artd acrobats, were easy openers. 
Got off to a speedy start and held 
the pace. Look like .suitable pic- 
ture house material in front of a 
band. 



Gladys ■George and Jason Robards 
are the featured players in "Why 
Men Leave Home" at the President; 
Cast includes Purnell Pratt, Alice 
Buchanan, Helen Brooks, Robert 
Adams, Norma Drew. Carl Gerrard, 
Marie Reels aiid Frederick Wallace. 



sniashod 
fendor.s. 



automobile frames .and 



Morris R. Schlarik, who i.s Anchor 
Filtns, i.s vi.siting New York and 
Boston .6n a business trip. 



John P. Goring ha.'^ gone out of 
the Belmont theatre after reopening 
the house a few weeks ago with a 
new policy of first run pictijres and 
dramatic stock. David Torf,' who 
is understood to have financed the 
proposition, i.s continuing at the 
house alone a.s manager. 



The Mason will go dark after July 
14 when "The Trial of Mary Dugan" 
will withdraw from the house to 
continue at the Columbia, San 
Francisco, beginning July 22, The 
in-batween week will be filled in 
San i>Tego. With the end of, the 
show's run here, Leo Wicsberg. 
nephew of Mr,s: A, H. Woods, and 
the company manager, will turn 
over hi.s duties to Mannie Wolf, who 
came here as advance m<an for 
"Dracula." It is; understood that 
Wiesberg plans to retire. 



Mike Lyman and BiU Simon, 
brothers of Abe Lyman, who started 
a dairy luriQliroom in Hollywood 
about six months ago. are going 
ahead with plans to organize a chain 
of such lunch rooms oround the 
Coast, They have ju.st opened an- 
other place in Pa.sadona on East 
Colorado street. 

Abe Lyman is financially inter- 
ested in the project,. 



.J. P. McEvoy. author of "The. 
Show Girl," came out- to the First 
Niational studios to assi.st on the 
screen treatment. He .stayed until 
the initial scenes were made and is 
now en route to Now York. 



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Around $20,000 was realized at it. 
special midnight performance given 
for the Jewish Consumptive Relief 
Association who are to use the 
amount for improvements at their 
sanitarium in Duarte. The benefit 
was given under the direction of 
Bernie Fineman, Paramount execu- 
tive at the Warner Brothers' the- 
atre. Al Jolson and Fannie Brice 
were the two big outstanding names 
of the show, which had some 25 
others. Andy Rice functioned as 
staee manager, and Harry Bailey ^ 
business manager of the event. Sid 
Grauman was general director. 
Seats were .sold for $5 to $250 for 
boxes, 



Jacit "Waldron, who opens this 
week at Loew's State as m. c, has 
been signed to make a Vltaphone 
record for Warner Brothers through 
William Perlberg of the local Wil- 
liam Morris ofllce, 




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Maria Conesa, MexicaH actress, 
who intended to visit Los Angeles, 
was barred from entering thi^ coun- 
try when she arrived at the border 
from Mexico City, Federal officials 
declared that Mi.ss Conesa is the 
sweetheart of Gen. Jose Alvarez, 
former chief of the Mexican presi- 
dential staff, who is now in jail ac- 
cu.sed of .smuggling. 



Charle.s McDonald, out here for 
sevorai: weeks representing Amedee 
yan Beurcn in the formation of the 
Van Beuren Hollywood unit, has left 
for' New York. 



Institute Theatre Players, new 
group, open a series of plays at the 
Jinnistan Grotto, July 9. . with "Zee 
Zee,!' comedy by Anne Murray. Lule 
Warrenton directing, 



Cordova Play Shop, under super- 
vision of Ralph Herman, will open 
its season on July. 9 with Gertrude 
Short, film actress, in "The Extra 
Girl," by Tom McNamara, Others 
in cast include William Thompson, 
Jimmy Berger, Ivy Sheppard, Esther 
Wagner and Betty Sorenson, Series 
of plays will, follow. 



O.'s "Sinners in Love," a prize mag- 
azine, story. Principals are Olive 
Borden, Huntley Gordon and Scena 
Owen. 



The used car market of Los Ange- 
les was able to unload, more than 
50 automobiles of various makes to 
the Roach studios at prices ranging 
from $50 to $200, which were used 
in one of the biggest traffic jams 
ever'Magedfdi- a two -reel comedy. 
The present Stan-Laurel and Oliver 
Hardy comedy in which they play 
the part of two sailors on shore 
leave become responsible for tying 
up traffic, and to make it different 
from the ordinary traffic Jam over 
50 cars tangle up in such a manner 
that nothing is left but a ma3,q of 



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SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

Wieting — Wilcox stock in "Her 
Cardboard Lover." 

Keith's— Vaudfilm. 

Syracuse— Vaudfilni. 

Strand— Return, "Ramona." 

Empire — Haily change, 

Eckel— Return, "Tenderloin." 

Loew's State— 'COs.M.lck.s" — stago 
unit. 

Rivoli— "Red Raiders." 
Palace— "Best Girl." 
Swan — "Paid to Love." 
Regent— '.'Drums of Love." 
Harvard— "Paid to Love." 



City'.s "big three" ]>icliire houses 
playing revivals this week.. 



Frank Sardino, veteran Syracu.se. 
exhibitor, has taken over the Syra- 
cuse. Otto Schroeppel, who. repre- 
sented the Ullmans here, returned 
to Buffalo. Ho may, it is under- 
.stood. go with the Schines. 

With the advent of Sardino. Syrar 
ciise became a non-union house. 
Sardine's Crescent had long been at 
odd's with the union, and attempts 
to .adjust the differences failed; 

Edith Davis h.is been inst.alled as 
feature<l organist, with Zola La 
Fave a.s .a.ssistant,. William Burgess 
chief projpclioni.st," George Mello 
m. c. Polioy second runs and' acts. 



tated into the icy, swift-flowing 
stream, 200 yards off Dewey I.slarid 
Tho air cushion under the ci-act 
brought It to the surface, and all 
members of the party clung to it 
for 15 minutes until rescued by the 
crew of the "Shamrock,". 

Others in the party were Mr. and 
Mrs. Paul Whitney (Mrs; Whitney 
is Juliette Day, actress) and Stan- 
ley Woodward, all of New York 
Mi.S3 Kamp saved Dorothy Kiricaid! 
10, while Miss Day saved her hus- 
band, who cannot swim. Gen. Kin- 
CT-id was piloting the boat at tho 
time. 

Other guests at the Kincaid sum- 
nier place at the time included Amy 
Reveire of "Good News" and- Ger^ 
trude McDonald of "Funny Fa<;e." 

Lawrence Carkey, oldest executive . 
of Schine Enterprises in point of 
.service, and .successor to J.amcs A. 
Carrier as director of operations, i.4 
the newest addition to the £5chlno 
"outs." 

Carkey. temporarily in charge of 
the Eckel here, following the resig- 
n,TLtion of Albert P, Kaufman a.s cen- 
tr.al division manager, left Syracu.so 
for his home in Watertown follow- 
ing reported differences with the 
Schlne.s. 

R.alph W. Thayer arrived simul- 
t.aneou.sly to . take over tho EckeL 
Th.ayer for the past year and. a half 
h,T.s been city m.inager of four Pub- 
lix theatres in Terre H.aute; Ind. ' 



Lcvvi.s W. Bilker h.as been elected 
secretary of the newly organized 
Society of .Theatre Organists here. 
H6 replaces Harry. Pearl, leaving 
to accept a Schine berth in Water- 
town. 



After .announcing a revival of 
"Tho Old Soak" for the seasonal 
stock debut here of Hugh V. O'Con- 
nell, Wilcoxian comedian, the man- 
.apement made a, sudden switch to 
"The Song and Dance M.an." O'Con- 
nell will open next Monday. His 
stay will b<j comparatively brief, 



New Suburban, Bihghamton, 
owned by Arthur Manny, will be 
operated by A, C, Goodman. The 
house, seating 1,100, will play film.s, 
with an occasional stage .show. . 



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Designers and Creators of Special Show Girl and Cliorus Costumes 
for many of the motion picture producers and all Fanchon and 
Marco West Coast presentations. These costumes for rent to respon- 
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Benny Rubin opens July G at the 
Egyptian in Hollywood as master of 
ceremonies, replacing Lynn Cowan, 
who will be sent to the T & D in 
Oakland, opening July 7. 

The Board of Fire Commissioners 
at a special meeting drafted a new 
fire ordinance pertaining to theatres 
which they figure will result in the 
closing of numerous honky tonks. 
and ballyhoo shows in thi.«i city. 
This ordinance, it is proposed, will 
Teplace ouc that has been in effect 
over 20 years and which has been 
lacking in protective measures to 
the public, according to Fire Chief 
Ralph J. Scott. 

Arthur B. Lamb, secretary of the 
Motion Picture Theatres Associa- 
tion of Southern California, attend- 
ed the meeting and objected to im- 
mediate action of the new ordinance 
claiming that he had not had a 
chance to read . its provisions, He 
said that many of the' provisions 
wSBid- sgpiousiy ii^ff 6ct' mgihberjr^^^o^^ 
his organization, especially tho.se re- 
garding installation of stand pipes. 

Chief Scott told them th.at it was 
not the: desire of the fire commis- 
sion to put any theatres out of busi- 
ness but that they were after those 
who by hook and crook and calling 
their places museums are not com- 
plying with the.city fire ordinance 
through operating in make-.shift 
buildings and in that way unfairly 
competing with interests th,at are 
complying with all laws. City At- 
torney Stephens is now working on 
<a revised draft of this ordinance 
and it will be presented to the City 
council for a vote next week. 

Title changes on pictures In pro- 
duction for the week ending July 
3 are "The Volunteer" starring 
Ha.rry Langdon for First National, 
changed to "Heart Trouble." "Take 
Me Home" starring Behe .Daniels 
for Paramount i.s changed to "Love 
Honor arid Oh Baby." 

"Victorious Dofeat," a story of 
tH5-llf g^sr i^ burt^KrLeerTJiayea^by^ 
Barney Sherry, is In production by 
Technicolor its one of its Great 
Event Series under the direction of 
R. William Neill. 

Other principals aro Marjorie 
Daw, Richard Walling and William 
Walling. 



Nelson C. Hyde, conductor of "The 
Center Aisle," editorial page column 
in "The Herald,'? has returned to 
the paper after a long absence, due 
to illne.ss. This will not affect 
"Town Talk," a news page colyum 
conducted by James Colllgan. p. a. 
fpr the Wieting stock, inaugurated 
after Hyde's colyum was di.sc6n^ 
tinued .some months ago. 



Brig. Gen. J. Leslie Kincald, pres- 
ident of the United Hotels Corpora- 
tion and former adjutant general 
of the 27th Divi.sion. Tana Kamp. of 
"Show Boat" and five others, in- 
cluding two of Klncaid's children, 
narrowly escaped drowning when 
"Good News." new Klncaid .speed 
craft, dove to the bottom of the St, 
L.awrence River on its maiden trip. 
The .seven occupants were precipi- 



WANTED: 

A. jnun or woman known peMonaUy 
liy vaudeville ."ffar.") anO stnBO celcb- 
ritic.i, . preferably a meinl)or of a 
tho.it.rlcT.i club. Our propo.silion in 
to noli Cur coats and publicity, ' Mu,Ht 
bo prepare^*! to eive be.st references a.i 
to connections with HtarB. An oppor- 
-t-unity to niako real money. Com.-, 
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Colnum dftfkcns them pennanently wUb one 
anpllrntlon. E.VW to apDly-^harmless. Un- 
alTtctcd- by w».slilii({, crotiins, p«rsnlr»Upii, 
etc. Kyobrows and ln.<ihea sliapcd and dark- 
etird by oxncrU at our 8liop.<), SOo. Boi 
Colours wKb Ini^tructlons. $1.25 postpaid. 

Splro'l. 26 W. 38th St. & 34 W. 46ith 8t.W;Y. 




THEATRICAL OUTFITTEES 
1580 Broadway New York Cit/ 



BEHY ABBOn 

The Aristocrat of Blues 

Now Operating in 

HOLLYWOOD 

The ITALIAN VILLAGE 

UNDER THE CHRISTIE HOTEL 



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Hartmann, Oslikosli ft Mendel Trunks 

ALL MODELS— ALL SIZES ON HAND 
AT ORBATLY RKDUCED miCBS 

ALSO 1,000 USED TRUNKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 
WB DO BBPAIB1NO. WBITE FOB CATALOG. 

SAMUEL NATHANS, 

B98 Sevsnth Avenu«, between 40th and 4l8t Streets, New York Citv 

SOLE AGENTS FOR' H & M TBONK.S IN TIIE'EAST 
Plionos; Tyongacre Cll)7, rennHylvania 90M 



Robert Florey will direct six two- 
reel pictures for Columbia. Morey 
al.so will direct two sul)Jects for Tif- 
f.-xny-Stahl, 



George Melford will direct F. B. 



INSTITUTION 



INTERNATIONALS 



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Shoes for the S^^g^ eJ'^w^ 



SHOWFOLK'S SHOESaOP-15^2 BROADWA-Y Si^^ 



Wednesday, July 4, 1928 



VARIETY 



71 



HOTELS FOR SHOW PEOPLE 



HOTEL HUDSON 

ALL NEWLY DECORATED 
$ 8 and U0 Single 
$12 and Up Double 

Hot and Cold Water and 
Tolepbone Id Each Room 

102 WEST 44th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Pjiono! BRXANT 7228-2» 



HOTEL FULTON 

(ill the lieart ot New Xorfc) 
$ 9 and Up Single 
$14 and Up Double 

Shower Batba, Hot and Cold 
Water and Telephone 
X!lectrlc Fan In euch room 
264-268 WEST 46th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Phone: Lacka\yanha 0000-1 
Opposite N. V. A. 



Reduction in Rates 

Large Room Private Bath 
$16.50 Week 
TWO PEHSONS 
Binffle Room, Ilot and Cold Cl f> HA 
Water ....Week ^>IA.UU 

Hotel Ameirica 

1(^6 West 47th St., New York ^ity 
: Phone Uryunt 0004 

RUANO APARTMENTS 

800 Eighth Ave. (49tli St.) 

CHICKBRINO 3500 
2-3 Rooms, Bath nnd Kitchenette. 
Accommodate 3-6 . PerHons. Complete 
Hotel Service. Attractively Furnished. 
Under New Management . 
REDUCED RENTALS 




^l59W45thSt:g 

E — Just East of Broadway - ~ 

^ Completely remodoled — evo.rytlilng _ 
^ 3f the best — Simmons fu'rnituro 

— ■ (Denutyrcot mnttrcssce), hot and ' 

— cold water, telephones, showers. 

$12 Tor Single Room .— _ 
910-$17 for Double Room - — • 
|16-$18-$20 for Don Mo Room ■ " — ' 

(with Private Bath) - ' 

Summer Conoesslorik . ~~ 

This Is the Ideal hotel for the '- 
profession— In Uie hcnrt of the ~" 
tlicfltrlcal section 

Phones Bryant 0673-4-5 " - ' — ■ 




LETTERS 



When Sendlnc (or KaO to 
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Bndklnt) Tom 
Burke Sylvia 

Catlln Margie 
Chilton Elfre.da 
Clayton Bessie 
Glayton- Joe H 
Clifford Ertlth 
Clifton Herbert 

Bason G V 

Fay re Miss J 
Fisher Allen 

Greenberg Mr 



Lamb Burton Mrs 

Martin Grace 
Meyers Betty 
Miller Bob 
Murray Mae 

Orcllys C 

Parent BlU 
Potter Angus R 

Richardson Mrs A 
Royal Wm 

Soea Mr 



Taylor John D H 
Thurman Lloyd 
Hamilton Robt • . Valero Don 
: Vannoy Geo 
James Eva Wella Gilbert 

Jamleson Beatrice White Belle 

CHICAGO OFFICE 



Balnfair Frank 
Balmaln Capple 
Bella St Coates 
Brunnlcs Merrett 
Buckley Jack L 

Castle Coreen 
Chalue Theodore 
Conldn Paul 

Downey Esther 

Ershen Jack 
Ettihg Ruth 

Foley Thomas 
Frohman Berl 

6 1 f(ord^W--e-^ '^^-^ 
Gilbert Bert 

Hammond Al 
Haggerty Paul F 
Herman Lewis 
Hertz Lllll.m 
Hogan & Stanley 
Howard May 

Kehoe Miss 
Klrby & DeGftge 

L,ingc Howard 
^ster Mouscn & C 

WcDci-mott Lorettit 



May Janet 
Munk Otto 
Muriel & Fisher 

Perry Harry 
Petrclla T G 
Powell Albert 
Pymm F & G 

RalmoU Eva 
Rccd & Lucey 
Hees Nellie 
Rivers Wanda 
Robinson Robert 
Rogers & King 
Rogers Jack 
Rogers Wilson 
Rome & Dunn 
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Russell E J 
Ruthstrom B 

Scott Isobel 
Shrlncr' & Gregory 
SIggle 
Smeck Roy 
Steinbeck Bruno 
Stevens Co 
Sylvester & Vance 

Talford Ruth 

White H Pierre 
Wright Geo M 
Wynn Ray 



LORRAINE 

SINGLE ROO&l, BATH, $2.00 UP 
DOUBLE ROOM, BATU, $17.60 AND $21.00 WEEELT 
DOUBLE WITHOUT BATH. $14.00 WEEKLY 
LEONARD HICKS. President 



GRANT'--CHicago 

GRANT 

SINGLE ROOM WITIIOL'T BATH, $l!23 AND $1.50 PER UAV 

SINGLE KO()M, ItATH, $2.0(^ VICIl 1>.'\¥ 

^i*.?.?'."*-*' WITHOUT IIATII, $14.00 PER WI-:KK 

DOUUI.E ROOM WITH BATU $17.00 AND $21.00 WEEKLY 



NEW HOTEL 

100 Rooms 
100 Showers . 

and Tubs 
Double Rooms 

$3_i$4__$5 

Single Rooms 
$2.50 and $3.00 



In 



HOTEL KILKEARY, Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH'S^ HOTEL FOR THE PROFESSION 
Conveniently Located Within Five Minutes of All 
DOWNTOWN THEATRES 
Anhoiincing the Opening of New Restaurant and Coffee Shop 

THE FAYETTE 

Connection with the Hotel— Something Different, Good Food, Reasonable Prices 



Absolutely 
Fireproof 
Artistic Steel 
Furniture 
J, F. KI.LkEARY 
Proprietor 
NINTH ST. and 
PENN AVE. 



LOU HOLTZ'S 



S COURT 



241 WEST 43D STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
PHONE LACKAWANNA 7740 

Low, Summer one and Three Rooms, Bath, Kitchen 

Completely Furnished 
In the Heart of Times Squar^ 



Rates 

Now Effective 



WRITE, PHONE OR WIRE FOR RESERVATION 



' '"aTTEAL HOME FOR THE PROFESSION 

MARYLAND H6tEL 

104 W. 49th St., New York City-Ownership Management 

.00 



I>arge Rooms 
Running Water 
Newly Decorated 



'2^ 



Immacultitely Clean » K(\ Double Boom 

Courteous Treatment for 2, Bath 

a day Newly Furnished / a day and Shower 

and up Special Weekly Ratea W and up 



Phone: LONGACRE 6806 





GEO. P. SCHNEIDER. Prop. 

FURNISHED 
APARTMENTS 

COMPLETE FOR HOUSEKEEPING. CLEAN ANi» AIRY. 

325 West 43rd Street NEW YORK CITY 

Private Bath. 3-4 Rooms. Catering to the eomfort and convenience of 

■ the profession. 

STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT- '- - - - $16.00 CP 



600 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS 



LANDSEER APTS. 

245 West Blst Street 
Columbus 8950 



IRVINGTON HALL 

355 West Fist Street 
Columbus 1360 



BENDOR COURT 

343. West 55th Street 
Columbus 6066 



HENRI COURT 

312. West 48th Street 
3830 Longacve 



HILDONA COURT 



341-347 West 45th street. 3560 Longacre 
1-2-3-4-room apartments. Each apartment with private bath, phone, 

kitchen, kitchenette. 

$16.00 UP WEEKLY-^70.00 UP MONTHLY 

The largest maintainor of housekeeping furnished apartments directly 
under the supervision of the owner. Located in the center of the 
. theatrical district. All fireproof buildings. . 

Address all communications to 

CHARLES TENENBAUM 

Principal. Offlce: , Landseer Apts., 245 West 5ist Street, New York 
Apartments can be .iseen evenings. Office In each building. 
Will Lease by the Week. Month or Year;— Famished or Unfurnished. 



r-fflONTREAL. Canada 

Mttke Your Home at the 

LA SALLE 

APARTMENT HOTEL 
Drummond Street 

Special , weekly rates to the profession 
Restaurant In. connection 



ATLANTA 



By ERNIE ROGERS • 

Georgia— "The Devil Dancer" and 
vaude. 

Howard — :"Hanpinese Ahead" and 
stage .unit. 

Capitol— "The Escape" and Evis- 
ton-Napier stock. 

, Loew's — "Mademoiselle from Ar- 
me.itieres" and vaude. 

Rialto — "Their Hour," Vitaphone 
and Movietone. 

Metropolitan — "Burning Day- 
light," Movietone and Vitaphone. 



J. A. Carrier assumes charge of 
Universal's southeastern territory, 
succeeding Willard Patterson, now 
with Publix. Carrier also succeeds 
Marty Semon, veteran Atlantcv 
showman, as managir director, of 
the Capitol. Semon at liberty, with 
plans indefinite." " C with 
change, the Eviston-Napier musi- 
cal comedy company» with: Lou 
Powers topping cast, opened to 
good business. 



Ernest Morrison, manager of the 
Howard (Publix), reported slated to 
leive soon to manage palace thea- 
tre in .Dallas. 



Hotel Wihthrop 

TACOMA, WASH. 

Right Across the Street from 
Pantages and Broadway Theatres 
Fireproof and Real Beds 
Rates Reasonable 
RAT W. CLARK, Manager. 



Stair minus any show experience, re- 
placed Walter Crosbie as house 
manager, Frank O. Harting, house 
manager and publicity Head for the 
Majestic in Fort Wi)rth, resigned 
his job to teach In a Texas gifls* 
college. 



Recent tabulations of the local 
film board of arbitration show that 
out of 15 film exchanges in Texas, 
13 are located in Dallas, and 2 in 
San Antonio. "Film Row" in Dal- 
las is known as the center of the 
picture biz in the southwest. There 
are 1,100 picture theatres through- 
out the state. 



Ar Haydn Mason, directing man- 
ager of the palace, resigned. He 
will be succeeded by Ernest Mor- 
rison of the Howard> Atlanta, one 
of the Publix chain. 



MINNEAPOLIS 

Shubert— "Grounds for Divorce 
(Alice Brady, guest star, with Bain 
bridge Players). 

Hennepin-Orpheum — Vaudeville 
( JeSiifie Eagels) a.nd 'If I Were 
Single." 

Pantages— Vaudfilm.. 

Minnesota— "Ladies of the Mob" 
and Publix unit, "Hula Blues." 

Statie — "The Cossacks." 

Lyric— "The Big Killing." 

Grand — "Laugh, Clown, Laugh." 



Jessie Maker (Maker ,a:nd Red- 
ford) headlining at Loew's, lost 
$500 in cash in lobby of Henry 
Grady hotel. Got a break when 
man attending convention found 
dough — and returned it, 



DALLAS 

By RUDOLPH DONAT 

As a result of a shake-up Jean 
Finley has replaced Raymond Ter- 
ranella as publicity director of the 
Palace here and Emil Bernstecker, 
New.YQrk, jreplaced^^ E^ 
as house manager". 



An addition to the Palace stage 
entertainment is Lindy Coons, for- 
mer stage band leader at the 
Metropolitan Theatre of Houston, 
who will have the title of "staff 
singer." 



Change of staff was also effected 
at Hoblitzelle's Majestic here, when 
Sid Henry, local college football 



Aftet- reopening to , house "The 
Road to Ruin", for a fortnight, the 
Strand, , F. ■ ic R. loop first-run 
house, is closed again for the sum- 
mer. 



Edith Taliaferro, guest star with 
the Bainbridge Players dramatic 
stock at the Shubert, nipped an in- 
cipient fire jpanic in the. bud when 
she stopped a performance and 
stepped to the footlights to urge 
patrons hot to leave their scats 
Smoke and the odor of fire had 
crept in from a bonfire in the alleys 
on one side of the building. 



-.;JLpj;jaJ=.ihfiMm jft§w?nape^ 



were hosts at a dinner this week in 
honor of L. N/ Scott, lessee of the 
Minneapolis and St.. Paul metropoli 
tan theatres playing legitimate 
touring attractions. Mr. Scott re- 
tires after 45 years of theatrical ar, 
tivlty. "Buzz" Bainbridge takes 
over the leases of the two theatres 
from Mr. Scott and will continue to 
operate as leffltlmate houses. This 
donl puts Bainbridge in complete 
control of the local spoken drama 
and legitimate theatrical field 



Canv«nl«'nt t* ALL ■ 
MIDiewn AetUltiM ■ 

HOTEL ELK 

205 WEST 63D ST. 
Cor. 7tli Ava.. N. V. C. 
Single, $10-$14 weekly 
Doable . . . $3 extra 
Tal. CIRele 0210 

Modernly furnished. Transients, $2 H 




0^ Hofe/ 
CUMBERLAND 

. Broadway and 54th Street 

New York city 
"Longtbe New York Home of Headlinen' 

Rooms with Twin Beds and 
Bath 2X.00 Per Week for Two 

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath . 
25.00-30.00-35.00-40.00 Weekly 

Inquire for 

MANAGER 




THE DUPLEX 

HOUSEKEEPING FURNISHED 

APARTMENTS 
330 WeM 43rd Street, New York 

Longacre 7132 

Three and four rooms with bath; 
complete kitchen. Modern In every 
particular. ' Will accommodate four 
or. more, adults. 

; $12.00 UP WEEKLY 



'^Once a Quest 
:A/tvaysa Patron' 



HOTEt 

MANHATTAN 

157 WEST 47 T« ST. 
NEW yORK CITy 



TO THE PROFESSIOM 

Wi offer mon for the 
money than dny hole/ 



CHI. BOOKERS 



(Continued from page 33) 

for the betterment of the circuits 
and proof to the agents that he in- 
tends doing something for this 
territory. 

Producers were called in at the 
same time and got the same ulti- 
matum dope recently absorbed by 
the eastern boyjj, They were told to 
quit cluttering up the floors and 
to do business through agents on 
a small percentage basis, with the 
agents handling the selling. 

Producers Protest 

This, didn't sound so hot to the 
producers. They attempted, to show 
whei-e they must elimlhatie agency 
commission in order to kerip prices 
down. Piazza replied he didn't be- 
lieve they were capable of selling 
their products; they weren't equal 
to the agents in knowing what the. 
bookers wanted, and that the idea 
of producers as business men was 
generally disadvantageous to the 
producers themselves. 

Some of the producers, he ad- 
mitted, were salesmon — but not 
actually producers. Most of them, 
though, are just prrKliicers, he said. 
With all of them on the floor trying 
to sell their stuff, he concluded, 
they wore able to do less bu.'^lne.ss 

tiran^anTFjr-cBuianhriTagh-afr 

Further, some of the salesmen-pro- 
duccr.s wore ringing in inferior stuff 
at the expen.se of the straight boya 
who didn't know the racket, some- 
times burying a good act in a poor 
fla.sh. 

After the meeting the agents go 
together and' decided to form an 
agents' association, to cement their 
interests and to haiulle nny difllcul- 
tiee which might arise with book- 



ers. The first meeting is chcduled 
for July 2, at the Victor house. 
Line-Up 

The present line-up gives Warren 
Jones, formerly with the Koith o£- 
flcd, besides his Keith houses, some 
of the important Orpheum Junior 
houses. Dick Hoffman, in charge 
of the Interstate Family Dept., will 
have most of the four-a-day Orph- 
eum Junior houses, such as the 
Majestic, Chicago, and the Grand, 
St.- Loiiis; ■ -;r : - - . 

Andy Talbot, after "winding up his 
charge of the fair dopartrhent, will 
take oyer tho rest of . the Orpheum 
Junior bookings and handle the 
large book of the floor. 

Willie Bcrger will handle his same 
nurnber of independent houses, be- 
sides <a,n' addition of company 
houses. The Fair department will 
not be abandoned, but will be com- 
bined with the club department, 
with J. Reith, former a.ssistant to 
Talbot, in charge of the Fair and 
Club department. 

Wm. Marshall, a hanger-on of the 
old regime, has been relegated back 
to the press department to look 
after press work for the smaller 
theatres. This is temporary. Les- 
ter Gutist has been given a perma- 
nent position as road man. 

Harry Kalcheim will look after 
the bookings of the .showing houses: 
Amerifan, .Belmont and Englewood, 
Chicafro. ^^-"-^^-^^-^ "-^.^^^^ -^ - ^^ 

Sammy Tishman, booking man- 
ager for the Great States theatres, 
out of the Chi<'.ago-KeIth office, and 
Boyle Woolfolk, booking manager of 
the Buttcrfleld Circuit, although 
both under the jurisdiction of Piaz- 
za, will be in full charge of their 
own book.s as usual. Dick Bergen 
will continue to book the Academy 
and some of the northern time, be- 
sides assisting Woolfolk. 



72 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 4, 1988 



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110.1 :fhomA9 circle / 
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favored summer- 
time place to 
dine and 
dance 



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MEYER DAVIS' 

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Philadelphia 

Largest and One of the 
World'a Greatest 

Amtisement Parks 



MEYER DAVIS^ 
MUSIC 

Orchestras Extraordinary 

1 1 A DANCE and 
l | CONCERT 
BANDS 

in the United States 
and. Europe 



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WASHINGTON 



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VOL. XCI. No. 13 



NEW YOJIK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1928 



56 PAGES 




BAIIEY'S BEACH, 
NEWPORT, BARS 
SHOW PEOPLE 



Newport, July 10. 
"No actors or actresses will be 
allowed or Bailey's Beach during 
the Newpoirt Casino theatre season 
and If any member of the beach 
association brings them here you 
can be sure that he will "be! frowned 
upon by the old guard. Nobody of 
consequence in social circles here 
Will have the players as their guests 
during the morning bathing hour." 
. That was the i-ather snooty atti- 
tude and answer to Bill Young, 
Burerintendent of Bailey's Beach, 
so-called most exclusive beach in 
America, in reply, to a Variety re- 
porter who sought to learn Just 
how the legit players now here or 
pn their way for an eight-weelc 
season of stock stood with the social 
mob. 

. Young takes his orders from Clar- 
ence W. Dolan, chairman of the ex- 
cutlve. committee of the Spouting; 
Rock Beach Association, which con- 
trols the beach property, at the 
southern end of the beautiful five 
mile Cliff Walk. The public 
bathing beach is at the northern 
terminus of the walk. That's where 
Newport Casino players will have to 
take, their morning dip during their 
stay here if the ban against actors 
is laid down by Young is carried 
out. 

Reporters and photographei's for 
the picture syndicates covering 
Newport consider Young an echo of 
Dolan. One afternoon the latter 
warned the camera boys that any- 
one found taking a shot in front 
of. the main gate without permission 
would be pinched by . the local con- 
stabulary and charged by him with 
loitering, trespassing, disorderly 
conduct or possibly petit larceny 
for stealing a shot at a fashionable 
aame entering the beach grounds. 

The boys were ordered to keep 
15 feet away from eithiSr side of 
the gate or eLse Mr; Dolan would 
3ic the law on them.. A few min- 
utes later Yoiing stepped .put of 
the gate and told the news and 
picture boys substantially the same 
ihlng as his bos.s. 

Visitors to the main gate at 
Bailey's were convinced that soci- 
ety do\Vagcrs dressed a la Queen 
Vlary and riding in 1 908 Pierce. Ar- 
•ow show case limousines still have 
*• strangle hold on the resort: It's 
these dame.s, ignored . by the ro- 
. (Continued on page 36) 



Defending Hostesses 



The New York "Evening 
Journal" (Hearst) launched 
forth a furious defense of New 
York's niight club hostesses, in 
answer to the report of the 
Committee of 14, which called 
the girls of that profession 
ugly names. 

Reporters were sent to ques- 
,tion the girls, their mothers, 
their ministers iand set forth 
that many of the hostesses are 
young women of appa.rently 
unimpeachable character. 

Thd . newspaper intimated 
that the "(findings came at a 
most .peculiai'ly : convenient 
time to serve as Republican 
propaganda to show up the 
Democratic municipal and 
State administrations of New 
York^ — following copious night 
club raids by Republican pro- 
hibition ofUcials. 



APPLAUSE AS STRAW 
VOTE ON NOMINEES 



An extraordinary and unique 
straw vote poll between Al Smith 
and Herbert Hoover will be cpn- 
ducted by a Publix Theatres tie-up 
with 150 dailies in as many cities. It 
is to determine the pulse of the 
present feeling toward the nominees 
by expressed applause in the select- 
ed houses. 

A tab will be kept and reported to 
Publix in New York. ' Applause will 
be incited through flashing. the pic- 
tures of the nominees upon the 
screen. A representative of the 
paper, togeLher with a house man, 
are to check up on the respective 
outbursts. 

It is the first applause Jitraw .vote 
generally taken. How it w^ill be 
Accepted up6n publication of re- 
sults^ is. problematical. " ^ 

The show people claim it is the 
more certain way, since an an- 
nounced straw poll by ball/it may 
be easily padded by. either side. Ap- 
plause, they say, is spontaneous 
and cannot.be directed or con- 
trolled. 

ly^o tie-up and arrangements are 
being completed by the Publix pub- 
licity, department in New York. 



Hot Dog Ass'n 



. ■ Waslungto^n, ~JuIy^~107 
And now the hot dog stands have 
I nutional association. Owners 
lave established headquarters here 
1407 I street, norlhwerit. 
Purpose is to e-stablish sanitary 
'egulations and inspection in co- 
)poratii)n with titate ahd- municipal 
mthoritics. 

Ax.sociiitiiin will seek the mem- 
X'r.slii)) of owners in amusement 



Philadelphia, July 10. 

Meyer Davis' Willow Grove Park 
took a straw vote Sunday in con- 
nection with the two Presidential 
aspirants. 

Out of a count of 18.471 cards 
distributed and counted 10,120 were 
for Hoover, 8,345 for Smith. 



Sad News for Dodgers 



"^"S^ulT'Fj'SKCi'^'ITa 

for a ?650 bill incurred by his 
divorred wife, the former Countess 
de .Beaumount-I'lsher, who owes 
Dr. S. Bernard Koss that amount 
for professio'nal services rendered. 

Fisher is paying his ex-wift; $600 
a month and felt she should pay it 
out of her own funds but the courts 
on fipi)oal deoidCid tha't a husband 
is responsible for hirf wife's in- 
debtednesses. 



Chicago Title and Trust Co. 
in Control of the Former 
Cooney Houses, Ascher 
Chain and Lubliner and 
Trinz Circuit, All in 
Windy ville — Certain of 
Making Money 



Lighters' Service Sta. 



San i^rancisco. July 10. 

A local department store has 
been getting a big play sinc» 
it installed a free service sta- 
tion for pocket lighters. . 

A miniature gasoline tank 
with an atomizer bulb enables 
the owner to replenish his gas 
supply gratis. 



MAYBE MORE ANY DAY 



Chicago, July 10. . 

With National Playhouses, Inc., 
taken into receivership by the Chi- 
cago Title & Trust, James Costen 
has been named to continue as gen- 
oral manager of the circuit. Costen 
previously came in on appointment 
of eastern bankers who had issued 
a loan and ousted Cooney Bros, as 
heads of the circuit. 

Acquisition of National iPlay- 
hoiises gives the . Chicago Title & 
Trust Co, the largest "circuit" in 
Chicago. The bank -ds also operat- 
ing the Ascher and the Lubliner & 
Trinz string. 

This C. T. & T. "circuit" is 
unique as the company is certain 
of making money whether the 
houses show a profit or not. . Per- 
centage is deducted from every dol- 
lar taken into the houses. Also, 
it's probably the only circuit in the 
country which greets each day with 
the expectation of suddenly acquir- 
ing additional theatres. With busi- 
ness as it Is around here, it looks 
as if the expectations are well 
founded. 

Chester Davis, assistant trust of- 
ficer of the company, is in charge 
of all theatre operation and is now 
handling about 30 houses. 



Local Option by Ward for 
Sunday Films in la. Town 

Ames, la., July 10. 

Sunday movies dropped into 'the 
city council meeting la.st week, and 
after the smoke had cleared the 
council had revised the ordinance 
to permit the operation of movies 
on Sunday in the downtown section 
of the city, but not in that part of 
town occupied by lo\\a. State Col- 
lege. ■ , 

It is believed this will put an end 
to tlio Sunday war that has been 
waged here for more than four 
years. Other . towns have, been 
watching the struggle here for guid 
ance. • ' 



Coney Island ISquawkers 
And Skinless Hot Dogs 



Coney Island -concessionaires arc 
the prize pessimists in the outdoor 
show wotld. 

If it's hot the weather, it's the 
cheap crowd.. 

All you have to do to convince 
yourself that all is well and pros- 
perouis at the Island is to go' down 
any Sunday afternoon (don't let the 
concessionaires tell you that the 
crowd last 'Sunday .Wa.s bigger and 
better) and watch the caravan of 
humanity squeezing into the bath-, 
houses, dime shows and cuddle 
rides. 

. On Surf avenue a mass of gaping 
people eating frankfurthers, custard 
ice cream,, frozen tnis and frozen 
that. The streets are clogged with 
people going in and out of side 
shows. This procession starts to 
migrate from all corners of the iive 
boroughs (and out of town) toward 
Coney Island early in the morning. 
It doesn't finish until the next day, 
for many of the Coney Island 
visitors find it swanky to sleep on 
the sand during the night. 

Steeplechase and Luna Park pull 
the biggest bunch. Thousands enter 
the.se parks daily for they are the 
neatest and most respectable places. 
There are press agents to see that 
these parks make the dailies as 
often as possible, lioth pl.ices have 
dance halls and Jazz bands for 
which there is no charge. 

At Luna they've got a new 
fangled machine serving skinless 
frankfurters. 



JUMPS BTON 



3 TIMES, BUT 
NO NOTICE 



S-R's $234,000, 1 Day 



Detroit, July 10. 

On opoiifhg day th«» t\yo new 
Sears-Pvoobuck retail stores did a 
combined gross of $2.34,000 in busi- 
ness. Best of the pair took in $128,- 
000 over the eotmter. 

JBoth stores have clioicc neigh- 
borhood locations at oithor end of 
the city. They npciicd on the crest 
of a heavy publi<'iiy c;arup;il£;n, in- 
cluding a radio broadfast. 



61 Talking Devices 



There are approximately 61 
devi<>f.s for thi.' reproduction of 
talkini? pli.'turcs registorod at 
j Wii.shington. 

This Inoludfs patents ap- 
( plied for long before tho use 
I of taikors became practical. 



Flies Critics to Preview 



Ray Woods, carnival and fair 
ground high diver de luxe, jumped 
off the Brooklyn Bridge three time.** 
recently, got about four Inches of 
space in the newspapers and went 
back to St, Louis after telling- vari- 
ous people around here that "New 
York AIs 6nly a hick town. The 
miigs in this burg don't knoW if 
they're alive and most of 'em don't 
know what the whooping is all 
about." 

Years ago the stunt of jumping 
off Brooklyn Bridge was the sensa- 
tion of a decade. Only one of every 
fifty who tried It, it Is computed, 
lived. Steve Brodle became a^na- 
tloiial character through the .<!itunt 
and it is still ia matter of contro- 
versy as to whether he actually 
jumped off. 

Yet the St. Louis carnival diver, 
jumping off three times, each time 
before witnesses and finally before 
a camera, was dismissed with a few 
sticks of type. 

No one interviewed Woods about 
his, opinions on the movies, the 
stage, home life or niight life; no 
one wrote any sob stories about the 
poor boy whose hard battle^ through 
life had finally brought him fame, 
and, what caused Woods the most 
grievous heartaches, no one asked 
him if he would condescend to go 
on the stage or appear in pictures. 

The Woods stunt constitutes an 
epic which no one has ever had 
the daring to conceive. It may never 
be reenacted unless the St. IjOuIs 
wonder experiences a change of 
heart and decides to give New York 
another chance to welcome hitn as 
a national stunt man should bo 
welcomed. — - - ^ . - „ 

Woods came to New York fron; 
the hinterland with ttio idea oC 
doing something big. 

He first appeared on the thwit- 
rical horizon when he w'ont to the 
Paramoimt News and offered to 
(Continued On page 48) 



It Ought to Be Good 

I'irty-ccnt dramatic slock at the 
American Laboratory theatre, New 
York, is the fir.st drama in New 
*York at the scale. 

Calling themselves the IJa-st Side 
Stock Company, the cast holds 
Byron McCJrath. Li.sa Hem bo v, 
lOmliy Floyd, Lydia Cortcs.s, Helen 
Grayson, Walter lOllsberg. Kurol 
Kembova and Herbert lialner— 10 
acts, scenery and a play for 50 
cents. 



Mr'ii. A, H. Woods has invited the 
local dramatic critics to see "The 
Trial of Mary l>iigan" in advance 
of it.s opening here. Show ends an 
engagement . in hoa Ant;el«js. this 
Wednesday. 

On that day, at 11 'a. ni.. Mis. 
Woods will take the scribes to L. 
A. by airplant^. ''rhe party will ar- 
riv<; In tihie for the matinee and is 
due baek here al ^ \). m. 



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AUSTRALIA 

By Eric H. Gorrick 



Syaney; June 2.' 
^old snap last .week caused a 
BliKlit fallinfj off at~ the b. p. o£ 
6cv(»ml Icjiit houses. Four new 
shows have lately opened with one 
or two likely successes amone them. 

"Thark," pi-esented by W. T. Wil- 
iiamson-Tait, with ; Hastings Lynn, 
Minnie Rayner, Cyril Vernon, 
. , llelone Simon at the Royal, It may 
fi-et a bi-eak, although "Bookery 
Nook," playied by the same com- 
pany, caused little business. 
'■Thark" will move to the Criterion 
this week to mak6 way for Leon 
Gordon, who will open in "The Man 
; Upstairs" under, W-T direction. ; 
"Uio Hita" is a pronounced hit at 
the St. .Tames for the- Pullers. Ca- 
pacity nightly. ' Gladys Moricrioff, 
. Charlie Sylber, Dave Mallen and 
Jiinette Gilmore principals, 

'Princess Charming," only my.si- 
.cal comedy at present . offered by 
\V-T, niia^y. develop into a hit. Its 
fate at the present is in' the- bal- 
ance. Kathleen Recce, ifrom Amer- 
. ic'a and making a first appearance. 
. . scored nicely, in the title role. Miss 
Recce is surrounded by a particu- 
larly fine cast, including CeCilKel- 
le way, Reginald .Dandy, Peter Gaw- ; 
thorne, Leslie Holland (who does a. 

corking character bit) and. Olive 

iSloane. The musical score does not 
cai-ry -anything startling with the 
exception of ''Swoj'ds and. Sabers," 
siin.g with gusto by a great chorus. 
W-T staged the production la-vishly. 
Another new show -was "The Last 
■ .Warning," with Muriel Starr. She: 
always has been a big favorite hel-e 
and the show may get a run of sev- 
eral weeks. Mystery plays are still 
. rather 'popular here. M.ayne Lyn- 
ton, iHarvey Adamis and. a good cast 
helped in putting, the show over on 
the opening night. 

Ah Australian comedy, "The 
Rudd Family," opened successfully 
at the Opera House. It was writ- 
ten by Steele Rudd, who did "On 
Our Selection" some time ago. It 
broke many records here. As was 
-the case with "Selection" so it is 
with this ne-wr comedy. It should 
. do well, but would be quite unsuit 
jsit^JiG for America or any other coun- 
- "^Try. ThftiStory is simple and. deals 
with thS^lrfe of a Selector (small 
ranch owner) and his family. Play 
well acted by a good cast 6f Aus- 
tralian players. It is playing under 
the independent direction of Wil- 
liam Russell. 

Naylor's "Top Hole" 
Rufe Naylor's "Top Hole" at the 
'Empire got away to a nice start 
and may do, well at jpopular prices. 
This 'theatre has 3,00Q capacity. It 
Is hoped to run this miusical comedy 
vntil August, when the. theatre will 
go pictures with Fox's "Mother 
. Macree." Whether the show can 
stand up this long remains to be 
seen, "fhe cast carries no really 
big name. Naylor evidently relying 
on several artists from other pro- 
ductions. Van Lowe, juvenile. Is 
opposite Audrey Lewis. Lowe Is 
from New Tork, and first appeared 
here in "Sunny." As a dancer he 
is all right, but as an actor only 
Bo-so. Fred Bluett and Russell 
. Scott are the comedians with Blu- 
ett" outstanding. Violet Elliott is 
the best of the women folk. Renee 
Dixon is more suited to vaudeville 
than musical comedy. The success 
of the show goes to Maurice Dia- 
mond for the snappy way he has 
statred the pony ballet girls. Harry 
Hall did a good enough job in pro- 
ducing the show- 
George • Wallace and his tab re- 
vues popular at Fuller's twice daily. 



Business, has been_off at the T.iv- 
oli for the past week, but "foolcs Tike 
picking up. very big again now. that 
Joe and Harry Kel.'Jo are back with 
their "Crazy Quilt Revue." The 
Kelso bunch Includes Maury Kelly^ 
Howard NichollS, Captain Smithey 
and a couple of bright young wom- 
en. Corking vaude bill has Mardo 
and; Wyhh, Meazza and Adrl6nne 
and CauiJa Alba. Jack Musgrove 
and', Billy Maloney. 

Pictures 

"Wings" opened sen.s<*ttionally at 
the Regent and looks like running 
up a very big score, Byron Bidwell 
staged a brief, but memorable, pro- 
log. The critics « have been lavish 
with their praise. 

• No possible doubt about the Cap-* 
Itol bejng set as a success. Week 
after Week has seen this ace house 
of Union Theatres crammed full, 
Entertainment Is of a high order. 
Current is "The Cohens and the 
Kellvs in Paris." , A. big feature and 
added, Florence Vidor in "Dooms- 
"^ay:"'^A"""^blJr'^actor~innhc^ 
has been Ted Henkol and his or- 
chestra. Henkel hits given presen- 
tations new to this country. To- 



gether with Fred Scholl at the or- 
gan, and a .corking house ballet, the 
American conductor has put this 
house across. O. Perry is another 
person who has become wise to whfit 
the public wants and has given it 
to them. The Capitol and also the 
Regent have hurt legitimate busi- 
ness at other theatres dra.stically. 

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Universal) 
opens today at the Crystal , Palace 
for an extended season under Union 
Theatres direction. 

Haymarket Is , playing "Getting 
Gertie's Garter" and "Shooting 
Irons." Two staee.acts in San tell 
and Co., and O'Brien Sisters and 
MacU. , ; „ . 

Lyceum has "Jaws of Steel" and 
"Ladies' Night." Dewar ahd Da-w- 
son on stage., . _, 

LVric, "Midnight Rose" and "Jaws 
of Steel." '.'The Redheads" ' on 

Hoyt's presenting "'Twolv© Miles 
Out" and "Passion Island." Picca- 
dilly has "The Prince of Adventur- 
ers." Empress screening "Th6 Miss- 
ing Link," "Ragtime" and "Mid- 
night Rose." 



Mielboiirhe ■■. 
Margaret Bahnerman is, playing 
"Diplomiftcy" at the ■Comedy, for W.- 
T. W. T. Melba opera sea.so'n has 
proveri highly successful at His 
Majesty's. "The Girl- Friend" looks 
like running up a nice score at the 
Royal, "bear Brutus'' at the King's 

under W.-T- ' '. 

FuUer-Gonsalez operia season dO" 
'ing splendidly at the Princess. Pop- 
ular prices.' 

Tivoli's acts are Winston's Seals, 
Hanvafd/ Holt and Kendrlck, Jackie 
Collier and Sister, Stephanie Deste, 
Irving Rose, Ergottle, Bert Errpl, 

Bijou playing "Midnight Frolics,?' 
tab revue. 

Frank Talbot is presenting Percy 
Hutchinson and English company in 
"The Laughing Optimist" at Ath- 
enaeum. • 



. GEORGIE WOOD 

The critleisms of the "Manchester 
Guardian" ' are .to. the provinces 
what Hanneh Swaffer is to London. 
Therefore I am Justifiably proud of 
this: "In a curious sketch' about a 
Boy Scout Wee Georgie Wood 
In a muted, realistic way which 
seemed strange in a, sketch for the 
halls— -strange and astonish ingly ef- 
fective in its sombre truthfulness 
and natural fUn. The actor never 
shouted or emphasized anything, 
but he made every point far plainer 
than if he bad roared, through a 
megaphone. The halls have given 
us some great quietists, and he;re Is 
one of them." . ' , 

17i Tring Avenue, Ealing, . Lon- 
don, Enfl. 



Pictures 

"Mother Machree". opiens today at 
the Auditorium ior an extended 
season. 

Majestic, "One Round Hogan" and 
"Getting Gertie's Garter." 

Paramount, "Love and Learn" and 
"Sailor's Wives." 

"Gallipoli," Australian-made fea 
ture, being screened twice daily alt 
Playhouse. ■ 

Hoyt's, "Twelve Miles Out," and 
"Conie to My House." 



Around the Continent 

Joe Termini booked for Tivoll 
Circuit, to open in Sydn^iy .at early 
date. Comedfan "will headline In 
each house. 




This in Paris 

By David Sturgis 



Paris, June 29. 
The Aniglo Sdxon is an idiot. But 
these .Russians! 

It is against the universal law- 
why not. the human IjiW?— for; any 
but Russians to represent Art, 

La Nikolska, the dancinig beauty 
of the Palace Revue has driven me 
to Notre Dame. She Is billed, In 
a pictorial album, as "Lillth, Bibli- 
cal Mystery of Lasblvlousnesa-and 
Passion." On the stage she Is 
Salome; Theodora and Ma;ti Hari 
all in one. I- hurried to make her 
acquaintance. This is what I 
found: - 

A young, timid artist; a cultured 
daughter of a Russian general; a 
graduate of the Imperial Ballet. 
And a saint pf .the Petrograd bells. 



same table sat M. Dol.iiov.'^ky, go. 
viet Amibassador, and Dr. Kuhn 'of 
the German Em'iaiisy, 

"We are pilgrims of art, .shepherds 
of thei intellect, defending the etisif- 
nal quarrel between stupidity .an4 
intelligence." Gemier uttered this 
to a dramatic, literary and political 
world. 

•'And cheek by jowl,, with many » 
growl, they talked the mar vel o'er." 

An old, intellectual seryice for an 
old, dead theatre. 

Oh, for Egypt in Paris! "The 
Queen's Enemlep," by .Diinsanj'. ' 

If the universe won't be the ca- 
tei'er— Mr. Sturgis will furni.sh the 
cakes. 



Bobby Jarvls and his wife leave 
today for San Franci.sco after a rec- 
ord season at the Empire, Sydney 

W. T. will shortly present "The 
Patsy" in Meibouirhe. Principals 
from America.. 



Following the opera at Princess, 
the Fullers will do "Good News." 



Chatter ill London 



London, June 30. 
De Groot, who has been maitre 
d'orchestre at the Piccadilly Hotel 
for the past 1& years, is leaving 
shortly. He Is, as they say over 
here, fed up with the job. De Groot 
Is an artist.,: To save all argument, 
he admits It Despite that, he is 
i-eaUy a nice fellow. De Groot has 
grrown tired of people talking loudly 
when he plays his violin solos, not 
to mention guests dropping knives 
and forks- on plates, -Viraiters drop 
ping plates, etc., during his quieter 
passages; Matters had gone so far 
that one evening he stopped fiddling; 
and "shushed" a guest. The guest 
replied he came there for his own 
pleasure, of which de Groot was but 
a small polrtion, and did not pro 
pose to renaain quiet for de . Groot 
or anybody else; that when he 
wanted to listen to a concert, he 
knew where to go, but not while he 
was dining. 

So de Groot, as before remarked, 
got fe* up and quit iai, post that 
yielded him something like $15,60() 
ia year. Ho will play the halls a,nd 
possibly the larger cinemas. 



Snake Samaritan 

She had a Chaldean love-verse 
tattooed on her arm.' It "was in 
Montmartre. Kno-wihg my Araby a 
w.hit I. spoke to her in Syrlac 
Venus. She smiled sadly; we 
quaffed; she was a snake-charmer 
out of work. Her reptile had died; 
her story was pathetic. " 
"It was. too heavy- for me." 
"How much for a new serpent?" 
"300 francs," she sobbed, 
I had jtist won at Auteuil. Then 
royalties had arrived. We went to 
a serpentorium that night!- Now 
she has her new bread-winner in 
my tranquil court. She is training 
her actor how to give zee caress 
without giving zee choke. 

As I write these lines the brute 
Is hissing at me. 



Bernstein and GemJer 
"l/a two was pals, the Kid and me; 
'Twould cut no ice if some yayj^ee, 
Aa tough as hell jumped cither one, \ 
We'd both light in and hand him one," 
Bernstein of "The Thi^f" and 
Gamier of the Odeon; Them two ' 
was pals. They used to fight the 
gayzee of stupidity together. Now 
they are jumping, in each other. 

/Bernstein (Like a god) : 

• You're talking again.st bur the- 
j.;tre! You're talking against' our ; 
France! 

Gemier (Like a couple of gods): 
A theatre Is a theatre! A nation 
is a nation — ! 
Bang in' the beak! 
It may be the Kid's Last Fight* 



Epic of the Ritz 
Gloria Vanderbilt is finishing a 
screen story called "Ladies and 
Gentlemen." I read 10 pages. I 
am now her pupil in sophistication; 
her slave. In the Ironic touch.. I 
cannot tell more, and -we are old 
friends. 

But Universum-Film , Aktiehge- 
isellschaft of Berlin has heard of the 
script. 



Irene Vanbrugh and Dion Bouci 
cault finished ti successful season in 
"Belinda" and have gone on the 
road for W. T. 



Leon' Gordon played a season In 
Adelaide -Where he presented "The 
Crooked Billet" for the first, time 
for W. T. 



Donald Payne, English actor, died 
at sea on the voyage to England 
after playing for. Fulle.r,s.. 

Wanda Savage Co. booked for a 
tour of the picture houses con- 
trolled by Union Theatres. . . 



Joe Cohen, late of Lowenwlrth 
and Cohen, Hebrew comedians, is 
back Jn London after a visit to 
[ America, and boasts he now has a 
good act for himself. He claims to 
have seen all the Yiddish come 
dians within hie radius and prides 
I himself he has made an excellent 
1 selection from their material. He 
thinks the stuff written by Andy 
[Rice is the best In that line, but 
says there are plenty of others, and 
you needn't worry^he has all Of it. 



W. T.'s Gilbert and Sullivan Opera 
troupe -Will disband after several 
years under this management. 

■ . -Film Nev« 

Austra!lian Government has banned 
"Dawn," British-made feature. 
Hoyt's had .Rooked the attraction 
here and will suffer a large mone- 
tary loss. 



When the Lonsdale comedy, "The 
High Road," Is produced in N«w 
York, English artists will, have the 
star roles— Edna Best, Hei'bert Mar- 
shall, Fred Kerr, Alfred Drayton— 
the two last named appeared in the 
London production of the piece. 



Screen and Stage 
Leon Daudet, son of the author 
of "Sapho," writes in "Comoedia,' 
Paris, theatrical daily: 

"The screen, the automobile, are 
displacing the stage, the horse." 

Intellect iagaiin. Always wrong. 
There Is no true analogy between 
the automobile, science and the 
horse, nature. Screen and stage 
,a,re both arts. They are counter- 
parts, opposite aspects of the same 
expression. 

Raise them one dimension; make 
the twain one; and you have the 
new, universal theatre. Now, with 
the talking . film, the universal 
screen will film the universal stage 
Neither will be neither when the 
true writer comes. He will be a 
magical poet; double-barrelled; 
synthetic and _aT^^^^^ 
the screen as the stage; the stage 
as the screen. 

And- this; miracle of miracles, in 
spite of Leon Dauclot. 



Eugene Ysaye, the famous vio 
llnist, is seriously ill in Brussels 
with diabetes and phlebitis. 



HENRY CARSON AGCY. 

Intomntionol Variety, PI«i«uro rinycrs 
and XhcaSricoI KopreKentntivcs 

78, Avenne des Champs Elyaees 

PARIS 

Caljlee: Booking:, Paris 
Phone: EIyse<j 05-19 
"Good actfl alwayB newleu" 



Craigo w Picture Productions re- 
cently formed in Melbourne with a | 
capital of $200,000 to make pictures. 
Gerald Gate producer, with the first 
picture "Sanctuary." 

Chief censor passed •'A Girl in 
E-very Port" after the Sydney olfico 
had rejected it. Sydney office tried 
to overrule the censor's decision and 
withhold the prints until orders 
■=mm(r-from=^"Canberra-^(-federal--cap-= 
Knl of Australia) to release them 
without dol.ay. 

Hoyt's Theatres intended to play 
sta.ge band units in each of their 
principal. theatres, but oving to the 
high demands Imposed by the musi- 
cians' union the idea has been 
dropped. 

Two new movie houses opened in 
Melbourne last week. Burnley the- 
.atre will .seat l.*,JOO. Other Is the 
Mayfair, romhiring cabaret and 
dancing with Its pictures. 



W. W. Kelly, owing to 111 health, 
Is g.ving up management of the 
Shakespeare . theatre, Liverpool. 
House will turn to twice nightly 
variety under direction of Fred Coir 
lins. 



Just before leaving for ' the 
States, C. B. Cochran signed up 
Jessie Matthews, his young star in 
"This Year of Grace" at the Lon- 
'aon-=Pavillon-for="tlifSc^lTfCre=^^^ 
considering she has great promise. 



Motor Films 

What superficial acting In the 
cinema! Screen plays should be re- 
heiarsed like stage plays. Scripts 
should be read to the cast over and 
over again. Image, thought, feel 
Ing, from the spirit not the bones. 

Yank pictures in Paris are known 
by their rattle. Hollywood Is De 
troit with cameras instead of liz 
zies. Films are turned out like 
automobiles. 

Part 1: Sam Goldwyn gesture. 
Part 2: D. W. Griffith sorrow 
Part 3: Elinor Glynn walk. 

No wonder they break down. The 
Frcnchles. never call them motion 
pictures. Their name over here is 
moror-"fi imsr^"=" -^^^^ 



Intellectual Corruptions - 
'Joan of Ar6," Shaw. He couldnt 
rise to her spirit. He dragged het 
down to his banal brain. : gav* 
him his chance to answer. weekH 
ago. He crawled. Enough! 

"Hamlet'' in modern dress. Hor- 
ace. Liveright — ^^and the Six Little 
Tailors— on the Acropolis. Enough!- 

"The Birds," Aristophanes. Dwl.'t.i. 
lin's modernized bungle in Pirlsi 
The irony of the 'pliiy is absolutely 
changed. Can a fool tamper \y^th 
a sage? Enough! 

"Great God Brown," O'Neill. 
Paper, rather than skin, for a 
masque. The outer self, the false 
show, is the masquerade. How the 
Russians and Germans laugh at 
O'Nein ! Enough ! 

"Sorrows of Satan," Griffith. The 
Devil a whimpering Society gent! 
Shakespeare made lago, Byron 
made Don Juan, Goethe made Me- 
phlsto — three, mischievous males. 
This for the Great ChemiJBt of the 
Skies! No wonder the W.ar of 
Wars! Enough! 
Myriads more! Enough! Enough! 
Ashes for John Erskine! 
Ashes for Mr. Intellect! 
Men are only roosters— ^ylth their 
brains in their comb.-?. A few pecki 
(Continued on page 37) 

"SKULL" DUE AUa. 6 

London, July 10. 
yictor Morley has arrived here to 
produce "The Skull" for Daniel 
Mayer. 

It is also announcied that the same 
concern will do "Contnibarid" earjjr 
1 in September at the Princes. "Skull" 
opens Aug, .6 at the : Shai^^ 

Abreu's Nevv Partner 

Paris, July 10. 
Marcus de Abreu, formerly at the 
Ambassador, New York, with his 
new dancing partner, Enid Mere- 
dith; went into the Casino at Deaii- 
ville last week. 



SAILINGS 



Gertie Gitana, for many year.9 
popular music hall singer, was 
married June 25 to Donald Ross, a 
young actor whom she had engag&O 
for her company. 



Paul Robeson, the negro star 
■from "Show Boat," is giving a mati- 
nee program of spirltu.als and folk 
songs at Drury Lano July 3. Ho 
(Continued on page 61) 



Congress of a Corpse 

The International Theatre Con 
gross holding meeting at the Roth 
child Foundation Mansion in the 
rue Berryer. Firmin Gemier, di- 
rector, Odeon, has assembled dele- 
gates from 22 countries, Pedro de 
Cordoba (go«d, old name) repre 
sentcd Equity, New York. 

Edouard I-Ierrlot, Minister o/f Fine 
Arts, was a guest of honor. At the 



July 21 (New ~ York to Fans), 
Ted Lewis and Band, Artliur Pplzzl 
(lie de France). _ 

July 20 (New York to Paris) Mr. 
and Mrs, Chris Pender (deFrance). 

July IB (New York to London; 
D. D. Doty, Ad Schaumor, Sid Wag- 
ner (Berengaria) . 

July 14 (New York tn London}. 
Entire company for the I^"^^" 
. production, of. ."OQ od^.^^^"''''!' . 
win Stiulpauch, Evelyn Hoey. AW 
Rivere, Goody Montgomery, Xeima 
O'Neal. Julienne Johnson, Arthur 
West, Neil Collins. Bobby Jarvis, 
George Murphy, Michael .mpp 

(Samaria). v 
July 7 (New York m London;. 

Ryan and Harrington, Os<>!>r 1^' 

raine (New York). , . 
July 7 (New York to Lcndon;. 

Orson Kilborn (Aquitania). 

July 6 (New York (o HM.niburg^ 

Ruth Hawthorne ( Coliinihu.M). 



Wednesday, July 11^1928 



FORE I G N 



VARIETY 



London as It Lo oks 

By Hannen Swaf fer 



Newport 



. . liOndon, June 29. 

The case of "Spread Eaglei" Just produced In London, la one X should 
itke to quote for the sake of those Equity members -wtio are now so 
angy with English actors. . ; 

Olive Blakeney, who played the part of the consumptive woman shot 
br Mexicans, received an oVation at the end of the play and, on the 
following morningr most euloffistic criticisms, some of them, Indeed, ex- 
travagant In their praise, . 

A Few Facts For Equity ^ 

Now Miss Blakeney, whoi came over here with "Broadway," after- 
wards acted in "Square Crooks" and la In exactly the same position as 
dozens of American players, whoSe work In London would be imjposslble 
If we had a rule similar to the new Equity one on your side. 

Ben Welden. too, came oVer In "Broadway," and has since been In 
two or three shows. Including "The Barker," but he, also, has not com- 
pleted his 100 weeks in the last five years. James Dyrenforth, on the 
Q'ther hand, would be qualified if the Equity rule were enforced here 
about Americans. 

No One Blames Them 

There were present in the house, applauding this very clever acting, 
at least a dozen American actors who are hanging round London for 
re-engagemont In . just the same way you blame the English for doing 
on Broadway, . ' 

It Is a common thing here. They never want to go! home. 

Now, do not think I am complaining. I know most of them, admire 
most of them, and like them nearly all. Jolly good luck to one and 
all. It happens on both sides of the Atlantic, and causes here the same 
telling, among home-grov\fn players, as It doe^ in New Tork. 

, Clever Actor Misses ri IS Chance 
Fritz Williams, who was brought specially over to play the financier 
In "Spread Eagle," bungled his chance. He Could riot be heard by more 
than half of the people in the audience. Otherwise, I am sure, he would 
have beieh fine. 

I believe I gave "Spread Eagle" its only critical notice. I thought It; 
cheaply over-done, and, when the patriotic part came on, did not know 
whether to cheer or laugh. Indeed, the audience tittered every now arid 
then, although, at the end, they seemed to have forgotten it. 

I doubt very much whether "Spread Eagle" will run. America, which 
Seems to have been the last country to hear of the, war, now seems to 
be the last to hear that war is wrong; I say this ''With all deep-heartcd 
Sincerity ibout the Kellogg plan. My Impression of all the plays and 
books you are turning out about how naughty war is makes me realize 
that there are no new arguments. War was wrorig when Cain killed 
Abel, and it would still be wrorig if Hall Calne killed me. 

William Mollison Attacks Cochran 

• A minor war may now be started between Charles B- Cochran and 
; - "William Mollison. 

Cocft-an, who jseema to have read my "Variety" advertisement of 
tedphle Tucker, has now imitated it by giving Flo Zlegfeld a boost and 
jiimplng In on the band wagon that way. 

'"•Zlegfeld Is King,' says C. B. Cochran, great Londorii producer, ' Is 
iBi6 New York advertisement that Mollison sends me. "Our poor Eng- 
lish musical comedy merchants should bow their heads. in shame." 

•^This has caused much Indignation here, both artiong Ariierlcan man- 
. togers and English people," writes Mollison. "Zlegfeld can spend $260,000 
on a show. No" poor English manager can afford to do this. Con- 
aequently, his spectacular shows transcend tours. Tou can take It from 
me, however—and I have seen all the shows, good and bad-^the standard 
W light musical shows Is far below ours." 

- Mollison Spills Some Beans 
MolHsori feels especially annoyed because his firm, Clayton & Waller, 
for whom he produced in London "Mercenary Mary," "Princess Charm- 
ing," "Hit the Deck" and "The Girl Friend," went to the Palace the- 
atre, of which Cochran is chairman, when, according to Mollison, the 
shares stood at 36 cents, whereas, now, according to Mollison, they are 

$4.20. . , ^ 

"Cqchrah has been the most conspicuous failure as a musical comedy 
producer," says Mollison. "Besides, I saw a revue here which surpasses, 
beyond words, Cochran's own revue. So I am going to counter with 
the same publicity, although I would not let fellow English managers 
(down In the eyes of foreigners in*tlae same way as Cochran has done, 

How to Get Your Name in Print 

Of course, this way of getting publicity Is the easiest in the world. Tou 
say a manager Is marvelous beyond words, and he advertises it all over 
London, or New Tork, as the case may be. If an advertisement agent 
Writes to a paper and praises its "pulling power," he knows very well 
they will splash It, and he gets his name in free. It Is the "Be-klndr 
to-Auntie" way. 

I remember the late Lord Northcliffe used to fill hia columns, some- 
T timgS,^- wltr FralSo "0^ he know very well It 

■ had been inserted by lesser-known papers so that they would get a 
•splash In the "Dally Mail" for nothing. 
. . The truth is that nobody reads it. ' 

George Grossmith Lets the king Bo Wrong 

By the way^ George Grossmith met the King the other day. The King 
. and Queen went to Daly's, where there was a charity performance of 
•TAdy Mary"—, why people cannot raise money, for charity without 
roping in actors, I dd not know— and. iDetween the acts, the King sent 
for Grossmith and said, "How do you manage to run and Jump about 
the way you dO? Tou know, you are three years older than I am. . 

n sutjpose that is the life of the stagfe," replied Grossmith. Altho-ugh 
George did not correct the King, he told a reporter afterwards that 
he was not three years older than the- King, but 11 years younger. 

"I am 52," said George. j. x.„ ' 

According to "Who's Who in the Theatre," he is 54. But, still, we 

won't argue about -that. „ ^ ., 

. I hope Grossmith will now get his knighlhood-for not correcting 

'the King. 

I Get Everybody's Goat 

"Lumber Love" came to an end after 13 weeks In Londort. 
r liavo had several anonymous letters. Jeering at me for champ.onlng 
lt,"^'Tltc trutrm 

eonsion in the company. When it started at IJlrmlnKham, everyone 
. agreed it had the makings of a fneat show— managers, agcnU% the 
box orcico, everybody. Then, in.stond of being Improved, as Americans 
would haveTmprovcd It, it got worse and worse, and was by no means 
as good when it came to London. ' 

I did my best to advise, early on. but no one would listen and n^w 
I herewith retire from helping anybody— that is, until something else 

comes filoni;. , ' , , 

To'u do not win battles in a spectacular way. You keep , on plugging 

(Continued on page 48) 



Newport, July 10. 
None of the Casino players this 
season will live in much thO style 
as did Julib. Hoyt last summer. She 
was with her parents, Mr. and Mrsi 
Julian W. Bobbins, on a fine rented 
estate. A prophet is Ba.ld to be 
without honor. In his own country, 
and a "society" actress may 'also be 
WithO'Ut a following In the smart 
set! At any rate, Newport mani- 
fested no especial . enthusiasm for 
the dramatic ability of juUa Rob- 
bins, who divorced Lydig HOyt arid 
married Louis Calhern, the actor. 
This summer Julia, her husband 
and her parents arai conspicuous 
by their absence, 



ADELE ASTAIRE PLANS 

Will Wed^^Young Gaunt at End of 
London*' Run — Sailing July 12 

I.,ondon,- July 10. 

Most recent understJinding here is 
that Adele Asjliiirc will devote one 
more year to the stage and then 
retire to become the bride of Wil- 
liam Gaunt, Jr. The miirriaRC has 
been post i>oned until the end of the 
London run of "Funny Fiice." 

Tlie mv.sical is due :it the Winter 
Garden, the first week in. Scplfmlier 
and, if following the Aslaire tradi- 
tion here, will ijlay out tiio season. 



PEGGY JOYCE UNCERTAIN 
WHETHER TO GRAB LORD 



l\iri3, July 10.. 

Pefnry .Toyee states It Is just 
pofssible l-iord Norlhesli tn;Ly be her . 
.sl\th nialrinionlal partner, as re- 
ported. .... 

rc^Kfty feelu it Is oxpeeting too 
imic.h to try to have her dope 
inntrinioniiil viossihilities 00- days In 
advanee It will be (hat. long be- 
fore ' Ihe. litUHl ICh^-llsluiian gets his 
divorce. 



New Clothes 

Ina Claire ha,s secured for New- 
port a wardrobe of exquisite cos- 
tumes.. For some years past this 
actress has been noted fpr her 
smart attire, on and off. So : ex- 
cellent Is her taste, , she never ap- 
pears clothes-conscious. At New- 
port she faces fashionable audiences 
that have for years past . been 
among her devoted followers. 
. Grace George has also discreetly 
a.ssembled a modish, array of 
frocks. As slender and shapely as 
a generation ago. Miss George ap^ 
pears incredibly yOung to be the 
mother of William A. Brady, Jr., 
and mother-in-law of lECatherlne 
Alexander. 



Fred A.stairo is dub to sail from 
New iToi'k this Thursday (.luly 12). 
Ml.ss Aataire was painfUy burned in 
a. motor boat accident Sunday. She 
will, follow later. 



Barrie Ofiver Wins $6,000 
Against Ciajfton & Waller 



London, July 10. 
Barrie Oliver was awarded judg 
ment in the local courts for about 
$6,000 against Clayton and Waller 
Oliver asked damages on the claim 
ho was engaged, for a principal 
comedy role in "Hit the Deck" arid 
was handed a mere bit which he 
refused to accept. 

Some time ago Oliver . ex 
pressed willingness to let "Variety's 
London omco act as arbitrator, but 
the managers didn't warm up to' the 
idea. 



Male Models 
As for the men of the Newport 
Theatre company, Basil Rathbone 
and Rollo Peters ably demonstrate 
Just "what the wellrdressed man 
win wear," setting examptea. that 
might profitably be followed by 
various Newport society men whose 
income each Week exceeds that of 
most factor's for a year. Last sum- 
mer Newport smiled at' the off- 
stage get-up of Basil Sydney, with 
hia pith-helmet and his ivory- 
headed cane. 



Season boxholders at the "Caalno 
theatre include Mrs. Comeliua Van- 
derbllt, Mrs, Paul FItzsImons 
(mother of William H. Vanderbllt), 
Mrs. Henry Clews, Mrs. Alexander 
Hamilton 'Rice (formerly Mrs 
George WIdener, with, one of the 
finest estateis In. Newport), and Mrs; 
Nicholas Brown, mother of John 
oNIcholas Brown,, "the -'richest 
bachelor In America." 



The Hope Diamond 
Mrs. August Belmont was, .as 
Eleanor Robsori, starring In "The 
DaWn of a Tomorrow" when she 
married August Belmont and re 
tired. At the same time her mother, 
Madge Carr Cook, was starring In 
"Mrs. WIggs of the Cabbage- 
Patch," and also retired. 

Mrs. Belmont Inherited a NeW 
port property which she rented last 
summer to Mr. and Mrs. Robert 
Gould Shaw, 2d, Of Boston, arid, has 
since sold to Mr. and MYs. Edward 
B. McLean, Washington. Mr. 
McLean owns the Washington 
"Post," and his wife owns the Hope 
blue diamond. 

This famous gem was once worn 
by May Yohe, as the stone belonged 
to the first of her three husbands, 
Lord Trancls Hope, noW Duke of 
Newcastle. Mr. Shaw was divorced 
by Nancy Langhorne, now Lady 
Astor, and he Is the father of 
Robert jGould Shaw, 3d, who lives 
with the AstOrs. The present Mrs. 
Shaw was formerly Mrs; Converse, 
and Is the mother it Gould Shaw, 
who marvTled Hilda Burt, a choriis 
girl. As for Mrs. Belmont, a step 
granddaughter, Bessie Morgan Bel 
mont, has become stage struck and 
joined, the University . Players, 
headed by Prbf. Qeor'ge Pierce 
©aker, : of Tale, and Hubert Os- 
borne, former assistant to Baker, 
and author of "Shore Leave," the 
comedy on whlclt the musical suc- 
cess, "Hit the. Deck," was founded. 



Herl) WiUiams' Heat Hit; 
White and Manning Walk 

,. Tjondon, .luly 10. 
TloUiorn Kmplro looked like the 
Palace, New York, last night with 
nutnorous American show, folk In 
the audjence. 

Herb Wllliarii.g making his third 
English appearance but first at thia 
house, wowed 'cm with his hoke 
stuff, despite the intense heat. 
Frank Conville making Erigllsh 
I debut was moved down from fotir 
to deuce. Act has possibilities but 
very spotty in present shape. 

At the Alhamtira, White and 
Manning walked off and out. 
Alice's ankle was not so forte and, 
according to the insiders, the team, 
didn't care for their billing In the 
first place. They wore booked for 
two weeks. , Ankle may be better 
next week, acco'i-dlng to billing. 



Kelcey Allen's Distinction 

Paris, July 10, 
Kelcey Allen, dramatic critic of 
'Woriien's Wear," New Tork, dec- 
orated receritly with what he 
thought was the French Legion of 
Honor, found the ceremonies very 
solemn. 

An actor from the Comcdle Fran- 
calse; made the speech and con- 
ferred the Ancient Order of the Re- 
public of Honduras on Kelcey. -. 

Kelcey couldn't understand the 
actor and decided the French Gov 
emment had at last recognized his 
contributions to art. 

S; Jay Kaufmann framed the 
stunt. : 

Kelcey Is wearing a Legion ^Ib 
bon in all . seriousness, apparently. 



Rosie Dolly Retires 

Paris, July 10. 
Rosle Dolly declares she' has- left 
the public stage forever though she 
may appear occasionally for charity 
performances. She has purchased a 
residence at NeulHy, suburb of 
Paris, and also a, counti'y house In 
the He de France. 



Palladium's Headliner 
May Be Eddie Leonard 

London, July 10. 
The Palladiuni is having difficulty 
obtaining a suitable headline at- 
traction for its Opening bill, Sept. 3. 

Eddie Leonard has . been men- 
tioned as a possible Imported bill 
topper folr the occasion. • 

Mtindin in Sydney 

London, ffuly 10. 
It Is u riders tood "Lady Mary," at 
Daly's, will exit within three weeks 
and that "iBlue Eyes" will move 
over from the Piccadilly. 

Closing of "Lady Mary" .will re- 
lease Herbert Mundin so that he 
can accept an offer from William-: 
s»n-Tait to star in a series of pro- 
ductloris In Australia. Helen GilU- 
land. In same company, Is under 
contract to the Shubcrts for a New 
Tork opening in September with 
"The Red Robe." 



"RITA" IN NEW HOUSE 

London,' July 10. 
The New Dominion Theatre at 
Tottenhani Court Road and Oxford 
street will be ready^ by. February. 
It has 3.000 seats and will be con- 
ducted by Sir Alfred Butt. "Rio 
Rita" with a, practically all- Ameri- 
can cast will be the opening attrac- 
tion. 



'^Damsel" as Drama 

London, July 10. 
P. Ct. Wodohouse, the humorist, 
has dramatized his novel, "A Damsel 
in Distress." It will be produced by 
a syndicate headed by Basil Foster, 
who will play the lead. An out-of- 
town opening about Aug. 6 Is likely, 
with a west end house later. 

Cast of . 28 includes Henry Ken- 
dall, Helen Haye. Aubrey Mather, 
Clarice Hardwicke. Cella Glynn, 
Clive Currle and Reginald Gardner. 



PAGE PUBLICITY 

London. July 10. 

London's Ple.(^^^ 
ing a page boy to New Tork on the 
"Berengaria," salUrig July 7, to par- 
ticipate in the opening ceremonies 
of the Piccadilly Hotel, New York, 

The page will deliver a consign- 
ment of Christmas puddlng.s. 



Apropos of stagestruck society 
girls. Eli.<5abeth Wyatt, daughter of 
Mr, and Mrs. Christopher Wyatt 
and granddaughter of the late 
Judge William E. Wyatt, of New 
York, and of General Henry Van 
Rons.selaer, toured this past season 
as. a specialty dancer with "Oh, 
Kay." 



="="-^=^^^=-=Screerr^ Errors- 
Variety recently announced, that 
a former property boy and truck- 
driver h.ad been engaged to direct 
features for a film company. It 
would hot be .surprising to loam 
that ho will shoot "society" scenes. 
The two leading picture houses at 
Newport are patronized by fa.sl\lon 
able folk who often laugh outright 
(Continued on page 60) 



TEEVOE-MOSS TEAM 

London, July io. 
Ted Trevor, formerly of Trevor 
and Harris, Is forming a new dance 
team with • Marjorle Mo.sa, of Moss 
and Fontaria. 

The /latter team were, reported 
breaking up. .^ome months iiao In 
Newr 7ork, but reunited for a tlmo.« 



BILLY BENNETT'S DEBUT 

London. July 10. 
American debut of IMliy Hennelt 
will be made in New York in Sep- 
tember under the • rui.spioes of llic 
fs'hubnrts 



INDEX 



It will be In a .show oMlI-^d "\'.nn 
Carcon." Uenn(!tt is a low fcurrvili^in 

DEBENHAM-RIDDLEY EITES 

LondoT., July 10. 
Cicely Duhenhatn and iiuy Unld- 
ley are aehedijled to t.'ike the i-ouau- 
bial vowH at SL MarLin's Church 
July 2C. 



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VARIETY 



P I C T U RES 



Wetlnesday, July 11, 1928 



Par-PubEx Biggest Musical 
[anization on Record; 
losers, Directors, Etc. 



NAME GOWNS AFTER STARS 



Org; 



Dress Company Places Lots' Plan 
Before Studios 



Compi 



Undc'r the direction of Nattianiel 
W. Finston, tlie greatest musical or- 
ganization of tlie show busihess, 
comprifiing- approximately 45 hu- 
tionally. known composers and over 
20 orchestratoriS, with an executive 
Balary list of $10,000 weekly for the 
75 men . who will direct the activi- 
ties of the department, is beimg or- 
ganized by Publix-Paramourtt. 
'Almost every biff name available 
In creative music has been signed 
up either directly or through plug- 
contracts with the best known 
music publishers. Finston has been 
placed in charge of music for both 
Pararhount arid Publix, with juris- 
diction over theatres and talkers. 
Paitimount-Publix employ between 
.50,000 and 60,000 professional union 
m^usicians and an executive force, 
In . charge of this division, of over 
1,000 about half of -whom are well 
known. , 

Approximately 22 composers have 
engaged directly with Publix-Para- 
mount while 25 others, with music 
publishers/ have signed contracts to 
produce special music for Publix or 
Panurfount upon request, with this 
Paramount organization having first 
call on such compositions and de- 
termining when they are to be re- 
leased generally^ 

. Among the composers under di- 
rect contract are Frank , Harling, 
.composer of "Deep River," an Amer- 
ican opera; ;Dominic6 Sovinio, G.ir- 
ardo Carbonara, Dave Stamper, 
Herman Hand Karl Hajos, Einer 
Swann and Adolph Deutsch, two of 
the outstanding arrangers of jazz 
rtiusic in this country, George Drum 
and Max Terr. ' 

Pop Music Writers 
Composers tied up with plug con- 
tracts with music publishers in- 
clude the 25 best known In the pop 
field, music with such narhes as 
Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Rich- 
ard Whiting, L: Wolfe Gilbert and 
Irving Berlin in the list. Arrange- 
ments with these composers is that 
they can be called upon at any 
time to write special music as and 
when required, either for Publix 
stage productions or for Paramount 
pictures. These numbers will be 
-plugged in 1,200 Publix houses and 
wherever Paramount pictures are 
played, the plug being given in re- 
turn for the music. The music will 
not bo released generally until Pub- 
Mix-Paramount is ready. 

In Publix houses the composers of 
the special music will be plugged 
via special. 3>iiehronized trailers, 
, this latter project to be developed 
as a special field. Donaldson and 
Gilbetrt have written "Out of the 
Dawn" and "Just Wild About Kase- 
ball," respectively, for "Warming 
Up," Paramount picture, with Rich- 
ard Dix and, prior to the showing 
of the picture, these composers and 
their numbers will be plugged via 
a special synchronized screen trailer. 

According to the new lineup the 
group in charge of scoring the enr 
tire Paramount film output, under 
the direction of Fin-ston, will be 
Adolph Dumont, Irving . . Talbot, 
Emmanuel Baer,. Andrea Sctaro and 
MaUi'iCe ■''LlLWf6hi6e,~~'^~^ ~ " 
Par All Sound 
Contrary to previous reports the 
entire Paramount product is to be 
synchronized in the east this year. 
Part of next year's product may be 
synchronized on the coast but this 
is not definite. ' 

Key Centers. 
With the establishment of a cen- 
tral musical depla-rtment in New 
York will follow thci organization of 
regional music centers in seven or 
eight key. spots throughout the 
country , for a supply of . music for 
non-synchronous equipment which 
will be in use in a largo n\imber of 
theatres pending Moviotono In- 
. stallations. In addition 30 to 40 
supervisors will be sent around the 
country to dctoriuinc if the kind of 
music being used, in each localily is 
suitable, 

Fin.ston, head of the combined de- 
vpart-ments;==-i3^only--35f==-=I'fe--si)('nt^ 
seven years with the Victor Talk- 
ing Machine Company arranging 
for record ]5i-od notion and was at 
one time concert master for the 
New York Symphony and New 
York Philharmonic. He .has boon 
with Balaban & Kntz and Publix 
for approximately eight yoar.s. 

Flnston's associates will be Boris 
Moros, in charge of Publix musir, 
formerly conductor of the "Imperial 



COREANDT SMITH MAY 
LEAVE MOVIETONE 



Report of Departure Within a 
Few Weeks — IVlay Move to 
RCA Photophone 



Los Angeles, July 10. 

Hollywood Screen Star Fashions, 
Inc., with offices In Hollywood, Lios 
Angeles, Paris and New York, and 
a factory in Nonvalk, Conn., is in- 
vading the. picture studios with a 
proposition to indue? each of the 
studio designers to draw gowns 
for their respective feminine stars. 

Idea is that the Fashions com- 
pany will furnish the material with 
the studio the labor to make the 
designs.. When accepted by the 
Fashions company, the goWns will 
be made iii large lots and .sold 
throughout the country in the name 
of the star for which they were de- 
signed. 



Despite denials of ahy differences 
between Cortlandt Smithv head of 
Fox Movietorie arid: Winfibld Shec- 
han, it is .said that the reported 
split during the past tWo months 
has widened to the point where 
Smith Is listenirie to a proposition 
from RCA to take a similar posi- 
tion over Photophone, According 
to scouts in comniunication w^ith 
RCA's talker chief, there is a pos- 
sibility of Smith being induced to 
make the change within the next 
few Weeks. . 

This uncertainty is said to be 
partially responsible for SheehJin 
delaying his return to the coast 
over a month; also the possibility 
of his remaining east longer, despite 
his scheduled, return next week. 

Sheehan has spent considerable of 
his latest visit lining up legit tal- 
ent. A number of tests hiave been 
made of players during tlie past 
three weeks. Although Sheehan 
has issued iron-clad instructions 
for all employes associated with 
movietone to keep close-mouthed, it 
is known that over 20 legit play- 
ers, writers and directors have been 
signed on long-term contracts to 
work exclusively for Fox in fflolly- 
wood. All names for the time be- 
ing are kept secret.. 

Movietone exectitives and special- 
ists who have finished their, tests 
here are scheduled to entrain for 
Hollywood today (Wednesday). 
They inclu(3.e Ben Jackson, Freddie 
Schader arid Joe Pincus. 
■ The Fox attitude for silence on 
its Movietone movements is summed 
up by one departmental executive: 
"We'll talk with our loud speak- 
ers. Let the other: companies use 
big type." 



Federal Agents 
ating in 
West and East 




Following intensive Investigations 
mad.p by Department . of Justice 
agents into. Holly wood film proper- 
ties, it leaks out that similar 
quizzes going on in. the home o^ces 
recently have been brought to a 
close until after election. The fed- 
eral investigators in New York, un- 
der the charge of an executive 
named Benhorn, have confined their 
activities mainly to an auditing of 
film companies' books. . 

From a pioneer film man who hag 
been approached repeatedly by the 
secret service men and who is also 
a Washington contact for the 
Broadway industry, it is learned 
that Paramount books were given 
the closest scrutiny, fully two 
months being spent on them alpne. 

This Informant discounts reports 
that current investigations are the 
work, of independent exhibitors 
charging violation of the Sherman 
act and conspiracy in restraint of 
trade. From his inside knowledge 
at the Capital he believes producers 
themselves are more responsible" for 
inciting the . local investigation 
through desire for 'a complete air- 
ing of potential mergers and a 
knowledge for the low-down with 
the hope of keeping those sitting 
not so prettily from getting sub- 
merged. 



New York "Daily News" Editorially 
Raps Film Critics on Other Dailies 

Editorial in the New York "Sunday (Daily) News" July «: 



M-G-M Buys 2 Woods' 



A. H. Woods ha§ sold the picture 
rights to two melodramatic stage 
successes, "The Trial of Mary 
Dugan," current on Broadway, and 
"The Green Hat," to Mctro-Gold- 
wyn-Mayer. "Dugan," for which 
$150,000 is reputed to have been 
paid, will be made into a talker. 

"The Green Hat" was banned by 
the Hays ofiice and the use of the 
book title for the screen still goes. 
It will be released under the name 
"A W:oman of Affaires," M-G-M Is 
said to have paid $75,000 for th:a 
rights.. 

Greta Garbo will probably wear 
the color hat. , 



Austrian Girl Wins 

After much switching back and 
forth . between Eva von Bterne, Irv- 
ing Thalberg's Viennese discovery, 
and Anita Paige, Harry K, Thaw's 
contribution to the films, the Aus- 
trian ^Irl has finally been given the 
leading role opposite^ John Gilbert 
in hia new picture, "Mask of the 
Devil." . . 

Gilbert and Victor Seastrom 
fought for Eva, who has been on a 
strict diet since her arrival in Hoi 
lywood. She has taken off enough 
weight to meet picture require 
ments. 



SUE CAROL ON 'VACATION 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Failing to get a part in "TIk: 
Siniile Man," M.-G., Sue Carol will 
.shortly leave for New York on a 

Mi.ss Carol is under C'ontract to 
Douglas iMaoIjCati, but has boon 
farmed out to other i)rodiii.'ors. 



Ru.ssiiin Cos.sack.^" orchestra, and 
Morri.s I*rosR, in charge of ^ I'.mv 
mount . film .synchronizing. I'rt^s.s, 
not a mu.sit:inn, nvia in an (•xfcullvo 
capacity. He was formerly a pro 
fossor at Columbia l.'niversily. 



Weather Forecast 



Washington, July 10. 
At request of "Variety" the 
weather bureau furnished the fol- 
lowing outlook for the' week begin- 
ning tomorrow (11) covering the 
country east of the Mississippi: 

Local thundershowers Wednesday. 
Generally fair Thursday and Fri- 
day, ■ - 

Showers probably Saturday (14) 
or Sunday. 

Cooler "Thursday, warmer at end 
of week. 



Critique On Movie Critics 
Do none but morons go to the movies? 

Is every movie made in the Unlted.States necessarily igeared to the 
intelligence of a twelye-year-old Child and no higher? 

When a person enters a rnovie theatre, docs he etanip himself aut^-. 
maticaily as a. dumbbell and hence nieat for the wlsecracker? 

The questions, and several others which we could a,sk If we had the 
si)ace,, are inspired by a perusal of several movie criticisms in a couple 
of highly esteemed metropolitan daily newspapers of the old school; 

About "Wheel of Chance," a recent First National rele«ase based on a 
story by * generally aicclaimed a writer as Fannie Hurst and starring : 
Richard Barthelmess* who Is anything but ia bairnstormer, one ..of these 
critical efforts says in part: "Tlio Sti'and's gift to' New York this week. 
. .. . The story back of it all starts in faraway Russsia. .: Instead 
of being a parody— as could be gathered from the names, used^the 
'Wheel of Chance" takes itself seriously. It appears to attempt proving 
that, truth may be stranger than fiction, and that America, after alU; Is 
the melting pot. It follows both briefs In a very silly fashion." .' 

That Is a fair sample of the brand of movie criticism we refer to. 

Another we lift from a review of Rex Beach's "The Michigan Kid" 
(Oniversal), with Conrad Nageli Renee Adoree and Lloyd Whitiock, 
The prize morsel in this dish of critical sniff ishness and supcrciliouancsa 
is the. repeated rendering of the word Villain- as "vlllian." The rather 
Important bit of information as to whether the critic thinks his readers 
will like the show or not is among the missing, though the wisecracks 
fly thick and fast. 

These critics seem to be people who hate the movies and everything 
connected with them. Or it may be they aspire to' rise from the lowly 
fellowship of movie critics to the saintly brotherhood of critics of the" 
legitimate drama, and believe the surest way to do so is to sheer con- 
tinuously kt the industry which is to bjame for their present |50 a 
week pt whatever it Is. 

By way of contrast, and not caring -Whose feelings may be hurt, we 
take occasion to point with pride to the movie department conducted in 
THE NEWS by Miss Irene Thirer. Miss Thirer likes some movies, dis- 
likes others. She writes what she thiriks about them. She does riot 
approach a moVle palace with the thought that here la a place upon 
which an Intelligent- person confers a distinct favor when he or : she 
steps inside its doors. And she states whether In her opinion you will 
like the show or not. 

The result Is that Miss "Thirer has a Ifirge public which relies pn her 
.judgment of the quality of its niovie entertainment.. That seems, to us 
a moVe solid performance of a movie critic's chief function than the 
acquisition of a lirrt^.ted public which" dotes on sneers at the movie audi- 
ences' supposed lack of brains. 

Pcrhajps our advice to the papers of the old. school will not be i-eceived 
with gratitude. But If they want it, here it is. It is best given in the 
form of a question. The question Is: "What kind of racing news would 
they expect to get if tiiey sent to the races reporters who hated horses; 
how -would their baseball stories read if their sports writers didn't like 
baseball,; what kind of dramatic criticism would they get from peop,le 
who preferred reading ot checkers or polo to the theatre? 

For the condescending movie critics themselves, -we'd advise applying 
to their papers for transfer to some other department* if they are so fed 
Up with the movies. Their output grows wearisome to those who read, it. 



Coast Daily's Racket 

To Bleed "Extras" 



Sues Betty Compson 
Over 2 Columbia Films 

-^—^ -Los Angeles,- -July 10. 

Edward Small Agency has filed 
suit in, Superior Court, against Betty 
Compson to recover $1,500 in com- 
mission. According to the com- 
plaint, it Is alleged that Miss Comp- 
son signed contracts with the Small 
agency for two pictures to be made 
for Colunribia at $15,000 per picture. 

It Is asserted that after making 
the first picture Miss Compson can- 
celled the second contract with the 
agency and then resign'ed with Co- 
lumbia for the second picture. In 
view of this the complaint sets forth 
that, the agency feels entitled to the 
commission pn the second picture. 



Betty Dodging $5,690 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Betty BIythe is attempting to 
ward ofiE payment on a Summary 
judgment, for '$5,690 entered again.st 
her in the New York courLs rc- 
C(rrilTy^"^"'^~7^'"~ 7 "'^ 

jMi.ss Blytlie .wa.s tiuod in the oa.st 
by Arthur Lc'^iard llorner, Lon- 
don solicitor, for attorney's fees 
airiounting to JTijOOO. lie wii.'j 
awarded over tlitU amount by the 
courts and has now filed suit in 
Superior Court here to rnforcp llip 
judgment. McNuuvhile the actress, 
througli I. T'.. Koniblum, her attor- 
ney, ha.q taken an. apjjoal and the 
judgment is not yet final. 



Loa Angeles, July 10. 
. One of the Hollywood daily film 
hand bills now being published on 
the coast finds It tough to get cir- 
culation. After covering the com- 
munity with free copies it has come 
to the conclusion that paper costs 
money and the printers must be paid 
overy Saturday. With this in mind 
the paper is out to get everyone of 
the 12,000 or more extra players in 
the business as subscribers by 
promising to give them recognition 
in the paper and use its influence, 
in establishing them In the good 
graces . of the studio casting offices. 

Their plan is what . they term a 
co-operative one with rules easy to 
follow. All the extra needs to do 
is to send in two or more photo- 
gi-?i.phs with name, weight, height, 
age, wh,other brunet or blond, and 
how long in pictures and on the 
;Stage. . r. ...^ : — 

This must be accompanied by a 
personal check or money order for 
$8 covering a year's subscription, or 
$10 for two six months' subscrip- 
rionsi The paper in return promises 
to publish the player's mug without 
cost and to submit the original 
photographs to the local casters 
with . the assurance t^^y will be 
carefully considered. According to 
their belief a number of these 
entrants will be granted personal 
interviews frpm the studio and in 
turn receive that long looked for 
break. 

This may attr.act a number of 
people seeking to break iiito pictures 
a:nd who can riot become registered 
with the Central Casting Bureau. 
.The eslablishcd extra will not fall 
-for the rafkfit. . ^ 

Tlicrc are 12 extras for every job 
in Hollywood and, any movement to 
i.nM-c.asc this number will not bo 

r'roduoer.s' Association. 



FARM PROMOTION PLAN 
DISCLOSED IN HOLT CASE 



Of $250^000 Promotion Pic- 
ture People Turn in $100,000 
— Smyly Cliarges False Arrest 



Los Angeles, July 10. 

A farming promotion scheme, in 
which a riumber of picture people 
were heavily interested, came to 
light during the legal controversy 
now in the courts in which Jack 
Holt arid his wife, Margaret 
(Peggy) Holt, figure. 

Patrick W. Smyly, alleged pro- 
moter and orga,nizer of the Cali- 
fornia Farms Industries, Inc.,. filed 
action against the Holts asking 
$75,000 for false arrest. In a 
counter action now being prepared 
by Cantillon and Sievers, attorneys 
.for--Holt, it...ls disclosed that Holt 
recently attached Smyly's bank ac- 
count. : for - $3,000. Holt claims 
this la coming to him .from the 
corporation, which was organized 
with a capitalization of $250,000, 
of which $100,000 is asserted to 
have been paid in by picture people. 
According to Holt, the borporatiph 
ran into dlfflculticis and he loaned 
it $3,000. 

Later, Holt . claiins, the corpora- 
tion gave Smyly, an oflicor, the $3,- 
000 to return to . him, all of which 
Smyly failed to do. On advice of 
his attorneys, Holt had Smyly 
brought up before the District 
Attorney for invosti.iration. Smyly 
was arrested in his home and held 
for a short time, after Which h© 
was released with a. pi'prnise that 
lie would i)ay Holt. He didn't, and 
Holt made the attaelimfut on his 
bank account. 

Sniyly's charge of false .arrest la 
4>aBed^on-^that^'incid<'-ntT-^- -..^ 



! .aRocque*s Appendix 

Los Angeles, July iO. 

T{cd IjaRocqiie was operated upon 
for a.pi)eildieitis Alonday at the 
Pasadena Ifosjjital. Attending phy- 
sieiuns believe* ho i.s out of danger. 

TjaUnc<iue was stricken ht his 
home SimuImv iiiLVbt, 



WILLATT'S FOECED REST 

I,os An.ueles. .Mily l"- 
. Due to a nervous lire.'iUclo-wvn 
from overwork on "Out . of the 
Depth," rolumlii;i, Ti-vin Willr.tt 
was forced to give ur) tlie job. 

He has gone (n Co-('1'.!hIo for a 
rest, with Frank Cuvr:\ :issigno.l to 
complete the prdducl inn. 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



REDUCING THEATRES 25 




Jean Hershqlt and Mae West Hold 
Hands for Hoiirs at Mae's Sean^^ 
Mrs. Jean Finally Broke It Up 




■ ih the course of seeiner all the 
dhows in town during his visit In 
Jlevr York, Jean Hcrsholt attended 
•rpiamond Lil," afterward met Mae 
West and was invited by her to at- 
tend a seance ibelng held in this 
amokinff room of the Theatre 
Royale. 

Mr. Hersholt was not much Im- 
pressed with the.spooky doin's, but 
4© related the tale with; relish, 

"We all aat around a biff table 
fai a darkened room," said Hersholt. 
-I sat next to Mae 'VSr.est , and held 
her hand for four hours, some kind 
of a record: Th6 modium told us 
we were going to talk to. Caruso 
And Valentino. The medium kept 
asking us if. we <5ould not hear 
daruso singing? We could not, biit 
i was waiting to hear from Valen 
Clno, who was a friend of mine 

"Suddenly a voice siaid, 'Jean.' I 
answered, 'Yes, Rudy. Where are 
you and how are you?' Ruddy then 
proceeded to tell me that, he was 
happy and. that Natacha Rambpva 
hiui lied when she said that he had 
6ver talked to her since his death. 
Rudy next: told me to move out 
6t my room in the hotel as some- 
thing awful would happen within 
the week, but', in spito of Rudy's 
kind advice I did not move and I 
khi still here. 

"Then Rudy called upon Mae 
liae was all aqutvcr and said* 'Yes, 
Rudy, I am right here.' Rudy 
said, .'Mae you have a lot of ene 
inles and don't trust iany of them.' 
Mae was quick to promise, 'No, I 
won't, iiluddy.' 

**A T^ysterious character named 
Bill wanted to talk. Nobody knew 
Bill, but Mae piped up and said, 
'How are you, Bilir Bill said he 
had. killed himself arid Mao an- 
swered, 'Yes, I know Bill. I hope 
iiverything is. all right now.* 

"Mae and BUI tiad a lengthy con 
versation and Mae was very serious 
about it. Then Mae and I, who 
were called on most of tho evening, 
were told to come up to the altar 
to be blessed. We went up hand in 
hand, and . someone threw a glass 
of water over us, only most of it hit 
my wife, who was sitting at the end 
of the table. She guessed she had 
gotten most of the blessing. That 
seemed to disturb the medium who 
said that someone was not in sym- 
pathy with him and , for that rea 
son ho could not make Valentino 
tdlic. ; 

"'We waited until four in the 
morning Cor Rudy to talk, but he 
never did and I kept thinking of 
having to get up at six in the 
morning to shoot scenes for 'The 
blrl on the Barge.' 

Mae:.Be.lieyed It 

"If I had not 'been Mae's guest I 
would have made a grab for Rudy 
but Mae was very much in earnest 
iind promised to have her pictui'e 
taken with Rudy next week. Final- 
ly Rudy said, 'Jean, take good care 
irf Mae,' and . my wife said, 'Jean, 
we'd bettor go homo; you have to 
get up at six in the mornirig."^ 

Mr, Hersholt doesn't like to talk 
about himself. He says everything 
about himself can be read in the 
biographies the moving picture 
companies have written about him. 
He likes cold goose liver, blue shirts 
• and "Stra.nge Interlude." 

After his next picture, "The Brag 
gart," is completed, "Abie's Irish 
Rose" is to bo remade with sound. 
' jHorsholt, who has had years of ex 
perience in directing, thinks that the 
addition of sound should make 
"Abie" a .success. 



Squawking Pictures 

Alongside of the now preva- 
lent talking picture phrase 
comes another, the sqXiay^king 
picture. 

To denote the-, squawkers, 
they are of the class of "Uncle 
Tom's Cabin'; and "Abie's Irish 
Rose." 



CECIL DE MILLE 
OUITSPATHE; 
GOING M-G-M 



Los Angeles, July 10, 
Cecil B. DeMille is no longer 
connected with Pathe. He has dis- 
posed of his interest in the com- 
pany for $1,000,000, and his negotia- 
tions with United Artists are not 
being continued. 

At the present time DeMille Is 
planning with Metro-Gpldwyn 
Mayer to produce a series of pic- 
tures which he will direct person 
ally. Although DeMille has heen 
adverse to financing his own pic 
tures, his proposition with M.-G, 
is to put up his own money and 
utilize his own staff, rroduction. 
if the deal goes through, is to take 
place at Culver City. 

DeMille and liouls B. Mayer have 
been conferring on the proposition 
for the past two weeks, the plap 
calling for DeMille to turri his pic 
tures over intact to M.tG.-M. for 
distribution. 

First picture DeMille has in mind, 
he Is reported to have said, will 
cost $1,250,000. 

Spray Beach With Yellow 
Paint to Soften Glare 

Los Angeles, July 10 
It was necessary to spray several 
hundred square feet of beach sand 
with yellow paint at Santa Barbara 
for scenes in "Oh Kay," being made 
by First National. 

Glare of the sun on the sand 
created top strong "halation" for the 
soft effects desired. This is the 
first time sand has been .sprayed to 
close down. light 



Means, However, but 10% 
Less Total Capacities — - 
Small and Closed Houses 
Ones to Go— Some Will 
Disappear Through Realty 
Values — Per oehtages of 
Disappearances May Be 
Higher —.Wired H<*uses 
Predicted to Have Strong 
Effect Upon Others 



Fox Sells Paramount 100% for 
Next Seasons Product and Now 




30 Tests Daily 



40% LESS INDES NOW 



The Fox studios In New 
York are sfiid to have taken on 
the average of 30 tests daily 
all last week of legit players. 
Tests were on Movietone, 
for members oC.the Fox talk- 
ing stock company and the 
cast for tile Fox contemplated 
talker of "Behind That Cur- 
tain." 

No announcemeat was mad© 
of any players selected. 



Teleplibtb Dress 

Los Angeles, July 10, 
As a test to show the capabilities 
of wireless photography, Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer ordered a design of 
a dress for Marlon Davies frorn 
Howard Greer, now in Paris, and a 
copy was received 24 hours later In 
Culver City. 

Dress was made in accordance 
with the design and filmed the fbl' 
lowing day in "Her Cardboard 
Lover." 



"Abie's" Sound 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Buddy Ro.i^cM's played piano while 
Nancy C:ifi-oU .sang for one of the 
sound sequences now being made 
for "Abie's Irish Kose," 

Picture is being synchronized with 
% musical sicora In the east, but 
^ound err«'ot.s and dialog ar* b6lng 
donie out here. 



Talking Minstrel Show 

Universal contemplates a sound 
picture called "The Minstrel Show" 
adapted from the story "The Mys- 
tery Man," by George Rogan and 
Norman L. Spur. 

The picture will have bid time 
minstrel show stuff. 
. Uniyersal ..is.^now Jpjjkmg for the^ 
ideal end meiPand " intc'rlbcMav^ 



MAKE-UP BOYS' OPEN CLUB 

Los Anfri>k'a, July 10. ■ 
Motion Picture Mako-Up Artists' 
Association opened its now. club 
rooms In Hollywood with Rev. Ncal 
Dodds omdattng and Conrad Xagol, 
m. «. 

A number of flkn stars attended. 



Observing showmen assert with 
out qualification that there will . be 
a decrease of the present crop of 
theatres in the United States of at 
least 25 per cent within the next 
two years. Some, showmen state 
with a» much authority that the 
period will be less and the : per- 
centage of disappearances higher 
There are between 18,000 and 19,000 
picture houses in the country. 

Of those theatres to go,' in the 
picture division, will be many 
closed through chains adjusting 
local conditions. Other* will be 
forced out by business, competition, 
while the small towns holding too 
many seats will have to be com- 
pressed. Besides, it is anticipated 
that with the prevailing theatre 
conditions, many of the older 
houses well located will be aban- 
doned for the owners to reap the 
realty profit. 

In the reduction of the 25 per 
cent of standihg theatres at pres 
ent, but JO per' cent of the current 
total seating capacities will be 
eUminated. This in th^ main will 
be brought about through the 
closed houses being of the smaller 
capacity class. 

It la stated and by Independent 
picture exhibitors that the pure 
indie exhib has been cut down by 
40 per cent within the past 18 
months, taking in those who passed 
out before. . This has occurred 
either through failure to success 
fully operate against the adverse 
film situation to the exhib or by 
merging with chains. 

During the next two years grant 
ed for the extensive elimination of 
useless film theatres, but meager 
building will be seen. It Is said. 
Theatre construction commenced to 
take a sharp drop In the middle of 
last season. Other than here and 
there a de luxe reported or .a ^^^^^^ 
house in a moderate sized town 
that could stand one, the building 
rush In the show line appe.ars to 
have been stopped. 

Necessary 
The showmen who predict the 
gradual decrease say It is a neces- 
sary one. They allude as well to 
the wired theatre as a local oppo 
sLtion that wiir oblige many dis- 
continuances of the straight or 
silent black and white film house 
Goinqr beyond the subject of the 
wired house itself; they state that 
with talkers generally produced 
and selection then with talkers ad 
now with the silent pictures for 
the best the market holds, the 
wired hou.se capable of purchasing 
the best services will smother not 
only the other silent theatres In 
town, but those wired as well. The 
latter, they say, will be unable to 
iLm(ait..lrutM^Jass^talk-^ 
ing full length pictures expected to 
be produced. 

One showman when asked if 25 
per cent of the thoatros lopped off so 
fluickly were not too many to go, 
rf^pliod that of the tyr>e of theatre 
infludPd In that 25 per . cent. It 
could ea!?lly be dispen.sed with and. 
all others of an equal type, without 
regard to numbers or capacHlea. 



REASON SURVEY 
FOR THEATRE 




College Students Qather 
Data— Half Go to 
Kill Time 



A test survey made by the stu- 
dents o£ the Southern Methodist 
College, near Dallas, at the request 
of a local advertising agency, re- 
garding the show ' market in that 
territory showed that 226 people 
out of the 572 interviewed went to 
the. theatre just to be somewhere, 
tending to minimize the impor- 
tance of star, production and direc- 
torial drawing power In pictures. 

Under the heading "Motives for 
Attending" it was shown that less 
than 20 per cent of the local fans 
went to the pictures because of 
favorites. The producer or director 
attracted only C but of 572, while 
the balance of the votes was as 
follows: 

Humor 107 

Story 68 

Type of plot. 63 

Educational 21 

Music ' • 

Other inquiries showed that pref- 
erences for certain types of enter- 
tainment were: 

Combination 310 

Straight film 159 

Vaudeville 59 

Dramatic stock 57 

Road Show, Little Thea- 

.tre,_ etc. „; . ,^ ?0^:, , 

It was found that of the 572 peor 
pie interviewed 225 received their 
information rcsrarding shows from 
newspaper.s, 175 by word of mouth, 
53 from show-shopping, 45 from 
billboards, 20 from magazines, and 
47 from screen trailenSi 



Kvcrything's hunky dory bolweea 
Fox and Punimount. 

Paramount is on the verge of buy- 
ing the. entire Fox product for the 
new Season for the whole Para- 
mount list, as available, . 

It's not yet closed by formal con- 
tract signatures. Understood yester- 
d^y that the dickering had been 
ended with the outcome to b» 
placed in contract form during th© 
week. 

A sort of chilliness had been evi- 
doht on the .Fox part toward Para- 
mount since the. summer started. 
Fox did not appear wildly desirous 
of using Paramount pirbduct and as 
Fox within the past year has 
enormously increased its theatre 
holdings, that was something again 
to be considered by Par. 

Particularly did this hit upon the 
West Coast situation, sprta of in- 
volved anyway as between Fox's 
control and Publlx's houses there, 
along with Loew's under West Coast 
Circuit operation. 

Started in Chicago 

The working out of the Fox- 
Paramount problem has been going; 
on for weeks, with Fox making the 
first aggressive move vvhen refuslnflr 
to sell Balaban & Katz in Chicago 
the five Fox pictures B&K wanted. 
Jimmy Grainger told the B&K boys 
he had calculated they could use 18 . 
Foxes and it would be 15 or out. 

It was 15. 

The first Fox special to play for 
B&K, ''Street Angel," at McVlckera, 
Chicago, last week did $41,150, 
breaking every record McVlckers 
ever held and: topping "The Biff 
Parade" by $20. 'That may have 
made it a little easier for Mr. 
Grainger's dealings in New York. 

It is expected that Loew's will 
also meet Fox on mutually agreeable 
grounds. With Fox loosening up in 
his attitude toward those other two 
picture leaders, the hunky dory just 
fits in at present. 

Paramount and Loew's doing a 
full business course with Fox aiid 
vice versa stamps that trio of pro- 
ducers and distributors as the new- 
Big 3 of the picture business. 



Talker Talent from N. Y. 



Ix)s Angeles, July 10, 
Robert Harris, a3S.i.sUnt to Harry 
liapf, M-G-M Hiipervlsor, has gone 
to .S'ow York to .seek talker talent 
for "Ni'/,e Baby." 



Hays' First Night Ust 

The'zeal of the Hays organization 
now extends even to the first night 
lists formerly made up by publi- 
cists. Newspapermen, etc, alone 
are effected by this latest dictum. 
Unle.'^s they are first string critics 
they are out of luck as deadheads 
at film premieres here from now on. 

Keeping producing companies 
from being imposed upon by hordes 
of mi,scellaneous writers Is given 
as tlie reason for careful carding 
of .Ahe .flr3t_night door list. ^ . 

j.-'nm .exocutivos an^ their friends 
will continue to get the double- 
punched ducats, The seats made 
vacant by the order will also be 
filled. 



Film Flyers on Duration 

hoH Anfjeles, July 10. 
Capt. Kosooe Turner and William 
Strapp, aviators, attached to Caddo 
films, plan a duration filght this 
month. 

— T he -m n -a re=o ut ^-t o -b r-oak- th c^-.i:C:_- 
cont rt-curd s<.'t by German fiyn-.s 
and will att'-rnpt to .stay up 70 
hour-s. 

Monta Bell With Par 

Los AiiKflt.'.s, July 10. 
Monta Bell, flirpfting rt)r M-f".-M 
for four yf-ars, his bo'-n cnu'iigcd by 
Paramount, 



Films at Madison Square 

Madison Square Garden may be- 
come a picture house July 16, ope- 
rating at 15-25 for the summer, it Is 
reported. 

In place of a stage show between 
pictur(is, fighters will be u.sed for 
.short sparring matches or, if among 
the well known, to speak to audl- 
onoos on the fine points of the 
tfontle art, 

Sport pictures of various kinds 
are. to be usod, 

WAMPAS SEEKS '29 SPOT 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Wainpas is lining up its next 
"^^'>^io~W^V^f h^ls^=iiuc -ln--Febpuar*j- 
H;u-(l]y llUdy it will be held her«k 
a.H ihc. lust one was not as fi.nan- 
(;ially sufff-'KHful as previous events. 

Tlioso appoinlod on the frollo 
lonunilt^'C. arc: Howard Strlckllng; 
|G.^o^^"i I^ndy, Fd Perkins. .Kay 
• CoMin. .li'ff Lazarus, Sam Jacobson, 
jUil Wallls, Tom F.ngler and Pat 



6 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



British Film Field 

By Frank Tilley 



Ufa Reported Giving Up 
«U. S. ^anchise Idea 



Libndon, ,June 29. 

Complication produced by, the 
Finance Act this year over the 
bringing, of negative of British films 
made abroad Ig likely to be sorted 
out within tlie next two weekis. iFor 
the first year of the Quota, British 
producers are allowed to make lihelr 
films abroad in their entirety, a.nd 
. this year's budget Avas intended to 
give them the advantage of bring- 
ing In their shot hegatiye. at raAV 
stock - duty rates, which is two- 
thirds of a cent a foot, instead of 
at the exposed negative I'ate of 10 
cents a foot. . 

But owing to the , vague wording 
of the Finance Act, negative was 
only permissible: for entry at the 
lower duty under, the Quota condir 
tions of the Films Act, which meant 
the full duty of 10 cents had to be 
paid on the negative taken, ad the 
lower rate could only be claimed 
for the completed, film after it had 
been accepted for registratiop as a 
Quota picture by the . Board of 
Trade. 

Producers making British films 
on the Continent were thus faced 
with the difficulty of bi-inging in 
possibly lObjOOO feet of negative and 
having to pay 10 cents a foot on it, 
then getting a rebate of 9 1-3 cents 
on only some -5,000 feet, which left 
them well in the cart But the 
Federation pit 'British Industries has 
fixed -things with the customs and 
with the Board of Trade so pro- 
ducers can put their negative in 
bond and pay only on the amount 
. actually used for the rnalking up of 
their complete picture negative. 

This; arrangement will effect a 
saving of around $85,000 on any 
Quota filni shot, out of the country. 



Ufa ofllclals are slated to sail 
from Germany July 1*4 to investi- 
and another demonstration is to be gj^jg what Is delaying New York 
given later. ' . , headquarters from executing plans 

Other Sound and Cost _ announced last winter toy n thor 

and their operators and costs, here tory. At . the same time, the story 
are .some on the market on this side: is that the original, plan to fran 

British Acoustic Films. Film chise product in thi^. country will be 
track method. Controlled by Gau- abandoned, because of its costliness, 
mont' Company, Installation cost Uj^^ that the Germans will okay 
around $1,500. „ , v t -nr immediate establishment of Ufa ex- 

Phonofilms. ^Controlled by I. .W. Ij^^^^^g throughout the country: 
Schlesinger, ^Um ^ track method ^ndcr the original plan only one 

Phototone; Controlled by British north -cjis tern territory secured n 
BiySwick company. andV to be New York by DavId^IBnll WiUun 
operated by a subsidiary company, the last few weeks Brill has found 
Disc record method. Costs $1,250 to it necessary to. take in a partner 
install, unless Panalrope is already Uyith "angel" friends. At. that, he 
In use, when additional cost Is about jjg^g ijggjj getting a 50 per cent. 
i;6.0O. I break on rentals' of all Ufa films. At 

, present he has seven pictares with 
Firai National and British 26 slated for fall release, 

Production Under the present arrangement 

Something seems to have come paramount gets first opportunity 
unstuck on the First National -Pathe j^^. the cream of Ufa product reach 
outfit, ^ , o^i^-^c, ing here. This Is okayed by the 

Graham Cutts started .making K^^^^^ office, it Is, said,' because of 
films for them for Quota puipose^ prestige given such product In 
^J^^'lS^^'^rSLt!^ whicS Paramount playdates.- 
w^s riot so good. Then "Eileen of , German oflicials, whose 
the Trees " having previously done here is definitely set for, later this 
'God's Clay.'^ Was to have done | month, are headed by M. Huber 
another. But Ray Rockett and some 
of the boys came over and Cutts 
was piid out and didn't dp th6 
fourth,. ^ 
After which it was arranged 
Pathe's own producing unit, conf 
sisting of Manning Haynes and Jack 



What Is Happening at. VVembley ? 

Couple of weeks ago there was a 
big shout because Victor Sheridan 
had taken, over the . Wembley studio 
proposition, on which Ralph Pugh 
had been trying to promote for 
nearly two years without success 
Part of the lineup was. to form a 
producing company, with which 
Denison Clift— now directing "Para 
dise" for British International— and 
Reginald Fogwell were, to be con 
cerned. 

Now there is silence. Rumor is 
Sheridan has not clinched the 
financial backing, and that he is go 
Ing to' America tp look for assistant 
promoters there. 

Anyway, ever since the British 
ISmpire Exposition fiasco a couple 
of years ago, someone or other has 
been making an exhibition of 
Wembley, and often of himself. 



arrival 



|U's 'BouleyardsMKsguised 

Paris, July 10 

„ _ - , As result of new quota law the 

Raymond, were to go over to the American . picture, "Boulevards," 



combine and produce some more 
Now it's all off, and F, N. is. not 

'\Tot5lp""^nTe ?nsift ^<!rsome | been done to disguise its nationality 



contains no caption clue of its 
American origin. Everything has 



This may become a common prac 
tipe over here under present condi- 



kind, because Atkinson, of the .V'Ex- 
press," has had a smack at F. N., 
saying they are going to buy the | tions 
cheapest British -made films they 

can get to. fulfill the Quota require- I _ . , ^ 

men ts, and adding that's how all PoSltlVC Film ExpOrtS Oil 
the American distributors are be- . _ _ « _ -.^ ^ , - TUt^—lUa 
having when they might have made ] 4,yuU,UUU tl. 111 5 MOnlllS 



Washington, July 10 
Film quota laws, and other re- 



Russia 



Berlin, July 1. 
Mcjrabpom-Russ, the Soviet state 
film corporation. Is in the process 
of reorganization now, the changes 
being caused by the recent deals of 
co-operation concluded between Uie 
Soviet movie powers and the .Ger- 
man film company, "Prometheus." 
Ifrpm now on the German company 
will function, as a brancli of the 
Soviet corporation, which, in order 
to show its new International char- 
acter, has .changed its name from 
that of Alejrabpom-Russ to that of 
Mojrabppm-Fllm. 

German film actors and actresses 
are going to Moscow to work in the 
local studios as a result of the deal. 
Bernar<^ Goetzke is working . now in 
the local Mcjrabpom studio, going 
throligh the scenes of "The Saldr 
mandcr," designed to be one of the 
first German-Russian co-operatlvc 
films,. Goetzke was given a gala re- 
ception upon his arrival here, from 
Berlin. The reception- took place In 
the hall of the State Academy of Art 
Sciences, where speeches of weir 
comp were delivered by XiUnachar- 
sky, the Soviet Minister of Educa- 
tion and Arts;- Mmp, Kameneva 
(Trotzky's sister), and other Soviet 
dignitaries. 

Both contracting sides believe in 
the lasting character of the deal. 
The German actors are prepared to 
stay in Moscow for quite a while, 
and have already started to tackle 
the old Russian verbs and the new 
Soviet spelling. 



Another Producing Company 

Can't get to the bottom of this 
Regal Film Company business. A 
E. Abrahams, opening . the new 
Regal picture House at Marble 
Arch in the early fall, is -believed to 
have hooked up with Johij MaxM'ell 
of British Instructional and Sam 
Berney (who has a few theatres and 
Is Interested in others with A. E. 
Bundy of British Instructional), for 
the formation of a producing com- 
pany . to be called Regal Films. 
Abrahams has denied he is. con- 
cerned with the company's forma- 
tion, but his name appears as one 
of the board of . direc tors 



a gesture of friendliness to this 
market; And Horace Judge, of 

First National, comes back and says , . . ,„„,„,„x.„„ ,v,^«„/i oir^«<i nt 
this isn't true; that F. N. has only strictiv© legislation abroad aimed at 
shut down on production- here be- American made picture^, are now 
cause its Quota requirements are being reflected in the export figures 
fulfilled, maintained by the Department of 

As Beaverbrook contrPls both Commerce 
Pathe and the "Express," and as Drop recorded on positive film 
W. H. Evans, head of Provincial exported for the first five months of 
Cinematograph Theatres,, is also ^ggg ending May 31 discloses a, total 
head of the combined. First Na- I ^ gogig;i34.fgg^^^j^j^jj jg <jiffer 
tional-Pathe company, and as^Beav approximately 4,000,000 feet, 

also controls P. C. T., there's some- p li^f ov,««ra /trnr.o in 

thing in this woodpile. Whatever ! ^ tabulated hst shows drops in 
It is. It's causing lots of conferences France, Sweden, United Kingdom, 
among the folk associated with Canada, Central America, British 
Beaverbrook in his various film en- West Indlfes and the Bermudas, Ar 
terprises, and Sir Herbert Holt, the gentina, Chile, British India, Japan 
Canadian banker, is here taking part Australia and New Zealand, 
in them. I To counteract these lessened im 

ports the only increases shown are 
Folks Here and There I the footage going into Denmark, 

King Vidor and Eleanor Board- Germany, Spain (the most substan- 
man are back from a jaunt on the tial recorded), Mexico, Cuba, Brazil 
Continent. I and China, 

Alex Cowen,. touring the Publix 



"Kino-Sibir" is the name of a new 
Soviet State fllni company endeav- 
oring to cause a new movie industry 
to bloom in the frozen tundras of 
Siberia. "Kino-Sibir" works in con- 
tact with . the "Sovkino" and with 
some foreign organisations. Cam- 
eraman Konstantinovsky is shooting 
some; Industrial and scientific reels 
in Tomsk to fulfill an order said to 
have been received by "Kino-.Siblr" 
from America. 



Pathe-Nord purchased from "Vuf- 
ku" (Soviet Ukrainian State film 
company) 13 program features, 
among them "The Sorochinsky Fair" 
(baspd upon Gogol's famous tale), 
"Behind the Wall,"' "Klra-KIralina" 
(directed by B. S. Glagolin, the 
Soviet stage director, now visiting 
the United States), and other hits 
of the Soviet screen. The French 
firm will exhibit the purchased 
Soviet films in France as well as in 
other European countries; A flyer 
at the American field is probable, 
too. 



Soviet Films Hit 





U. S. Is Liberal 



Mo.scow, Juno 25. 
A detailed report has been given- 
otit by the Soviet mpvie authorities 
reciting the hardships of foreiga' 
censorship the Soviet films have to 
face when exported. 

F'rahce has banned the foliowing 
Soviet films; "Pbtemkin," "Mother," 
"Abrek Zaur," "Bear's Wedding',"- 
(Immoral grounds), "According to 
Law." ■ : 

England has banned "PPtemkln" 
and did not admit "Czar Ivan the 
Terrible," sendlhg it back from the 
custom-house "Katka": is also ban* 
ned as- having scenes of childbirth. 

Japan has sent back from her 
custom-houses to the Soviet port 
of Vladivostok the films "Potem- 
kin" and "Palace and Fortress." 

Hungary has banned "Potemkin," 
"Palace and Fortress," "Aellta," 
"The Jewish Luck,""Czar Ivan the 
Terrible," and "Abrek Zaur." 

Sweden, Norway and Denmark ■ 
have banned "Bear's Wedding" as 
being an immoral film. Norway and 
Denmark admitted "Potemkin," but 
Sweden vetoed it. Denmark . has 
banned "Czar Iviah ; the "Terrible." 

Latvia and Germany display the 
most liberal attitude to Soviet films, 
yet in Berlin such films as "Potem- . 
kin," "Bear's 'Wedding," and "The 
Strike" had to be submitted to the . 
censors several times before per- 
mission to exhibit was granted. 

United States has seven Soviet 
films now being shown or soon to 
run and the Spvlet movie people In 
Moscow consider this as quite a 
mark, 

In all, Soviet films are being ex- 
ported to 54 different countries pver 
the world. The best profits v^ere 
brought by the foreign series- of 
"Potemkin" and "Czar Jy..an the-OJer- . 
rible." The Soviet movie pepple. 
point out, that prior to the World 
War almost no Russian films were 
exported abroad, and the new Soviet 
film export . is only two years old. 



$1 Per Foot for OlympiG 
Newsreel Shots from Luce 



theatres as orchestra leader, is hei-e 
on vacation, and leaves this week 
end for France and Italy 
J. R. Rubin, vice-president of 



Must Be in Spanish . 

Washington, Juiy 10. 
According to new regulations 



At this writing. Abrahams . was,. Nice with Betty Balfour for "Para 
- ... _ , , dise" exteriors. 



out of town and his office had 
"nothing, to. say," and Ma,xwen is 
on his native heath in Glasgow and 
couldn't be reached. Most likely the 
promotion is concerned with using, 
up more floor space at Elstree and 
attriact riiore folk thPr.e ponding the 
completion of the house building 
and land development scheme that's 
baPk of it all, and looks like, ma- 
turing. 



Qne o,f the Talkies 

A demonstration was given plus 
lunch and many quarts of cham- 
pagne of the British Phototohe. 
This is ian offshoot of British 
Brunswick, which handles the 
Panatrope, a disc record synchron- 
izing device which was used for 
effects on the presentation by 
Paramount of "WIngS" here at the 
Carlton. 

Phototone^is a con tribut ion to the 

' ""sOlihll'^sTai ii pede."^ A"^conT 

a capital of $1,750,000 i.s to be floated 
for it, and F. E. Enders of. the 
British FBO (handling Columbia 
films here) is associated with It as 
a director. 

Synchronized musical items wore 

. pretty good, but thoy tried to have 
the/ speech of the chairmen at the 
lunch done on their system and the 
apparatu.s would not function. Not 

* that It's to be blamed for ducking 
an nYter lunch speech, but It turned 
the proceedings into a bit of a fiasco 



M-G, Arrived this week-end from Issued by the Cuban Government, 
New York. and effective Sept. 1, consular in- 

George Pearson, who used to di- voices covering shipments to Cuba 
rect Betty Balfour films, has taken -^ill not be accepted by Cuban 
a company to Spain on exteriors for | custom authorities unless written 



"A Girl of Today." 

Scott Sidney is over to direct a 
feature comedy for British Inter- 
national, Using a 'couple of come- 
dians frpm Denmark, known as Pat 
and Piatachoh, Long and Short here. 
_Pen ispn . C lif t. . left ^ Thu rsday _ for 



in Spanish. 

This includes 
films. 



motion picture 



Bulgarian Theatre List 

^^..^Wiashington, July l&i. .. 

Department of Commerce has a 



,^ , , , ^. ^ .revised list of picture theatres in 

Harry Lachman, also directing for L^;,. 

ritish International, has found it [^^sarm. , „,i 

' Copies may be secured by ad- 
dressing the Commercial Intelli- 
gence Division of the department 
and making reference to the code 
number, NE-2380-A. 



Br 

necessary to do some stuff in Paris 
and Deauvllle 



The Odessa studio of " the Vufku 
company (Soviet trkralnian State 
movie corporation) is finishing the 
filming of Upton Sinclair's "Jimmy 
Higglns." Tassin, the Soviet movie 
director, is in charge of the produc- 
tion, while the American author of- 
fers his suggestions via mall. 

A long street of American houses 
was built-in the Odessa studio esper 
daily for this film, and a call issued 
for any Russians who by some mir- 
acle or other happen to.be the own- 
ers of white collars and western 
suits of clothes and thus are quali- 
fied to play extras in the American - 
locale film of Soviet make. Getting 
sueh Ru.sSians was a slow and pain- 
ful task, 



France 



Fetching Them Home? 

Pola Negri is expected to come 
here to play in "Piccadilly,'' when 
K. A. Duportt starts making it for 
Rritish International. Another for 
eign afllllatlon of this company Is 



One- Man Censor Board 

Washington, July 10. 
Prime Minister of the Bey of 
being negotiated by John Slaxwell I Tunis has been appointed a one- 
with the Munchencr Lichtspeilkiinst man censorship bureau ori motion 
of Munich, usually known as Emel- | pictm-eg shown: in that regency, 



reports Vice-Consul C; B- Baylard, 
Tunis, to the Department of Com- 
merce. 



ka. Lineup is believed to be an ex 
change oif pictures in each other's 
market find an exchange of stock 

Another company, called British 
Amalgamated Films, to make 
"Mightier Than the Sword," with 

Percy ATarmont, this year, Is trying I rights on Technicolor, ba.sed on the 



to get Lya de Puttl to play opposite 



.Color- C ompany , 



, Briti.sli Multicolor Film Corp., of 
which Charlea CfUllivcr Is to be 
pre.sldent, . I.s to ask the public for 
$1,150,000. I'ercy Marmont and Jack 
I^uchanan are. .suppo.sod to be .sifrnod 
as stars and the company, when 
floated, will take over a distribut- 
ing concern, Graham -Wilcox Films. 
Basil Dean is to dir«rt soTun pic- 
tures and Arthur Maude is to be 

chief director. 

There seems to lio an Idea this 
British Multicolor is the British 



fact Maude was credited with hav 
ing come here with such rights. 
One of the d-Irectors of the com- 
'pv^iiyr^:lTo^^'l^""al??5"to=i3«r=in'^^^^^^ 
of production, is E. A. (Jodal. 

<?arniel Myer.s is reputed to be 
coming here, arriving July ' 1, lo 
work for thi.s company. 



. Paris, July 2. 
Maurice "Tourneur's assistant, Jean 
Bertin, who was to have co-operated 
on the production of "Le Capltalne 
Fracasse,'' has resigned, from the 
Societe Lutece Films. A new pro- 
ducer will have to be appointed for 
tho reaiijtation of the film version 
of Thcophile Gautier's popular book. 
Lutece has booked a new star, 
Marie Therese Vincent, Cor a lead 
in "Capltain Fracasse." 



.T.acf4ues de Baroncelli is held up 
on his screen version of the comedy 
"La Femme et le.Pantin." He has 
not found a- woman for the lead. 
In a like manner, Gaston Ravel is 
looking for a suitable Cherubin for 
the picture founded on i^eaumar- 
ehais' "The Barber of Seville" and 
"The Marriage of Flgar.o." 



Paris, July 10. 
The American new'sreels negotiat- 
ing with Luce, Italian film company, 
has agreed to a price of $1 a foot for 
all stuff accepted on the Olympic' 
games. 

It is the same price the American' 
newsreels paid last year. 
Luce has a monoprly. 



SHERIDAN'S FLOTATION 



Plenty of Ifs Dependent Upon Pub- 
lic Buying 



London, July 10. 
Victor Sheridan will flo.it a rublio 
stock i.ssue of $1,500,000 tp organize 
the Allied British Film Company. 

It is announced that Dennison 
Clift, now with British Interna- 
tionalT -and Graham Cutts, recently, 
released by Fir^t National, will be 
directors. 

It -is also stated that the company 
will place a picture in production 
within a fortnight if the Wembley 
iStudio i.s available. 



Fascist Films 

A scries of films dealing with 
Italy and the Fascist regime will 
be exhibited in the United . States 
shortly through the National Insti- . 
tute Luce. 

This Is according to information, 
given Variety by an . Italian con- 
sul.ar agent. It is understood the 
pictures will be offered for general 
di.stribution. 



Colonial Stuff 

A Wliile back Arthur Shirley came 
hero from Au.stralia with a story 
of what a lot of sueccs.sful fllnis 
ho had made there. Was going to 
toll us what they were and show 
(Continued on page 14). 



A new French producing company 
under the trade name of Roebuck 
J'ZilQi^- h;i,.s _ b ecm . ea tabiishe,d^ her 

An'rlluT now conecrn, under the 
Ir.-ule title of Soeiot(v des Films du 
Onind (Juignol, will produce picr 
lures adoiUcd froin (he mixer reper- 
tou-o of the famous li.llTc chamber 
of h»rroi'.s. 



Harry Pilcer, American dancer, i.s 
heading the cast of Jean Durand's 
picture, "T.,a I'^MUme Revee" (The 
Ideal Woman), being produced for 
the Franco Film Co. 



MORE CUBAN TRADE MARKS 

Washington, July 10. 

With the Cuban la^ys granting 
T^xc1uslvS^^rlSlTt="t?T'---a-^ 
u])()n re^d.slration <>£ same, any .sucn 
regi.slraUons are looked upon v'ltn 
interest Ivy the I^epartment of Com- 
merce, Avhieh hnp. twji-e warncfl 
American business , to protect ilPP"' 

Mf).'it recent mark.s-to e.'Uise • in- 
terest are "l>hotonu)votte." "iMioto- 
molion," "Photomatie" and 



•pho- 



tomaton," all of whieh cover 



the 

fame product, an antomutio iilioto- 
graphing apparatus. 



Wednesday, JvHy 11» W28 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 




DEVICES 





Chatter in New 




Marjorio Adams of tho Boston^ 
"Globe" is due in town next week 
lor a. vacation.. 

Sam Weinberger: of the Fifth Av- 
enue Playhouse did the framing for 
Mr. Sumner to remove the nudes 
from the lobby. 

Irene Thlrer, "News" picture 
eritic, is on vacation. 

Donald Barr Chidsey, of the 
-Standard News," just sold his first 
book to John Day Co. It's a bi- 
ography. "Bonnie. Prince Charley." 

Barclay McCarty, dramatic critic. 
Is spendingf his vacation on Capt. 
Hank Hlttler's Ohio River show- 
boat. . 

George. Jones, Jr„ secretary to the 
mayor of Boston, sold his book, 
"Shapes of Clay," on a visit to New 

York. • ' 

Wlllard Keefe has taken an un- 
expected yacatidn .from his pub- 
licity Job. 

Amelia Earhardt's Broadway re- 
iteption was an attendance fizzle. 

. Wilson C, McCarty, author of two 
crossword puzzle books, has gorie 
to 'Frisco to play the lead in "Abie's 
Irish Rose." 

Two bucks for a ginger ale bottle 
full of bathtub gin is the price cur- 
rently asked by the beverage butch- 
ers at local sporting events. Most, 
of the boys sell, and many of them 
even make the first advances to the 
eustomers. 

Lessons for Talkers 

A male movie star of the; exotic 
type "used to affect a thick foreign 
jiccent, so phoney it couldn't be 
identified for nationality. In New 
York, recently, he astounded every- 
body by speaking a clear, Intelligible 
English. . 

When one rude pferson commented 
on the sudden change, he alibied 
that he had been taking English 
lessons for the talkers. 



through and got a nice cat write- 
up on how fat she was getting.. 




Jeffrey Hplqiesdale Is back on the 
morning EWorld," dramatic depart- 
ment. He ihotored to Hollywood 
and blew the towh after eight hours. 



Joseph Friedman, general super- 
visor for Universal in Europe, leaves 
for Europe on the "Deutschland" 
July 14. ■• 



. ' Dancing oh a Cruiser 

Edgar J, MecGregpr, Jr., midship- 
man at Annat)oli3, and son of Edgar 
J. MacGregor, is gathering together 
a number of girls from "Good 
News." "Funny Face," "Here's 
Howe" and "Vainities to attend aL 
tea dance to be given by his com- 
pany, which won the colors at An- 
napolis this seasortj The dance will 
be on board the battleship "Arkan- 
sas/' July 5. 



"Kin^ of Kings" Has Trou- 
ble Over .Photophone 
Score on Movietone 
Equipment at Rivoli, 
N. Y.^Film Too Wide— 
W. E. Gives Special Per- 
mission for Changes 

WARNS NO PRECEDENT 



Whistling Sequence 

"White Shadows on the South 
Seas," slated for the Astor, New 
York, will be M-G-M's first sound 
production. A whistling' sequence 
between the boy and girl has been 
Inserted. At an executive confer- 
ence on the coast the company de- 
cided not. to be stampeded into the 
talker field, rather concentrated on 
sound effects, until their system is 
perfected. - 

"The Bellamy Triial" is being fit 
ted, however, with talker suhiming 
up by the defense attorney and the 
D. A. 



Midnight Souse Parties 

•The night owls are setting up 
howls on the French Dine's recent 
decision to halt the open house on 
midnight sailings. The line, which 
caters to the Riviera gang, has had 
more trouble than Its competitors 
with the mobs who go on board to 
say good bye.. A single passenger 
has been known to appear with a 
farewell escort of 20 Broadway 
souses. 

The stunt has become so popular 
that parties often go to the boat 
on a chance that somebody they 
know might be sailing. The railroad 
stations have barred the midnight 
farewell drunken troupes from the 
trains and platforms. Now the 
French line Is Issuing only one ship- 
board pass to a passenger. 

The gang will have to cook up 
some other form of free excite" 
hnent. 



Florence Reed's Mannequins 

Florence Reed returned from Paris 
last week, bringing with her half £ 
dozen French mannequins who will 
be used in her new play, "The Leg- 
acy," by Sidney Howard. Al Woods 
will produce . It in the fall. Joseph 
Graham directing, - 



Ruth Brady of New York City and 
Alice Haynes, of Philadelphia, both 
of the Boston -"Good News/' sailed 
on the Franconia Sunday for a two- 
month trip to. the Continent. Both 
girls have been with tl;ie show since 
it started. 



Picking on Girls 

A newspaper man who recently 
took a disastrous fiing at producing 
Is cre^f ted "wllTi" aii thoring'ahd" s^^ 
plying dope for a series of lurid, 
moralistic show girl exposes run- 
ning In a local tab. 

Men's names aren't mentioned. 
But several of the girls , picked out 
and described as nervous wrecks 
ixnd moral wrecks are squaWldng. 



Foolish Ferhme 

One of the femme movie stars^ 
has just looped the town with tho 
most daring, wide-open attack on 
her company chief. In Interviews 
the lady picturesquely described 
him as a nit-wit and worse. 

The lady's tribute to her boss 
was so exaggerated and so libelous 
it was safe from publication, of 
course. But One reporter, who had 
previously aimed at picture writing, 
.has made a break for executive 

f' .ttehtlon by telling the yarn in all 
he right spots. 



Agreeable Hostess 

A couple of New "Yorkers, who 
dislike night clubs but admire a cer 
tain nightclub hostess, wandered 
Into her emporium some time ago 
having a yen to hear her sing. They 
fpund the club hot, smoky aiid dull 
Upon inquiring when the lady was 
going on, were told not for a couple 
of hours. The man of the pair was 
for leaving, but the gTrl, signaling 
him to play straight, sent for the 
master of ceremonies. 

"I hate to trouble you," she said 
looking up at him with as much 
wist fulness as she could manage 
"but my husband and I are here 
from Chicago. We're going back 
first thing in the morning and have 
ail ..p ur ._pacW ng_ to 
heard Miss Whoozis sing and we're 
crazy to. I just can't go back homo 
and tell my friends I've missed the 
best thing in New York. 

"Couldn't you explain to Miss 
Whoozis and ask her to sing just 
one song?" 

' The m.c. disappeared and came 
back a few minutes later, leading 
the hostess to the table. 

She spoke to the oouple, thanked 
them for their interest and said she 
wouldn't dream of sending them 
bade home without having heard 
her. Then she took her place oh 
the platforrn and gave thorn her 
whole routine, although the place 
was almost empty. . 



Blackjacking 

, The rivalry for loot among tho 
chatter writers is bringing the thing 
but in the open. One girl of the 
weepy type has borrowed for "an 
operation" from half the stars on 
the coast. One star now out of 
the" money has been seriously em- 
barrassed by her dear friend's dif 
ilcultles. She wasn't ablo to come 




ign Countries Full of Reasons 
For Eliniinations in U. S. Pictures 



Jack Mil py has joined the edito- 
rial .staff of William Fox's Movietono 
News. Ed, Hurley, former picture 
p. a., Is doing Broadway for the 
"Mirror." Hurley will handle as- i 
si n m 0 n t . stuff . : _ , 



FATHER AND SON 

. "IjOs Angeles, July 10. 
One of the first instances of 
father and son playing father and 
son on the screen Is in a Techni- 
color picture Just completed but un- 
titled, 

William Walling plays the father 
and Richard Walling the son. 



The question of interchangeabil- 
ity of equipment^ according to Rob- 
ert T, Kane of R. C. A. Photophone, 
and representative of Joseph P. 
Kennedy's picture Interests, is be- 
ing overly emphasized. 

Like Western Electric, Photo - 
phone (General Electrlc's sound de- 
vice) also has a clause in exhibi- 
tion contracts cautlonipg against 
interchangeability of devices.. But, 
says Kane, this is a dead letter 
issue with both electrical corpora- 
tions who miiet necessiirily protect 
themselves since they own the 
equipment and merely rent it out 
on royalty. The $7,500 to $15,000 
costs for wiring equipment covers 
a royalty for the first five years. 
After that, some arrangement may 
be made for full sale. 

Neither company can cperce or 
attempt to dictate to exhibitors that 
only its own product be used. " That 
comes under the anti-trust law vio- 
lation Supervision and; so, if Movie- 
tone equipment can play Phbtb- 
phbne subjects, and vice versa, 
there's nothing to stop exhibitors 
from so doing. 

The only protection for exclusive 
ness any one can create for himself 
is through sonte basic patent prin- 
ciple, just as in the Victor Talking 
Machine Co;'s patented groove on 
Its records which rhakes their own 
discs the only ones susceptible to 
automatic repeating on Victor ma- 
c.iines. The Victor machine, how- 
ever, can play any other make of 
record but as far as the wrinkle of 
automatic changing, that's an ex- 
clusive patent. Similarly, If some 
attachment for the accommodation 
of wide film or narrow film Is avail- 
able, nothing can hinder exhibi- 
tors from projecting whatever they 
wish on their equipiment. 

General Electrlc's Photophone has 
made much of the fact Its product 
can be used on Western Electric 
equipment. Western Electric, hav- 
ing everything to gain and nothing 
to lose, has "urged" against this 
Interchangeability since the major 
companies are hooked up with it 
for Movietone. W. E., however, 
dare not go beyond that for obvious 
legislative reasons, but states it 
cannot _acc^epi.x-esp.onsi^^ 
equipment should the interchange- 
able practice become common and 
other than Movietone subjects be 
projected on Western Electric sets. 
- Situation With "Kings" 
One manifestation of this inter- 
changeability is current . at. the 
Riyoll, New York, where "King Of 
Kings" with Photophone was shown 
an. accompaniment amplified by 
Movietone equipment. It Indicates 
that the sound equipment made by 
W. E. and G. E. is not interchange- 
able without difficult changes and 
that those houses equipped for 
Moviotpnc will not be able to u.se 
I'hotophone productions. 

Wh('n it wa.s .found that the Pho- 
tophdno .synchronization of "Xing.s" 
did not fit with the projection the. 
film was r(!i)rinted. But the reprint 
failed to moot the requircmenL.s. 
fk-nrral JOhuaric men then prorJ"«''^l 
Lo change the Westeni lOlectric sys- 
TchT'c>f""irroJ^^^^^^ 
that General Electric could do any- 
tliing they wanted with their rec- 
ords but that the Western IClectric 
0(iuipnicnt was tO remain un- 
changed. 

. Hurried meetings were held Fri- 
day and, as a result, executives of 
R, C. A. asked Western Electric for 
oon.sideration. "The latter agrofvl to 
alter the aperture of . the projector 



Hays' Ticklish Job; 
That of Press Agent 



One of the most ticklish press 
agent jobs is about to be open 
again. It is that of publicist to Will 
I-Iays. 

In this post, according to a few 
of it.s , past incunibents, a i»ress 
Agent must have his copy okayed 
from every angle before It reaches 
the boss for the final once-over. 
The copy must conform in every 
Way with Hays* own idea of the 
facts or near-facts. 

Under the rulies for Hays press 
agenting, there Is also a: requlrerr 
merit that the copy , get into the 
newspapers exactly as it was when 
it left Hays' desk. This one ruling 
alone caused so much anguish for 
early p. a's. that of_rate it has les- 
sened in Importance and with It has 
been a considerable cut in the origi- 
nal biilk of copy. . 

Of the press agents who have' 
served' in this capacity, the first w.a.s 
Joe O'Neili, who got the job through 
a coincidence. Joe, full- ifledged New 
York star reporter, had writtjen a 
signed article in the Sunday supple- 
ment of the "World"' which caused 
HayS, then just opening his filni 
tribunal, to send for O'Neill. Thus 
Joe got the first crack at this, job, 
which his own ability and contacts 
enabled him to live through for the 
fil-st throe years , regardless of or- 
ganization censorship. 

After O'Neill came Jerry Beatty. 
about whom little is noted other 
than a pleasant personality and an 
always "Nothing new" for the 
sleuths. When his specialty ended; 
Jerry tied up with his present berth 
at First National. 

Following Beatty came Frank 
Wilstach, the present incumbent, on 
whom the Indian sign is now re- 
fleeting, it is saidi 

It also seeps out froni the Hays 
office that the boss was interested 
in giving the head of the national 
press association at Washington a 
fling at the job. Interest suddenly, 
abated when the newspaperman 
said he would come Into New York 
for 30 grand a year and a contract 
which would guarantee no interfer- 
ence or censorship while his sleeves 
were rolled up. 



Los A'nKolos, July 10. 

Requests of sales organizations in 
foreign countries on what not to.put 
iii pictures arc frbquently received 
at the. studios on the coast. Thcs9| 
requests arc taken seriously. One 
of the largest .studios rocontly held 
a meeting Of its foreign relations 
committee at which, it wrus pointed 
out, that the things most offensive 
to Spain are the portrayal of of- 
ficlials In villainous and ridiculous 
roles and Inaccurate Spanish na- 
tionalistic ideas, customs, geog- 
raphy and rural and urban scenes. 

It was shown that Prance resents 
inaccurate historic events and cos- 
tumes. This country seems very 
proud of its monarchlal past, and 
is also proud of Its foreign legion. 
The final objection of France is its 
abhorence of the constant showing 
of its men as worthless or efllemi- 
nate types and screen emphasis 
upon Paris women of the streets. 

The objections received from Ger - 
many are that the country Is istill 
sensitive regarding Germany or Ger- 
mans in war pictures and. German 
characters asi . of the Prussian • 
"squarehead': type. . They also aro 
not keen about seeing fiashes of sub • 
marine warifai-e on the screen. 

Italy does not like royalty in an 
unfavorable light or military or civil 
officials. 

In Uatin America 

The Latin American countries re- 
sent their nationals as villains and 
their . officials in villainous and 
ridiculous parts or as revolutionists 
or grafters. This is especially in 
pictures where they have the hero 
an American or foreigner. They re- 
sent the picture of their cities as 
villages, revolutionists iand inac- 
curate customs and dress. 

Brazil does, not like being de- 
scribed as Spanish with Spanish at- 
mosphere and Spanish dress. Thla 
country, is strong on . its thorough 
Portuguese. This country resentj 
its cities as dirty, tropical or with 
hovels. 

England resents, the burlesqiiing 
of any niember of the royal family 
or of any royalty. In pictures or In 
titles, and also the Bngll.shmen as 
of the silly aSs type, with mous- 
tache, : monocle and spats. 



Theatres for Trade Shows 
Make London Trouble 

London, July 10. 

The question of whei'e producers 
may preview their pictures' for the 
trade is involved in a threatened 
boycott by Provincial Cincmato- 
graj h Theatres against A. E. Bundy. 
Bundy has fixed two trade show 
dates at the. Piccadilly theatre. 
— P. C." T; - demands tha t - pre vie w.s 
be shown in regular . trade show 
West I'ind theatres. Denman The- 
atres and General Theatres Corp. 
may combino with P. C. T. 

Exhibitors insist that trade shows 
must be held in their own theatro.«. 



to allow for the proper showing, of 
the nitn with sound. 

No Precedent 

W. ]■:. •('xecutives e^piain that the 
peniii.s.sion granted for the change 
in the r;i.se of the Rivoli set.s.no 
precedent and that cQuipment 
tliroiighout the country cannot be 
chnnfied to suit Photophone produc- 
tioii.s. In the case, of tho Klvf>l), 
Wosiern JOk.'fitric engin(MT,s made 
the refiiiired cViangc-.s. 

If the eciuipfnent is not intfr 
ohan.neahle then huu.sew witli Photo- 
phone will not bo able to use thr 
i7f7TJnd==tjr=Tlinlojr"PrfyductiDns^ of=-;fI i 
Mi)Vi(-lonc! or Vitaphono^pi-oducei-.s 
Those inc'hide Paramount, M-G-M, 
I'. A., Fux and Warner Urns. Keith 
hoii.ie.; arc cxpectod to install I'Jio- 
tophone equipment. . . 

It is understood that, in future, 
WoHtorn'^Olectrlc does not intend to 
allow any changes in Its cuuipment 
to meet the roquirementa of other 
films of synchronization. 



Frankfin Leaves 



With seven weeks of film buying 
among other matters attended to in 
New York, Harold B. Franklin, head 
of West Coast Theatres circuit, left 
New York Monday for Los An- 
geles. 

Franklin is reported to have 
fairly well filled the W. C. books 
for feature pictures for the new 
season distributing the buys over 
the New York market. 

It is said that Franklip made no 
outright purcliasero^^^^ 
als but reached an . Understanding 
With Ned Marin of that prodiKiing 
organization. It is reported mu- 
tually: satisfactory. 

FORMEK EXTRA NOW LEAD 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Fred Matkaye, former extra boy 
di.s.covered and given his first part 
by Universal, has been retained to- 
play opposite Mary Philbin in her 
next picture. 

This was decided .after .seeing the 
boy's work in "Korhidden Love." 



JACK PICKFORD'S BAD HEART 

• Los Anf4"lo'-s, July 10. 

Jack Pii;kfijril wa.s stricken with 
a iie.art attack ;ind removed to St. 
Vine'iit'.s ITf).'^|)il:il. 

Jl.is ))liy;)i(;i;in dee,l;u:ed Picktord 
.vv^l 1 l=^.)H.'(.'i>v.i'r^f • 1 lht^ugh---^h.€u=-W.Ul'.:= 
confhied foi- mniw thin'. 

LEAVES COT FOR ANOTHEft 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Mrs. Charles Cha.se, wife of tho- 
.screen actor, celebrating her depart- 
ure from a ho.spitiU, was thrown 
and received a broken collar bona 
on a toboggan at Ocean Parle 



8 



VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



Stage Draws $29,000 for State;, 
RuthRola^ 



Latter Boo5ts./*Hot News" $7,000— Stock and Pic- 
tures-Passed Up at Belmont, $2,900 



lios Aiigeles, July 10.- 
(Drawing Population 1,350,000) 
(So. Gal, Usual) 

Eddie Peabody, heading a Fanr 
ehon and Marco unit, brouglit 
lioew'3 State back to formor stand- 
ards when returns e<lgod to $:i9,000 
lost .week. On the screen was 
"Heart of a Follies Girl." Metro 



2 PTLD. HOUSES BIG 
AT $17,000 EACH 



Portland, Ore., July 10. 
(Drawing Population 310,000) 

Two local long runs, . "lUimona" 
at the Columbia, and "Lombardi, 



politan got a: break, too, thoiigh U lAd^^^stag^^^ 



ran arotind ?5,d00 behind the State 
House had Ruth Roland as a spe- 
cial attraction and: she helped Bebe 
Daniels' "Hot News" get dbout $7,- 
000 more than the film would have 
■without her. 

"Tenderloin,'.' in its Uiird week at 
Earner. Brothers, went over $20,000 
And should go another two weeks. 

July 4 was not a gr6at date tor 
any Of th^ above mentioned houses 



Balance of the first run houses $17,000. 



contihuod to hold up for their third 
a-nd fifth weeks respectively. Five 
weeks is the longest stage run ever 
made here and ,1s within one week 
of the longest film run. 

Broadway -did well with "Telling 
the World" last week. The Port- 
land . landed also for . a. big week 
with "Cossacks." 

The two film houses Wound up- in 
high favor and the Bame gross, 



dropped considerably.. Garthay 
Circle struggled along trying to get 
them to see "Pazil." It was expected 
that with a first run at pop prices, 
Chiplin's "Circus" would go great 
at United Artists; However, they 
wei'e not so curious downtown and 
It was scratching to get over $10,000 
on its first week, red for the house. 

'Egyptian was liicky in having 
•TIappiness Ahead." House got 
oyer to a profit on the week. "Buck 
Private" was at the Boulevard, 
which seems to have been hit a bit 
by vacationists leaving 'this, neigh- 
borhood. Criterion, figuring the av- 
erage business It has been doing 
lately, was okay with "The Chorus 
Kid." Stock first run picture 
racket at the Belmont was not such 
a Happy thought. Folks dp not seem 
to crave this sort of liberal the- 
atrical menu. Less than $9,000 came 
In against* a nut of close to $4,000. 
; . Estimates for Last \yeek 

Boulevard (WC) "Buck Privates" 
fU) (2,164; 25-75). Business off; 
15,900. 

Belmont (Trot) *TDugan of the 
I>ugouts" ((Sotham) (1,550; 25-50). 
Combination of screen with stock 
•troupe hot. bo good; had "Three 
Wise . Fools^" eicellently done on 
•tage, but b. o. answer only $2,900 
Garthay Circle (Miller- W. C.) 
-Fazil" (Fox) (1,500; 50-$1.50). Not 
keen for this one at all; even 
Movietone shorts not able to help; 
16,000 for fourth week; "Lilac 
Time" opens July 16 
Criterion (W, 



Estimates for Last VVeek 
Portland (Publix-W. .C) . (3,500; 
35-60) "Cossaoks" . (M-G). Did 
fairly. Publix stage shows being 
withdrawn for F, & lA. units; $17,- 
600, big. 

Broadway (W. C.) (2,000; 36-60) 
"Telling the World" (M-G). Rated 
good and drew well ; film billed 
above personal aPP^ajance of Sally 
Rand; Fox Movietone news; $17,000, 
big. 

Pantages (Pan) (2,000; 35-50).. 
"Chicken a la King" (Fox). Did 
$11,000. ^ 

Oriental (Tebbetts) (2,700; 23-35) 
Ship Comes In*' (Pathe). Special 
patriotic program exploited; $9,000 
Columbia (U) (1,200; 35-50) 
Third week of "Ramona" (UA) did 
big business; picked up . good ex 
ploitation during run; $6,500. 

Heilig— Henry Duffy Players (2, 
000; 25-$1.25). Fifth week of "Lorn 
bardl, Ltd." with Leo Carrillo; ends 
CarrlUo's engagement here or show 
might have lingered; strong. at $7, 
500. 



HEAT IN TOPEKA 



COILEEN MOORE BEST 
IN MONTREAL, $12,000 

McUglen Also $12,000— 
British Film Flops— Two 
.; Holidays Help 



Pleased Farmers But Killed Theatres 
Last Week 



(Drawing Pop., 80,000) 
Weather: Hot and Dry : 

Topeka, July 9. 
The first blaze of summer, while 
welcomed by Ka^nsas farmers har- 
<2.) "The Chorus I vesting the wheat crop, did not meet 



Kid" (all-star) (1,600; 15-40). With 
trade shot here of late, $2,500 okay. 

Egyptian (U. A.-W. C.) "Happi- 
ness Ahead" (FN) (1,800; 25-75). 
Colleen Moore sure helped matters; 
18,200. 

Loew's State (Loew-W. C.) "Heart 
of Follies Girl" (FN) (2,200; 25-$l), 
Eddie Peabody with F. & M. unit 
did the tfick; around $29,000. 

Metropolitan (Pub-W. C.) "Hot 
News'' (Par) (3;595; 25-75). Ruth 
Roland as added attraction With 
Publix unit helped greatly; $24,300; 
Bebe Daniels has been off as b. o. 
attraction here for quite some time. 
United Artists (U. A.) "The Cir 



any cheers from the Topeka theatre 
men. 

There were two immediate results 
of the big smash. G^and finally an- 
nounced the long expected closing 
of the extended season by the Clyde 
M. WiaddeH Players, who move to 
Danville, 111., opening in, September. 
The extended run of the. Russell 
tabloid company at the Best was 
cut short and a new company sub- 
stituted, the Russell Company 
breaking up here. 

The best showing for the week 
Was made at the Jayhawk, equipped 
with cooling apparatus, but even 
there the management declared it 
was the worst week the house has 



Montreal, July 10. 
(Drawing Population^, 600,000) 
Weather: Fair. 
St Jejui Baptlste procession, held 
after a couple of postponements, 
put the film houses out of the run- 
ning for matinees Sunday, but made 
up for it by drawing the crowds ait 
night. Transient business is now at, 
peak, and combination of Dominion 
Day and July 4 brought them In. by 
thousands. Imperial reopens next 
Sunday after a six weeks shutdown 
for renovations. Pictures ^yill be 
out and yaude installed. Seats will 

colleen Moore in "Happiness 
Ahead," at the Capitol, held the 
house to a little better than normal 
and $12,000'-ls good. "Skirts," Brit- 
ish picture feJaturing Syd Chaplin, 
was not of much use to the Palace. 
British films have been sO uniform- 
ly poor here that people are be- 
ginning to fight shy of them. House 
was lucky to gross. $9,000. 

Loew'B "A Girl in Every Port" 
and Victor McLaglen went over 
plenty after; the near-flop with 
"Hangman's House." Vaude at this 
house waa a washout, but picture 
drew fOr a fair $12,000. ; 

Charles Emerson Cook ti'ied; out 
"Little Nellie Kelly" witlv the Savoy 
musical stock and grossed his usual 
nine to ten thousand. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Gapitoi (PP) (2,700;^ 40-60) — 
•TlappineiSS Ahead" (F. N.). Colleen 
Moore groes 'well here, although pic- 
ture away from her usual style; 
fans Were surprised, but agreeably; 
attendance built later part of week; 
well over average of usual sunvmer 
picture; $12,000. 

Palace (F. P.) , (2,700; 40-60)— 
'^Skirts" (M-G). Only good thing 
about this was the row it provoked 
in local press,, where one critic rated 
it flrst-class and another told the 
truth about It; second critic ac 
cused of anti-British feeling, re 
peated his visit next day with dead 
Ix quotations from subtitles and 
plot; If this keeps up no picture 
house will be able to show British- 
mades unless they offer a bonus 
wl£h admissions; poor at $9,000. 

Loew's (F. P.) (3,200; 45-75) 
"Girl In Every Port" (Fox). Shared 
I week's, honbrs with Capitol; Victor 
McLaglen scored; vaude under 
average; acceptable at $12(000. 

Strand (UA) (800; 30-40)— "50- 
50 <5lrl" (Par); "The Upland Rider 
(F. N.); "Lady Be Good" (F. N.); 
The Desert Bride" (Col). Fair 
at $3,600. 

Neighborhoods. Hit by Domln 
ion Day holiday with clients pic 
nicking, etc. 



THE GREAT QUESTION 

"Where to go! Where to go! 
That's the puzzle that confronts 
only those people who haven't 
visited the Ntvssau Hotel at Long 
Beach. 

Cuisine, service and music — 
All the last word. 

Especially the Orchestra — 
It's MEYER DAVI«' MUSIC. " 



eus" (UA) (2,100; 25-$1.10). At I had' in "uie'tWye'arTorits'exls^^^ 
first run pop prices was not . b. o 



laugh expected; $10,2C0. 

Warner Bros. (W. B.) "Tender- 
loin" and Vita (WB) (2,756; 25-76) 
(6th week). For fourth week held 
up In great style; a bit over $20,000. 



IJ's Collegians Doing Full 
Length Feature for Sound 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

UniversaJ's Collegians will do a 
college story to sound following 
Completion in August of the present 
•eries of two reelers. 

Carl Laemmle, Jr., In charge of 
the Collegians unit, is now working 
on plans and expects' to begin pro- 
duction in September, 

It's the first time on tecord where 
a company devoted to ■ short comc- 
dies'makes a long one on the same 
subject and then reverts to the 
r^ular series of two rcclcrs. 



STAET WOEK IN EAST 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Unlversal's "Cohens and Kellcys 
tn . Atlantic City" is slated to start 
-Augv-6 =ln-Atiantic City. 



Decision to begin the i>lcturo in 
Ju C. was dictated by a desire to 
please George Sidney, now in tlic 
east recuperating from illness. 



G, HENSCHEL CHITiCAlLY ILL 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
George Henshel, press and road 
agent. Is dangerous 111 In Hollywood. 
Hia recovery lis. doubtful. 



Estimates for Last Week 
Jayhawk (1,500; 40) (Jayhawk) — 
"The Noose" first three days; 
"Time's Punctured Romance" last 
half. Total for week, $1,800. 

Orpheum (l,20iij 40) ( National ) — 
,"La.ugh, . Clown, .Laugh" didn't hold 
up against the heat. Under $1,000 
- Ghand (1,400; 75) (National)— 
Waddell Players with "Paid in Full" 
almost starvation business. Barely 
$1,100. 

Novelty (1,100; 25) (Cravkrford)— 
Hlggins' "Follytown Maids" put in 
miserable week. Under $1,000. 

Cozy. (.400; 25) (Lawrence)— 
"Buck Privates" .first half, . and 
"Square Crooks." Hardly $500. 

Best (550; 20) (Lawrence) — Rus- 
sell's tab company fell down hard 
Supplanted by Bob Meyers' "Syn- 
copating Steppers." Barely $350. 



Jenner Joins Price 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

William Jenner, formerly general 
manager for Harry Langdon, has 
aligned with Oscar FTice and will 
produce five Westerns, with Rich- 
ard Talmage starred. These pic- 
tures are to bo made with sound. 

Production begins July 16 at the 
e(m.^5iidatrd-^stTidicn97^saH"^MMe^^ 
First will be "The Bachelors' Club,'' 
by Rex Taylor. Barbara Worth will 
bo the feminine lead, with Noel 
Smith directing. 



BUFFALO STILL SLIPPING 



$25,000 for Clara's "Mob"— Hipp 
$10,pQD but Great Lakes %9fiOO 

BufEalo, July 10. 
(Drawing Population 500,000). 
Weather Hot 

Business continued to slip to low 
grosses at the three downtown 
houses remaining open. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Buffalo (Puhlix) (3,600; 35-40 
65) "Ladies of the Mob" (Par) 
"Flapperettes" unit. House held 
closest to normal though under sat 
isfactory returns; $25,600. 

Hipp (Publix) (2,400; 50) "Tho 
Big Killing" (Par) and vaude. Noth. 
ing exciting on tills program; over 
^10,000i , . , _ 

Great Lakes (Fox) (3,400; 35-50) 
"Finderis Keepers" (U) and vaude 
Although expected that this house 
would profit by the closing of 
Loew's and Lafayette, there has 
been no material difference in re 
celpts; tinder $9,000. 



Movietone Lot on 

Former Mix Ranch 

Los Angeles, July 10 
it baa been determined that the 
new Fox Movietone studios, with 
l^rom four to six stages, will be at 
Fox Hills, on the lot known as the 
Tom Mix Ranch. 

The plant will be between two 
boulevards, with the Movietone 
front facing Pico boulevard. It's a 
large enclosure and the cost of the 
Movietone installation will run to 
a considerable sum. 




CENTURY'S $20,500 'WAY 
OUT FRONT IN BALTO 

Haines Does It— "Cossacks" 
Fair, $9,500— Stanley's 
Bad WIc., $14,000 



apitors 4th a Bust; 
Palace Okay, $17,0( 



Washington! July 10. 
(Estimated White Pop,, 450,000) 
Weather: Warm and Hot 

Gne thing recorded last week v/ds 
the prize flop of the holiday. Every .- 
body was out of town. Biggest tak- 
ings went to the Palace, leaturing 
a birthday party for the m. c, Wes- 
ley Eddy. Second in line was the 
Metropolitan with "Glorious Betsy." 

Columbia got . the usual break 
with the Hearst dailies on "Diamond 
Handcuffs," but could have done 
better. The liarle, continuing to 
show improvement for the past sev- 
eral weeks, was forced to talte a 
lowered gross with "Three Ring 
Marriage" and an ill m. c.. Jack 
Pepper. . 

Fox dropped with "A Thief in the 
Dark" and Borrah Mirievitch on the 
stage; Nothing the matter from 
either angle; they Just didn't come. 
Estimates for Last Week 
Columbia (Loew) — "Diamond 
Handcuffs" (M-G); 1,323; 35-50). 
Heat counteracted usual Hearst dis- 
play; title nothing extra as a draw; 
possibly $8,000, low. " . 

Earle (Stanley-Crandall) — "Three 
Ring Marriage" (N. P\) and stage 
show; (2,244; 35-50). Off again, but 
not down to pl-evious low figures; 
near $9^000. 

Fox (Fox)— "A Thief in the Dark" 
(Fox) and Borrah Minevitch; (3,434; 
35-50-75). Thougfl praise for Mine- 
vitch, screen feature and stage show 
may not have hit $19,000. 

Met (Stanley-Crandall) — "Glori- 
ous Betsy" and Vita (W. B.); 
(1,518; 35-50). Liked and going into 
a second week legitimately earned; 
around $11,000. 

Palace (Loew) — ^"A Certain Young 
Man" (M-G) and "Main Street to 
Broadway," Publix unit; (2,365; 35- 
50); Plugging Wesley, Eddy, m. c, 
strong,, with, special lobby displays 
and much In the way of daily news- 
paper advertising may have forced 
things up; over $17,000. Excellent 
for time of year and flop holiday. 

Rialto (U.) — Seven revivals (1,97.8; 
25-35). Even this didn't help, thougn 
plenty of names were played; 
doubtful Jf It reached $4,000; house 
closes' next week to prepare for new 
policy. 



Baltimore, July 10. 
(Drawing Population, 750,000) 
Weather; Fair and Warm 

July 17 is the date On which it is 
g^inerally understood the local Loew- 
Uniled Artists' houses will turn oa 
the talkers. This will anticipate 
the roopening of the Rivoli -sVitU 
sound about Aug. ,1. New still re- 
mains dark with no reopening an- 
nouncement. The other interroga- 
tion mark is the big Stanley. Scy- : 
oral weeks back it looked all set for 
this house to join the Loew string, 
hut at the moment it is the only 
big local hou.se not definitely lined 
up for the talkers. 

The combination' housi>s. New 
Garden and Hippodrome, are finding 
the going pretty x-Qugh just now. As 
a thin silver lining comes the state- 
ment of Manager E. A. I-ake, of the 
Hipp, that day fo;* day grosses are 
slightly ahead of last summer. 

Holiday week found . the usual 
outdoor competition in full blast 
Steam'boat excursions are a great 
competitor, and July. 4 3,000 were 
left on the docks. Add to this the 
125,000 who attended the two fire- 
works displays in the city parka 
and it is eiasy to figure the competi-v 
tion. 

Century once more led the proces- 
sion, and by a wide niargin. "Tell- 
ing the World" wia.s iidvanced by ai 
tie-up with the Scripps-Howard 
"Post" and delivered at the b. o. 
"Cossacks," at the. Valencia, gbt off 
to a poor sta,rt but built in mid- 
week. Par"kway got a satisfactory 
but not sensational week with 
"Sadie Thompson." Elsewhere the 
story was a sad one. Stanley found- 
it extremely dimcult to buitd with 
"His Tiger Lady" and finished well 
In the red. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Stanley (Stanley, Crandall)— "His 
tiger Lady" . (Par) (3,000; i5-B0). 
Started very badly; film wasn't 
liked by Menjou fans; Way bum's 
girls in "Graduation Days" held up 
stage end;, attendance picked up 
slowly but couldn't overcome lame 
start; not over $14,000. 

Century (Loew)— "Telling tliie - 
World" (M-G) (3,200; 25-60). Did.' 
a tremendous summertime trade; 
intake started with a rush Monday 
mat and continued; "Step This 
Waj'," unit, on stage, hooked up 
with "Happiness Week"; $20,500. 

Valencia (Loew-U. A.) — "Cos- . 
sacks" (M-G) (1,500; 25-60). Start- 
ed poorly, . downstairs draw of. 
Haines' film proving strong counter; 
picked up, however, and finished 
week strong, good seasonable gross 
of about $9,500, 

New Garden (Schanberger)— "Alex 
the Great" and K-A vaude (3,200; 
25-50). Business followed the gen- 
eral downward trend ; decidedly low 
week for big combo house; about 
$11,0Q0. . ' 

Hippodrome (Pearce & Scheck) — '■" 
"Skinner's. Big Idea" and K-A 
vaude (3,200; 25-50). Down with 
the rest; slump noticeable Satur- 
day matinee. 

Parkway (Loew-U. A.)— "Sadie 
Thompson" (U, A.) (1,000; 25-35). 
Seasonable but not outstanding 
business; picture never developed 
any remarkabrc b. o. potentiality in 
this town, although far from AoiJ 
class; about $3,500. 



K. C. RED HOT 



Near 95 



All Last Week — Grosses 
Say So Too 



Torrence's Five Years 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Ernest Torrcncc.has been placed 
under a flvc-year optional contract 
by Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer. 

Torronre l.s to be featured. 



MTSTEEY FILM'S MYSTERY 

Xios Ajigeles, July 10. 

Much secrecy surrounds Paul 
Loni's "The Last Warning" for 
UnlversaL 

Not even , Important studio ex- 
ecutives are permitted to pass tho 
policemen stationed at each 
entrance unless fortified by a pass 
signed by Carl Laemmle, Jr., supor- 
vlfor of the film. 



Kansas City, July 10. 
(Drawing Population, 700,000) 

With the thermometer hitting 
ia,round 95 all week, the • cooling 
plants helped plenty. Holiday hurt, 
and the day after was worse. 

Newman played its first second 
rim picture, "The Crowd," the last 
half, and will follow with "Legion 
of Condemned" and "Ljiugh, Clown, 
Laugh." This second run policy, it 
is understood, will prevail until wir- 
ing is completed. Talkers at the 
Midland will probably only be shorts 
and news features. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Midland— "Street of Sin" (Par) 
(4,000; 25 - 35 - 50).. Management 
fcattired Fay Wray in the publicity 
as Jannings is not con.sidercd bo 
much of a draw here; stage show 
was "Knick Knacks," I'ublix unit; 
results di«.appointing; $15,500. 

Mainstreet (Orph) — "Wheel of 
Chance" (F. N.) (3,200; 25-50). 
Uartholmcss thriller a set up for this 
house jvli<;nc;=^«tar-iH=Ktr-()ng^:^Sundayi 
opoTiing wn.4 wiriar.ity, with tradi; 
holding up all wock; $19,000. 

Newman (IjOow) ---"Tlio Vanish- 
ing I'lon«!(fr" (I'ar), -first hnlf; "The 
C;rowd" (M-Cm), sw.ond halt (1.980; 
25-35). Eith(!r of these pictures, a 
year ago, would have meant . big 
.bUHlncs.s for this hou.gc; now, It's 
another story; another rather ordi- 
nary wwk at $3,000. 

Pantages — "l»alnt<'d Po.st" (Fox) 
(2,200; 25-50). Typical Mix opera 
and vaudo did $8,700. 



DOEIS KENYON IN TALKER 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
After serving four years as a 
contract player with First Na- 
tional, Doris: Kenyon signed with 
Warner Brothers for "The Home 
Towners." Other members In this 
Vita cast are Richard Bennett, 
Irene Rich, Robert McWade, Robert 
Edeson and Stanley Taylor.- Pro- 
duction starts this week. ' 



4 TOR PAR WORK 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
The next group of pictures to go 
into production at the ParamounC 
studios within tho next two weeks 
are "Moran of the Marines" star- 
ring Richard Dix, "The Wolf of 
Wall Street," "The Canary Murde^ 
Oaso," "The Case of Lena Smith" 
and "Dirigible." 



BOOTIFTJL USHERETTE 

Los Angolcs, .luly 10; 
Virginia Pizzni, iisheretto and re- 
lief cashier at the Dome theatre, 
Occan Park. will be.sent to . the Elj^g . 



beauty contest at Miami. 

She v/a-a chosen the most beauti- 
ful girl of Venice and Ocean I':irk. 

FEATURING JEANETTE LOIT 

Los Angeles, July lo. 

Patho plans to feature Jeatictte 
Loff before the year is over. 

Mi.ss Loff '8 next as.signniont Is 
the title role in the screen v< r.'^ion 
of Booth Tarkington's "Gcraldi"*?- 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



VARIETY 



9 



Heat and Hobday Jammed Up B way 
Film Houses-Six Specials Remain 

Crowd Uses Rbxy's Lobby as Free Cool-Off-^Oppo- 
sition May Ag&in Clock Strand's Improved Biz 



EVEN COOLING PLANTS 
COULDN'T HELP MINN. 



Generally epeaklner. the boys 
were rather glad when last woeU 
was over. Betweeh the heat and 
; firecraclcer day, not much coin for 
the theatres, the outdoor sites get- 
ting their best break In two or three 
years. 

To follow this up, the weather 
tut-Aed on a torrid week-end, which 
developed into Manhattan's hottest 
day in two years on Monday. A 
laufeh angle was the Roxy closinj,' 
its lobby doors after becoming wise 
to the corner loungers etutfering 
up the entrance to get In ort th<' 
codling system without paying toll. 

Heat took all the wind Out of the 
sails of "The End of St. Peters- 
berg;" which EUddenly left the 
Hammei-stein Sunday night. Deci- 
sion to close was made the pre- 
vious day. This gave the Russian 
film a run of five weeks. "Dawn" 
also departed from the Timc.- 
Sauare after six weeks, which 
leaves the street with but six twicp 

• dally film showings, the lowest 
number in some months. Of houses 
previously playing $2 features, thn 
44th Street, Hammerstein, .Times 
Square, Colony, and Central are 
now dark, the latter until "Lilac 
Time" comes in Aug. 3. 

Capitol ran ahead of the Para- 
mouth, unusuah -'Gossacks' " sec- 
ond week was claimed good enough 
to get $CC,300, while the Beery- 
Hatton "Big Killing" failed to give 
the Publlx headquarters enough 
momentxmi to reach $CG,000. Tli« 
Roxy's third Universal picture in a 
row", "Michigan Kid," practically 
held even with tlie preceding week. 

. $88,000. 

Comparatively, the Strand did as 
well as anythln.g on the street in 
turning over $30,500 for "Wheel of 
Chance" and the accompanying 
sound shorts. "Lights of New 
Ydl-k," Warner's ifull length talker, 
opened to a reserved seat showing 
at midnight Friday, and was around 
$20i,',000 by the time the week-end 
was over. • Strand has unquestion- 
ably picked up in pace, and will 
probably force the other big em- 
poriums to start clocking its at- 
tendance again. 

Another high spot during Satur- 
day-Sunday was marked at the 
^Paramount , where "The Racket" 
broke the Saturday night record by 
getting. $7,000, and in the face of 
some scorching Weather. It's the 
.first time Tom Meighan has stepped 
out on Broadway in some time. 
Crying Twins 

Both the twins were on the 
Verge of tears. The RiVoli probably 
may call off all house attache vaca- 
tions as a result of the rest en- 
joyed during "Uncle Tom's" two 
weelcs. The famed meller followed 
a $10,500 first week by a $6,100 sec- 
ond week, the least attended fort- 
night the house has ever known at 
a grind. "King of Kings" (Pathe) 
came in here Saturday, offering 
Photophone's first score synchroni- 
zation and working at a. disadvan- 
tage because of the Western Elec- 
tric house equipment, which doesn't 
jibe with the R. C. . A. (General 
Electric) system, A: T. & T. v^-atch- 
Ing Its children bicker over the sit- 
uation. Rialto's final week of 
"Drag Net" was only $15,500, not a 
good third week. Cameo's triple bill 
failed to meet $5,000, 

"Red Dance" dove $5,500 on its 
^ -second" week at" the Glbber but has- 
m a chance to recover If the weather 
breaks. "Fazil" smeared itself with 
red and will depart shortly. "Tem- 
pest" was jiist over $6,000 at the 
Embassy, and "Trail of '98" was 
only $800 better than that , for the 
Astor. • Warner's' was fair with 
•'Lion and the Mouse,'! and- "Wings" 
plugs along, hearing a full year's 
run, and still has.b^o. lines Monday, 
irrespective of the thermometer. 
Estimates for Last Week 

Astor— "Trail of '98" (M-G) (1, 
129; $l-$2) (17th week). Can really 
blow anytime but will hold on un 
til first of month; $6,800, no figure 
at all. ■ 

Cameo— "Shoulder Arms," "Last 
Laugh;" "Potemkin" (549; 60-75). 
Bargain bill failed to attract; $4,800 
fair in lieu of hot weiither, altliough 
really just another week. 

Capitol— "Cossacks" (M-G) (4,620; 
35-50-75-$]). House claimed $66.- 
300 on Gilbert film holdover; good 
enough to top Paramount, unusual 
enough to rate mention; $137,450 on 
^'^^wo'^wrgkBf^""^" ' : " — 

Criterion— "Wings" (Par) (S36; 
$I-$2) (4Slh week). Still best $3 bet 
for consLstcm-.y on Street; $10,000 
dc.<!.pito heat; only four ^s'(.>c•kH to go 
for yenr's run; contracts out for 
nine sound road .shows in fall, with 
all In by Jan. 1; score and effects 
being recorded here and in Canada 
m In lircparation of program rcloaso. 

Embassy— "Tempest. (U. A.) (596; 
|1-$1.50) (8th week). Stream evap- 
orated to that dribbling stage; just 
eased past $6,000. 

Gaiety— "l<^a;sil" aad Movietone 



'IION-MOOSE" BEATS 
1ST WK. ON 2D, $12,000 

Seattle's Marked Increase- 
Seattle, $1 9,000— 5th Ave., 
$20,000 



Seattle, July 10. 
(Drawing Population, 500,000) 
. Weather: Cool and Cloudy 

Cool weather Sunday and also on 
July 4 was a break for local show 
business. Lena Malena lived up to 
advance notices at the Seattle. Stage 
show was good and the picture, 
"Diamond Handcuffs," held interest 
Aug. 1 Publix units go out foi- Fan- 
chon and Marco "ideas." Fifth Ave- 
nue will then adopt film runs. 

"Patent Leather Kid" surprised 
upon second run in town, and United 
Artists gained with its 25-cent p.ol 
icy and reduced band. Orpheum 
improved, witli the. old policy again 
In vogue. 

Estimates for Last Week. 
Seattle (WC-Pub-L) .(3,100; 25- 
60)— "Diamond Handcuffs" (M-G) 
Publix unit and Lena Malena in 
person. Lena bowled 'em over; 
billed heavily as "Hollywood's new- 
est sensation"; good value all 
around; $19,000, best in wieeks. 

Fifth Avienue (WC> (2,700; 25-60) 
— "Telling the World" (M-G) and 
F. & M. "idea." Got $20,000. Very 
big. 

United Artists (W. C.-U. A.) 
(1,700; 25)— "JRaider Emden." Just 
fair at. $4,900." 

Columbia (U) (1,000; 25-50)— 
"Rose of. the Golden West" (F. N.). 
Those who went liked it better than 
title sounded; $3,600. 

Blue' Mouse; (Hamrick) (950; 50 
75) — "Lion and the Mouse" and 
Vita (W. B.). Nightly lines for sec- 
ond week; looks good for. nice run; 
got $12,000, beating first week. 

Winter Garden (U) (850; 15-25)— 
"Patent Leather Kid" (F. N.). Lots 
of printers' ink used and lines 
formed from first afternoon; dandy 
front caused comment; biz great at 
$3,800^, breaking house record. 

Pantages (1,500; 25-50)— "Chicken 
a la King" (Fox). With good vaude 
biz seems to be picking up; $7,500. 

Orpheum (2,700; 25-$l)— "We're 
All Gamblers" (Par). Vaude Im 
proved and first week of higher 
scale and two shows daily, excfept 
continuous Sunday, was okay; $11,- 
500. 

President (Duffy)— "The Free 
Soul" . (Duffy Players). Berton 
Churchill and Helen Audiffred in 
leads; attendance showed pickup; 
$4,200: 



(Fox) (808; $l-$2) (6th week). May. 
quit end of this week, certainly by 
22di heat knocked bottom out of 
bucket already full of holes. 

Globe — "Red Dance" and Movie- 
tone (Fox) (1,416; $l-$2) (3d week) 
Took decided dip in second week; 
chance to demonstrate staying pow 
ers this week If weather permits; 
$9,750. 

'paramount--="The Big Killing' 
(Par) (3,666; 40-65-75-$l). No ex- 
citement until. Saturday when "The 
Racket" broke night record by do 
Ing $7,000; Beery-Hatton . not. In 
high favor here and picture and 
Ash but fair. at $65,800. 

Rialto— "Drag- Net" (Par) (1,960 
35-6.0-75-$!). Departed after three 
weeks to $15,500; previously played 
week at Paramount; lightweight 
stay; "Man Who Laughs" (U) cur- 
rent. 

Rivoli— "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (U) 
(2,200; ,35-50-75-$l). Did $16,600 on 
two weeks; record low for house at 
grind but profit for theatre be 
cause producer-distributor guar 
anteed; "King of Kings" . (Pathe) 
current, synchronized by Photo 
phone and footage cut to pormi 
turnover; light week end. 

Roxy— "The Michigan Kid" (U) 
(6.205; 50-75-$l-$1.50). Held even 
with preceding week,. $88,000; house 
getting ready to. turn loose Fox pic 
turcs previously on Broadway at $2 

Strand— " Wheel of Chance" (F 
-X7)-(-27fl 00 ;==3'j-50»aG-7-5 ).--=! Ias=-bP^t- 
tored figures since adopting, all film 
and some sound or all sound 
.P.arthelmcss good at $30,500 in ho 
week; "Lights of New York" ( W. B, 
current and flof'c to $20,000 on week 
end; sicvvh reel. talker almost .sur 
to hold over. 

Warner's— "Lion Jind tlie Mouse 
and Vita (AV. B.) (1.3C0; $l-$2) (4th 
week). Going along evenly but no 
causing particular splash; mayb 
around $10,000; can figure out this 
week whether Strand is hurting 
boUi houses holdlnfr Vita talkcra. 



Bow Down to $1 0,000 at State 
—Pan, $4,800— Too Much 
Heat 



Minneapolis,: July 10. 
(Drawing Population 450,OiOD)i 
Weather Hot and Clear 

First torrid spell of the summer 
raised havoc with business. Thou- 
sands .of people left towii - before 
the Fourth and remained away all, 
week. Those in, the city even passed 
I- ) . the cooling plants. 

Attractions looked strong on 
paper but none aroused any great 
amount of interest among the faith- 
ful, "Ladies of the Mob" and "Cos- 
sacks" seemed poor vehicles for 
Clc^ra Bow and John Gilbert flrom 
a box office standpoint. Miss Bow,, 
always sure , fire here, didn't flap 
enough to suit her followers and 
the f .mme fans complained because 
"Cossacks" failed to afford Gilbert 
opportunities for more necking. 

Tom Mix brov.-ht a little biz into 
Pantages, but the pickings were 
r retty slim". Wallace Beery and 
Raymond Hatton didn't do much 
for th- Lyric with tlieir "Big Kill- 
ing."... 

There were supposed to be from 
10,0" ') to 12,000 visitln" tejiichers .in 
town dc'ogates to the National Kdu- 
cational Association's convention, 
hut no one knew it. From the stand-; 
point of the th '.s this was the 
worst convention yet to hit here. 
Estimates for Last Week D 
Minnesota (4,100; 65) "Ladies of 
the Mob'' (Par) and. "Hula Blues,'' 
Publix unit." Splendid show but 
picture didn't hit fancy of many 
fans; Clara Bow's name helped to 
counteract effects of heat and ex- 
odus, over holiday; $26,400, a drop 
of about $19,000 from previous Week 
with Wliiteman. 

State (2,500; 60) "Cossacks" (M- 
G) and Mitchell Brothers on stage. 
Good all around program' but did 
not score heavily; abundance of 
fighting held lio mark of rtierit fOr 
Gilbert followers; about $10,000. 
Hennepin-Orpheum (2,890; 50) "If 
Were Single" (WB) and vaude, 
Good show at price with Jeanne 
Eagels heavily billed; failed to pull 
against blistering' weather; picture 
fair; nearly $9,000. 

Pantages (1,600; 25-50) "Painted 
Post" (Fox) an(^ vaude. Tom Mix 
only attraction of box oflflce value; 
about . $4,800; . closing of Seventh 
Street, W. V. A. house, apparently 
did not help. 

Lyric (1,300; 35) "The Big Kill 
ing" (Par). Hatton and Beery no 
magnets here; clos6 to $1,500. . 

Grand (1.200; 25) "Laugh, Clown; 
Laugh" (M-G). Second loop run; 
about $600, bad. 



"Angel," $41,150, McVickers Record; 
Chicago and Oriental Both Jump 

Whitemaii Gives Big Hduse $54,000r^Haines Film 
Panned, but $40,000— Keaton Off, $20,000 



DETROIT'S SUGAR MELTS; 
$44,900 FOR HAINES 

State's First Sound Program 
Quits to $17,000 After 3 Wks. 
-Sennett's "Kiss," $13,000 



Milwaukee's Dull Week; 
Wise. Around $13,000 



Milwaukee, July 10. 
(Drawing Population 650,000) . 
Weather Hot 

Prayers of some of the theatre 
men for less, rain and more heat 
were answered last week. First half 
was plenty hot. July 4 was a dud 
and few stragglers came into the 
amusement centers. Last half, 
somewhat cooler, brought better re 
.suits. 

At the Wisconsin, where Richy 
Craig made his debut as m. c 
little flutter was noticed. "Tender 
loin" bowed out at the Garden after 
17 days of fair to middling business. 
The Miller, starting its grind sum 
mer run at 15 and 26 cents with 
tliree changes weekly, got a good 
play. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Alhambra (TJ) "Partners in 
Crime" (Par) (1,800; 25-50). Beery 
and Hatton ; are quite through . a.<5 
far as Milwaultee is concerned; even 
stage show didn't help; . down to 
$5,000 margin. 

Garden (Brin) "Tenderloin" and 
Vita (WB) (1,200; 25-50-75). With 
complete Vita and Movietone bill 
orchestra out, picture did fairly well 
for last seven of 17 days; around 
$7,800. 

Merrill. (Midwesco) "Honor 
Bound" (Fox) (1,200; 25-50). Lots 
of rod; couldn't have been mora 
than $3,800.. 

Palace (Orpheum) "Hold 'Dm 
Tale" (Pathe) (2,400; 25-50-75) 
With vaude, over $15,000. 

Riverside (Orpheum) '-Three Ring 
-WaTriXg^^TKTJ^^f3;iraOT^Z5^4:(J^5a 
Orpho.um acts and picture; house 
did some business in .spite of heat; 
has grabbed the vaude custornr-rs 
the Minor dropped with its polir^y; 
near $10,000. 

Strand (Midwesco) "Sliephord of 
the Hills" (FN) (1.200; 25-50) 
Meant little or nothing; under $5,- 
000. 

Wisconsin (Midwesco) "L.augh, 
Clown, I>auf,h" (M-0) (2.800; 25- 
35-50-00). , Chanoy usually better 
than ihk; IL |1 3.000. it'fi a lot*. 



Detroit, July io. •. 
• .Weather: Very Warm 

All the sugar nielted last week. A 
broiling sun made both sight-sound 
programs, "Glorious Betsy" . and 
Tenderloin," say uncle and cut to 
one week what might have been a 
two-week run for "Good Bye Kiss." 

"Betsy," 'which opened the State's 
all-talking policy and proceeded to 
gi-ab two. tidy sujus urttirhittin'g last 
week's hot spell, withdrew in favor 
of "Lion and the Mouse," also with 
ear accompaniment, after eSitablish- 
ing itself as the first successful, pol- 
icy ever tried at the State. And 
this house has tried 'em all. "Ten- 
derloin," after, an excellent, run of 
scveh weeks, was followed in by 
Jazz Singer." Jolson film clicked 
off nine weeks hei-e earlier in the 
season and its performance on the 
opening two days of the rehash de- 
notes it has enough left for about a] in \^iV"fi'i^.,T "TT^-V^'i^'''i*'i^"." 
fortnight. w^ek at United Artist 

"Steamboat Bill" went under aver- 



: Chicago, July 10. 
\ Weather: Hot 

With regulai:. w6ek-day busine.ss 
registered at most loop h6uses July 
4, grosses were just whitt they 
would have been without the holi- 
day. Final checkups showed radi- 
cal v.ariations. In the customarily 
consistent downtown section. 

"Street Angel," with Movietone 
accompaniment and first of the 15 
Fox features, boolted by B. & K. 
started the wired policy at McVick- 
er's to $41,150. This is the high- 
est figure the house has ever 
reached. Notices were raives and the 
feature seems set for plenty of 
weeks. Previous specials here, 
minus wiring, have opened in the 
high 20's. 

Paul Whiteman, on the Chicago 
stage, was another ace attraction, 
hfting that site $12,000' above aver- 
age to $p4;000. He had good sup- 
port in- "Hot News" (Par.),, star- 
ring Bebe Daniels. Whiteman 
didn t receive the exploitation ac- 
corded "Street Angiel," but he didn'f 
need it. 

William Haines, at the Oriental 
in . "Telling the World" (M-G) 
meant something, although the pic- 
ture drew generally unfavorable 
comment. He lifted the house from. 
§36,000 to..$40,000; "Lion and the 
Mouse" is 'enjoying a big run at the 
7C0-seat Orpheum, dropping several 
hundred, but holding, to a high 

lia.sn't dropped below 
$9,000 during its four weeks. 
•Steamboat Bill, Jr.," disappointed 



age first week figures at . United 
Artists but seemed satisfactory, con- 
sidering the weather. It's good for 
twoi -with, "The Toiler" to foUo^v. 
Michigan, with "Telling the World," 
and the Capitol playing "Ladies of 
the Mob," did pretty well. Neigh- 
borhoods reported okay, suggesting 
the natives preferred wallting to 
trolley riding. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Adams (Kunsky) — "Good Bye 
Kiss" (Sennett) (1,700; 50-65). No 
'bathing beauts in spite of narne of 
producer; $13,000 for war stuff and 
out for "Cossacks" (M-G). 

Capitol (Kunsky)— "Ladies of the 
Mob" (Par) arid "Here Comes the 
Bride," unit (3,448; 50-75). Bow 
d^ew but didn't please; $28,450. 

Madison (Kunsky)— "Tenderloin"^ 
Vita (W. B.) (7th week) (1,976; 60- 
65). Crook talker had good run and 
profit all along; final week only 
questionable one; Ijowed out to $8,r 
500. "Jazz Singer" following on re- 
peat run. 

Michigan (Kunsky-Publix) — "Tell- 
ing the World" (M-G) and "Bowery 
Follies," linit (4,100; 60-75); Big 
house okay; Bill Haines account- 
able; $44,900. 

Oriental — "Clothes Make the 
Woman" (T-S) and vaude (2.950; 
25-75). Usual enemic fare and 
gross, $7,000; receivers' dilemma 
going second run this week with 
"Speedy" (Par), 

State (Kunsky) — "Gloriou.s Bet- 
sy"-Vita-Movietone (W: B.) (3d 
week) (3,000; 50-65).. Third and last 
week of State's first all sound bill; 
$17,000 not bad after excellent open- 
ing pair of weeks; "Lion and 
Mouse" current. 

United Artists (U. A.)— "Steam- 
boat Bill, Jr." (XL A.) (2d .week) 
(2,000; 60-65).. First x'omedy film 
to play house brought $17,500, fair. 



SL Louis Hot, But 

Cooled Houses Drew 



. St. Lbuls. July 10. 
(Drawing Population 1,000,000) 
Weather Hot and Clear 

A torrid wave, such, as St. Louis 
boasts every few years or so, swept 
the city early last week, sta!yed over 
July 4. Ice-cooled theatres boomed. 

Hot evenings boded well for the 
big Municipal theatre in Forest Park 
Where "Rose-Marie" promised to 
eclipse all records. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Missouri (Skouras) (3,800; 35-65) 
"Wheel of Chance." Picturization of 
Fannie Hurst's "noulctio" a credit 
to, novel; $20,800, fair. 

Loew's State (3,300; 25-33-Cd) 
"The Actress" (M-G). Nat Naz.'irro 
"t(7ok=(:{i.stmTnw^lTTfrkJTtaTr»?^7r-"^ 
Rpntation called "llehear.sal";- $15,- 
000. 

Ambaissador (Kkonras) (3,000.; 35- 
C5)' "Ladies of the Mob" (l'ar)._Dicl 
$31,900. . ■ ■ ■ 

Grand Central (Skouras) (1,700; 
50-75) "Lion and the Mouse" and 
(WB) Vita. In its fourth week and 
.still going big guns; $8,<)00, 

St. Louis (4.280: sr.-f'.r,') "A Ship 
Comes In" (Pathe). Go* 

Capitol (Skouras) "Kaldor Em- 
Aw." Got 



getting the lowest opening gross 
this comparatively new house has 
had. It drew $2O,000 on the week 
and may be jerked at the end of ' 
Its two-week booking. : 

"Cossacks" remained high In Its 
second week at the Roosevelt, 
drawing $15,000 after opening to A 
great $18,000. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Chicago (Publix) — "Hot NewW' 
(Par) (4,500; 60-75). Paul White- 
man on stage responsible for pow- 
erful $54,000; Bebe Daniels liked on 
screen, but unable to demonstrate 
draw against Whiteman; "Rio Ro- 
mance," Publix unit. 

McVicker's (Publljc)— "Street An- 
gel'' arid Movietone (Fox) (2,400; 
60-75). First Fox sound film in 
loop a riot; opening week $41,160; 
given the works In exploitation and 
set for good run. 

Oriental (Publlx)— "Telling the 
World" (M-G) (2,900; 36-75). Rated 
weak by reviewers, but helped 
house rise over previous Week; high 
at $40,000, with Kvalo on stage 
helping: '.'Movie Party," Publix 
unit. ~ 

Orpheum (Warner)— "Lion and 
the Mouse" (W. B.) (760; 60). 
Fourth week, and talker still going 
strong in five-week run; $9,300 With 
Vitaphone subjects. 

Playhouse (Mindlln) — "Wall 
Street" (Ufa); "Rusisian Revolu- 
tion" .(Collwyn) (600; 50-75). Dou- 
ble feature brought additional biz; 
$3,500. 

Roosevelt (Publix) — 'tCossacks" 
(M-G) (1,400; 60-75). Remained 
strong in second week, $15,000. 

State- Lake (Orpheum) — "Home, 
.Tames" (U) (2.500; 60-75). Laura 
Liji Pl.inte comedy considered good; 
got some extra money with. Or- 
plieum vaude: $17,800, 

United Artists (U. A.)— "Steam- 
boat i3ill, Jr.,"-(U. A.) (1.702; 35- 
7Jy). Disappointing on opening;- $20,- 
000 lowest first week house has 
had; in for two weeks. 



Pantages in Tacoma 

Beat Pan's Seattle 

Tacoma, July 10., 
(Drawing Population 125,000). 
Weather Cloudy 

A. R. Brace, now manager of the 
Coldni.'il, put on a song contest In 
the pit and it attracted. Union 
rules will not permit it oh stage ex- 
cepfe- with stage Iianda on the job. 

151u(! Mouse had nothing to kick 
aliout with the .second week of "Lion 
and Mrnuse." Pantages is corning 
along fast. Lost week lieat the re-. 
cel))ts in Seattle, not .so bnd for a 
town of one-fourth the size. 

Estimates For Last Week 

Pantages (1,500; 25-50) "Why 
Pailor.s (lo Wron.g" (l-'ox). Good 
-1fpTrrT^f"^July^4-Tcct)rd=-dayr^-=IlugB--" 
at $.S,200. 

Rialto (WC) (1,250; 25-50) "Tell- 
ing the World" (M-G). . Ilalnes can 
stnart alec 'em into the scat.s, arid 
did: $5,400. 

Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (650; 60- 
70) "Lion and the Mouse" and Vita 
(WB). Hold up well for second 
week; about $6,300, big. 

Colonial (W. C.) (850; 15-25) 
"KoBo of the Golden West" (FN). 
$2,300; beat week of this year to 
Uute. 



10 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



Weekly Studio Survey 



LiOB Angeles, July 10. 
Studios last -week took a alight 
rlBC on production. A, total of 64 
leatures and 24 shorts are now In 
work. 

Warners tdp for. activity with 
Bev.^n features and four Vitaphon'<e 
•ketches in work. Features are; 
•My . Man," directed by Archie 
Mayo; "The Singing Fool," by 
L.loyd Bacon; "The Littlts TVildcat,". 
by Ray Enrigbt ; "The Outlaw Dbg," 
t>y Hoss tederman; "Home Town- 
«Brs," by Bryan Foy; "The TeiTor." 
ty Roy r)el Ruth, arid "Noah's Ark," 
by -Michael Cui'tiz. 

Universal is next with 11 fea- 



i7 



thcrs," by Ludwig EtTgor 

First National also, has six with 
"Oh Kay,", directed by Morvyn Ijc 
Roy; "Wreckini Boss," by lOddie 
Cline; "Water Front," by W. A, Sei- 
ter; "Show Girl,!' by A,\ Santell; 
"Divine Lady." by Frank Lloyd, and 
"Do ; your Duty," by William 
Beaudine., . 

Fox has five and one Movietone 
subject in work. Features are "Mak- 
ing the Grade," directed by Al Green; 
"Dry Martini," by Harry D Arrast ; 
"The River," by Frank Borzage; 
"Gyclone Lover," by R. I* Hough, 
and "Riley the Cop," by John P^ord. 

Metropolitan, a leasing studio, has 
five features including "Heirs An- 



This table shows a summary of weeUy studio activity for the 
past 21 weeks. Percentage of production is based on 106 
; units working at 23 studios on the Coast, determined 
by the average normal working conditions 
during the year 1927: 



Week 
Feb. '22 -., 
Feb. 29 . . 
March 7 
.March 14 
March 21 
March 28 
April 4 . . 
April 11 . 
April 1:8 . , 
April .25. , 
May 2 ... 
May 9 . ■ • 
May l6 . . 
May 23 
May 30 . 
June 6 . 
June 13 
June 20 
June 27 
J uly 4 . . 
July 10 . 









SUiOios 




.itures 


Shorts 


Total 


Dnrk 


Pet. 


47 ■ • 


V 8 " ■ 


55 


6 .. 


.52 


39 


9 


48 


12 ■ 


.45 


46 


14 


54 


■ 9 : 


.51 


49 


16 


65 


■ 7 


;6i 


49 


15 


64 


8 


.60 
.60 


47 ■ 


17 ■ . 


64 


6 


53 


17 


70 


5 


.06 


50 


19" 


69 


8 


.65 


52 


17 


69 


9 


.65 


50 


17 


67 


6 


.62 


52 


15 


.67 


7 


.02 


54. 


17 


71 


4 


.67. 


63 


20 


83 


3 


.77 


66 


21 


89 


.2 ■■ 


.64 


68 


24 


92 


0 


:fe7 


"65 


32 


97 , 


0- ■ 


.90 


77 


31 


108 


0 


l.OI 


76 


**31 


107 


0. ■ 


•1.01 


64- 


30 


94 


0 


;89 


56 


25 


81 


0 


.76 


64 


24 


S8 


0 


. '.83 



Real News Stories Urged 
For PubDx's Press Men 



Bon Scrkowich, editor of the 
Publix house organ, "Publix 
Opinion," has issued a notice to pub-r 
licity men of. all Publix Circuit 
houses not to send conyentionial 
press matter to the newspapers on 
the grounds that It creates unsat- 
isfactory relations between the press 
and the theatre. 

'SerkowJch stated that pure pub- 
licity material doesn't convince the 
pijblic even If It is printed and that, 
for i-hat reason, a real news story 
concerning the theatre is often dis- 
counted -when it does come. 

The notice Adds that there is 
plenty of real news concerning the 
theatre if the men In charge of pub- 
licity have intelllgericie enough to 
see it. Further, stressing the value 
of show news, "Theatre news ranks 
second as a newspaper builder and 
circulation holder because the popu- 
lation of the United States goes 
to the popular-priced theatre ap- 
proximately 1.5 times per person -per 
week. There is no other entertain- 
ment attraction anywhere, near it in 
magnitude." 



Hays Still Instructing 

Chicago, July 10. 
Will Hays, here for a day on 
his way to the Coast, once more 
gave his "first" lntor\'lew on 
sound. 

It was accompanied with Inr 
: Btructions • to^ the newspaper 
boys on how it should be writ- 
ten. 



tures, serials and shorts including 
"The Kid's Clever," directed by Wil- 
liam Craft; "Last Warning," by 
Paul Leni; ^'Forbidden Love," by 
We.^ley Ruggles; "The Girl on the 
Barge," by . Edward Sloman; '-Col- 
legiaris," by Nat Ross; "Horace 
from. Hollywood," by Edward I. 
Luddy; "Mystery Rider,'.' by Jack 
Nelson; "Wolves of . the City,", by 
Leigh Jason; "Beauty and Bullets," 
by Ray Taylor; "Range Wolf," by 
Walter Fabian, and "The Boundary 
Battle," by Joe Levigard. 

M-G-M has eight features in work 
Including "West of Zanzibar ."direct- 
• ed by Tod Browning; "Masks of the 
Devil," by Victor Seastrom ; "Single 
Man," by Harry Beaumont; "Mor- 
gan's Last Raid," by Nick Grinde; 
"Alias Jimmy Valentine," by Jack 
Conway; "Romance," by Clarence 
Brown; Gold Braid," by George Hill, 
and "Her Cardboard Lover," , by R. 
Z. Leonard; 

Par. and F. N. 6; Fox 5 

Paramount has six features going 
■with "The Fleet's In." directed by 
Malcolm St. Clair; "Docks of New 
York," by Josef von Sternberg; 
"Take Me Home," by Marshall Nei- 
lan; "Moran of the Marines," by 
Frank. iStraycr; "Interfei-ence." by 
Lothar Mendez and "Sins of the Fa- 



gels," directed by Howard Hughes; 
"The Mating Call," by James 
Cruze; "Chinatown. Mystery," for 
Syndicate; a feature for Rayart 
and one for Excellent. 

United Artists has four including 
"The Rescue," directed by Herbert 
Brenon; "The Awakening," by Vic- 
tor Fleming; "The Night Stick," by 
Roland West, and "Love Song," by 
D..W. Griffith. 

FBO also has four features work- 
i: ; with " Rough Riding Red," di- . 
rected by Louis King; "Fury of the 
Wild," by Leon D'eussou; "Singa- 
pore Mutiny," by Ralph Ince, and 
"Sinners in Love," by George Mel- 
ford. 

Pathe has two features with 
"Show Folks,'' directed by Paul L. 
Stein, and "Marked Money," by Spe^ 
cer Bennett. Tec-Art has one fea- 
ture and one short comedy in work. 

Studios with one feature each are 
Tiffany- Stahl, Chaplin and Chad 
wick. 

Columbia has two features includ 
ing "Scarlet Lady," directed by 
Alan Crossland, and "Into the 
Depths," by Frank Capra. 

Studios engaged in short com- 
edies are Sennett, Educational, 
Christie, Roach and Stern Brothers, 
each with three. Cal-Art, Dailey 
and Novelle each have one. 



Sounding "Two Lovers" 
And Other U. A. Films 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, managinjg 
director of United Arti.sts' theatre 
here, leaves next week for New 
'Tork where .he will adapt the score 
for "Two Lovers'* to synchroniza- 
tion. This makes the Qoldwyn film 
United Artists* first sound picture. 

Riesenfeld will- also repeat the un- 
dertaking for "Tempest," using his 
own score, with the Victor Talking 
Machine Company to make both 
r^ecordings. Rifesenfeld jstatcs - all 
future U. A. sound films will be 
synchronized put here. 

The local U. A., house is being: 
wired, and indication.; are that its 
first sound, feature will come in late 
this month or early August. Fol- 
lowing the world premierie of "The 
Toilers*' tomorrow (Wednesday) 
night, FBO'B "The Perfect Crime'' 
is due w4th "Tempest'* tentatively 
set to open July 25. "Man Who 
Laughs" (U) is also scheduled for 
an Augu.st showing in this house. 



$600,000 in 2 Houses 
And Neither Has Opened 



Saii Francisco, July 10. 

Speculation Is rife as to the out- 
come of two Class A houses in the 
Peninsula district.' 

First . of .these houses is the ne'w 
Burlingame, at Burlingame, 18 miles 
south, erected by the Vision Realty 
Co. It's a 1,500 seater, fully equip- 
ped, and t^nough finished half a 
year ago no tenant has as yet been 
found to take it over, for operation. 
At San Bruno, a few miles north of 
Burlingame, work was started on 
another big one. Walls are up, and 
the exterioE- practically finished but 
four months: ago building: suddenly 
stopped, since which nothing, has 
been done to complete the structure! 

Citizens of both towns have is- 
sued protests over the failure to 
have the houses opened, but . a 
scarcity of operating tenants is 
blamed. Investment to date in these 
two Penin.sula houses figures close 
to $600,000. • 



N. Y. STUDIOS 
AUHOST READY 
FORSOUND 



Reconstruction of New York stu- 
dios for the making of taikers has 
reached a. stage where the oast may 
resume production activity befora 
fall. • 

M-G-M started Monday t6 wlr« " 
and equip Cosmopolitan studios^ 
while work has progressed to such 
an extent at Paramount's Astoria,, 
L. i., studio that the lower stage: to 
practically completed, 
. First National will u.se the Pip- 
graph plant where wiring has beeit 
under, way for the past fortnight^ 
and the Vitagraph studio is ready 
withi Warners having already out- 
lined a production schedule there. 
Fox is lislng its 54th street plant 
to averaire around 18 tests daily. 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Alice Joyce 

John W. Consldinc, Jr. 

George fitzmaurlce. 

Robert Harris. 

Mr. and Mrs.. Arthuv Unpar, 



N Y. to L. A. 

Jesse Lasky . 
Ben Sciiulberg. 
Felix young. 
•John Monk .SalinOi i< . 
Fay Wray. 
H. b; Franklin. 
Ht'lcn Ware. 
Charles Judols. 
Ben Jackson. 
Fred Sohador. 
Jes.se Lasky. 
B. P. Sohulb(M-p. 
Harry Goetz. 
John Monk >Sauiidcis, 



Aschers Make No Move 
To Retrieve Circuit 



Cmze's Indies Off? 



Rogers' of lust" 



Louis T. Rogers' "Age of Lust," 
starring Emil Jannings, will have a 
pre-release showing at Schenectady, 
N. T. Rogers will road show "the 
feature. 

Rogers has also purchased from 
Edward James, all rights to the 
white slave story "l>rotect Tour 
DiEiughter." It follows closely the 
recent suppressed report submitted 
to the League of Nations Commis- 
sion on the International . white 
slave traflfic. 

The story was syndicated through 
King Features Syndica;te and pub- 
lished In six instalments. 



Chicago, July 10. 

Although, Ascher Bros, have been 
free to take over their circuit of 
houses from , the Chicago Title 4 
Trust Co., since the circuit was de- 
clared solvent, they have not as yet 
shown any intention of doing so. 

Aschers are reported unwilling 
to go into operation again with Fox 
who has a heavy investment in the 
circuit. It would require $500,000 ' 
to buy out the Fox' interests; pluB 
interest. 

Out of theatre operation for the 
time being;, Nate Ascher ^has been; 
outguessing the market. lie is said 
to have realized $30,000 in 60 days 
on a $10,000 investment. 



Los Angeles, July 10. 
From indications James Cruze 
will not become ah independent pro- 
ducer. Cruze hais signed another 
contract with Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer and will direct two pictures 
for that organization. 

Both films ai-e to star William 
Haines. 



FOX TJNIT SAHS JULY 15 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

As fast as passports can be ob- 
tained for Douglas Z. Doty, writer; 
Ad Schaumer, Sidney Wagner and 
George £]astman, cameramen, they 
will leave for New York to sail on 
the Berengarla July 15. 

Other members of the David But- 
ler company to film "Chasing 
Through Europe" (Fox) will be on 
the same boat. 



Smairs N. Y. Agency 



National Artist'e Service is the 
name of a hew a.gency formed by 
Eddie Small and Francis O'Reilly, 
in New York City. The firi^i will do 
a general agency business. 

Bertha Karp will represent Ed- 
ward Small in the New York oflSce, 
with MoiTis . Small and George 
Frank handling the Los Angeles 
end. Mike Gonnoly will also be 
associated in the New York office.. 



Jfay Wroy. 



RENEWAL CONTEACTS 

Ix).s Anpolr.s, July 10. 

T'aiamount ha.s t«xorcisc>d its 
option for another year on Malcolm 
St. Clair and Harry D'Arrast, di- 
rectors, and Ruth Taylor and (.Jury 
Cooper, player?. 

Comiiany has also given a new 
year's <'ontract to Art Smith of tho 
technical dopartmcnt. 



No Club House 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts 
and .Sciences has definitely aban- 
doned its i(Jea of erecting a club- 
house. • 

Board of dir^JLors decided main- 
teniance would remove frorti exist- 
ing institutions neces.sary support. 

The Academy is to install two 
lirojectlon machines in its head- 
(juarters at the Roo.<;evolt HoteL 
■phe machines will be equipped to 
.^'ive weekly previews of synchron- 
ized subject!?. 

Organization is also proceeding 

, :\iih its plans to produce a picture 
I lie profits of which will be divided 

! l.'Otween the Academy and the Mo-. 

■ tlcm P'cture Relief Fund. 

\, The new committee has askrd and 
n ( eived authority to po ahead with 
ass^irances frpny pj^qdueing^^a^^^^ 
r»~iblrfing~ "comiTaiiies^^ full~"co- 
Dperation. The story lias been bCt 



mX'S 1ST FOR FBO 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Tom Mix's first for FBO will be 
'Son of the Golden West,'* by 
George W. Pyper. 

Sharon Lynn will be opposite the 
star and E. J. Ford will direct. 
Story Is of the pony express. 



LEAVES ZAKORA FOR T-S 

Bernard Sholtz has resigned from 
the sales managership of Zakora 
Film Corp. to accept a position with 
Tiffany- Stahl. 

William Horhe, formerly with 
Wamers, replaces at 2Jakora. 



CONNOLLY'S ASS'T 

Williaju Glea.Kin O'l'.ricn has re- 
signed as U. B. A'ice C(>n.^:ul in Paris 
to boc^iinc a.s.sistaiit to Jaelt Con- 
nolly in handling Movietone ovor- 
sea,"--. It is vald that O'l'.iien will 
• be responsible for the l-'ox talk(!r in 
Italy, Belgium, .Si-iun and J'^aucc. 



Poland Supervising Tryout 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Joseph P. Poland, supervisor ol 
feature comedy stories for Uni- 
versal, assigned to stipervise pro- 
duction- on^GIenn-Tr-yon^featUFes: 

Poland also Is a guide for the 
Reginald Denny unit. 



Levigard's Second reature 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Joseph Levigard, who after mak 
ing short subjects for Universal wa. 
given an opportunity on a five reel 
er, has been assigned to a second 
feature. 

It is a western going Into produc 
Uon this week. 



Adapter's Own Dialog 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Universal has commissioned 
Marion Page, who made the adap- 
tation of "It Can Be Done," to write 
dialog for her story. It will be al- 
talker release. 



POVERTY ROW'S OLDEST MOVE 

Los Angeles, July 10, 
Poverty Row has lost its oldeist 
film inhabitant. 

Morris R. Schlank, independent 
producer, who for 15 years hai 
maintained ofllces in the neighbor- 
hood, has moved up the hill trf 
Hollywood Boulevard. . 



No Phoney Sunday 

Concerts in Topeka 

Topeka, July 9. 
Bootleg Sunday benefit shows 
mu.st cease. 

This mandate has been issued to. 
the local theatre managers by Paul 
Heinz, county attorney, who is en- 
gaged In a campaign against dance 
Ihalis in this county as a finale to 
a series of raids. 

For six months nearly every the- 
atre in the city has been giving 
"Sunday Benefits," naming no 
beneficiary and . instead of "recelv 
in\j contributions** has been setting 
a price for admission, "The county 
attorney declares he will make it 
obligatory upon ail ma.nagers giving 
Sunday benefits for a thorough ac 
counting of the receipts and dls 
burscnients. 



WAITING ON SHEEHAN 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
With five pictures in production 
at Fox, there will be no new. pic-, 
ture started until the arrival of 
"W. TR."SfieeTiah. ' 

Latter is expected on the Coast 
next week. 



Fairbank's Advisor 

l-ios Angeles, July 10. 
Maurice Lelolr, authority on 
France, accompanied Doug Fair- 
bank.s back here and will act as 
technical adviser on the new Fair 
bank'.s picture, "For All Eternity." 



Gilbert's Desert Yarn 

.=^^^.;.^.=..r^^^^^I^,<4 .Angeles, = July -lOr-- 
••Thir.st" Is John (Jilbert's next for 

M-<». II i.s an original by John 

Thomas Mevillc. 

William Nigh will direct this 

desert t;ile, 



Archainbaud On Barrie Story 

Ijos Angeles, July 10 
George Archalnbaud's next for 
Tiffany -Stahl will be Sir James 
liarrie's "The Twelve Pound Look.' 
Frances Ilylund is adapting. 



10 WKS. FOR "REVENGE" 

Los Angeles. July 10. 
Edwin Carewe has finished "Re^ 
venge" after 10 weeks of actual 
shooting. 

He leaves around Aug. 1 to fllm^ 
the next Delores Del Rio pictwef 
in France. 



LA PLANTE DYEING HER HAlB 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Laura La Plarite ^vill not wear ft 
wig as "Magnolia", in TJniverBal'* 
''Show Boat." 

She. will dye her hair. 



Laemmie Home 

. . Los Angeles, July 10. 
Carl Laemmie arrived home Satr- 
urday. 

This Is the first year since the 
war that tho head of Universal 
hasn't visited Europe. 



Changes Screen Name 

Los Angole.", July 10' 
Beth Laemmie, niece of Carl 
Laemmie and who. had her firs* 
important=rolc in=^Tlie-( to-Grash?. 

er," has changed her screen name to 
Beth Herol. 



Jones' "Shopworn Angels" 

Los Angele.", July 10- 
F. Rlchai-d Jone.<; will direct 
IShopworn Angels" for Paramount. 
Gary Cooper and Nancy rarroll wl» 
be co-starred. 

Howard Eatabrook is making tne 
adaptation, ^fs'ith produetion sched- 
uled lor Au£. 1. 



Wednesday, July H, 1928 



PI G T ORES 



VARIETY 



11 



Roach Checking Up on Pathe Sales 
After Going on M-G-M Releases 



Musical Union Intentions 
On Extra for News Reels 



Hal Roach is having:, all of thei 
returna on his prbduct while re- 
leased througrh I'athe carofuUy re- 
checked. It develops that special 
Roach Investigators are question- 
ing Individual exhibitor* for details 
of the transactions, when they 
signed for Roach shorts on the 
Pathe program. 

Roach'S' attorney nifide a .special 
trip from the coast to consult with 
Nathan Burkan on the procedure 
ot this Jnvestigation shortly before 
Barkan sailed for. Europe, It. was 
about the time of this consultation 
that Roach's lawyer opened an 
eastern olTice. for his client in the 
Loew building, a few floors above 
Metro-Goldiwyn-Mayer,, now re- 
leasing Roach shorts. 

At"" the same time at a reported 
high figure the lawyer: detained a 
man who has specialized In exhibi- 
tor conti^acts both for theatire owner 
organizations and producers for a 
number of years. 

One Roach man said Roach could 
not understdnd why MrG-Mi get- 
ting, higher rentals for the shorts, 
shQuld have bigger sales than 
Pathe, which had been recognized 
as' the leader in the handling of 
short material. 

At the Pathe office no one could 
be" reached who would talk about 
the Investigation. Colyin Brown, 
vice-president In charge under, the 
rebrgajiization of the company by. 
Joseph P. Kennedy, stated: • 

"Whatever it is, it has not. been 
BUfflGiently important to get in this 
offlce. It is a common occurrence 
for a producer to check his dis- 
tributor; and if 'Roach has not 
checked in a number of years. It is 
. certainly time he did." 



Florence Sweet's Gun 



Florence Sweet, 2'o, of 232 West 
7.4th street, picture actress,. Avho ar.-. 
riyed In New York recently from 
Hollywood; pleaded not guilty to a 
charge of unlawfully possessing a 
revolver. -She was continued under 
$d60 bail- for trial on. July- 1-9. 

Tlie actress was arrested on June 
24 by Policeman \yiUiam J. Kear- 
ney, of the West 68th street station. 
In her home. He had been called 
to the place by tenants in the build- 
ing, who told him a girl .was iiasiv- 
ing a gun in the hallway. 

Kearney said Miss Sweet had the 
revolver in her hand when he ar- 
rived and that she admitted its. 
ownership. , She said she had 
brought the revolver from Califor^- 
nia, not knowing that she would be 
required to get another permit in 
this State. 



Talkers Starting at 

Par's L. L Studios 

)Talking picture production will 
Btart at the Paramount Iiong Island 
studios next week. Jesse Lasky and 
. Ben Schulberg, In New York con 
ferrlng with Walter Wanger, left for 
theVest coast Saturday. 

Monta Bell was due to arrive 
from Lios Angeles yesterday (Tues.) 
to take charge in Astoria as produc 
tlon executive In charge of piroduc 
tion at the Long Island studio. 

"Burlesque" will be- the first fea 
tare length talker on the Long 
Island schedule» but short subjects 
are also to be shot as soon as the 
final Installation is com'plete. 

Sound effects to be used in Para- 
mount features will be. either Victor 
recorded or treated to sound at 
Long Island until, the west coast 
sound installations are completed 

The success of the Victor sound 
interpolation In the forthcoming 
Richard DIx feature, "Warming 
Up," is said to have convinced 
Paramount west coakt officials that 
Bound Is of utrhost Importance as 
fek bolsterer for an ordinary product 
The DIx picture was proclaimed 
as of average program quality until 
the sound effects were added In the 
east. At the preview of the pic 
ture with the sound' record it was 
almost unanimous that the sound 
_ bayed the pi ctur e from »«edIocrity 

I • ■; ■ ^ — — . .■ " ,^ 

^'GODLESS GIEL'S" PEESONNEl 

Los Angeles, July 10 
M. C. Coyne has been appointed 
general manager for the western 
division ..of the ."Godless Girl' 
(Pathe) as a road show Which 
opens here at the Blltmiore Aug. 20 
Assisting him are Richard Obee, 
\ business manager and advance 
agent; Tom Hodgtiian, acting man 
ager, and John Brassll, second 
agent. 

Sam Blair will kaVo charge of 
the eastern division of the picture, 
which opens at the Gaiety, New 
York, about the same time. 



W. E/s Training School; 
Sending Men to Ghi Plant 

Chicago, July 10 
Western Electric engineers are 
engaged in remodelling several 
huge factories at the local W, E 
Hawthorne works. When com 
pleted' the buildings will manufac 
ture Movietone and Vit'aphone 
equipment. W. E., in lieu of a 
slioi'ter trade name, is designating 
studio sound production equipment 
as VWestern Electric Systenis for 
Sound Pictures," Sand theatre equip 
ment as "Western Electric Sound 
Projector Systems.". Orig'inal esti- 
mates on production and amplifiers 
schedule for the fi.scal. year of 1,000 
projectors have been found . to be 
conservative. . : 

Men from other Western Electi'ic 
engineering and manufacturing de 
partments are being transferred to 
a training school here for Instruc 
tlOn on insta.llation and wiring. New 
equipment Is also being designed, 
and produced for use at the Haw- 
thorne plant to lessen cost of pro 
duction. 



Movictonei or any Vltai^hotie "tone 
producing" i)i'iiec!<.s turning out 
sound news reel must pay addition- 
ally, to the regular musical scale for 
music reproduced, according to 
Joseph Weber, president of the 
American Federation o£ Musicians. 
The, question as to whether com- 
pensation should be demanded and 
wha-t the amount will be is a mat- 
ter of local autonomy, he said. 

This question canie up when E. 
L. Smith, business agent, of local 
No. 47, Los Arigeles, bumped into 
such a condition on the west coast 
whore Fox is making Movietone 
newsreels. 

The Fox people are in harmonious 
relation with No. 47 and employ 
union musicians In their studios, 
yet the music used where news 
shots are made and reproduced on 
the* screen that the use of music 
where a union band or orchestra is 
playing slipuld be paid on the same 
linos that music is used by the 
radio. 

A member of the Fpx New York 
Movietone department when e^sked 
about the proposed demJind for pay 
for music in public places, etc., that 
It wasn't likely .that compensation 
would be asked where shots of na- 
tional or international, .significance 
were taken. He illustrated this by 
saying a nqws reel of President 
Coolidge. where a band happened to 
be playing would- naturally be re- 
corded but that It should be shot 
the same as a regulation' news reel. 

It Is . the union men's belief that 
union musicians should receive ad- 
ditional-pay where they ate not 
regularly engaged for the muslca,! 
accompaniment at the local scale In 
vogue for Movietone or Vitaphohe 
work.' 

The Movietone news reelers hap- 
pen to be the particular bone of 
contention on the part of the westr 
ern local at this time, yet the In- 
ference of President Weber is for all 
makers of "sound" or talking-mu- 
sical news reels. 

The extent of the additional com- 
pensation is expected to run into 
considerable money according, to 
the view of some of the film men 
but so far none is crossing a bridge 
until reaching.lt. 



WARNERS' AT NEW PEAK, 461/4; 
PARAiOUNT MAKES 2D TOP, 132 

On Contrary Pathe Slips to Low of 15^2 on Move- 
ment— ^Fox Takes No Part in Upturn Based on 
Future Profit— Keith Neglected, Pxef erred 82 



DeLacey-Tyler's Last 

. Los Angeles, July 10. 
Robert DeLacey will, direct Tom 
Tyler in "Law of the Plains" as 
his last western in the Tyler series, 
FBO's 1928-29 program. It will also | 
mark De Lacey's last directorial 
job on westerns after doing 29 over 
a period of two and half years. De- 
Lacey will 'Continue as a- director for 
the same organization. 

Fox's Dialog Feature 

Los Angeles, July . 10, 
Fox will use Movietone for three 
sequences in "Making the Grade,' 
being directed by Alfred E. Green, 

Sound will be used throughout 
the picture, but in three sequences 
dialog Is to be Indulged in between 
Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran and Lu 
clen LIttlefleld. 



Victor' s Hallywood Bldg. 



Lbs Angeles, July 10; "; 
Victor Talking Machine Company 
will erect a $260,000 building in 
Hollywood to synchronize pictures. 

Structure, ground for which will 
be broken in July, will extend from 
Grange Drive to Sycamore Avenue 
and will be situated between Santa 
Monica Boulevard and Romaine 
Street. Site comprises three-quar- 
ters of an acre. Equipment Is now 
being assembled at Camden, N. J. 

There is a Victor branch In Oak 
land. 



Two movemenLs in amusement 
stock prices .monqpoilzed . Interest. 
Warnbr Bros., beginning early iri 
tlie general recovery, progroased 
from 35 laist week to a brand new 
top for the year yesterday at 4GVt. 
while Paramount, which, long ha.-< 
swung in narrow range near 1'2S, 
jumped into action yesterday and 
in two hours of trading up to noon 
sold 12,000 shares, reaching a sec- 
ond peak within ,a fraction of 132. 
Old top was 131%. 

Profit Taking 

At both these tops profit taking 
came in and yesterday's fih.il lirices 
were somewhat below the best, 
although levels were maintained at 
a substantial advance/ Both moves 
were' governed entirely by cliques 
operating in the individual issues; 
in Warners' basing the campaign 
upon the well-advertised possibili- 
ties; of profits in talking pictures, 
and Paramount in a belated sally 
to draw attention to potential 
benefits in the proposal to split 
the stock-, into smaller units. This 
comes up for a vote of tlie stock-, 
holders the first week In August. 

Elsewhere In the theatre group 
stocks were neglected; turnover 
was small and price movements 
negligible. "The clique operation 
in Warners' ordinarily would have 
been reflected in Fox, which also 
stands in admirable position tp 
benefit from the si&ht-sound inno- 
vation. That F»x paid no atten- 
tion to . the development was just 
another indication of the fact that 
the trading mind is divided agalrist 
itself at the moment. 

There seems to be no doubt that 
there are two factions at work. 
One, represented by the Cuttens, 
the Durants and the other "big 
bulls" seem intent upon forcing 
the Issue, while the other, while 
bullish for the long pull, chose 
for the moment to hold . off until 
some sort of/a line may be had on 
the money and credit outlook. How 
sharp is the division was apparent 
yesterday when Genei-al Motors 
was pushed up to 200 at the very 
moment Steel was easing from 141 
to around 138. When these two 
old leaders take different courses 
of definite nature almost anything 
can happen to the rest of the list. 

Tlte campaign in Motors was on 
heroic scale, in the half hour be- 



HEDWIG lAB. STOCK ISSUE 

An issue of - comnion and pre 
fetred - stock-- Tof - Hedwig Film 
Laboratories, Inc., : a New -York 
corporation with offices at Park 
place and Congress avenue, Flush 
Ing, is to be fioated in New York 
State. Secretary of State Robert 
Moses has licensed, the. company to 
offer the issue for public sale, In 
accordance with' the provision of 
the general business law. 



M-G Doing *Mrs. Cheyney* 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Through an. arrangement with 
:.-Bnite4.Axtl3ts,:MrG-rMJwilLpr.Qduce. 
"The Last of Mrs. Cheney" aa a, 
'starring picture for Norma Shearer 
This will follow "The Little An- 
'gel," Miss Shearer's present picture 



Voick Switches Over 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
A. George Volck, assistant gen- 
eral manager at Pathe, has resigned , 
to become production manager for 
future C. ij. DftMIUe productions. 



EXCELIENT*S HITCH 

Harry Hoyt has not yet . begun to 
function aa general production 
manager for Excellent Pictures. A 
hitch haa developed, by report, re- 
garding selection of story material 
Hoyt, a director, scenarist and 
supervisor, wants the say-so on 
stories, but Samuel Zlerler, presi- 
dent of Excellent, is unwilling to 
relinquish this authority. 

Panama Unit Leaves Thi« Month 

X6r Ahgelesr^ 
John Franei.s Dillon and his staff 
1 troupe, headed by Richard Barthel- 
messi leave for the Panama Canal 
the latter part of this month. It's 
to film "Scarlet Seas." 



Christie's Sownd 2-Reeler 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Word here is that Christie's two 
reel "The Dizzy Diver," featuring 
Billy Dooley, has been synchron 
Ized for sound and rftusic by Victor 
and Nathaniel Finston, musical dl 
rector for Publix. 

So far as^known it Is the first 
tw6 part c6me3y so Ireated w 
dialog. William Watsomi directing. 

2 Stajg^ers at Capitol 

Daniel Gould has been placed at 
the . Capitol,. New;. York, alternating 
with Chester Hale in producing the 
daiice numbers for the stage shows 
Hale will spceialize on ballet, toe 
and classical numbers, with Gould 
doing the jazz and novelty numbers, 
as he did during his two years with 
Balaban & Katz in Chicago^ 



CHOOSING FOE ''NIGHT STICK" 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
John W. Cotisidine, Jr., leaves for 
the east this week to .secure a cast 
for "'Night Stick," which will be 
directed by Roland Wo.«!t. 

Trip is due to the intention of 
United Artists to employ Movietone 
'In "We^iriaklnt^of 
stage players. Film w'ill 'go into 
production about Aug. 9. 



tween 1.30 and 2 o'clock 75,000. 
chanfet^d hanfls in lot.s up to 5,00.0 
or more and all on a perpendicular / 
advance oC nearly 2 points. 

Loew Marks Time 

Loew was a disappointment. 'With 
the publication of a "favorable iii- 
cpme statement for the firat quar- 
ter and (.»..«itimates circulated of bet- 
ter than JG oh the increased outr 
standing com m on h for the fiscal 
year, It w;as confidently expected 
the stock would break up through 
56. Instead it held to the narrow 
swing.between S-l^^i and 55?/4v Simi- 
larly ITox got up above 80 once or 
twice , and then retreated to its old 
level of 78. It y?as from this level 
that it started oii. its ascension to 
92 during the late spring. 

.Keith stocks did nothing either 
way, being disposed to ease if .any- 
thing. Keith common broke below 
20 several times, while Pathe was 
progressively weak, being down 
yesterday at l^A for the "A" stock 
and 3% for the common. Pre- 
ferred eased further to 82, :b6lng 
down yesterday at 82*A. These 
shares have been lately around 25 
and 9. What these maneuvers may 
portend Is entirely hidden. 

It is significant that the best of 
the published ticker comment for 
the moment is stressing the possi- 
bilities that many deliberate cam- 
paigns in progress to push prices ; 
up in the face of bainklng opposi- 
tion have for objective the lighten- 
ing of long lines higher up. The 
market Is full of old pools that 
would like to be out from under. 
Seasoned ticker players are well 
aware of the situation, and for that 
reason cliques who stage bullish 
demonstrations ' are having trouble 
getting the mob to follow far on an 
upturn. 

Money renewed yesterday at 6, 
but throughout the session it was 
momentarily expected to go higher 
and for the next few weeks , the 
prospect is for tightened credit for 
speculative purposes. Reserve bank 
will publish It's statemenlt of broker 
loans tomorrow (Thursday) after 
tlie . close and they may clear the 
air. If the loan account Is higher 
It Is expected one of the western 
reserve districts will advance Us 
rediscount rate, carrying the fight 
Into another stage. ^ 

Weighing possibilities, the wisdom 
of the minutes; for the outside 
player seems to be to lay offl 



Summary of tradlnff for week ending .Saturday. July 7: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



High. 

40 

25 
18(1 

77 
110% 

25 

00 

02^4 

9i 

27'/t 

n 

131% 

. 23"^ 

*3% 

10% 
32>/* 

23% 
■34% 

lot 

113% 
102V4 

81V4 
101 

04% 
122 



-1028- 



Low. 
34^4 
24%, 
103 . 
40% 
00% 
10V4 
75% 
72 
22% 
25V4 
5 

111% 
2 

S'A 
54% 

-9m-- 

22 

1314 
17V4 

13 

03 . 
105% , 
1» ■ 

no 
»«% 

3H ■ 
00% 



Sales. lasiie and rate. Higli. 

700 American Seat (4)........ 3C% 

1^0 pref .(2) 25 

2,200 Eastman Kodak (8) ; 178 

30.300 Loew (3> ■•■ SO 

1.000 Do pref (0'/4)..... 103 

2,300 Keith ; 20% 

200 Do pref (7)...... 62 

14.900 Fox Class A (4) 70 

1,600 Madison Square Garden (2)..;.. 30 

200 Met. -a. -M. pref (1.80) 20% 

Motion Picture."! Cap.'... 8 

Pa.ramounl-Famou6-r>aeky (8)... 120% 

Pathe Kxchahge 6% 

Palhe Glofls A 18% 



Net 



. 200 
14,000 
0,800 
4,700 
2,200 
CO 
20,000 



Shubnrt (5). 

•Universal- pref (8)r. . i . . .v.. 

Warner Bros.., 

CURB 

Con. Fllnn Ent. . . , 

70,700 Fox Theatres. 

. 200 r»ow rts........ 

14,200 'Warner Bro.i;.. 

BONDS 
Keith «'3, •4«.... ...... .... 

Loow O's. '41./. 

' Do ex wS.r . , : . ........ 

18,000 Pathe 7'B, '37...;.......... 

74,000 Paramount-F;irn;-Lia^ky 6's, 

15,000 Shubert O'.s... 

06,000 Warner Bros." CV/.s, '28. .-. . 



OOO 



$17,000 

5.3,000 
61;000 



•47. 



-m5%- 
42% 

14% 
27% 
1«% 
34% 

00% 
100% 
100% 
60% 
00% 
• ■ 89 
122 



Low. 


Last. 


Chgc. 


34% 


. .^% 


- % 


31% 


20 


+ % 


173 


178 


+2 


02% 




+1% 


100% 


100% 


- % 


10% 


luyl 


- % 


82 


82 


-1 


70 


7814 


+ % 


28% 


♦20 


■+ % 


25% 


25% 


+ % 


8 


8 


120% 


128% 


+2% 


4% 


4% 




10% 


10% 




07 


■ 08 


+1 


-00%-. 


00%. 




30% 


42 . 


,+5% 


14% 


14% 


- % 


■23% 


27% 


10% 


18% 


+3% 


30% 


34% 


+;<% 


03% 


03% 


+ % 


107% 


100% 


+1% 


00% 


100% 


- % 


00% 


00% 


-2% 


00 


. 00% 


+ % 


88 . 


88 




120 


122 


+3* 



♦ Bx. dividend, 



Bid, 

■32 
0% . 
4 
« 

37% 



A.Hkcd. 
. 31% 
33 

(;vi. 

0 

7% 
38% 



ISSUES IN OTHER MARK 
All Quoted for Monday 
Over the Counter 
Nevv York 

QUotwl In Hid and Asked 

.... lloxy, tnaas A .(-'{.CO) ; 

.... I'nlt do 

.... . Unit do 

..,. De F'lroHt I'horio..., 

.... Tcohnlrolor 

.Stiblne Ch. The. (3) 

Philadelphia 

1,71* Stanley Co. ot yStnt-rii a. . . , 

Chicago 

H)* Balaban A Kal'/. 

^^_..^.bos='- A n g e I es=^-^.^^= 



ETS 



MiK Gross Coming East 

Los Angeles, July 10 
Milt Gross Is en route to New 
York after cqmpletlng the screen 
treatment oa "Nlxe Babjr" <or M-G. 



Cappel's Originals for Miss Philbin 
Los Angeles, July 10. 
Will Cappol, author of "Water 
liVonf and "Gold.- both purchased 
by First National, signed by TTnl- 
versal to write originals tor Mary 
Phllblo. 



276 Roach, Inc. 
.. . , Skiviimu . . . 
40 Fam. I."l*y. 



St. Louis 
Montreal 



41% ' 


4<J% 


4i 


+.% 


06 


65 


flB 


- % 


22 


21% 


22 


- % 




. f • 


40 




21 


21 


21 





Novarro Starts This Week 

Los Angfclufl, July '10. 
Ramon Novarro has returned 
hero after three month.s in Kurop«. 

lie .starts work this week on 
"Gold lirald,- M-G. 



M-G Borrows Byron 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Walter Byron, under contract to 
Sam Goldwyn^ has oeen borrowed 
to play opposite Greta Garbo tn 
"Romance" for M.G. 



12 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



Inside Stuff-Pictures 



. Fhotophone, the RCA- General IClectric sound device, Is making its New 
Tprk tow this week at the Uivoll in conjunction with "Klnpf of Kings" 
(Pathe). It's jipt an auspicious start because of reported projection 
difliicultles. Story is tliat tlie film With Its sound track was too wide for. 
the projector, Westierh Electric wouldn't permit the necessary change^ pre- 
flumably wldeninj? of the gatie, but finally pavo its consent because of the 
iBChcduied and already biilcd showing, ^'cmporary measurcis taken to 
Bttcfet the situation, are probably th^ cause of the faulty ampliiflcation, the 
(Bcore coming across plus scratches and a quaver similar to a tremolo in 
a human voice. .. 

"Kings" has been severely cut from its , road rfiow footage. • Uiider- 
Btanding is that the feature is now. under 9,000 feet. . The score listens as 
a duplicate of that used when an orchestra wiis in the pit/ plus sb'und 
effects during the scenes of the Crucirixioh. These simulate the cries of 
the mob as Christ, carries the Cross to Calvary and. the subsequent 
storm and earthquake. A vocal chorus is brought in during the final 
footage to sing "Rock of Ages." 

The storm has been well recorded and the score sounds good enough. 
^Allowing for the disadvantages under which . Photophbne was working, 
it's reasonable to suppose that normal amplification wHi increase the 
tbnal quality, at least 60 per ceiit, Ais a matter of fact, the booth at the 
Jllvolj^ seemed to be in so'rnethiing of a turmoil Sunday. The newsr-eel 
started but didn't finish at the .6:30 performance. Pit orcliegtra blared 
away , for the ojienirig clip, but the film evidently broke on the first flash. 
A full minute's wait produced nothing on the screen and finally the back 
stage amplifiers started to clash with the musicians; Immediately after 
•which the title for "Kings" canie on and the pit director stopped his 

On a torrid Sunday afternoo'n the Rivoli was better than three-quarters 
filled on the orchestra floor, but over an abnormally hot week-end the 
picture fell just a little short of $6,000; not good for this house. 



Taking advantage of the trade unsophistication of Lupfe Velez, Dorothy 
Herzogt a chatter writer for one of the national services, tipped that 
Miss Vejez had a dinner engagement with a nationally known magazine 
"Writer at a Hollywo'od cafe, appeared at thc/ appointed hour and sat near 
the screen girl.- Eventually Miss Herzog' eased over to ask Lupe to 
autograph a photograph, which the latter, promptly did. The priess 
clown thereupon flitted from table to' table shouting to everyone that 
ahe bad an autographed picture of the Mexican girl. 
: ^e yo'ungster couldn't hide her embarrassment before the other screen, 
people, but with a flash of her typically fiery temperament Lupe rouged 
•her Hps heavily and ran to the shouting chatterer. Placing her arms 
around the femme columnist she pre tended to kiss , her, leaving a besivy , 
red mark on Dorothy's nose which, the latter didn't discover until all 
the diners present had had a pretty fair vindictive laugh." 



The co-operation extended "Pathe by the Naval authorities in filming: 
a screen version of "Amiapolls" at . the Naval Academy, Is responsible 
for giving the picture an inestimable amount of "production value" 
that could not be duplicated in. Hollywood for. much less than |500,00(>. 

One instance alone, through the Annapolis co-pperatlo'n, permitted 
the producers to film the big "Ring iBall" staged annually by the 
Academy in which several thousand people attended iii all the formal 
splendor befitting the occasion. So rigid was the formality of this 
affair that the director and his many assistants were compelled to' work 
. In evening dress. 

It required 60,000 feet of cable to be strung throughout the huge 
auditorium for the necessary lighting and the ball was filmed with such 
.precision that would, have required days to film had the participants 
been Simployed for the occasion. In addition to this, the producers were 
granted every co'urtesy and assistance possible by the Acad^y, Includ- 
ing the permission to film the school's routine of drills down to the 
cadet's private life In the huge dormitories. Everything was placed 
at thieir disposal for the authentic transferring of academy life to the 
screen. 



An executive at on^ of the comedy studios who' ha:s to do among other 
things with selling his company's product calls attention to the failure 
on the part, of west coast exhibitors- to Identify by title any talking 
shorts on their pro'gram. It may be pointed out that the man making 
the comment up . to the present has had nothing to do with finished 
talking pictures, but Incidentally he has hopes. 

The executive cited the parallel between the present practice of using 
two br . more talking shorts on a theatre program without Indicating 
In advertising What they are and the rule prevailing -in the days when 
features where first shown. In that period all attentio'n was centred 
on the longer subject and no notice was given to the supplementary 
pictures, often the backbone of the program when the feature proved 
weak. 

Producers and distributors of comedies worked for years In effo'rts 
to Induce exhibitors to recognize the importance of advertising by name 
the comedies that went on the program — not only In newspapers but 
where one Is provided in the house program. Gradually their argu- 
ments prevailed and newspaper advertising carried mention of the 
comedy, especially If the featured player was one of prominence.- 

The result of these efforts is being dissipated by the present practice 
iof Ignoring the character of the talking shorts. The • commenting ex- 
ecutive suggested in many Instances exhlbltbrs were, losing advertising 
value of good box office names, as In the ishort talkers strong vaudeville 
performers frequently appear. Furthermore theatre men were mini- 
mizing the quality of their own show by failing to let the public know 
all that 1.9 to be seen at their house.. 



of sound devicet) come to him or make their equipment fit his machine 
The company 'jnanufacturlng the largest proportion of sohind device 
equipment saw the matter In a different Ugbt and declined to depart 
froln plans already outlined. The result Is that the projection machine 
company Is faced with the alternative of devising somo'^ing In keeping 
with the Ideas of the synchronization manufacturers. 



Picture makers say that talking" full-length pictures -vrlth the sound 
film will run through an ordinary projector as a silent black and white, 
without change. This, according to> that version, permits the producer 
to make but one negative that siifllces . either foV the talker or quiet 
screen..' 



Independent exhibitors oh Liohg Island and elsewhere are shying 
off at boolclng "King of Kings" under the present $1,600 guarantee re- 
quired by P. D. C. Many of the, exhibitors approached by salesmen 
have been willing to put the picture In but insist on straight 60-60: split 
sans", guarantee. ■ 

P. D. C Is still holding out for the iguaranteo. 



AssI Mundsztak, . considered the Jackie Coogan of Germany, Is hovir 
in Hollywood where he recently appeared In a part fo'r Sam Goldwyn 
In . "The Awakening." He will remain in Hollywood but will use the 
name of Assi Ben Jack. 



Production on *Trhe . River,** Fox, struck a snag when It became 
necessary for a few of the charActers to engage In the sign language/ 

In order that this might _^be portrayed authentically, It was necessary 
to teach the actors the dumb mutes' manner of speech. 



Some 13 players prominent In Serials of other days were in Syndicate 
Pictures' "Chinatown Mystery." Included were Sheldon Lewis, /Grace 
Cunard,' Helen Gibson, " Francis Ford, Jack Richardson, Frank Moran, 
Rosemary 'Theby* Harry Myers, Frank Clark, Paul Panzer, George 
Chesebrough, William Clifford and Ernest Shields. 



The largest script In Holly woW hangs oh the wall , of Robert Fair- 
ba.hks' office at United Artists' . studio. It Is blueprint, 30 by 70 Inches, 
and In skeleton form tells, the story of what tentatively Is .known as 
Further Adventures of d'Artagnan." Douglas Fairbanks' next picture. 
As each sequence is photographed a red pencil is dra.wn through it, 
showing at a glance the approximate progress of the prokiuctlbn. 



[FMNEWS 
OVER WORLD 



Washlhgtonj July 10. 

Reports received from abroad In 
the Motion Picture Section of tha 
Department of Commerce: 
Quebec Theatre Owners' Association, 

Theatre owners In Quebec hav^ 
formed a new 6rg£tniza;tidn known 
as the Province of Quebec Theatre 
Owners' Association, advises Trade 
Commissioner W. J. Donnelly. It 
has a membership of about 116.. j, 
Li. Patenaude, of Montreal, Is preal« 
dent; D. A. Burpee, Montreal, vice-* 
president and secretary;' ' George 
Ganetakos, Montreal, treasurer, an4 
several others directors. 

Bengal Censor Board Report 

Bengal Board of Censors has Just 
Issued its report for the year ending 
March 31, 1928. During that period 
It examined 719 films, according to 
Consul General Robert Frazer. Jr^ 
Calcutta, India. . 

These films were supplied by the 
following countries: American, Alt 
or 57.6 per. cent.; British, 187 or 2$ 
per dent,; French, $1 or 8.6 per 
cent.; Indian, 36 or five per cent; 
German,; 20. or three per cent,; .Other 
countries,, two or three per cent. ' 

Of the above total the board 
passed 634 films and refused cer- 
tificates on seven. Excisions wer» 
made In S3 films before they were* 
certified. 



There is a long, lean, lanky director on dne of the major lots who has 
a keen sense of humor, especially when it applies to supervisors. 

The other day this director was given a picture under the supervision 
of a producer who . is small in stature. When the director started work 
Jje sent for the property man and requested him to get a large molise 
trap and bait it with, cheese, thig- was done, then he wrote a note to 
the supervisor In which he said, "If you. come on. this stage the mouse 
trap is set for y'dxi." 



That the world may get a slant oh the trade slogan "Master Showmen 
of the World," FBO's publicity chieftain, Hy Daab, Is getting out a page 
anno'uncement on the organization in 10 languages. Hy's versatility 
got by the printer with . the first nine nationalities. On the Chinese 
tra,nscrlption the printer threw -up his hands. 
"We ain't got the furniture," he said. 



According to the latest decision First National will change the title 
of Its Mack Sennett release from "The Goodbye Kiss" to "Love and 
Bullets." The picture which Sennett produced over a year ago and which 
since has played the Carthay In Los Angeles and McVlckars, Chicago*! 
will have another 20 grand .added to its budget by the change. 



During. Investigatibn of National Playhouses' circuit of 10 Chicago 
picture houses, now in the hands of receivers, it was found that Eberso'n 
and Eberson, architects, were credited with 900 'shares of stock as part 
payment for construction work. Architects denied ever having received 
the stock. 

Cooney Bros., then operating the circuit, receivecl a $2,600,000 loan 
from Barrett & Col., eastern bankers, for operation of the houses. It 
has been dlscbver.ed that the 900 shares are In possession of the banker-s, 
as partial collateral for the loan. 



Chicago Title and Trust Co., receiver for Ascher Brothers, National 
Playhouses, and other Independents, has been renamed ^'Chicago Title 
and Trust Circuit" by local showmen. 

Chester Davis, an atto'rney and assistant trust officer of the company, 
has become paradoxical head of the biggest . "circuit" In town with 14 
theatres under his management. 



To obtain free atmosphere for a scene in- a circus picture, FBO. placed 
banners and streamers over the entrance to Its studio, which faces a 
much traveled thoroughfare, announcing and invltlne the public to a 
free circus. Banners .emphasized some headline attractions and an oip- 
portunlty to see how pictures were made. 

To assure a big response, a Sunday was picked for the event. Circus 
tent seated about 3,600, and to employ extras to fill would have cost in 
the neighborhood of $17,600. The gag worked, as usual. 

. ; Standing by the, 3We .pf the road leading to UMversal's back ranch, 
eight tourists were watching the "Ken Ij^ 
were women and four were men. 

Three of the four men had cameras, the movie kind, carrying 16 m. 
film. 



No one seemingly "'is aware- of the exact number of picture theatres 
operated, by Puhlix Tlioatres and its ifUTliiations. 'J'he uumlVer has been 
variou.sly placed from' 400 to 1,200. The mbst accurate estimate is ac- 
cepted at between 800 and 900. houses. Publlx subsidiaries or "partners" 
continually tack on small circuits and ho'uses here and there,, probably, 
without informing the Publlx New York headquarters. It all comes out 
In the annual statements, though. 

Of the P\iblix large list, many of course could be set down as in the 
shooting gallery grade. In the first-class theatre line must be 100 Publlx 
houses, with nearly all Of tho'se of the de lux© kind. Included also are 
a large number of grade B, C and D theatres. 

The total makes Puhlix by far the. most extensive theatre chain of this 
country, and probably the world, 



Regardless of what merKinir consummation, if any, Is reached by the 
Stanley Company, that morpor cannot well affect the present direction 
of First National, without the con.sent o'f the voting trust formed for 
^^FT^Nv^soma^W-eck3^gfl..-^^^llg^otlng .t rust is ln_ con trol.a nd.xuns for 10 
years. It has the first and last say on all matters. Should Fox merge 
Stanley, the Stanley's holdlng.s In F. N. would be of no' avail to Fox for 
F. N. control in concert with his West Coatlt similar holdings unless the 
F. N. voting- trust approved. 

In tho same way it is said the authority granted Jos. P. Kennedy to 
operate Fii'st National, and also through the power of the voting trust, 
may be revoked by tho same trust at any time. 



A story Is told in Hollywood, o^f a manufacturer of one of the old line 
projection' machines who decided to remodel his apparatus. When he 
wao warned he first should take into consideration the possible require^ 
ments of various methods ot synchronization he replied that was not 
hia worry, the way to handle the situation would be to let the makers 



Hal Roach was recently approached by a theatrical producer and 
agent, suddenly turned picture producer, for the 1oa.n of one. of his "Gang" 
members to assure th'i^ sale of picture,, the laitter's how In production. 

Roach refused, as he always has done, to farm any of the. "Gang" 
to another producer. . 



Reports still come forth'" It Is not child's play to temper the several 
factions within the Stanley Company. One of the strongest Is the Fabian 
(New Jersey); end. The Fabians are reported holders of over i200,00d 
shares of Stanley stocki with around 900,000 shares outstanding. 



Exhibitors are commencing to talk about the rentals asked by Warner 
Brothers for their Vltaphone talking pictures. Small-town exhibs are 
squawking the loudest. An exhib stated that in one of his towns of 
G0;000, a weekly rental of $1,000 was asked for a Warner full -lenth talker. 
Most of. the towns on that chain hold a wired theatre without wired 
opposition. . • 



Jos. M. Schenck's present trip to Europe, taking in many of its 

'C'otmtrles;^7will^probably==last-=for-=two^ months = or-..lonKcr^ 
visit abroad at this time Is reported solely as a business dne. 



LOUISE FAZENDA, FREELANCE 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Louise Fazenda shortly concludes 
her five-year contract with Warner 
ijrothers and will freelance. 

More than 60 per cent, of the 
time Miss Fazenda has been signed 
with Warners she has been farmed 
to other companies. 



LOUISE DRESSER HOLDS OVER 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Louise Dresser, playing the title 
role in "Mother . Knows Best," Fox, 
retained by that company for 
"Aviation." Latter film is Fox's 
.second air picture within the year 
and will have sound effects and 
dialog. 



Children's Pictures for Adults 

It Is being argued that one Of th* 
recOmmehdatloris of the. Royal FIln» 
Commission, in Australia, unless 
changed, will work particular hard- 
ship to circuits and individual own- 
ers of continuous houses. One of 
the proposals of the commission 
provides that only pictures marked 
■ pictures suitable, for universal ex- 
hibition" can be shown at matinees,, 
exception being made in the case of 
long run houses. It is expected that 
city theatres will be affected ,Btf 
much more adversely than the com- 
mission foresaw, that amendment of 
the recommendation must be made.. 

Total Of chMdren who attend mat" 
Inees In Australia Is generally con- 
.sldered to be less than 10 per cent. 
Any enforcement of this censorship 
provision will mean that about- «0 
per cent, of the matinee audiences, 
all of them adults, must witness 
nothing but juvenile pictures during' 
the day. It Is claimed that If this 
provision Is allowed to stand It wilt 
not be long before a continuous 
house-will have to .show two entirely, 
different programs daily. 

Matadoe Film, German represen- 
tative of Universal (U. S.), haS 
changed Its name to. Deutschei' 
Universal Film Verleih. 



5% More for 2 , 

German Film Renters' conference 
held in Berlin recently dealt with 
the two feature program queStioh 
and decided that houses playing 
double features where percentage", 
prevailed should pay 30 per cent- 
against the 25 per cent. for. th*. 
single feature program. 

Comedies and short educationalji 
are not to be counted as features. 



Picture Men in Reichstag 

For the flrst time a representative' 
of the picture industry haa entered 
the Reichstag. Herr Wilhclm Sieg- 
fried, Berlin exhibitor and vice-, 
president of the German C. E. A;/ 
is among the new members. 



Discussed Pictures 
Bayerlsche Film G.m.b.H. ..of the 
Emclka consortium, Germany, . yvUl. 
release the much discussed produc- 
tion of the Olga Tchechowa-Fllm- 
Gesellschaft, Berlin-London. This 
gives Emolka three films starring 
Olga Tchcchowa: "The Victory,"' 
Woman in Flames" and. "Di'eam or 
Gold." 



German Films Barred 
Alleged to propagate prostitution, 
sadism and mysticism, three Ger- 
man productions. Including "Black 
Envelope," have been prohibited In 
Soviet Russia. 



Georges Petit Dies 
M. Georges Petit, head of the 
French film- distributing firm 
Etabllssements George I'etit, one of 
tho most Important concerns of the 
country. Is dead. 



Publix Unit Route; 

Minneapolis to L. A; 

_.====w^^-._^= -i^JiQS . AngeL<^^ 

■West Coast circuit oflicials "lav*"" 
been informed that with the elimi- 
nation of Publlx units at Portland 
and Seattle the units would jump 
direct to Los Angeles from Min- 
neapolis, opening Thursday, July 
26, Instead of Saturday as at pres- 
ent. - 

From here the units Will RO ^ 
San Francisco, openlnig there Friday 
and jumping to Denver. In the past 
shows came here direct from >San 
Francisco and then to Denver. 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



FILM RE VIEWS 



VARIETY 



13 



Talking Shorts 



Suggestions for Shorts 



eONLIN and GLASS 
VITAPHONE NO. 2577 
<«Shai'p8 and Flats" (Comedy) 
8 Mins, 

Strand, New York 

Conlin and Glass in this Vitar 
phoned "Sharps and Flats" compose 
». sure-fire comedy talking short for 
any In fact they will set tabrej 

laughs through this talker than they 
did with their vaudeville act they 
drew it from-. 

; Jimmy Conlin and' :Myrtle Glass 
jirst produced "Morning, Noon and 
Night" iin vaudeville iii August; 1925. 
It ran in three parts, a couple of 
brief scenes leading up to a parlor 
Set with Miss Gliass singing "Mbrn- 
''fiig. Noon and . Nighf V as the stall 
song to her partner's comic make- 
up, business and piano playing. It 
includes low comedy and some slap t 
stick, both by Miss Glass and stage 
jiands, with, tlie latter besides hol- 
lering "Whoa" at any and all. times. 
: A wise midnight audience at the 
Strand, paying $1.50 for their seats, 
laughed immoderately, and repeat- 
edly during this canned skit. It is 
funny. Conlin arid Glass in person 
would have to follow; It with some- 
thing different Knd funnier. .That's 
going to be dillioult. : • 

Or. for instance, if Warners 
charge ^100 weekly for this Conlin 
and Glass record,, how about the 
manager playing, it and satisfied, 
when offered Conlin and Glass in 
person for ?700 a week, . saying 
*rrell them to niake another i-ecord 
and I'll play that instead." 
', Or, for instance, Conlin and Glass 
in person in, one house, and nearby. 
Conlin and Glass ph . the Vitaphone 
In "Sharps and Flats" in opposition, 
with •the record the funnier. Al- 
though of course the town might go 
to see 'which is the funnier. 

Plenty for vaudevillians to think 
about on this canned stuff. 



MOVIETON E N EW3REEL 
' Issue Week July 7 
TIO Wins. 

.$trand. New York . 
, , Some good clips, five in all, to 
. make it wortliwhlle in any house 
;'for lO minutes. Strand is now run- 
ning it in a separate unit, a . brief 
break marking the end of the silent 
magazine and Movietone's entrance. 

Current reel starts off with Gov. 
Smith again. Presidential nominee 
here makes his .NeW York address in 
which he urges the citizenship t6 
vote and study the platforrns of the 
political ■■ parties. This is followed 
by a cut back to the Houston con- 
vention and the rodeo staged ther6 
for the delegates. Lot of action In 
the. bronc riding and . the usual 
comedy mule for diversion. 

Third item is the fleet changing 
admirals, the outgoing and incom- 
ing commanders maiving their 
formal and very brief addresses be 
fore the Movietone "mike." Change 
in command takes place on ship 
with bugles and drums heralding 
the arl-jval of the succeeding ad 
miral. Next the girls trying out 
in the water for the Olympics. One 
jtre'e style race shown with most 
of the footage given to Helen 
Meany's diving,, normal and slow 
motion. Miss Meany doing a back 
• jack, straight front dive with 
full twist and a one and a half 
front looks particularly good, 

Reel ends with a religious cere- 
mony ih Vienna in which both the 
Cliurch and Military join. Runs a 
bit long and splicing it in earlier 
might have improved the general 
effect, uslnp Smith or the aquatic 
race to close. ; Sid 



GIOVANNI MARTINELLI 
VITAPHONE NO. 204 
7 lyiirts.; Song 
Strand, New York 

The leading .t<5>nor of the Metro 
pt)litari, in solo of "Celeste Aida, 
third or fourth appearance of this 
flrie singer for the Warner Bros.' se 
rles. Subject is a magnificent mu 
sical record, but the screen record 
Ing. Is not fortunate, 

Martinelli appears alone in an 
clent Egyptian costume in an ap 
propriate set suggipstlng a corner i 
an ancient tomple or palace. To 
some reason the singer's face re-- 
mains In shadow throughout, so that 
th e lip moxcm^ pivts are not clear , 
vap.s t o liv oi'dTtIie^"~cOn fusion oT 



Variety's reviewers In their 
reviews <>f presentation, vaude- 
ville; musical comedy or bur- 
lesque shows will denote the 
artists, acts or skitis if : any, 
they believe suitable for talk- 
ing shorts. 



CHARLES (CHIC) SALE 
MOVIETONE No. 5 
They Are Coming to Get Mo" 
'0 Mins.^: : 

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Moyletone gives Chic Sale an ex- 
eJlent setting Ih Which to do his 

preacher cnarafcter, the set being a I member, when duo numbers and 

Church interior with the congrega- g^^^gg -j^j.^ ^g^.^ 

tlon waiting for the minister. A Music usually sure fire in the 
comedy sexton is also included and Ui^orts is augmented by an excellent 

squalling infant; as well as a yo^al . addition 

black cat. Fast ehtertalnlng record for any 

Despite the (elaborate prepara- gjT^Qpj ijjii. , Con 
tions, ;Sale doesn't register .[for 
laughs consistently. 

One . thing that seemed to detract I ^REB SPIKES' BAND (12) 
Was the slowness of tempo. Sale's VITAPHONE NO 
deliberateness, -wliich in vaudeville 6 Mins. 
lyvas-iperfect technique, i.<f all wrong Park Plaza, Bronx, N. "Y. 
for the screen. Colored jazz organization depend 
Another factor tliat hurt was the ing for its strength on four hobfl^ng 
necessity of cutting away from. Sale niembers. VitaphOne is not particu- 
to show the reaction of his congre- larly successful at catching taps so 
gation. , Thi? killed several laughs, this, is ■ a flop, although visually U's 
Also several gags interpolated, siich apparent the boys are feverish step- 
as the old gentleman sleeping, the pers 

lovers and the kid chewing gupn Music of usual Harlem type, okay, 
got riothihg. All are alien to his jj^t with little to recommend re- 
stage •specialty . dnd wore probably loase to the discriminating buyer, 
contributed by the Movietone Filief for Vitaphone billa of four 
writers. ; , or more acts but riot strongh enough 
Sale's "anhounccments" • -got to be one of only; two members as 
laughs, but his . sernion on "Old | here at the P'ark E'laza. Land. 
Mother Goose" didn't get anything 
like its usual returns. Sale photo 
graphs well arid his enunciation LYNN COWAN'S Community Smg 
is perfect. For a finisii the con- VITAPHONE NO. 2288 
gregatiori, led by Sale,; . .sing 10 Mins, 
They're Coming to Get Me." Two Clinton, New York 
insane asylum keepers lead the Apparently Vitaphone intends to 
pseudo preacher put the door. This | do a series of these Lynn Cowan 



RIGHTS OF NEW YORK 

(TALKERS 

Wnrn(>r Pii>ilii>r.-i uiotjii.Mlon on tlni Vit.i- 
phoiio anil ii'livi.so. No i-.utt mi-inbiT, suirrml 
or ro;i!uri'il vin pi,>«i;un ui' lut.s.-, .slu'i-t. 
Story iinil s.ri'n;U'i'> liy ItuKti lli-!lii<rL 
Murray Hotli. J).rooi>>il hy Uiyan I'V^y. 
rhulofjraplu'd by JO.. If. .l)ni>,u-. OpiMiInK 
miilniKliC, Jul.v ft, ilt sin-oial iii'>'r,ii-tn:in>-o. 
$i...")0 ti))!.' at Slran.l, Ni'w YorK .iriiiilinnrnK 
thcreafler. ;it . i C'KuI.ir hi'usc, himIo tor wi'tik 
July 7. Ilunnin,; tlnjo, fl" mi'iu'.o!> 
Kitty Lewis 



[<:diUc .VIorKan, . .. 
Molly Tlioropson , , 
Mrs. Morfran. , , . . , 
Hawk Mlllor.. ... 
ux'ri(|. . , , 
UotPttive Crosby.. 

Sanv , 

Collins. . .' .: 

Tommy. .. 

Mr. . Juok.son . . . . , , 

Mr. DlcU.son. . . . . . 



. .. Hi'l- no OoH' I'llo 
. . .».'u'ri.\n l^anili.s 
.(jladya Uroc-Kwi-U 

^l!u-y i.'arr 

.WlV'flor Ci.xknuin 
. . .ISuuono I'allotto 
... ..Kolior't .Ellloti; 
. , ... .' .To"» DuKfan 
. . . .Tom ,M(.'<.iurre 
; .', .tJiiv l>'l';nnory 
. . . Waiter I'prolvai 
. . ; '. . . jcrc. Di.>ian6y 



o.;ill«>d a pioneer in thr- roal sen.se an 
ail iill-liilkor.' ' Thouiih ti\is 100 per 
com. .lalkiuf^ pii'tiire is lnu [)i>r rent, 
oruile, .so much so it's ct>n\>'ntiiMi- 
ali.sni is tiroso'nie. Thero are. l.OOO 
liok'S . in it alongsido uf \vh;it it 
ft^lioUKi liave, from slandanl.s adupti'il 
tir about to be adopted, by tlii> W.ir- 
nors . thoniselvea . in other lalkor.s. 
ainonp. otlier-s— but still thi.s talkor . 
will have pulUnB powor,- and the 
Warners sliould c;et oredit for nefv© 
evtMi if they didn't do ic with a 

polish; • . , • ■ - V 

Yet . "Lights of; New York," be- 
sixloa being a pioneer, whloh I'xi^u.'ses. 
so tiiuoh,- stands, out as the lieao.on 
that there can. l'>e no ohancoa taken 
in oastiiig:a lalkcri 



also was a trifle flat. 
A disappointing nuriiber. 



community sings. Cowan is , a liog 
Con. I Angeles filrn house mu c and a 
ballad ^singer. He' starts songs ufg 
l ing the audience to join In. the 
HAPPINESS BOYS chorus 

VITAPHONE NO.. 536 An 'invisible chorus (on Vita 

B. Mms.;. Song^ . , phone) joins in but the audience 

Clinton,, New York did not at the Clinton.. Possibly 

Familiar broadcasting trio (Davie othi^r localities the audience might 
Ringle, Eddie Roth and Billy L^^rm up to the singing bee Idea, 
Sharkey) In an abridged version of jf they will the Cowan selries might 
their microphone song cycle, done ^gyglop. otherwise it's just en- 
in a colorless "salon" setting. Men ggn^^i^ singing. Hard to start an 
are stiff and wooden before the a,udience anywhere witi^out a, live 
cariiera. This record of their voices leader. 

is particularly hard and inflexible." Cowan sang "East Side, West 
Bf!produetion. quality suggests side,'* "After the Ball," and "Alex 
that record -was made in an empty j ^nder's Rag Time Band." LaniL 
studio with no draperies to absorb 

Or temper the sound volume or the 

sound control was in error. This POLiCE QLMRTBT 
quality persists when the record is VITAPHONE NO. 2320 
projected in a theatre filled With 9 Mins.; Sonjis 
people and the effect is false. • Clinton, New York 

The men are not good camera . x sight and sound short that 
subjects. Their bearing is lifeless demonstrates that good, old-fash- 
and they introduce no "biisiness" to ioued.3 fburrman harmony is fool 
relieve the .formality of. standing proof. In dressing, axrangement 
before the recorder, delivering roii- and nuhiber selection this record 
tine songs. Miechanical reproduction 13 the old hoke. Four men iil po- 
of sight and sound is the acid test iicemen's uniforms are gathered 
Of entertainer, personality. If it around a table. Th^ey're t6 sing at 
doesn't get over, it doesn't get over a charity concert and go Into re- 
and that's all. Here the perform- ^earsal. Few words set the sit 
ers are strictly puppets and even uation ' and they are off on the 
their voices do not warm up. routine. 
Just a program filler, if that. No attempt at giving the thing 

Rush, 1 atmosphere or humor. Boys Just 
open up .the pipes for the barber 
shop effects and they come through 
HANDLEY AND MCFADDEN I with flags waving. Fine rich bass 
VITAPHONE NO. 2262 voice gives the harmony substantia,l 

10 Mins. foundation, with high tenor for 

Strand', ' Yonkers, N. Y. syrupy harmonics. 

Jack Handiey made this Vita- Open with typical quartet bit 
phone talking short while acting as called "Skinna-Ma Rink-a-dink." 
m. c. for Fanchon and Marco on Then In talk each plcka a different 
the West coast Flo McFadde n is. his ȤotJ}ejr Goose rhyme arid they go 
vaudeville ^Bartner. Both are nowltnto - a medley "of worda^ttf a hUT^ 
in .musical'^omedy in Chicago. . * monlzcd tune.. Finish with comic 
For his filrii-speaking appearance' song, "Waddle," although without 
Itandley used practically his entire comedy business.: This East Side 
m. c. routine consisting of an open- New York audience liked the record 
Ing in "one" where he monologs | best of a three-number program, 
old gags, getting off to a slow start 
with the Wheezes, but gradiially 
building on .delivery and personal- , 

Miss McFadden joins him in fuU VITAPHONE NO, 498 
stage. After some crossfire of 

equally ancient ma;t€rial she &oes » ""'"f" . 

to the piano to accompany 'a-hlle Strand, New York 

he dances on a mat. The taps reg- Perhaps the best vocal canned 

ister clear cut Handiey is a clever record yet of the Met tenor. Four 

hoofer and has a likeable manner arias, light and brief, with Gigli 

Of selling his dialog. singing up in "one" to pianist ac- 

At the finish they had established companiment in 9 minutes.. 

them.selvos mildly, but minus the Voice clear and well synchronized, 

personal toUch the stufE didn't get Without elaborate setting or oper 

its usual returns. atlc effocts such as ensembles or 

'3ryan Foy directed. .^on \ character make up, tenor on screen 

looks and sounds more human than 

H QOT^^Q I B SO N=-TR I O----^-'^- 



Rush. 



unintelligi)>lo foreign lyrics. Singer's 
figure is li.ghtod from right of deep 
rear, whioli le.'ive.s the heavily made 
up face almost blank. 

The aria \h mugnincently delivered 
for musical effect, although, of 
course, the pantomime is entirely 
formal in the grand opera manner. 
Valuable' short for the name and 
tnuslcal quality, an'! n^no for balnnce 
'In a comody ^roup. Rush. 



VITAPHONE NO. 2132 
.10 Mihs. 

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Three Hawaiian mu.'^icians in a 



so good, the heavy Hp rouge seem- 
ing to throw his mouth into dis- 
tortion.? at times, while his eye- 
brows don't appear to hare been 



routine of pop TUimbcr.s play . and made up in unison 



sing, instruments are uke, stcol 
guitar and banjo 



Record otherwise excellent and a 
straight bill of shorts could stand 



All three are excellent musicians, it in second or third spot nicely, or 
The steel guitar solo and doubles In those houses where Glgll, 
.stand out thfouyh trick stuff. Most canned, not previously heard, 
of the closeups eliminate a third | Bows properly timed. 



"Lights of New York," noisy or 
still, to the sophisticates is apple-- 
sauce in every way, but as a talker 
can be pronpunced a nionoy-gotter 
for the Qxhib, even downtown in key 
cities. This is not : solely througn 
the talking novelty that "will hang 
about for some time to come, but 
becau.se this picture is getting pretty 
billing in VVarners tlescribing it as 
"The .first 100 per cent, all'talkfrig 
picture." . 

.The Warners have made it all 
talking, with every character speak- 
ing, more or loss. Some exliibs who, 
see this and upon . haying their 
houses wired may chbOse "Lights of 
'New York" for the first talker; but 
that might be avoided. The all- 
talking here could; militate some- 
what against the "VV'arners earlier 
talkers W'ith broken -up dialog.. It 
might be pi-eferred to load up to 
this one as the Warners haVe donis. 

It's not an expensively riiade pic- 
ture in appearance, either in sets or 
cast, and its running time, ;D7 min- 
utes, along with the rest of the 
hokumed junk likely decided the 
Warners it would never do for a $2 
try at Warner's on Broadway. So 
the Strand got a first-ruri. out of a 
Vitaphone full length, the first the- 
atre outside of a Warner's to secure 
that to date. 

As a picture this is an open-fafce 
story with roil-your-own' dialog.: It's 
underworld, starting in a sniall town 
arid moving to a nite club, on the 
Giddy Wild Way. "There are boot- 
leggers and gunnien, cops and 
muggs, the latter a couple of simps 
falling for Con men back .home in 
a^liotel about . twice the' size of the' 
town— frorii the looks of the set. 

In the nite clUb are th& chorus, 
the boss legger, who alslo runs the 
joint, and the gal number leader. 

Then coriies the murder of the. 
boss legger as he is about to/kiU 
one of the goofs he had' failed to 
frame. As the legger starts to ishoot 
tlie simp; a hand comes through the 
folded curtains and he's shot; It's 
a self-exposer — the boss' mistress 
he walked out after about 20 
years. She got fussed up when he 
termed her an old hen. This same 
"mystery murdier" gag is a twbr 
reoler expedient. 

It'.s that kind of a sappy mixture, 
the kind .that recalls the mellers of 
the. ten-.twont-'thirt of ages" ago. As 
Sid said about a talking dra 
matic sketch a few weeks, ago at 
the Strand: '*It's a novelty now. but 
in six months will.be a chaser." . In 
a year from now everyone concerned 
In "Lights of New York" will run 
for the river before looking at it 
again. 

Yet : the Broadway twist, the 
double-crossing, the crooks, the 
"take him for a ride," the dame and 
the dames, the mush stuff and the 
terrible voices will still. Interest 
nowadays when the terrific quantity 
of universal publicity being given 
the talkers before they are actually 
known keeps curiosity pepped up 
for something different on the 
screen. 

In work In this talker, casting 
aside its plotting by Its plotters 
Hugh Herbert and Murray Roth 
and the .cast of nearly all 
vaudeville actors who talk the 
best they may, in Jieu of legits or 
picture actors who can't talk, it has 
a standout firstly in Gladys Beach 
well as the mistress.. Miss IJrock- 
well, evidencing stage training 
.somewhere, nin ahead and fir, with 
R6bert Elliott as the detective .sec- 
ond. 131 liott played the detective 
exactly as he had done the sarne 
role in the Pacific Coast stage com- 
pany of ."i3roa:dway." 

IJryaxi' Foy directed. It'.s his. first 
full length talker and there's some 
credit in that for hirii, considering 
there's no class to story or pic- 
ture. 

Ilelcno Costello, in the fem lead, a 
total loss. .For talkorsi slio had bet- 
ter go to school right away. Cullen 
Ijvndis opposite, If d juv even in the 
indies, will n(!ver make anyone be- 
lieve it in tliis one. He s(!omed to 
talk with much effort Nervoiisness 
might be claimed by all exceptinK 
the stage trained. Wheeler Oakman 
as the IpKKor got through, fairly, 
burdened with much of the bad 
dialog. Mary ('arr in a bit ;is the 
mother save an illustration of whnt 
may be accornpli.shed by timed talk 

fro m, e_x|).(Tionce , ^^-^ J - 

ftiis were wclT florid Tn a "Way"Tjiy' 
Jere Delaney and Walter I'ereival 
as the eon men, while Tommy 
DUKiin slipped in some semblance of 
eojp'-'dy to his delivery and expres;- 
sions /is one of the ifangsters. Tom 
Mcfluire nieely played and looked a 
police chief, with liardly anything 
to .say. ,' . 

I'hotoKraphed very well" and the 
nite elub set tastefully good-look- 
in(?. ■ 
"Lights of New York" may be 



THE RACKET 

CaJilo proUUciion, • jiri^si-nled hy. li«%sar.l 
Uuffiit'H, .rarunvoun.l rulpase. Krom siaso 
pUiy ot «nme name.' by J{«rlli>U i.-ormack. 
.^lli^platic)■n by Uiirlett Cormark. ronUnuitv 
by De -Andrews. Titles by. Tom . Mininda, 
SC.irs Thomas' Molpbivri, -with l..)uis Wo'.-' 
holm unil Marie l^rcvosl toaturt'd. ' Ijcwi-^ 
Mlleslorio dirPClert. lluiininBi time, 70 mins. 
At I'nfiimount, Now York, woek J-.i'y 7. 
'(.'npinin . McQulifb'. . • ■■ ■ ■ . .Thoman .Mflfflwn. 
IVclon Ilaycs, an enlprfixlner.. Mario I'rpvo.-tt 
Mok .Siiirsl, booHce. klnB- ^I^*)"!** Wolhcim 
.Voe Kcarsl, Nick's brother, .ticurfce. t^tone 
An\oHt a'.cub reporter. .Jrthn DarroW 
Miller, a reporter. ; . . . .'•Bkeetb" UallaKher 

I'rait, a rc-portor ; 

Chick, a gnnKSler. ; . . . 
Chick's chauffeur. , . . -. 
Ci>rcan, a boot legger. 
Diblrk't t,)rney...... 

The Ou. Man":..... 

Johnson, 'a patrolman . 



I.pc' Moi-jia . 
, ..I.uclnn .T'riVal 
. . . . .Tony ' Mario ' 
Henry SinJIey-. 
.Sitm l>e (.inL-ino 
..Burr Methlo.sh 
, ..C. I'ut Collins. 



A good Story, plus, good direction,' 
plus a great cist and rilin us dumb: 
supervision, Js rcspon-sible for an- 
other great under'^world ■ film. 

Thomas Meighan has his best, 
rol^ in years, as Captain McQulgg, 
and LoUis Wolheim as Nick Scarsi, 
adds to a screeri rep that has al- 
rfeddy labeled him the best charac-. 
ter heavy, the orte -eyed monster has 
ever , peeked at. 

In transferring "The Racket" 
from stage to screen. Milestone has 
sacriflced nothing. By intelligently 
capitalizlrig the wider scope of the 
canrxera he has added an Inch or t\yo. 
to its original stature as an enter- 
ta;inment. Cormack/ did his own 
adaptation, keeping 'the script out of 
the hands of the . enemy, arid was 
given as m.ueli liciense as pictorial 
requirements would allow. The re- 
sult Is as nearly perfect a slice of 
sd'een entertainment as has run 
the gauritlet in months. It has all 
the '. ear-marks of a . special, and 
may niove. from the Paramount to 
a . more , permanent, abode at a 
higher box office tap. 

Howard Hughes, the yoiuig oil 
niagnate producer, who took over 
Melghan's contract : fx'om Para- 
mount, after he had nearly been 
obliterated with junk stories, has a 
few chuckles cpmlng. He has 
brought Meighan back with a ven- 
geance and by releasing but two 
or tliree operas a yeaf, has a iriale 
box office magnet, second to none. 
■Wolheim will also pay heavy divi- 
dends While In the Hughes stable. 
. "The Racket," like all great pici- 
tiires, started with a great yarn 
and a director alive to, its possibili- 
ties. It grips your interest from 
the first shot to the last, and never 
dragS ' for . a second. . It's another 
tale of the underworld, a battle of 
wills and cunning between an hon- 
est copper and a gorilla who has 
the town in his lap. 
. Nick Scarsi (Wolheim) Is the 
bootleg king and gang leader who 
has been getting away with every- 
thing on the calendar, until Cap- 
tain McQulgg (Meighan) decides 
that he is going to get Nick. 

Nick tries to make McQuigg, In 
the usual ways, but the copper 
won't turn. Scarsi's political con- 
nections are of the strongest, 
through his control of votes and re- 
peaters. He. has the captain tr£ms- 
f erred to a precinct where the goats 
are the only traffic problems. Twq 
district men on a daily, looking for 
news, complicate , matters here by 
ribbing McQuade about Scarsi. The 
.Cap tolls them ho. was_switched,_ 
not because he was afraid of Scarsi, 
but because Scarsi was afraid, of. 
him. He tells them to tell that to 
Nick. They proceed to do just that, 
finding Nick attending the funeral 
of a rival he ha.s croaked. A touch 
of humor here is Scarsi'.s objt^ctions. 
to a street, caliope profaning the 
ob.sefiuies. 

Scarsi's brother is picked up by. 
one of McQuigg's men (G. Pat Col- 
lins), as a. hit and run driver. T!io 
kid brother has a yen for Helen 
Hayes (Marie Prevost) an enter-/ 
taipcr. She's poison to Niek, as ar#l 
all broads. Nick has incurred her 
enmity at a .birthday party he £?av© 
•the kid. brother. At the party Hel 'n, 
dolp!? a Helen Morgan on top of a 
piano, is cooing to the kid brother 
at Scarsi's table, when the gorilla 
kicks the piano.- aero.ss the room. 
The gal fiies back at him .and bawla 
him plenty. Then she determliiea 
to make a play for the kid. just t ) 
burn Nick up. They are out in tln' 
kid's roadster, prior to the pineh. 
-S)i.e.„ liviye.s „b i.ii.U /WiJ: w\hen^^^l 



velops hand trouble, arid a police 
auto pa.sslng. stops as she steps 
out of the car. 'the kid .screws, 
with the copper chasing, Durin.g 
the fllKht a spectator is hit, but .)oe 
continues stepping on it until M 
runs the car into a fence, and in 
nailed, 

.Too Is booked under a phoney 
name. He refuses to talk until he 
is sUwrged; Helen tips his real 
(Continued on page 25) 



14 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



BRITISH FILM FIELD 



({'ontinucd from page 6) . 

us some. But never did. Got him- 
self a bit of a ioh for a little while 
as assistant director. 

Now turns up in Rhodesia, which 
Ive has discovered Is the Ideal spot 
of the world lor making movies. 
Goinpf to float a company to be 
called Rhodesia Films, Ltd., and 
make a picture called "Sons of 
Rhodosia," with tobacco farm set- 
tiriKS, . 



Admission Tax Adjustment 

On June 26 there was to have 
been put to th& committee stage of 
the Finance (Budget) Bill in the 



Hoq.se of Commcma an amendment 
for- the repeal of the entertainment 
tax. 

It pointed p.ut there was unfair 
competition from cabarets not 
having to pay admission tax, arid 
from the. tax being nearly equal to 
20 per cont. on turnover,- It also 
complained, tho tax was a war 
measure and .should be treated as 
such, and, if not repealed, at least 
lowered to the same rates as those 
oh betting, which are about 3 per 
cent, on turnover. 

Every member of the House of 
Commons got a copy of the appeal, 
and a . good deal of lobbying was 
done. But so much time , has so 
far been taken up on- committee 
stage on the Finance Act by In- 
come ■ tax, the inatidnal debt, the 
betting tax and the attempts to 
make co-operative trading societies 



subject to Income tax it has not yet 
been possible to reach a point In 
committee whero any such enter- 
tainment tax amendment could be 
put forward. 

This despite the fact the House 
of Commons sat till after 7 o'clock 
Thursday morning on the budget, 
tho first all-night sitting there has 
been this session. 



Wallace Films Distribution 

A deal has been closed by which 
Gaumont-Britlsh Corp. will handle 
the films produced by Edgar Wal- 
lace's, company, British Lion. Those 
so far produced, but not yet pre- 
viewed, are "The Ringer," "The 
Forger" and "Chick," 



Where Dp They Get 1*7 

Two film trade dailies here re- 



TALKING PICTURES REASON 
ENOUGH FOR ALL 
TO ADVERTISE NOW 




Producers and agtiits are trying to think all of the 
time nowadays. They are thinking of actors and narnes; 
artist and acts to place or submit for full length talking 
pictures as talking shorts. 

Every actor, meaning men and wofnen, who has never 
been in pictures on the screen, stands a chance. They may 
be useful in one way or another, for their voices or their 
faces or their work. 

Talking pictures will develop new favorites for the 
public; new screen actors, but producers and agents should 
be informed by actors who they are and where they are. 

As the summer advances the demand for the full 
length talkers and talking shorts will increase. 

No time better than the immediate present to adver^ 
tise, to place ypur name before those who may be looking 
for you in the film innovation, the talker. 

Or for show business iii general for the new season. 
Tt*s going to be a very big season, for the actor— all actors, 
legit, vaudeville and otherwise. Actors^ should as far as 
possible make certain they become a part of it to their best 
advantage. Nothing to equal advertising for that. 

Nothing to equal "Variety" in putting your name 
^bef()Xe^a]l j)l lb bu sjn ess— every where. 



cently canio out with the full story 
of British International's deal with 
four Anierican corporations for dis- 
tribution and Interchange of artists. 
Companies credited with being 
concerned are: Paramount, First 
National, FBO and Pathe of 
America. 

Evcrytliing was given In detail. 
How th6 newly groomed stars from 
F, N. and Paramount were coming 
here, how some of British Interrta- 
tional's stars were going to Amierica 
to play for all four American com- 
panies and how each of the four 
would handle, the product made 
here with their stars, while British 
International would get the stuff 
from America with their stars. 
Good story, only none of it ;is true; 

When Maxwell was in America 
recently he liover discussed ex- 
change of stars with anyone; lie 
had no conversations or meetings 
with any of the First National 
people, and none of the arrange- 
ments credited have been made. 
In fact, Maxwell is insisting on 
both dailies publishing denials. 

Real facts are, there Has been 
some discus.sion between Maxwell 
and Earl Hammons as a second 
string to the deal with Jaydeo 
Williams in case that didn't ma- 
terialize. But a statement mad« 
to "Variety Just before the mail left 
by Maxwell, who had returned from 
Scotland thiat (Friday) moj-nlng. Is 
both to the above effect and also 
that the deal with Williams will 
mo.st likely be, closed this week- 
end.. 



Bundy Slams Fooj Money 

Said A. E. Bundy, head of British 
In.structional and Pro Patria com- 
panies, speaking before Graham; 
"The Bill has succeeded a little too 
well ^ as regards finance and the 
public seems ready to fling its 
money into any cap held out. This 
over-confidence must lead to .trou- 
ble; some of the flotations havo 
little or no chance of success and 
the reaction will be much greater 
than the mere loss of money to 
shareholders, 

"The public ought to be warned 
against reckless investment and 
told of the need for the rhost serl- 
ou.s consideration of any lilm pros- 
pectus Issued." 

Fine. But who Is going to warn 
the public, and how? All any 
writer can do is to say an issue is 
highly speculative. There have 
been some prospectuses for which 
the promoter.s- ought to have gone 
to jail. Proljably they'll land there 
yet when it comes to a sliowdown. 
But if I or any other writer had 
told the "half of the truth about 
these promotions and their organ- 
izers, we should have been the fel- 
lows who would have figured In Old 
Bailey for criminal libel. ' Possibly 
'because we had libelled criminals. 

But, however, much we love John 
B. F. Public, we. ain't going up the 
river .for him. At least,. I'm not. 

The Independent's View 

Earlier in the day J. G. Graham 
had declared Paramount had . a lot 
of theatres in America it would be 
glad to get rid of, and asserted no 
one man could run 200 theatres, 
which gnt a hig laugh on W; H, 
Evans, of.P. C. T., who r,cfused to 
reply. 

Followed In the afternoon a state- 
ment by G. F. McDonald, a theatre 
owner from the Midlands and a for- 
mer president of the Exhibitors' 
A.ssociation, on the position of the 
independent. He claln^ed the posi- 
tion facing the small man was the 
machinations of groups of financiers, 
who were not content with their 
handsome profits from one branch 
of the film bu.sine.ss but wanted to 
monopolize the whole field. 



Personalities 

Having directors on one another's 
boards is becoming a new indoor 
,spo,rt here, Follp.\ving the fashion 
set by Gauriiont and^oss Empires, 
Brltl.sh Screen Prodii(|kions Co. and 
Automatic Film Printers, Htd., have 
exchanged directors. Alan J. Wil- 
liamson, of the latter, goes on the 
Board of British Screen Produc- 
tions, and Harry Pearl (also an ex- 
hibitor) and George Pearson go . on 
the boaird of tho Film Printers. It 
appears the producing'company has 
put money into the film printing 
concern. 

10. Carreras, formerly cpncerned 
with a circuit of theatres known 
as the Blue Halls, Is building the 
Lido picture house, Golder's Green, 
to seat over 2,000, another Lido at 
Islington, some 500 . seats .smaller, 
still another in Bayswatcr, to seat 
2,500. and has also bought a couple 
of theatres at llodhlll, Surrey. In 
addition he owns a house in Bnrnes, 
London, and two more at Cardiff. 
Wnlos. 

Hi-i()sh Inr.f ruotionnl's new studi" 
at AVchvyn CJardon City will ho in 
u.se in Aiit^u.st. First lilm to ho .shot 
Tii>r('-^'iTi"-he-="critrqir(^st,^'"^gtory^"^ 
Colonel John Bueli.an. 

Monte VAuo and. wife nrrlved here 
and nvo .slaying at tho lierkeley, on 
Piocadilly. 

Lupu Pick .started shooting on 
the first of the Bl.'iltner produc- 
tions, "A Knifrht in London." with 
Lilian Harvey a,s star. Studio stuff 
is being done in the British Inter- 
national p\nt, lOlstree. 

N, A. rogson. who recently re- 
signed from the bn.ard of Whitehall 
Films Co., has registered a private 



company as Inter-European Film 
Syndicate to acquire screen rights. 

British Production Since the Quota 

Siilce the Film Bill came Into op- 
eration, 24 homo mado feature pic- 
tures have been trade shown, and 
15 more are ready and awaiting. 

There are a further 14 in pro- 
duction, Including "My Wife's Hus- 
band," with Monty Banks and Es- 
telle Brody, Harry Lachman direct- 
ing; "The Triumph of the Scarlet 
Pimpernel," directed by T. Hayes 
Hunter, with Matheson Lang and 
Juliette Compton as leads, and 
"Paradise," a Betty Balfour feature 
directed by Denl.son Clift. 

This latter director, in conjunc- 
tion with Graham Cutis, Is lining 
up a producing company in asso- 
ciation with "Victor Sheridan, fpr' 
public flotation. This company Is to 
operate at Wembley and would give, 
Sheridan's studio company there Ita 
own production unit, 

2 Title Changes 

Los Angeles, July 10., , 
Title changes on pictures In pro- 
duction oil the coast this week are 
"Cyclone Lover" to "The Girl Shy 
Cowboy" for Fox; "Power of Si- 
lence" for 'Tiffany -Stahli changed to 
•'Patience." 



MR. EXHIBITOR! 



You Will Get 



'lAKlNG THE GRADE" 

From a George Ade Story Soon 
With Fox Movietone Attachment 

!T IS AN 






PRODUCTION 

So YOU Cannot Go Wrong 
Booking It 



Les 
Stevens 



Master of Ceremonies 

with his orchestra 



NOW AT 



MELBA, BROOKLYN 

after 9 smashing months 
with 

STANLEY-FABIAN 

at Branfordy Newark, N.J. 



"STEVE" 

Savageu 

DANCING COMEDIAN 

DIFFERENT 

AT LASTl COMING EAST 

Playing Farewell Week at Loew's 
State Theatre, Los Angeles 

Many TlinnUM io 
FANt'IlON nnd MARCO 



Wednesday, "JvAy IT, W28 



V X R I B T 



15 



A PLAIN BUSINESS PROPOSITION 



WINGS 



^ Look over the 1928-9 line-ups of all companies. 



WEDDING 
MARCH 



Think them over. fl[ Do any of them show any- 



HAROLD 
LLOYD 



thing to compare with the wealth of big pictures 



THE 
PATRIOT 



in PARAMOUNT'S Whole Show Program? 



DIRIGIBLE 



Do all the rest of' them put together offer 



3S DE LUXE 
SPECIALS 



you the consistent quality product you are sure 



STAR HITS 



of getting week after week from PARAMOUNT? 



PARAMOUNT 
NEWS 



^ You know the answer. You're a business man. 



CHRISTIE 
COMEDIES 



That's why you and thousands more are buying 

PARAMOUNT 



0|^T TTY^|-| More than half of Paramount's 1928-9 program of 74 features will be available in 
U i 1 -U sound, mostly with talking sequences. Watch for the first one '^Warming Up''— 
soon. Christie Comedies, Paramount News, Stage Presentations— The Whole Show in Sound! 



16 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



National Ass Convention Gag 
Conies Op Again-For Next Nov.; 
Wi Pete, Mike and Ofc 



For the first time In its history 
the: indie exhibitors' organization 
ofhcials are calling the convention 
this year after the buying season. 
Heretofore they have sUways been 
held in the late spring with an ad- 




World's Greatest Dancer 
of Her Kind 
After playing three solid 
years on Broadway, New 

York, now featured in 

"HULA BLUES" 

A PUBLIX UNIT 

With Her Famous 

"Leopard Dance'^ 

(Copyright rending) 



Aa In "VARIETY," March 7, 1928: 

"Item No; 4 was the solo dance; 
'The Tiger,' done by Drena Beach, 
surrounded by the girls made up 
as Zulu warriors with futuristic 
native weapons and shields. This 
girl is one of the first to grab a 
;first-ra:te. scheme In framing a 
contortionistic dance around an 
idea. Here her bends, splits and 
twisting kicks are dramatized 
into a picture of a slinking, 
stretching cat, instead of being 
presented in straight routine 
as acrobatic- dance . feats. "Toe 
dancers have dramatized , such 
routines as in the 'Dying Swan' 
figure for illustration, but the 
Tiger idea is a new adaptation of 
the contortionaV style. This girl 
does.it splendidly and the num- 
ber is a first rate novelty." 



Kindest Regards to 

FANCHON and MARCO 

Direction Lyons Lyons 



vance ballyhoo of eeveral months. 
During that time stress has been 
laid on holding up play dates until 
lowest prices could be argued out 
at tlie pow-wow. 

The ^convention ^Is year also 
marks the first that will witness 
producer-distributors, whose chains 
have admittedly kept open the locaJ 
headquarters since the Columbus 
convention, as members. 

/Whether the Indies will mass 
their strength and attempt to put 
their own officers: at the head of 
the M. P. T. O. A., as the outfit Is 
still called, or whether they will 
completely ignore the "call," which 
Is set for November with no date 
or convention city, puiszles even 
former leaders of the body. 

Pete WoodhuU and Mike Q'Toole, 
described variously and fervently, 
maintain attacks on the M. . P. T. 
O. A., even though they are 
made by ex-chieftains of the or 
.ganization, are inspired by back- 
biting Main street principles; also 
by failure to run the organization 
wisely while in office. 

. Producers' Support 
Woddhull admits that chains like 
Loew and Publix are Supporting the 
headquarters. He has declared that 
indies also turn In their checks, 
refusing ea,ch time to reveal the 
number of pald-ups and also con 
ceding that were It not for the 
producers the headquarters would 
be closed. 

In direct line with the conven 
tion, which Woodhull avoids even 
the thought of for publication, at 
least, are lotal gabberings this week 
in responsible quarters that Will 
Hays is working his hand in Indi- 
ana ahd, Minnesota. The following 
is an example of what is reported 
to have been handed out by a sour 
Hays employer to an ex-exhibitor 
leader: 

That Al Steffes is with Hays and 
that is the reason for, the wallop 
delivered recently by Frank Rem^ 
busch. 

That at the . same time Frank 
Rembusch wants to get from under 
his 16 indie houses and that Hays 
is giving him the helping hand. 

About these things it has always 
been the policy of Mr. Hays or any 
of his cohorts to smile condescend 
ingly; ignore the interviewer and 
commiserate with the misguided 
apparition in the air. 

Seider's Vision 
Joe Selder, former M. P. T. O. A. 
boss, sees the organization fioppihg 
this year because of its evasion by 
the late date of the only thing 
which it ever discussed In the final 
analysis, play dates. At the rnpst 
he cannot see. more than a handful 
of Cprnerford men attending and 
even then, he persists, holding an 
-election" among a few of •"Com- 
. erford's best behind closed doors." 



VITAGaAPH CO. DISSOLVED 



AHjany, N. July 10. 

The Vitagraph Company of 
America, one of the oldest 
concerns In the picture Indus- 
try, has 'been dissolved, ac- 
cording to notice filed with 
the Secretary of State. 

It was a Brooklyn corpora- 
tion. Warner* Brothers took it 
over Beveral years ago. 



$198,000 TO WIRE 10 
OF POU'S 20 HOUSES 

others to Follow— Entire Cir^ 
cuit on Sound Within Year 



New Haven, Conn., July 10. 
Ten Poll theatres will be equipped 
by Western Electric before atitumn. 
Louis M. Sagal, general manager for 
Poll, stated he paid |198,000 for the 
equipment. 

Sagal figures It will cost close to 
!;500,000 to wire the 20 theatres in 
the Poll chain. The. .entire system 
will be wired within a year, it Is 
understood. Theatres to be wired 
first are' those playinet straight pic- 
tures. Vaude houses will follow. 

None of the houseis will be closed 
while the sound apparatus is being 
installed. 



Minneapolis, July 10. 
Pinkels^tein & Ruben got a double- 
coiumn front-page story in the local 
Journal" last week, on ah an- 
nouncement the circuit will spend 
more than $1,000,000 for sound 
equipment, for Its .160 theatres dur- 
ing the ensuing 12 months. 

Stot-y was a great boost for "Lion 
and the Mouse," at the State this 
week, and for Movietone which 
goes into the Minnesota Aug. 4. 



Minn. Joint Board 
Functioning Again 
-Exhib Members 



Minneapolis, July 10. 
Despite the refusal of the North- 
wei3t • Theatre Owners' Aiasoclatlon 
to participate, and the plea of its 
presideint* Al Steftes, to exhibitors 
to refuse to serve, the Minneapolis 
Joint Board of Arbitration has 
started to function again after a 
long lay-off. 

Robert Workmkn, president, has 
succeeded' in obtaining, exhibitors 
to" serve on the board. The exhibit- 
ors are non-members of the asso- 
ciation. Workman claimed the 
power to appoint the exhibitor 
members to sit on the board under 
the terriis of old arbitration rules. 

Present rules state that if mem- 
bers of the exhibitors' association 
refuse to sit on the board seyeral 
city officials shall have the power 
to appoint arbitrators . in their 
place. City oflicials have refused 
to mix up in the fight between the 
exhibitors and distributors. 

The present fight results from an 
.ultimatum from the exhibitors' as 
soclatlon that it will not have any- 
thing to do with the board until 
such time as assurances are "re- 
ceived from United Artists directly 
that it will not sell .non-theatrical 
institutions in competition wiih 
regular theatres. ^ 



16 BEELS STOLEN 

Willi'mantic, Conn., July 10, 
Picture films valued at $3,200 
wore stolen from the Strand the- 
atre here. 

Entrance was . made through a( 
window and 16 reels taken. 



Cohens- Kellya' in A. C. 

Los Angeloa, July 10. . 

"The Cohens and Kellys In Af<< 
lantic City" will be directed tot 
Universal by William Craft 

etory ie en original by Matt 
Taylor and. Joseph Franklin 
Poland. 



There Is No Substitute for 



Prize Winners of W. C.'s 
Contest for Managers 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Arch M. Bowles; of West Coast 
•Theatres' San Francisco division, 
made a clean sweep of all three 
prizes offered in that circuit's op- 
portunity contest for managers cov- 
ering lts„ four divisions. 

In Southern California territory 
Harry C. Arthur's blue division 
copped. . , 

In the northern sector Dan Mc- 
Lean, of the Grand Lake, Oakland, 
got top money of $150 with second 
money, $100, going o Louis Golden 
of the Warfield, 'Frisco. Third 
prize, wrist watch, went to Robert 
Harvey of the T. & D., Oakland. 

The sanie donations in the south- 
ern division rated as follows: First, 
Charlie Wuerz, San Bernardino; 
second, C. C. Chellcw, of the Alex- 
ander, Glendale; third, Harry Ilart- 
man, of the Cabrillo, San Diego. 



$500 Copyright Verdict 
In Favor or Exchange 

Boston, July 10. 
Joint Arbitration Board of the 
Boston Film Board of Trade de- 
cided .that the Piaramcunt exchange 
here Is entitled to $500 damdge 
against the Town Hall of .' Eas't 
Bridgeport, Conn., under the Fedr 
eral Copyright law. It's regarded as 
the first copyright case of this na- 
ture ever tried in Boston. 

Exchange held that the Town 
Hall managed by -Jack Sa:ranga, 
had switched the booking- of "Old 
Ironsides" from the Town Hall to 
Grange Hall in Merriniack. Attor- 
ney Louis Nizer, for the exchange, 
contended that the picture, .booked 
for May 11 in the Town ttall was 
taken out of the exch«ine^e May 10 
and instead taken to the Grange 
Hall. T. H. . management doiilP<: 
the allegation but on cross exami- 
nation by Nizer was forced to admit 
having sub-rented the picture to 
Louis Cohem, operating Grange 
Hall. T. H. managem^'nt then 
stated that inasmuch as the rental 
for the T. II. date was $10 that the 
damages, if any, should be very 
little. . 

Minimum on the copyright la\y 




Among the white division, finst. penalty is $250, but the Joint Board 



prize was taken by H. A. Gillesi^ie, 
of the Liberty, Yakima, Wash., and 
out front in the gray division was 
Lou Baumgartncr, of Glen City. 



hold that It was fraudulent practice 
on the part of the T. H. manage- 
ment and fixed the amount at $500, 



STAGE-BAND 
ENTERTAINMENT 

. Known as the 

'?AUL ASH POLICY" 



Pi«^MOUNT 

THEATRE 

NEW YORK 

Indefinitely 



^'EXCLCSIVELX COLUMBIA 
RECORDING ARTIST" 




NOW AT HIE 

Strand 
Tlioiitre 
Vancouver, 
«, C. 



JACKIE 

IS01K8RS 

axid. His 

Orcliesti*a 



JESSE CRAWFORD 
ORGAN CONCERT 

PARAMOUNT THEATRE 
NEW YORK 

WEEK JULY 7TH 

"BECAUSE MY BABY DON'T MEAN MAYBE NOW" 
(Donaldson, Douglas & Gumbie) 

"MY TREASURES" 
(T. B. Harms, Inc.) 

"CONSTANTINOPLE"— (A Sensation) 
. (De Sylva, Brown & Henderson) 



Knickerbocker Suit 
Against D. C. Dismissed 

Washington, July 10. 
- The B2 siaits growing out of the 
Knickerbocker disaster, when the 
roof of that. local neighborhood thcr^ 
atre" collapsed, killing 98 and injur- 
ing 100, were dismissed last week. 
Actions were brought by those In- 
jured and the relatives of those 
killed and were directed at the Dis- 
trict of Columbia for criminal neg- 
ligence. . 

Several other such suits iare still 
pending, but it is expected they, too,' 
will be dismissed. 

This action does not affect the 
pending civil suits seeking damages 
from the Crandall conipany, operat- 
ors of the theatre or those respon- 
sible for its construction, etc. 




FiUICIION& 
^ MARCO IDEAS 

Two Box Office Kecord Smashers Last Week 

RUBE WOLF 

With an F. & M. "Idea" at 
^ Loew's Warfield, San Francisco 

EDDIE PEABODY 

With an F. & M. "Idea" 
. Loew's State^ Los Angeles 






SWEET'VOICED TENOR 

RECENTLY AT ROXY'S, NEW YORK 

NOW PLAYING STANLEY-FABIAN THEATRES 



Thanks to Mr. SHEPHERD 



Thanks to Mr, GOLDING 



Kunsky Bracing Units by 
Added Acts and Names 

Detroit, July 10. 

Kunsky is bolstering presentation 
units coming; in from both diroc- 
tlons by the addition of acts for the 
one week. 

At the Capitol, playing Chicago 
units, the stage stuff is weekly 
braced with one or two acts sup- 
IJied by the Co-operative Booking 
office, and at the Micihigan, whore 
the need of additional strength is 
not so great, the eastern units arc 
periodically enhanced by a name 
act. The la.st two here have been 
Van and Schenck nnd Belle Baker 



ASSI BEN JACK 

Wonder Child of Europe 

Madeline O'Keefe 
._Ricca Allen. ..^ 
Alva Adaire 



UNDER 
EXCLUSIVE 
MANAGEMENT 



BILLY 

SCHARY 

613 Tttft niilldinif 
Hollywood IIcmpHtvad 3694 

— -NE\V-yOK K O I:E1GE_^_^ 
15G0 Itroudwny 



A. H. SCHWARTZ ANNOUNCES WITH TLBASrilK 
Tins JIETURN ENGAOISNrENT OF , 

HOWARD EMERSON 

AND HIS VERSATILE SHOWiMANrY ORCHESTRA 

MERRICK THEATRE, JAMAICA, L. I. 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



P I C T U RE S 



VARIETY 



IT 



Inability to Purchase Pictures 
By Sapiro s Organization 
Vital to Its Exhibs-Members 



3slZ'j: Serials 

LiOfl Angeles, July 16. 
Coast picture producers are 
currently figuring on a sLrong 
revival of serials. 

The deduction Is that the 
novelty of sound accompani- 
ment will give the old style 
. thrillers a new lease of life. 



Another attempt la being made by 
^ Independent theatre owners of 
qreater New York to combine for 
concentrated action. According to a 
notice issued by the Theatre Owners 
Chamber of Commerce, executiveis 
pf that organization are mcietine 
with menibers of the Sapiro or^ 
eanlzatton for mutual protection. 

Following several meetings this 
board Issued a notice to independ- 
^nta not to buy film pending a fur- 
ther study of the provlsiohs of the 
standard contract. 

The Issuance of this appeal by the 
^plro organization Is an admission 
of weakness evident since the ap- 
pointment of Arthur. G. Whyte as 
fb film buyier and his Inapility to 
l)uy the product of the major com- 
panies which the Independents be- 
lieved they could secure by com- 
bining. 

The pleas* that further study, of 
the. provisions of the standard con- 
tract Is necessary before the Sapiro 
organization arid other Independents 
are to : buy "fliih aounds weak. The 
standard contract already has been 
fltudled by those Interested. In ad- 
dition, the standard contract has no 
bearing on purchasing power. 

Major Mission ' 

The, Sapiro orga,nizatipn's major 
assifirnmcnt was to get pictures for 
Indepiendents from Metro-Goldwyn- 
; Mayer, Paramount, United Artists 
and others; on fjairly reasonable 




terms with regard to price, alloca- 
tion and protectlori; These com- 
panies have refused to grant or 
consider the slightest concessions 
and are selling Sapiro Indeperidents 
wiiose houses axQ in opposition to 
those of- the association.. 

Holding up purchase of product 
has been tried before in the New 
York district at a time when the 
independents were not paying dues 
for the operation of an organiza- 
tion which should do their buying. 
While it seemed a good move for 
the independents to stall on film 
buying it does not impress so favor- 
ably when they stall a» a combina-: 
tion, as members of the I. M. P, E. 

A. . . : ' , : ■ ., 

"When it first " became noticeable 
that product could not be obtained 
by the Sapiro organization some of 
the exteciltives began to point out 
that, the accjuisition of film was not 
the primary purpose of the associ- 
ation. As far as the independents 
are concerned that is the most im- 
portant duty of the organization 
and an effort to get all the inde- 
pendents to hold up film purchases 
is not a very brilliant or effective 
maneuvre to rheet the problem. 

T. O. C. C. Change 

The T. O. C. Ct first antagonistic 
to the Sapiro organization, has 
changed its policy, for the pres- 
ent, for a futile demonstration. Had 
all of the independents united when 
the Sapiro organization started, 
some of. the. present difficulties 
might have been averted. 

The recent arrangement with the 
A. H. Schwartz circi^it gives M-Q^M 
and Paramount an additional outlet, 
almost ias large as that offered by 
the 79 houses in the I. M. P. lEL A. 

Regardless of the tinle the Sapiro 
organization continues it cannot 
rate as an important factor In the 
industry as long as it la without 
the power to buy the films the mem- 
bers of the association want 



DaDas' All-Caimed Bill 
Of Movietone Subjects 

Dallas, July 10. 
Through a disappointment In the 
refi:ular stage bill, Tlmberg's unit, 
the Interstate's Majestic has an all- 
mechanical bill this week, made up 
entirely of Movietone film subjects. 

Feature Is Fox's "Street Angel," 
with the talking shorts comprising 
Robert Benchley, Winnie IJeightner. 
CJertrude Lawrence, J, Harold Mur- 
ray and the "Rio Rita Girls" and 
Clark and McCullough. 

It's the first all-canned show In 
Texas. Yesterday the start was very 
big. It Indicated th6 summer house 
record wlil be broken this week. 



Public WiD Demand Musicians, 
Says Chis Musical Union Leader 



Chicago, July 10, 
Although a pit orch^'itra dt 14 
men was removed at McVicker'fc 



TRIES SUICIDE ON STREET 

Eugene Boucher Permanently Blind 
If Ho Recovers from Gun Wound 



WABNERS' TALKEE LINETJP 

. Lios Angeles, July 10. 

"Women They Talk About," an- 
other Vita phone talker, follows 
"Tenderloin" at Warners' Holly- 
wood, July 16. Will , only stfcy two 
weeks; then "Lights of New York" 
in for a run. 



Kosloff in Chicago 

Chicago, July 10. 
Theodore JCoslofC Is here produc- 
ing ballet numbers for Publlx units 
originating at the Oriental, 



St John, N. B., July 10; 
That he will be completely blind, 
even it he recovers from self- 
infilcted wound in his head, is the 
fate of Eugene Boucher, owner of 
picture houses in New Brunswick 
and Maine. 

Boucher alighted from his car on 
a street In oi^ Town, where he 
operates a. theatre, drew a revolver 
and sent a bullet into his head. The 
shot attrac^^d residents and Boucher 
was rushed to a hospital. Examina 
tion revealed he had sent the bullet^ 
through the right cheek and had 
shattered his eye nerves. 

Doctors at first decided it was 
out of the question for Boucher to 
recover, but there has been a 
change for the better and he has a 
fair chance of living. It will be 
three or four months before he Is 
Out of the hospital, at best. 

Despondent over financial distress, 
Boucher admitted deciding to kill 
himself. His wife died several 
years ago, leaving Boucher with six 
young children! He Is 63. 



(Publix) with start of the Movie-t 
tone — "Street Angel" for a run, the' 
local Federation of Mualclans ha* 
hot as yi^t taken any definite stand 
apain.st the talkers, nor has It diipH- 
catoU the protests witnessed ia ' 
other citina. . 

James. C. PetrlUo, president of the 
Chicago Federation oC Musicians, 
and Sam Katz of rublix were in 
conference on the talkers with Kat» 
reportC'd stating ho will take car© 
of the musicians left jobless by 
wiring. . 

Within a "short time all first-run 
Loop houses except the two Keith 
stands will be wircil, but none of 
the houses with stage*band9 are be- 
lieved contemplating dispensing 
with their orchestras. It is reported 
an attempt will be niade to cut the 
bands, however. . 

Discussing the talldng picture 
situation with a Variety reporter, 
Petrillo, ratbd One of the strongest 
union leaders in the country, stated 
he is convinced the talkecs ■ wlU 
never rieplace musicians In the 
flesh. On this, theory he has taken 
an attitude of waiting, with the be- 
lief that if orchestras are either dis- 
missed or cut to any extent the 
theatre %>atrons will back him in 
demanding re-hiring of thie musi- 
cians, or express their dissatisfac- 
tion by non-attcHdance. 
• If the situation doesn't pan out 
as he thinks it will, Petrillo stated 
he Is .ready to start a strenuous 
campaign any time In the Interests 
of his musicians. • 




and liis 

ORCHESTRA 



Try and Tnunp This 



Not Doubling, but 




Now in PARIS playing thres 
engagements at . 

BLUE ROOM 

Paris' Smartest Night Club 

Chateau De Madrid 

The .Most Exclusive Restaurant 
on the Continent 
v'-. „ ; ■ .and : ; 



Pathe's Talkers' Name 



Pathe's talker news reel will prob- 
ably b© called Pathetone or Pathe- 
phone, says Btfb Kane, representing 
the Joseph P. Kennedy Interests. 
He Is now headquartered In thie | 
R. C. A- Photophone offices. 

Kane Is still making his survey 
of the PJiotophone situation. By 
early August, ho states, the Pathe 
talker news reel will b© ready for 
marketing. The name has yet to 
be determined, the Pathetone being | 
preferred for euphony . but the 
"phone" suffix also being considered 
because of Its identifitatlon with 
Photophone which equipment the 
Pathe-DeMille-FBO, and perhaps, 
ultimately the First National In- 
terests Will use. F. N. at present 
l is contracted to the Western Elec- 
tric equipment. 



Loew-Metro-Goldwyn's 

Eaumont Palace 

Largest Theatre in Europe 
Trlamphnl Rotam Kneugomont 



Vonnnnont AddrcHH: 

Gaumont Palace, Paris 



LEVm AT SCHOOL AGAIN 

Dies Moines, Isu* July 10. 
Haying manaj;ed the Des Moines 
theatre for six months for Blank- 
Publlx, Elmer Liovin returns to New 
York to again become a . director 
in the Publix Managers' Training 
SchooL He will.driye to New York. 

Levin Is succeeded here by Her- 
bert Grove, from Waterloo, Iowa. A 
successor at Waterloo has not yet 
been announced, 

FIGHT FILMS AGAIN 

LiOs Angeles, July 10. 
Alfred Painter, of Seattle, was 
arraigned here on- a complaint 
issued by United States Commis- 
sioner Head of having transported 
the Dempsey-Tunney fight films to 
Alaska. 

Complaint followed an indictment 
in Seattle, charging transportation 
of fight films. 



EFFECTS AND SOME TALK: 

Ijos Angeles, July 10. 

"Interference" will be made by 
paramount with sound effects and 
some dialog. Hope Ix>rlng has com- 
pleted the scenario and Lother 
Mcndcs will direct. 

Evelyn Brfnt and William Powell 
aro set for the leads. 



For wur 




To insure exhibitors the high- 
est possible screen quality, 
Eastman Positive Film is made 
identifiable. The words"Eastman 
Kodak** are stencilled in black 
letters at short intervals in the 
transparent film margin. 

Specify prints on Eastman 
Film — ^look for the identifying 
words in the margin— and get the 
film that always carries quality 
through to the screen. 



EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 




LAUGHLIN A SUICIDE 



jCpast HouM Manager Shoota Him- 
aelf in L. A. Home — Was 35. 



liOfl Ang«le0, July 10. 

IjCO C. Laughlin, 86, majiag>er of 
the West Coast's Mesa theatre, 
jeommitted suicide In his home hy 
tfbooitln^ himself through the head 
:With a revolver. 

Laughlln'B body was discovered 
by George Turner, assistant man- 
Hger. of the Mesa, when thei latter 
came to call for lAughlin to go to 
a meeting of the theatre, managers' 
association. When police . arrived 
the gun was tightly clutched in 
Laughlin's hand. 

Laughlin had been connected with 
theatre management on the Coast 
for :'b.' number of years. Before 
going to the Mesa he was house 
manager at Iioew's local State and 
manager of Loew's Warfield, San 
Francisco. Laughlln's body was 
taken to the country. 

L'aughlin's widow, living in San 
V Francisco, took charge of the in- 
terment. No reason is known for 
the suicide. 



No Terms Change for 
"Kings" Film, Says Pathe 

Independent exhibitor squawks 
at having to pay a guarantee as 
high as $1,500 as well as 50 per cent 
of the receipts for "The King of 
Kings'' will meet deaf ears at Pathe. 

Colvlh Brown, vice-president in 
charge of the company under the 
Kennedy regime, says tha.t Pathe 
has always gotten a guarantee as 
well as a split on specials and will 
continue to do so. . 

Brown states h© has Investigated 
some of the complaints and found 
that in several territories, Indies 
have paid Paramount more than 
they said they could afford to turn 
over to Pathe. The gruarantee, _ of 
course, he said, works on a sliding 
scale. 



Fox Club Outing 

■The Fox Film Clulj , has set Aug.; 
25 as the date fpr its outing at In- 
dian Point below Bear Mountain. 

The trip will be made in a boat 
chartered for the occasion: 



ED MEIKEL'S 

ORGAN CLUB 

HARDING THEATRE 

I J 2th Week and Still Crorvmg 




Senator 
Theatre 
Sacramento 



HI-YALLER TRIO 

Patsy Hunter, Dorothy 
Yoes, Flora Washington 

FEATDRBD WITH 
TANCHON AND MABCO'S 
"HI-YALLER IDEA" 



On Free Rent 

Chicago, July 10. 
Reported here that the Vendome 
theatre, catering to colored aud- 
iences with films, is being operated 
on a. free rent basis. The owner is, 
the Chicago Theatre Co. 

Operators are- reported having 
been in the red for some time and 
rather than have the house dark the 
owners agreed to give free rent. 

BEPEATS AS PRESIDENT 

Kansas City, July 10. 
At the 10th annual convention of 
the Motion Picture Theatre Owners' 
Association of Kansas, held at 
Wichita, R. R. Bleschle, Kansas 
(Dlty, Kan., was reelected president 
for his fifth term. 

Other officers are John Tackett, 
Coffeyville, and Mat Gleason, Kan- 
sas City, Mo., directors. 



Magazine Ada increaae 

Magazine advertising continues 
to show an intrease in business 
over that of newspapers, records of 
the Department of Commerce In 
Washington disclose. 

Increase for magazines was 2^3 
per cent for the flrst four months 
of 1928, as compared with that 
period last year. Newspapers 
dropped 2.9 per cent, during the 
same period. 

Magazines carried 12,242,000 lines 
for the four inonths this year,, as 
compared witb 11,962,000 linos last 
year. The newspapers had 397,- 
2'r8.o60 lines this year and 409,083. - 
000 lines last year during the first 
four months. ■ 



madei a auccess of hla product 
through advertising. Besides men- 
tioning how good Pino Tree Soap 
is, and the fact that he sold a mil- 
lion cakes the first year, Yan got 
about four cents a word for the 
article. All of which he considers 
a pretty good break. 



•Times"' French Accenta 

The recent New York "Times" 
order that orthographic signs are 
to be used over all words of French 
oHgin, the sajne as in the original 
French, Is giving Its plant workers, 
from editorial men tO| compositors, 
headaches. The algu, grave and 
circumflex accents are used, and 
without a knowledge of French It's 
difficult to place them In their real 
positions. If at all> The "Times" 
Is about the only. English newspaper 
In this country using the, ortho- 
graphic signs, but It believes it 
desirable because of its class 
readers. 



evepost/' la to be brought out lix 
book form by I/>ng7ndns, Green &. 
Co. It's understood Lloyd assigned 
all royalties to Stout, he getting also) 
all the ' serial rights money irony 
the "Satevepost/' 

Morris N. Ask, who compiled the> 
"Who's Who In journalism" last 
year, has brought out second edi-i 
tion of the volume and plans to) 
make It an annual. It sells at $5 at 
copy. 



CHASWIGE LEAVES SAENGER'S 

New Orleans, July 10. 
Aubrey Chadwlck has stepped 
out as managing director of the 
Saenger theatre here. He had been 
with the organization 10 years. 

Maurice Barr, in charge of all 
local Saenger houses, will person- 
ally take chargfe of the house for 
the next few months. 



BETAKES FOE SPECIAL 

lios Angeles, July 10. 

United Artists la making retakes 
on Norma Talmadge's "The Womr 
an Disputed." Film was completed 
a month ago. 

The reported reason for the rer 
takes is a desire to convert the pic- 
ture Into a special Instead of a 
programer. . 



After Hershfield'a Job 

With tlie reported dernlse of 
Harry Hershfield, a. cloak-and-suiter 
and .quite a rounder, but not the 
Harry Hershfield, the "Able" car- 
toonist and colvrmn conductor, the 
Hearst office received a flock of 
bids from contemporary newspaper- 
men for Her sh field's berth as the 
Broadway col,, conductor. The 
cloak-and-suiter who died while 
dancing as he stated he preferred 
to die, incidentally, was the cause 
of no small annoyance to the news- 
paperman Hershfield through name 
similarity. . 

Being Identically named, and 
traveling hot dissimilar routes, . the 
rounder on occasions was mis- 
taken for the newspaperman and 
treated accordingly. 



Hascoe's Part Time Job 

Burton Rascoe, • who recently 
stepped out as editor of the "Book- 
man," has a paxt- time job. Rascoe 
has become a member of the edi- 
torial board of the Literary Guild, 
one of the book-of-the-month clubs. 
He fills the post left vacant by Zona 
Gale, the novelist, and Dr. Glenh 
Frank, the college president and 
syndicate newspaper editorialist, 
both of whom stepped out recently 
for disputed reasons. 

Wally Bishop's Principle 

WaJly Bishop,, comic strip artist 
who draws "The Golf Bug," was 
badly beaten up in a West 48th 
street speakeasy last week by a 
stranger who accosted him and ob- 
jected to Wally's diminutive mus- 
tache. The. inoffensive artist laughed 
it off, bought the pugnacious in- 
truder a shot, then walked with him 
to the door, whereupon the bully 
set on hirii and cut his face to rib 
bons. . 

A policeman arrested the aggres- 
sor, an ex-pug, but Bishop refused 
to go through because if he testified 
he would have had to name where 
and when the assault took placC; 
and he wouldn't tip off . 



Macy-Masius, book . publishing: 
house, headed by GeOrge Macy, who* 
devotes much time to concpctlng; 
pieces for F. P. A.'s column in the 
New York "World," has merged with 
the Vanguard Press. The two houses 
will retain their individualities, thO' 
merger being figured for a saving 
on joint sales work and like details. 

Sleanor Barnes, dramatic editor 
of the Los Angeles "Illustrated. 
Daily News," is away on vacation 
for ft few weeks in the east. 

During her absence Jack Stratton,. 
her assistant, 13 taking care of the 
reviews and. chatter columns under 
a byline. 



Barred from tlje film trade paper 
fleld under its sale of "Moving Pic- 
ture World" to Martin J. Quigley,. 
publisher of "Exhibitors' Herald," 
the Chalmers Publishing Company 
is branching' Into the rug field. Com-- 
pany has taken over the "Oriental! 
Rug Magazine." 



Academy's Official Mag 

The Aca,demy of Motion Picture 
Arts and Sciences Is planning to 
adopt the HoUywopd Magazine, now 
a combination community and mo 
tlon picture fan weekly, as its ofll 
cial publication. The academy will 
control the minority stock with the 
F. A. Hartwell Publishing Co. re 
malnlng as conductor. 

The magazine is about seven years 
old and started under, the name 
"Holly Leaves.'* E. R. Moak, former 
eastern newspaperman,, is managing 
editor. 



B. B. Van on Advertising 
Billy B Van, who has about re- 
tired from the stage to devote his 
time to the manufacture of his Pine 
Tree Soap, has an article in the 
current Issue of "Printer's Ink," the 
advertisers' weekly, under his own 
name. In which he tells how he 




THE GREATEST BOX OFFICE DRAW IN THE WORLD 



MARY and MARGARET 



Gene. Markey's First . 

Gene Markey, Chicago literary 
editor and caricaturist, , as well as 
short story writer, has flniished his 
first novel. It Will be brought out 
next, season by DOubleday-Doran. 
One of Markey's recent stories, 
"Listen Baby,-' written In collabo- 
ration with Elsie Janis, Is now In 
production by DeMiUe ias a starring 
picture for Lina Basquette. 




America's ONLY Native Bom 





AND thejs=^jiqt:her 



The Only Mother to Ever Survive the Birth 

of Such Twins 



King Cover Artists 

Among the new cover artists en 
gaged by King Features Syndicate 
(Hedrst Syndicates) are Jefferson 
Machamer ("Judge, Jr.") and Rus 
sell Patterson. Don . Herold has 
joined the comic strip staff, which 
also recently took on Gene Carr and 
"Bud" Counihan. 



TedMarks 

'WHISTLING COMEDIAN' 

A Great Idea 
Featured in 

Fancbon and Marco Ideas 



Dir. WM. MORRIS AGENCY 



CHARLEY MYERS 

The Boy With the 
RUBBER LEGS 

Now w/ith Fanchon and Marco's 

"MARS" IDEA 



STADLER and ROSE 

FEATURED WITH 

FANCHON AND MARCO'S 
"SPANGLE IDEA" 



Biirkhardt's Air Serial 

Robert F. Burkhardt, news editor 
for the Los Angeles "Record," has 
sold, the newspaper serial rights to 
"Sea Wings," aviation novel based 
on the.Dole flight, to the Bell Syndl- ' 
cate of New York. 

Burkhardt writes under the pen 
name of Rob Cden. 



Ripley's Colation 

Bob Ripley, the newspaper car- 
toonist, said to be one of the most 
copied stylists In the profession, 
and whose feature "Believe It or 
Not" has been a standard, for many 
years, is ga,thering the best of his 
pieces to be published in book form. 
He Is negotiating with Simon and 
Schuster for publication. 



DICK 



MAKGVERITB 



SAUNDERS and JONES 

DANCERS 
wrrn fanchon and marco'S 
"Hl-YALLER IDEA" 

Dick Saunders, Master of Cercmonle* 

at iioew'a Stfite 



EVANS 



and 



WEAVER 

FEATURED WITH 
FANCIION AND MARCO'S 
"H^YALLER IDEA" 



Silas Bent, who left the editorial 
staff, of the New York "Times" to 
devote himself to free lance writ- 
ing, has taken a place on Long 
Island, overlooking the Sound, where 
ihe is completing a book on politics 
to be called "Strange Bedfellows." 
'Silas Is the gent who wrote the 
rocently-publlshed "Ballyhoo," in 
which ho said, some nice and some 
not so nice things about the news- 
paper business and n&wspapors. 



O. Ij. (Doc) HciU, one of the tl\rcc 
owners of the Chicago "Journal" 
who lately sold that dally, is going 
on a throe yonrs' vacation. The 
flrst year will be spent in Africa 
and the ensuing two in' Europe. 



STANLEY and BIRNES 

An Idea of Merit 

Featured In a 

FANCnON AND MARCO IDEA 

"SPANGLES" 

Direction WM. MORRIS AC.ENCT 



"MITEY" 



ANN LEAF 

AT THE WURLITZER 
nOUtEVARD, tOS^AN<iEI.BS. 



the autobiography of Harold 
Tilcyd*. AvriUon in collaboration with 
Wcsloy AVinans Stout, and which 
ran sevhilly recently in the "Sat- 



"TIIE HALF-PINT OF BIyUES" 



N O ES 

SCHILLER 

IlendllnInK for Fiinchon and Marco 
Indeflnitply 



flriWKteesaay, Jidy 11, 1928 



VARIETY 



19 



TAKE GLEN COVE 

LONG ISLAND 



9 




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M-G-M STARTS OFF 
NEW SEASON WITH 
HITS! HITS! HITS! 



When Galderone opened his palatial 
2,000 seat Coye Theatre, in Glen 
Cove, L. I., he naturally bought the 
Metro • Goldwyn • Mayer produce 
and now plays M'G'M throughout 
hiis Long Island circuit. Wherever, 
you see the big new theatres you'll 
find M-G'M pictures playing. In 
Glen Cove the smaller and older 
house plays other pictures. 



Septevober ist 

WILLIAM HAINES m 
EXCESS BAGGAGE 

From the great stage play. It is one 
of tWe greatest motion pictures 
ever made. 

September 8th 

OUR DANCING 
DAUGHTERS 

with JOAN CRAWFORD 



Daily Review s^ysT v "Just about the 
masterpiece of the younger genera- 
tion theme. A mop-up any way 
you look at it." 

September 15th 

LON CHANEY in 
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS 

Those who have seen ft declare it 
could run on Broadway at $2.00 
admission! 

September 22nd 

THE BELLAMY TRIAL 

- Monta Bell has created the most 
ingenious screen mystery of all time' 
from the famed Saturday Evening 
Post serial and novel, 

September 2gth 

BUSTER KEATON in 
THE CAMERA MAN 

His first comedy under M-G-M 
auspices since the days of '/The 
Navigator." It will be the laufeii 
sensation of *28-79, 






— and t 


hat's just the start 


of the ft 


m for next season! 



THE BIG, NEW CALDERONE 
THEATRE PICKED M-G-M 
FROM ALL PRODUCTS- 

— i^s scnmd bminessl 

EXHIBITORS buy security 
WITH M'G'M's great star line-up 
EVERY week' you realize it 
WHEN you put up in your 

MARQUEE lights 

A star name- that draws — 
IN the outstanding hits I 

Oh baby^ M-G-M is Inocking 'em dead with its usual season's- 
end /bsK-"COSSACKS" (Gilbert), "TELLING THE 
WORLD". (Haines), ','CARDBOARD LOVER" (Davies), 
VFOUR WALLS" (Gilbert), "MYSTERIOUS LADY 
(Garbp).^ Alsa "WHITE SHADOWS in The South Seas." 
Opens soon'at AstoT, N. Y., at $2! 



METRO -GOLDWYN 

More than ever the Talk of ihe Industry 




to 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



I 

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And teire 



is still another Selling An^lc on 




The cast names alone would sell the 
public on "The Barker." 

THREE stars for the jpricc of ONE! 

When people sec not one, but three, 
such f avorites as Milton Sills, Dorothy 
Mackaill and Betty Compson in a sin- 
gle picture they know they'll gejt an 
entertainment bargain. 

Hfich strong enough to star alone. . . . 
But First National has combined them 
to give "The Barker" super-vaiue! 

And Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Sylvia 
Ashton and George Cooper in fea- 
tured roles. 

Add the reputation of GEORGE 
FITZMAURICE, director of such 
famous hits as "The Dark Angel" and 
"Night of Love." . . . 

Then decide whether all these great 
names should be featured rather than 
the smashing story — the fame of "The 
Barker" as a stage hit— or the lure of 
the picturesque carnival atmosphere 
that pervades the picture. 



; 'If f> i 



tlCIO IW 




FOR SELECTION OF THE BEST OF THE FOUR GREAT 
SALES APPEALS OF THIS UNUSUAL PICTURE 




Here is the 4th and last of the 
four outstanding Selling Angles 
on "The Barker," which we have 
described in four successive trade 
advertisements. 

Compare it with Selling Angle No. 
1 which appeared in July 6th Fi7m 
Daily, Selling Angle No. 2 in July 
7th Motion Picture News, a^nd 
No. 3 in July 11th Film Daily. 

Then tell us in 250 words or less 
which of the four yon think has 



the strongest pull for advertising 
and exploitation, and why. 

FIRST NATIONAL WILL PAY 
^25 EACH TO THE WRITERS OlF 
THE TWO BEST LETTERS AND 
^10 EACH TO THE WRITERS OF 
THE NEXT FIVE BEST. 

Whether you win a prize or not 
you will clean up when you play 
*!Thc Barker". This is one of the 
sweetest naturals ever turned out 
on a motion picture lot. The four 
Selling Angles show you why. 



Only dbcatre owncri cud matueers are •ligible.^ ' " 

Mail your answer not later than July 30th, addreaced to Adver 
tliiiiB Managef Natiotraf Picturw^^ 

Three executives of this company v/iW act as judges, fn case 
of a tic for any one of the 7 prizes, the same . awarcf will be 
given to both contestants. 

The winning letters will be published in the trade journals' 
at the earliest possible date. 

Free copies of the complete set of advertisemenrs in this con' 
tes^ will be sent on rcqueil. 

First National Picfurcs, Inc. 




Wednesday, July 11,1928 



PI C T U R E S 



VARIETY 



21 



COAST NOTES 



Derelys Perdue opposite Rob 
Curwood in "The Forbidden 
Range," U. 

Jack McDonald, added to "Show 
Boat," U. • 

Louise Carver and Al Ferguson, 
added to the : "Wolyos of the 
City," U. ■. , 

In "My Man," W. B., Guinn Wil- 
liams, Edna Murphy, Andre de 
Segurola and . Richard . Tucker. 
Archie Mayo directing, 

H. Griffith to direct "The Office 
gcandal," Pathe. . 

Pact that Laura Xia Plante Is one 
picture ahead of schedule oh U's 
1928-29 program makes It possible 
for her to play In "3how Boat." 

George: Marshall, production head 



West Coast Motion Picture 
Directory of Players, Direc- 
tors and Writers 



Titles by 

MALCOLM 
STUART 
BOYLAN 

FOX 



of Van Beuren-Amedce, making the 
first two-part "Smitty" film. Don- 
ald Haines is in the title role with 
Jack Coombs and Maude Truax 
among cast. 



Lucion Prival,' added to "Do Your 
Duty," F. N. 



James Murray, 
Shakedown," U. 
directing. 



nddPd to "The 
William Wyler 



Norman Taur6g, *sIgiiod by Fox 
to direct one feature length com- 
edy. Then returns to T-S to direct 
"Squad's Right."" 



Albert Dcmond, titling "The Man 
Disturber," and Walter Anthony 
titling "The Girl on the Barge," U. 



Paul Perez, alternating on titles 
between T-S and Sennott studios. 



Rose Dione, added to 
Zanzibar," M-G. 



Ethel Wales, added to 
the Devil/' M-G. 



'West of 



"Mask of 



are under way. One, "3 A, M.," is 
directed by William Conselman. In 
the ca.st are Sammy Cohen, lU-ii 
Bard, Jack Ponnick, Tyler Brooke 
and.Marjorio Beebe. Harry Delf ia 
al.so directing "Myistoriuus Mansion," 
featuring Sumner (I'uilgy) Gctchell 
and Toy Gallaghor. 



William Demarest added to 
Wrecking Boss," FN. 



"The 



Jack Cunjiingham' to write screen 
treatment for "The Vikings," Tech- 
nicolor, 



picture for First National, Includes 
ClKulo.s Dclaney, Donald Ueevo, 
Kutf I'rico, James Finlayson and 
G won Lee. Al Santell diroL-ling. 



Norman Taurog assigned to di- 
rect, "Siiuads Right" for Tiffany- 
Stahl. Co-feat'tn-ing Eddie Gribbon 
and (loorge E. Stone. 



Ili'ihla Hopper 
gotten Faces." 



for. Par's "For- 



wuy, IJen lX)bbinSi Rod Baasett, Gu." 
Wadlow, Jack ^5hannon, Ben Cor- 
bott, Slim Lucas, John Eubanks and 
Sid Sailnr. .lark Nelson directing 
.^orial started July 2. 



Norman Z. McLeod titling "The 
Air Circus;" Fox. . 



Charlotte Walker added to "An- 
napolis," M-G. 



Mary May berry signed by FBO to 
be opposite Bob Steele in vsplrit of 
Youth." 



Kathryn McGuIro added to "The 
nordor Wild Cat," directed . bv l^oy 
Tiiylor. U. Tom London and Wil- 
liam Malon also. 



,Toi-lii>h Meyer and D'Arcy Corri- 
gan for. "The Last Warning." U. .. 



ir has boiight Peter B. Kync's 
"Light and Darkness," a magazine 
story. 

.J;vmes Hall addod to "Th(> Canary 
Murder Case" (Pai-). Mai St. Clair 
will direct. 

"The Play (Joes, On,'' ir, 'paul 
Fejos dirccling. Starts July 15. 

Mary Nolan's fir.st starrinj? film 
for U ia "Come Across.'! Goes into 
work about Aug.- 15, William Wyler 
directing. 



Madame Sohumann-ITeink will 
hi.iko two Vitaphone iihns for War- 
ners. 



Belle' Bennett's second starring 
picture for Tiffany-Stahl will be 
"The Power of Silence" an original 
story by Frances Hyland. Wallace 
Wqrsley will direct. 



Estelle Taylor will play opposite 
Ralph' Ince in "Shanghai Mutiny." 
Ince will ia,lso direct. FBO. 




JOHN F. 
GOODRICH 



FREE 
LANCING 



SpeciallEinK in 
(Mi^nalB, Adaptations with 

OMENTAL SEHINGS 

Available for Technical Work on 
Oriental, South Seas and Alaskan Pictures 

RALPH PARKER 

C/o "VABIKTT," Jj. A. 



SENSATIONAL DANCERS 

Four Govans 

Featured with 
FANCHON and MABCO'S 

"HI-YALLER IDEA" 



NOW! 



1VEST COAST'S BROAD WA'T 
PORTLAND, ORIS. 



AURIOLE 



GRAVEN 

FKATUBKD IN 

. ^*DANCING FEET" 

Now — Metropolitan, Houston 



"Tong War" Wallace Beery's next 
for Par.,' Joseph. "Von Sternberg 
directing. 



Alma Rubens added to I'Mask of 
the Devil" (M-G), 



Gustav Von Seyffertitz in "Docks 
of New Yofk" (Par.). 



Delia Peterson opposite Bob Cur- 
wood in "A Western Wallop" (U.). 



W. N. Bailey added 
Front" (F. N.). 



to "Water 



Wade Boteler added 
Wrecking Boss" (F. N.). 



to "The 



Edna May opposite "Poodles" 
Hannaford in comedy series for 
Weiss Bros., Les Goodwin directing. 



Wesley Ruggles to direct ""WTiy 
Girls Walk Home" (U.). Produce 
tion starts Sept. 1. 



W. B. will do "The Redeeming 
Sin" as a "Vitaphone special for the 
hew program. Conrad Nagel and 
Dolores Costello featured. Howard 
Bretherton directing. 



. "Rough Ridin' Red," title of Buzz 
Barton's next for FBO. Louis King 
directing. 



Another circus story, . "The 
Spieler," is headed for the screen 
with Ralph Block as associate pro- 
ducer. Picture is to be released Jan. 

Alan Hale and Jacqueline Logan 
n cast. 



Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 
making a comedy at th© Roach lot. 
Jay Parrott directing; 



Allen Garcia added to "Morgan's 
Last Raid," M-G. 



A. George Volck, former assistant 
manager of DeMille studio, named 
production manager of the unit 
created to make the Pathe picture 
to be started early in the fall by 
Cecil DeMllle. Unit will be inde- 
pendent of studio administration. 



Five new serlalis are listed by 
Pathe for release: "Terrible People," 
Aug. 5: "Kagle of the Night," Oct. 
14; "The Fire Detective," Dec. 23; 
'Tiger's. Shadow^" March 3, and 
■Queen of the Northwoods," May 12. 



Alfred Fisher added- to "Romance 
•of a Rogue,'' Quality. 



Bodil Rosing added to "The Fleet's 
In," Par. 



"The World Tomorrow," based on 
100 years hence, is to be made' by 
U with sound. Paul Fejos slated to 
direct. 



Earle iToxe added to "The Fog," 
Fox. 

. -■ . . » 

Lilyan Tashman added to "Take 
Me Home," Par. 



Gretel Toltz added to c&st of 
"Beautiful But Dumb" for Tiffany 
Stahl. Elmer Clifton directing. 



Production on "Cohens and Kellys 
in Atlantic City" will start at Uni- 
versal July 15. Willlafn J. Craft di- 
recting. Most of the story will be 
filmed in Atlantic City. . 



Fred Stanley and James Gruen 
have completed their second original 
for Fox, titled "Riley the 'Cop," to 
star FarreTl MacDonald. John Ford 
directing. , 



Helerie Costello added to F. B. 
O.'s "The Circus Kid." George B. 
Seitz directing. 



Alma Rubens and Polly Ann 
Young added to M-G-M's "War in 
the Dark." Starring John Gilbert. 



Robert Harris at M-G-M studio 
has been assigned as a writer to the 
Clarence Brown unit. 



Hedda Hopper added to Para.'s 
"Forgotten Faces," Victor Schert- 
zinger directing. 



Dorothy Mackaill hia.s decided her 
marital bonds to Lothar Mendes, 
picture director, are irksome. Her 
lawyer has filed a complaint charg- 
ing Mendes with mental cruelty. 

Hollywood got the blame for the 
separation betwfien Jim Tully, hobo 
author, and his wife. The pair made 
up their differences and are now 
back together in their King's road 
home. 



At Fox two synchronized shorts 



William Bakewell added to "An- 
napolis." W. Christy Cabenee di- 
recting. Pathe -DeMille. 



"The Little Wild Cat," to be di 
rected by Ray Enrlght, will be- a 
Vitaphone dialog talker for Warner 
Brothers. Those so far chosen for 
the cast include Audrey Ferris, 
James Murray, Doris . Dawson, 
George Fawcett, Claud GlUing 
water and Hallam Cooley. 



Supporting Al Jolson In "The 
Singing Fool," Warner Brothers, 
Lloyd Bacon, director, are Betty 
Bronson, Josephine Dunn, Reed 
Howse, Arthur Housman, Edward 
Martindale and David Lee. 



Dwight Cummins now writing 
continuity of "The Baggage 
Smasher," Victor McLaglen's next 
for Fox. Marta Alba opposite. 



Charles Murray returned to the 
First National studios after six 
weeks' vacation in east. His next, 
"Do Your Duty," directed by Wil 
liam Beaudine. 



Colleen Moore and company of 40 
In Santa Barbara where exteriors 
for "Oh, Kay," will be filmed. Mer 
vyn Le Roy directing. 



Complete" 'cast' ^f^ "The SHCW 
Girl," Alice White's first starring 



"Cr.aig's Wife," Pathe, will.be re- 
eased Sept. 23. Irene Rich is in the 
itle role. 



U has bought Inez Gregg's "Why 
Girls Walk Home." Edward Rug 
glcs is expected to direct. . 



Owing to the rapid expansion of 
the technical department and the 
library on the Fox lot, the entire 
upper floor of the administration 
building has been turned ^er to 
them. William Darling, technical 
director, has been given the north 
wing, and Frances Richardson 
librarian, the south wing. 



. Edward ..Slom;in unit has returned 
to the .IJ studios afU'r six weeks on. 
"The Girl on tlio UiirRo" at Glens 



Olga Baclonova, recently signed 
to a long term contract by Par- 
amount, will be Identified from -hoyr 
on a.s just Baclonova; 



Polly Ann Young, under contract 
to M-G for her first important part 
in "The Devil's Mask" after spend- 
ing foui; months In atmosphere and 
bit parts. Miss Young is the young- 
est sister of Loretta Young and 
Sally Blaine. 



Warner Baxter for 
zibar," M-G. 



'West of Zam- 



Baclonova, Oscar Apfel and Bud 
Fine added to "Docks of New York," 
Par. 



BENNY 



MEROFF 



CUTE, EH! 




Warren Doane and James Perrett 
in San Diego to arrange for next 
Laurel-Hardy comedy, Roach. 



In "The Junior Year," U's colle- 
gian series, George Lewis, Eddie 
Phillips, Churchill Ross, Tiny Han- 
Ion, Dorothy Gulliver, Yvonne How- 
ell, Hayden Stevenson, Jack Selwyn, 
Alice Howell, Harry Lorraine, and 
Frank Lanning. 



Final preparations being made for 
filming "The Rainbow," T-S, Reg- 
inald Barker directing. 



Marcia Hariss added to "Brotherly 
Tjove," M-G, Charles Reisner direct- 
ing. 



Gladys McConnell opposite Ken 
Maynard in "The 'Glorious Trail," 
FN. 



Breaking All Records 

Marks Bros. Granada 

and 

Marbro Theatres, 
Chicago, 111., Indefinitely 

Exclusive Okeh Recording Artist 



Michigan Vaude Mgrs. Ass'n 
Charlie MACK 

Booking the most extensive clrcutt 
of vaudeville and presentation the- 
atres between New York and Chicago- 
Michigan Theatre BIdg. 
DETROIT 
Standard Acts, Write or Wire 
ASK I'EARIi nnd GU8 



Seena Owen for "Sinners In Love" 
for FBO, George Melford directing. 



Jean Laverty 
Fleet's In," Par. 



added to "The 



Complete cast for "The My.'itery 
Ridor," TJ, starring William Des- 
mond; i.S' DPrclys "PCTdue; Tom Lon- 
don, Bud Osborne, Walter Shum- 



Master of Ceremonies 

WALT 

ROESNER 

CAPITOL, NEW YORK 



CICAS. 



PBGOT 



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fltnrtlnir Tlilrrt CoiisooHtlvo Tour with 
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THE PARISIAN REDHEADS 



WITH 



BOBBIE GRICE 



THE BLUE BELLES 

WITH 

JEAN RANKIN 





WE MAY HAVE WHAT YOU NEED 

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VARIETY 



PICT U R E S 



Wednesaay, July 'll, 19^6 



F.alls, N. T. Company was sehed- 
ulcd to Hppnd throe- weeks cast but 
vere hai-dicappcd with bad weather. 



Added to "Mo Gangster" (Fox): 
Kobert Terry, Arthur Stone, Nifrel 
Pe Brullore, G. Herbert Ashtbn and 
Jano Pctortj. 



Bud Duncan opposite and Earl 
Montsomory directing-. 



Starlintr date on "Sal of Singa- 
pore" and "The OUlce Scandal,'.' 
botli scheduled a.s Thyllis Haver 
starring pictures, Pathc, will depend 
on which is finished flrst.. 



. Robert. Peck added to "Prep a:nd 
Pep" (Fox). 



Anita Stewart opposite Henry B. 
Warner in "Romance of a. Rogue" 
(Quality). 



Thelma Hill at FEO on a series 
of ."Toots and Casper" pictures, 




Pauline Garon. In "Tho Candy 
Kid," ijulcpc.ndent. Rex L/case op- 
posite, and X^avid Kirkland direct- 
ing. ■ 

Crau Curd Kent added to "Show 
Follws," I'athe., : ■ 

IJort Woodruff added to "Marked 
Mon'oy," Pa;tho. 



Wid dunning supervising and Ben 
Christcnsen directing "The Haunt- 
ed House," F. N. Production starts 
July 15.. 

Nancy- Drexel and David Rollins, 
juvenile leads for "Riley tlae Cop," 
Fox, Starts in work July .9. 



House Peters and Leroy Mason 
in Technicolor's synchronized fea- 
ture, "Leif the Lucky.V 



Billy Seay . for "My Man," W. B, . 



Production oil "Red Hot Speed" 
U, starts July 23. 



MASTER OF CEREMONIES 

TO THK 

MASTER OF CEREMONIES 

With "LEVEE LOVERS" 

This week: S«nate, Cblcago. 
A Fublix unit. 

"Variety" review : "Registering as 
the distinct. ■ hit of the show was 
Jack Joyce." 

J>troetl<HK. WIUJAM MORRIS 



Zaau Pitts in "Sins of 'the Fatb ■ 
ers," Par. 

WlUiam Wyler starts "The 
Shakedovi^n," U, July 16. Players 
are James Murray, . Wheeler Oak- 
man, Harry Gribben and Jack Ray 
mond. 



In *TPh« Sky Ranerer," KducatlonaJ. 



Hoiui Fnlop and WW CJhappell 
hav© signed to write for U. 



•TPatlence." Cast Includes John 
Westwood, Marlon Douglas, Roy 
Laldlow and Tack Singleton. Wal- 
lace WorsQly directing. 



Harry PoUard and his "Show 
Boat" crew are at Sacramento on a 
location hunt Bahy Jan© Laveme 
has been added to the cast. 



j;. druhb Alexander, writing 
adaptation and continuity of "Come 

Across,'* U. This la Mary Nolan's 
first staring picture. 



Howard Estabrook, writing con- 
tinuity for "Hard Boiled Angel" for 
Gary Cooper and Nancy Carroll, 
Par. 



Tuny Marshall, added to ;"Allas 
Jimmy ValenUne." M-Q. Jack Con- 
way directing. 



Richard Cummlngs and Roscoo 
Ward added to "West of Zanzibar," 
M-Q. 



iPaul Perez, loaned by T-S to 
Pathe to do UUes for "Captain 
Swagger." 

Janet Gaynor has returned, to the 
Pox studios after a brief vacation 
at Monterey. 

Pathe has In prepara;tIon "Marked 
Money," sot for a July 16 start; 
"Sal of Singapore," July 23, and 
"Ned McCobb's Daughter" Aug. 2. 



Chester Conklin added to Par- 
amount's chorus girl story which 
Dorothy Arzner will direct. 



COAST SUEE SEATEE DARK 

Iios Angeles, July 10. 

After running exactly two months 
and two days tho Filmarte theatre 
In Hollywood, sure scater, clo.sod. 
West Coast Hollywood Theatres cir-r 
cult operated. 

Inability to book suitable pictures 
Is blamed for the shut down. 



Marley Studying Direction 

Lids Angeles, July 10. 
» Peverell Marley, formerly head 
cameraman for Cecil DeMillo, Is 

studying to becorne a director. He 
Is on various sets at Pathe an ob- 
8erv6r and getting a chance to di- 
rect minor sequences now and then. 



Leonard Praskins writing "The 
Leathernecks" for Pathe and Will- 
1am Bo^•d, Alan Hale and Robert 
Arinstrong. 



Joe Boyle will direct "Tirties 
Square" for Gotham. 



In "Harold of Hollywood," U, are 
Lillian Gllmore, Charles King and 
Arthur Thalasso. 



In "Stop Kidding," Christie, un- 
der direction of Walter Grahani, 
Jlmmle Harlson, Billy Engle and 
Ella Mackenzie. 



Lowell Sherman, added to "The 
Love .Song," U. A. 



Leslie Fenton, added to "The Play 
Goes On," now entitled. Paul Fejos 
directing. 

Marjorie Daw and Roy- Stewart, 



Jack Dionovan, added to "Spirit 
of Youth," FBO. Jerome Storm di- 
recting. 

Tola D'Avrll, added to "THe 
Wrecking Boss," F. N, 

Josef von Sternberg, to direct 
Wallace ©eery In "Tong War," Par. 



Production has started on 
"Singapore Mutiny," FBO, Ralph 
Ince heads cast supported by 
Estelle Taylor, Jantves Mason, Grad 
ner James, William Irving, Rose 
Gore, Mary Allen and Carl Axzell 
Ince also directing. 



T-S has started on its second 
Belle Bennett picture, now called 



Roscoe Karns added to "Moran 
of the Marines," Par. 



Robert Bolder added to "The 
Single Man." M-G. . 



Gene Arthur and Jack Luden for 
"Sins pf the Father," Par, 



Lionel Belmore and Warner Rich- 
mond added to "The Redeeming 
Sin," W. B. 



Francisco Maran added to "Last 
Warning," U. 



Bruce Mitchell directing "In Line 
of Duty,"U, starring Edwin Cobb. 
In cast: Lotus Torhpson, Bill Patton 
and John Webb Dillon. , 



Lo Rayne DuVal placed under op- 
tional contract by U; 



Quality will star Jacqueline Lo- 
gan in "The Lookout Girl," slated 
to start July 19. 



NOW 

In His Seventh Month 

RUBE 
WOLF 



And in the Middle of July 

Smashed AH Box Office 
Records at 
LOEWS WARFIELD 
SAN FRANCISCO 




ROSE VALYDA 




"A SONG SURPRISE" 



LUELLA - - - KATHERYNE 

JANET 

SISTERS 



TWO LimE GIRLS AUKF 

Thanks to MAX TURNER chM°Sff!ce 




"A 
MOVIE 
PARTY" 
A 

PUBLIX 

(White) 

UNIT 

Produced and Staged by' 
JACK LAUGHLIN 



WILMA 



JOY 



'Xalifornia's Sensational Acrohatic Toe Dancer" 



CHIEF EAGLE FEATHER 

"THE WORLD'S ONLY AMERICAN INDL\N TAP DANCER" 

Thanks to MAX TURNER, WM. MORRIS Chicago Office 



URRAY and ALAN 

flwnkTto MAX TURN^^ 




MARTIN 

"THE FOOTLOOSE BUTLER" 




Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



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*VARI*ETY^ " Wednesday, July 11, 1988 

unfounded rumor ! 



The absolutely unfounded 
rumor has been circulated 
that FBO is to make pictures 
of an inferior quality. 

THIS — m the very face of facts 
that blaze denial: 

Such as the booking by ROXY, 
world's greatest showman, 
who, sifting and weighing 
values, brushes, aside other 
first run product and picks 
"HIT OF THE SHOW," 
FBO '28-'29 Special, as one 
outstanding production to master 
the summer's sweltering heat!— 

Such as the booking by UNITED 
ARTISTS' THEATRES, Los An- 
geles and Detroit, of "THE PER. 
FECT GRIME," • . . Another of 
FBO'S '28.'29 Specials! 

Such as the unprecedented avalanche 
of First Run Bookings from First Run 
Houses of the Very First Magnitude! 

ROXY BOOKS FIRST QUALITY 
PICTURES! 

UNITED ARTISTS BOOK FIRST 
QUALITY PICTURES! 

K E I T H ALEE E THE AT RES ; 
THROUGHOUT THE NATION, BOOK 
FIRST QUALITY PICTURES. 

Hundreds of other First Run Theatres 
have signed up FBO 's 78' '29 Product to be 
shown in the Nation's Foremost Houses! 




The WISE SHOWMAN 

is too shrewd to be misled 

by UNFOUNDED RUMORS 



Wednesday, July 11, 19^8 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



25 



THE RACKET 

(Continued from page 13) 

moniker to a sap cub reporter, and 
Is held as a material witness. 

How Nick avenges his kid brother 
and how McQulgg finally wins out 
when the district attorney double- 
crosses Nick and has him shot as 
he attempts to escape, complete the 

thrilli.nff irarn- \ ^ ^ 

The cast was . one hundred per 
cent. Skeets Gallaehcr, with a bot- 
tle in one pocket and "Amerlcan- 
roerk" in the other,, made a re- 
iiorter's role, roll over and beg. Lee 
Morah as another legger also 
clicked. George Stone as Nick's kid 
brother made one believe in heredity: 
G Pat Collins as Johnson the copper 
whom Nick kills, probably kissed 
himself into pictures permanently 
with his portraj^l; Henry Sedley as 
Solke Corcoran was plenty tough, 
and Lucian Prlval as '^Chick" 
doomed himself to this type of role 
for ever, and ever amen. Sam de 
Grasse also landed in brackets as 
the d. a., and Burr Mcintosh got 
the back of his head into the opus. 
In one fladh, as the "Old Man" who 




"sprung" the boys when they got 
jammed up. 

Tom Miranda was given wide lati- 
tude with, slang and gun chatter 
and the result is the most authen- 
tic set of titles that have graced 
an underworld picture to date. The 
gorillas talk as they should and not 
as some lame-brained obstruction- 
ist thinks they should. They don't 
go to jall-^they go to the can— and 
without those diagrams the average 
super wants with any^ title in ver- 
nacular. 

And shades of Beverly Hills, 
there's no love Interest! Jmagine a 
hero who doesn't, cop a moll, in the 
last ten feet 

Boy, page the. millenium! Gori. 



THE ACTRESS 

. Metro-'Go.ldwyn-Mayer proauc'tlon and re- 
lease. Direclod' by Sidney FrankUn. Based 
on "Trelawney o( the Wells." Continuity 
and adaptation by Albert Lc'wta and Ilich- 
ard Schaycr. Titles' by Joe. Farnham. star- 
ring Norma Shearer. ' Ralph- Forbes fea- 
tured. Owen Moore featured on prdsranx 
only.. At Capitol, New York, week July 7. 
Ruiinliiff time, 07 .mlns.- , . 
Rose ' Trelawney 



Arthur. Gower. 

Tohi Wrench....... 

Sir William .Gower. 
Avonla'. ...... 

Colpoys'. . . . . . 

Gadd. 

Mrs; Teller........ 

Mr. Tc'lfor. ........ 

Mrs, Mosaop ........ 

Clara DcfoenIX; , . . . 
Captain £>efocnix... 
Trafalgar Gower. . . 



Norma Shearer 

Ralph Forbes 

Owen Moore 

.... . .. .0. 1'. lleggie 

....Gwen Lee 

IjCO Moran 

, '. . , .Roy D'Arcy 

. . . .Virginia Pearson 

.William Humphreys 
..Elflo ISilssler 
;...Andrcc Tourneur 
. . .. . .Cyril Chadwick 

. , . .Margaret . Soddon 



Conway-Titled Films 



Jack Conway (Variety) titled 
"Hit of the Show" current at 
the Roxy. In collaboration 
with Randolph Bartlett, Con- 
way also titled "Sally of the 
Sca.nd2i,l3,'' at the Hippodrome 
last week. ■ . . 

Both are FBO pictures.. 
"Stocks and Blondes," sched- 
uled for release this month, 
a.notlier FBO, was titled by the 
fiame titlet while freelancing 
on the west coast. 



HIT OF THE SHOW 

FBO production and release. Directed .by 
Ralph Ince. Joe K. Brown', featured. 
Adapted from a short story, "Notices" by 
Viola Brothers Shore. Adapter not men- 
tioned. Titles by Jock Conway. AX Roxy, 
New York, week July T. Running time 
around 60 minutes. 
"Twisty". ................. '.J'oe -IB. Brown 

Kathlyn Carson Gertrude Olmstead 



JOHN and HARRIET 




l>anclnK BpecIaltiM Tlvm Personality 
Appreolatlon to Fanohon and Marco 





CHINESE BLUES SINGER 
BECOND CONfBODTITB rBAR 

Tirrn fanchdn and makco 

Thanks to Hanr WaUin 



A KtlNSKT ENTERPJSISE 

CO-OPERATIVE 
BOOKING OFFICES, Inc. 

Uodison Theatre Bldsr., Detroit 

Can Break Acta Jumps Bast or West 

WRITE OR WIRE 
HOWARD O. PIERCE MSW KANE 



HEENE HUGHES 
ROY SMOOT 

Fciiitured ' \rlth 
PANCHON and MARCO 



Tremaine. 
Xrece. . . ... ; . , 

Goldenstein. .. ., 

Greening. ...... 

Teague. . . ... . . . 

Charlotte Van.. 
Woody. . . . . ... . . 

Barnes ; . . 

The tJlavey. 



.William Norton Bailey 

Gertrude' As lor 

...,;...,...Ole M. Neas 
, . .'. . , .I-iCe Shumway 
.William Francis Dugani 
............ .lone Holmes 

.......... .liCRoy Mason 

...Pranlc. Mills 
.Daphne Pollard 



place with the pirl to do thpir com- 
edy Apache instead, and. making 
the hit of the show. 

After gettingr the hit. Brown's 
heart gave out and he died the same 
night in the managers' olHce. .Prob- 
ably they didn't know what olse 
to do with him or how to end the 
picture. 

During the picture's Unreeling the 
orchestra played "Liaugh, Clovvn, 
Ijaugh." It's a good song and mel- 
ody but was never intended for; the 
theifie song of a comedy play; ' If 
the picture is cued for that number, 
it had better be altered. 

Jack Conway's captions are aptly 
worded to blend with scenes draw- 
ing laughs according to situations. 

No one other than those men- 
tioned warrants special mention ex- 
cept Gertrude Astor as the land- 
lady. She did quite nicely. Rest 
wiBre fillers, with each owning dress 
clothes. A couple of mob scenes 
were employed. No special setting 
but the star dressing room seemed 
to run the length of the studio. 

Mr. Brown might be better fitted 
the next time. He has a homely 
but attractive face. As his busi- 
ness Is making fun, that might be 
the main line of his next story, in- 
cluding permission for him to mugg 
all over, the lot if it's laughs .that: 
are wanted. 



Mr. Carson .......Cosmo Kyrlo Bellow 



Though Pinerb's brilliant 'stage 
production contains a large supply 
of dramatic and humorous situations 
tranisferable to the screen for all of 
their value, the directorial head of 
this screen effort has not riealized 
on the Rbssibilities to the fullest ex- 
tent. As a result, with Norma 
Shearer unattractive in the early 
parts of the picture owing to the 
strange makeup and camera treat- 
ment which sharpens and ages her 
features, the picture cannot be rated 
a strong draw generally, despite the 
prominence of the star, though it 
should do ihoderiate business in 
most cases. 

In New York, at the Capitol, the 
picture stands a eood chance. Also 
in other good show towns where the 
picture theatre public will be able to 
appreciate the comedy. It is to be 
feared, however, that in a majority 
of instances the comedy will not 
register because it is tob well done, 
too finely drawn, for the average 
movie fan. Nor will the dramatic 
situations register except in the first 
class houses only. That Is because 
the story has not been overdrawn 
and the problems, are settled natur- 
ally but too easily. 

In this house Miss Shefirer's ef 
forts aa a comedienne met with 
light but noticeable returns. It is 
doubtful If' all bther audiences will 
respond even to that extent, . Cyril 
Chadwick, as Captain Defoenix, is a 
success In what la practically the 
outstanding piece of comedy bus! 
ness in the film. With a set of long, 
bushy side whiskers the captain's 
horsey, stupid mug, coupled with an 
inexplicable indecision as to whether 
he should sit or stands gets attention 
from thie start and builds up for a 
strong punch laugh In the final 
scene. 

Ralph Forbes, opposite Miss 
Shearer, photographs well and de 
livers a, fine performance, Owen 
Moore has a minor role with only 
two or three short scenes of any 
consequence. 

Story is of the actress whom love 
leads into the arms of a man who 
had never attended the theatre and 
whose family disapproved of it. The 
grandfather, Sir Gower, learning of 
the match, asks the girl to spend 
the intervening time until the mar 
rlage at the family home. Clashes 
follow and the girl , is obliged - to 
leave when, finally, her friends are 
ordered out -because of their drunken 
condition. Works round to a happy 
ending, the. old man forgiving her 
and backing a new play to save her 
from starvation, 

"Trelawney of the Wells" should 
be played up in exploitation copy 
In equal proportion to the title of 
the picture for possible attention 
froni those Who have seen it on 
the stage. Mori. 

Edwin Brown has returned to F 
N. as unit press agent for William 
Selter. 



powerful story, with various In- 
grodients of a surefire though con- 
v<Milional audience appeal, easily 
overbalances any possible dnvw- 
backs. 

About the only discordant note in 
the production is lOleanor Do.ard- 
man whose abilities have boon .<io 
consistently restrlct«d It Is no 
longer surprising to find her nvis- 
cast again. She is relegated to a. 
comparatively In.iignificant part. 
Cast, however, is quite strong, 
capable and convincing. 

Story hinges on the strange 
yicissitudos of a magnificent dia- 
mbhd called "The Shah." ricture 
is presented in the form of a play. 
In throe act.s, each of the acts be- 
ing rioted on the Bcreeh billing with 
the cast In each act given sepa-. 
ra.tely. . 

First act takes place in the Afri- 
can diamond mines. The negro girl 
variip (Lena Malena) tells her lover, 
who works in the mines, that un- 
less he gets her a diamond he can- 
not have her. Girl is shown 
scantily clad and some of the love 
scenes are intensely hot. To satLi- 
fy th€! gir: the boy throws a pick 
into his leg while at work the next 
day and hides a diamond in the 
wound. He is shot while making 
(Continued on page 39) 



"Hit ot the Show" is okaV lor the 
hinterland. Title tells the locale, 
actoris' boarding house and back 
stage. Hinterland will like the 
stage stuff and perhaps the show 
girls, even if missing action and not 
finding much of a story. 

FBO for the summier time got the 
Roxy for this one. In July, though 
a cooled house, the Roxy may have 
been Iboking for a fiat rental. 

Well enough produced for its kind, 
that naeans mostly stage scenes, of 
a rehearsal and later the first 
night of. a musical. If Ralph Inc© 
doesn't know more about a musical 
than some of the liberties indulged 
in here mighjt suggest, he should 
have consulted his. wife. Otherwise 
the direction did what could be 
don© for what was there. 

Probably the biggest angle here 
is the debut of Joe B. Brown, the 
musical comedy comedian in this 
picture and featured. Brown ^ha^ a 
seml'-comlc role. When permitted 
to slightly mugg, he got laughs and 
when not, liot. Another stage com- 
edienne,. Daphne Pollard aa a slavey, 
was In much the same fix. Beitweeti 
the two thought and the bnly sources 
of comedy In what waa Intended as 
a light story and film, the laughs 
are pretty scarce. 

Once' in a while a neat bit shoved 
In, but no standout, and the itale 
trips along. It holds a bit of mis 
casting In Gertrude Olmstead as the 
iroung society girL She looks alto- 
gether too sophisticated for the ro:le. • 
And besides, the Important juvenile 
who should have been present and 
opposite her, was absent entirely, 
this due also to the story, Lieavin? 
a left, handed sort of aJtatr, a low 
comedian In looks aad work against 
what should have Veen a frail, 
highly-bred girl. 

The . plot starts when the social 
person walked out on the day of 
her wedding. A switchback after- 
ward revealed she did so because 
the night before when sneaking into 
his bachelor dinner dressed as a 
boy, she saw a short skirted girl 
seated on the knees of all of her 
fiance's ma.le friends. Including the 
fiance'& 

The girl looking for a theatrical 
.Job runs into Brown in an agency. 
He's a hoofer but of work and 
owing the landlady for eight weeks. 
She has nb place to go. He" steers 
her to the rooming house where 
she pays the landlady $30 for two 
weeks In advance and is set for 
life. After that It's the hoofer look- 
ing for a Job and Broadway, finally 
finding.. . one in ; "Jake Hubert's" 
show. 

Ho got the girl » lob also, and 
between rehearsals taught h r to 
do a comedy Apache dance !• his 
room. She was to have beoii the 
dance partner of an Apache dancer 
who looked like a fioorwalker. At 
the premiere, Brovm . knocked . out 
the dancer on the Impulse of the 
moment and his chin, taking his 



GRIP OF THE YUKON 

Universal reliaase and production, di- 
rected .by Ernst litemmle from the story 
by Chas, A..'Xiogue. Continuity by Chas. 
A. Logue, ' Title writer not credited. Fea- 
turing rraiicis Xo Bushman and Neil' Ham- 
ilton. Cast includes ' Jun6 Marlowe, Otis 
Harlin, Burr Mcintosh and James Farley. 
At Keith's Hippodrome, New York, week 
July. 0,' Running, time, oyer 70 rnim. 



Only a filler for the split week 
and dally change houses, better in 
the summer since It has plenty, of 
shots of snow, ice and the usual 
weather Indications of the north. 

Story of the conventional typf, 
hardly deviating frorti the typical 
northern production, even by a sit- 
uation. The bid nilner is accidentr 
ally, killed and his daughter, com- 
ing north, Is cared for and protected 
by the two men who did it, . 
' Bushman stands out in a par- 
ticularly unconvincing rble, while 
Nell Hamilton hasn't many oppor- 
ttinlties to do any thing but stand 
still and gape. 

Heavily padded with unnecessary 
footage in many spots and an ut 
tempt a;t comedy, unsuited for the 
sequence, too long drawn out and 
Tvithout proper- material, got laughs 
only from the screen players. Sev 
eral of the Important .scenes are 
ovtrdrawn for length and, coupled 
with numerous bther slow shots 
lesults in a. tiring, unentertaining 
.spectacle. Mori. 

DIAMOND HANDCUFFS 

Metro-Qoldwyn-Mayer release produced 
by C^osmopolltan. Directpd by John P. 
•McCarthy. Adapted by Carey TVTlson from 
"Pin Money" by Henry G. Vance. C3on- 
tlnOity by Bradley King, adaptation by 
Willis Goldbeck, Titles by Joe Farnlram. 
Conrad Nagel, Eleanor - Boardman and 
Lawrence Gray featured. Cast includes 
John Roche, Owen L>ee. Sam Hardy, t«na 
Malena and Charle* Stevens. At loew's 
American. -N. T., last halt atarting July 
t. Running time, about 60 mlna. 



Ask the Man 
Who Played it! 




SEND US YOUR 
OPEN TIME 
PERCENTAGE ONLY 




One of the best program pictures 
of the year produced on an elabo- 
rate and even lavish scale, with a 
keen and intelligent attention to de- 
tail. It's a picture likely to appeal 
not only to the cash customers but 
to the critics. If someone had dared 
to book it into a Broadway theatre 
it stood a chance of getting, a mil- 
lion dollars worth of favorable at- 
tention. 

It is believed that the picture 
didn't get a first run showing in 
New York for one of two reasons 
which, have no bearing on its box 
office potentialities. The bold sex 
treatment throughout, especially in 
the. .first .pact, might, have raised 
censorship trouljle if the film had 
been conspicuous bn Broadway 
while In this house it Is compara- 
tively out of the way. The second 
reason, it seems; Is that because the 
story doesn't treat of one of the 
usual themes it was evidently 
feared the public wouldn't take 
to It- 

The graphic treatment of . this 



Special B«ela for 

WOMEN ONLY 

Special Reel for 

MEN ONLY 



SAMUEL CUMMINS 
Fablio Welfare BctureB Corp. 

723 Saventh Ave, New York City 



ARLINE 

LANGAN 

OBIOINATOB OF THK MONOPKDIO 
DANCIl 

Palace, New York, This Week 
With Ted I/ewte 



'HERMIT KING 

"The Mnstcal Master of Ceremonies" 

Now— Fifth Ave., Seattle 

Direction FANCHON and MARCO 



BARBARINA 

AND PAL 

Featorod With 
Fanohon and Marco's 

Oog-Gone Idea 




THE ORIGINATORS OF 



"THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM," PATTER 





AT THE PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK— THIS WEEK 

Paul Ash Sayg . . , 

"Thi. i. the thk-d ti»« tht Mos. ami Fry hav appeared with me and they make a bigger hit with the audience every time. 

Direction WM. MORRIS 



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VARIETY 



V A u b E V i iiLE 



Wedncisday, July 11, 1928 



Illrs. Mal^l Clark Falls 
Out of Hotel Window 



Mrs. Mabel Clark (Clark, and 
Crosby— vaude), of 8824 23rd etreet, 
Brooklyn, was*' taken to Bellevue 
Hospital yesterday (Tues.) In a 
critical condition after, she had 
fallen or Jumped from a "window In 
the Maryland Hotel on West 49th 
Btreet, She Bustained Internal In- 
juries, fractured right ; legr and 
ttruises of the body. 

Mrs; Clark registered at the hotel 
Sunday and was assigned to a room 
on the ninth floor. About noon 
yesterday guests in tho Maryland 
and adjacent hotels were aroused 
by hearing ishrieks. Going to win- 
flows they saw the body of the 
actress hurtling through the air. 

Itptel employes carried Mrs. 

Clark, who was unconscious, into 
the hotel. 

. Meantime Detectives Mullee and 

Sweeney got In touch with her 

husband, John, stock actor. The 
husband said the last he saw his 
wife was at 2.30 A. M. Sunday. 

Ho said , she got out of bed and 
he thought going to a window for 
air. He went to sleep. When 
awakened some time later he found 
0he had left the house. It was not 
until late Monday he learned she 
was at thd Maryland Hotel. 

Their home life, he declared, was 
happy and Insisted she must have 

~ fallen. He told tho detectives that 
bis wife quit vaudeville about six 
months ago. She said at that time 

^Bhe waa tired out and wanted a 
test. ■ 

The husband went to Bellevue to 
bo alt the bedside of his wife, but. 
she had just been taken from the 
operating table and he waai unable 
to see her. Physicians hold out 
nttle hope for her recovery. 



AGENT GETS 4 MONTHS 



Harry Cornell Sentenced for Ali- 
mony Arrears and Threats 



Harry Cornell, booking agent, 
drew himself a four months' con- 
secutive route at the Workhouse, 
Welfare Island, from • Magistrate 
Gottlieb in the Domestic Rielatlons 
Court, New York, last week. 

Cornell was brought In by Mrs. 
Hilda (Teddy) Cornell, dancer, for 
not having kept apace with the $.35 
weekly remittance formerly awarded 
her by the same court, and for also 
threatening bodily harm to his wife 
and their two children, according to 
the complainant. 

Cornell denied the charge but got 
the sentence with an additional 
stipulation that between now and 
completion of sentence he will be 
required to post $600 bond guar- 
anteeing support of his wife and 
children when liberated. 

Prior to sentence Cornell made 
herculean efforts to effect a recon- 
ciliation with his complaining wife 
but this also flopped. 



Think New Judge WOI 
Cnt Cbi Divorce Crop 



Chicago, July 10. 

Aside from the growing dif- 
ficulty experienced by show people 
In attempting to prove local resi- 
dence for divorce reasons, insiders 
predict there will be a radical 
cut in divorces following the ap- 
pointment of judge Wm. C. Gemmlll 
to hear divorce cases. 

judge J.. J. Sullivan, who lAared 
divorce hearings with Judge Joseph 
Saba.th here, has been elected to. 
the Criminal Court. 



5?* 



The Fourth 




Number of 



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wiU cover the show business ot the world 




ANNOUNCEMENT MEDIUM 

for Any Division of the Screen or Stage 
ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE 
■•• if O f — f 



IPiwibiaMeni^ 

Branch OfRce or to 
•VARIETY," 154 West 46th Street 
New York City, U. S. A. 



$54^04 SmL LEFT 
IN BECHER ESTATE 



Deceased's Daughter Succeeds 
Widow, Flo Hart, as the 
Administratrix 



There Is still $64,204 In funds to 
be distributed from the estate of 
Frederick ■ Belcher, secretary- 
treasurer .of Jeronde H. Remlck & 
Co., music publishers, and a familiar 
Broadway figure years ago. This is 
disclosed with the a,ppointment of 
Maxlne F. Melson, daughter of Hen- 
rietta Belcher Melson, known In 
the musical world as a 'songstress, 
as adminlstriEktrlx 

Miss Melson succeeded Flo Hart, 
former J?aegfeld "Follies" showgirl. 
In that caipacity. Miss Hart, the 
original administratrix, resigned 
from the obligation some weeks ago 
after bitterly contesting any efforts 
to displace her. A cash settlement 
is said to have figured. 

Miss' Hart Was one of Belcher's 
several wiVes, while Belcher was 
the chorister's second husband. She 
later remarried Kenneth Harlan, 
piicture stai^, and is now legally 
knoWn as Flo Hart Harlan. Since 
the Harlan romance Miss Hart and 
liOwell . Sherman were romanUcally 
linked for a time, but that, too, is 
another Broadway alXalr gone cold, 
with Pauline Garbn the. present Mrs. 
Sherman. 

Miss Melson resides at 16 Cen-. 
tral Park West Her relations with 
her stepmother^ Miss Hart, were 
never amicable. The latter. In all 
her metropolitan activities, was 
compelled to watch her deportment 
in view of her trust as administra- 
trix.' ■ ■ 

Only One Witness ' 

Belcher was 60 when he died. He 
was married three times. His first 
wife, Emm^ Wachtendprf Belcher, 
was awarded a weekly alimony of 
$10. When his second wife, Hehrletta 
B. Melson, divorced him Belcher 
agreed to pay $26 weekly for the 
support of his daughter Maxine. 

Belcher married Miss Hart in May, 
1919. He died in September of that 
year. A note dated Feb; 21, 1919, or 
three months prior to his marriage 
to Flo Hart, left all his property to 
his then fiancee and named her sole 
executrix. 

Considerable litigation ensued as 
a result of the document being held 
invalid through being witnessed by 
only one person; two are legally re- 
quired. Miss Hart charged herself 
with $134,636, and after administer- 
ing over $77,000 more, in which is 
Included a $30,000 trust fund, there 
is still a balance of $64,204 to be 
.disposed of. 

.Under the Intestate law Miss Hart 
Is entitled to one-third of the es- 
tate and the stepdaughter to the re- 
maining two-thirds. 



SANTREY'S WHOLE SHOW 



Enaaoes to Play for Keith's at H500 
Weekly for Season 



At $4,600 weekly and furnishing 
the entire bill. Henry Santrey has 
arranged through his agent, Charles 
Morrison, for a tour of the Keith 
Circuit the coming season. 

Another turn submitted to "ttie 
Kelth^ pfflceJ by Mpnrison Is^ that of 
Gus Edwards, with 16 peojple,' ib ran 
an hour. 

Roscoe Alls Is also a Morrison act 
Keith's has taken for a regular route 
for the oncoming term. 



it 



Pat Casey and Flock of 
Women in Atlantic City 

Atlantic City, July 10. 

Pat Casey, eonvalescent without 
connlvality but with a flock pt 
women, landed here Saturday at the 
Hotel Traymore, to give the beach 
a flash at the Turk and his Harem. 

After letting the Sun fool around 
him on the Boardwalk for a couple 
of weeks, Casey will return to New 
York, talk things over for a couple 
of days and then go west with J. J. 
Murdock to flnish up his cure. On 
the coast they will meet and confer 
with Jos. P. Kennedy. 

Accompanying Pat, to keep the 
"coh misn £way""frbm " him," "a^ 
of the nurses who helped bring 
Casey through his critical tllness. 
His other femme companions are 
bis eonslns, Mrs: Qeorge Weedon 
and Mary- Kane (sisters). They 
also were In constant attendance 
during Paf B trying illness, with the 
Kane girls almost as much In need 
of a rest as their handsome relative. 

Among the four young women if 
any of the dips around here can Uft 
Pat's poke they ai-e welcome to It, 
be eayn, or iHiaCa left la tt. "''■^■yrrr 



Double-Crosser 



Fred Block, vice-president of 
the Mlitual Burlesque Associa- 
tion, and dyed-in-tlie-heart 
fight fan. Is wa,glng a unique 
wager* He bet he wouldn't go 
to the Tunney-Heeney flght. 
Already he has found takers to 
the amount of $850. He says if 
he can get as much more, may- 
be he really won't go. 

But he bought a seat, mean- 
while— out of his potential 
winnings. 



ROSE-BRICE THATA WAY? 



Billy Off Again for Coast to See 
His Fannie 



Billy Rose was slated to leave 
yesterday . for California. Fannl^ 
Brice, to whom he is reported en- 
gaged, is curremtly in Hollywood, 
in a Warner Eros, picture. 

Neither Miss Brice nor Rose de- 
nied or affirmed the reported Wed- 
ding, the former referring news- 
paper ln<iulries to Rose for a state- 
ment. 

Some months ago. Rose made . an. 
airplane ' fiight to the coast to see 
Miss Brice when she was Orpheum 
touring in the west Rose has been 
occupying the top floor suite of an 
apartment house owned by Miss 
Brice on West 72d street, with the 
facts having It that he paid his 
landlady sweetheart rent for the 
apartment regardless of the per- 
sonal equation. However, Miss 
Brlce's motor and chauffeur which 
have been at Rose's disposal With 
the comedienne, on the roa.d, ha-.ve 
been made availa.ble for purely per- 
sonal reasons, with the business 
element eliminated. 



Lewis $115,000 for 2 

. Los Angeles, July 10. 

Ted Lewis, signed by Warner 
Brothers to make two Vitaphone 
feature length pictures^ upon his 
return from France, will have as 
his first "Is Everybody Happy?" 

Lewis, is reported to have been 
allowed $40;000 for the first and 
$76,000 for the second with a per- 
centage clause. 

His band participates in the con- 
tract. 



Ted Lewis, will not make shorts 
for Warners' Vitaphone but will apr 
pear in a full-length talker' to be 
made in Hollywood at Warners 
about March 1. . 

Following this week at the Palace, 
Lewis sails with his band and Eddie 
Chester and Eleanor Brooks for 
four weeks each at the Ca^slno, 
Deauvllle, and the Ambfissadeurs, 
Paris. They leave July 21 on the 
'He de France." 



Anstralia Fligld Pair 
S^edbyF.&M.forW.C. 



Los Angeles, July 10. 

Fan<dion and Marco has signed 
Harry Lyons and James Warner, 
navigator and radio operator re- 
spectively, on the. California to 
Australia airplane flight. 

-Both -men will be feted In San 
Francisco and here upon their ar- 
rival. They open their West Coast 
tour July 16, 



Rnsh Hughes Not Rewed 



A general report to the effect that 
Rush Hughes and Marlon Harris 
had remarried shortly before Miss 
Harris lately sailed for abroad, Is 
corrected by Hughes, who Is still 
In New York. 

The couple were divorced about «l 
year ago. A child is with the 
mother. Miss Harris is to profes- 
sionally appear in London. 



London, July 10. 
Marlon Harris, due to open next 
Monday (July 16) at Holborn Em- 
pire and Kit Cat Club, has not made 
an appearance yet. 
.'Rfceves 'and LSilt50Ftrth« a^ 
are scouring London and Paris 
hotels trying to locate her. 



Our 2nd Tear with FUBUX 
JOHNI^Y TIM 

MILLS and SHEA 

Touring America with 
''Snapthot Unit" 
LAUGHSI LAUGHSl LAUGHS! 



CON CONRAD IS BROKE; 
HOPS TO BANKRUPTCY 

Did it So Fast Assets and 
Liabilities Must Be 
Listed Later 



Con Conrad's Ill-fated ventures; 
into vaudeville and musical comedy 
production have resulted in the song-i 
writer filing voluntary petitions 
bankruptcy on beha,lf <>f himself a* 
an individual and. as president of 
Con Conrad, inc. No/total of llabil-^ 
Ities or assets apj>ended. 

Conrad started getting Into debt 
while promoting "A Night of Fol- 
liee," a flash act starring Beth Berl» 
who was the composer's fiancee at 
that time. Then Conrad became in* 
volved with the Miller and Lyles* 
colored musical, ■'Keep Shufflin',"* 
which Conrad, Inc., presented, but of 
which Arnold Rothstein Was the real 
backer. 

Conrad's office was located In 
Rothsteln's Insurance office bulldlne 
at 46 West 67th street. 

As a r6sult of the Berl romance^ 
the girl's mother took her to Eu- 
rope, Conrad's fiancee-star Walklne 
out on thie act, widely , ballyhooed on 
the Loew-Stanley time through Mls» 
Berl making her Jumps via airplane. 

Sorenesses 
: In connection with the Berl act 
Coiyad and Benjamin David, th« 
agent, became involved in some bit- 
ter litiga:tion. Bavid attached Con- 
rad in\^ Wilmington and has beeni 
given Judgment for over. $7,00© 
.against Conrad for ; comnilsslohs; 
The judgment Is covered by a bond.; 

Conrad retaliated by prefering 
chalrges with the License Commis- 
sioner of New York against David, 
charging the latter with violating 
the Business Agency laws through 
exacting 10 per cent David suc- 
cessfully proved he wa.s a manager 
and not an agent and therefore not 
bound by a 6 per cent, commission. 

In the ■ "Keep ShufOin' " matter 
Conrad was soon declared out by his 
backers, , and Judgment was subse- 
quenOy chalked up against hinv 
since he was left holding the bag. ,., 

In the Conrad, Inc., bankruptcyy 
Henry R. Davis is the receiver/ 
Peter B. Olney, Jr., is the receiver 
in the Conrad individual petitions. 

The liabilities Include, In addltloi* 
to the above, sundry bills for saJ" 
arlos, advertising, exploitation/ eoS' 
tum^, scenery, etc. 



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Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



V A U D E VI L L E 



VARIETY 



27 



FILM SHORTS 






By Con 



The first all Cull length talker put 
oat by Warner Bros, debutted at 
tl>6 Strand, IjJew York, Friday night, 
la addition to being the first 100 
per cent gabber it Is ailmost 100 per 
cent vaudeville. , 

The picture was directed by 
Bryan Foy, who used to do "over 
the foot" with the Foy Family in , 
vaudeville and who wrote "Mr. Gal- 
lagher and -Mr. Shean," then jumped 
the- song writing league for Holly r 
wood, with a batting averag;© of 
1,000 per cent. , - 

The authors ^Vcre Hugh Herbert, 
standard vaudeville §ketch writer 
and actor fthd Miurray Roth, another. 
ex-yiaudeVille scribbler; and the cast 
was as vaudeville as stealing bows. 

Jere Delancy and Walter Per.cival, 
who played ia, couple of racketeers 
who peddle a speakeasy and ware-' 
house to a couple of yokes as a 
barber Bho|), are both from the two, 
four, six and up a day, Delaney 
was last .seen around vaudeville 
In a Comedy sketch and Percivaris 
last appearance was in "Just a Hus- 
band," a sketch in which he was 
. co-featured with his wife, Renee 
Noel. 

Tom McGujre, who plays an op- 
perkay without the aid of a nickel 
owl In his kisser, used to , be, a 
straight man in vaudeville and last 
foiled for Gene Barnes, the schnoozel 
comic. Tom Dugan, who nearly 
copped the picture as the timid 
b9,otleg:gcr, is of Dugan and Ray- 
nxond. H^arry Downey, who acts as 
the m. c. in the cabaret and does 
a BOng specialty, worked in Phil 
Dunning's "Kvery Sailor" in vaude- 
ville and later did a burlesque fe- 
male impersonation turn. , 

Gladys Brpckwell, wlko turned In 
a corking characterization as Molly 
Thompson, Mary Carr who dittoed 
In a mother , role, and Wheeler Oak- 
man, who made. "Hawk" Miller 
credible, have playei.; in vaudeville 
and had speaking stage experience, 
.Cullen jLandis and Helene Cos- 
tello, two Hollywood deaf and dumb 
pures, fa;iled to convince vocally. 
Miss Costello also photographed 
blah, giving her a horse collar on 
both ends of the new racket. 

It was very noticeable that the 
talking picture brings in niany new 
.problems for. the director. It is ab- 
solutely necessary to keep people 
grouped, and without too much ac- 
tion when di'amatic points are be- 
ing registered. 

Titles were also dragged in to 
Introduce new scenes, despite the 
advertising propaganda that sub 
titles would be. missing. Where 
titles were not iised, the blackout 
nas long and destroyed the illusion. 

:The story despite its crudities of 
plot and dialog held interest. .No 
ohe walked out although the wise 
niob kidded the flowery lines al- 
Wted the copper in the final scene. 

.Another spot that was rough was 
Hawks* threatening speech to Eddie 
Morgan in the barber shop, after 
Morgan had told Hawks he knew 
he was trying to frame him for the 
murder of . the. copper. The speech 
Was written .amateurishly and was 
dragged in for plot purposes as evi- 
denced later on when the . Hawks 
girl,, explaining why she croaked 
Tilm, told of overhearing him tell 
Eddie he (Hawks) was going to steal 
Kitty, Eddie's girl. . 

The authors were handicapped 
also by the necessity Of telling their 
story quicWy. They were only al- 
lowed a moderate leewdy for char- 
acterizing their principals, due to 
the standardized running time, 

But with all shortcomings when 
compared to an actual stage play, 
this pioneer talker .shows what may 
. bo expected from the toddler. 



PIANIST SUES M. C. FOR 
50 GRAND, BUT FRIENDLY 



Abraham Sigilman IViust Know 
Sdmething^Charlie Melson 
■ I Not Worried 



ON SUSPICION 

Los Angeles, July 10 
Robert Alfred Crosby, vaude 
actor, was picked up by police In 
a downtown hotel and arrested on i 
^-charge^oC=^auspiciflfn-^of— grand^lap 
ceny. — 

Crosby was accu.sed of the theft 
of an automobile recently stolen 
from an acquaintance of his, Paul 
Prailoy. Cro.sby liad a gun on him 
when police cntorod his room. 



. Norton- Haley in Show 
Jack Norton and Lucille Haley 
(Norton and Haley) have been en 
gaged for the road tour of "Th 
Five o'Clofk f;irl" next season. 




WincheU on Vacation looks Over His 
His Former Flopping Field, Vaude 



.A master of ceremonies whO 
smiles at a guy whols suing him 
for .fifty grand, a pianist who's play- 
ing the keyboard with a, left hand 
while the right hangs useless and 
a big time lawyer who went the 
limit in a lawsuit are mixed up iri a 
situation that Is all the result of a 
swell act that was piit oh at the 
Stanley theatre, Jersey City, on 
May 11. ^ 

Charlie Melson. master of cere- 
monies, was sued in Hudson Coun- 
ty, Supreme Court, last week by. 
Abraham Sigilman, pianist in the 
Stanley orchestra and a resident at 
1170: St. -Mark's avenue, Brooklyn. 
Sigllman's counsel| State . Senator 
Alexander Simpson of Jersey .Cityr 
evidently figured he'd be pretty -well 
repaid for his trouble for the plain- 
tiff who said yesterday that his 
liawyer took the job on a 50-50 basis, 
Simpson, in his complaint^ de- 
clared that Melson had niade "an 
outrageous assault" upon Sigilman. 
On. this charge, he asks $25,000 for 
the plaintiff. He seeks a similar 
amount for the pianist for alleged 
"carelessness and negligence in per- 
mitting an obstacle to remain on the 
9tage, causing Sigilman to fall and 
suffer coricussion of the brain," and 
also, fracturing his fight arm. Mel- 
son'a counsel is Juno Mctntyre, of 
Philly, who is now preparing tp ans- 
wer the charges. 

Melson issued a 'statement, as did 
Sigilman. "It was part of an ^ct 
we did," he. declared, "and it's true 
that Sigilman broke an arm. It was 
tlie business for him to interrupt a 
song I was doing and kid along with 
another mCmber of the orchestra. 

"At a wisecrack about my sweet- 
heart'I was supposed to come over 
and give him a comedy push. We 
rehearsed it and it went pretty 
well. ' 

"Then we tried It for 22 perform- 
ances and it drew the howls. On 
our last night; 25th shove, Sigilman 
went cH balance, fell over a piano, 
stcuA »tk1 sat down. The audience 
lailfT-.ed. But when the pianist's 
arm was examined it was found to 
be broken. He received little com- 
pensation and .1 guess he ."Sued me 
because It was the ' only recourse 
he had." • 

No Hard Feeling 
"I did not suffer concussion of the 
brain" declared Sigilman, who is 
back' on the Job for a few days now, 
"but I did ■ break the right arm. I 
got ■ $17 a week compensation and 
as this was not enough and I wais 
told the only way I could receive 
back money would be to: sue 
Melson. I did that.. There is no 
hard feeling, however, and the as- 
sault charge must, be a mistake." 

No answer' had been filed up to 
Mondciy and Melson and his pianist 
go on working, Melson kidded along 
the fact that the unit he was play- 
ing In when the suit was filed 
against him was titled "In Jail." 

Sigilman is able to work because 
there are two pianos in the orches- 
tra, which doubles on stage and in 
the pit Ho was laid up for about 
eight weeks before being able to 
resume work. 

The case has raised the issue as 
to whether the Stanley is respon- 
sible for Melsoh's stage business 
"Whllg hg-^is-In-thelr'-employT^ - 



All Large Vaude Chains 
Seemingly Intent Upon 
First Deciding Vogue for 
Next Season Before Ex- 
tensively Engaging All 
Acts Otherwise Required 
- — May Be Another Month 
Before Final Decision 



(By speciar request, but vvithout much, urging, Walter WlnchelJ, on 
vacation from his regular sheet, "The Graphic," consented +.0 go to work 
for a day on Variety, to cdtch the current bill at. the Palace. In the days 
before Winchell lost his dancing shoes he was a hpofer by choice without 
approval. Having played all the tanks . 10 years and more ago, he is 
thoroughly qualified to now review a Keith's Palace show), . 
— : . . . . ' ■ -f ■ 



MIXED BILLS PERHAPS 



By Waller Winchell 

(Oranr\atic editor, New York "Evening Graphic") 



UURENCE SCHWAB AND 
MOTHER UNDER ARREST 



Danny Graham's Wife 

Detroit, Julv 10. 

Mrs. Edna Graliani has filed suit 
for divorce from Danny Cirahnm, 
Chicago agent, charging cruolty. 
They were married in October, 1919, 
and separated in January, 1027. 

Mrs. Graham, former nite club 
hostess, is employed in the ofTlcos 
of the Buttcrll'-ld circuit. 



Talking shorts are balking the is- 
suance at. present of the custom- 
ary routes by the iarige 
chains for next season. It may be 
a matter of another month before 
the booking offices of those circuits 
reach a final conclusion as to their 
playing policy for the new season. 

Indecision appears to bear down 
mostly upon the extent the talking 
shorts will enter into vaudeville 
bills, whether they shall wholly 
comprise some stage shows In ..the 
yaudfilm houses, or if the talking 
shibrts are to be sandwiched into 
the regular vaudeville show. If the 
latter, it is said, /a couple of shorts 
will save the cost of a;n Important 
spot act at less than one-half of 
the cost Of the actual turn. . 

Delays in issuing routets for next 
.season to standard and other acts 
are mostly notloceable just now in 
the Lioew and Keith offices. Loew'd 
will have a large number of its 
vaud.fiim theatres wired by the 
opening of . the hew season. Keith's 
contemplates wiirlng. ' It is in doubt 
as to the positive policy between 
the straight, or twp-a-day vaude, 
and pop vaudfilmi, or both, the lat- 
ter with pictures and possibly jsound 
filihs, which could include talking 
Shorts. .. 

- Acts Not Worryino 
Meanwhile vaude agents are com - 
pliaining of inaction, although the 
standard acts in vaudeyiUe appear 
not the least whit worried. The 
latter hold faith in the vast "time" 
In sight for |iext season, outside of 
what are known ad the regular 
vaude circuits. Seemingly they are 
in no haste to enter into routes or 
engagements, . ■ 

Never before in vaudeville has a 
similar condition asserted Itself. In 
summers past booking offices have 
stalled in issuing routes. Most 
often it was for the plurpose of 
frightening the actors and secur- 
ing the same or a lower salary frOm 
them instead of the raise acts were 
asking. 

Neither I^oew's nor Keith's Is 
seemingly Jn ,_fear .the^^^o^ will 
take the cream ' of ' the standaras 
during the delays. This despite the 
report Keith's and Loew's are not 
operating under a booking urider- 
standihg, although the latter could 
be passible under the present ad- 
ministration of Keith's. It's known 
that the relations between John J: 
Murdock and Nicholas Schenck arc 
most cordial. They could more 
quickly agree upon fi working 
arrangement of any sort at present 
than ha.<? been ever possible pre- 
viously between those two clrcult.i. 

More Work for Acta 
; More work than ever before Is 
predicted for vaudeville acts next 
season, due to the talking picture 
developments. With the. chainis 
hooked up with various talking pic- 
ture producers and with most of the 
circuits Issuing vaudeville oontract.s 
containing options on acta for their 
talking picture , affiliation, a 
situation may arise. 

An act that isn't routed for an 
entire season by one of the circuits 
concerned may make three records, 
unless stopped by contract restric- 
tions. 

Photophone. the RCA talker, 
which the FBO-Kelth faction is 
allied with, is reported as about to 
splurge heavily on shorts, tising 
Keith -booked acts. The number of 
-•♦horts being turned out for VUa- 



Laurence Schwiib, 35, 23-1 W. 4 tth 
street, producer; his mother, Mrs. 
Carolyn Schwab, KCnilworth, Great 
Neck, L. I.; his chauffeur, Louis 
Gonzales, 21, Great Neck, L.. I., and 
Mrs. Geraldlne Barnett, 40, 531 West 
124th street, were before Magistrate 
McAndrews in West Side Court on 
disorderly conduct charges. The 
case was adjourned until Monday 
July IG. 

Besides .the disorderly conduct 
charge the quartet face charges of 
violating the Volstead Act, the po- 
lice alleging they found a quantity 
of liquor in the rear of Schwab's 
new automobile. All were released 
in bail of $1,000 each. 

According' to Policeman Thomas 
Mitchell, West 47th street staUon 
he saw Schwab's machine stop in 
Broadway . between 50th and 51st 
streets. A traffic cop told him he 
could not park. • Meantime the 
chauffeur had gone across the street 
to buy a hat. 

Schwab operated the automobile 
a short distance and . then parked It 
almost in front of Lihdy's. Mitchell 
approached the automobile arid in 
formed Schwab he could not park 
whereupon, the cop says, the pro 
ducer became very abusive. Mitch- 
ell asked Schwab to show his. li- 
cen.se, but the producer admitted 
he had none. 

Meantime, Mitchell said, the two 
women berated him and finally 
when the chaiiffeur came back 
Mitchell diemanded to see his Uccnse 
"Don't show him anything," com^ 
manded Schwab, addressing the 
chauffeur. 

Gonzalez was nonplussed, ' but 
when the producer again ordered 
him not to show the. license Mitch- 
ell said he directed the chauffeur to 
drive to the station house. In 50th 
street. Just west of Broadway 
Mitchell says, he was riding on the 
running board when Mrs. Schwab 
grabbed hold of him and tried to 
push him oft. 

. The cop' further " cTPrarged ' tl lat 
Schwab struck him a blow in the 
moiith which cut his lip. Meantime, 
Mitchell said, the Barnett woman 
kept calling him narnes. Finally the 
car arrived at the station house and 
the entire party was taken before 
Lievit. B.lrney McGov/an; 

Schwab's Protest 

There Schwab entered a protest 
against the arrest and said the po- 
liceman had struck him a blow in 
the face without provocation. 
Mitclu'll admitted he had struck the 
producer, but insisted he had not 
struclc him until he himself was 
assaulted. ■ 

When the police began to book 
the ciiauffeur and the two women, 
Schwab pleaded they be not held. 
^Jpoh Mitchell's complaint charges 
of disorderly condiict wtTC recorded 
against the four. Later the cop 
went outside to examine the car and 
reniove-anythlns-.otJvalucu^JEIfcvdiiL-^^^ 
(Continued on page 34) 



phi/ni> by acts playing the circuit 
in .said to have aroused the Keith 
people to the opportunitlc*. 

Ncjirly every standard vaudeville 
act that reaches the Orphoum 
hou.scs In Los Angeles makes- a 
Vitaphono of Its specialty before 
leaving town. 



Take it from one who flopped on 
the; better small-time circuits, away 
back, in thO'-^e allegedly . good old 
days of 1918, the average actor's 
credo was: 

I viould rather be the JiHsband 
To a gal like Patricola 
Thdh he wedded to: Petrova^ 
. Who can't rag a roundelay. 

I wouM rather cHpk on second 
In a smalUe down iri Dallas 
Than be flopping at the Palace 
On a Mondcy matinee! 
Th'bse were the days when this 
member of the deiice act (WincheU 
and Greene) always went- good in 
Altooria or Glens F;ills and flopped, 
when a Variety dunce was out front 
at Loew's American. (But he 
should have caught us at the night 
show! Ah.-hah!) 

13ut it didn't seem so tough getting 
over with the Palace audifora Mon- 
day afternoon. Perhaps becau.se 
the new cooling , system kept the 
listeners comfortable and. free from 
waving programs or fans the first 
half of the bill provided mild diver- 
sion and not until the second sec- 
tion started with Will and Gladys 
Ahern was the first wallop provided. 

But Will and Gladys Ahern were 
a good act long before they ever 
made the Palace. The lad is a perr 
sonable chap who can rope, clown 
and acrobatically hoof him.self into 
a genuine show-stopper and the 
femme. has .What It Takes. Gladys 
Ahern is smart and seductive stuff, 
herself, and brother Dan . serves at 
the Stelnway and otherwise ac- 
quits himself creditably. A genuine- 
ly refreshing trio. 

The lone star . Is Ted Lewis. With 
his crew of syncopators he floored 
them. Lewis is primarily an adroit 
showman who emotes hi^ songs and 
makes you enjoy "Laugh, Clown. 
Laugh" even if you've heard that 
ditty before/ He offers an abun- 
dance of delightful material, Includ- 
ing two new numbers named 
"Dream House" and "Good Night" 
when he isn't diverting you with hia 
stovepipe hat juggling down hi? 
arm or emotional songs, then hia 
yadda-doo-dooing on the clarinet or 
sax goes into play, arid he is hot! 

Particularly arresting was a bur- 
lesque on . "Me and IVJy Shadow" in 
which Lewis Is aided by a chap who 
apes his gestures, style and grace. 
-Eleanor. Brooks,, a shajie from, the 
Guinan morgue, steps briskly and 
contributes the loVeTinterest when 
Lewis gets dramatic. A very -fine 
headliner is Lewis and hLs forth- 
coming departure to Britain Is un- 
timely. 

Adele Rowland Blond 

Adele Rowland, noNV a blonde, re- 
turns after a long spell and furnish- 
ca some ne.w and timeworn numbers. 
An able accornpanist ' attracted 
warm . applause with a piano solo. 
Miss Rowland's charm and unob- 
trij.Hive manner contributed grace- 
fully to her numbers which drew^ 
approciative rosponse and flowers. 
Tlio opener was the M.ingeari 
(Continued on page 33) 



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VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



N.V.A.10ANS$15 
TO ACTOR BUT 
TAKES DEED 



Chicago Gets Tough 

In Divorce Actions 



HODKINS OUT IN CHI? 



Ben Riggs, Veteran, Gets 
the Works at "Actors' 
Organization' 



Ben Riffss is a veteran vaudevil- 
Han. Booking-s .haven't been so 
good lately and liigsrs used up all 
his Iriimediate. resources. , He ap- 
pealed to the N. V. A; for sonie fin- 
ancial help. He is reported to have 
obtained $15 by turning over the 
deed foi- Long Island property Riggs 
hjLS in his possession. 

This is the first time as far as 
the , sti-eet knows at where ' the 
N. V. A. in handing out vaudeyil- 
•lians money exacted collateral. Or 
at least it is the first time it be- 
came known antil. vaude.villians who 
heard 'of It and the amount Riggs 
obtained wore not slow in express-, 
ing indignation. . 



' Chicago, July iO. 

Declaring that Chicago i^ no 
Reno for show, business, two judges 
la.st week started the long expected 
lightening on theatrical divpi"ce;s by 
turning down Audrey Maple of 
"Sunny Days" and Mr.s. Helen 
Cre.'isman . Carr, who was suing 
Alexander Ca,rr. 

Judges Joseph Sabath and Thonias 
1 J. Lynch withheld the decr.ees to 
investigate Ibcar residence claims. 
As a result, they rejected the .ap- 
plications and let It be known that 
hereafter non-resident show people* 
will have a tough time getting Chi 
cixgo divorces. 



13,000 Mile Jump 

Bobby and lildna Jarvis have just 
returned fr.oin Australia; after play- 
ing 10 months for Empiro Theatres, 
Ltd.. ■ . V 

; After one week here they leave 
fpr London where Bobby goes into 
."CSood News." 



.Dark Tabs' '8 Weeks 

Keith office has given eight weeks 
•to George ,L. Barton for his colo.red- 
tab, "Shuriiin" S£tm from Alabama." 

Act 'is now playing T. O. A. 
houses. 



F. & M. SIGN THEEE 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Fanchon and Marco have signed 
three acts for a tour over West 
Coast Theatres. These are Louis 
Meehan, tenor; Eight Volga Boyd, 
harmony group, and Bernice Spear. 

Mi.ss Spcixr appeared with Bert 
Wheeler in his act at the Orphieum 
recently. William Perlberg,. of the 
local William Morris office, booked. 




General Sxecutiue Offices 



AN 



BUILDING 



Don Prince iiii Charge of Pantages 
• Office There 



.Chicago, July 10. 

Charles Hodkins is reported out 
aa representative of Pantages, Don 
Prince of New . York has taken over 
the local ofBce and is believed tp be 
the new permanent representative 
here, although refusing to cohflrm 
his appointment or admit' that Hod- 
kins is through.: v."' 

Hpdklns 25 years ago had his own. 
circuit of vaudeville houses!, one of 
the strongest in. the country. Dur- 
ing the past seven years he has been 
representing Pantages in new ther 
atro deals, annexations and book- 
ings. Local Vantages activities have 
been practically at a standstill for 
some time, with no Chicago houses 
on the book and very few bookings 
made from Chicago for the circuit. 





To Close Sunday 




in 




Royal Gets Down to Cases With 
Keith s Mid-West Hieatre Men 




160 W E ST 46" ST* 

BRVA>IT- 9850-NEW VORKCITV 



J. H. LUBIN 

GEMSRAL MANAGEB 

MARVIN H. SCHENCK 

BOOKTOG MANAGEB 



iTor the first time In 22 years 
Proctor's 5th Avenue, New York, 
clpses Sunday (July 15) to permit 
the. Proctor oflices to rennovate the 
house, also making sorrie improve- 
rhents F, F. Proctor has contem- 
plated for some time. 

The 5th Avenue will reopen early 
in September, with Its customary 
policy of vaudfilm, William (Billy) 
Quade will continue as nlanager. 

Proctor's new 58th Street theatre, 
New York, is set to open Thanksgiv- 
ing, with yaudfllm. A pipe organ 
will be Installed. " 

Proctor Is considering wiring 
every- house on his circuit. This is 
contingent on the development of 
the talkers. 

It has been decided by Mr. Proc- 
tor that the 23rd Street theatl^e. 
New York, next season will con- 
tinue its present straight picture 
policy. 



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JOHNNY JONES 



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Booldng AH Theatres Controlled by 

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• A roato. of 15 weekn within 200 miltm of Ifew York ' 
Artists invited to book direct 



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New York City 



Thairs Transportation 
Commended in Chicago 

Chicago, July 10. 
• bontinuingr its throw-out clean- 
up, the New York Keith office has 
ordered a cut In the transportation 
department here, Sam Thall in 
charge. 

Acquainted with the. local depart- 
ment's activities. Ben Piazza has 
asked the eastern office to recon- 
sider the order. Piazza's reason is 
that this department was the only 
one of the old Orpheum organiza- 
tion, to hot only . pay for itself but 
saved the company hundreds of 
J:hpusands as well under Thall's 
direction. It Is also the only worth- 
while old Orpheum unit still left 
intact through the cleanup. 

Thall Is considered a shrewd 
business man, with art unlimited 
knowledge of thei tricks of rail- 
roading. He has figured and ar- 
ranged jumps that previously were 
runarounds, cut baggage expenses 
and consistently mad© a saving In 
transportation rates. ThIa has 
-raised the department high in 
profit. 

Thall's w:prk has made him the 
best known transportation man in 
the entire west. His trick Jumps 
and route switches are known to 
acts all over the country. If an act 
came into the office to complain 
that a changed route brought, addi- 
tional transportation expenses, or 
left them with money coming to 
them, Thali showed tp their satis- 
faction that an unexpected switch 
or a jump-breaker had left thorn 
owing the circuit. If anything. 



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JACK OOT<DREIUi, President 

BOOKING EXCLUSIVELY 
COLORED THEATRES and ATTRACTIONS 



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INC. 



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306.STUABT STREET. BOSTON HANCOCK 2566 

Paul X. Deiiish, Bosh Frisco, "Poc" Breed. Jooeph Salllvan. T<onls B. Walters 



1560 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 

HARRT PADDEN, Manager 



BRYANT 4205 



TEX. HOUSE DBOPS BAND 

Chicago, July 10, 
Having discarded Its stage-band 
policy, the Aztec theatre, San An^ 
tonio, .Texas, Is trying presentation 
acta for two weeks : 

Pcggry Charters, of the local Edgar 
Schooley office, Is booking the Aztec 
for tyro .weeks, with Pal.mere^ B ran 



deaux, producer, using the complete 
lineup for two consecutive prcscMi- 
tatlona. Brandoaux was brought in 
after 10 months at the Capitol, De- 
troit. Aztec uses a permanent balh^t 
of 16 gflrls. 



Lukes With Billy /ackson 

Chicago, July 10, 
George Lukes, former Keith We.st- 
ern booker, has becom^? temporary 
office manager for Billy .larltson'n 
agonoy. 



Chicago, July 10. 
In an all-day session of meetings, 
John Koyal, xie^v" Keith mid-western 
theatre manager, cleared up the 
Chicago nfianagerial situation of 
that circuit; last Thursday. 

As previously reported, Royal had 
appointed Mort H. Singer in direct 
charge pt all Chicago theatres, bo- 
sides supervising the Milwaukee/ 
New Orleans, Kansas City and St. 
Louis territories. Thursday morning, 
in the State-Lake building's Roose- 
velt hall, Royal met 35 mid-west- 
ern managers froni Chicago and 
vicinity.. Although a platform was 
waiting for him, he refused to sit 
there, and rn6t the boys on the floor. 

In the afternoon another meeting 
was held for Chicago .managers and 
bookers.. Views and expressions ort 
the curreht situation were asked for. 
Royal let loose a brief speech in 
which he displayed thorough knowl- 
edge of the managers' activities. He 
Kaid there were rib tricks of the 
managers he didn't, know, from the 
phone gng about the manager "has 
just stopped out" or "is still out to 
lunch," on* up. Royal - admitted he 
had used them all himself, but; 
stated hereafter if the managers 
wanted to spend a day with the 
faniily or stay away for some other 
reason they should say so, and. lay. 
off the phonie gag. 

Meeting Each Other 
Managers were introduced to book- 
ing managers, with quite a number 
unknown to one another. 

IJuring the sessions considerabie 
attention was devoted to betterment 
of house conditions. Pictures were 
discussed at length, especially con- 
cerning exploitation. Each manager 
was told to feel completely respon- 
sible for his own liou.se, basing his 
work on that idea. 

Newspaper advertising will be 
considerably changed. ROyal in- 
formed the managers they Svere at 
liberty £o extend their own cam- 
paigns when they had pictures or 
acts of extra, exploitation. A list 
of many acts desired was also made;- 
An lunofflcial execiij[^iyc board was 
formed, with Royal . as chairman, 
composed of . Ben Piazza, Singer 
and several managers, . to discuss 
means of taking care of acts, giving 
them service, and establisihing an 
open door policy that will permit 
managers, actors and bookers . a 
chance to discuss their business. 
Later a letter from John For* was 
read. 

At 8 p, m. dinner was served at 
the Palmer House— strictly social, 
with no business talk. 

Just before Royal left on a three- 
w^k trip to visit every theatre in 
his territory for inspection and 
probable district meetings where 
necessary, several managerial 
changes were announced. •? 

Ascher Levy, who has been in 
charge of huyi.ng film for the Or- 
pheum Circuit and managed a group 
of houses additionally, will, be re- 
leased from theatre attention and 
devote all his time to buying, Van- 
na Taylor, manager of the Orpheum 



Keith's Loosening Up 
For Acts in Demand 



Keith agents report a general 
loosening up on salaries for acta 
offered to the bookers for next sea- 
son. Routes are being issued slowly- 
biit current booklngis are plentiful 
iot the right kind of material. 

All of the names offered are be- 
ing snapped up, according to the 
agents. As usual a shortage is re- 
ported for tills type of act at pres- 
ent. In the cases of vaudeville 
names and former headliners who 
have become non-box office draws 
in ..the face of the opposition from 
presentatlpns and pictures, salaries 
offered show a decided decrease. 

Newcomers are eagerly booked 
when they have anything to show. 
It is the belief of the ' agents that 
the heads p£ the circuits are going 
to freeze put a lot of the pensioners 
by offering ridiculously low salaries 
but' that acts of proven entertain- 
ing and dra-yying ability will be 
booked. 



State, Buffalo, Rented to 
Syracuse Firm for $78,000 

The former Loew's State, Buffalo, 
has been rented to the Fitzer in- 
terests of Syracuse, N. T. It is re-' 
ported, that the rental Is $78,000 a 
year with a 50-50 split on profits. 
Name of the .theatre will be changed 
to the Hollywood. 

Current rumors about Buffalo are 
that Loew's Booking Offices is still 
in possession of the house, though 
dark, and that it has persistently re- 
fused to relinquish possession up. 
to the present time. 



John Nash Resigns 

Chicago, July 10. 

John Nash, with the Orpheum 
Circuit for eight years, has resigned 
as manager of the two-a-day New 
Palace. He has made no plans, 
aside from taking an extended rest. 

Nash at one time was general 
manager of the W. V. M. A. 



in New Orleans, will be replaced by 
Victor Meyers of the Palace in the 
same city. , 

Frank Phelps, former district 
manager of seyeral western houses, 
will manage the Hennepin In Min- 
neapolis, replacing Clarence Wil- 
liams, and will siiiiervise additional 
houses in the Minneapoliis-St, Paul 
territory. Hugh Flannery, also a 
district manager, will be given a 
detail position. 



THOSE VERSATIM! DANCERS 

MURIEL 

AND 

FISHER 

Foromoat Exponents of the Bowery 
Dance — ^Fea^urod in 'Parisian EroUcs' 




NOW! BOOKING DATES! 

SAN ANTONIO'S 

SIAMESE TWINS 

DAISY AND VIOLET HILTON 

Borii Jolnoil . Toe^ptlior 

^rC.C! f This is tlie Act That Played th« 
X EjO I XATRtiHt ClUes, jAritent Theatres 
and <>n>sse4l tiie XMTfcwt Businowj 
Por Open Thne nnil Tcrnis Wrlt« or Wire! 

GUS SUN BOOKING EXCHANGE 

SPRINGFIELD, OIDO 

Wrif#»' Tor Our List bt BIr Feature 
wvxitc. vaudcvlilo Act.s, Prcaentatlon 
Vnita, Musical yUow.s. 



Address Care "Variety, " Chicago 



<:r,ARA IIOWAUO 



ARTHUR 



MINN.V 



MILLARD and MARLIN 

in ^'KOLLEGE KAPERS," Written by Henry Bergman 
DireiUon Mir.T LEWIS 



Wednesday, Jidy 11, 1928 

l^ence, Ist Chi Agent 
To Lose Keith Franchise 

Chicago, July 10. 
Heat Isn't the only thing bother- 
ing the Keith's (Western) agents 
^ese days. .They're worried about 
^me two week notices that have 
fJready started dribbling In. 

Elve agents are reported losing 
^elr franchises within two weeks. 
The first agent to get his lis George 
^ence, who took It on the chin 
}{onday. Mence received his fran- 
«blse only a year and one-half ago 
trom R. J. Lydlatt. Before that he 
worked in the ofllces of several 
larger agencies as assistant. 

Mence will not be permitted to go 
fa with another Keith agent. He 
to *t present In New York. 

OBDEBED TO SEST 

Winnie Lightner was taken ill In 
Toungstown, O., last week, and was 
compelled tb cancel this vaude date 
«jid return to New York. 

Upon ad^ce of her physician 
iflss Ldghtner will rest for three 
weeks. 



V A U D EVIL L E 



Bessie Wynn's Comeback 

Bessie Wynn plans a return to 
Vaudeville' after having been out for 
a year and a half due to an acci- 
dent. 

Miss Wynn was struck by a motor 
truck. 



VARIETY 




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acres, placid waters,' beautiful 
7-room log bungalows, absolutely 
modern, lavatories, baths in< 
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distance. All bungalows situated 
on exclusive island approached 
by dreamy rustic bridge. The 
summer resort millennium. One 
hour from Columbus, Ohio. 



Address 



ROSCOE MLS 

Artist Isles 
Russell Point. Ohio 



Van and Schenck May 
Go Back to Keith's 



Van and Schenck may return to 
the Keith circuit next season. Ne- 
gotiations underway, promoted ac- 
cording to the boys, by TInk Hum- 
phrey, for Keith's, seem rea.sonably 
certain of a. successful conclusion. 

At present Van and Schenck are 
at tho Pavilion Royale . on Long 
Island. During August they play 
In Saratoga. Tn October . they 
will be In London, for four weeks 
only at the Kit Cat Club as a sort 
of vacation for the wives. It Is 
upon their return to this side that 
the Keith tour will commence If 
closed for. 

After IB or more years of appear- 
ances on the big time and always 
the leader In their class, becoming 
a high salaried drawing card iri 
vaudeville, Keith's let the boys go 
In 1925, refusing to pay them the 
Increased salary they then asked, 
12,600. At the time Keith's, refused 
the Increase Van and Schenck had 
received a picture house offer at 
$3,500 a week, They so. informed 
the Keith heads, who did not ap- 
pear to accept their statement. 
^,000 or More 

■Since then Van and Schenck have 
been appearing In picture theatres 
and cabarets at weekly salaries 
varying from $3,500 to $5,000 : a 
week. Besides they often played 
on percentage of the gross and as 
often realizing over $5,000 as their 
share. 

Three years ago was about the 
time Variety ilrst urged big time 
vaudeville to watch Its bills more 
closely and their booking offices. 
Attention was -^ also attracted by 
this paper to the picture house 
perspective that seemed to be comr 
ing along, despite the picture house 
managements either did not appre- 
ciate -it at thaJ, time, only Intent 
then upon bulRnng new and large 
theatres. 

Van and Schenck were among the 
first to leave vaudeville, "for their 
money'' and for whoever would 
pay It. The " team_went Into the 
picture field and Variety got /'black- 
listed" by the big time circuits. 

In returning to vaude. Van and 
Schenck will receive the salary they 
have set When In vaude previously 
Eddie Keller was their agent. Their 
present agent, If any, Is not named. 
Through Tin k Humphrey acting as 
the intermediary, tho Keith book-' 
Ing may be direct. 



31 



Shifting House Managers 



A general shake up of house man- 
agers of Keith and Orpheum houses, 
which will move them around. Is 
predicted as the next move of John 
Ford after he finishes house clean- 
ing the agents in the KO office. 
. Managers, regardless of their 
success In their established stands, 
are said to be due for. a change of 
pasturage on the same theory that 
base ball clubs used to use when 
shifting playiers around on the var- 
ious clubs. 

It Is thought by the executives of 
the circuits that * new viewpoint 
[Will work out to the ultimate ad- 
vantage of the box office. Many of 
the managers are said to have be- 
come BO used to settling in one 
spot they have considered them- 
selves fixtures and have got into 
a rut. 



Martin Becks Prefer Paris 

Martin Peck Is In Now York after 
a long sojourn in Paris. He will re- 
main here briefly to settle his af- 
fairs and return to I'aris where he 
and Mrs. Beck will reside porman- 
ontly. They have bought a house 
on the Rue Dcschancl. 



Fifan's Vaude Acts 



Xos Angelas, July 10. • 
PathiD BtrUdlos employed a number 
of old-time vaude acts for the the- 
atre sequences in "Show Folks." 
Among these were the Juggling 
Nelsons;. -Clarence ■ Wui-tz, , rope 
walker; Bob Hale, former circus 
clown; Morris Black and three 
dancing girls, including Gertrude 
Messinger, Ijillian Woods and Carol 
Lombard. 

In addition, Important members 
of the cast, Robert Armstrong, 
Bessie Barriscale and Eddie Quillan, 
all former vaudCvillians, staged 
their respective acts. All were un- 
der direction of Paul L. Stein, who 
spent several years on German 
vaude stages. . , 



JUDGMENTS 

August Janssen, butcher; Tanner 
& Foster; $1,401. " 

K. S. & B. Amus. Corp.; Trav- 
elers' Ins. Co.; $72. 



Former Keith Agents 

Slowly Getting Set 



Since tho recent oy-ster of agents 
from booking pvivilog-oa with tho 
Keith olliocs most arc makii){^ now 
connections with outside inde- 
pendent, agcncios. 

Franklin ■ (Jraham, former .assist- 
ant to Dayton Wegefarth, has taken 
part of the Charlos Wilshin bfllccs 
that were formerly occiipiod by 
Montgomery Moses, who also wa,s 
afnong the former Keith agents, 
Moses is devoting more time to the 
writing end. . lie has had several 
articles accepted by the national 
weeklies. 

James Dunedin has gone Into th-? 
Dave Sabloskey ofnoo. Billy At- 
well niay Independently book. 

Jack McNeyins has no plans for 
the present. His attention at pres- 
ent is given to his invalid wife. 

Treat Matthews' plans are aliso 
vague, but he will retain his pres- 
ent offices pending a new office arr 
rangement. . 



Frisco in Carroll Show 

Joe Frisco has been signed by 
Earl Carroll for the forthcoming 
"Vanities." The stutterer was mo- 
toring to the west coast and had 
stuttered as fa.r as Chicago when 
Carroll's offer recalled him.. 



Auto Jump Routes as 
Weekly Money Savers 

Chicago, July 10. 

Anhouj,'h hooking manngcrs last 
year insisted that acta make no au- 
toniobilo jumps, this ."season thvy'vo 
taken the reverse attitude. 

Billy Diamond, of the Gus Sun- 
Diamond oflloe, is booking an auto- 
niobilo owner on all bills for th« 
noi-lhoni routo. The act with th« 
car carries other members for less 
tlian railroad fare, making side 
dough for hiihself and enabling th© 
others to cut expenses. 

The Diamond "auto bills" are 
given more time for jumps than 
those traveling, by train. 



Ben Turpin, M. C> 

Ben Turpin, the fog-eyed cajnera 
comic, has been signed for eight 
weeks as a master of ceremonies, 
opening a tour of the Interstate Cir- 
cuit at Dallas Aug. 11. 

M. S, Bentham signed the plctur* 
comedian for the engagement. 



MIDGETS AS GOBLINS 

Charles Dillingham has Singer's 
Midgets for his forthcoming musical 
comedy production, "Rip Van 
Winkle." "William Anthony McGulr* 
is authoi-ing. 

The Midgets will be cast as th« 
gohlin/9 who lived In the Catskllla. 
Jobyna Hbwland goes with the same 
show. 




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a Euccessful tour of. India, 
Burma, Ceylon, Java, Singa- 
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her new and original dance 
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be shown at the 

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Doctor Ordered 

For That 
Slow Spot In 

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For Dancini? 
Just Try To 

Keep Them 
Off The , 
Floor/ 



Words by 
NED MILLER 



Moderato 



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Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



V A Ub E V I L L E 



VARIETY 



money Act" Won't 

Work in Summer 



On the lists of acts submitted to 
tte Keith bookers at this time is a 
noticeable scarcity of what are 
known as "money turns." ISfforts 
to get these acts to play some sum- 
mer dates, have proved fruitless. 
They preferred their warm weather 
^st. 

Many of the acts submitted, are 
»ow jumping agents when the lat- 
ter fail to show action within a 
reasonable length of .time. 

By next fall a complete change 
of lists is expected to materialize 
through new booking conditions 
that will exist In the Keith offices. 



Savage, Coast, for "Vanities" 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Steve Savage, under contract to 
J>anchon and Marco, has been en- 
gaged to open in Earl Carroll's new 
•Canities." 




LOVEY GIRLS 

Stopping Shows Daily 
NOW AT 

CAPITOL, NEW YORK 

(WEEK JULY 7th) 
Direction BAM E. C01.MNS 
1587 Itroiidway, New York 



$100 FINE FOR MINOR 

Manager and Booker of 7-Year-Old 
Pleaded Guilty 



For permitting a soven-yoar-oUl 
girl to appear publicly in a Oanco 
and song act without obtaining a 
permit, Louis Bolton, theatrical 
manager and booking agent of 1576 
Broadway, and ■William Jones, deco- 
rator, of 44 West 98th street, were 
each lined |100 in Special Sessions. 
The two pleaded guilty to the 
charge. 

Both men were arrested on the 
complaint of agents of the Chil- 
dren's Society after the latter, had 
witnessed Esther Jones, the minor 
daughter of one of the defendants, 
do an imitation of the late Florence 
Mills -at the Everglades nite.club, 
June 13. The officers told the' Jus- 
tices that the child did her act at 
the club at 9 p. m- and again about 
midnight. 



WINCHEL'S LAY OFF 



Kemp for AH Stanleys 

The entire Fabian-Stanloy t-hain 
of vaudfilm houses are to be booked 
by Harold Kemp. Erie and Pitts- 
burgh will remain on Wayne 
Christy's books as the Davis houses 
in tho.so sections are clo?5cd for re- 
decorating. 

Dave Beehler, Fabian manager, 
will supervise the Fabian- Stanley 
Kemp booked stands. 



C ARLEM A 



DIAMOND 

(DANCING HARPIST SCFREME) 

Doing' the Harp Dancfne Sp«olaI(y as 
Originated by . Her Dad,- 
Charlie Diamond 



An "Idea" of Fanchon and Marco 

ROYCUMMINGS 

with 

FLORENCE DUFFY 



(Continued from page 27) 
Troupe, sensational hand -springers 
who spring from a board to two- 
man high shoulders. They attire 
themselves In the apparel of cow- 
hands, a departure from similar 
whirlwind specialists whose stuff 
you would never recognize unless 
looking at their costumes. A triplo 
somersault . in mid-air from the 
boatd was the thriller. They set the 
pace for the bill which was taken 
up by Reed and Duthers, male toe 
and heel experts with claiss, whose 
ice-skating Bpecialty was also , re- 
fresh ingr 

Coram, who last, appeared here 
with the All-British Bill, is a higii- 
ly entertaining ventriloquist. Ho 
found them appreciative. White and 
Tierney drew the fourth .spot with 
their nut comedy and skipped 
through their routine. One recalls 
the young lady from a musioar flop 
in which she was an outstanding 
hit. Tierney employs much of the 
matei-ial used when he duo'd with a 
lad named Donnelly on the big time 
and when he was merely the 
straight man. He goes in for com- 
edy now and plays up his falls. 

Likes Bad Notices 

A good enough hot wea,ther show, 
In fewer words, but to hear the rail- 
huggers in the rear of the orchestra 
argue it, there have beeii better. 

Perhaps T. shouldn't have quit the 
racket when I did. They seem to 
be hungry for bad acts and even if 
our- act did lay an egg at the Amer- 
ican you should have caught us at 
Loew's Delp,nccy Street; Were we 
good? Well, you ought to see what 
Variety said about us in Frisco. 
There was a critic! These Ibees are 
bimbos alongside of him! 

At that I may go back. I'm not 
stage struck but I think I niis.s the 
smell of bad notices. 



FORUM 

New Tork, Juno 21. 
Editor Variety: 

in the la.st issue of "\'ariety" nn 
article appeared to the effect that 
during my recent appearance In 
Chicago 1 had an argument with 
Father O'Connor with reference to 
a juke which your article stated 
Father O'Connor asked me to elimi- 
nate. 

The story stated 1 refui-ied to 
eliminate the joke and was forced 
to do so by Balaban & Katz. 

I know you will Avant the truth. 
Here it is:' 

My first moeting with Father 
O'Connor wa.s through Joe Lewis, a 
Chicago entertainer. We discussed 
thie joke I was telling and Father 
O'Connor suggested that I eliminate 
the same. I told him I would 
gladly comply with his request as I 
have never in my life offended any 
race or creed intentionally, and 
while I might not have agreed with 
him as to the merits of the joke I 
took it out immediately. 

Lou Hbitz. 



Taflin Off Chi Floor 

Chicajgo, July 10. 
Matthew Taflin, vaudeville pro- 
ducer formerly in the Max Richards 
office, has been given a two-weeks' 
notice to stay off the Keith local 

fiOOT. 

The notice prohibits doing busi- 
ness with Keith agents. 



GUILFOYXE-LANG DISSOLVE 

One of the oldest teams in vaudc, 
in association, Emmett Guilfoylc 
and Elsa Lang, has dissolved. 

Guilfoylc has a new double with 
Lillian Ilerlein. 



New Business Method in 
Keith's Western Office 



Ohlcapo, July lO. 
Consolidated and romndelled, 
the Keith oITices occupying Die enr 
tire fifth floor of the Slate-Lake 
building have caused a radical 
change in the old method of opera- 
tion. 

John lloyal has the . large main 
private office formerly, used by 
Bray and Lydiatt. Bon riazza Is 
using a private office overlooking 
the entire floor. 

The bookers are all in the open, 
lined up against a rail, and with 
no chairs beside theii- desks for 
visitors. 



JAY C. 




FRIARS CLUB, NEW YORK 



Nelle H&ndling Roxy Ballet 

During the absence in Europe of 
Leon Leonidoff, Roxy ballet master, 
ballet dorps of the house will be 
directed by Anthony Nelle. 



HARRY Q. 



MILLS 

ORGANIST 
U'urner Bros. Theatre, Hollywood 



Featured in. Fanchon and Marco's 
"nnthtul) Idea" 

LUCILLE 



in SrKCIALTT DANCES 
P. S. — A We«fc of Laugh! with Benny Rubin 



PANTAGES CIRCUIT Presents 
ROiGER and ISDSA 



In "BIJ\ME IT ON MR. UEKL" 
by EUGENE CONRAD 



VALE 



AND 



STEWART 

YES! WE DANCE 
Direction of LYONS and LV'O 
A rUBUX UNIT "DANCING F: 



AS 



THE'MEMPHIS 

COLLEGIANS 

That Sweet Band from the Sotith 

Headlining Fantaces Circuit 
Direction of F^TEIiI^A GREEN 



BILLY 



LEW 




AND 



DUTHERS 



NOW! 



K-A PALACE THEATRE, NEW YORK 

4TH RETURN DATE THERE 

and 

98TH CONSEGUTIVE K-A WEEK 

The Reason: "DANCERS SUPREME" 



OPENING BALABAN & KATZ CHICAGO THEATRES JULY 22 FOR 7 WEEKS 



THEN 



Available For Production 

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS 

REED and DUTHERS 

PALACE THEATRE, NEW YORK, NOW, JULY 9 




P. S.: Many Thanks to HARRY A. ROMM for his earnest and untiring efforts in our behalf. 



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VARIETY 




Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



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"Come on, Baby; Shake It Up,*' Because 
Mutual Wheel Shows Must Be Clean 



Most all the Mutual, shows next 
season will carry featured dancers. 
. Some shows mays bill them as "ex- 
tra attractions." They may also be 
clasised as "specialty dancers." 
. Some of the old burlesque men 
saiy that burlesque, history Is re- 
peating Itself and. that while the 
: heyday of such muscle dancers or 
coOch wigglers is past, the new 
dancing features must include the 
very latest Style of "shakers" who 
combine the jazzedy shimmy, black 
bottom, varsity drafirr body shake 
and twist or kill yourself, baby, to 
hot music. 

Goiie to all extent are Princess 
Rajah, Fatinwi and TOots Palca 
with their Oriental body maneuvers 
from burlesque but In their place 
next fall will be fals who could do 
all that the Far East muscle gym- 
nasts could and more. . 

Just how far. these special danc- 
ers will go will be solely lief t to the 
company managers, although the 
head df the Mutual Circuit is laugh- 
ingly on record as having told the 
show projectors to. keep their shows 
as clean ias possible, next season. 



Chorus Girls at $30 
For Mutual Producers 



Any, .hope the regular chorus 
dames on the Mutual wheel had 
that there might be an up ante on 
. the salaries Was dispelled this 
week, when some of the wheel pro- 
-Ci^teers . started engaging girls for 
^30 a week. 

So far there has. been a percep- 
tible gain in the new faces. 



iUding Sadie Banks 



. When word was flashed last week 
among the burlesque men and per- 
formers that Sadie Banks, former 
burlesque princIpaJ, was bedridden 
at her home, 1049 Simpson street, in 
the Brph'x, from a paralytic stroke, 
a collection was taken up at the 
Burlesque Club and put at once 
to her relief. ■ ' 

Miss' Banks is reported to be in a 
pitiable state, half of her body use- 
less from the stroke* and penniless 
through having been off the stage 
so long. 

When Miss Banks was working 
ehe was known to bC' the sole sup 
port of her aged father and mother 
who live with her in the Bronx. 

Miss Banks this week arranged 
for som% special treatment in the 
hop© of alleviating her condition 
She .has been in the show business 
for sonie years, among some of her 
burlesque connections being with 
. shows formerly produced by Dave 
Marion, Tom Dinkins and Joe 
Leavitt. 



Producers Off List 

Before the new Mlitual season 
rolls around there will be several 
of last year's producers dropped 
from the list. While the elimina- 
tions have. not. been fully deter- 
mined, the Mutual . Monday granted 
Ben Lavirte a franchise to produce 
a new show. 

Lftvine; was not on thfe wheel last 
eeason. His show will take the 
place of one of tho-ne to be dropped. 



COLUMBIA'S SKIBT TREAS. 

Nobody knows Just what caused 
It all, but the Columbia, New York, 
finally has a "wonriah- treasurer, 
<3harles Burns, whoi took the box 
office for a Short time, was suc- 
t-tiif^ded last week by Edna K. Meh- 
lenbeck, Plalnfleld, N. Ji 

For 12 years Albert R. . Zottarelli 
was treasurer, but resigned when 
Waiter Read© took over the house. 



Burfesque Casts 

For Henry Dixon's Mutual, "The 
Big. Revue": Claire De Vine, Fred 
Reeb, Jerry McCauIey, Vi Talley. 
Al Shank, kd Garland and LilHah 
Dixon. •. 

Murray Rosen has been granted 
a Mutual producing franchise next 
season for "The Bohemians," Among 
those signed are Harry Myers, 
Helen Davis, Frank Henley and 
Opal Oakley. . 

Sam Raymond's VGingeir Girls" 
will have Harry Glaff and Freddie 
Walker, comics; Fritzi White, prinia 
donna, and Vinnle Phillips, in- 
genue. • Irving Becker, company 
manager. 

Lew "Talbot's "Wine, Woman and 
Song" has under contract Eddie. 
Lloyd and Bobby Collins, comics; 
Frank O'Rburke, Don Guntier, Jayne 
LaRue, Meryle Wilson and Peggy 
Normand. 

Bentley and Michaels have set 
the cast for next season's edition 
of "Step Lively Girlsl" Harry Bent- 
ley heads it with support including 
Bleie Bergere,. Bud i*urceil. Jean 
Biu-ke, George Levy and Al Snyder. 

Jack Reid's "Record Breakers" 
(Mutual) : Margie Bartel, featured; 
Syde Burke, ; soUbrette; Juanita 
Evans^, ingenue; Johnnie Gilmore 
and Dave Burt, comedian.s; Larry 
Clark, master of ceremonies; Tom 
Breen, characters; Larry Harrigan, 
musical director. 

J. Catalann's three musical shows 
are cast as follows: Mae Dix and 
Her "Flapper Follies": Chris New- 
man, Co, manager; Joseph Pomer- 
anz, musical director; Mae, Dix, fea- 
tured;. Jack Tramp Montague and 
Johnny, (Rags) Ragland, corrtics; 
Tom Fairclough, straight; Madeline 
McEvoy, ingenue; Jess Mack, sou- 
brettfe; Sharll (dancer), added at- 
traction; "Stolen Sweets"; Morris 
Wainstock, Co. manager; George 
Keller, director; Harry Levine and 
Edith Palmer, featured; Thelma 
Lewis, ^ingenue; Bea Moore, sou- 
brette; Artie Lewis, straight; Bob 
Leonard, juvenile; Bill Johnston, 
comic; LaJade (dancer), added at- 
traction; "Moulin Rouge Girls": 
Louis Stark, Co. manager; Billy 
Rogers, director; Benny ' (Wop) 
Moore and Gus Flaig, featured; 
Billy Berning, Juvenile; Grace Tre- 
mont, Nonette Daly and Pauline 
Lee, soubrettes.; LaBelie Zaza 
(dancer) added attraction. 

Cast for "Hello Paree" next sea- 
son includes Lee Hickman, Ida 
Shaw, Billy Schultz and Bernetle 
Smith. Margie Pennetti will not 
rejoin. 

Emmett J. Callahan (alone) has 
engaged for his "Girls In Blue": 
Ann Corie, soubrette; Jean Kaskell 
and Buddy Nichols, ingenues; 
Clyde Bates and Murray • Welch, 
comics; Le\v Petrel, juvenile; Wal- 
ter (Pep> Smith, straight. 

For Ed. J. Ryan's "Girls From the 
Fylli<?s," Sam Raynor, comic; Gene 
Quinn, prima donna; Glady.s Clark, 
so ubfelfe ;~FIor e iTc e^ 
vail and Mae Raynor, ingenues,. 

For Frank Damsell's "The High 
Flyeirs," Damgell co manager, will 
include Frances Farr, Mike Sachs, 
and John Fagin, comics; Sadie Les- 
ter, Ingenue;. Thelma Benton, sou- 
breitte. . ■ 

Fox &'Krau&' "Red Hots" which 
rotates over the Mutual Circuit 
next season includes Jack. La Mont, 
Chubby Drlsdale, Gabby Fields, 
Helen Lenor, Ted Lester, Traasini 
and Radium Girls. 

Harold Raymond's "Mlchief Mak^ 
ers" Will have Bob Startzman, Ruth 
Price, Babett© Eckhart, Chickie 
Wells, Hal Ford, Mac White -and 
Billy Lee. 

Jake Polar's cast for "Night Club 
Girls" comprises Dolly Davies, Billy 
Tanner, Irving Jacobs, Gladys Mc- 
Connack, Rae Allen, Joe Hall and 
Joe West. The title replaces 
"Kandy Kids." 



Mixed Stock and Reg. 
Burlesque on 125tli St. 

irndt'r tho new booking pl.in en- 
tered into by the Minskys and Hur- 
tig. & Seampn, the former are mov- 
injg their ofllcos this week from the 
Apollo in 125th street, where Mi nsky 
burlesque stock has been operated 
for so long, to the. H. & S. Music 
Hall. Next season it will be known 
as Hurtig & Seamon's Apollo;. 

Minskys expect to dispo,se of their 
fonner Apollo on a subleasb. . 
. It has been definitely, decided to 
play Mutual attractions arid also 
offer the Minsky. type of stock, open- 
ing the show with one act of stock 
and then following with thei first 
act of each traveling Mutual. 

Wfilter Brown will , be principal 
comic assisted by Eddie Green,; col- 
ored comedian, now in Europe with 
the English edition of "The Black- 
birds." Steve Miller and Ray Payne 
will also be permanent members. 

Addison Burkhardt, for many 
years manager of the old Music 
Hall, will not be back. In his place 
will be Paul Slayer. Billy Min«ky 
will be at the theatre as managing 
dlrpctor, 

Minskys closed their National 
Winter Garden down in Iloiistori 
street, but it reopens Aug. 17 with 
burlesque stock. ■ 

Heretofore there have been three 
Minsky brothers identified with 
Minsky burlesque in New York. The 
fall will see another, Morton, asso- 
ciated with Abe and Herbert Min- 
sky in operating the Winter Garden 
Co. 



Inside Stuff-VaudeviDe 



in tho rcoent colored bieauty contest, hold under auspices of the. Nelson 
Manufacturing CO., Richmond, Va., In a. tie-up with the Alhambra . the- 
atre. New York, the winner was Marie Ferguson, Centralia, 111. Misa 
Fergu.son was adjudged the Nelson Girl for 1928 and. received $250 and 
was promised two weeks' work at the Alhambra theatre. 

Catherine Holt. Rochester, N. Y,» copped second place, for ;?100 In. 
prize money; Third place and $60 went to Lucille Phelps, Oklahoma City. 

With the Olympic djirk and all billing matter removed fro'm the front 
frames, a vaude bill originally pasted into one of the frames IB years; ago 
has been exposed and appears to pa.s.sersby as a current program. 

It reads: This Week— FlslcG'Hara CO., Tom Waters, Six iBonessettla, 
Julie Heme Co., Lew Blobriv,. Cooper arid . RoblnsoYi, The Wortheys, 
Marquis aiid Lynn, Cameron sisters, and tho Olymplaphone. 

Loew'e, New Rpchelle, N. Y., has started upOn Its wired life. To data 
the house has not played a full-length talker, but .commenced with a 
couplo of talking shorts on top of its regular film bill. In New RochoUo 
the Loew and Proctor houses are pooled, leaving no wired opposition ia 
the town and permitting Loew's to handle the wired house at will. 



Olyinpic, Cincy, Sold ; 

Bought by Shuberts 

Olympic, Cincinnati,: long the 
home of Columbia burlesque, 
changed hands last week. 

;,The Shuberts acquired ownersh.p 
through negotiations handled by 
Ben Heidensfeld, representing the 
former, and the Columbia Wheel 
which originally obtained the nia- 
jority of the controlling stock 
through a deal the late Rud Hy- 
nicka conducted for the burlesque 
interests with the Gteorge B. Cox; 
estate. 

. The Cincy COlumibia was origi- 
rially built . by John Rjran. At one 
time wae one Of tho most profit- 
able spokes in the old Columbia 
wheel. 

The Shuberts are expected to use 
the house for road attractions. 

Mutual wheel shows continue to 
go into the. Empress. 



Chi Keith's Agente 

In New Organization 

Chicago, July 10. . 
. yaudcville . agents doing business 
with Kfilh's here have organized 
after the pattern of Artists' Repre- 
sentatives Ass'n of New York. 
Local corporate title is Keith- Albce- 
Orpheum Artists' Representatives 
(Western) Ass'n. 

Olticers include Billy Jackson, 
business managOi', chairman of the 
board of director rind chairman of 
the arbitration board; Bill Jacobs, 
prcs-'ident; "I'om Biirchill, Vice- 
president; Max Richard, secretary 
and treasurer; John Billsbury, 
Charles Crowl, Harry Spirigold and 
Ex Keoxigh, artiltration committee; 
Harry Danforth and Will Cunning- 
ham,, by-laws committee; Malcolm 
Eagle. Lew Goldberg and Harry 
Danforth, advertising committee; 



PLIMMER-KEITH DUBIOUS 



Altered. Conditions May Keep India 
' Booker Out of Big Agency 



Scribner Vacationing 

Sam Scribner , motored ; to his 
country place in Brookville, Pa., last 
week, where he will remain in- 
definitely. 



Grosmer As Manager 

Lou Grosmer will become a bur- 
leisque manager. 

His maiden effort will bo to pilot 
tho "Hello JakQ" Fielda Mutual 
next season. 



McClOY'S 800 STORIES 

Fred H. McCloy has a busy sum- 
mer ahead and has some i500 special 
stories to get out on the 40 shows 
already listed as positive Mutual 
starters for the new season. 

With only five or six complete 
casts In for the new season F. II. 
sent out a personal hurry up call 
to all the show producers to send 
ia their casts rfght away. 



Bozo Snyder's Comics 

Toronto, July 10. 

Canadian International Films has 
grabbed Bozo Snyder from bur- 
lesque, to do a scries of short film 
comedies, co-starred with Mona 
Klng.sley, 

Col. W. F. Clarke, vice-president 
and general manager of the com- 
pany, will supervise production on 
the Snyder pictures, which will be 
directed by Douglas Bright, recent 
arrival from the Harold Lloyd lot. 
The comedies will b^ shot here. • 



COLUMBIA'S NEW FACES 

Lavilla May, soubret; Harry Ryan, 
juvenile, and Ruth Price, ingenue, 
stopped out of the Columbia, bur 
lesque stock Saturday; : • 

Rae Keith his replaced Misa May, 
Bobbie Eckhardt supplanted Miss 
Price and Charles Garland assumed 
the juvenile role. 

George Leon, resigned as princi- 
pal comic with Eddie Sullivan's Mu- 
tual show for next season, will sup- 
plant Harry Bentley as' one of th? 
comedians with the Mutual stock 
at the Columljia, New York, next 
Monday. 



Cutting Down Runways 



The illuminated runway is not to 
be used in every Mutual stand next 
season. , 

It is not. likely that more than 
two cities will erivploy pernHtnent 
hoiise gals for runway display, the 
other cities using runways having 
them only for the . use of the girls 
doing their regular numbers with 
the traveling companies. 

The two positive stands at this 
time are the Columbia. New York, 
and tho Cadillac, Detroit, 

It may also be certain that the 
Hurtig & Seamon house in 12Cth 
street may have permanent house 
girls working in special runway 
formation. 



SCHWAB IN JAM 



(Continued from page 27) 

covered the liquor in the rear of the 
caT', where the two women had been 
seated. An additional charge w^as 
recorded ogainst the four. After 
kept prisoners for three hours they 
were bailed out. After the adjourn- 
ment In West Side Court the party 
loft for Federal Court to be ar- 
raigned before U. S. Commissioner 
Cotter on the Volstead .charge. 

Schwab wa.si Indignant at the ar- 
rests. He denied, his mother or tho 
other woman had used threateriing 
or insulting language to tho cop. 
They all insisted 'it was Mitchell 
who was the offender. Besides be- 
ing arrested, Schwab lost, his new 
machine, which was corifiscated 
after the liquor was found. 



TAKES HUDSON, SCHENECTADY 

Mutual Circuit has taken over the 
Hudson,. Schenectady, N. Y., for five 
y_ears,_a3sumii:i g^ten .ancy-next.month. 

With the acquisition of the Hud- 
son, Mutual shows will play that 
house Instead of the Wcd^^way 
next season. 



Columbia's Midnite Auditions . 

Columbia, New York, has been 
rented at a prepaid flat ^sum for 
each Friday at midnight by Andy 
Wright for audition performances. 

The first will start July 13. 
Prices $1 top. 



Kessler's Future 

Aaron Kessler up to Monday had 
not definitely made up his mind as 
to his future aside from considering 
another agency tieup or become an 
independent agent. The chances 
favor the latter. 

Lew Mo-soly, who wag. a Keith 
agent and was ousted, has joined 
the Fj, C, Manwarlng agency. 
"Manny" i.s a Keith agent. 



Franchise for Raymond 

Harold Raymond, manager of the 
Mutual'a Oayety, I?rooklyn, will 
prodtico a Mutual show next sea- 
son in addition to managing the 

hOU,MO, 

It will bo called "The Mischief 
Makers." Principals signed so far 
are Bob Startzman, first comic; 
Ruth Price, prima donna; Bobette 
Eckhard, ingenue; Billy Lee, second 
comic Sammy Kline will manage. 



Walter J. Plimmer's proposed in- 
duction Into the Keith Agency as 
booker Aug. 1, seems, somewhat 
dubious through Joseph P. Ken- 
nedy's reorganization regime. Plim- 
mer claims a contract calling for 
his return to the Keith booking 
fold after years •of absence as an 
independent booker. 

Negotiations fOr Plimmer's return 
had been sot with E. F. Albee and 
May Wood.s, former head of Keith's 

family department. This was prior 
to Kennedy taking over the direc- 
tion of the circuit. Miss Woods is 
now out: 

.Plimmer Is continuing as an in- 
dependent booker despite refusal of 
renewal of his employment agency 
license. It" is understood Plimmer 
has been granted temponnry permis- 
sion by the commissioner of licenses 
pending decision of his recent hear- 
ing for renewal of license. Third 
Deputy Commissioner Mary F. Kenr 
nedy, who sat as trial commissioner 
at the Plimmer hearing, departed 
shortly after for a month's vacation 
and will not render decision in the 
matter until she returns. 



Fighting Mgr. Loses Job 



E. Allen Meyer is out as manager 
of the Westwood, Westwood, N. J. 
Meyer's resignation is reported the 
aftermath of his attempts to make 
that blue, law Bergen County burg 
riiorc undigo than ever. 

Meyer is also Justice of the Peace 
and took iip cudgels for 100 per cent 
bliie law enforcement several weeks 
ago, when town authorities closc'd 
the theatre he was managing and 
prohibited further Sunday perform- 
ances. Meyer went at the enforce- 
ment stuff with a vengeance, closing 
everything temporarily. 

The local administration is re- 
ported as having worked \ipon the 
theatre owners to oust Meyer. The 
theatre corporation would not admit 
pressure but announced Meyer was 
out and Adolph Kcuhn had suc- 
ceeded ;hl.m. ... . _ 



INCORPORATIONS 

(New York) 
Con4;ordla Film CoPiwrntloh of Anierlcn, 

Ma-nliuttiin. .motion piclurcB, 200 aharos 
no par; Jcrbmfr G, n6.<icnhaus, Samuel ti. 
Rels. Sttmucl Null. . , . • 

Gold llnwk rictnrfiH. Inc., Manhattan, 
100 sharoH lio par; I,ouis Oolusioin, 
Joseph .lUiiaerman, Charle.t, N. Jiw''/'_ 

Amfitcnltun ConHolKlfttedl Cocp., Man- 
hattnii. theatfea, 1,500 .lh ares no par, J. 
H, Walters, I,csllo E. Thompson and a. 
J. Van Bureri. . 

8tel]»r Vent ure.s. Inc., Mii"hattan, ine- 
atrefi, 200 aharea no par; Max Ruticn, 
Dorothy Dlntfor. Anna R. Pavl.s. „ 

IMitlplay IToiIiictJonH. Inc., Manhattan, 
theatrical, $20,000, I'hUlp Goodman, Vir- 
ginia MacAuley, A. M, WattenberK. _ 

UlnfTMlilo. Inc.. New York, literary 
w'orltH, 300 sharcw no par; KreaerlcK J. 
IMvlhe. Alice I'oole. Arthur Metzffprs. ^ 

Newton AnmHenient <i<>r|>„ mmlni. en- 
teriainnient.M, .Henry Schweppe. t roa- 
eilclc Solnveiipo, William P. KoclBf>ra. 

Wolf liUMO Theatre Corp., Manli.T.tian, 
thcatroa, $10,000: .laotiuca lluttonkani. 
Hoi ButLenkant, llernum U. O'.''^ 

a. n. I'tellTer, attorney for the 
.oxh U) i .turs, , .h i\ s 1 1 tv 1 a H 1 c 1 e.s ^ o C I n cot - 
roratloTi of^M'uluiiT AH.HOclalion of -piotron- 
t'lc.turc Kxhll)Uor!<. New company naa 
2,000 sUarea of common ■ stock. . bnucr- 
stood to lio nn or(,'anl/,!i tion. for the pur- 
chime, cu-., of nim.s by Indeppiulent ox- 
lilbllors. 



Hexter at Casino 

Billy llextcr will .manage the 
Casino, Brooklyn, when Joe Roa® 
assumes tenancy this month. 

Rose Is installing stock burlesque 
as a permanent policy at the for- 
mer Columbia house. 



Wednesday, Jidy 11, 1928 



PARAMOUNT 

("Ocean Blues" — Unit) 
<NEW YORK) 

New York, July 7. 

Good hot weather show at the 
Paramount this week. Paul Ash Is 
hick on Ifhe rostrum after a week 
In the pit. The barber's despair. 
In addition to his customary m. c,- 
Ing^ops the buck with Nell Kelly, 
rshl's ffirl has established herse>E as 
a corner favorite, and will probably 
wind up In a Broadway musical. 
She has a novelty delivery and can 
dance like all get out. .■■ 

The bill opens with a prelude by 
the paramount Orchestra, led by 
Emanuel Bauer! The News Weekly 
clips follow and the boys in the pit 
do their best with traps, etc.* to 
make it sound like the talkers. 

Jesse Crawford next in a straight 
routine of organ selections. Craw- 
ford took his usual bends at the fin- 

The presentation next. They are 
becoming morie musical comedyized 
each welk. This week It's J'Ocean. 
Blues," R. H. Burnside production. 
Sixteen of the girls work aloft in 
one number, on the ropes. This is 
probably an Alan Foster routine. 
Paul small has a song specialty In 
front of the line backed by the Fos- 
ter girls in cut nautical costumes 
and Ash and his muslckers oblige. 

following. . ■ , „ , 

Scanlon, Den»o Bros, and Scanlon 
"in gob costuriies followed in the.ir 
excellent tap . dance routine. In 
vaudeville the punch at the finish 
Is the discovery that one is a woman. 
At this house the girl didn't tip her 
fiex. 

ISvans and Mare In a piano, song 
and gagging specialty, and they like 
trie man's quips here. Attired m 
cowboy outfit with 10-gallon hat he 
went in for nut stuff at the box. 
The girl sang acceptably and foiled 
■• Well 

"Just a Melody Out of the Sky" by 
Ash and his boys, was followed by 
Moss and Fry yarbed as galley 
cooks. The blackface pair proved 
that talking acts can do it in a pic- 
ture house. Their routine has been 
slightly changed with a real gag in- 
serted here and there. They made 
a decided impression. 
-Nell Kelly, next, did a whirlwind 
song, then used Ash for a straight 
In another song and also as a danc- 
ing partner. She mopped. 
• Ash looked decidedly salty in a 
blue ensign's unie and a white uni- 
form cap. He wasn't dressed to 
' pass an admiral's Inspection,, but 
the frails okayed him from hat to 
fehoes. "Ocean Blues" had setting 
designed by' Carmine Vitolo, cos 
tumes by Brooks designed by 
Charles Le Malre, and special music 
•by Rubey Cowan. Nat Flnston also 
had a finger In it. 

A decidedly vaudeville tinge but 
A. great playing unit. . Z'*'^ 



tenor (unbilled) with them. They 
are adagloists, with the girl, a good 
toe worker, carrying the burden. 
Two numbers are a Btralght adagio 
and an Indian, the latter accom- 
panied by the vocalist. 

Maxwell and Lefe, also man- 
woman, arc comedy steppers, both 
in dress and work. They are fast 
and clever and stopped this show. 

Finale had the house gals turn 
their capos around to form a flag. 
An American flag. , Did its duty. 

Presentation running 46 minutes. 
"Stars and Stripes," title. 

Merle Clarke also went patriotic 
In his organ solo spot, -playing all 
United States tuno.s, but the .na 
tlon;il anthem. • 

"My Best Girl" (U. A.), film. 

• BigCi 



ORIENTAL 

("A Movie Party" Unit) 
(CHICAGO) 

* ' . Chicago, July 5. 
With. eight acts and a show-stop- 
ping ballet, this 60 -minute Jack 



ROXY 

(WIRED) 
(New York). 

New York, July 9. 
At the Metropolitan opora stuvl.s 
in November; at the Roxy you got 
it when it's bvtr 90 in tht» .sluuU'.. 

This looks like a loafing week ?ill 
around in the big: house. Bosido.^ 
the easy operatic staging, tlvgrc is a 
repeat of the "Wooden Soldier" drill 
by: the Roxyettes. It copped every- 
thing In a quiet evening for applause 
and with a meagre house tonight 
(Monday). ' 

Ail of the people in the l,100-.soat 
mezzanine were shoved into the lirst 
five rows Of the middle section; per- 
haps 150. ' Orchestra fair. Woatho.K 
red hot,- but cool enough in the 
Roxy. That refrigeration alono 
shoyld have brought more trade. 

A mo^t attractive seftting was the 
opening with the pit qrchostra and 
64 girls, in dlfCprent , co.stuming 
grouped upon the stage. Of those 
24 were In igraduatlon white drossps. 
They did nothing but stand up once 
when the biand did, for a bow; 

It was the background for tho 



GRAND RIVIERA 



sheoti giving the orToot, thnuf^h more 
natural, of sound dovico. It wus. 
roUshod and drow favorablo omn- 
ineht.s, M-<i-M now.srool complcto'i 
bill. .BuPino.>^s oponing matinoi' 
g6od.- ' I'ldu'ord^. 

STATE 

(BOSTON) 
, Dusttm, .luly 10.- 

A. cool Monday niglit and K^otl 
bill brought big buxmoss for thiy 
4,'COO-soati'r. 

NtM-ma Shoarer in "The. Actrofs" 
Avas tbo draw and the plcluro'' not 
only ln-ld .solid through . tlio la.^l 
show but got good applauso. A 
rather unusual . tliins for pii'Iog- 
matic Bo.^toh. .... 

The surp.riso oamo i'n the .fiolan 
aind Bongor Itoviu-; an act. wiiioh 
has been knock int; around .for the 
past yvar, prowiiig slalo. It was 
booked in for a Sunday yhow . lo- 
cally about a. month as^o wIumi It 
was apparently n-ady to bre ak up. 
Clicked dwpito. .tlu' aunday ban on 
dancing and cOstumo chan^'o.s .and 
the roport.s th.'it wont over to N(>\v 
York apparently were boUvvod. Tho 
revue a.s it now stands is a. versa- 
tile band act with Loon Ivaverdi and 
Giileen. Dougal, and a . young sax 
player .who rosoniblos the I'rinco 
of Wales running aw.ay with flnst 
The lad Is a quiet cohiio 
with possiblUtie.s as a master of 
ceremonies. 

If a real showman could spend 
about a week with this act, build 

could be oho 



STRAND 



ui- i« « ffti. tHft operatic "Alda," with the singers 

Laughlin unit is. a sUndout for the I ^-^^^.^^ their awkward entrances 

mid-western route. Any house that Und exits on the big stage. . Any 
squawks needs a new m. c. number of songs, In solos, duos and 

ThP DriPTita.! Is set with Al Kvale M-rios, all operatic, of isourse, and the 

The Orientaris set wim ai "j.^* Uj^ing ggemed to run for nionths. It 

^^"^'^^ ^i^Lo? i^tn wWt^^^^^ l^ave been better to have put j honors. 

^f^^'iioT i?r^?hi louth Tnd they'?e sound to one of those foreign "Mac- 
of local naming youtn, ana ye 

lining. UP th^s^^l^S^^ a. burlesque b.allet 

or shine. WUh a f oof^^P'f,^"^® rehearsal, by Agnes! George dcMille. 

support him. he ^ a, ^^f^"^^'*^^^^^^ does it nicely, timing her com- I ing up novelties, . It 

without the film he s stuitneoeBi .^^ moments well but the entire bit of the sna:ppiest units on tlie T.ocw 
draw this burg has h^d^since tne i ^^^^ long. It should be cut time. His first change would be to 

original s. a. king went east^ down lo bring the burlesque bits make Laverdi quit using a feminine 

Production lor ^¥°V%o of oL closer. The brevity would get over makeup. ' 
uses ^all of _ the Orientals stage i^^j^ better In a picture house, no ; . Eisa Ersi and Nat Aycr were the 
space, a replica of one o£ tnose re- ^^g-tter how short It nriay be at pres- gupporting act and had difiioulty in 
ception rooms without which _no Unt. fmaking the grade, possibly because 

society picture is complete, me Newsreel held nothing of notice over-plugged 

band is backed in center stage, Q^her than the short speech Al Smith Birge Peterson at the org.in has 
with a staircase on either side lead- jnade at City Hall, July 4, on the another tough song plug routine on' 
ing to a raised center entrance. A urgency of votingr; Smith can welU ^^ich he did his best but that wiis 
scrim at the start carrying enlarged believe In that.. His speech was on enough to offset the handicap, 
projection of whirhng flower pat- the Movietone. • The sHdes continue to come 

terns for no particular reason, but a Universal short, "Handicapped,' through ungrammatically worded, 



still effective. lis played by hands only. Not bad 

Number of acts made individual and really short, 
recognition difflcult. Three turns Organ solo of some volume, open- 
combined at the start to snap the hng the show. 

presentation into high opening speed. ^ Feature film Is FBO's *TIlt of the 
"Charlb," dressed as a maid, is an Show,'* a lightweight for the Ropey, 
excellent tap and toe dancer, al- as the, , remainder of its bill this 
though not uncorking the latter week. 

here. She deserved a better spot; Next week is Wiled for Fox s 
a wiz on the fast rhythm and equal "Street Angel," with successive 
to an important assignment in anyJ weeks others of Fox's special fea- 



theroby giving about a thousand 
people at each show something to 
sputter about on the way home. 



BRANFORD 



(NEWARK) 

Newark, N. J., July 7. 

^ ^ ^ _ _ A Garden Party" is billed as an 

stage unft ' 'BiVly""Mar^^^^^ Iia'sltures which have recently appeared [ Edward L. Hyman unit, but it has 

built a good eccentric routine on a | in the Broadway houses at $2 » k«<.t, ««r,«iri«,.^,Kw in n^^r- 

palr of flexible ankles, put his stuff 



over effectively and an unaniiounce* 
acrobatic blonde, Vilma Joy, com- 
pleted the opening with a fast hoop- 
roll across stage. 

The -unit's special Theodore Kos- 



STATE 



been considerably changed in per 
sonnel since starting out, and has 
manifestly been touched up by 
Harry W. CruU to suit the Bran- 
ford patronaee. The result is as 
pleasing a show as one has a right 
It moves rapidly, has 



(DETROIT) 

Detroit, July 7. 

Another one-man proposition 
here this week, built and playing 
iiround Monk Watson and topped, 
topped and stopped by that m.c. 

A series of these all-Watspn 
btage bills brings under considera- 
tion the question of how and what 
the Riv will do when \y:atson de- 
parts; he's bound to blow — they all 
do. 

The stay of Watson in Detroit, 
topping in time the record of any 
conducting m.c. anywhere, Is re- 
inarkable. Three consecutive years 
in one town and the same audience 
daily must attest to his aTjility, 
drawing and playing, and person- 
ality. In appeiaraince Monk is not 
the general picture house stage 
draw type. He's far away from 
that on looks, but with more pep 
and vim than 10 of the other kind 
fcomblned and with as much talent. 

It has been stated that his only 
apparent, fault , is haying rcinalned 
In one spot too long. Three years 
before one audience might educate 
bhe too well in the ways of that 
particular audience, conceding that 
different audiences have different 
tastes. 

The stage show surrounding 
. Monk this week Is an ultra-pa 
triotlc affair with a Capitol back- 
ground and a flag finish. Nothing 
ia,t all notable in Fred Ireland's 
production end, with simple . trap 
pings and the pace and routine 
iBlmilarrto that of an average vaude 
ville bill but for the band in the 
rear. Watson's dovetailing efforts 
iare practically the production, al- 
though In three bits the house bal- 
let (8) looks like number one hore- 
iabouts. 

Opening, a patriotic medley by 
the stage boys. Keystone. Screivid- 
ers, More appropriate than effec- 
tive, but the band later came 
through with a Jazz arrangement of 
a classic that took an enooroi 
• First outside turn, June Harris, 
..8oft--V oicod- Bo ubrct .witli .a.nitc; clul) 



(LOS ANGELES) 

LiOB ^ngeles, July 6 
Jack Waldron, recent importation I to expect 
irtff ballet of seven is among its I >^om the east, debutted here today plenty of fun, appeals to the eye, 
mn<,t imnressive Items They be- as m- and stage band leader, and pleases the ear, and brings back 
^o^f J??, n ^n^;^n that eo%. away; to a nice start with the the old-time Branford enthusiasm. 

^rn„^,^ «^ i^nc:n7i bn?^^^ ^arco "Mars" Idea.. . Set shows, band in dinner coats 

^^?,c? rtn^workpf ir^te^^ ^ * personality that Uehind masses of flowers; above the 

house, and later worked an inter- | ^j^^^j^ grow on the customers as he Uand are five high, flowered arches. 

goes along. Opening day his line of Opening is slow, but pretty with 
* ^ifPo,.^^* frnm I "s^as a little too speedy for out the girls from the MacQuarrte 

talent, and entirely different from front, but he got his; gags across and Harp Ensemble doing garden party 
the accepted picture house cheruses. popularity by his ability to put f gtuff. George H. Morgenroth leads 

Chief Eagl© Feather, In full re- ^yer comedy song numbers a.nd P ^jj^ band occasionally and takes 
galia, was a hort novelty wlth^ his Ubrough his atepplng. : ■■' ' part In some of the business. The 

tap dancing. Although preceded by "Mars" ran heavy on adagio and ^^^^^^j ^he stage Is doing better, 
a raft of dancing, his costume made eccentric dancing, with a real .novel- although It Is not let loose any- 
hlm different and he clieaned de- Uy Injected by a double adagio, par- I j^^^.^ ^.^j^ j^^t ^^jj^ljgj.g jt has a 
servedly. . Rose Valyda, who sings ticlpated in by John and Harriet surety and a snap to some of 

In two voices, followed with two Griffith luid Huff and Hunt, and accompaniments that offer 

tender ballads that could have put showing new possibilities In this pleasure and promise, 
her over alone, but she cliniaxed particular entertainment. Waldron, 1. contrary to announcement of his 
with a wow burlesque adagio In the new m. c, opened cold ,herore h ^,^^^1 . Charlie Melson, 

\*hich she used pint-sized Kvale, the the drapes and drew a small wel- 

m. c, as the girl. Built like a foot- coming reception, which he foUowed ^^^^ ^^jj ^^^j^ jg gtju ^ 

ball player, Rose tossed Kvale with e gag or two before starting | oa v,o nn-n 

around like, dandruff and walked off the show off. „ 
as the second show-stopper. I Opening was In -one' before a 



(WIRED)' 
(New York) ; 

.Now Vork, July 7.- 
Anotlif.-r all nMH'h;utical bill In 
this luviuro, hoii«o for the. •^^ook 
o<nnM\onJ ini^ tod.'vy. ll'a all cannod 
olhor than tho luv on h« .-.tra. linuse 
orKiiH aiKl a part <if the n.-ws rool. . 

Warner Brothers' V:taph'inod 
(talK^M) "I.iphts of Now Vork" Is 
tho inn h\ film foature, with throe . 
lalkitig .Khort.s for tho v.anoty :end , 
of tho .'••ta.iro show.; ' 

Th.o Strand, lato.ly gono wire; and 
previously playing two of W.T.rncrs' 
full lon.gtJi t.alkorp, fyllowinp their 
aiipoaranoo at Warnors' on Broad- , 
way at top, now got.s a Vita first 
run in 'the feature. Its conipara- , 
tivo brevity, D7 minul.os, and lack ■. 
of class . a.i a talkor; likely induced 
the Warnors to- lot thO' Strand show 
it llrst, plus an extra heavy rental 
roportod paid by the Strand for the 
l)rivilot,''o. It may bo in oh a guar- 
antc<'. and porcontaKO. 

Willi any kind of a weather break 
this ."Lights of Now York," an un- 
dorworld of ordinary make and 
Story, aJiould do busirio.ss tor the . 
hoiise, mostly oh Broadway because 
of the shiart advertising it has been 
given; Called "The ilrst lOa per . 
cent, all talker" and In view of the 
space being devoted by the dailies 
to the new departure in pictures, 
that billing and that it's an undcrr . 
world should do the trick. 

in the shorts aside from the ever 
accepted Movietone (Fox) News, is 
a cinch low comedy record by Coh- 
lin and Glass, a clip from one of 
their vaudeville acts. Another Vita 
short is the Arhhoim Orcheglra, a 
second canning for Warners by that 
west coast musical organization, and 
al.^o another Vita. short of GigU, tho 
always present tenor,, with this 
much the best of the GigU talking 
recordings for the screen. (All re- 
viewed in detail under Talking 
shorts.) 

Other than the silent news reel, 
the pit orchestra did Its part 
directed by Alois Reiser, and Tim 
Crawford with PYederick Smith, 
gave the organ solos, closing the. 
show. ■ 

Friday, midnight the Strand 
opened 'this bill as a special shoj 
at $1.60 top. It did not draw cti 
pacity. About seven-eighths In the 
orchestra. One might have sus- 
pected that with all of the talk 
about talkers In the trade and In 
the lay press, along with the pos- 
sibility of legit actors getting per- 
manent or temporary Jobs In a new 
and lucrative field, or being called, 
upon for sight and sound tests, 
that actors alone, if not other- peo- 
ple of the show business,, would 
have given the . Strand an overflow, 
even at $1.50. . 

Perhaps thO actors were. In the 
balcony. Or maybe they don't want 
to know about the talkers, until 
they are a.sked to play In them.^ Or 
perhtLPs the only actors in New 
York last midnight were . at the 
Lambs Club -and of course _^the 
Lambs Club actors know that 
everybody in the world knows of 
them and where they may be found. 

Where they mp.y be found ought 
to greatly Interest the legit actors 

just now. . ^, 

However, Lee Shubert thought 
enough . of the event to watch it. 
With 29 Broadway legit theatres to 
fill next seasonp he should be con- 
cerned. 



failure to talk as clearly as he can 
He Is a natural comic and with the 
different performers, uses gag after 



Janet Sisters, blonde twin song scrim of M^s and other 
fifblf mrn'Se^^^^^^^^^ lively .and. win a 

Ihc^ <^i^ Ve?r"^littTe"'S?mony^"bft 

ancfthen the unity kicking routine. S^e, with tS sef re''^^^^ 

Costumes and^appearance decided J^n^i^^the Interior of an observu- 
assets. Kvale broke Into the stream b^^^^ Waldron handled the 

of specialties at this point with K^^^^. apparent ease and 

a special version of Tiger Rag, | gj^^^.^^^ g^^^^j gjjQ^„ianshIp. 



ready response — even the old ones, 
He sings a down-right plug of 
new Donaldson song. Eddie gets 
over as usual without a singing 
voice. 

Acts liked, and all enter Into the 

gags when needed. Arthur Ball 

Herd over ior-'a: second :week, Go-< I starts things wlth^a ypritab^^^ 
Go, comedienne, gagged with Wal- as he ^Ings j^th ^J'^^ Powerful 

... , . - ^ . , dron before going into . her songs, voice. Eddie has to coax them to 

dignified musicians on the route and easily duplicated her success of let him go. Dolores and H-dcly sing 
■tackle It, but here It was the -ber- Uhe brevloua week. This little girl and dance. Eddy's dance on his 

Is a comer, and with a little devel- hands, big. Irmanette plays the 
opment shbuld be outstanding. Dur- vi^in as pleasingly as ever and 
ing her second number Waldron . goals them with her dancing as she 
tirely on her toes. Combination of I demonstrated he can step a little. play-s. Billy Adams, nut comedian 
the two talents makes nifty enter- Three Musketeers (niale) were of the type always welcomed here 
tainment. especially by a blonde next, with a comedy number, one deserves reception. . 
with sensational you -knows. of the boys accompanying on a The scrim behind the arches is 
Murray and Allen, harmony team, I miniature piano. -Vvith. the other raised and the MacQuarrio Harp 
aviuiKi-jf .1 _ _ •> 1 — , — _ ^inwriino- A 1 t.-. «v.rw.«..o each girl in an 

n .with the flow 

keen in clover for some time, it's k ana me opya wcxo wuijr ^...^.j r ^rs, hkhlb, a.iu v^A.orcd backgro^^ 
ohontiho different 3,000 [celved, ,^ make a charm ng flash. While they 

about ^'V? ajfference oecwee^^ I'dca Chorus introduced aa 'Warriors pjay Loretta lA^e and-Al.sl Grins 
f n%^^h ?o,lh^ot7er as wrl^^^^^^^^ and d^incc. Add.s class and 

?P^' ^'V^^nu m-n^fpf th^mlte^^^^ Maxine anci Doreen Interpolating a pje^ses. One other good number 
Thc'y should protect the material I j^^j^^^^ .^^^j^^j.^^^ ^j,g^p^ j,,^,(,iy M^^^^^^^^^ 

with guns. _ _ _ _ Inhfiriea Mevers. eccentric dancer, 



leading the band .with_his .clArl^^ 
and heating, the house Into 'demand 
for an encore. It'll b6 too bad when 



rics. 

Vilma Joy followed In an excep 
.tional acrobatic routine worked en 



m.anner, sold herself nicely on ap 
pearance, but needed all of Wat- 
son's support and hoofing, and 
more, to get over on singing. She's 
ho better than the majority of the 
picture house soubret crop, and 
•Just as bad. 

Romainln© pair of turns were 
two mixed dance teams, though 
'each dissimilar is style, Henry and 
Stafford appear to have altered a 
jvaude flash turn for two numbers 
teCor© the sta^e band, carrying a 



Fmale wa.? a July Fourth tableau, I Ch^irle^Meyer^,^^^^^ specialties 
led by Los Scow, plugger, singing .^^^^^.^^ hurled gags and patter, 
about memories of France, anfl K^^ ^^jj^^ of those out front were 
eventually centering on a ^Betsy Igj^^ to get hep to what It waa all 
Uos.s. I'roscntjhg the Flag" tableau l^jj^^t; He sang a couple of pavo- 
in the raised center stage entrance, ^jj^g numbers, and these wore 

The unit cotild stand a cut In d.anco nherally received, "f hen came tho 
=acte=bu t-R t-i 1 1=- ra tes =amon g-^th e-bcat=U Qubig=..adagla^that-wen t-o vc: 

ever prodtiood bore. tig. _ 

Henri Koatcs, . solo, organist, has outstanding wais Steve .Savage, 
developed the community singing eccentric hoofer, who 'wpwod ^ 
idea so much locally numerous audi- ] them, espejslally with his dope 



am.s smg- 

Ing "The Sliding Trombone" with 
a member of the band on the from 
with nice . work by both. Show 
runs 66 minutes. 

Twelve mlnutos of news Include 
3 I'ar'fl, 2 M-f.5-M's, 2 I''oxc.m, 2 
i'athcs, and a Kino. . They're, mild, 
^^-^ , l.ut Kati.Mfy. Jim Thomas t.-ikos only 
■^*"'=BWo;n""mirnrteg"^t=^thT;=cOTH 

Idea of "Checkers a la Music, 
amounts to no more than his play- 
ing for his move and the crowd 

He plays 




and Other Diseases." "w- ?M r Mrth^^ eight Volga held interest throughout. 

foXio'Sm!'" ' <^L?or'lBly^\oS;5''b^^ Show ran. 124 minutes. A«.tin. 



SHERIDAN 

(CHICACaO) 

Chicago, July 4. 
Verne Buck's stage show at the 
Sheridan this week Is a little below 
average. Production is excellent 
but all of the acts smack of vaude- 
ville, more or less. The bill appar- 
ently was not booked from the pic- 
ture house slant. ■ 

Stage setting is that of an artist s 
studio through the skylight, a full 
moon and the Eiffel Tower. Show 
opens with bandsmen In their ac- 
customed places but with various 
.6CclToirs"gf6uI5<jd~ ~on 
each other's shoulders, .The boys, 
are singing "Hail, Hall." They go 
Into a band version of this number, 
Buck entering on the chorus. He 
walk.s on with his "limping soldier 
gait and the boys are led into a band 
number, singing the last few lines. 
' Newhoff and Phclp.s,. vaude . act, 
in the opening spot. They sing and 
'ch.atter, d61rig - a crying song and 
a fjghting-talklng song. Good vocal • 

harmony. ' , „_ 

A band number here entitled In 
the JOvening." Buck leads a male 
'voice trio, singing lead himself. The 
boys are two hew members of the 
orchestra. Good, but not up to the 
days when Verne Buck, l-'loyd C/r^A-_ 
wold and Fiank Wilson did it ttl 

this house. . ; , 

Htanlcy House, neat looking kid 
of good jippcaranoe, sings, goes in 
for comody chatter and recitations. 
These last are his forte, "The 
,Shofiting f«f I>a.n Modrew" from the 
conilo an.gle Is good. He sings a 
Tuf > l.l< ■ y jo.f _ ijr s t_ li rKj_3 f ro m pojj..,soiigs^ 
u.^ing the music from elicH sbnk as 
he mentions It and the blttis liked. 
Nice little story form has been con- 
coctod as a result. 

At this spot the band comes in 
for a clover rendition of "Oh, You 
ILavc No Id<'a," with Buck singing 
comedy chorus and the boys break- 
ing in for the closing lines of each 
verse. Wallace and Cappo, comedy 
(Continued on page 36) 



36 



VARIETY 



vaud£ house reviews 



Wednesday, Jifly 11, 1028 



PALACE 

(8t. Vaude) 

Thp production scouts were at tho 
rail Monday, and there's plenty to 
pick from; individually, although as 
a unified vaudeville <jntertainment it 
still isn't wortli a couple of tears at 
the box ofllco. Whatever value there 
is is. ciiielly contributed by Ted 
Ijcwis, who n\uy style himself "the 
hieh-hattcd tragedian of jazz," and 
truly is a low-down Barrymore of 
barbaric beats. If nothing else, 
Lewis can still remain the American 
. jazz institution he is if only he does 
that "St. Louis Blues," "When My 
Biaby Smiles At Me," and ''Just 
Around the Corner," *rhrow in 
Eddie Chester for tho "shadow" ho- 
kum and that these-those-and-them 

. gal, Eleanor Brooks, who is a living 
examplification of Mme. Glyn'g w. k. 

. propaganda, and Lewis can iptay 
anywhere until unconscious. 

"The jazz band thing may bo a 
vogue or it may be a permanent in- 
• stitution to typify the rhythmic soul 
of contemporary America, but as far 
as Lewis is concerned, it's an art .in 
itself. As a niatter of fact, the in- 
strumental background Is but a sur- 
face against which to offset Ted 
Lewis's jaazlque. Take, ail those 
masters of ceremonies arid person- 
ality band ' leaders and wrap them 
all in one and if you don't get Mag- 
nolia,, theii it must be Lewis. 

Outside of that, the Palace is yes- 
anA-rio. Adele Rowland is the botr 
tom-jlner (New Acts), marking a 
return and proving strictly an as- 
you-like-it. One would illke it more 
if Miss Rowland realized "Among 
My Souvenirs" and the PoUyanna 
stuff have been worked to death by 
contemporaries preceding . her. 

From the start the . Mangcan 
Troupe, standard, .Impressed as a 
revue potentiality, not to mentidn 
the sawdust circuits which the sep- 
tet haa doubtlessly played. Their 
aerial worK Is litire short of the sen- 
satiohaU three, of the male quintet 
shouldering, literally and figura,- 
tively, the brunt and burden of the 
act^that goes double also. Somei of 
those triple somersaults and twlst^ 
ers. when they landed on those un- 
derstanders' shoujderis made ^them- 
. selves felt. . Of the women, the 
r-sfluaw subs as undie, and the looker 
'Ofresses the rancho' motif. 

Billy Reed and Lew Duthers with 
their feats of feet are a set-up for 
production. Their footology is dis- 
tinctive, and coupled with a nice ap- 
pearance, and a great sense of stage 
values, not forgetting that Tunney- 
Dempsey satire, the team has a 
a roseate f uture on the Broadway 
horizon. 

Coram w:4th his unusual ventril- 
quial act was. a return, making his 
farewell and effectively Signing off 
the U. S. territory with a gracious 
announcement. The naieve mariner 
in which the dummy cues the audi- 
ence on the difficult vocal points is 
but one of the showmanly act's as- 
sets', v. ■ 

Marjorie White and Eddie Tierney, 
Bans her former sister- partner. 
Thelma White, and his t-eamr-mate, 
. Donnelly, are still a hestlc combo 
with their "gWafus" hokum. They'll 
find themselves soon, and when they 
do It'll be a big whoopee... As if is, 
they're still up and down, clicking 
there, missing here, spotty and Ir 
regular in their impression because 
she. will include that one about her 
furniture going back to Louis XIV, 
and lie revives the old Demarest 
. and Collette niprup bit. Mi.ss White 
on the whole Is a cute trick and an 
eyeful and stands up and out in the 
lay out. 

Miss Rowland closed the first hair 
with a too familiar repertoire. She 
looks well in that Earhart "wings" 
opener, but the song wasn't equal 
to the sartoriar scenery and the idea 
was a miss. Miss Rowland di.splayed 
her cleverness as a comedienno with 
the fan number, which is more to 
her personality, and on the whole 
fared politely well, thanks to an un- 
perishable artistry and a sympa- 
thetic disposltipn f rom the half -.f ull^ 
attendance. " " ■ 

Following the run on the Nedlck's 
liquid courage (on the house), Will 
and QIadys A hern with Brother Dan 
• reopened. The act is probably 
wedded to one of those three-year 
Keith contracts, else they'd be out 
of. the varieties and in legit long 
■• ago. 

Came a great performer, in fact ai 
couple of great performers, in the 
person of Ted Lewig, who whanged 
; 'em for 3.5 minutes and halted the 
. siage traffic to the. extent The Mit- 
kus, closing-, shouldn't haye men- 
tioned It; , 

Lewis has a California'n importa- 
tion, Arline Langah, with him who, 
it is said, will be ready for her 
' Broadway d<»hnt by midwoek. Lewis 
v^rposely held her back the first 
'two days. . 

Wcatl'ier hot; cooling system 
okaj^; biz<burn. Ahel, 



with Bongs that gave the two voices 
opportunliy to harmonize. The. men 
show the effects of being together 
fdr several • yeaYiis .and scored, 
O'DOnnbll and Blair, with a Co.. that 
makes a prop horse a lauijhlng 
.'iHset were" on for ft short but funny 
period. Bobby (Uke) llo'hahaw 
with his indlvldiial stylo of singing, 
playing and mimieryi found an easy 
spot, lie is assisted by a girl play^ 
ing the. .cornet cffectlyely and _a 
young man who wbrlcs in the audi- 
once. HenShaw clowns all the way. 
■ "Rainbow Revelry" closed the 
show. . The . seven da ricing girls 
showed up nicely on their routine 
on the web ladder or latticed sup- 
port, one girl in particular doing 
some neat work. Ralph Olson and 
Sue St. John are featured. While 
Miss St. John Is a hard worker, has 
acrobatic skill and knows her ballet 
onions, the specialty of yoiing Olsen 
was a, standout. The five-act bill 
seemed all too short. 

S'eature was "Drums" of I.^ve" 
(UA), Mark. 



5TH AYE. 

(Vaudfilm) V 

; The Fifth Avenue closes ;for the 
summer Saturday, going dark for 
the first time in 20 years. And that 
points a moral, though it adorns 
no tale. The moral is that vaude- 
ville has its own problems just in 
the. offing; a . ; 

The most conspicuous thing pii 
the iFifth Avtnue marquee Is a ban^. 
ner bearing a vivid representation 
of icicles and the inscription: "Cool 
as the Ocean." : The interior of this 
bid house (it goes back before the 
present century) doesn't bear out 
the proihise. Inside Monday it was 
almost as .hot as the subway. The. 
point is that the vaudeville theatre 
made ah entxpty promise, while the 
modern competitors on the same 
street really make good on an in- 
vitation to be comfortable. 

The show is a parallel. It gets 
loud and' einphatic. ijUlihg in the 
brilliantly lighted lobby, but on the 
stage it!s strictly routine summer 
entiertainmerit. A flash act to start; 
a single magic turn, a loUd hokum 
low comedy act of four people; 
comedy sister act that gets its 
humor out of the billowing figure 
of one of the women, and an acro- 
batic closer, which for brightness 
of stage picture and clean cut spe- 
cialty character was the best thing 
on the bin. 

"Catch That Man," second rate 
cotnedy film feature, news reel from 
Pathe and an independent .Techni- 
color short for fillet^. Sweating, 
fidgeting handful of audience re- 
garded the proceedings ilstlessly 
in an all-embracing mood Of blah. 
The Fifth Avenue closes Saturday. 

Weakening prestige! behind it and 
a gleam' ot hope ahead. .When it 
reopens in the fall, new. leadership 
will undertake the revival of vaiide- 
ville at quite a number of Fifth 
Avenues . all the way across the 
continent. Painted icicles and in- 
iiilTerent entertainment may then 
give place to something better in 
the Fifth Avenues, or the institution 
of vaudeville will keep on passing. 
• The entertainment business is a 
business In 1928 and no longer a 
cynical carnival lot racket, 

KIncaid Kilties opened the show, 
the first time this reviewer has seen 
that turn in the position. It has 
six people possessing fair lot of song 
and dance talent, but at that it 
rates little better th.an the intro- 
ductory spot, as played here. 

Le Paul, card manipulator, (New 
Acts) wears afternoon clothes with 
distinction and has the crispest 
linen in vaudeville. 

James C. Morton performed prod- 
igies of labor and created remark- 
able volume of noise in a desperate 
effort to bring the crowd out of 'its 
com a and su cc ecd ed . i n d 1 ffer ehtl y. 
Morton and his three supporting 
players under better circumstances 
might get by by force of strong arm 
delivery; 

Mae Daly and Lonnie Nace were 
next to closing. They are distinctly 
neighborhood material in stylo an* 
material and next tp closing : \vas 
but of order for a' Broadway the- 
atre, even in the phoney icicle; 

Four Ortons, on wire, closed; 



sudden shot by the whlte-breechered 
tenor. She falls dangling over the 
tomb, QUO leg in a loop,' It cops 
everything for belne? pointless. 

Maude Hilton and Almy (wfth .the 
unequal billing not called for) pro- 
voked a liltlo interest in the sort of 
I'ough house rosle two-danie cross- 
fire gab act that generally falls with 
thuddy floppo, yhe girls are faintly 
Indigo in some of their jesting and 
not for the refined centers but will 
probabiy cajole the bush leaguers. 

Frank . Farnum precedes his turn 
with quite a spool of film from the 
west, coast including movie stars., 
Deinp3(?y and assorted hokum. The 
trailer bears the imprint of hofthez'n 
division^ West Coast Theatres, arid 
is based on an original scenario by 
Frank Whitbeck, the blphd Esjkimo.- 
As an eccentric da;ncer of polite 
character and good appearance li'ar- 
nurii ought to point his efforts 
toward musical comedy, 

dharles ForSythe and James Kelly, 
a comedy act without much comedy 
but with Vocal strength; were next 
to closing,. They did not ask if they 
wefo in Germany. The boys, when 
more , moderate weather sets in, 
should give some thought to produc- 
ing: a better act from the talent and 
experience they obviously possess. 

Clark and .Lucille Fohdow (New 
Acts) closed oh the trapeze with a 
fast, snappy routine. "Apache^ of 
Paris" (foreign made) on screen. 

■Land. 



STATE 

<Vaiidfitm T: 

Terrific heat cut deep in the Mon- 
day's returns at the State. It was 
surprisingly cool in the theatre. 

The show was in keeping with the 
weather. No names and no head- 
liner, Just a summery lightweight 
Show. • 

The Alex Melford Trio (New 
Acts) opened. First part slow to get 
things started but act finished 
nicely. 

Sherman and Ryan were second 

W 



AMERICAN ROOF 

CVaudfilm) 

A summery econoritical; bill on the 
roof the first half with Landere 
Bros, arid ' Leary holding the most 
strength in the next to closing spot. 
Tiie former standard - burlesque 
comics had a pipe on. the roof with 
routines from their burlesque shows. 
Miss Leary does the collector" from 
the "Ladies' Gas Society" and the 
watch copping bit. The brothers 
closed with a comedy, song, that ran 
them but of encores. Hari'y 'finally 
had to beg off in- a com edv getaway 
speech. . 

The neighbors' .. children make 
themselves right at home on thb 
roof. Shirt sleeves are formal atr 
tire, and while no flossy cooling 
system is used, the upstairs is al- 
ways comfortable. 

Peggy Calvert deuced and rolled 
up; quite a score with pop songs. A 
ballad and the inevitable patter 
recitation, were her biggest vote 
getters. She is a, slender blonde 
with good pipes and easy, delivery. 

Bronson and Renee, rinan . and 
womaiip combo,; treyed nicely. The 
man . is a. good light comedian who 
depends upon delivery and baggy 
clpthjes for his returns.. He can play 
piano and has a pleasing; tenor 
voice. The girl is. a good foil.; The 
pair closed with a very popular 
number which they claimed author- 
ship of. • 

Marion Wllklns, assisted by Bland 
O'Donnel, male dancer, and the 
Harris Twins, two versatile youths, 
was the flash of the first half be- 
fore intermission. The girl is an 
average dancer' a,nd. makes three 
changes of costume. O'Donnel is a 
kicker arid the twins play piano 
sing and turn In the most versatile 
hoofing... "They do eccentric, "Varsity 
Drag," buck and tap stepping. . At 
the finish all are in musical comedy 
soldier uniforms for - tap rolls. 
O'Donriel as the drum major sticks 
to his kicks. Act went all right 
here. 

Opening after intermission Good- 
will and Fltzpatrick (New Acts) 
clicked with singingv Nick and 
Gladys Verga, next; got by nicely 
with some ancient crossfire draped 
about the still more ancient game of 
golf. Verga; does a wop golfer with 
the girl foiling acceptably. His 
sinfring got him saost. 

The Ar leys closed In an interest- 
ing routine of hand-to-hand lifts. 
Feature picture, Richard Dix in 
"Easy Come, Easy Go," closed. 
. Business fair considering .weather. 

Con. 



Miss Gould came Loma Worth in 
the opening spot. Offering her in- 
strumental versatility, Loma is de- 
veloping a habit of out-staying her 
welcome just to got in her Wilbur 
kail iriiltatlon. Either could have 
been moved up or omitted Mprid.ay 
night as. they weren't particularly 
intercfsted. Loma -also now an- 
nounces her version of "Pipkin' 
Cotton" to. hop tho Same buck she 
formerly did to; "Varsity Drag" be- 
fore "Scandals" came to toWn. 
However, the young lady retains her 
appearance but her voice chokes 
off any thought of a current screen 
test. 

Dick Henderson served the iced 
tea on this' torrid occasion. The 
British comic \sl.mply romiped 
through, letting a stroftg voice sat- 
isf.v on the song sequences arid de- 
livering fast as regards laughs. 
Henderson alsb found time in his 
15 minutes (Loma, please note) to 
ad lib a little, irnentloning he was 
"on the big time playing. 10 a day." 
But it was hot. This comic is set 
for any kind of vaudeville. Know- 
ing what It's all about, Hender.son 
Is carrying no superfluous material 
which, permits an audience to en- 
joy him frpm entrance to exit, and 
he's not. reluctant to do either. 

Bill had the usual Keith fault 
of similarity in acts, both DeBell 
an^l,. Donnelly bordering on each 
other. Evidently the 81st Street's 
patrons have become educated. . A 
group standing in the lobby., and 
having been there since No.- 3 was 
on, W9.S hoard to. say, "Well, let's 
go back— the last act's over," Does 
a vaude liouise tab lobby comment 
like the picture houses? It doesn't 
and . hasn't. If it. dicl they prob- 
fibly wouldn't he standing in this 
lobby. The problem is to figure out 
what draws the few who actually 
shpw up. Maybe Marie Prevost in 
the picture. Bid. 



SHOW PEOPLE BARRED 



(Continued from page 1) 

porters and cameramen, who havsi 
been registering kicks with Mr. 
Dolan. . Still belleylng that th© 
"400" exists this' class of femmes 
have, it is believed, already put the 
rap in against allowing showfolka 
the privilege of . the beach. 

t)eaplte: the edict laid down, 
Roilp Peters - and Selena Royale, 
playing the leads In "Peter Ibbet- 
son"' at the Casino this week, were 
among the hundreds of fashionable 
folks, who gathered at the ace At- 
lantic coast swimming hole Sunday 
morning, The players wei'e the 
gueists of James Stewart Cushman, 
multl-mililonaire director of the 
Casino Theatre Com"pany. It is now . 
exipected that Other guest stars and 
featured players will be Invited to 
visit the beach by other directors 
who are also stockholders in the 
beach association. 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 

(Continued froni page 35) 

dance team, next up, in the cos- 
tumes/of Jtaliati . military. They 
have , two good icccentric and soft 
shoe dance routines with some fair 
■chatter. - 

In the finale the band does "Stroll- 
ing in the Moonlight," Frank WUson 
singing to big returns as usual. 
Wallace and Cappo out again in the 
'►close, doing a fast comedy black 
bottom that for speed is hai'd to 
beat. 

Edmund C. Fitch, at the organ 
console* has deVrtoped the patrons' 
chorus and they arei. ' islriging for 
him with telling, effect. ■ 

Picture, "The Magnificent Flirt" 
(Par). . 

Business very fair despite torrid 
weather. 



BROADWAY 

(Vaudfilm) 

Refrigerated by the primitive elec- 
tric fan sy.stem. with tho necessity 
of . eliminating the motor buzz for 
talking aet.s, the Broadway enjoyed 
Monday night, conditions consid- 
ered, a very nice atLcndancc; 

Charle.M C.^ro.s.s and Co. (New Acts) 
opi.^ned.. If.s a style shop affair with 
monsieur .slapping, on some . lace 
horo, some sillcjbhe retJiat, cane, a nd 
pTo.stoT " . 

Frank Hamilton, deucing, asked 
his piano .player if ha was in Ger- 
many. The foreign quality was in 
the lyrics of some of Frank's songs. 
They were slightly British im char- 



tiiit grade, overworked its girl 
dancer. For one number of Egyptian 
motif a Venetian drop is first used, 
and later the solo dancer, perched 
atop, something or other, Is all of a 



acter. _ . 

The Graduates," flash turn of 1 'V*^"^*'^ Gould reached her Ulrlc im- 



81ST ST. 

(Vaudfilm) 

Unless the picture made the gri*ade. 
it.vvasn't worth the effort to get to 
the 81st Street Monday night Those 
who stayed home and relayed be- 
tween a front' window and a shower 
had the best of it. And a lot of 
people must have played the ho- 
admission Central Park if they did 
go out. There wasn't more than, a 
quarter of .a house on tap. 

Allowing that it was hot in the 
theatre it must have been boiling 
on the other side Of tho lights. 
That's what may have been the 
matter, and anything goes on the 
night after New. York's hottest day 
in two years. 

Jack DeBell Co. and .Tack Don- 
nelly's troupe, both on the flaSh 
order, class as New Acts. They 
were spotted second and fifth re- 
-THJCCtlVeir -=^cm"= tHis^\re^^^^ 
House slipped in a spliced together 
t^rlzo fight film, previously shown 
downtown at "the Broadway, and 
had "On to Reno" aa the screen 
leader. 

Nothing really happened until 



CAPITOL 

("Nevy York to Paris"- Unit) 
(NEW YORK) ' 

New York, July 7. 
Stage unit is fr^^med to give the 
idea of an air liners propellers 
swinging at each end of -the stage 
but without other scenic effects to 
get the angle screen. Following a 
band number the LovCy Twins, girl 
juveniles, are Introduced by Walt 
Roesner, m. c. Make a weak start 
with vocid attempts but finish well 
after going into hoofing, tvhich suits 
the girls on account of appearance. 
. Sylvia Froos, in various song in- 
terpretations, failed to -Impress. 
Seehied unable to send her stuff 
across heavily enough to reach the 
roof: Frank Stever, one of the mem 
hers of the band, scored with a new 
Donaldson number, title lost in the 
shuffle. 

Special band orchestrations were 
liked, the Capitolians finishing off 
to a strong reception with a novelty 
version of "Mandalay." Valodla 
Vestoff and Marlon Vaughnj musical 
comedy -^hoof eV:3, fegiMgrPd"" With" 
practically every one of their num- 
bers. : A group of Gould- dancers, 
used indiscriminately two or three 
times, contributed little, leaving to 
light returns in every Instance. 

The pit orchestra, tinder David 
Mendoza, played a series of waltz 
•melodies without appearing, while 
the ballet, ccirps . on the stage, in 
costume and with a special set, 
danced in couples. Dimitri and 
Dulce, dancers in this .number, 
lacked polish or practice. Sylvia 
Miller and Betty Poulos soloed with 
vocal numbers. 

Newsreel, split by M-G-M, I?ara- 
mount and International, without 
items of. any special significance. 
"The Actress" (M-G-M), screen fea- 
ture. Morit 



NEW ACTS 

Dewey and Rogers have In prep- 
aration a new comedy-drama act 
With four people, entitled. "They 
Go," script by Jack Lait. It will 
feature a novel movie effect or^a 
baby screen. - 

"The Graduates,'' nine pepple 
musical flash authored and produced 
by Alex Gerber. 

"Miller. Revue," six people song 
and dance flash produced by Lew 
Cantor. 

Albert Lewis is producing a min- 
iature musical for vaudeville cap- 
tioned "Rolling Stones," which is set 
for Keith bookings. : Cast includes 
Johnny /Dale, ^ A.rchle Hendricks, 
Harry Knapp, "Teddy Harilon, Renee 
Lowrie and aix choristers. 

Maurice Samuels is reviving his 
formef yaude act "A Day at Ellis 
Island," recaptloning it "Gates of— 
America." " 

The colored vaudeville team ot 
Davis and Walker ha.s split. Sammy 
Davis has taken a; position for the 
present at the Savoy ballroom in' 
Chicago. .' 

Charles Grape win, who retired" 
from, the stage a number of years 
ago, will return shortly to vaude 
with his old sketch, "The Awaken- 
ing of Mr. Plppi" 

Edith Davis and ; Burr Dwa,n in 
Harry Krlvlt revue. 

Doris Carson, daughter of James 

B. Carson, in blackfa.ce minstrel act, 
with herself as sole femme niember 
as Interlocutor. Tom Nip producing. 

Katharine Boyle .arid Boys, 7 peo- 
ple.; 

.Artie Lane and- Girls, 7 people, 
produced by Kessler and Rose, 

Amelia Harper dance revue. Four 
girls and team. 

Juvenile Steppers, 12 people, with 
Anido Sisters and Gold and Ray. 
Unit with 25 people, featuring J. 

C. Flipperi, produced by Max Hayes. 
Joe Smith and Charles Dale re- 
vue, produced by Max Hayes. 



MARRIAGES 

Anne Morgan, second lead of the 
Wright Players stock, which re- 
cently closed at the "Victory, Day- 
ton; O., Ralph D. Baker, assistant 
sales managel' of the Stanley Manu- 
facturing conipany, of same city, 
were married there last week. 

Helen Hamilton, secretary to Col- 
lePn Moore, to John Corville (non- 
pro) in-Hollywood; July 3..- 

Donald Mathieson, sports writer 
for tho Chicago "Heraid and Ex- 
anriiner;" and Margaret Graham, 
dancer, at . Waukegan, 111., July 6. 
The couple will make their home 
ill Chicago. 

Arlene T. . Montgoniery to Des- 
mond R. Whipple in Schenectady. 
Bride has been a leading mem'ber of 
the WGY Players. 

Claire Oriley, screen actress, to 
Nathan L. Ra;ymond, hcjn-profes- 
sional, at San Diego, Cal„ July 3, 



personation. Previously, she had 
done Vanlloven, Blossom Seeley 
and Ted Lewis, but It took the 
Ulric thing to touch off whatever 
applause was around. . Ahead- of 



Houses Opening 

StcWart theatre, Lakeville, Conn., 
opened last week. 
Mahal we theatre. Grea t Barring- 

"tbiV; MSs"Srr~ bpehs " las^t"^ half ^^^1^^^ 
week. 

Tuxedo theatre, Bronx, seating 
2,000, Will play straight pictures. 



Houses Closing 

Fort Armstrong theatre, Rock 
Island, 111., Blank-Publlx house, 
closed- for two weeks for red^ora- 
tion. ■ 



BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bier, daugh- 
ter,' at Pompton Lakes, N. Y., Juno 
23, Mother formerly Lola Wcntr 
worth, . , 

Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Michael, son, 
July 6. Mother formerly known as 
li^lSIe Marcus In musical comedy. 
= ■Mp; and-'Mrs; -Frank -S inGlaiE-=.at 
Lutheran Hospital, 'T^ew York. July 
5, son. Father is musical comedy 
comedian. 

Mr. and Mrs. Clement S. Crys- 
tal, \ son, July 6 in New York. 
Mother Is the daughter of Mr, and 
Mrs. B. S. Moss. 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dennis, at 
their home at Ottawa, Kan., June 
22, daughter. Mother professionally 
Alia Bennett (Bennett Sisters) . 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



NEW ACTS 



VARIETY 



37 



ADELE ROWLAND (1) 
Songs 

15 Mins.; One 
Palace (St. Vaude) 

This is one of Adele Rowland's 
periodical l^turns. As. Mrs. Con- 
•way Tearle she has beien in Tetire- 
meiit for a number of year?, stag- 
ing a comeback every two or throe 
seasons, to keep in trim. 

For a comedienne who was a 
"name" lone ago Miss Rowland is 
a well-preserved woman. She looks 
handsome in her evening ifrock and 
can spot some of the John ITeUl, 
Jrs a few on the avoirdupois thing 
and still make the weight, so that's 

that on the Glyn stuff; 

However, Miss Rowland needs on 
act. She has al} the ingredients 
toSvard th<at but act material. Miss 
Rowland impresses as if she. might 
have amused a Hollywood gather- 
ing one evening, and barkened to 
their urgings she transport her par- 
lor routine froni the wide open onto 
the vaude stagCvS, and so took the 
next Orpheum trip. «^ 

Had Miss Rowland consulted 
those old faithfuls, the Tin Pan 
Alley watchdogs, and given 'em the 
routine, "Now Phil, I'll use that hew 
plug song but you gotta get Wolfie 
to write me a special opening, and 
a little fancy patter," it may have 
toe^n a different story. 

Instead she opened with a 
"Wings" ' number with an aviatrix 
. costume that looked okay for the 
ilash, but didn't hierit the trouble. 

"Among My Souvenirs," once the 
di-sease of the mu.slc business and. 
now a scourge, was the ballad plug, 
also a not so happy idea. Even Miss 
Rowland's interpretation couldn't 
save it. The rest was the usual 
Pbllyanha Rowland.- routine. Get- 
. ting to be so they. ■ expect it, ac- 
cording to a cpupic of voiuntary 
palms meeting here and there. 

Assisting Is -Rose Vartderbosh at 
the piano who gets a "spot" for 
her Steinway fol-de-rol that'll exist 
in the memories of all piano ac- 
companists, male or female, as the 
goal of their ambitions. Instead of 
exiting, Miss Rowland stands bv 
nonchalantly at the baby grand and 
watches Miss Vanderbosh annoy 
the ivories; not for one but two 
selections. That's a novelty in it- 
self — making the prima servfe as 
straight and accompanist for the 
aocompanist. It struck the house 
that way, too, and while It might 
have been an improniptU; hoydenlsh 
whim p£ Miss Rowland's— she acted 
as if she didn't care any way— it be- 
longs In the: script from now on; 

Miss Rowland is still a name and 
' even though she can bull Keith's 
on buying her name value, . the 
comedienne owes it to herself to 
fortify accordingly. She mentioned 
in the beg-off that the remem- 
brances warranted her sticking 
around for a while, ■ which will 
pfobably result in the proper act 
routine. ' A'bch 



BERTHA KALICH and CO. 
"A Light from St. Agnes" (Dramat- 

ic Sketch) 
25 Mins.; Three (Special) 
8l8t St; (V;P) V 

The dramatic legit star has a 
sturdy playlet in "A Laght from St. 
Agnes," the one act play written 
by Mrs. Minnie Maddorn Fiske 
which that star once used as a cur- 
tiain-ralser on her own. 

Xt requires a strong feminine lead 
to sustain.. Rather heavy ia its 
theme, the "Cajun" typo of char- 
acters, particularly the 'Toinetto 
role, must he skillfully interpreted. 
Manart Kippeh as the lawless, shift- 
less, voicahic Michel Keroval whose 
mistress 'Tolnette. (Miss Kalich) is, 
is equal to the occ!ai=iloh in the dra- 
matic -wallop; and .llohert Stevens 
doing the padre is a convincing 
Pather .Bertrand, 

It all revolves about 'Toinettc and 
her barbfiric disdain of the recently 
departed Sister Agnes who.se cru- 
sade in the Ibcal French community 
in a Louisiana backwoods town in 
the vicinity of Baton Rouge and not 
far frCm .New Orleans, had earned 
her the equal rCspect and hatred of 
the community, depending bri 
whether or not' you sold liquor. 

Michel was particularly bitter 
against Sister Agnes: In a drunken 
rage he detei-mines not only to steal 
the bejeweled diamond crucifix 
adorning the bier on which Agnes 
is lying in state at the local .chapel, 
but a:lso viciously expresses his in- 
tention to wreak ghoulish revenge 
on the body of nun who in life was 
so influential in halting his liquor 

traffic. ■ • 

'Tolnett.e's spiritual sense bests 
her more or less unsympathetic at 
titude towards . the dead Sister. In 
a punchy scene she foils Michel in 
his ghoulish intention, even at the 
expense of her o>vh life. The tragic 
climax is topped by a light emanat- 
ing from the chapel on the hill as it 
bathes the scene of the primitive 
combat with its early mornin 
•warmth. . • 

The setting, a log ca:bin interior 
is furthi^r distinguished by an ad- 
jacent wobdlaind set-piece, making 
altbgether fbr a novelty physical 
•background. 

With Miss Kalich as. the star,, ana 
the Fiske playlet as a vehicle, this 
is a rare combination for a dramat- 
ic name gone vaudeville. Miss 
Kalich can play "A Light from St. 
Agnes'f anywhere. Ahcl 



BROX-8ISTERS 
Harmony Singing 

12 Mins.; Three 
Orpheum, Los Angeles' 

Three Brox Sisters are New York 
production as well as' a recording 
name. They'll lend entertainment 
value to any vaxide bill In a leatux'e 
spot. 

Routine unfolds tive numbers to 
soothing harmony. New to vaude- 
ville, they afp a welcome asset. , 

JJng. 



LEW WHiTE CO. (2) 
Skit 



JACK DONNELLY and Co. (5) 

Songs and Dancing 

15 Mins.; Full (Special) 

81st St., (V-P) 

When Ja^k Donnelly was playing 
for Loew he had a flash act. Now 
he's working for Keith and it's still 
a flash, nice scenically. Assisting 
are a trio of girls who individually 
do kick, toe and tap work. Donnelly 
contents himself with vocalizing and 
also steps a little, doing both neatly. 

Act Is strictly of that famillalr 
pattern with which Keith vaude has 
- been -:sw^am peel a.nd. for, which .the 
boys have yet to man the pumps. 
This one's set is picture house but, 
zehold, there are. some high kicks, 
the familiar back and front bends, 
the quiet toe routine and the con- 
ventional taps. The background 
can't overcome that to classify, it 
a„s a staiidout. . ' ' . 

Girls are nicely dressed and Don- 
nelly makes a good appearance. But 
it's just another of a specie that 
has multiplied. 



20 Mins.; One and Throe 
Broadway (V-P) 

White is dpubtle.ss out of bur- 
lp;iq;ue, which also goes, for the sup- 
licrting players, Lilliah' ' Daley and 
W;alter Morrison. Skit opens and 
closes in one and is billed "Stopping 
at the Ritz." But it's nothing like 
that. 

Featured member employs a modi- 
fled Yid dialect but replaces eccen- 
tric dress with a sack suit. Rou- 
tine starts with a flirtation bit. 
White then singles with a ballad 
plus a parodied chorus. Going into 
a hotel lobby,' follow two other more^ 
or less familiar bits, one with a"" 
pistol, the other with ca,ridles. Looks 
like special care has been, taken 
to keep the matter . Illy white. 

Act impresses as a group of bits 
dressed "up; A trio - song number 
at the flrtale are okay. A few gig 
gles, but too few. . . ■^''f*'- 



JACK DEBELL AND CO. (5) 

Songs, Dancing, Talk 
23 Mins.; Two (Special) 
81st St, (V-P) f 

Jack DeBell is postibly the former 
half ■ of DeBeU and Watev.«, If so 
he did flip talk at that time and 
has now Ix'conie a Jjo.ok salesman to 
continue as a fast conversationalist. 
Trouble is that he'.s fast but his 
material has him running in . cir- 
cles. Act is no stronger at. the lin- 
ish than up<m opening diie to a 
void in front of. a. gcod looking .si t. 

Two pairs of twin.s, boys ' and 
girls, work with DeBell in a script 
which allows for the bewilderment 
of the eomlc. The boys, hoof and 
the girls kick. Noithor team hold.s 
a definite punch. On the other 
hand, principal fault lies in the dia- 
log; . Gag .after gag simply wiltt-d 
Monday night so that DeBell would 
have felt a bit clammy regardless 
of temperature. Gags have gone 
over- and laid there but' few have 
ever stayed down ro long. . 

DeBell is undoubtedly enough of 
a .showman to realize what's wrong 
and >v'iir. revise. If he does, the act 
figures to have a chance. The 
comedian .seems capable of handling 
material despite obviously being at 
a disadvantage . as the act now 
stands. ., 

Bradley and Moore are the names 
of the accompanying twins with 23 
minutes being at lea.st six loo long. 

.SIW 



This in Paris 



(Cwnlinued from page 2) 
at the nuish and they'll all drop ■ 
dead, 



GOODWIN and FITZPATRICK 

Talk and Songs 
14 Mins.; One 
American Roof 

Fitzpatrlck . Is an excellent , bass 
singer. Goodwin is formerly of the 
Avon Comedy Four. The combina- 
tion is an excellent singing one, but 
the crossfire attempts between songs 
fell down. Goodwin doesn't seem to 
have much of a delivery or person- 
ality for comedy although he es.says 
"dutch." 

The singing got them across and 
they were pulled out for several en- 
cores. "They closed by singing "re- 
quests" without music to well done 
double harmony. 

Diffei-ent matetlal might help the 
talking attempts. With the high 
class voices they can't miss on the 
small time. ' ^'o'"^- 



LE PAUL 
Card Manipulator . 

12 Mins.; One 
5th Av. (V-P) 

Clean cut, well dressed young 
man, .doing the beet sort of parlor 
entertainment in ingratiating man- 
ner. But without any distinction or. 
cpmedy knack that makes him a 
vaudeville a,ct. 

Does the usual manipulating, 
palming and backing ?Ji deck, ac 
companied by. polite patter that is 
just mildly amusing. Calls two 
boys, obvious plants, up as commit- 
tee and uses them for eXti-emely 
genteel comedy. 

His most striking feat of leger 
demain was keeping a white col- 
lar and cuffs immaculate during a 
sweltering 10 minutes Monday night 
He should teach the knack to actors 
in small time. 
Just a filler. 



MAUDE HILTON and ALMY 
Talk 

14 Mins.; One 
Broadway (V-P) 

Two women wise cracking. The 
act will click best where the cus 
tomer.s are fond of flip dame 
comedy. Material couldn't, stand 
up for a discriminating audience, 
although act rates higher than 
average two-woman talk turn. 

Girls should dre.«3s more becom 
ingly. Their gowns lack cia.ss. The 
top heavy billing may have a rea 
..son but not obvious. Couple of 
.slightly off-color wheezes and a 
tendency to entertain the orchestra 
pit 

Fair specimen of a type of act 
always difl^cult to rate. . Girls h.ave 
personalities but no definite style 
of working. Land. 



MAIZ[£ BURNETT 
Trapeze 

7 Mins.; Two (Special) 
Audubon (VrP) 

An effective stage background is 
framied for the trapeze work of 
Malzie Burnett. She has a web span 
with an electrical effect that 
brought applause. 

Miss Burnett sings a little and 
=-alologizes- for--it=and--w.clUfihLajnayA= 
She does a disrobing bit, working 
in full tights for the most of the 
iroutlne. 

At the uptown, theatre Miss Bur- 
nett drew more applause than opcn- 
er.s generally receive. The stage 
isetup with the effect something of 
a Valentino with Miss Burnett on 
the trapeze In the cutout Is de- 
cidedly away from the old open 
stage. . Mark. 



MOWATT and HARDY 

Juggling 

10 Mins.; One 

Audubon (V-P) 

The'Mowatt of this two-ply jug- 
gling combo is no dou bt on e of the 
Mbwatts of the old Mo^att act: 

He a:nd Hardy have made quite 
an ambitious effort, to get away 
from the old way of stepping into 
the hat and club routines by open- 
ing with a song. Effective enough 
to get them started. 

.The boy!3 chattcir away during 
their Juggling- Mowatt has an in- 
ning by his lonely and shows the 
old Ho watt skill with the Indian, 
bludegohs. The duo" has worked the 
hat exchange and passing up to a 
novel and amusing bit. Fini.sh is 
a fast excha.nge of the. clubs. 
Neat, skillful and entertaining. 

' Afon. 



BRANDIES, KELLY AND MANN 
Comedy, song and dancing 

17 Mins.; One 
American Roof (V-P) 

Mixed comedy team, both girl 
and boy In nut makeup, carry k. o. 
drops with a line of comedy and de- 
livery especially well suited for 
houses of this type. Girl also dis 
plays talent in eccentric song and 
hoofing, efforts registering for laughs 
as well. 

Straight opens trying to sing 
while the two nuts hold a heate<^ 
discussion at one end of the stage 
each yelling, "You ask him"— "No, 
you ask him." They finally walk 
up. to the songtser and one says 
"Mister, we just had an argument 
What were you doing just now?' 

•1 was singing," answered the 
straight. 

"I told you," the nut fiashes back 
to his partner, and both saunter off 
.arguing again. 

In No, 3 here for 17 minutes with 
out slowing up. 



ALEX MELFORD trio 
Risley 

7 Mins.; Full Stage 
State (V-P) 

Two of the trio go in for flashes 
of ground tumbling, one man In par 
ticiilar being especially expert, fast 
and skillful, at this work; 

The biggest is the understander. 
One ojf h^s tricks Is to support one 
of the other men on a specially- 
contrived head . contrivance which 
permits the mounter to sit and whirl 
around at a dizzy pace. 

Act pleasing and effective. What 
risley work was offered was In the 
main neatly done. Mark. 



• Stage Should Censor 

"On no account, mu.''t the name 
of our^avlour bo alluded to (how- 
ever rovorontly) in yotu- pl.ay."' 

'•This ja an inviolable rule of the 
Eni^lish cohsor .V — "Daily Mail." 
^Continental Edition). 

"Can such things be?" — Ambrolse 
BiCroe, . 

"TlKy will i'hange,"'— Mr. Sturgis. 
, Tlie .star of the church i.s the' 
preat-'her. The star of the Ptate is 
the politician. Tlie "tar of the stage ■ 
is tlie poet. Proachers and politi'* 
cians. can dim the light of the poet. 
But the ."pirit with wings He can- 
hot edipsp thoi-e psaltored and 
s<'eptred gentlemen. 

Tho greatest minds of the Occi- 
dent were dramatic poets. Homer, ' 
the greatest Greek; Dante, the 
greatest Italian ; Goethe, the greatest 
German; and Shakespeare, the 
greatest Englishman, Their rela- 
tive wisdom is identified with the 
theatre. 

preachers and politoians raise 
sermons and monuments to poets. 
The poets to .such? Never! 

Preachers and politicians wear 
the glariior of poets?. Imagine Ariel 
masquerading as a. monk or a 
mayor ?_ 

.1 roared at this world. I guf- 
fawed through the third St a&e of 
Shakespeare. 1 shall rollick with. 
Rabelais far through the tomb. 

Think of a preacher and politician 
censuring the mind of a pbet? Cal- 
vin or Bismarck versus Dante? 
Think of a poet, in England, pro- 
h Ibited from treating Christ in a . 
play ? Who else but a- poet ican 
treat the Nazarene at all? .. 

Analyse this rule of the English 
censor. Christ was poetic. His lijifc, 
was a poetic play, the theme or. 
which was love. Is it not clear, 
therefore, that such a Personage 
comes within the smoke of the 
preacher and pbliticiari? Certainly 
far from the fire and light of the 
poet. 

The modern theatre? Poets? Eu- 
gene O'Neill, Bernard Shaw, Henry 
Bernstein, Arthur Schnitzler, Fer- 
enz Molnar, and Luigi Pirandello! 
I ani entirely wrong. 
The church and state should cen- 
sor the stage. 



ELEANOR KEARNS (1) 
Songs 

10 Mins.; One 
American Roof (V-P) 

Eleanor Kearns, a lady Avith a 
French adcent, opens with a vocal 

nTSi^errWr ry IffS""^^'"^' <5liW^ 
With a scries of selections which 
could ho much improved upon she 
manages to soir herself with some 
evidence of style and polish in d'.- 
livery. Registers, towards the lin- 
Ish, on vocal numbi^r.'? and manages 
well with a violin effort. 

Pianist, introduced as BilHc Brus- 
seau, solos with .«»ong. Fit in N«. 2. 

Afori, 



MUSICAL MAGPIES (3) 
Song and dancing, with band 

15 Mins^; Full stage 
American Roof (VrP) 

Though not recorded, these col- 
ored boys seem to have conaider.ablo 
stage experience. A very fast pres- 
entation which, if slowed up a little, 
could easily go to 20 minutes If 
necessary. . ■ . 

Five of the boys, comes to the 
front with the rise of the curtain 
singing peppy melodies. Swing back 
into the chairs for their musical 
instruments soon after, while one 
of the. boys continues. Hoofing 
limited and not intended . as a 
clincher, ' . 

Hardly even rtop for bows to 
resulting applause. Expert routin- 
ing and good choice of 6election.s. 
Went over strong here. 



CLARKE and Lucille FQNDOW 
Traperists 

6 Mins.; Full (Special) 
Broadway (V-P) 

Dandy man and woniun traix-zc 
turn, last, neat and tapHblo of 
opening or clo.Sing any vaude bill. 

Routine strong enough to elicit 

applause. ^^n*' 



ILL AND INJURED 

Helen Wehrle, abroad for some 
time and injured in an accident in 
Berlin, returned to obtain proper 
treatment for her injury.. MLss 
Wehrle Intends to return abroaid 
next month, going to London to fill 
engagements booked by the William 
Morris offices. 

"Miss Universe" (Ella Van Hcti- 
son), who won the title at the Gal- 
veston beauty contest, is convalesc- 
ing from an operation for appendi- 
citis in Chicago. 

Julian Black, night club operator, 
Chicago, re co verin g fr om an op- 
cration. 

Frank Ilalligan. assistant treas- 
urer of the lioya.le, New York, has 
been abed two weeks. While play- 
ing with his dog at home he was 
bitten in. the groin. 

Henrietta Williamp, injured in a 
trolley accident in New York, . 

George G. IlobfTson, with Le.'itor 
Al Smith in tho Roberson-.Smith 
.stock companies, is ill., at "Mayo 
Brotliers' Sanitarium, Rochester, 

Y. , 

William Keith, 30, of the Morri.S 
Castle circus staff, fell from a ferns 
wheel in Sioux City, la., and was 
severely injured. 

Esther Kalcheim. wife of Nat 
Kalchei.m, Morris :chicagb office, re- 
covering from the rnumps. 

Annette Viotoroff (Victoroff and 
Annette), ill for past five months of 
nervous breakdown at her home in 
Bo.ston; Is conv.'jle.'-cing. 

".S<'andul.*'." latf* la.-^t week wh'-n one 
of the girls injured her kneo cap. 
The tr-am is i-xpficted back this 
wf'<-k. ' 



Mr. IntellectI 

SawV "The Private Life of Keleh 
Of Troy." Fii'St National film from: 
the John Erskine monstroaity. Maria 
Corda as the feminine principle of 
Ancient Greece ! There was neither 
seduction nOr humor from beginning 
to end. 

Why? Mr. Intellect! 
This degrading Beast, dbomed in 
the Apocalypse, has caused all the 
present mess in life and art. It 
was created as a critical faculty for 
the sensuous hokum. It has turned 
thifj planet into a masculine, ego- 
tistic fake. Now comes the Intui- 
tive nemesis, the revenge of the 
spirit. . 

Involving, whom? Mental sand- 
baggers like Shaw, Men eken, O'Neill, 
Dreiser, Cabell, Brisbane, Keyser- 
ling, Erskine, and such. AH in- 
tellectuals! Wliat messes! Let 
any of them an.swer this. I'll wal- 
lop their crocks with a club they 
cannot see. 

Knit brows know nothing. The 
illumined mind sees. If it thinks 
at- cfll -i t- does through -feeling. It , 
always respects the spirit that the 
intellect degrades. Yet not a writer, 
nor a director; in the Oocident, hafl 
any vision or principle of the spir- 
it— any inside hypothesis of plaa 
and work. Name one! You can't! 
If you. do you fake! 



ENGAGEMENTS 

Tom Waters for "Jingies," Dil: 
lingham. ^ .,j 

.Sine Wheatley, Theatre Guild. 



Multiple "Ramona" 

A record for multiple "canning" 
on the di,sks of a popular song Is 
the case of "Kamona," which the 
Victor Tiilking Machine Co. w);^ 
record in six different languages for 
August and September release; The 
I S-panish vocal version will be done 
by piihdo, French by Beaufhemim. 
fJonnitn by Wittich, in Poli.sh. by , 
Fuul. m Italian by Ciho.lli. Greek by 
DfjTKftriadc and a violin-guitar in- 
ctninK.iilal vf-r.^ion liy Morino. 
|"T1 Ir^TT^arrT?^ -itr-^^^Tld it-ion-=-to-- Paul^ 
Whitcman's, (U-m- Austin's and Do- 
lorcK d^'l Rio's past Victor releases 
in dance and vocal version. 

The 10 different interpretations of 
one popular song establishes a rec- 
ord. It will probably be .supple- 
mented In time by organ transcrip- 
tj(ms and concert renditions by the 
Victor .Salon Orchestra. 



88 



VARIETY 



Wednesflay, July 11, 1928 



PRESENT ATIONS— BILLS 

THIS WEEK (July 9) 
NEXT WEEK (July 16) 



•Shows carrying numerals such as (8) or (9) indicate opo-ninff this 
week on Sunday or Monday, as date may be. l-'or next week (15) or (Id) 
with split weeks a-lso indicated by dates. 

Ah asterisk (•) before name sisnifles act is new to city, doing a new 
twrn, reuppourine after absence or appearing for first time. 
' Pictures include in classification picture policy with vaudeviiie or 
presentation as adjunct. 



PARIS 

Week of July 9 



AmIbiiHKixIi'urB - 
Buster & J West 
Clifton Webb 
Mias VannosHl 
Noble SL-i.^le 
Slsslin? ' Syn ■ ■ 
It A Kascli Girla 
Fred EU'zaldp 
Kathryh Ray 
Joan e. Wanlell 
Mary TjeiBli 
Basil Hoy^'if 
Corlc;! & PeBBy . 
. CaNln'o <Io I'aris 
Maurice Chevalier 
Jack' Forester 
Miss . Florence 
■ Horom & Mystll 
Bach 
Pasquali . 
Mina Gucraid 
Helle Nice 
Kelly Sis 
Wood Sis 
Charlotte Marteiu 
Rachel Dubio 
Merct-OuzarofC 
Pojel-Darjfcn.s • 
Paul Gasonc Bd ' 

Concert Mayol 
Qlna Palerme- •. 
Rocky 'Twln.s 
iRee Berlin SU . 
Rene Thano . 
Carina 

iUismarguctt ' 



NIco-Rotnoflt 
Dolly- Gret 
Vera Troizlty 
Diane CelUe 
Claude Avrey 
Toual-Badea 
Reelne Provence 
Jardln AccllmiMta- 

«on 
D'Jetmako ■ 
Lee Tall las . 
Pascal 

AugUBte Lafont- 
Miss Qulncy 
Darlua Menagerie 
Myloa A Ooco 
Mme Cahrlot 
Talllots 

8 Sherry Glrla 
■Tetta 

Mile Fanny 
Olympia 

Chris Richard . 
■ Dora Stroeva • 

Pournler 

Lilly May- 
Gloria MaravlUaa 

Iria Delysla 
lliittle "Walter Ptnr 
~.Tean pevalde . 

Pierre Bayle 

Vermel Ballet Tr 

Sundermann 

Dallas Cowboys ' : 

Delia Dey 
.Calloerdoa 



LONDON 

Week of July 9 

FINSWURY PARK, 

Empire 
etaake TT Feet Co 
nACKXEY 
£(hi>ire 
'Jiack Wynne Co -. 
De B'usse 
Hetty King 
Jackson Owen 
Horace. Kenney • 

liONDON 

^ AUiainbra 

Hedges & Fields' 
Clarkson Rose 
Handy Bandy 
Harry Claft 
Clro & Ray I 
•Alf Jackson's Co 
■ Whlt(5 & Manning 
Sophie Tucker . 
Colin & 'Ncmch 



I-oe Sis • 
Milton Charles 
Llcra llofIni<^n 
"Wheels of Ch'nce" 

(iritntMla (7). 
Benny Meroft Bd . 
Barto & Mann 
Florence Oast . 
Lubow fc Pu Pre« 
Ted Fiorlto 

Hardini? (S> 
"Home AVeek" Unit 
Mark Fisher Bd 
Eiirl I(a Vore 
Sybil Fagan 
Doris Rue 
Hiill & H,<ieley 
Evan & Perez 
"Sadie Thompson" 

Marbro (7) 
3 Browns 
Walsh & Charland 

Nor^hore (8) 
"Movie Party" Unit 
Frank Masters Bd 
Charlo 

Ch'f Eagle Feather 
Murray & Allen 



(16V 

Rome & ' Dunn 
Dave White H'wlcs 
'Certain Y'g Man* 
CtKVKLAND. O. 

Allen (7) 
'Bowery Follies* U 
Marie & I^azarln' 
Edgecombe ' 4. 
■Ruth Denlce 
Johnny Speelal 
Remos'. Mtdgete. ■ 
Felicia Sorel Girls 
'Wheel of Chance" 
(16) 

'Flapperettce' Unit 
"Beau Broadway" 
COLUMItUS. Q. 
Ohio (to 
'Bowery Follies' U 
. "Beau Broad'way" 
DAIXAS, TEX. 
Pala4;e (14) 
"Tick Took" Unit 
Ra.<)che Girls 
Frohman & Gary. 
Bernard & Rich 
Heleno Yorke 



Coliseum 

Ko'uhs Sis 
Westerns 
Mary & Erik 
Roy's Lyrlcala 
Jovers 

Humming Birda 
Sydney Howard 

Victoria Palac« 
Oracle Fields 
Will Hay Co 
Harry Weldon' 
Victoria Girls 
Syd' Morrehouse 
Brennans 
Lldrls'Carr 
Fluhera 

NEW CROSS 
Empire ' 
Bogus Prince Rev 
Scott & Whaley 
STRATFORD 
Empire 
Whispering Wires 



PROVINCIAL 

ENGLAND 



ABERDEEN 
. «IU M.'lioBty's 
lAytin & U't'ne Co 
ARDWK GREEN 

■ Empire 
The Ringer 

BIRMINGHAM 
Empire 
H M V Rev 

Oruiid. 
Bvcnlng. Stars Rev 
JSR.IkDPOIlD 
Alhumbra 
Oeoftrey Hope's Co 
Ayr & Chi Ids . 
Grace Cunard 
Keith Wilbur 
Daphne 

J & C Browning 
• Horsburgh'' Bros 
.Gordon Freeman . 
Burr & Hope 
BRISTOI. 
Htppcdrome 
■Wyn .& lyy 
Prank . Van Hoven 
Howard. & King 
Pauline & Diana 
Bolls' 

Meil McKay 

CARDIl^P 
Empire 
Bunnhlne Sal Rev 
CHATHAM 
Empire 
&eaugc of N'ghb'rs 
CHISWICU 
Empire 
Rookery Nook 
DUNDEE 
Klng'A 
,n>e Crooked Billet 
GliASGOW 
Emplifo 
Orders Orders Rev 
.irANLE*' . 
Grand . 
Paint & Powd Rev 
IjEEDS 
Empire 
Pontoon Rev 



T. B. 

The Rat 

LEICESTER 
Palace 
Dam Thing After 

MVEBPOOI. 
Bhnplre 

Jack Taylor's Co 
Un Vent de Folie 
MANCHESTER 
Kippodrome 
The Ghoat Train 

Fnlnce . 
All for'Ijove Rev 
NEWCASTUB 
Empire 
Boys Win Be Boys 
NE^VPORT 
Empire 
Swish Rev 

NOTTINGHAM 
Empire 
Safety First Rev 
PORTSMOUTH 
T. R. 
The Enemy 

SAIiPOKD 
Palace 
Express 444. Rev 
SHEFFIELD 
Empire 
Jack Hylton Co 
Jazz Rev 

SU'PU'RDS Busn 
Empire 

Randolph Sutton 
KUfton Kiddles 
Gladdy SewcU 
Streeth & Streeth 
Roy's 'Lyricals ' 
Tier & Ross 
SOUTHSEA 

Empire 
Mlabhlcf 

SWAKSEA 

Empire 
Go Rev 
WOOD GREEN 

Empire 
The Naughty Wife 



Playing Hereabouts This 
(July 9) Week 

TOM EDWARDS — 

Iioew's Deloncey Street 
SAI/LT BEERS— 

Loew^B White - Plains 
MAN-KIK— 

. TiOew's. Corona, T.ilncolii Square. 
.lETTYVA-r- 

L.oew'9 Melba 
CX 0'I>EON'S OBCHESTRiV— 

Tacht Club, West 43tli St., N.T. 
KARIi PA1LI.ANT & ORCH.— 

Rendezvous, Eoni; Bench 
EDITH THAYER— Cliln l,eeB 
HAICRIET SIEOEL— Purkwny Palace 
GRANADA SIS. — Parkway Palace 
DIRECTION OF 

ALF T. WILTON 



1600 Broadway 



Bryant 2027-8 



Picture Jheatres 



•TEW YORK CITY 
Oapltol (7) 

•jf T to Paris' Unit 
Walt Roesner 
CapitoUans 
VestorC & Vaughn 
Sylvia Frooa 
l^vey 2 
Frank Stcver 
Gould Dancers 
. ••The . Actress" 

*A' 

^onte Carlo" Unit 
Walt, Roesner 
■ Capltolians 
Uarlahd Dixon 
-"Telllne World" 

Pttcantdun't (7) 

^coan Blues" U 
Paul Ash 

='.=>^Paul=-S m a1 1 

Fester Girls' 
ScanlOQ 

Denno Bros & 3 
Evaus & Mare 
Moss A: I'Yye 
Kell Kelly 
"The Racket" 
(14) 

•^est P't Days" U 
Joseph GrilTlD 
Virginia John.son 
George Nnlidoft 
Ganiby Hale Co 
"* *^arminiT Up" 
Klulto (7) 



Carl Bitterl 

"Man Who L'ghs" 

RIvoll (7) 

Norma Leyland 
Alma Keller 
':Klng of Kings" 

Boxy (7) 

32 Roxycttes 
Yloia Phllo 
Aldo Bonlonto 
Adelaide Do Ijoca 
Alexis Rothov 
Patricia Bowman 
Harold Van Duzee 
Douglas Stanbury 
Nicholas Daks 
Gladys Rice 
Agnes Geo de Mlllo 
"Hit of the Show" 
CinCAGO, IIX. 
'AvaIdn---{9) 



Del I.iamre Bd 
6 Crackerjacka 
l.ydia Harris 
McOrath & Tr.avers 

Cnpitol (!)) 
Roy Dleterlch.Bd 
Jack & K Spangler 
Ted Leary 
Roy Rogers 
Dance Marathons 

Chlratro (1» 
"Knlck Knacks" U 
H Jj Spltalny Bd 
Wlnnifred & Wills 
ICaravIeft 



Janet Sis 
Rose Valyda 
Ko.<<loft Dancers 
Certain Y'g Man" 

Oriental (8) 

"KwoUle Follies" U 
Al Kvale Bd 
Coleman Goetz 
Milton Watson 
Anita Ija Pierre 
Scotty Weston 
Chilton & Thomas 
Henri Keates 
"Bring Up Father" 

Regal (7) 

Fess Williams Bd 
Uncle Bob 
Marion & Dade 
Little Joe Warner 
Marshall Rogers . 
Regal Red Hots 

Rliilto (10) 
George La Shay 
Myron Pearl Co : 

Senate (8) 

"Levee Lovers" U 
Al Belasco Bd 
G D Washington 
Jack Joyce 
Jerry . 

Lucille Sis. . 
"Sadie .Thompson" 

Sheridan (8) 
Verne Buck Bd" 
Toots Novella 
Dufty & Gleason 
Crandall & Marley 
Stratford 
2d half (12-14) 
M Hlllbloom Bd 
Chas Elby 
Gerald & . Hoag ' 
Morgan & Lake 

Bob Hope ' 

Tlvoli (9) 

"Hey Hey" Unit 

Bennie' Krueger Bd 

Jack Powell 

Frank Devoe 

Gibson Girls 

'Telling the World' 
Uptown (0) 

'Rio Romance' U't 

Paul Whiteman Bd 

Nell Lorenz 

'Joe Penner 

Harris Ba.rris 

AmatO' Gross! 
-Leonora Girls 

'Happiness Ahead' 
ATLANTA^ GA. 
Howard (13) 

'Treasure Ships' U 

V & E Stanton 

Walter Mitchell 

A & a Bloom 

Felicia Sorrell Co 

Pirate Boys 

BALTIMORE, MB. 
Century (7) 

Ted Claire 

Ruth Witmer ; 

Joe Besser . 

Calm & Gale 

Bertie & Norway- 

Barnett & Clark 

Almire Sessions 

'Ladles of the Mob' 
(14) 

'Chinese Nights' V 
'Forbidden Nights* 

Stanley (7) 
Buddy Page 
liime 3 
Paul Howard 
OlUvette 
Goorgle Tapps 
Kl.sie Gilbert . . 
'3 Ring Marriage' 
ItlRM'GH'M. ALA. 

Alnbnmu (13) 
•'Blue Plate" Unit 
Kobhlor & Edith. 
JiorrAine=.'r-uinlor^=.--= 
Gordan &■ King 
Long Sc. Small 
Mutt & Jeff, of J. 
^leycrs &.lTanforj 
BOSTON, MASS, 
Motropolltiui (G) 
•AV. I'olrit Days' U 
Gone Itodemleh 
Art Goisslcr ()r<h 
'/..adlea of the Mob" 

Slato (9) 
Laurel & Hardy 
Krsi & Ayers 
Dnian Bonpror Co 
'"I'he Aoiross' 



B.xyes & Speck 
DENVER, COLO. 
. Denver (12) 
'Steps & St'p'rs* U't 
Jules Buffano 
Revile . . 
Ruth Roland . 
Ilaoitiay Bailey 
Charles Huey 
Glenn & Jenkins 
DES MOINES. lA. 

Capitol (13) 
'Milady's . Fan* XTf 
Prank Jcnks 
Basil Lambert! ' 
Dorothy Neville 
Ojeda & Imbert 
Stanley 2 
Benny & Western 
A Kaufman Girls 
DETROIT. MICH. 

Capitol (7) : 
J'zz Bult'rflies' U't 
Del ' Delbrldge Syn 
Mae Wy.nn 
Tokl Yoki & Kce 
Rector & Cooper' 
Lung & Voelk 
Erner & FLsher, 
"Forbidden Hours' 
(14) 

•Ride 'Em C'wb'y'U 
Del Delbrldge Bd 
MUt Watson 
Doyle & Schetner 
Dodson 

Lyndon & Farnum 
Helen Kennedy 
Columbia (8) 
Leon 3 

Robert Billings 
Fern & Arliss 
Cowboy 4 • 
Darling & Clarke 
Bob Carter Co 
(IB) 

Francisco & Cella 
F & V Vardon 
Foreman & Evans 
Romany Rev 
Kent & Kavanaugh 
Irene Parks Co 
Grand Riviera (8) 
Monk Watson 
Keystone Ser 
Racine & Ray 
Rath Bros 
"Student Prince" 
Michigan (7) 
"Flapperettes" U't 
Belle Baker 
Frank Beaston 
Billle Gerber 
Rio Bros . 
Ruthe. Denls'e 
Luley Mealy '•& C 
"Half a Bride" 
(14) 

•Seeln' Things' U't 
Frank Beaston Bd 

Oriental (8) 
John ' Orren Co 
Myron Pearl Co 
Blake & - Baker 



Wallle Slewart 
Alii'o Finn 
Alk'P Swanson 

lNDl.\NAI*OUS 
. I'ltlltOO (II) 
nerry Uros 
i'oiii'O .Si.s 
l/lllian Morton 
Ftr/.zy Knight 
"Xho Ooafl.'ickH*' 
KANS. I'lTY, MO. 

Midland (14) 
"Swunoo Moon" U't. 
"Raiiiona" 

LOS ANGELES 
' Boulevard (0). 
Gone Morgan 
Bobble Agne.w 
Andy Ilico Jr 
Florence Forman . 
"The Siren 

Cnrthny Circle 
(Indef) 
Carll Elinor Orch 
"Ffizll" 

Egyptian (0) 
Benny Rubin . 
J Rolley & Ogden 
Barbarlna & Pal 
Cal Norrls* Collies 
Dorothy. Thleme 
6 Glr.lB 

"Harold Teen" 
Look's State <6) 

Jack Waldron 

Mars Idea 

3 Musketeers 

Steve Savage 

Charles. Meyers 

J & H Grimth 

Huff & Hunt 

Maxlne & Doreen 

8 Glrlsi . 

'The CoHsa'cks" 
Metroiiolltan (7) 

Jules BufTnno 

Surprise Week 

Bornie Bros 

Ritz Bros 

Moore Sis 

Miss Irwin 

Charlc6 JoUey 

Pe Pace . 

'Telling the World' 

United Artists 
Gene Chown 
•'The Circus" 

(il) 
'The Tollor.s"- 
'Warner Brothers 

. . (Indef) 
e BakalienlUofI Or 
L'rry Ceballos Pres 
Jlhimle Clemens • 
Eileen Mat-cy 
H & D Downing 
Rogues 

Tommy Atkins • 
.Sally & Ted '• 
"Tenderloin'* 
NEWARK: N. J. 
Branford (7) 
Eddie Moran 
Irmanette ■' 
Arthur Ball 
Dolores & Eddy 
M MoQuarrie Ens 
Loretta Ijeo 
Alsl Grins 
Billy Adams 
Geo H Morgenroth 
"His Tiger I.Ady" 
NEW HAVEN, CT 

Sherman (9) 
Gene Fuller Rev 
"Desert Bride" 
N. ORLEANS. LA. 

Saenger (13) 
"Havana" Unit 
Boris Petroft Co 
Al Mitchell 
Wally Jackson 
Coster & Hewlett 
Dorothy Berks 
<. OMAHA, NEB. 

Riviera (13) 
"Jems Rev" Unit 
Jules Buffano 
Dennis Sis -. 
Ray Schuster 
Dave RUblnoff 
Caskin 

Burns' & KIssen 
PIC'L'D'PIUA. PA. 
Carmnn (6) 

Freddie Sc Eddie. 
12' Glorious Goulds 
Carson & WlUard 
Little Eva 
3 Vagrants 
M'yb lle & Dor' thy 
'No Other Woman' 

Fay's (9) 
Nlte Club .Rev 
Doris La Grosse 
Harry Le Van 
Radio Jacks & Q'ns 
Royal Sidneys 
"Don't Marry" 

Fox (9) 
Howell Hargcr Sc. T. 
Ch'mb'rlin & Hlm'a 
"Fleetwlng" 

Stanley (0) 
■Gr'd't'n Days' U't 



Jaok Kaufman Bd 
Way burn's Chicks 
T.<ee Bis 

Charlie Calvert 
Allan Rogers . 
Brown & Bailey 
Doug Wright Co 
Lniliea of the Mob' 

PITTSBUBGII. 1?A. 
I'enn (0) . 
Step Thla Way* U 
Teddy Joyce . 
MItzi Mayfalr 
Edith Grimth 
Bob Bob & Bobble 
4 Dictators 
F'at'r Boys & Olrls 
"The Cossacks" 
(16) 

"Broadway" Unit 
•Certain Y'g Man* 

Stanley (0) 

'iAU Aboard" Unit 
Bert Lewis 
Kirk & La'wrehce 
Barr WlUey & S 
3 Rah Rah Rahs 
8 A Kaufman Olrls 
•Ladiea of the Mob' 

PB'VIDENOE. B.L 
Fay's (9) 

Frank Dobson 
Marlon Sayers 
Joyce: T>ando Co 
Herb Faye Co 
Doran & Soper 
3t Clair Sla & O'D 
'liadlea of Nlte C'b' 
S'N ANT'NIO, rX. 

Texas (13) 
"Fast Mall". Unit 
LeOrohs 
Foster Olrls ' 
Eva Thornton 
Myrtle Gordon 
Eddie Hill 
Roy Shelton 
SAN FRANCISCO 

' Granuda (6) 
Frank . Jenks Bd 
Glen Goff 
Adler Well & H 
Irene Taylor 
Qua Mulcay j 
Smith & Hadler 
"Hot News" 

St. Francis (7) 
M Brambllla Bd 
"Four Sons" 

Warileld (7) 
Rube Wolf Bd 
Will King 
Lew. Dunbar 
June Clyde 
Movietone ■ 
'Wheel of Chance* 
ST. LOUIS 
Ambassador (8) 
'Swanee Moon" U't 
Ginger Rogers . 
Jack North 
Ed Lowry 
"Foreign • Legion" 

Mlssonrl (8) 
"Montmartre" U't 
Friank Fay- 
Genie WIrIck 
Art Lane . 
Shannon's Frolics 
"The Racket" 
State (7) 
Nat Nazarro Jr 
Ponce Sla 
Fuzzy Knight 
Lillian Morton 
Berry Bros 
Steamboat . BUI Jr* 
(14) 

Dixie 4 
Jimmy Hay ■ 
Easter & Hazelton 
Joe Regan 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

State (14) 
^•Xylophonia" Unit 
•Steamboat Bill Jr* 
W'SHINGT'N, D.C 

Earle (7) 
•It Might H'pp'h* U 
Joe Bombreat . 
Billy Kolea 
Cogert & Motto 
Dolores , 
Grace Johnston 
Kaufman . Girls 
•Ladiea of the Mob' 

Fox (7) 
S J Stebblna Pres 
Meyer Davia Sym 
Leon Bruslloff 
14 Weldh Singers 
Prosper & Merrlt 
3 Recorders 
Movietone Joe Cook 
•No Other Woman' 

Palace (7) 
'Chinese Nights* U 
Wesley' Eddy 
. Hon Mr Wu 
Nee Wong . 
"Pools for Luck' 
(14) 

•'Ocean Blues" U't 
'Telling the World' 



LInooIn Squar* 

1st half (16-18) 
Takewa Japa 
Jerome & Mills 
Fein & Tennyson 
Domarcst & IJeland 
(,'VWo to nil) 

2d half (19-2J) 
Br'kaway' Barlowes 
Blue Grass 4 
GrHlUh & Young 
Henry Fink . 
Night in Spain 
Kulioniil 
Ist half (lC-18) 
Murand & Glrton 
Peggy Calvert 
John Barton Co ' 
H Shuffle-Le Van 
Bcdlnl Arthur Co 
2d half (19-22) 
Baggott Sheldon 
Edith Bohlman: 
Jack Jania Co 
Sunshine Sammy 
Cook & Shaw Sis 
Orplieum 
l3t half (16-18) . 
3 Kitchens 
Marjorle- Burton 
Coogan & Cnsey 
Sunshine Sammy . 
Dance Madness 

2d half (19-22) 
Murand & Glrton 
Saliy Boers 
Bobby O'Neill Co 
Wlnehlll & Briscoe 
Bee Joneis Co. 

State (IS) 
S' Kcmmys 
Lucille Benstead 
Joyner & Foster 
Open 

Rome & Gaut 
Dehno-Roohelle Bd 
Victor in 
Ist half (lC-18) 
Selnia Braatz ' 
Murniy & D'gherty 



3d half (19-2» 
S KItcboDS 
Corrihe Arbuckle 
Goo Yooihan 
Bobby Henshaw 
BedinI Arthur Co 

ATLANTA, GAi 
Grand (10) 
Radln's Monkeys 
Oscar Grogan 
.Saxton & Farrell 
Donovan & Leo 
Fejnr Ijang Orch 
BAY RIDGE 
Tjoew'a 

let half (16-18) . 
Joe Cody Bros 
Nancy Decker 
Crelghton & Lynn 
Night Coney Island 
(One to fill) 
: 2d half (19-22) 
Takewa Japs . 
Howard & Bennett 
Cartmell & Harris 
Demarest & Deland 
Shelton Heft <k L 
B'RM'GHAM, ALA. 

LoeWs (16) 
Wilfred DuBoIs 
Moehan & Newman 
S'ym'r Putnam & B 
Ra:iph Whitehead , 
Radio Fancies 

BOSTON. MASS. 
Orpheum (10) . 
S -Westergfirda . 
Fay & MllUken 
Singing 3 
Just a Pal 
Hall & Dexter 
Julian Hall Co . 
; CANTON. O. 
XiOew'a ■ 

Int half (16-18) 
Cahlll & Maybelle 
Frank Whitman 
I»rinceton & Yale 
Eddie- Lambert Co 
Perry M'nsfield Rev 

CLEVELAND, O. 
. Granada; 

Ist halt (16-18) 
Hashl & OssI 



LYONS & LYONS 

Intiihute Chats 



MOVIE TALKERS 

Movietone, Vltaphone, Photo 
plioiie and all tlia other p|c- 
Uiro , talh.eri constitute tlie 
coining show, business. .' Suit- 
able Ulent Is 'at a premium 
and our Mr. Burt Cort«lyou 
l3 intcMiilTCly dcTntlns . bis 
time to IhU field. See him. 

LYONS e> LYONS 

PARAMOUNT BUCNCWYOtK . 





J&a. C Morton Co 
Cyclone Rov 

PALISADES PARK 

(10) 
Alex Barto S 
Trella Co 
Zolda Bros 

TORONTO, CAN. 
- Loew's (10) 

3 Horm.-in Broia 
Sid Townea 
Frank Sinclair Co 
Prank Molino Co 
Florence Hedges 
W'DHAVKN, L, I. 
Wllliurd 
1st ' half (16-18) 
D'nty Ethel Marino 
Bill Casey. 
Wlnehiu a Driacoe 



Mildred Andrea O* 
(One to fill) ^ 

2d half (19-211 
Winnie & Dolly 
Clifton & Brent 
Lander Bros A Is 
Ntght Coney islaoA 
(One to fill) 
YONKKRS 

lat halt (16-18> 
Baggott A Sheldoii 
Howard & Bennett 
Billy Taylor Co 
Kemper & Bayard 
(Ono to fill) 

2d half (19-2S> 
Buaany & Fox 
Violet Singer Co 
Cupid's Cloaeupa 
Zelaya 

Marlon Wllklns Co 



PARAMOU NT— NOW 

Scanon-Denno Bros, 
aiid Scahlon 

PDBIJX UNIT 

"OCEAN. BLUES" 

Dircetlon 

Joe— lEDDY & SMITH-riri 

220 WeRt 47th St.. Snite 901 





NEW YORK CITY 
American 

Ist half (16-18) 
3 Belmonts 
Georgia Hall Co 
°Bee Jones Co 
Jlewltt & Hall 
Miller &. Fears: . 
Bison Cily i" 
Kunsa Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Pam & P Garvin 
C R 4 . 
Cardiff 8c Wales 
Romaine & Castle 
Anibler Bros 
(Throe to fill) . 
Boulevard 

1st half (16-18) 
Man-Kin 



1st half (16-18) 
Deloncey St. 

lat half (16-18) 
Cannon & Lee 
Pam & P Garvin 
Fox' & Rowland 
Hlte Reflow Co 
Al B. Vtrhlte 
'6" Har man rans 

2d half (19-22) 
Selma Braats 
Frlsh .Rector & T 
Bobby Randall 
Kuma Co 
(Two to nil) 
Grand . 

1st half (16-18) 
Ambler Bros ' 
Bud & Elinor Coll 
Van & C Avery 
Lander Bros '& It 



Cartmell & Harris 
Buddy Doyle Co 
Alvarez & K Co 

2d half (19-22) 
Peters & LeBuff 
Biul & Elinor Coll 
Coogan & Casey 
Sandy Shaw 
Abbott & BIsland 

BROOKLYN 
Bedford 

Ist half (16-18) 
Ford & Price 
Murray & Irwin 
Going Straight 
Chas Olcott Co 
Violet Joy Girls 

2d half (10-22) 
D'n.ty Ethel irarlho 
Bartol . 
BlPon City 4 
Crelghton & Lynn. 
Jose Bohr Co 

GiiteJi 
1st half (16-19) 
Wlnni? & Dolly 
Ferris & Ellis 
Robinson Connie Co 
Bobby Henshaw ' 
(One to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Petty -Reat Bros 
Murray & D'gherty 
Brown &' B'm'gh'm 
Arnaut Bros 
N T G's Night Club 
Mo^ba . 
1st half (16-18) 
Rose Marina 
Lee Arneld 
Collins Sc Peterson 
■Vivian Glenn 
Al Moore's Bd • . 

2d half (19-22) 
Mile Austinl 
Frances Short 
Collln.y & Petcr.son 
Murray ■& Maddox 
Al Moore's Bd 
(One to fill) 
Metropolitan (10) 
Le Fleur & Portia 
4 Mariners 
Cook & Vernon 
Snoozor Jr 
Jane & Kath Lee 
Dolart & B'ger Rev 
Oriental 
1st half (16-18) 
Worden Bros 
Bartol 

Cupid's Closeups 
^B r ow nl n g, &_,B.r.'ken 
Slave.s of Melody 

2d half (19-22) 
Hammer & H'mm'r 
Jerome & Mills 
John Barton Co 
Bob Fisher 
Colonial 6 

Palace 

1st half (16-18) 
D-')wney & McCoy 
OUle & M Bingham 
Brown & B'm'gh'm 
Zelaya. 
D'Andred & W Rev 



JACK L. UPSHUTZ 



Tuesdays 

'New "Vork ■ TAILOR, 908 Wahut St., PMIa. 



Mann Bros 
Clair & Uichy 
".Speedy" 

EV'NSV'LLE, TND. 

Victory (f») 
Toney & George 
Jack & R La Pearl 
Hits & Bits 
F & J Rlnehart 
Il'ppy llarrlson CIr 
.1CTV=-W ORT I iT-TiX^ 

Worth (13) 
"Snap Shot.s" Unit 
Tyler Muaon 
Bert Tucker 
Mills & Shna 
Lfllliin Bcj-nard 
Flo Itenrio 
(JouM Girls 

lIOrSTON, TEX. 

Melropoliliin (13) 
"Dancing Feet" U't 
Harry Hose. 
Riohard lOrlwnrtls 
Marlha Vnuglin 
I,arry Vale 



Edith Pohlman 
Geo Yeoman 
Clifton & Brent 
N T G's Night Club 

2d half (19-22) 
Al Gordon's Dogs 
Nancy Decker 
Going Straight Co 
I^nncaatcr & L'm'g 
.11 i 1 d r c d And r ca J3o , 

Commodore 

1st half (16-18) 
May Glllnian .Co 
Hilly -Wynn 
(Jrlllltlis & Young 
Sherin.'in & Ryan 
Nell JIcKlnley 
I'lunkey Jones Co 

2d half (19-22) 
Downey & McCoy 
Morrl.s Sc Rappo 
Markwllh Bros & H 
Ilynile Jnoobaon 
(Ono to till) 



Welch Gleoman 

2d half (19-2U 
Ford & Price 
Ferris & Ellis 
Robinson Connie Co 
Kemper & Bayard 
Dance Madness 

Greeley Square 

- . 1st _httl.f , (16-18) , _ 
Yvonne & Victor 
Aaron & Violet 
Jack Janls Co 
Bos.tie Browning 
Holland & Oden 
Melody Mansion 
2d half (19-22) 

Cannon Sc Lee 
Sherman & Ryan 
Archer Sc Belford 
Fielder Harriot & H 
Al B White 
Fay Elliott & KIntr 



2d half (19-22) 
Jerome Ryan 
Will J Kennedy Co 
Van & Vernon . 
Plunkey .Tones Co 
(One to nil) 

Premier 

1st half (16-18) 
Busany Sc Fox 
Henry Fink 
Po^k^^ =T?lvSw -=Sla 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Maude Eltlt Co 
Peifgy Calvert 
Sevins Sc Gordon 
Holland & Oden 
E Ilarmantana 

Universal 
iHt half (16-18) 
Maude ElUt Co 
Frish Rector & T 
Bohby O'Neill Co 
Romaine & Castle 
Petty Real Bros 



Bert & Lehman 
Joan Fuller Co 
Hunter & Pcreival 
In China . * • 

2d hajf (19-22) 
3 Longflelds 
Will J Ward 
Wedding Ring 
Smith Sc AUnian 
StrcIska-LaRuo Co 

Park 

1st half (16-18) 
3 Longflelds 
Will J Ward 
Wedding Ring 
Smith & AUman 
StreIska-L>aRuo Co 

2d half (19-22) 
Hashl Sc Ossi 
Bert .Sc J.«hman . 
Jean Fuller ■ 
Hunter & Perclval 
In China 

State (10) 
Le Roys 
Natalie Alt Co 
McLaughlin .& B . 
Al Herman . . 
Cnrnlval of Venice 
COLUMBI A, O. 
State (10) 
Ponzln's Monkeys 
Cr.-Jlg Sc Campbell 
Walton & Brandt 
Otto Oretto Co 
Elliott Sc LaTour 
Paddy Cliff Orch 
CORONA. L. I. 

Pln-za 
1st half (16-18) 
Royal Sidneys 
Violet Singer Co 
Murray & Maddox 
Fielder Harr't & H 
Shelton Heft & L 
2d half (li9-22) 
.Toe Cody Bros 
Slurray & Irwin 
Fein & Tennyson 
Browning & Br'ken 
Melodv Mansion 
EV'NSVILLE, IND. 
Loew's 
ist half (lC-18) 
Broslua Sc Barton 
B & H Skatelle 
Roblson & Pierce 
Walter Hiers 
Morino & Mona Co 
HOUSTON, TEX. 
Houston (10) 
Nelson's Catland - 
Bobby & King 
BerniCe- & Pansy • 
Johnny Bcrkes : 
Revue Fantasy 
JAMAICA, L. I. 

IlillNlde 
1st half (18-18) 
Al Gordon's Dogs 
Sally Beers 
Abbott A: BIsland 
Arnaut Bros 
Marlon Wtlkins Go 
2d half (19-22) 
Man-Kin 
Hewitt & Hall 
Van Ss, Carrie A-vcry 
Buddy Doyle Co 
Welch Glceman • 
MEMPHIS, TENN. 

Loow's (10) ■ 
Hack & Mack 
Ryan St Ross 
Hamilton Sis & F 
Frank Terry 
Raccooners 
MONTREAL, CAN. 

IjOOW'B (10) . 
Gaynor Se Byron 
Art Glllham 
Nola & W St Clair 
I,ew Kelly Co 
Freeborn's Follies 
(One to fill) 
NEWARK. N. J. 
State (10) 
Alex Melford 3 
-.Lomax-:^&.-Johnson ~. 
.Tanet of Franco 
Steppe & Pierce 
Supper Club 
NEW ORLEANS 
Slate (10) 
Zlcglors 
Jui^e Sc Jo 
Billy Parrell Co 
Harry Hlncs 
Perezcaro Sla Rev 
NORFOLK, VA. 
State (10) 
3 Castles 
Frolic 4 

Nick & Q Vm<k« 



NEW YORK CITY 
BrotMlway (10) . 
Ray & Harrlaon 
Margie Halllck Co 
Ship Ahoy 
Wallace & May 
Jim Lyons 
Ed Sherirt Co 
(0) 

Hilton Sc Almy 
Porsythe & Kolly 
Graduates 
Chas Cross' Co 
Frank; Farnum. Bd 

Chester 
1st half (16-18) 
The Twins 
Harris Sc Claire 
2 Ghezzla 
(Two to All) . 

2d half (19-22) 
Nel Roye Co 
Hilton & Almy 
(Three to fllD 

2d half (12-16) 
7 Versailles 
Lorner Girls 
Lou White Co 
Ray. & Harrison 
(One to nil) 
CollHcum 
1st half. (16-18) 
■Johnny Herman 
Clarence '• Downing 
Loma Worth 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-22) .. 
Adele Verne 
(Others to All) 

2d half (12-16) 
Slim TImblln Co 
Joe NletTieyer Co 
Harris & Claire 
Curtis Sc Bush Sis 
Dick Hnneraon 
6 O'Rlellys 

Slst St. 
Ist half (16-18) 
Solly Ward 
Johnny Herman . 
Harris & Claire 
■(Two to fill) 

2d half 09-22) 
.Toe Herbert. 
Harry Holmes 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (12-15) 
Marlon Murray Co 
Goo Hunter 
B & E Newell 
(Two to nil) 
Fordliam 
ist half (16-18) 
Geo D'Ormonde 
■Alice Morlcy 
(Three to ttll) 

2d half (19-22) : 
Televox 

Johnny. Hetmah 
Freda & Palace 
(TWO to flU) 

2d half (12-15) 
Blue Slickers 
Red Donahue Co 
Loma Worth 
Twins 

(One to nil) 
Frnnklln 

let half (16-18) 
Mangenn Tr 
Paco & Juanlta 



Wilton & Weber , 
(Two to nu) 

2d half (12-15) 
Freda. Sc Palace . 
Varsity Varieties • 
Goldy & Dusty 
Ada . Brown 
Jim AUard Qo 

Fialnce (10) 

Geo ■ Jessell • 
Des'/o Rctter 
Billy Hou.se 
B Bennett & S . 
Claudia Coleman 
(Others to nil)' 
(9) 

Reed & . Duthors 
White Sc Ticrney 
Mltkua 2 
Mangean TV 
Coram ■ 
W Sc O Ah earn 
Adele Rowland 
Ted Lew^ia Orch 

. It^igent 
lat half (16-18) 
Woodland Rev 
firamlnos 
Kerr Sc Ensign 
Nick Hufford 
(One to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
:Stickney*s Clroua 
Marko & Jerome 
Mae Ushor 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Jack Usher Co 
Louisville Str'g'n 
Jack Landauer 
Vic Honey Tr 
(One to fill) 
Royal 
Ist half (16-18) 
M'M'nua &. Kn'wioa 
Frcaris & Baggett 
Naish S & Molly 
Mona Mura Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Frank Farron 
Bailey & Phil 
Baker & Francis 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Louis London 
Blue Grass 4 
Ed D'Orsay 

(Two to fill) 

CONEY ISLANT> 

Tilyon 
1st half (16-18) 
4 Pepper Shakers 
Mao Usher 
Marko & Jferoma. . 
M'rsh'll M'tg'merr 
(One to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Marino & Martin 
(Others to fill) • 

2d halt (12-15) 
Anderson & Grave* 
Back Shing Co 
Almond & Gray Co 
Pinto & R'wland Co 
Milton ' Berle ■: 
FAR ROCK A WAT 
. Strand 

Ist half (16-18) 
Slim TImblln Co 
(OtheoB to nil) 



EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED 
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN 



BEN ROCKE 



1632 -B?way, at Both St., N. Y- City 



Brlce & Clark 
Freda & Palace 

2d half (19-22) 
Morgan & Sheldon 
(Others to nil) 

2d half fl2-lB) 
Henry Santroy Bd 
H & A Seymour . 
Clarence -Do'W'nintf 
Estell Fratus 
(One to fill) 

Hamilton 
1st half (16-18) 
Hilton Sc Almy 
Nel Roye Co 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (19-22) : 
2 Ghezzis 
Twins 

Barry & Whlllddge 
Princess Pat 
(Ono to fill) 
. 2d half (12-15) 
Francis Renault 
Paco & Juanlta Co 
Roger's Sc Wynn 
Marie Mang Co 
Wallace & May ' 
. Hippodrome (10) 
Boyle & Delia 
Freddie & Eddie 
Ortall Careno 

.-.(Th reo-.to^fll 

(9) 

NItza Vernllle 
Colleano Family 
Baptle & I..anib 
Harris Sc Van 
Mae Ushor 
'Jack Ilanlcy 
(TefTerHon 
1st half (lG-18) 
Padlocks of 1928 
StlUwell & Prascr 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Alice Morley 
Paco & Juanlta 



2d half (19-22) 
Belle Baker 
Harris Sc Claire 
M'rahMl M'tg'merr 
(Three to All) 

2d half (12-16) 
Aileen Cook 
Joe Young Co 
2 Daveys ^ 
Jack. Donnelly C» 
Bertha Kaliah Co 
Wilton Sc Weber 
BKOOKLYN 
Alb< (16) 
Cole & Snyder 
Honey Tr 
Clifford & Marioa 
Deno Sc Roobelle 
(Two to nil) 
(9) 

Rigoletto Bros 
Bosser Sc Balfour 
Prick & Pope 
Boyle & Delia 
Devil's Circus 
Bush-wick 
1st half (16-18) 
Baker & Francis 
Bailey Sc Phil 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Louis London. 
T?'rW"Hirml,lf'"'""*'*" 
(Three to flU) 

2d half (12-10 
Stamm & Actman 
Swor Bros 
PhllUps Sc Sheldon 
Del'ney Cr'don Sc O 
(One to nil) 

MndiNon _ 
1st half (16-18) 
Eslelle Fratus 
Henry San trey Hfl 
H & A Seymour 
Dn Kofl Bros 
(Ono to fill> 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



VARIETY 



39 



2d half (19-22) 

Dorothy rranclaco 

Brlco & CJarlc 

BramlnoB 

Nick Hviffora • 

verr & Ensign 

^2d half (12-1«> 
MTsh'U M'tB'mery 

Woodland Rev 

Bard clan BS 

Bubln & Malone 

Jim LyonB 

Jerome & BV^n . 

On»1ieam ■ 

iBt half (16-18) 

■arm Sabbott Co 

Fred. Hamilton Co 

<Three to flU) ■ 

McManup.& Hfclt^y 
mothers to .flt'l 

* 2d half (12-16) 
HuphoB &,Burlie 
yJlBht In Dixie 
Joy & Joy 
Calvert Sis 
HlUler *. l!'orte 

rroHpoct ■ 
2d half (12-16) 
KIncald Kilties . 
C & L Fondau 
Smith & Hart 
Nel Roye Co 
p & El Robs 
AKRON, O. 
Palace 
Ist half (16-1(1) 
Nito at the Club 
Kltaro Japs 
Healy & Garticlla 
Boy Cummlngs 
■ <One to fill) ' 
■2d halt (19-22) 
Idckfords 
Don Cummlnga • 
Joe Ijaurlo ■ 
(Two to nil) . 

2d half (12-16) 
Aiiy Family^ 
Parker & Mack 
Blepplne Peet 
Joe Howard Co 

Jack Benny 

ATtANTlO CITY 

JSarle 
let half (16-18) 
Hap Hazard 
Pastime Rev 
Toto ■ 
(Two to nil) 
. 2d half (19-22) 
Bert Melrose 
O'Brien & J 
(Three to fill) . ■ 
2d half (12-16) 
6 Petleys 
Barto & Clark 
R'yal's Saxtoncttes 
(Two to nil) 
BALTIMORE. Mp. 
Hippodrome (1«) 

■ liouls Leo 
. Jay Velle 

Walsh & Ellis 

• Jean Graneae 
Theo Beken Co 
Rita Gould 

(9) 
6 Lelands 
Packard & Dodge 
BIcknell 

Zcrmalne & Fraser 
Furmp.n A Evans 
. Now Gardens (16) 

Stepping ■ Along ■ 
(Others to' nil) 
(9) 

Silver King 
Faxton 

Mabel Wlthee 

■ Raymond Klemon 
Fred Ardath Co 
Rajah 4 

BOSTON, MASS. 
Bowdoln Sq. CO) 

Buss & Mack 
Musical Rowleys 
Mike Sachs . 
Mae Fields. 
Emllons ' . 
Gordon's Olympic 

(Scollay gq) (9) 
Van RlppejB 
Xiee Kids 
D Frances Co 
Ray & Ruby 
B & M Beck 
Baker & Francis 

New Boston (16) 
ISylvla Clarke 
Moran W'rner & M 
Brlants 

Blckford Family 
Ruaakoff Rev 
BRTDEPORT, ' CT. 

roll's 

2d half (12-16) 
Billy Nash 
Emilona 



Harry Jolson 
Oracle Dc«vgon Co 
(One to nil) 

Falace (10) 
Lockett & Page 
Stan Kavaniiugh 
Josephine Harmon 
Robert ■>Varwlclt 
Jack Bqnny 
6 Brown Bros 
(9) 

Bonny Davis 
Manuel Vega 
Mitchell & Durant 
(Three to. nil) 
OOI^UMItllS, O. 

Keith's 
iBt half (16-18)" 
Parker & Mack 
Garden of Melody 
Jack Benny 
Sandy Douglas 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-'22). 
Torke & King 
SmlUi Sc. Strong 
SteUpltig Feet 
Marg ' I'adula 
(One- to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Kikuta Japs. 
Cameo Capers 
Roy Cummlnga 
(Two to nil) 
DAVTON, O. 

Kflltll'B 

lat half (16-18) 
Bob.blo Johnstone 
Kikuta' Japs 
Cameo Capera . 
Shamrocks S^ T 
Alex;ind'r & Peggy 
Joe PhlUlpB Co 

2d half (19-22) 
Rhapsody in Silk 
Bare 2 
Jack Wilson 
Chas Bonnington 
Taylor & .Bobba 

2d half (12-16) 
Strains & Strings 
Valencia . 
Spence . & True 
Foy Family 
Night at the Club 
DETROIT, MICH, 
■ Uollywood ■ 
lat half nC-18) , i 
Midget Folllea 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Karyl Norman- 
3 Golfers 
(Three to nil) 
Uptown 
l^t half (16-18) 
Revel Bros & .Red 
Sol Gould 
Flunket & Mason 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Jewell & Rita 
Stop. I..ook & Ust'n 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (12-15) 
Lewla & Wyman B 
IjIII Faulkner 
Stnh Kavanaugh 
B & M Reed 
(One to nil) 
ELIZABETH. N. J. 
City 

Ist half (16-18) 
Milt Bronson Co 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (19t22) 
Muriel Kaye Co 
Wade Booth 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (12-lB) 
Scrambled Legs 
En OB Frazer 
Russell & Armetr'g 
(Two to nil) 
ERIE, PA.. 
Erie (10) 
Janet Chllds 
Welder Sis 
Jones & Rea 
Peter the Great 
(Two to nil) 
(9) - 
M & B Harvey 
Echoes of Spain 
'Don Cummlngs 
Faber & Wales 
(Two to . nil) 
GLBN8 FAIXS 

Rlalto . 
Ist half (16-18) 
G & C Worth 
B & B Dorfna 
(Three to nil) . 

2d half (19-22) 
Irvlng'e Midgets 
Watson & Wood 
(Three to nil). 
2d half (1.2-15) 
e..»..u..c. I Bob Murphy 

Stanley & Quintet Margie Halllck Co 



(Two to nii> 
BUFFAIX). N. T. 
.Hippodrome (16) 

Block & Sully 
Walman's Debs 
East & Dumke 
Wm Halllgan 
Carr Bros & Betty 
(One to nil) 
(9) 

Ken Murray 
Bert Shepherd 
Sands & Doone 
Butler & SantoB R 
Monroe- & Grant 
(One to nil) 
CANTON, O. 
Palace 
Ist half (16-18) 
yorke &-Klng 
Stepping Feet 
Smith & Strong 
Jewell & Rita 

3 Golfers 
2d half (19-22) 

Jack Bonny . 
Parker & Mack 
Bobbie Johnstone 
tirade Deagon . 
(One to nil) 

2d half (13-16) 
Jones & Rea 
. Joan Elton 

4 Wlegands 
Shamrocks & T 
(One to nil) 
CINCINNATI. O. 

A1b«e (16) 
Mitchell & Durant 
Benny Davis Co 
(Others to nil) 
(9) 

Berge Flash 
Joe Tjaurle Jr 
Ijockfords 
. Rhapsody in Silk 
Jack Wilson 
H L ..Miller 

Palaco (16) 
Jazz Boat Rev 
(9) 

Diehls & McDon'ld 
B Sc J Krown 
Bobblo Johnstone 
_^^^^Van^£iellOv^;.Mary^ 
.Sandy Douglas Co 
■Joe Phillips Co 
CIJ5VKI.AN1). O. 

lOStli St. 
Ist half (lC-18) 
Any Family 
Foy Family 
Ocrbor's Itev 
Valencia 
Alice Day Co 

2d half (19-22) • 
Jos iroward Co 
(Othprs to nil) 

2d half (12-ir)) 
Bennington's Gang 
■>1lm Ruoncy 3 



(Three to nil) 
UBAND RAPIDS 
Kamona ' Park 

1st half (16-18) 
Manuel Vega 
Rookie 
Marty White 
Lou Cameron 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Echoes of Spain 
Fink's Mules 
Ervcl & Del 
Dan Small 
(One to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Holden & Graham 
4 GIrtonfl. • 
Geo Mcl^ennon 

Sol -Gould 

Royal Bros & RCd 
Plunkett & Mason 
HARTFORD, CT. 

Capitol 
2d half (12-16) 
13 K Nad el's Rev 
U'NT'GT'N W. VA. 
OrpUenm 
1st half (16-18) 
Viola Dana Co 
A & A Striker 
Johnny Hyman 
Krans! & Kaufman 
(Ono to. nil) 
. 2d half (19-22) 
Garden of Melody 
Gafney & Walton 
D.in Coleman CO 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
PresBler & Klaus 
Art I..eone Co 
MorrlHsey & M 
Dictators 
(On^ to nil) 
Jl!m>SRY CITV 
state 
1st half (16-18) 
Joe Herbert 
(Others to nil) 

2d halt (12-15) 
riodlar Sc T.uahy 
PVolics of Youth 
Martclls 

lI;trry-jHo1<l''n ^„ 

I'at llfnnlng Co 
LIMA, O. 
Koitli's 
2d half (12-15) 
ninombcrg'f 1»<>KH 
Norma Mario 3 
l)nn Small C.g 
(Two to filli 
LOl'lHVll.l-K, KY. 
K<»i(h'H 
1st half (HM8) 
(Mias Hcnnlngtoo 
IlhnjiKody In SilK 
r.iirr 2 

T-iiylor /!.• lUil.Mo 
Jack WilKun Co 



2d half (19-22) 
Joe Phillips 
Kikuta . Japs 
Cameo Capers 
Alexander & P'ggy 
Shamrocks & T 

2d half (12-16) 
Valencia 
Foy . Family 
(Three' to nil) 
LYNN, MASS. 

Olympla 
2d half (12-16) 
Roisman's Rev 
Dancing Bits 
Royal Gascoynea • 
(TWO to nil) 
NAHHVILLE 
Princess (IG) 
Dlchl Sis & McD. 
Curl^y' Urunn 
(TWO to nil) 
(9) 

Lew Brlco Co ' 
Eugene Costcllo 
Oofjniopollt'an A, . 
Under the Palms 
Freeman & Seym'r 
NKWBURUII 
Afuulemy '' 
1st half (16-18) 
Night In Dixie 
Dale Wcndt • 
(Threo to Ull) 

2a half (19-22) 
Chantell Sis 
Hong Kong Tr 
(Threo to nil) 

2d half C12-16) 
Zuhn & Zuhn 
BasHutt & Bailey 
Bailey & Phil 
Mori a Mura. Co 
Sticlcney's Circus 
OTTAWA, CAN. 
Keith's (16) 
Princess' P.at. 
(Others to nil) 
(9) 

Jack George 
Irvlng'a Midgets 
G & C Worth : . 
Watson & Wood ; 
DuBois Bros. 
PATERSON, N. J. 
Regent 
1st half (10^18) 
Muriel Kaye ' ■ 
Russell & ArttiBtr'g 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Scra,mbled Legs 
Schuler Harris Co 
Delaney Cr'd'n & C 
(Two to nil) 
. 2d half (12-16) 
McCrII Keller Co 
Wheeler & Sands 
JanowHky 3 . 
Wade Booth 
Fred Bowers Co 
PHITJ\., PA. 
Earlo (10) . 
iSchwartz & Clift'd 
Yates & La.vvley 
Dave 'Vine 
(Two to nil) 
(9) 

Yvctte Rugel 
Jack Crawford Co 
McCoy & Walton 
Geo Broad hurst Co 
3 Morln Sis 
Mason Dixon 3 
PITTSBURGH 
Harris 
1st half (16-18) 
6 Brown Bros 
Adicyn Jason Co 
Geo McLellan 
Stacey & Paye- 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Pressler & KM ass 
flolden & Graham 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Angel & Fuller 
Dulmage. & Kitty 
Viola Dana Co 
Gwynne Co 
Kranz & Kaufman 
POUGHKEEl'SIE 

Avon 
1st half (16-18) 
Hong Kong Tr . 
Chantell Sis 
Kerr & Ensign 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Night in Dixie 
Dale & Wendt 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (12-16) 
Torano Sis 
Frear Bagget & T: 
Al Noda Co 
Shellon & Pollard 
Harry Carey Co 
PLATTSB'G, N. Y. 

Strand 
. 2d half (12-16) 
Sandy Shaw 
(Two to nil) • 
BICirWOND. VA. 

Lyric (0) 
Margie Coates 
Yalo Collegians 
Frank viola Co 
Arnaut Bros 
Bernard & Keller 
SARATOGA SP'GS 
Congress 
2d half (12-15) 
B & B Donna 
(Others to fill) 
SPK'GFIBIJD. O. 

Pnluce 
2d half (12-16) 
Victor Graff 



Drew & Dowllng 
0'Ranlon'*&' Zamb 
Ijou Cameron 
Jean & 'Jcanette 
SYRACUSE, N. . Y. 

Keitli's 
Ist half (16-18) 
N Phillips Co 
Courtney Sis 
Dave Vino 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (10-22) 
n & J Brown 
Lou Tcllegiih 
Devil's Circus 
(Two to nil) . 

2d half (12-16) 
Norman Thomas 6 
Wm Halligan Bd 
Williams * Sweet 
(Two to. nil) 

TOLEDO, O. 
Keith's 

ist half (16-18) 
Dan Small Co • 
Ervel. & Uol . 
Pink's Mules 
Echoes of Spain 
(One to nil) 

2d halt (19-22)' 
Marty White 
Manuel Vega 
Rookie 

Lou Cameron 
(Ono to nil) 

2d. half (12-15) 
Park Sis & Harvey 
Gordon & Day 
Belleclalre Bros. 
Alexan.der & P'ggy 
Dairr 2 

TORONTO, CAN. 
Hippodrome (16) 

Wllilams- & Sweet 
Norman Thomas 6 
Klefe'r 3. ' 
Edith Clifford 
Thank You Dr 
(Ono to nil) 
(9) 

J & R Hayes 
Walman's Debs 
Honey Tr 
East^ & Dumke 
(Two to nil) 

TRENTON, N. J. 

Cnpltol 

1st half (16-18)- 
Martha Lawrence 
Pat Honning 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Loma . Worth 
Scrambled 
(Three to mi) 

2d half (12-15) 
Post's Calif Co 
Pierre White 
Hal Nloman 
Victor Olive 
(One to fiU) 

UNION CITY. N.. J 
Cmltoi 
Ist half (16-18) 

Pierre While 
Niblo & Spencer 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Martha Lawrence 
MUt Bronsort Co 
Bernard & F' Worth 
Pat Hcnning 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Lee Paul 
Muriel Kaye 
Anderson A Benn't 
(Two to nil) 
WATERBURY 

Palace 
Id half (12-16) 
Yatos & Claire 
Dagma Co 
Large & Morgan 
Great Lester 
Johnhy Elliott Co. 

WHITE PLAINS 
Keith's 

Ist half (16-18) 
Red Doiiahue 
Peaches Browning. 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Hepry San trey Co 
H & A Seymour 
(Three to nil) 

2d half. (12-16) 
Hector ■ 
Cole & Snyder 
(Three to nil) 
WBC'ST'B, MASS 
Paloe.e 
2d half (12-15) 
Pauline Saxon Co 
Western Capers 
Neptune 
Charles Ray 
Joran & Grace 
YOUNGST'WN, O. 
Keitli'N 
1st half (16-18) 
Joe Laurie 
Lock fords 
Don - Cummlngs 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Roy Cummlngs- 
Kitara Japs 
■Healy & Garnella 
Night at the Club 
(One to nil) 

2d half (12-15) 
Smith & Strong 
Yorke & King 



H & N Leary 
Shaw A' .Carroll 
T & A Waldman 
G & M Cllne 
Raptelli 



WINNIPEG, CAN. 
Orpheum (16) 

College Flirt 
MuHic Art Rev 
(Others to flll) 




NEW YORK CITY 
ttCth Street 
1st half (16-18) 
Bobbie Rowland Co 
(Others to nil) 

2a half (19-22) 
Clarence Down'y Co 
llari^ Carey . 
(Three to nil) 
126th Street 
1st half (10-18) 
Stlckney's Circus 
Homer Coghlll 
Unrdan & Evans 
(Two to nil) 
WESTCHESTER 
Ncvr Kochclle . 
1st halif (10-18) 
Velma Kane 
Harry Carey 
(Three to nil) ' 

2d half (19-22) 
Jimmy Reynolds . 
NItza Vernllle Co. 
Forsyth &. Kelly 
Red Donahuo 
(One to nil) 
MT. VERNON 
1st half (16-18) 
Florence. Aucr Co ■ 



Will & G Ahearn 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) ■ 
Padlocks of 19.28 
NEWARK.,N. J. 
Palnec (l6) 
Al Noda Girls 
CTHt & Radcllffe 
Lew White Co 
Jack Donnelly Rev 
(One to nil) 
ALBANY, N. Y. 

(irand 
1st half ti6-18) 
Milton Doug.las- 
(Others to nil) 

2d halt . (19-22) 
Stewart a la Carte 
(Others to nil) 
TBOY, N. Y. 
Proctor's 
let half (16-18) 
B'k & Bella Donna 
Grace-& C Worth 
Watson & Wood . 
Col Jack Georgo 
Irving's Midgets 
. 2d halt • (19.-2>2) 
The Kinkalds 
Dorothy & R Ryan 



Berlr'd A Ralston 
Ruth Robinson. Co 
Toller SiH & A 
Century Ser 
SIOUX (TITV, I A. 
Orpheum 
1st half 116-18) 
Boli An(l''r.«<>n 
Ollliert it Uflston 
Haunted 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 119-211 
Perez & Marg'rlte 
Jjyde.ll ft iligglns 
(Three to (ill) 
BO. BUND, JM>. 

• I'ulaec 
Ist half (15-18) 
Fulton .t Mack 
Pi^B{^ Sl Cortex. 
Rich 'CheriP 
Larry Rich Ent 

2a half (l'.i-21) 
Gfirber'a .Gallics 
Sully & Mack 
Marg'rct Severn Co 
(Two to till) 
SP'GFIKLl). ILL. 

Orplieum.. 
1st half (15.-18) 
Olsen ft Johnson- 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-21) 
('has Brugge 
Olsen ft .lohiison 
(One to nil) 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. 

DR. JIIUAN SIEGEL 

IQCO Broadway, New York 
Bet. 46th and 47th Sta. . 



Wilton &, Weber. 
(Three to nU) ■ 

2d half (19-22) 
Stllwell & Fraser 
Peaches Browning 
(Three to nil) 
YONKERS 
Ist halt (16-18) 
Aussie & Czeck 
Jimmy Reynolds 
Hughes & Burke 



Davo. Vine . 

N Phillips . Family 

(One to nil) 

SCHE^JECTADY 
Proctor's 

1st half (16-18) 
Stewart & la Carte 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (19r22) 
Milton Douglas 
(Others to nil) 



Interstate 



BEAUMONT, TEX. 

(io) 

(Same bill plays 
Lake Charles, 17 ; 
Shreveport, 18; 
Alexandria, 19) 
Gossips of 1928 
B'RM'GHAM, ALA. 

Majesti<i (19) 
Willie MausB Co 
Pcnton ft Fields 
Porturiello & G 
Renec RIano Co 
Sub Deb Dancers ■ 
DALLAS, TEX. 
Majestio (16) 
Alberta Lee Co 
Bennett Bros 
Jim & M Harkins 
Family Ford 
Grace Edler Co 
FT. WORTH, TEX. 

Majestic (16) 
All Girl Show 
HOUSTON, TEX. 
Mertlnl (16) 
.GallenoB: 
Carl Dobbs CO 
Levan & Doris. 
Toney & Norman 
Countess Sonla Co 
L'TTLE R'K, ABJE. 
Majestic 
iBt half (16-18) 
Fields & Cook 



ST. PAVL, MINN. 
Palace 

1st half tl5-18) 
Cooper & (Mlfton . 
Singing Cadets 
llevnulds ft I'lark 
iTwo to nil.) 

?dbalf (19-21) 
Kob Anderson 
llilbcrt .ft . Helston 
llaunled 
Jii\nny I^ticas 
(One to nil) ■ 
ST. LOUS. MO. 
Grand (15) . 
Vnltalro 2 
Villani Uroa 
J Tho>i>a.'< Saxiitct 
Murley ft Aniivr 
(Three to 1111)' 
WAlKKtJAN. ILL. 
(JeiieMOO 
2d hair .tl'.<-':i) 
Johna ft Mablcy 
Singing ■ CaiU'ta 
(One to . nil) •. 
WINDSOR, CAN. 

Capitol 
1st half (16-18) . 
Il.Tta 

Tiny Town Rev 
Rncino ft Uaj" 
tT\vo to nil) 
. Sd halt (19-2t,) 
HarrinKt i'" Sis 
(Others to ail) 



Spile© MiilHp.'in (Sam Hardy) 
won't pjLv $20,000 for any roi:k. Two 
of the momliors of his Kanp: ptage 
a holdui^ and Rot Iho diamond. It 
llnally i'«'a<'hi.\s,tlu> j.rirl Imt it p're- 
cipilatos a gun liattU- wiHi ilio po- 
lioo. In Ibo fM'itiMUtMU tlvc Afi.-io.an 
U*rl HPVin Ki'ts Ihii! stono, hut is. 
shot just as sho turii.'* lh<j corner 
cUitfhiuf,' • Mn^ lUanKuvil.' -"The 
Phah" rolls out of hor hand onto 
the Ptroot .and. ;th(^ Nvhocls of ai 
lu»avy 'truck, luinlnn^iti.ii aerosa, 
i-rush it to dust. The . haiMiy cnd.- 
inj; is an antl-iSliina-x, ,^oro<'d - atid 
unnecessary. . \ . 

f^ould . easily stand iili uti Uroad- 
\yay, for a weeli and in any other 
first run house in Iht^ country, pro.- 
vidiuK it is screened as. seen rtt this 
theatre. Mori. 



es 



Q-SHIPS 



(BRITISH MADE) 

Ijondon. .1 uly 2. 
rn-Hluecd hv New Kra-NaiUmal IMcturcs 
Co. Diicctod by .Gcullroy Itaika.i and 
Mlc;h:\el Uivrrlnger. I'hotMnvaphy. Syilnoy 
Itlyllie. I'roduOiHl \yUh tile .<=anelion and 
eo-opevulion of the . Atlitilnilly. .I'revlewed 
;it the Marble Arih IWvilloii, 
Running, llmo,, 02 mine. 



3 Evans Sis 
Billy Moody 
Billy Purl Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Coniln & Hamilton 
Little Jack Little 
George Wong Co ■ 
(Two to nil). 

NEW ORLEANS 
Orolienm 

iBt half (16-18) 
(Same bill plays 

Baton Rouge 2d 
half) 
LaSalle & Mack 
Ed ft May Ernie 
I.,asses Whitfe Co 
Walter McNally 
Harry J Conley Co 
OKLAHOMA CITY 

Orpheum (16) 
Eileen & Marjorie- 
Qulxy Four 
Dainty Marie . 
Trahan ft Wallace 
Jack Redmond 

TUI.SA, OKLA. 
Orphcnm ;(16) 

Dobas 2 . ' 
Osaman ft Schepp 
Marion Sunshine 
Walter BrOwer 
Lee Gail Ens 



Assodation 




CHICAGO, ILL. 
PnlAce (10) 

4 Glrtons ■ 
Dave . Apollon ■ 
Charles Irwln 
(Three to nil) 

Kivlera (10) 
Schlcht^l's Mar'ctfs 
Anger ft Fair 
Fetor Higgins 
(Threo to nil) 

Stato-TxUie (16) 
Pe Marcos 
Duponts 
Loll'.e Mayor 
Conlin & Glass 
Herb W:\rinn Co 
15 ft L Mi Her 
I.orin Baker Co 
Ge.raldine ft Jo 
Bob Albright 

AN<iEI>KS 

Hill Street (10) 
Flo Myer Glrla 
I)(>r.a Maughn 
Wa.'^on ft Keeler 
Hv<TH ft Orel a 
T,owell Shrrm'n Co 
'=?Rol1iy='^I<lTlW=rr-=--===^-." 
Ti ft U .(iurmah 
lleih ('jlftim 

Ori>heum (IC) 
r.'iyne ft lliV.Iard 

(•|liiK Alill'ii'll 
(!:i':l'in ft Aiulree 
ilfiweir.s fi.U.-glan.'n 
Hiil-y'a l)i'K'< 
(One to nil)^ ■ 
MlNMvM'rtl.IS 
Hennepin (t(i) 
Trai'cy ft Hay 

ruini.: ; .'-•;ai" I'li 

Hen.) ft C'l'' ''O 
('j^'lircc to liii) 



CHICAGO. ILL. 
American 

1st half (15-V) 
Gray & White 
Tell Tales 
Hendrix ft B'ldwln 
(Two to nil) 

2<f half (19-21) 
Bar & .Eleanor 
Fines Follies 
(Three to nil) 
Belmont 

1st half (lB-18) 
Ames ft Clark 
MyrOn Pearl Co 
(Three to nil) . 

2d half (19-21) 
Epperson Ens 
(Others to nil) 
EngI«woocI 

let half (16-18) 
Kapnaps 
Ates & Darling 
Fines Dollies 
Sully & Mack 
~(On6"tS-nil) - - ^ 

2d half (19-21) 
Toki 3 

Dunn & Hall . 
Hcndrix & B'ldwln 
(Two to fill) - 



Lester lAmont Co 
Reynolds & Clark 
(Ono to nil) 
DETROIT. MICH. 
Grand Riviera (16) 
Carlos Circus 
Vftlentlnos . 
FT. WAVNE, JND. 
New Embovrt 
Ist half (15-18) 
W L S Showboat 
(One to nil) 
' 2d half (19-21) 
Sargent & Lewis 
4 Camerons 
(Two to nil) 
JOLIET, ILL. 
Rialto 
let half (15-18) 
Johns ft Mablcy 
, Sargent & Lewis 
4 C.amerons 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-21) 
Hart;s Krazy Kats 
(Others to-nil) - 
KANS. CITY, MO 

Malnntreet (16) 
Louisville Loons 
June Hart 
Joe Mendl 



NEWARK. N. J. 
Newark (1«) 

Will Morris. 
Dolores ; I^opez 
Douglas ft dray 
Hlghtowcr 3 
Frank llughesi 
Telank ft liean 
Maiirlce Samuels Co 

NIAGARA FALLS 
Strnnd 

1st half . (10-1-8) 
Slate Bros Rev 
TORONTO, CAN. 

Panthgc.s (10) 
Joe Painton 
Rosle Gaston . 
Flaming Youth . 
Elsa Stralia 
Garden of Hoses 
HAMILTON, CAN. 

Pantages (10) - 
Dault ft Laitiarr 
Chas & G Morattl 
Harry Cooper 
Boggs & Weston 
Fantasy Rev 

TOLEDO, O. 
Ilivoli (IG) 

3 Kay toii-' Girls 
Morris & Ward 
I'e.ase & Nelson 
Sterling Sax 4 
Don Barclay 
3 '.4 Arlcys 
INDIANAPOLIS 
Lyric (16) 
Llttlejohns . 
Gchan ' ft Garretson 
Rogers Rev 
Burns ft West . 
Santrey & Norton 
Ray Hitchcock 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Pantages (16) 
Emil KnofC 
Connell Leona; ft Z 
Telephone Tangles 
Murray, ft Vain 
Erma Powell 
Joe Roberts 
CALGARY, CAN. 
Pnntages (10). 

3 Olympians 
Edison ft Gregory 
Gr.iy Fa»n]ly 
6 Crooners 
I3.arl Fageu 
SPOKANE, WASH, 

Pantages (10) 
Raymond ft Geneva 
Ulls & Clark 
Dance a la Carte 
Hayden M'n'g &.H 
Billy Lament 4 
SEATTLE, WASH. 

Pantages (16) 
RuiBSlan Art CMrcus 
Wally & Zella 

4 Karreys . 
Those 3 Pellars'- 
Cvclo of Dance 
V'NCOUVEB. B. C. 

Puntnges (10) 

5 Brachards 
Grace Doro . 
.Toe Bernard 
Rodero ft Maley 
Broadway Bits 



June 25. 



TACOMA, WASH. 

-I'antagcs (16) 
The (".roh-s 
Mildred Force - 
Kelly .T.acksbn 
Green ft Austin 
Hnnloii Bros 
I'ORTLAND, ORE. 

PiUitnges (16) 
Wise Trio ' 
Etai Look- Hoy 
El COta ft Byrne 
XpOsitibn 4 
M.argo ft Beth 
SAN FRANCISCO 

Pantnges (10) 
Red ford ft Wallace 
Radiology ■ 
Welcome IjCwIs. • 
Billy Gilbert 
Haymond Fagan 
LOS ANGELES 
Pantages (16) 
Lcs Jardys 
Mack A Tlvoli 
MArlc C :Mcl>on.ald 
Rowland ft. Joyce. 
Margot Morel 
Havania 

S.VN DIEGO, CAL, 

Pantages (10)- 
Mary-Zolier . 
Houlton ft Whiting 
Hirsch Arnold Co 
Tracey ft Blwood . 
Emjiire Comedy 4 
Spoor ft Parsons 
L'O BEACH, CAL. 

Pantages (16) 
Paul Kodak 
Dave ft- Trcssi'e 
Eddie White 
C'n'gh'm ft Bennett 
Winona Winter - 
Vardell Broa- 
SALT LAKE CITY 

Pantages (16) 
Bonhair Tr 
Alice Mclvlllo . 
Chase ft LaTour 
Roger ft E Huret 
Maria -ft Roslta Bd 
LOGAN, UTAH 
Pajitages (16) 
Australian WalteS 
Bronson & Gordon 
Mabel Taliaferro 
Ruth .Ettirig 
Libby Dancers - 
OMAHA, NEB. 
Worltl (16) 
Irving -ft • Ghiincy 
Edmunda. ft F'chon 
Alexander Sis 
Edge ft Meda 
Bud Snyder 
KAN8. CITY. MO. 

Pantages (16) 
Wilson ft Keppel 
Marjah 

Mabel McGane 
Lord ft Wills 
Havemann's Co 
MEMPHIS, TENN. 

1'antngeS (16) 
(jloria DcVon 
Eleanor C Judd- 
Cody B 
Lum ft White 
Roundelay Rev 



Lockctt & Page 
Peter the Great 
(One to nU). 

OAKT^ND, CAL. 

Orpheum (10) 
Tex Mcljeod 
Del Ortos 
McCarthy & Moore 
Eugene O'Brien Co 
Eva Clark Co 
(One to nil) 
S. F-NCLSCO, CAL. 

Golden Gate (16) 
Bork ft Saun 
Mary Marlowe ■ 
Eddie Conrad Co 
Ma(.ldo<!ks Co 
(Two to nil) 

Orphcnin (10) 
Britt Wood 
Flo Brady 
Moody ft Duncan 
,Sliaw ft T..ee 
I'aula Paoulta ft C 
Mi'xlcan Tojiic-a Co 

SEATTLE, W.^SH. 
Orplioum (lit) 

nilTii i r=ft =^^Fr'"fr'-H="^ 
Uuth VS'arren Co 
Hi)f.ila 

Mnran ft W!«er 
.MiiiMim ft .'JioiJt 
.((nil! to till) 

ST. LOl IS, .MO. 
.St. KouiH (It!) 
T;id Tirtii.'in Cu 
ras,'<ii»aii H Km 
1 'pric'k.«(in ft llrown 
cr'iiri'e to till) 

v'Ncol vi:u. R. r. 

Orplicuiri (1(1) 
Klut;ii);'H lOtit 



HO WAR D S LP AT 

BONDS FOR INVESTMENT 

A B. Leach 8. Co . Inf.. 57 William St,. N. Y. 



Majestio (IS) 

Chrlssle ft Daley 
Blue Bonnet Rev 
(Others to flll) 
COLO. SP'GS, C'L. 

Bums (15) 
Monte ft May 
Tell Tales 
Harmony Doctors 
Mack ft Brantley 
(One to nil) 
DAVENrORT, lA. 
Capitol 
l^t half (15-18) 
rcroz ft M'rgu';rltc 
Cnrncr Drug Store 
.Timmy T/U<as 
Le.qtcr Lamont Co 
(( mo to mi) 

I n iMcl.lnHon Co 
|. Honey Boys 
Ni'Tite Co 
CI' wo to till) 
DKS MOINHS, JA. 
Orpheum 
iHt half ,(10-1M 
11 lilckltipoh Co 
llonry Boys 
Norrcn Co 
(Two to nil) 

2d h.-.lf (19-21) 
(•(xii'er ft Clifton 
Adrian 



Dare & Wahl 
Olive OlBcn 
MADISON, WIS. 
Orphenm 
. ls*i half (16-18) 
Lucas ft Lillian 
Bortr'd & Ralston 
Ruth Robinson Co 
Teller Sis ft A 
Centiiry Ser 

2d half (19-21) 
Joe ft Willie Hale 
I/eon Tx-onard Co 
Will Aubrey 
G DauriUm .Shaws. 
(Ono to nil) 
MILW'KEE, WIS. 
RiverHlde (l.'>) 




ANN A'B'R, MICiH. 
Michigan 

1st halt (15-18) 
Stop, Look. Listen 
(Two to nil) 
B. H'RIt'B. MICH. 
Ij'berty 

2d half (19-21) 
Henry Regal Co 
Side Show 
(Ono- to nil) 

FLINT. MICH.. 
Capitol 

1st hilf (15-18) 
Hanson Sia 
Henry RegJil Go 
Wagner's Sldesnow 

2d half (19-21) 
Aurora 3 
Rich ft Cherle 
I^arry Rich Co . ^ 
K'L'M'ZOO, Mlt^H. 
Slate . 

1st half (16-18) 
Serge Flash 
Adam.i A Rasch 
Baby Gnind.M 

2d half (19-21) 
Ilulz Bonlla Ce 
(Two to nil) 



IJlNSrNC, 5IICH 
Strand 

let half (16-18) 
Belleclalre Bros ■ 
Harrington .Sis 
Don Lee ft' l/ouise 

2d half (19-21). 
Serge Flaoh 
Adams ft Itash 
Baby Grands 
■PONTIAC; MICH. 
State 

Ist haif (15-18) 
Aurora 3 
Luhin I.^rry & R 
Wells & 4 Hays 

2d- half (19-21), 
Cllfterd Wayne 3 
Tiny Town RcV 
(One to nil) 

SA<1INAW. MICH. 
Temple . 

1st half (16-18) 
Mays. Burt ft Finn 
Ruiz Bonlta Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-21) 
Lubin, I^arry ft A 
tTwo to nil) 



No cast is givon £or tliis I'llm save 
.that . Liieut.-ConnnaiuU'r .Harold 
Autcn, V. C, cornmandor of a. Q-ship 
during th.c w.hr, and tochnioal ad- , 
viscr oh tho production) ;i\)i)cars in. 
a number oC scenos. No known film 
artist on the screen except Johnny 
Butt and Hoy Traviiis. Admiral 
Jcllicoe also appears in a few se-. 

qucnces. » . : 

It is, of cour.se, more war stuff, 
but from a hitherto unused angle: 
that Of the exploits of the mystery . 
ships sent out to -beat the. tJ-boats.. 
Most of thein were old tubs and 
barges, almost unfit for the sea. 
Disguised, and manned by a scratch 
crew of reckless seaport men and : 
a couple of navy gunners, they sank 
more U-boats than all the rest of 
the devices put together, and wero 
in the .rnain the outcome of a con- 
ference between Admiral Jcllicoe 
and Admiral Sims Of the U. S. Nq.yy. 
This conference is shewn on the 
screen, with Jellicoe playing oppo- 
site an actor made up as Sims. 
Very well done and furnishes an 
American angle, together with an 
episode of the stopping of the S. ^ 
Juliana (an. American boat) *f 
German submarine and the earfvu 
given . by the. ^itoamer's captain to 
the U-boat commander. 

There Is anotlier American twist 
in the shots of the first landing of^-. 
officers and men of the U. S. Navy 
in this country at Queenstown Har- 
bor, and the welcome of CpmmandOT 
Joseph Taussig, of the U. S. S. 
Wadsworth by Vice- Admiral Sir 
Lewis Bayley. Those shots, of al- 
most studio clarity, were loaned by 
the Imperial War Museum Trtisteds. 

Apart from this, however, there 
}s not so much to the^film. Despite 
the excellence of the direction^and 
the fact there Is no tank stuff or 
other faking, the film Is too monot-s' 
onous as entertainment for the gen- 
eral picture house. Over footage 19. 
given to distant steamers and to 
submarines rising and submerginer, 
and far too little is seen of the sub- 
ject matter of the film, the Q-shlps 
themselves. , 

Only two examples of these are 
seen. Round one of them, after 
disabling It with a torpedo, a Ger- 
man U-boat circles for ages ^until 
It gets into a positioYi in which the 
Q- ship can drop its. guhcovcrs and 
get Into action. There seenjed no 
earthly reason why the U-boat 
should not IfUjv*? slipped in another 
torpedo and settled any doubt as to 
whether the steamer w.as a Q-ship 
or not/and many of the pre-view 
audience said so audibly, 

Interiors of submarlri(?s, especially 
when sinking, are very well done, 
and as a whole thfc film is a good 
and an efficient piece of production. 
It's probably a novelty for BPeclal- 
izcd theatres. 



DIAMOND HANDCUFFS 

(Continued from pag-o 2fi) 
his escape, but not before ho ha.s 
given lii.s woman- Vu) diamond. 
Act two show.s (hf. diaiii'ind in 



Code of the Scarlet 

fJharles . Rogers Jrucluftlnn, 
ihroiieh- First -National. . Krtt.. Maynard . 
Ked TJlrected by Harry .1. "'own frort 
;^{o?rcredlted to C'".c"i,,:^«^^?: 
Cord cnmnrfiman. In' cast : B<1 "raoy; 
C ?adys McConncll. J. .P. M.^Gowon Dot 
Farley. At I^fiW.-^ N^w York on.e day, 
July 3, one half douhlo bl.il. Running time 
CO TnlniitcB. 

Well sustained entertainment Is 
provided bv thi.s custom built meller 
With mounted cops doing J.u.st what 
audiences of second runs ;^expect 
them to do oh the screen. A Uttle 
slow. In gaining story impetus^but 
that, starts to buhoh out in the third 
reel. IMenty of one-.'^ided fistic en- 
rounter.s before the., conventional 

'"mi.s. , 

A little less of tho oi)en.jind shut 
m'y.sterv, character is tic of the.yjSp 
North west thomos. mMkcs. tliis above 
the average and will- inerca.se Ken 
Maynard's r.rlloAving. T>; ss love- . 
m.aklnK- and moro ballling with 



in r^'nHe:^"at'^ff^7''T married iho gang 'lead.rresponsiUlo for^the 
^vonvln a ven Le 'V ' with h^r hus- M.k..),...' getting a yArotrh gives May-. 



of the f.'imily (Joiin Hoeliei .sees ii , of T'r"ving 



S.1I10 16 n^diamond for Uk; woman and tl;.' .the.l.rolher. '.„ ,.,,, 



a].s/> potted 



Coultc-r ft V-otic 
M fl.rii.n ft- rtnr 
(Two to nil) 
KOCKI-OKU, ILL. 
I'aliico 
Ti'l )i;ilf (l.'-lfii 
l.f.n I i-'-n.ird f'o 
Wi'l Ai'i>i<!y 
fi I >r.- un! 'lO ;-'h.'twa 

('J'WIJ 111 1)11) 

2d half (l!i-2l) 
2d l)!.lf (19-2]) 
mcas & Llilian 



'h))vii'ind find.s -ouf. A domestie I .Moiintie.s on horse end \n ranoe 
M igedy results. The girl IromUvith an altraetiv woodMl locale 
!AfHe-i now a .'servant in the home .vurrounded l,y mountains work in 
i of this fa.mily, is given tlie stone 1 a^me niee camera piiportunities. 
j i)y the liuslmnd ■ in a moment of 

■"^''hv aet tlirec the stone is_))aek- in 



the jewelry storO. The girl of a 
tough g.mgsler running ^/'-i''' 
aCloanor Uoardman) wanlK It but 



Two William Boyd pictures haVe 
been given release dates. The 
Cop" is set for Aug. 19 and. "Power • 
will bo turned loose Oct. 21. 



40 



VARIETY 



TIMES SQUARE — SPORTS 



Wednesday, July H, 1928 



I AND WE-SWAFFER VS, N. T. G. FOR E 



Buzzell's Troubles 

Eildlo Buzzell returned from the 
coast and spent liIs final week be- 
fore gt>inff Into rehoarsal playing all 
the Rolf courses he could And re- 
gardless of weather. . 

Buzzell wound up by taking his 
brother, who had never been pn a 
course before, but.had 12 golf les- 
sons behind him, out to Hillcrest 



"Mr. Swaffer, do you care to meet N. T. Gi, tlie original chorus girl 
■avlour?" 

"Really, old, man, is this the wo guy of Variety?" asked. Mr. SwalTer. 

"Go easj^ there, kid," bulLod In N. T. G., "don't pull that on ua You 
use. I so much we can't see you in our department." 

"Really, really, old chap, 1 haven't been introduced to you yet, but I 
recognize your stiift." , . . ^ 

"That's Just the plain nuts to a guy .like us," answered N. T. G. We 
don't have to disguise anything,* Wei discovered Variety years ago, |^i^ere,''deSpite'the'howl3 of the four 
when we were doing press work for Loow's in rrovidence." ... 
; "Is that so, old dear* Isn't that fine, to luive Prpvldenco with you? 
Now I understand* everything," said: Mr. Swaffcr. 

"Listenr bug," replied the star rescuer; "we don't stand for too much, 
you shoved us off page 2, and we don't like it, we ddh't." 
. • 'Tm surprised," said Mr. Swaffcr. , "I'm sure, you should, have known 
that I have the exclusive I privilege on Variety, and if I care to exercise 
It I'm the only special writer on the rag that can use words with an I 

*°"As^'?ar as w© are concerned in this department," replied N. T. G., 
•^ou know what you can do with your 1% and we say that after our I j;^^^^^ 
experience of years on I3roadway when we have rescued every chorus 
girl who ever cam6 to Broadway and asked us to see what wfe could do 
for her." 

"Yes, Fve read tha:t we department of yours,^' art.<3wer,cd Mr, Swaffer, 
"hut still l can't compare you to I. You discover chorus girls, indeed! 
Have you ever heard what I discovered?" 

The Real London 
"No. we can't say thfit we have." replied N. T. G. "We have read 
though, now and again, 'London As It Should Be. or As I Framed It,' j^kovnio on Sunday, but plays be - 
which, we believe, is the title of your department, but we couldn't get Uausc/'it's great exercise." Gordon 
Into our bean what you were trying to convey to us other than to beat | has a perfect average,. h© hasn't won 

a golf bet y«t 



somes behind. Eddie got an 87 with 
one hand while dragging his rela- 
tive alohg with the other. 

96 and 88 at 91 

Al Gray spent a Sunday which 
registered 91 bn top of the White- 
hall Building playing 36 to the tune 
of 96 and'8«, and giving the 19th 
hole a little "attention In between 



Believe. It or Not 
Believe it or not, and with applo- 
gies to Ripley, Charlie Morrison 
claims a 96 at North Hills. 



Gordon's Exercise 

Max Gordon . admits to 



120 at 



hell out of the I." 

"If that's your idea of American humor,'' said Mr; SwafCer, "I am going 
to take the next boat back that I can get passage on that I think I will 
be happy to sail with. As a matter of fact, years ago, before they knew 



' BROADWAY GUIDE 

(Changes Weekly) 

For show people, as well as laymen, this Gv\d* to general amusements; 
In New York will be published weekly in response to repeated request^, 
It may serve the out-of-towner as • time-saver In seleotlon. 

PLAYS ON BROADWAY 

Current Broadway legitimate attractions are eompletely listed «nd 
eemmented upon weekly in Variety under the heading i "Shows In New 
York and Comment.". .... \ * ■ . - 

In that department, both In the comment and the actual amount el 
the gross receipts of each show, will be found the necessary Information 
as to the most successful plays, also the scale of admission charged. 



NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK 

Capitol— ^The Actress" (Shearer), 

Paramount— Paul Ash and "The Racket" (Melghem). 

Ri^lte — "The Man Who liaughs" (run). 

Rivoli— "King of Klhgs," with Photophone (run). 

Roxy-^"Hlt of the Show" and strong stage show. 

Strand— "Lights of New York," first 100 percent talker feature; .alao; 
Vltaphone. 



SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING 
"The End of St. Petersburg'* "The Lion and the Mouse" (Vltaphone^ 
"The Red Dance" and Movietone "Trail of '98" "Tempest"!' 
"Fazil" "Wings" 



60 Days for Wm. Davis 



Dr. Wagner's Operation 

Dr. Jerome Wagner, popular 



DelFs Complaint 

Word from the coast reports 

What \o'do with 'thie ocean, I suggested that thCy run boats on It; but j jj^^rry Delf as California's loudest 
I had to wait severjal years before I saw what I thought was the acconi- g^^f gquawker 

pllshment of the suggestion I. made, when I. could foresee what; others They can't tell the difference out 
wouldn't accept as the suggestion I then made." there between Delf and an exhibitor 

"Yes; we do have our troubles, don't we, Swaf? We recall when In he's, always hollering, "wh^ abpuT 
this department we suggested that the chorus girls we had started on | adjusting?" 
their meteoric careers, knowing that we 'had: launched thern into the 
limelight of showdorn, that we couldn't find anyone who believed what 
Vfe said about the girls." 

Getting Material I William Davis, salesman, of 760 

"I have often read your stuff," said Mr. Sw^ffer, ."and if I have been! Qeorgla avenue, Brooklyn, was sen 
delighted through knowing that although I have been far away from! fenced to 60 days In the Workhouse 
you, that I have had a community of thought, for 1 am also a consistent Ln Special Sessions following his 
-(.discoverer. But I discover things besides talent. It was I who found piea of guilty to petty larceny 
' that, by allowing the ILiondoh Tower to stand, I could stand alongside Through his arrest and sentence the 
and, without moving my feet, get enough material for the I department police believe they have, at least 
I maintain in the excliisive I department of Variety." . temporarily, broken up a band of 

'fMr. Swaf," said N. T; Gr., "you won't believe What we want to tell cheap swindler's, who have been 
you, but you can take 'our word for It. Once there came to our office working along Broadway "gypping^' 
a. little girl, wearing a fur robe, but she .was hungry, and I told her. to chprus girls arid would-be actresses 
Boak the robe. And what did she do, Swaf? Ask us, Swaf. No? Well, out of small amounts by promising 
ewaf, she took off the robe to aoak It, and she didn't have a thing on to get them membership cards in 
besides. So we said, 'Poor girl, only soak the front of the robe,' and the N. "V. A. 

where do you suppose that girl Is today? We predictetl It. She's a On supplying the victims with 
near-star on the sawdust circuit, Swaf, and her name's Beryl Hawley. fake application forms, the gyps 
•We sent her to our Silver Slipper, with just the slipper and no robe/' would then shake down their prey 
*Yes, I imagine little acts like that must have endeared you to your by promising to get them vaude 
Rkdlo audience, and I have ilstene<i in to some of your wise cracks. 1 1 ville engagements 
even told Atkinson to listen in on you. but Atky Is going upstage and 
.1 can't dty a thing with the, mugg," said Mr. Swaffer. 
; ' Another Little Girl 

"Or that other little girl that came to us in a blinding rainstorm," said , „„/i^..„ar,f 
N. T. G., "just as we were starting this department, and I wish you among the profession underwent an 
wouldn't interrupt us. Who's Atkinson, and why? Listen. That little operation last week for h^^^^ 
girl had a mother, father, four sisters, six brothers, two aunts and four He is convalescing at the ^^^^^ 
cousins waiting at home for her. She asked us what to do, and we told | 3anltanum on East 60th street, 
her to go home. Where do you think that little girl is today, Swaf? 

At home. And It's Big Tess >e helped. She's now holding up Zlegfelfi's MOLINE'S FAST HOUNDS 
•Show Boat' on the starboard side. They all get there If there's ambi- MoUne, 111., July 10 

tlon iand they follow our department." Greyhound racing has been Intro 

Saving England duced'here at a $50^000 lay-out at 

•'My dear man," said Mr. Swaffer, "you are quite impossi'ble. I merely the extreme southeast section of the 
came over here to New York to tell you to keep off Page 2 and not to city where 100 dogs are racing 
forget that I have the I privilege on Variety.. Your we's are annoying, nightly. Joe Davis is. sponqprlng 
Suppose you should forget. I recall when I suggested that the English the organization which is known as 
form the House of Lords and everyone derided the Idea," but I lived to the Quad-City Kennel Clubs. Pari 
see it adopted. And I don't say that I formed the House of Lords, but. mutuel wheels with- $2. limit at the 
you will see. If you're liberal minded, that I am the indirect caase." wheels and the hand-book game 

"Yes. Swaf, we guess you're right," sadly replied N. T. G. "The best have not started yet. 
we could do In tkls department was to bring out chorus girls, the little Whatever local money is In, is In 
darlings. Only they always came to us starving, ""and when we were | on the quiet, 
starving we couldn't locate them. So that's why -stre had . to Start , ©"ur 
farm to get something to eat. Our eggs, Swaf, are only 9?c. a dozen 
Want to take a db'zen of our eggs home to throw at the actors?" 

Very Common 

"My dear man, you are so cornmon. - In London,"-, remarked Mr. Swaffer, 
1 am the authority on eggs. I remember when I refused to permit 
England to Import eggs from China, beca,us6 they hurt my teeth, so 
certainly know eggs, as you must admit. Besides, I recall just before' 
Wellington went Into the suburbs, to haye his last fight, I said to his 
assistant, 'Teli the old man te come up on the outside, because Nap is 
strictly an Inside guy,' and then I slipped word to Nap to take the other 
.side when he saw Welly, getting ready. .While I don't sa,y that I saved. 
England, i will allow you to lise your own opinion as. to what part I 
played in that coup," 

"Well," said N. T. "we. could toll you were quite a fellow from your 
stuff In Variety, but you don't know about the little girl thait came to 
QS some years ago, when her husband got his Inheritance. She said' to 
me, 'Granny, now that my beloved has money, I can't live with him any 
longer, as I married him for a poor man,' and I sent her to the Shuberts. 
There was a great little girl. We told her to work hard, and she did, 
but her husband found It out and came to us, so we told him what had 
hapi>ened. And that man. to whom we bow with deference, 'gave his 
■^''Wealth away to become a chorus boy so he could be In the same com- 
pany with his wife. And you talk to us. about chorus , boys! Don't 
talk to us." 

The Duke of Yessem 
"That was a sacHflco," ariswerc<l Mr. Swaffcr. "and It reminds when 
the Duke of Yessem came and asked for niy advice. He wanted to get 
' ■ a job Incognito. I admired his spirit, and 1 asked him what he wanted 
"^""^S)"" be. ThF^EHiTt^^ 

and look at the Duke of Yessem today!" 

"We remember that case," said N. T. G. "Wc mot him on the boat 
eomlng In and, after giving a dinner to the ollicers, wo took him over 
to our farm. Very strong willed man, the Duke, lie wanted to dispute 
our statement that of, 1.000 chickens daily wo get 100 eggs. Ho said 
there are no ^10/1 chickens, and that In England th.oi many chickens 
Would lay 1,008 eggs, We a.sked him why the 8, and ho said the LinglLsh 
always give good measure, and then he laughed at us, so wo gave tilm 
the -farm. You can see him over there yet, stilj trying to figure it out." 
"Wlien I decided Ireland must have her own voting .system," said Mr. 



NIGHT LIFE - 

Enforcement squad raised plenty of mischief with raids on 18 of best 
known spots. Places don't know where they are because of Impending 
continued raids on "observation" charges under U. S. Supreme Court, 
ruling against sale of cracked Ice and "mixer" accessories. 

It's a great break for the hotel roof gardens, which, anyway, are gain- 
ing better holds on the . dlne-and-dance public because of conservative 
tolls and minimum converts. Average couvert is $1, with $1.50 on week- 
ends, although Vincent Lopez at the smart St. Regis roof accounts for 
the extraordinary %2 couvert and BOc : bread-and-butter charge. Park 
Cenf^al Hotel with Vincent Scotti, however; lias eliminated the couvert. . 
Other hostelries worth-while are Hotel Astor (Freddie Rich), Pennsyl- 
vania (Johnny Johnson), Biltmore (Bernie Cummins' band and George 
Chllds and Madeleine Northway, class ballroom team). Manger and 
Waldorf-Astoria with ..the Importedrfrom-Boston Leo Relsman and un- 
usual dansapation. 

The prolific Lopez also accounts for the wow biz at his Pelham road* 
house at Woodmansten Inn; . open air dance pavilion now, open. Ben 
Riley's Arrowhead Inn with a Meyer Davis orchestra is as usual In the 
summer; ditto John and Christo's Pavilion Royal down Merrick road, also 
with a Meyer Davis unit and Van and Scl\enck as the featureisi. On. the 
same Long Island road, Harold Leonard's orchestra at Castillian Gardens 
Is attracting favorable comment and patronage. Castillian Royal, a sister 
enterprise up Pelham road, Is Lopez's nearest competitor with an un- 
dressed revue. 

The other Westchester spots like Pelham Heath, Red Lion, Hunter 
Island Inn, California Ramblers' Inn and Post Lodge (Larchmont) are 
drawing sighs from the managements, with liatter getting a, play from 
the younger Westchester element. 



RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC 



"You're Wonderful" 
"Look What You've Done" 
"It Was the Dawn of Love" 



"Because My Baby Don't Mean Mayb* 
Now" 

'*Vm Playing Hide and Go Seek" 
"Rosette" 



DOG TBACE SOIB 

icElgln, m., July 10. 

Charles Qiilndel, Palatine real 
estate agent, has purchased the 49- 
acre 102 Ranch greyhound racing 
plant here for $25,200, nearly $10,- 
000 below the bid submitted some 
weeks ago by Dr. H. H. PlUlnger, 
president, arid C. N. Good, secre- 
tary-treasurer, of the defunct race 
organization, but withdrawn by 
them. 

Tract will be platted and sold for 
city lots. Racing venture repre- 
sented an outlay of . about $120,000 
and creditors win receive about 33 
cents on the dollar. 



Larry Kent's Speed Boat 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Larry Kent, First National con- 
tract player and profound yachts- 
man. Is building a '60 foot speed 
boat to accomodate 10 people. 



Swaffer, "and then decided to come over here to warn you to keep off 
Page 2 with that we thing, I had no reallzatlbn of what .1 was to hear 
from you. But^I_do._say I_ha 

about myself before tiie British Society For the Negative, and I am 
thoroughly agreeable to your scheme to use the we entirely for your* 
self." 

"Then That Little Girl— " 
"Then there was tliat little girl who came In to see lis one day," said 
N. T. G., "and we asked the little girl what was the trouble. She said, 
no trouble, but^^that she. had been' reading In this departipent what we 
had done for choristers, so she thought we could do something for her, 
and we asked her what. And all that little girl wanted was carfa,re 
home to 59th street. And we gave it to her, and look where she is to- 
day; cashier In that big 9th avenue de luxe picture house we built out 
of her first nlckeL Don't talk about chorus girls to us." 

"Good bye, Mr. N. T. G. May I ask what your last name Is, as I 
Would like to know, as I don't want to leave your country Without it. 
You are so breezy and you know your Rldgewood, N. J., I can see 
I never tire of reading your matter, but please stick to the we, won't 
you, old boy?" 

"And then there was that little chorus boy," said N. T. Q., "who lost 
his golf sticks trying to make the 10:15 train for a 9 o'clock rehearsal 
We felt sorry for the youngster and set the clock back. And that little 
boy gave us the golf sticks. And still they say show people have no 
annreciation. Don't talk about chorus boys to ua." 

But, I say, old chap, I didn't catch your last name," remarked Mr, 
Swaffer, "and you know the boat saUs almost Immediately, unless I 
"s iTgWsf^tl fat" It ^ de^^ 
want to catch it." 
"My last name?" said N. T. G. "Oh, yes, Swaf, In just a minute, and 

then there was that little — . • 

"I really can't stand this, I can't," angrily shouted Mr. Swaffer. "I 
don't care what I say or what .1 do, and you can use the we, and I'll 
write you from London when I return, and I'm going to stay on Page 2, 
I am, for I have the exclusive privilege, I have." 

With the r and We boys, when last seen embracing each other, as 
N. T. G. commenced: 
"Now there was another little 



Piano Co. Causes 

Bernice Reid's Arrest 

Bernlce Reld, SO, 268 Riverside 
Drive, who said she formerly was a 
singer in the San Carlo Opera CC: 
was arraigned before, Maglstrat« 
Flood In West Side Court on » 
charge of grand larceny and wa* 
held in $1,000 bail for further hear-' 
Ing. 

Miss Reld was arrested by Deteo- 
tlve Walsh, West 100th street sta- 
tion, on complaint of Paul Mehlln 
and Sons, piano manufacturers. It 
was charged Miss Reid obtained ft 
piano valued at $500 and failed to 
pay for it or return it upon demands 
The piano was obtained, the chargO 
states, on July 6, 1926. 

Miss ^Reld denied she had not 
paid. She said she was out of town 
but that she had mailed checks toi 
cover the indebtedness. She In- 
slsted the piano firm had made ft 
serious mistake in causing her ar-i 
rest and that she Intended brlnglnif 
a clyll action. 



Agnes Keating's Breach 
Suit for Jiltinflf 

Agnes Keating, In the 1924 edi- 
tion of the "Follies," and who woii 
the "Dally News'" beauty contest; 
being "crowned'* "Miss Manhattan" 
shortly before then, is reported 
having started suit for broach of: 
promise against a wealthy youth 
who has heen in the public prints 
through escapades. 

Miss Keating halls from Buffalo^ 
She Is supposed to have been jilted 
last fall and after a prolonged 
period of rilght-cluhblng was taken 
to Bellevue -for observation. Sh^ 
was recently discharged! from th6 
hospital at the request of her fana- 
lly through the efforts of Attorney 
Edward Thomas Moore. 

The youth In question was under- 
stood to have_ backed a musical 
(jbmedy'whicliflol^i^^^^^ 



Walker As M. C 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
New York's Mayor will be master 
of ceremonies at the premier of 
First National's "Lilac Time," whloh 
opens at the Carthay Circle July 
IC. 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



TIM E S SQUARE 



VARIETY 



41 



MARTY OWENS SAVED 
IN WATER BY GIRL 

Rose Gallagher, of . "The Show 
Boat," received congratulations when 
It became known that she had res- 
^ed "Marty" Owens, detective at- 
(tf'tached to the Broadway Squad, from 
drowning at Lftng Beach. Unas- 
sisted, BoBd brought Owens in after 
the handsome sleuth had been seized 
•with cramps in front of the Nassau 
Botel. 

The »how girl, with several 
IHen^fl and Detective Jimmy LeGch, 
one-time farrier, went bathings They 
jjad been in the water only a short 
while. 

Owens and Leech, both excellent 
»wlniniers, had been In the water 
some time. Leech returned to shore. 
Owens rerrtained In the water. Miss 
Gallag;her, ah expert swimmer, was 
near Owens when she noticed he 
was In difficulty. 

"Marty" battled the waves and 
was being carried out. Too modest 
to Shout for aid, he struggled fu- 
tllely. Miss Gallagher swam to his 
side. Despite .his danger; Owens 
tried to conceal his trouble. Miss 
Gallagher placed her right arm 
around Owens and together they 
Bwam to shore. 

The show girl and Owens have 
known, each other for years. Miss 
Gallagher Is the daughter of James 
Gallagher, wealthy contractor, of 446 
Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn. 

BOBBIE DEVOE'S GUN 

Dancer ATested for Revolver Found 
in Her Room 



HORSEMAN ANNOYING 



Albertine Davis Complains Against 
Al Riche of 101 Ranch 



Albortine Davis, dancer, of 7 3 4 
8th avenue, summoned Al Iliclie, 
who said ho was with the lOl 
Ranch, to West Side Court before 
Magistrate John V.. Flood. iRiche; 
trick horseman with the 101 Ranch, 
was charged; with annoying the 
dancer. He denied the allegation. 

Riche lives at 320 West 45th 
street. Just; what the annoyance 
aniounted to never developed in 
court. Riche appeared with a beige 
colored sombrero. He explained 
that, he had known the dancer for 
several years. 

He. told the Court that he ex 
pected to quit the city soon with 
the show. Miss Davis wanted Riche 
placed on probation. The Court 
summarily ruled that Riche cease 
annoying Mil.ss Davis. He promised 
and. all left the court. Miss Davis 
came with several friends. So did 
Riche. 



46th St. Poolroom Raided 
And 9 Men Arrested 



On the Sqpre 



James Pearl's Miracle 
Tablets as Racket 



While conducting an investigation 
In an adjolninis apartment detectives 
arrested (Miss) Bobbie De^Voe, dan- 
cer, 21, of 206 West 41st street, on 
the charge of possessing a revolver. 

She was locked up in the AVest 
aoth street stationhou.se and _ later 
arraigned in Jefferson Market Court 
before Magistrate Alexander Brough. 
Through an attorney she was grant- 
ed an adjournment. 

The sleuths while in the building 
'saw .tbe;;door of Bobbie's room was 
openj and John Law entered. On a 
dresser they found the weapon. Miss 
De Voe denied . ownership and stated 
. that a former occupant h.nd left the 
gun behind. 



James Pearl, erstwhile; burlesque 
comedian, is now. a patent medicine 
man,, travel^ throughout the; sta.te 
and adjacent points and has acr 
quired the sobriquet of "doc." , 

"Doc'' Pearl has a racket that has 
him selling so'me miracle tablets 
with Pearl .finding the ready -money 
quiclcer to grab through dividing 
his "packs" or crowds. He has a 
spiel tliat is founded upon his stage 
ad lib experience and "Doc" reafJily 
admitted in. front of the Columbia 
building this week where, he was 
mitting old burlesque friends that 
he uses words that are mouth 
twisters, and which he hasn't the 
slightest idea .what they mean. ' 

"Doc" says he bumps into in 
telligent men now and then, who 
give him the. wink but "Doc" over- 
looks it. 

Pearl iias done well .with his 
traveling medicine racket hut still 
has a hankering to come back on 
the old burlesque stage. 
. "Doc" makes the rube stands 
where the men are so old they 
know it. 



Dictectiyes Peter Lamb and. Jcihn 
T. Glea-son of Police Commissioner 
Warren's staff with several other 
sleuths raided an alleged poolroom 
heftr the K. V. A. Clubhouse and 
arrested nine men. A^phone was 
seized, with a quantity of alleged 
racing paraphernalia. . 

The raid was in room 40S on the 
fourth floor of 223 West 4(5th street. 
Lamb and Gleason told reporters 
that the sign 'Thil Bern & Co." was 
written across the glass panel of 
the door. 

The prisoners gave their names 
as Jules Bernheim, 42; theatre man- 
ager, Marie Antoinette Hotel; Wil- 
liam Lewis, 21, salesman, 751 Kelly 
street, Bronx; Clyde Smith, 41, 
stage hand, 3519 62d street, Wood- 
side; Robert Adams, 36, foreman, 
205 West B3d street; Frank Marino, 
42, actor, 618t Academy street; Jack 
Dam sky, 51, operator, 1805 East 4th 
street, Brooklyn; Alex Jampol, 35, j 
concessionaire, 3511. DeKalb street, 
Brooklyn; .Fred Phillips, 38, theatre 
manager; 414 W. 44th street, and 
Anthony Francbin; 30,." musician, of 
1250 Lorimer street. West New 
York. . ■ . 

AH were arraigned in West Side 
Court before Magistrate John V. 
Flood on the charge of disorderly 
conduct except Bernheim. Bern- 
heim was charged with conducting 
the place. His attorney, Joe Wolf- 
man, was granted an adjournment. 
Wolfman made a rhotion for the 
dismissal for the other eight de- 
fendant's and the court granted it. 
Bernheim will be heard this week. 



Motor r.iv iraffii-.to Lnriy lk;u'h, I>. I., .will bo frvi'iitly iiniirtivoil \vhen 
the lu w Sunrise boulovard is rnniplott (i. It is a wulo omu/n io t<'\K\\\a.y 
extdiilin.cr fro7n Januiioa to Lynnbrook and will obviato tho noi'i's.«ity of 
winding .throtiph Jamaica, it will relieve, the Morriek Roail also. Part 
of th<» n<^w n-acl is alrea^ly. o)>*'n/ 



Cigs aiid Coney Island 



Looping the Loop 



•'Big Tim" Murphy and Managers 

"Big Tim" Murphy, a.ssassinated. admitteaiy had his shoitcomings. 
as a laboy leader, but was nevertheless a valued friend of Clucago-thc-, 
atre owners. His relations with them were always On the up-and-up. 
Tim was among the old guard who regard an opening night as a social 
event. He never failed to dress immaculately for the occasion. Despite 
close friend.ships with theatre managers, he roCused courtesies and paid 
cash for every opening. ~ , ' ..i. * 

His passing recalls the L^n^H^ •^^•^^'^ ^'l^^^^V^^^^ 
In 1922, when painters were holding up the opening of the theatre with 
intensive campaigning. It looked as though fhi^ own^srs were due for 
a huge shakedown if they wanted to open on time, ^im was called in 
by a New York pal. friend of the owners, and made a speech before the 
painters that will live long^in the memories of ^^''f^^ '^'''^^f^- .f^^'l^ 
conclusion the painters doffed their hats to Tim. called <>« J^'^J^'^^J^*- 
ened trouble and went to work. The theatre opened on time and Tim 
bought his first-night tickets. ^ •, i^v,.^..,. 

When Tim returned to Chicago foUowing his sentence f ^mai robtaei y 
the Selwyn theatre staff-orchestra and all-was on ^and^ to ji eet him 
Tim would drop in at the theatre frequently, "just to see ^ things 
we?e going," anS fegale various oiTice assemblagcs-sometimes including 
clergymen, judges and bankers^with an unlimited supply °f •• 

Tim scared , street "specs" away, from ^^^f ^^^^^^ 
Itntencef- "Ifryoa-tellows^on't keep a^ from here. I'll organize >ou, 

And the specs stayed away. ci^i«,vr, onri in a 

Tim often told of the night Jack L-^^t visa ed the Selwyn^an^ 

moment of kidding called Tim a nance. The l^^^^^^^^.^^P^^^^^^^ 
followed so enthused Tim that he expressed the 

would send a show of his own to Chicago so he could see that it was 
sold out every night." mnat of 

His thorough knowledge of show 
his friends. Tim' was acquainted ^'th stage^stars -and intelligently^ 
discussed their ability to- play certain parts. He also had a complete 
mental record of their birthday.s. . . „ 

Always known as a strong plugger for shows. Tim had an e^en 
greater virtue In the eyes of theatre owners. 

He made his friends pay! 

Benny Meroff. m. c. at the Granada and Marbro theatr^ Flo 
Meroff had a whoopee party celebrating their sceond wedding an 
nlversary July 5 in the Sovereign hotel. 

Abe Arends' Hobby 

Abe Arends. loop-ite. has taken up show pcopie. S;;lc.om a week j;oes 
by that Arends don't take several carloads of stage lum.n.iries out to 
summer home," the show place o£ Cedar Lake, Indiana. 



His yen for taxicab rides and 
cigarets landed Joseph Jenks, 37, 
"realtor," of 104 West 86th street, 
in the West Side jail for three days 
in lieu of $10 the court imposed. 
. Jenks was arrested by Patrolman 
Joseph Burns of the V^^est 68th 
street station. The complainant, 
Frank Rourke, cab driver, of 72 
West 108th street, explained to 
Magistrate John V. Flood in AVest 
Side Court that Jenks owed him 
cab fare amounting to $8.10. 

Rourke told the court that Jenks 
"picked" him up at 86th street and 
Broadway. "Drive me to Coney 
Island, 'my boy," said Jenks to 
Rourke. "The city Is too hot," he 
continued. Jenks removed his hat 
and coiat like a real "butter and 
egg man." 

At Coney Island Jenks told 
Rourke he. had nothing but a large 
bill, and would Rourke be so kind 
as to loan him half a dollar, so that 
he could buy himself a pack of ex- 
clusive cigarets. Rourke did. 

"Now, boy, drive me back to. the 
White Lights, where I can change 
this hundred-dollar bill." Rourke 
quotes. Jenks as saying. Back It 
Mazda Lane sped the cab. When 
they arrived Jenks was still pulling 
on his borrowed "butts." 

Rourke hopped off his seat to 
open the door for the "millionaire." 
"My boy, I'm awfully sorry," said 
Jerik.s. "Can' you wait until to- 
morrow until I get some jack?" said 
Jenks. 

' The cabby near died. He raced 
to the West 68th street station with 
Jenks, where he slept all night. In 
the mprnnig ^le told the court he 
wai? sorry, "but fie was Tempo ratily~ 
without funds. Magistrate Flood 
scored him and sentenced him to 
three days or ten dollars. Jenks 
was happy. He had his cigs. 



Radios. Push Out Hand-Oiit "Bandis?' 
The three-piece orcht^stras fornuTly on; the Fall River Jjine steamerB . 
have been given air in favor of radio loud speakers, in the main, salpns 
of the boats, the sets being tuned in on orchestras .broadcasting from 
New York soon after the boats leave nightly. 

The accordion, violin and guitar combos that add a foreign touch to 
the trip to Staten l.slaivd on the. municlp^^ at last reports,, were 

still passine the hat after each number. 

Chinks Lay Off Jap Mushrooms. 

Unnoticed by an eating pubtio. Chinese eateries are not carrying 
Japanese mushrooms oh their menus. . It happened when the Japs and 
Chinks went to the mat at honip, 
in otlier years the Chinese mincermealed dishes had Jap mushrooms. 

..Musical Dog Satisfies Guests , 
An idea of how the owner of a certain dog act spend.s the summer miiy 
1 be. obtained from almost anyone living on the same floor, with him In a 
I hotel. Just off the sq\iare, cateriiig especially to the profession. For the 
past four weeks the trainer has been teachirig one of his fox terrlera 
how to piay"sWanheo River" on a miniature xyloplione rigged up in his 
roo'm devoting at least four hours a day to the Job with only short 
Intermissions between repetitions of the number. 

The guests of the hotel are satisfied that the dog can play the tuno 
good enough to please any audience, but the dog still goes through a 
dally rehearsal. « 

Foreigfn Tongue Realty Salesmen 

Smartening up .suckers; who speak foreign languages, on methods to : 
be used in taking other chumps, seems to be the policy of several real 
estate development firms with times Square offices. . 

Salesmen speaking Polish, Slavish or German are eagerly sought, 
taught the rudiments of real estate selling and sent out to work on their 
relatives or friends in selling rocky Lo"ng Island or Scrubby pine land 
In Ne\y Jersey. 

26 Years in One Box Office 

A box omce record for box office men to shoot at. For 26 years the 
ticket office at Carnegie Hall has been in charge of two or more members 
of the Hecks family. The originals were Rudolph and Auguste Hecka 
who went to work when the auditorium first opened in 1892- . ^ 

At present Wilfred Hecks heads the ticket crew, with hls^ thr^ 
brothers, all .sons of Rudolph, as assistants. Next season two of Wil- 
fred's sons will step in behind the grilled window. 



Out For Record 

John Henry Mears, musical producer, and B. Collyer, newspaper- „ 
marieft reccntly on the Olympic as a starter in their . attempt to lower 
Siedme record for a round the world tour during which a special speed 
p^ane wiirbe usedV The story of the trip will be syndicated by one o£ 
the newspaper feature, services. ; . 

Keep Open to Hold Business . ^ 

One of the class bars around the square was scheduled to close ahoyt 
three weeks ago but is still open despite business dropped abo-ut 50 per 
cen? T^e spo? has been getting, a big play for about a year drawing 
tho Park avenue mob over to the main stem. , , „„i 

OnVof the three partners on the eve of his departure for his annual 
vl2? to his Greelf homeland deeided that the place should remain open 
to accLmodaTe t^^^^ 

n from Newport and Southampton for^an <>vernlght stay H^^s^ 
was that the place has built Up a reputation and that he J^f * ^^"^J;^^ .. 
of the steady patrons seeking an oasis on Broadway to be turned away 
with thoughts that the padlock or pamc j^^^^ ^ ^^ 

in an adjoining room has also . been . re duced in number.s. 

Service fee $1 monthly... . • ■ 

Sunburn Infection Cases „ v • 

than brunets. In the brunet clas s are li sted red heads. 

A now name has been devised for an gating plajo^^bout t<y open on 
46th street. It is called a spaghe_tcrla. Sort of a A^op Joint. 

Booze Suckers * i ^# 

stewards aboard ship "«^.<^, wim intimate ^ f^^^^^^^.^ -„tact seems 

ashore, which can ^^^^J'^^^'^^f ,2\s-accepts^ A'ock 
plausible that the sucker usually falls— accepts piy 



Refrigerated Restaurant 
Henrici's restaurant^ Loop theatrical rendezvous, Is Installing a cool- 
ing system. 

Official Welcome Ticket 

Returning from St. Louis where he had been ^'■^''^"^'''"/^j^^f^^^^" Z 
opera, Frank Dare. headL o£ Equity here, became «° ^^^^^ ,sed at 
sight ot his home town that he sailed right tl'vough a stop light 

A cop acted a* a committee of one in presenting him with an 
'Iflal ticket of welcome. • 



"Randy" Newman Loses 
Out on Claim for $20,000 

Randolph M^ Newman, disbarred 
from practicing law in New York 
on Dec. 6. 1925. lest out on a novel 
suit against Jerome A. Jacobs, also 
a familiar Bro'adway jurist. New- 
man sued Jacobs for $20,000 claim- 
ing that as 20 per cent of Jacob's 
net earnings from his law business. 

The action was predicated on an 
alleged understanding that Newman 
who get one- fifth of the net pro- 
ceeds in lieu of salary for managing 
Jacobs' law office and busine.ss. 

Jacobs' defense was su.staincd 
tlTSr^I^^eTvmW^a^"'aiSbarred=-lawycrr- 
had no legal redress. Jacobs also 
denied that he engaged Newman for 
any such capaicity. stating that in 
response to "Randy" Newman's 
plea he gave him a free office in 
his suite at 1819 Broadway, but that 
otherwise Newman was not af- 
filiated with his (Jacobf?') law prac- 
tice, 



of water— wntl shuts up. 



Mrs. SchoenhWr Won 

.Mrs. Ann Kennelly Schoenherr, 
wife of Gus Schoenherr, insurance 
broker, and Mignon Sifferlen, 
modiste for actresses, sailed for 
Paris on the "La France. Mrs. 
Schoenherr won her . trip as a re- 
sult of a wager she made with her 
husband. Tired of the mountains, 
where they spend their vacations, 
jArH Schoenherr bet her husband 
that Gov. Smith would be nomi- 
nated on ballot one. 

^ 1. 

Negro Dance Marft *^?" 



Colored Dancers' " 



Chioa.go, July 10. 
Following on the heels of the re- 
cent dance marathon at the Coli- 
seum, here, another terpsichor^-an 
endurance contest Le being staged 
at the Kixhth Regiment armory of 
the Illinois National Guard. All en- 
trants are colored, I'ri'/x^ ranpe 
from $2,500 to $2fif>. 



Earl tucker, 32, of 4:!8 West. 53rd 
street, "snake hips" dancer with 
•"The Blackbirds" at the Liberty, 
Nev^r York, pleaded guilty, in Special 
.Sessions to a charge of po-ssessinb* 
policy slips. The justices imposed a 
Bcntcnce of 30 days in the Work- 
house, but su.«pende(l the execution 
of the senf^nce pending Tucker b , 
good behavior. , u n 

The dancer was arrested Feb. i 
last by officers of the Special 
Service Squad, who claiincd Tucker 
=wafr-^^oing— a-=big=-poUGy=^=^JjU,sine^|;.^ 



with another man at 334 West 53d 
street. When searched the officers 
found a dozen slips in Tucker's pos- 
session. 



Charles Fisher, for 16 years at the 
head of the Palhe purchasing de- 
I partmcnt, has resigned. 



Among the Women 



By The Skirt, Jr. 




Best Dressed Woman of the Week 


1 

■ 1 




ADELE ROWLAND 






(Pala.ce-^Vaudovillo) 











Palace's Revealing. Costume 

- Tn Hplto of the fact that the Palace was ice cold Monday aft tM-notm 
thore was iess- than half a house, Manf<<?an troupe bppned with one 
woman tp'oking. exceedinply well groomed in a cowprlrl outfit, and an- 
other in a dark Indian makeup. Act has speed and punch, the men sltow- 
ing some standout li-aps. 

Pvood ;and Duthers, second, did nicely with neat steppinfi: ihtroduoed 
Iti a rather novel manner. The two hqys arc well dressed in- grey striped 
trousers aud dark touts. White and Tiorney get by strictly on the girl's 
ptM-sohniity, . certainly liot . on their materiiil. Young woman is pretty, 
well formed and with toning down should be able to mako a produc- 
tion. . IJor fiji'St dress is a simple little basque made in. bright pink 
flowered stuff with white collar and cuff.'? and a huge bow on, her hair. 
'She Iftter wears a tiny silyer lAce frock with a pink feather hanging from 
one .shoulder. Not us becoming as the pink. ■ V 

Will ' and Oladys Ahearn stopped evevytHing and deservedly. No 
ti'lling how far Ahearn niay Ro. and the girl is a beauty. Tier lirst 
costume was 'a short i"cd skirt edged with a wide band of yfcllo'w, and 
a yellow blouse worn with her long brown hair in braids over the ears. 
£yhe their showed tiny light blue velvet pants with feathers hanging 
from each hip,, an orchid blouse and neckchSef. 

Adele Ro'wlarid. charmingly poised* offered a nice routine of numbci's, 
some popular. S'he entered in a silver aviation coat and cap which she 
removed showing a stunning, orange lining. Her eveiiing gown was a 
Straight line sUghlly flared at the hem and; heav.iiy embroidered in 
gold and silver crystals. With this she used a hiige green feather fan. 
Herjpianiist, a young lady treated with more graciousne.ss than is usual, 
wore a lovely cream lace bouffant with inserts of black net in the skjrt. 
Miss RowlAnd adds plentj"^ of class to any program. 

Ted Lewis w.as on for at least 10 minutes too long, but ho one could 
have been received ^yith more enthusiasm; His selection of numbers 
is great and he is still quite a showmati. Two young ladies are pro- 
grammed but only one appeared— and how! She wears: a rnost daring 
co.stume and it vastly becomes her. ,So miich so there was a notlcable 
u'sappointnitnt when .«5he returned in a long taffeta dress in white with 
i>urple skirt,- hideous. The breath taking costume Is cut on the model 
diat Le^^^is' girls always wear, no back at all and tlie shortest pnnts ever 
jveon. The entire thing is embroidered in crosswise strips with the flesh 
showing through. It is in orchid and rhinestones, worn with a rhine- 
stone cap, and carries a bow in the back. 

Tl-ie Mitkus. closing in a balancing act, had the woman nicely dressed 
in white satin tights iembroideriBd in red and white stones which she 
covered with a red ruffled removable skirt for her entrance. A welcome 



At the Paramount . 

A decidedly pleasant voyage at 
the Parahiount this week with Com- 
modore Ash in charge of the "Ocean 
Blues." . The yacht set with its sky 
overhead and water at the slQes 
Ldded to thifc coolne.ss of the theatre. 
Tlie orchestra looks cool, too, , In 
white sailor suits. ■ 

The Forster Girls appoafed first 
n blue, and white , bathing suits, a 
white anchor etpbroidered on the 
blue, and i^roved their intimacy with 
opes. These hurig from above and 
the girls handled them like . vetr 
erans. They were >vhite satin 
sailors later and white sport f rocked 
finally for a nice not too elaborate 
finish. 

Nell Kelly ruined Paul's dignity 
and beautiful wave, but he seemed 
to enjoy it and there was no q,ues- 
tion about the feelings of the 
uidieno'e. 



^aiversion from the conventional silk jersey tights. 



Maybe a Juvenile Find 

Norma Sheai-er, at the Capitol this week in . "The Actress," turns in 
a coloVful performance as Trelawney, of "Trelawney of the Wells." 
.Action takes place back in the hoop skirt period and the wardrobe de- 
partment deserves credit for, the variety and authenticity of the cos- 
tumes. . 

Miss' Shearer k>ok.s .\ier best in a huge evening gown of .light satin 
and lace with a ne<iUlace of stones alid a tiara. G wen Lee also lends 
beauty and charm in the second plart. 

The overture, a mediley of waltzes, was a welcome relief from the 
Usual heavy stuff and showed Sylvia Miller in a pink organdie, with a 
big hat singing a solo, then Betty Poulos doing "Kiss- Me Again" in a 
black outfit. Dimitri and Dulce did the "Merry Widow Waltz," the 
Woman -wearing an exact duplicate of Mae Murray's black gown from 
tlie picture, except that she killed the effect by heavy black stockings 
and leather slippers. 

In the presentation there is a revelation in the person of Vaiodla 
Vestoft, a tall, slim young ma« with class, personality and looks. A 
million dollars' worth of style in his dancing arid more punch to it than 
most of our stars. Why this boy hasn't been developed for a juvenile 
is a mystery with the present dearth of heros for productions. Youn 
lady with him is also clever and pretty, though only showing in one 
number with the boy. He later does a groat solo' In a tail coat for ec 
"centric kicks. If this youngster will develop a voice he is surefire for a 
mu.'jical comedy lead. The girl, Marlon Vaughn,, wears a nice white 
chiffon frock cut circular, with no back. 

' Lovey twins look to be still children and did , nicely with a jazz num- 
ber and a slow rhythm dance where the smallest one sTio'ws comedy 
possibilities. They wore short white sport dresses, red hats and colored 
handkerchiefs. They also displayed pastel net shading down to blue 
with berthas. Sylvia Froos sang two hot numbers nicely and managed 
to remain sweet through it all, something of ah^ accompli.«ihment. Her 
* gown of perivvinkle blue with blue hair ribbon was not a good line even 
though the color was effective. 

Gould dancers do not compare with the current groups either in loolcs 
or training, having a lot of those heel pointing dancers. Dolly Tree has 
designed everything this week with a bertha on it, even in the principal 
gowns, and .those d' — n silver piano scarfs are back again. 

A corking set is used which depicts the interior of an aeroplane, the 
oi ci.'.e.stra is in tan coats and why does Walt Roesner always wear black 
sh()os with a v-Tutc' suit"? ' ^ ^ ' ""^ 



Gray Matter 

By MOLLtE GRAY 
Tommy Gray's Sister 



; Good "Racket" 

Some good stuff in "The Racket," 
IS well as the real "Thomas Meighan, 
makes it worth while in spite of the 
epidemic of crook " pictures. It 
doesn't leave him . any , laurel 
wreaths as a hero, but that took 
more courage than a dlffetent end- 
ing would have, 

Marie Prevost Is flriie. Her black 
velvet ensemble had some, metallic 
cloth on the bodice and a wide band 
of dark, fur oh the cape collar of 
the coat. 



At the State 

Fortunately the State ices its en- 
tertainment, otherwise ; it never 
could show "Drums of Love" in this 
weh-ther. 

No girl until the third act, which 
only lasted aboiit five, minutes. The 
girl wore a green striped sweater 
over a white silk frock. 

Bobby Henshaw's sifter appeared 
briefly in spangled gown using 
many colors prettily. 

"Rainbow Revelry'* has one very 
pretty set of metallic cloths of dif- 
ferent colors, another of a mesh for 
the girls to play fireman, on. They 
open, seven girls, as maids using 
brooms for the only thing they are 
good for these days, playthings. For 
a ballet they wore metallic cloth 
the 5;klrt3 wired, the different colors 
blending, a, soloist wearing gold. 



News From the Dailies 

This departhnent contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- 
lished during the week , in the daily papers of New York, Chicago, 
San Francisco, Los Angeles and London. Variety takes no credit 
for these news items; each has ibeen rewritten from a daily paper. 



NEW YORK 



A column-long "exclusive" In the 
"Graphic" i:^ to the effect that 
Fanny Urice and . Ki'.Iy Ilose; sohjr 
writer, may be married in the fail. 
Publicity romahce. 



Con Conrad, song writer, filed 
voluntary petitioh in bankruptcy. 



Ammonia furhes i.-om the ooOllrig 
plant at the Astor theatre: knocked 
out four of the house attaches. Fire 
department rescue squad and police 
ennergehcy squad wearing masks 
stopped leak. Pressure valve ex- 
ploded. 



Fay Baiiiter in tv/OTCharacter 
pieced "Jealousy," produced b.v A, 
H. Woods, Due Sept. 24. 



Three masked men held up and 
robbed James Merrill, manager of 
the Cafe Madrid, of money and 
jewelry valued at $10,000. High- 
waymen were >va:iting for the night, 
club man. when he drove into hi.s 
own garage in Forest Hills, .L. I;, 
at three in the mornins. Suspicion 
of wiiie^ gang. In Times Square 
trailing selected "prospects." 



eggerle in the Village. She'.q en« 
gaged for "The Intruder," Edward 
Sargent Brown: production soon at 
the mitmoro. Everybody . who eats 
at the ham-and-eggerie signs the 
guest list, and therie are nearly 
Enough John Hancocks now on 
hand to paper the whole place. 

rJstlmated that 3,000,000 people 
went to, shore resorts around New 
Yoi:k .1 uly 4, Twetity six iieatha 
reported, result of .accldent.s ot* 
drownings in the afternooiv's sLorfn 
and heat. . 



M. D. Crandall, distance dance 
prompter, rendered a bill of $1,800 
to Madison Square Garden direc- 
tors. . He paid : $3,600 to quell a 
strike of the goofy, steppers and 
thinks the garden.ought to pay half, 
since the garden got . $60,000 out of 
the event. 



Elizabeth Hines won an award of 
$12,000 from Flo Zlegfeld-^in arbi- 
trationw She set up . a claim of 
breach of contract which cost her 
the role of Maignolia in "Show 
Boat.'- Previously .Equity had 
awarded her only $3,000. .Ziegfeld. 
tendered the $12,000 sett lenient . 
which pleased everybody. , 



■Reducing on a scientific basis is 
being Introduced at.: the new Medi- 
cal Cehter, vast establishment at 
168th street and; Broadway. Pres- 
byterian hospital unit of the jmedi- 
cal community. In the two weeks 
Its obesity clinic has been in opera- 
tion 500 patients, mostly Women, 
have lost an average of 15 pounds 
each. . 



Tammany Hall moved, put of 14th 
streeti taking temporary. q^uarters In 
the ■ ofllce building at No. 2 Park 
avenue. Olympic theatre' (ohce 
Tony Pastor's.) Is part of the struc: 
ture which' the political organiza- 
tion . has occupied for 60 years. 
Consolidated Gas Co. (which al- 
ready occupies the site of the bid 
Academy of Music, adjoiriing) will 
build an office building on the Hall 
site. 



Anne Sutherland will have to 
delegate a hostess for her ham-arid- 



SIZING 'EM UP 



A Nickel. "Sally** 

"Sally of the Scahdails'^ is a nickel 
movie and . a nickel seems so in- 
significant these days even the tran- 
sit companies don't want it. 

Bessie Liove is a cute hard work • 
ing little girl with the luck of a 
brunet (blonds don't need luck); 
Her light satin frock was made dia- 
mond patterned on the bodice by 
using dull and shiny sides ot the 
material, the small skirt cut circu- 
lar. Black velvet for a beret, skirt 
and long coat was another costume. 

Margaret Quimby wore black net 
spangled, a deep flounce of straight 
ostrich making the skii-t, a black 
velvet gowil fur trimmed and 
an elaborately tall trimmed mink 
cape. 

Sally was on* of those girls that 
N. T. G. plugs for; she didn't like 
parties and supported a cripple sis 
ter. Maybe the plot came direct 
from his column. 



"Say When" Amateurish 

,An undistinguished musical comedy called "Say When" opened at the 
Morosco theatre. Henry Buase, formerly with Paul Whiteman, was 
featured with his orchestra. He did everything he could to help. 

The book, adapted, from the play, "Love In a Mist,", Is jumpy and has 
a. ,terril)le time gett in(i started. - It is said that the -chorui? is made 
up of debutantes, mostly, not hard to believe as they are. amateurish 
though quite pretty. J , . 

Aliison .Skipworth added a much needed note of legitimacy to what 
appeared to be a strawberry festival prior to h^r entrance. She and 
Roger Gray,' Raymond Gyon and Bartlott Simmons, baritone, did quite 
well by themselves. 

: Doris Vinton, doing the .second girl part, was hampered in the first 
act by a dreadful costume— a white sport dress, which sagged, worn 
with a navy blue short coat, Dorothy Fitzgibbons, in the Madge Ken- 

^Vtody rolo, was also ruined by a yellow frock and a hideous yellow and 
black embroidered coat. The entire wardrobe gives every evidence of 
a department store origin, though the evening gowns in the second act 
are better. • ~ 

.Tane Alden, beautiful blonde, wore a pretty red ensemble and Miss 
Skipworth loolfed well in blond lace. - 
In the second act, no preference has been shown the loading women 

="b'vil="'Ctr6"^ensjmTt>le^^a.s'^^to- clothes.=^=fMiss^^^^F^ 
bouffant almost Identical to one a show girl wears, and Miss Vinton 
has A baby blue one that is rather nice. Miss Alden is a vision in a 
trailing white chiffon can ying an orchid bow and orchid slippers, while 
Miss Skipworth used a feather fan with a black gown embroidered in 
crystal. 

Miss Fitzgibbons. when she learns repose, ha.<5 a chance, though a 
gn?at donl of attention should be given her speaking voice. 

A '^'lo.'-ed d.'ir-cor and v\ iggler, par excollane.c, stole the show from 
everyone, and il s..id. fainted in her d.-e.-islng room after doini: six 
euciorea, probably from exhaustion or surprise. 



Nature for Westerns 

Nature is always the best dressed 
woman"in any Western" or Northern 
picture, . arid, "Code' of the Scarlet' 
gives plenty of film to flaunt her 
glory. 

Ken Maynar.d, too, starting some 
thing new in Indoor fighting by 
tossing burning brands a.t his erie 
mies while his pals swept gracefully 
to the rescue, each paddling his own 
canoe. And Tarzan too doing, his 
share to prove that Horace Greeley 
was thinking of movies when , he 
started directing young men. 



Pretty heavy fare for hot weather, 
that which Rp'xy Is offering his pay 
ing guests this week, especially the 
protracted and ponderPus , selec- 
tions from "Aida" which make up 
too generous part of the pre 
sentation. "Aida," when sung at 
the Metropolitan in midwinter by 
an all star cast, is scarcely frolic 
some business.. In the July humid- 
ity, with a -trio, of . heavy vocalists 
and a female chorus got up to look 
like the Glee Club of the Ladies Aid 
Society of /Bangor, Me., it is far 
from being the best w^y of .pepping 
up a wilted audience. Nor is the 
male duet from ; "La Forza del 
Destine;'* even though it is sung 
agreeably enough by a couple of 
Imposing looking gents. 

The only really light number on 
the bill is the evergreen "Parade 
of the Wooden Soldiers," done by 
the pert little Roxyettes. 

Agnes George DeMillc is an ex 
ceedlngly gifted artist, but her work 
is too subtle for the huge Roxy 
Most, of the charm and humor of 
her ballet caricature is lost because 
of the size of stage and auditorium. 



Hbmecomers froni Europe include 
lielen Ford and Wincliell Smith, 
Smith will stage John Goldcn's 
'Nights Hostess" by Phil. Dunning. 
Ruth , Elder was-, another arrival 
from abroad. 



The u- nkins broadcast of motion 
pictures in Washington, p. C,, last 
week,, to be a reg-alar weekly serv- 
ice, was pronounced a,n outstanding 
success by Goyerrimeht offlcials and 
scientists. Shots of a dancing girl , 
came throusfh without diffioulty and 
with remarkable clearness. 

Test was made fjrphi the labora- 
tory of C. Francis Jenkins, the in- 
ventor, to a receiving set in hi* 
home. 



Absentee registration began Sat- 
urday and will continue Monda.v3, 
Fridays and Saturdays untiL.Sept, 
20, except Labor day. Any citi- 
zen absent from his place of resi- 
dence on regular registration days, 
Oct. 8 to 13, may register in this 
way. Five board of elections offices 
will, be available for , the purpose ih 
the' Municipal buildings Of manhat- 
tan and Brooklyn, and borough 
halls of the other three boroughs. 



Four couples split. $1,000 prize 
money in the Harlem colored dance 
marathon, stopped by .the. health 
commls.sioner. 



J. J. Shubert returned after six 
weeks in Europe. Said he had si* 
plays. 



Newark (N. J.) chief of police 
forbid dance marathon there. Pro- 
moters of marathoh started after 
injunction. 



Laurence Stalllngs, arrested wiien 
his auto injured a woman In Phila- 
delphia, was exonerated and re-, 
leased when he showed accident 
was beyond his control. 



Emory Titman, who was said to 
have sperit an inheritance of $1,- 
000,000 on Broadway when doctors 
told him he had only a short time 
to live, died In Atlantic City. Ho 
weighed 587 pounds and was 38. 



Goldfish Bowl as Locale 

"Hellshlp Bronspn" could have 
been staged in a goldfish bowl for 
all the sea going impression It 
made. Noah Beery always good 
and something interesting about the 
y/ay Mrs. Wallace Reld does things. 
Helen Foster can act and the 
camera reads her conversation eas- 
ily, adding greatly to her expression 
value. Her- only, frock was..a„3im ple 
black velvet, one with white lace 
collar and cuffs. ' 



Jack Weiner, vaudo agent, and 
Mrs. Weiner, have returned from a 
month's trip abroad. 



Knox Cowboy Four have dissolved 
following a stage partnership of 
seven years. 



Gertrude Olmstead's L^gs 

The picture, . "Hit of the Show," is 
another of those "Laugh Clown 
Laugh!' -"Broadway" affairs with ^a 
touch Pf "Women. Go On" Forever" 
here and there. It had some orig- 
inality when left Irt the- hands of 
its autlior, Viola Brothers Shore, 
but that has gone the way of all 
flesh. 

Joe Brown makes a rather con- 
vincing hoofer wfth a heart of gold, 
and gets , at least three chances to 
do things with: that cavernous 
mouth of his. That mouth, by the 
.way, will prevent Joe tro'm ever 
being what yo^ .would call a riot 
as a tragedian.^ Gertrude Olmstead, 
doing a society girl, who plays 
hookey from her own wedding to 
go on the . stage,„ha3,a, slig htly, har d 



Walter Hardy, butler for Nicho- 
las Schenck, who is spending the 
summer at the Raymond Hitchcock 
estate on Long Island, died Sunday 
of a^- pistol shot, self inflicted, the. 
police say. - 



cast of feature, but a great deal of 
chic. She knows how toi wear 
clothes, and looks equally smart in 
a black velvet street frock, with 
double silver fpx scarf, and a trim 
little practice costume of silk 
shorts with a tucked in shirt. It 
Is doubtful whether her legs would 
make the grade in a first class 
revue. . 



The Committee Of Fourteen,, mor- 
als group created years ago to study 
vice in New York, declared in its 
report for 1927 that conditions in . 
the ni^ht clubs and dance places are 
worse: than during the days of th^, 
Raines law hotel and salobri back- 
room. Report was blazoned on 
page one Monday, featuring all met- 
ropPlitan newspapers. Committee 
attacks system of "hoste.sses" m 
night resortSi speakeasies, and gives 
special attention to the closed dance 
halls where tickets are sold by the 
dance. "Dance studios" where ui-. 
structresses opierate in separate 
rooms with men patrons were . as- 
sailed. Special attack on recruiting 
of "hostesses" among girls. Report 
summarizes situation as worst m 
20 years. 

Mary C. Jobling, said to bo a 
British picture actress, recently ar- 
rived In this country, was killed m 
.an^aiEplanc=smash^ajuih(^_j\viAIion^ 
field in Spring Lake. N. .T. She was 
riding with G. P. McCormiek ot 
Cleveland, where he had a vi'ifc. He 
also was killed. 



Adele Astaire was severely in- 
jured and saved by William i>- 
Leeds, son of the former Princes.s 
Xenia of Russia, when ■}'^^'^^ 
speedboat took Are Sunday off 
(Continued on page 51) 



Wednesday, Jtdy 11, 1928 



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15 YEARS AGO 

: {FYom Taricty and "Clipper") 

General FUm Co. suspended its 
role of ctincellinB on theatres that 
used Independent film, marking 
abandonment of the triist control 
of the industry. This Tvas the cul- 
mination of p. long series of con 
cepslons and compromises and pre 
ceded the actual passing of Edlson- 
Blograph domination and the free- 
ing of the screen to Independeiit 
production. 

Reason for the cha.nged attitude 
was the plUrig up of evidence in 
the goverrimont'g monopoly suit. 
Former New Yorlt Police Commis- 
sioner "Bill" Devery, was one Wit- 
ness, who testified to the ruin of 
an independent film business hy 
trust opiiresslon. 

Frederic Thompson retired from 
management of Luna Park which 
he had built and went to Sari Fran - 
Cisco, whore lie intended to btjild 
another resort for the Panama 
. Canal Kxposition. 

Making up a now single Wheel 
oiit of thee merged Eastern ; and 
Western circuits was proving diffi- 
cult. ■ Hydb & Behman, Brooklyn 
theatre owners objected to its ap- 
portionment and , threatened to 
. withdraw and join the Progressive, 
opposition fonncd of dissatisfied 
elements of both the old Wheels. 



le View Whh Alann" 



C4\ump8 sneak In where wise guys tread unafraid, Comes now the 
Committee of 14, with learned findings on New York's night clubs and 
speakeasies. This outfit q' backseat, drivers, self appointed and sub- 
sidized by well-moaning millionaires, damns the "hostesses" as the 
current manifestation of the Raihes Law "regulars" and their progeni- 
tors, the scarlet sisters of the oldest pirofessio^ 

The profovnd document deplores that this volunteer outfit could, not 
burrow deeper Into this mysterious iind baffling subject "because of 
the prohibitive cost ot New York nightlife." 



All, that the poor simps had to . do was to hire one waiter from any 
of the middle-class joints^ and he could have filled them with more 
authentic info than their amateur snoopers could collect in years of 
meeting, treating and even making hoste-sscs. The insiders know, the 
outsiders never find out. , 

There is some merit to the discoveries and revelations of the private 
detectives. And there is a whole lot they got all wrong. 



Gaining Good Will of Actors 



This coming aoason- will bring out the chiiins, circviit.s and m;inago- 
nionts having the good will of iiotori?. It may nii>an nion- with tln'atros 
u.sing varloty actors than' the o'lhor.s. But the goinl will of ai'tors as 
some theatre circuits have discovered means .«iojncthiHg nowadays in 
dollars and in talent. 

Theatre managers pooh poohink actors* good will have existed in ovory 
branch of the show business, excepting In pictures. Pictures have gono 
contrary to the cpnimon custom. That that has worked to the advantage 
Of the picture theatre emiiloying actors may be seen daily, iis the reverse 
may have been noted in- other theatres also engaging variety actors, such 
as the former Keith and Orpheum circuit houses. 




Nightclub hostesses are like almost any other class of jjeoplc— they 
range from the best to the worst; Some cpme into the racket all wrong 
and some go out of it all right. No sphere or scheme of life can corrupt 
the essentially moVal, upright and clean, and no amount of social, edu- 
cational or scientiflc protection can keep in the narrow paths of 
righteousness those whose feet are pointed by nature to transgress the 
barriers. 



f' ■•■ 



Good or bad will of actors has niat^ itself manifest arid stiir is in 
the legit. Some legits will not' work for this or that management i£ the 
preference oan.be given to another. Thex'e are some legit produoers no 
actors appear anxious to' work for unless obliged to. 



True enough,' in a metropolis of more than 7,000,000 . people, men can 
buy almost any so'rt of mischief they seek and can afford! On the oth(.'r 
side, the police annals bristle with tales of nightclub hostesses found; 
staggering, bleeding, blundering through the parks and, byways, walkmg 
home beaten and bruised by men , who took them out and who. believed, 
just as the Committee of 14 does, that a girl in that life is per se- wicked. 



Jones, Linick & Schaeffer, Chi- 
cago independents, which had re- 
cently broken away from the W. M. 
v. A., were bidding for booking 
franchises and were said already to 
have accumulated 30 weeks time* 



The investigators probably never remained arotmd long enough at the 
side-doors of such places to see the mothers of many of these girls 
calling for them— mothers who, with other dependents, awaited eagerly 
and hungrily the meager salaries and the few measly handouts of "luck 
money" these poor, waiting,, sitting, .smiling kids drew do'wn. 



The bad will of actors toward managements in any division, of the 
show business usually costs those managements mohey in one way or 
another, sooner or later. This Is particularly true of the variety actov. 
The variety management in 111 repute with the professionals must pay. 
more for them. Now more so than ever, when coinpetitlon for variety 
actors is coming from moVe than one direction. 

Besides more money in the way of increased salaries it costs many a 
variety theatre a good performance when those back stage are not alone 
fighting the managoments, In their minds, but go out front to give a 
t)orformanco and mentally fight the audience while doing It. 

• ■ r ■■. ■ ■ : • ■ ■ ■ ' 

There have been more expressions of good \y ill printed in actors' ad- 
vertisoments toward picture theatre chain managements in "Variety" 
within the past two years than have been printed in paid for apprecia- 
tions of the Keith or Orpheum circuits in the past 20 yeans. There niust 
be a reason for that, pro and con. 



Walter Keefe, "Tink" Humphrey 
and associates were Introducing me- 
chanical music for the theatre.. They 
bad a . device called the Bartola, a 
piano attachment that reproduced 
effects of an orchestra of 16 to 20 
orchestra instruments. 



In a Vitagraph company touring 
the world and taking pictures en 
route were Maurice Costello and 
his children (Helene and Dolores). 
James Young iand Clara Kimball 
Young. 



Not all of them— not maybe the majority of them— play the game along 
the chalkline. • 

But— if the nightclub hostesses could raise a fund and have it ampli- 
fied by the contributions of millionaires— and hired professional blood- 
hounds to supply amateur reports— maybe it might be interesting to 
peep through keyholes, use all sorts of underhanded bribes and left- 
handed overtures, walk, in whore the victims couldn't get away and had 
to listen, and see what they could find out about the lives of some of the 
others. 

The report thanks Commissioner Warren because of his co-operation. 
Commissioner Warren replies by branding their report as exaggerated 
and spurious. Former Mayor Hylan, a BrooWynite against whom no 
word has ever been breathed as to his personal life, refused to let any 
of his department heads have anything to do with private agencies that 
assumed the functions of public; police powers. Hylan went down to de- 
feat and oblivion. He is best remembered as the champion of the nickel 
subway fare. But he should be given a monument for his stand on 
the unasked Big Brothers of ' Law and Order— who find the cost of 
nightlife "prohibitive," but who still issue authoritative doctiments on 
subjects they can never understand-to, shock the sensibilities of the 
many othe^fwho can never understand, 'and hand giggles to those who 
understand only too well 



Good will of actors on variety circuits, amj other.s. Is not the only 
spot it is worth- while. Circuits and' theatres need the good will of 
agents. When both the actor and the agent are antagonistic to the the- 
atre management they are dickering with, both will work against that 
circuit instead of with It, for salary, and everything else that goes with 
an engagement. Between t^ie two the circuit will pay and has paid,, 
despite what It thought or how smart it may have deemed Itself. 



For the first time in history, a 
theatre proposition on Broaclway 
went begging and was abandoned. 
Ground was broken at 37th street 
and Broadwiay and a lease offered 
When no takers appeared theatre 
plan was given up in favor of an 
ofllce structure. 



Lenore Ulric was selected to head 
road compahy of "The Bird of 
Paradise." Role was created by 
Laurette Taylor. Bessie Barriscale 
played it afterward. 



Inside Stuff-Legit 



In the re -establishment of the Keith circuit, the good wllT of the actor 
is essential. How Keith's can gain it after all the years it has been 
absent la a big problem for the new. Keith administration. They will 
have to undo all of the faults, all of the wrongs, all of the injustice 
and abuse of the actor by Keith's as the actor only knows It. 



n 



H 



Warners Feature Film Co. opened 
a London Bmnch with Sam Warner 
in charge. 



Joe Brandt and George P. Steven- 
eon together edited the Universal 
Weekly, house organ. 



50 YEARS AGO 

(Fi-ovi "Clipper") 



New York police, acting on a 
civilian's • tip, organized a raid, on 
the Lexington theatre, Lexington 
avenue and 85th street, where, In- 
formation had been lodged, stage 
performance was going on without 
a license. Cops grabbed gang of 
kld&, oldest 14, who was manager. 
Admission was 2 cents. 



There was no machinery for ar- 
bitrating actor-manager dispiitcs. 
When Pat Rooney had a grievance 
against Jack Aberle of Aberle's 
Tlvoll theatre, he met the manager 
^on^tiie^st^gc^^and^itnDokrthc-polic'e 

to pry them apart. Both were, held 
for trial In iaOO in General Sessions. 
Ahcrle subseauontly sued .Rooney 
for $5,000 damages. Matter In dis- 
pute is not recorded. 



Just as Universal was looking fot a "Magnolia" rShow Boat^ 
Ziegfeld is now stumped for another- to fill that role In the No. 2, com- 
mny This troupe will ultimately . play Chicago but Zleggy wl 1 play 
two "Show Bo-ats" on Broadway simultaneously, explaining that , since 
W is his own oppo.mon with "Musketeers" and "Rosalie^' It makes 
mtle difference if the No. 2 "Show Boat" breaks-ln on Broadway in op- 
position to the original at the Ziegfeld theatre. 

Evrl C<trroirs one hundred smac^cs a week for chorus girls is labelled 
a n^ess?gen s pipe; A flock of the frails who' are now rehearsing at the 
krl CanoTarrsaid to be so broke they are forced to mooch lunches 
S^iL leain nc their dance routines. One of them, when Interrogated 
jS^SSiJSr^ week., laughed .out loud and opined .that J^o^ 
was paying line girls $45 to'ps. ^ 

Morn^nilv of hate the Mac West • sho'w,- "Diamond Lll," has been 
Normally pf ^atc ine .^la ^ one-half of that, besides one-half 

splitting a "f P^°«f "^c^^^^ remainder to the. other stock- 

what play credit alone never gcts-c^^^^^^^ ^ ridiculous 

It is .P^-obably about the_ most rl^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ 

rS^terrS^n^raSTon^t?^ for Miss West and the Llnders 

came out of the sky. ^ 

According to the new . billing outsido^ie Cpi^^^^^^ 

2-^:^" f^orSnal^uthSs^anu. omitted, l-^l-ing on. of its 'steenth 
revisions!" ihe opera reopens next week to a $3 top-maybe. 



That is, of course, if Keith's wants a break from the variety actor; 
If it wants the actor's good will; If it wants the best performance th» 
actor can give at every show; if it wants the actor at his very lowesfr 
salary; if It wants an edge or the preference of the variety actor in 
case the. actor has a. choice. 

There are men remaining In the Keith organization who understand 
all this. Most of the yessors In the Keith system have passed ot^t. 
If there are arty yessers left, it looks as if the best thing they may do i» 
to stop yessing. And the useless and harmful ones still in Keith s should" 
be relegated to the rear or be suppressed as a first move to inform the 
vaudeville world that there Is a new Keith's with new methods and 
principles. Especially principles. 

There will be lots of vaudeville next season, despite talking and sight 
and sound pictures or talking shorts. And vaudeville can't give a .show 
without actors. Vaudeville will never make a dollar trying to make It 
bdck stage. The only possible proflt for vaudeville Is through the box 
office. ' 

So far pictures have licked vaudeville so unmercifully tharthls good V 
will angle calls for immediate consideration by the vaudeville people. 
Pictures have the good will and vaudevUTe, Keith's taking In the former ^ 
Orpheum, must try to get. It; get something that It never has had. It H | ■ 
no joke for Keith's. -J 

■ • >«.' 

The booking office Is the heart of vaudeville. That has been ^ known 
for years, to everyone apparently excepting these ^ho ran Keith h and ^ 
Orpheum into the bankers. Booking is first when "^^^^ 
freely done, from a field unfettered, such as may have been when 
KeSs had big time vaudeville by the throat and choked^ it to aoath ; 
n's not unfettered no'w. It's but a part of the variety business and ^ 
-right now a small jjart, ; : 



Show people generally seemed to 
be without any plan of peaceful 
settlement. J. K. F/mmet was ap- 
pearing in a New York theatre, and 



happened to meet one Krtward /im- 
morman. In Union Square. AVith- 
out Introduction he walked up and. 
biffed.. him. They had to dig a city 
magistrate out of bed to get 'l- ritfs^ 
released to play a benefit. Then It 
developed that Zimmerman was 
supposed to. have said something 
uncomplimentary about Emmets 
friend John II. Rogers. 



T}fe"fh<5Ertr(e'-season=opened-latc-in 
18S8. The first definite date for the 
subseiiuont tour mentioned is that 
of lleiick's Opera House. Cinciniiaii, 
Aug. 31. Variety theatres appar- 
ently rah throut'h the summer. 

Another whiskey still was seized 
in Greenwich vIlHagc, the .second in 
ten days. 



So while the booking office Is vaudeville's heart, as ever, for Keith's 
just now good will comes first and Is most Important. 

It might be Iriformatlon for some of the new people in Keith's to 
read the editorials and stories in Variety, of three years so ago, tcning 
Se then existing tribe of egotistical damn fools what ^.^^^^ the 'njtterjjth 
Keith big time vaudeville; how they were wrongly treating the vaude- 
ville act?r; ho'w.they were actually working f^'^ the very _p.cture busl- 
ncIJ that not .so long afterward gaye them the only l.cking big time 
ever had. But what a licking! • 

Tk;« isn't advice, for Variety is In no moo'd to give advice to a circuit 
thJt "oernot pelnTit Va^^^^^ within Its offices. Neither Is it in bitterness 
for that reason, against the Keith's new administration. 



This is but a summary on good will In the show bu.siness, Not only for 
v.inc1eviri<' bu? for ^gitf and also burle..c,ue-a burlesque that never had 
rZ w either and never needed it.- All burlesque ever needed was a 
route and a good contract. Now it needs good shows, but its still 
burlesque, so that may not matter either. 

^-WW^l?FtrwhriVaVen'rgood^i^ 
too. They now need It more than ever, and also when they h.l^en t got 

it. 

Next season is a highly Important period in the .show .^J^"^ 
things will happen during It. and most of them will occur in theatr. 
operation. 

It's time to take a think. 



>i1 



44 



VARIETY 



1. E G I T I M A T E 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



Charges with Equity on Mae West; 
Star of Show Netting $5,000 Weekly 

Jack Linder, Producer, Complainant — Impartial 
Observers Credit Miss West for Success and Profit 



Cliat-fferf were prefeiTcd yesterday 
(Tuesday) tigainst Mae West, star 
and CO -author of "Diamond Lil," by 
Jack Linder, producer of the show 
at the ..Royal, New York;." That >vid-. 
ens .the breach between the actress, 
Lindor, his brother Mark and oth- 
ers interested in "Lil." Linder's 
equawk was fir.st made verbally, biit 
h© was informed by Equity that he 
: must outline the complaint in writ- 
ing- 

Because of Miss West's ownership 
of more than, half the stock , In thd 
show it is doubtful if Equity's 
Council will act on the Linder corti- 
plaint> but will probably recommend 
the case for arbitration; Miss West 
has a run of the play cohtract. In 
lieu of salary she receives one-half 
the profits in addition to royjnties. 

• Mark. Linder, who claims to have 
written the oi-iginal script, receives 
a split of the royalties. . 

Linder alle{?es that Mae makes 
cha-nges in the script and gives or- 
ders back stage without; regard to 
the show management. There is a 
dispute between her and ■ Robert 
Sterling, who interpolated a song, 
into the piay. The number has been 
out for several days, Miss West in- 
sisting It has nothing to do with 
the show, though admitting the 
song was a part of the performance 
right along.. Sterling has added to 
his stock holdings in ."Lil," now- 
having more than Linder. 

Another Author 
Regardless of who owns thie ma- 
jor interest in "Lil," Equity regards 
. Linder as the manager, as he posted 
. .a bond gujiiranteeing salaries, .and 
,C- no one has informed Equity of any 
change in ownership. Linder is 
president of Chatham Square, Inc., 
which produced "Lil," and his 
position as an officer iri the corpora- 
tion extends for at least one year. 

Another name has been inserted 
into the discussion a's to who wrote 

• "Diamond Lil," Greta Willard com- 
ing forth :as the supposed real au-r 
thor. Miss Willard stited that she 
isn't bragging about the play being 
Qf literary worth, but says she is 
entitled to credit and perhaps , some 
coin. .She added that she had re- 
ceived several $50 donations from 
Miss West. 

Around the' theatre it is stated 
that Miss West has been working 
unceasingly in the interest of the 
play and without her it would be 
-worthless. Constant squabbling may 
yet injure the property, which has 
t)eeh earning over $5,000 net weekly. 
Of that Miss West has been getting 
$2,700 weekly. 



Old-Timers* Chance 



. Some of the old time singr- 
ers who believe their voice re- 
mains may receive a come 
back chance through the new 
sight and sound pictures. 

In some of the smaller wired 
theatros playing a scored pic- 
ture, old time song birds have 
been engaged to sing the theme 
song off stage. . 

it livens up the action of the 
film and is an innovation nicely- 
reported by the fe^y■ managers 
so far adopting the idea. 



"Only Dirt Prospers" 
So Balto Stock Qnits 



Baltimore, July. 10. 
Baltimore wants dirt.in its drama, 
according to the parting statement 
of William P. Farnsworth, who 
abruptly^ folded up the Khopf- 
Farnsworth dramatic repertory 
company at the Auditorium theatre 
Saturday night. Fdrnsworth, finan- 
cial backer of the enterprise, said 
"Cradle Snatchers" grossed. $7, 000.?5 
on the week,. buV the high water 
mark at the b. o. was reached dur 
ing the first week of "The Cap'tive' 
at $],0,24€; Contrasting the grosser 
for the arty productions, "Hes W'^ho 
Gets Slapped" drew only $3,089.50,. 
while "The Czarina," with Mary. Bp- 
larid and Kenneth MacKenna, took 
in $4,259.50.. 

The enterpi'ise was incorporated 
as the Auditoriurh Guild, which 
leased the theatre from the James 
L. Kernan Company (F. C. Schan 
berger, president). The lease has 
seventeen months to go. Edwin 
Knopf, Farnsworth's partner in the 
enterprise, is now In Europe, due 
back in New York, late this month 
to s.tage "The Big Pond", which he 
is producing with Farnsworth In 
conjunction with the Shuberts. • 



SHOW'S 2 BANDS 



Two bands will appear with the 
new Morris & Green show, "Just 
a Minute," expected to open In 
I August One will be a feminine 
white band in the pit, and the 
other will be a "hot" colored band 
on the stage. 

There will also be a colored aug- 
mentation to the' (^astr^cludfng' the 
EH.da Webb Girls, Maud Russell; 
Lehman Bjrck, Mordecai a,nd Wells. 



Cohan Calls Off Tour, 
O'Hara May Do lalones' 



ONLY WOMAN'S REVUE 

Irene Franklin Will Also Appear in 
Hemmer Produced Show in Fall 



A new revue with its book, skits 
xml lyrics wl-ittcn by a woman, 
Irene Franklin, will be produced in 
the fall by Carl Hemmer. Hemmer's 
hist . production was also a revue, 
"Allfcz Oop," of last season. 

Besides the author of the show. 
Miss Franklin will appear In it. Her 
husband, Jerry Jarnagin, has com- 
posed the show's . music and will 
conduct his own orchestra to play 
it.- ■ 

Miss Franklin is the first womain 
tO' contribute all of the scenes and 
words to a modern rcTue. 



Future Plays 



"WHY WIDOWS WORRY'' 
WORRIES THE ACTORS 



No Idea of Opening . Date — 
"Angel" Lacking and 
B. R. Short 



Geo. HollandV Condition 

,^ George Holland, the Hammcrstein 
P. AV, Is .back in his oflicc in a badly 
damaged Condition. _ 

He suffered 14 injuries in the taxi 
smash-up " some weeks ago, but 
manages to get about his business 
on ci'utches. 



ACTORS UNPLACED 

Louis Calhcrn will appear under 
Al Woods' management this sea- 
son, either as leading man for Flor- 
ence Beed in "The Legacy," or as 
the American hero of "The Man 
With Red Hair," when the English 
play leaves Chicago for Broadway. 

Crane . Wilbur will temporarily, 
-leave=the--t)tle=-role--of-=:iiThe=-Man 
With Red Plai'r" to play in the 
Shipman-Hymer coraedy, "Fast 
Life." He will resume his original 
role in October, His substitute has 
not yet been chosca, 



HELEN GILLIGAN IN 

Helen Gilligan is replacing Ethel 
NoItIs this week In the Frances 
Shelley role In "Ilnln or Shine." 



Fiske O'Hara is angling for the 
one-nlghter road rights of George 
M. Cohan's musical "The Merry 
IVIaloiies" for next seaijon. 

O'Hara opened negotiations last 
week when George M. Col\an aban- 
doned plans to road show, the mus-r 
ical next season, appearing per-: 
sonally. 

Cohan will send "Merry Malones" 
out next season but will not appear 
in it. If 6'Hara is unsuccessful In 
obtaining the short stand rights a 
compromise may be effectftd whereby 
Cohan will feature O'Hara in the 
forrner Cohan role of the musical. 



Joseph Garon and Fred J. Rath 
have f orined , a producing partner- 
ship. Their flrst will be a farce 
'Beautiful but Dumb" authored- 
by Rath. 

The Revolt" by Harry Waffstaff 
Gi'ibble, for October by Lew Leven- 
spn.. Recently tried at the Little 
theatre, Brooklyn, N. T., as "The 
Gambler." 

Theatre Guild has bought S. N; 
Behrman's latest play, "Meteor," for 
next season. "The new piece, lil^e 
Behrman's successful "Second Man," 
will .have Alfred Lunt as its central 
figure. 

"Thunder In tho Air," mystic 
drama by Robins M;ilar, will reach 
production in autumn under spon- 
sorship of David Belasco. The lat- 
ter is touching up the script, the 
theme of which deals with^ life be- 
yond the grave. The new play marks 
Belasco's . second ejtperimeiit with a 
mystic theme, the .previous being 
The Return of Peter Grimm" in 
which David Warfleld starred. It 
dealt with a Spirit character in- 
visible . to living souls moving 
through the play. 

Cecil Lean arid Cleo Mayfield have 
been signed as stars for a musical 
version of "The Great Necker" 
(Chamberlain Brown). . 

"Ringside," the first of a quartet 
of shows written around the prize 
ring; bows in at Detroit this week 
his home town. 

Cast Includes Robert Gleckler, 
Harriet McGibbon, Frank Veriguis 
Brian Doulevy, Willie. O'Cpnnell, 
Donald Haywood, Carlo De Angelo, 
George Williams, Ashley Cooper, 
Richard Taber, Suzanne Caubaye, 
John Meehan, Joseph Crehan, Jim 
Lane. Harry McCooke, Will Walk 
er, Craig Williams, Charles Wagen- 
helm, J. Asher Smith, Gertrude 
Chase, Ivonne Grey, Kay Hastings, 
Dolores Del Fina.and. Bobby Weeks. 
George Abbott staged, 
Richard Bennett will be star of 
"Jamegan," which will mark Paul 
Streger's initial effort as an individ- 
ual producer a"nd due for New York 
next month. "Jarnegan" is a dram- 
atization of the Jim TuUy novel of 
the same title. 

A revised edition of "10 Per. Cent' 
is being groomed for a revival by 
Jackson and Kraft. The piece pre- 
viously flourished for several weeks 
earlier in season at Cohan's, New 
York. The revised edition is des 
tined for Chicago. 



The way matters stand" with the 
people . rehearsing with "Why 
Widows Worry,'*, nobody with the 
coinpany ha,s any Idea when the 
show is to open. For weeks rie- 
hearsals have been held with the 
show's future become so entangled 
Equity members asked advice re- 
garding. money due during rehearsal 
periods, 

"Why Widows Worry," Inc., jvhich 
includes the aiithpr, Arthur Lamb, 
who controUbd a goodly share ot 
stock, is reported looking elsewhere 
for an "angel".' since Wally Glick 
severed connections. 

Click's withdrawal came, when .a 
number of conditions were desired 
changed by Glick, with Lanib re- 
ported refusing to have his play re- 
written by two playwrights Glick 
wianted to call in for the woi'\t. Then 
again there ;was. some difRcuUies 
over the cast with one principal 
asked to submit to certain stage . re- 
quirements which resulted in the 
woman resigning- 

It is understood that if the show 
goes on under Lamb's direction the 
first mginey In will coyer at least a 
week's salary that the company now 
has claims with Equity for. That 
must be cleared before the show 
can Open.. 



"Varieties" Off 

"Varieties," a combination of 
vaudeville and revue which, was 
planned for the Eltinge, New York, 
next Monday, . is off., Frank Marr 
tens, who appi'oached- the Woods 
oHlce with the propoaitioni was to 
have secured the signature of. a 
backer to the booking contract, 
which he-failed to do. and the Woods 
office stated It knows nothing of the 
show opening there. 

Martens claimed to' have signed 
Clark and McCuUough with the 
team disclaiming any intention of 
appearing, however; 



Des Moines Stock 

Des Moines, July 10. 

William C. Walsh, manager, of 
. the^v.GleniautJi:alsh_ .l*Jayecs, ^.-wilL 
open here about September in the 
old Garrick, tornierly Mutual bur- 
lesque house, renamed the Presi- 
dent following renovation and re- 
decoration this sunmier. 

The following players have al- 
ready been signed ih New York, ac- 
cording to Walsh, Myrta BoUair, 
Geoffrey Bryant, Fanchon Everhart, 
James A. Boshell, Florence Marshall 
and James Cuy Usher. 



LEGITS FOR FOX 
TALKERS BUT 
SECRETIVE 



Two Casts Reported- 
Helen Ware as Coast 
School Teacher 



5 Shows Out 



Five attractions are on Bro.ad- 
way's outgoing list, included . being 
two stand-out productions. 

"Burlesque," presented at the 
Plymouth by Arthur Hopkins, will 
close Saturday, its 46th week. Sea- 
son's first smash, topping the non- 
musicals for several months with a 
weekly pace of $27,000, at $4.40 top. 
Scale was later reduced to $3.85. 



"BURLESQUE" 
Opened Sept. 1. Atkinson 
(Tirnes). thought .it "seemed 
clumsily written and staged.*' 
Hammond (Herald Tribune) 
voiced the majority sentiment 
when predicting: "Manna to 
the hungering amusement 

Variety (Lait) said: "Should 
finish the season." . 



Joseph E, Shea's production of 
"Elmer Gantry" opens in New. York 
Aug. 6. Cast includes: Al For- 
tesque, Charles Henderson, Martin 
Burton, Mildred Van Dorn, Tom 
Fadderi, Helen Twelvettee, Donald 

Campb ell, G we ndolyn Hathaway, 

Messenger BelUs, and two female 
quartets for tabernacle scene. 

"Gentlemen of the Press," Ward 
Morehouse's comedy of newspaper 
life, Cromwell and Hugh O'C.onnell 
heading cast, due for Henry Miller 
in August. 

"Smudge,^ with Charlotte Walk- 
er, tested this week in stock at 
Beechwood theatre on the Vander- 
bllt estate. In Scarborough, N. Y. 
Hamilton MacFadden producer. 

"The Town's Woman" In re- 
hearsal this week. David Golden 
producing. 

"Animal Crackers" Sam H. Har- 
ris production with Marx Bros., 
goes into rehearsal middle of Aug- 
ust. 

"Night Hostess,". John Golden's 
production of Phil Dunning play, 
staged by Wlnchell Smith. Inri- 
dental music by Leo Robin and 
Richard Meyers, 



"Paris Bound," al-so a Hopkins 
production, will close at the Music 
Box, credited with 21 weeks. It was 
hailed as a- wonder by the critics 
and got $22,000 in the early weeks. 
While a substantial succesis, it 
failed to hold the pace. 



"PARIS BOUND" 
Opened Dec. 27. "Delicious 
and endearing comedy" said 
Gabriel (Sun), while WooHcott 
(World) threw rave: "Gay, 
wise, freshly, written, honest, 
good play and true." It was 
, a cxiticjs.^. pliiy ^d.o wn. .th.e_. 1^^^^ 

Variety (Ibee). said: "Agency 
show, should' last until warm 
weather." 



Los Angeles, July iO. 
Helen Ware is expected at the 
Fox studios, to open a school of 
instruction for Movietone, Its prin- 
cipal cour.se will be to teach pupils 
dramatic technique when required, 
and more particularly elocution or 
talking for the talkers; 

It's understood here ■ that Miss 
Ware's husband, Frederick Bert, 
will accompany her we.st. It is also 
reported Bert is not as yet signed- 
for any Movietone position. 

A story says that W. R. Sheehari 
aind his staff . now in . the east are 
campaigning to draw together two 
legitimate casts. 6ne is for the Pox 
Moyiotohe legit stock company,' as 
reported last week in Variety, and 
the other is a special cast for .the 
Pox full-length talker now in prepa- 
ration, "Behind That Curtain." 
Exclusive Contracts 
Little ncwa escaped this w'eek 
.CQncerning the Winnie Sheehan 
plans for legits In talkiers. At the 
Fox studios Donald Gallagher has 
been in charge of Movietone tests, 
with nearly all taking them from 
the legit ranks. 

It is said that Gallag;hcr is to re^ 
main at the Fox Tenth avenue stu^ 
dios, to continue with the tests, 
after the Sheehan group has moved 
on to the coast. 

Two storieS; around say that Fox 
is giving exclusive Movietone con- 
tracts to players and directors 
(stage), tJ'ing up their services dur- 
ing the term of the. agreement, 
while others are . receiving single- 
appearanCe contracts thait will per- 
mit them, to return east if going to 
the coast to take a. role in a Movie- 
tone talker. • - 

Others :con tracts issued by Fox 
appear to be from the account for 
the Fox talking shorts, and usiiaily 
call for but a single record. 

Autho'*s Engaged 
Edmund Burke and Tom Ba:rry 
have signed with Fox Movietone, 
authoring, through Sidney Phillips, 
their agent. Burke and Barry start 
immediately in New York at the 
Pox studios to learn the mechanical 
rudiments and take up some* of the 
duties of Ben Jackson and Charles 
Judela. The iatter two leave today 
(Wednesday) for the coast. 



"The Skull," at the .Forrest, by 
Lew . Cantor, closes in its 12th 
wecic. Mystery piece made a little 
profit at around $8,000 for a time 
but never got real money. 



"ROYAI HIGHNESS" COLD 

"His Royal Highness," at the Vil- 
lage Playhouse, Greenwich Village, 
folded last week, Instead of cinn- 
ing uptown as reported. 

Irwin Franklin, producer of the 
show, had announced its shift to 
Wallaclc's, but balked when required 
to post minimum guarantee with the 
hou.-se. 



"SAY WHEN" 

Opened June 26. Most of 
reviewers away. 

Variety (Abel) said "Pleas- 
antly innocuous with $3 price 
production's greatest appeal." 



"Say Wlien," p:-e.sented by Carl 
Reed and EU.sabeth Marbury, 
stopped' at the Morosco Saturday, 
playing but two weeks'. 

"Married and Ilovy" is due to 



Berlins' 2d Child 

The Irving Berlins are reported 
expectant of another child, their 
second, in the near future. 

For the summer the Berlins are 
at Sands Point, L. I., near tho e.stata 
of 'USTrs: : Befl ifi'sT" tXi her, " C laVetvcd 
Mackay, at Ro.«lyn. 



"TAMPICO" PEOPLE 

Frank McGlynn, Jr., Cieorgc Les- 
see, Alberto Carillo, Douglas Cos- 
grove and Reo Suga/ are engaged, 
for. the Jones and Green production 
"Tamplco;" Ilka Chase and Helen 
Vaughn are to play the feminine 
leads.; 

It goes into rehi ar.sal July 3, 



"MARRIED— AND HOW" 
Opened June 14, Coleman 
(Mirror) declared: "Obvioua, 
overwritten, jerky and uncon- 
vincing." Rest agreed. 



close at the Little, Us fifth week. 
Independently offercil, T'jp money 
ai-ound $4,500. 



Mrs. Ethel Cromwell, who got on 

the front page of every New York 
paper when she jailed her husband 
as a protection from further child 
bearing and who nearly got a 
vaudeville contract, appealed to the 
Bridgeport, Conn., charities depart- 
ment last week for food. She de- 
clared her husband had lost his Job 
otr= aproimt"af-rtht''-pub H ei t-y-a ii d=-h e£. 
family was starving. 



Murphy's Comedians Successor 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
The defunct organization of 
Murphy's Comedians, operating on 
Whlttier boulevard, has been taken 
over by Ralph liowe. owner of tho 
theatre for stock. 



Wednesday, July 11; 1928 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



45 



B'WAY'S LOWEST 




SHERWOOD WALKS OUT, 
SUING SHOW BACKER 



Los Angeles, July 10. 
With George Sherwood, producer- 
actor, walking out of the Hollywood 
JIusic Box and transferring his ac^ 
tlvities to the Hollywood Play 
House, a court tangle involving 
fiherwood has resulted. Sherwood 
etarted the legal battle, filing suit 
In superior court against Velma C. 
Dodge, set forth as co-producer of 
"Women Go on Forever claiming 
that Miss Dodge had an agreement 
•with him whereby all net profits of 
the production were to be equally 
divided. Also, that Sherwood should 
have authority on all matters, sub- 
ject only to her approval. In addi- 
tion Sherwood was to receive a 

nalary. , / . / ^ 

Sherwood winds up his complaint 
asking that Miss Dodge pay hiin 
about $7,000 which he claims he 
spent on the production. 

In answer to Sherwood's charges 
Misia Dodge filed a cross-complaint 
Btatlng that she contributed $13,000 
for the production : ind hasn't re- 
ceived anything in return. She 
denies Sherwood spent any money 

on the ishow. . 

Miss Dodge contends that she 
asked Sherwood for ian accounting 
and that he refused. She claims 
that he produced the show under 
his own management, collected all 
the receipts himself and made what 
dlsbursfements there were. 



Small Securities 



LEGIT PEOPLE TO SOUND 

- — — ■ .1 

George Abbott and SyKvia Fields 
With Fox— Cormack Joins U. A. 



Sylvia Fields, after, a successful 
movietone test, has been signed fey 
Fpi Her contract is for one year 
with further options extending oVei- 
another four years. » 

George Abbott has also signed 
with Fox to direct dialog t)ictures 
but with the provision that ho 
doesn't start to work until a. year 
from now. Abbott's previously made 
show contracts will keep him busy 
that long. Fox is also negotiating 
with George Kaufman to write for 
the talkers. 

Another going . sound is Bartlett 
Gormack, who signed ^with U. A. to 
write, originals for talKfers as well 
as silent pictures. He goes to the 
Coast, in January. 

Cormack made the adaptation of 
his play "The Racket'' for Caddo. 




PENDLETON^S RESCUES 

Belated Info for Jed Harris "Co- 
/ quette" P. A:. 



4th Worst bay Ever^Eyen 
New "Scandals" Failed to 
Fill Up — Big Musicals 
Dropped in Money Up to 
$10,000 Below Regular 
Grosses. 



HEAT HITS HARP 



MISS MARBURY'S SHOW 
STOPS; DIDNT PAY OFF 



The smallest amount of security 
yet posted with Equity as salary 
protection applies to "Wanted." 
I'hls show opened at Wallack's last 

Week. ^ ^ 

It aflppears that most of the cast 
waived the usual salary bond, but 
three players refused. Equity has 
$190 on deposit on their behalf. 
■Whether that covers two weeks' 
isalary for the trio was not ex- 
jplalned. 

' Another small security covers the 
east of "The Lawyer's Dilemma," 
which opened at the Belmont on 

' Monday. Equity has a bond for 
1700 to cover the cast for one a;nd a 
fialf weeks. 

Schildkraut in Berlin 

Los Angeles, July 10. 
Rudolph Schildkraut is going to 
Berlin about Aug, 1. where he will 
play "Shylock" on the stage of the 
Plscator. He will also do a Ger- 
man picture. After this he goes to 
London ^or another stage engage- 
ment. 

Schildkraut has an offer to play 
"Shylock" in Movietone on his re- 
turn to this country next spring 



KATHRYN CRAWFORD'S 2ND 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Kathryn Crawford, formerly In 
the' coaiBt: company of "Hit the 
Deck," will play opposite James 
Murray In "The Shakedown'"' for 
"Universal, • 

Miss Crawford is under contract 
to U and has played in but one 
picture, opposite Glenn Tryon In 
"The. Kid's Gleycr," whieh has Just 
been completedi 



Recovery Promised for 
Misses Shelley-Milton 

Glens Fails, N. T., July l6. 
Frances Shelley and Beth Milton 
of "Rain or Shine," badly Injured 
near here while motoring tlireo 
weeks ago, are showing steady im- 
provement at the Glens Falls Hos- 
pital. Miss Miiton . was permitted 
out of bed Sunday for the first time 
but both may renaiin here for an- 
other month. 

The girls are . receiving salary 
regularly from the show's producers,; 
Al Jones and Morris . Oreen. In ad- 
dition to the salary, Miss Milton 
was sent a purge of nearly $800 by 
the "Rain or Shinei" cast and chorus 
of which Miss Milton was a mem- 
ber. Her lapse of memory due to 
skull fracture covers the past four 
years in her life. 

Contrary to reports. Miss Shelley, 
leading lady in the show, recovered 
consciousness for the first time 
Sunday. After Dr. Blakeslee, sum- 
moned from New York, conferred 
With Dr. A. Baker of the local hos- 
pital staff, it was stated the physi- 
cians predicted that both girls 
would recover completely. , • 



Society Stagin g Guild 

A new corporation for the stag- 
ing in New York of society produc- 
tions has been organized, called the 
Directors Service Guild. Eugene F. 
Ford, Allan H. Fagan, Earl G. 
Thomas and others • make up the 
personnel. 

The Guild enters Into contracts 
with local organizations such as a 
Hospital Apxiliary, Junior League, 
Day Nursery, Children's Home, etc. 
It agrees to furnish all. talent for 
amateur theatricals and to sell the 
tickets and program space. A stage 
manager and director are sent on to 
coach the cast for three weeks and 
furnish costumes, scenery, lighting, 
and sketches. 



PAULINE LORD, MAYBE 

With "The Return of the Soldier" 
an established hit in London, George 
Tyler, who holds the American 
rights, may produce it as hisi first 
play of the season. 

It is a dramatization of Rebecca 
"West's novel by John van Druten, 
author of "Young Woodley." 

Pauline Lord is likely to have the 
loading feminine role, with' the 
man's part not yet cast. 

. = J*T0RGHO^ AS:PRQSPECT_ 



"Can't Win" f or B'way 

Los Angeles, July 10. 

Jack Black, reformed crook au- 
thor of "You Can't Win," which was 
produced here at the Egan aa "Salt 
Chunk Mary," is on his way to New 
tYork, where ho says he will pro- 
duce it next fall. . ., . 

Bessie Bcatty, now in the East, 
collaborated with Black, on the 
stage version of the book. . 



Los Angeles, July 10 
Ernest Culbertson's. play of 
"Torch" will be produced in New 
York In September or October by 
J. A. Weiser, who has resigned from 
Shuberts. 

Culbertson, now a Paramount 
•writer, collaborated with Kenyon 
Nicholson on "Tell Me Your Trou- 
bles," which also Is set for New 
York production. 



Forced to Return 

Alberta Hunter, recently a princi- 
pal with '*Show Boat" in London, 
returns this week on the He dc 
France because the . Minister of 
Labor refused to grant her an ex- 
tension' of time. She asked to Re- 
main in London to play Music Hall 
dates.. 



CHOOS' COLLEGE MUSICAL 

""^'a.Tlngs^=^"Pcnnsylvanlan3=wilL=b^_ 
back from abroad in time to start 
rehcarsais with "Hello Yourself 
August 20. v.^ 
> This Is the new George Choos 
college musical, due to open at the 
Forrest, Philadelphia, Sept. 24, and 
como Into a . Shubert Broadway 
house. Book Is by Walter DeLcon 
with music credited to I^o Robin 
and Richard Meyers. 



The \yorst business on record was 
repoi-ted for Broadway last week. 
Torrid temperatures in combination 
with the Fourth of July tells the 
story of thousands of empty seats 
in the theatres. ' 
• Dramas and comedies dropped as 
much as $5,000 and more in weekly 
grosses. That applied to .some 
leaders. The musicals were hurt 
even more in proportion. Severial 
slipped downward as much as .$10,- 
000. Included in that group was 
"Show Boat," which has been draw- 
ing record .figures, but is expected: 
to come back. 

The result was the posting of no- 
tice to close several earlier hits. 

Current week opened with weather 
£»lmost as warm, and the list may 
be well shaken out before next Mon- 
day. Rain yesterday afternoon may 
better the condition. 

■Ticket agencies groaned the blues. 
It was claimed the brokers did not 
sell 10 per cent, of their allotments 
on the 10 buys during the. week, 
even though the weather was more 
temperate toward the close. On the 
Fourth one agency oh 42d street was 
reported not . selling a single" ticket. 
Another stated there was, but a 
single phone call up to closing time. 

"Scandals" took the leadership 
gross In its first, week at. the Apollo. 
Opening with a $16 50 top the new 
revue was credited with bettering 
$58,000. Its normal capacity at $6..60 
top Is figured close to $50,000. 

But the Apollo was not fully oc- 
cupied on the Fourth, though tho 
box office statement showed ca- 
pacity. The brokers stuck with 
hundreds sent them out on the walk, 
whei'e $6.60s wei-e sold for as low 
as $1 each. It appears that, many, 
of such tickets could have been 
disposed of at the box office but 
the management refused to accept 
more than the agreed on 10 per 
cent returns. The cut rates re- 
jected dumps of tickets for all the 
buys on the 4th, unable to get rid 
of their own tickets. There was 
price cutting on the street by run- 
ners from the agencies on other 
nights. 

Drops 

" "Show Boat" dropped to $40,000; 
"Three Musketeers," off for* the 
first time, got about $39,000; "Ro-. 
salie," which has been slipping, 
dipped to $28,000; same figure for 
"Rain or Shine," which was at least 
$7 000 under the previous page; 
"Good News" at $17,000 slipped aa 
much as "Show Boat." but like 4t 
sliouid recover; "Greenwich Village 
Follies" rated even lower; "Present 
Arms" about $15,000; "Connecticut 
Yankee" $14,000; "Grand Street Fol- 
lies" dropped at least $6,000 gottinfr 
$9 500; "Blackbirds" around $10,000. 

"Strange Interlude" was vir- 
tually unaffected and topped tlio 
non-musical list at approxlmaloly 
$16,000; "The TJachelcr Father, 
down $4,000 for a gross around $15,- 
000- "Diamond LIl" claimed $13.- 
000- '"The Royal Family" down to 
$10,000, wiiich was $5,000 under pre- 
vious low mark; . "Con uetto," $S.000; 
.f'Vn^pQne^' . diP■P.od $^^g00, „. getting 

$7 000. the same gross going to 
"Mary Dugan"; les.s for "The KiU'nt 
House"; "Porgy" a bit over Jii.OOO; 
shows like "Skiddincr," "Mamo. 
and How" and "Wanted" Tat(;fl 
about $2,000 each. The latter is a 
new comedy which camo in last 

week. , ., 

"Burlft.sque" ht tho IMymoulh and 
♦'Paris Bound," Music Box, will 



..A natural that Jod .Harris* p. a. 
doesn't know about is GaylOrd. 
Pendleton's triple'roscuo act on tho 
Hudson River Tb.Ursday aflcrnopn 
When he fished 1. 11. Rocknibvc, 
Leonard Isoar and Bort Marx out 
of the bmny when their canoo cap- 
sized. Pendleton, of "CpquettP." 
happened to be In the vicinity with 
his speed-boat. Only one of tho 
trio, Marx, could swim. 

The three canoeists. are coimoctcd 
with show business through rela- 
tionship, this accounting for the in- 
formation which Pendleton kopt 
quiet. 



Ames Abandons G. & S. 

Winthrop Ames has decided to 
abandon his series of Gilbert and 
Sullivan operettas. The company 
playing successfully at the Plymouth 
and the Royale has besen disbanded. 

Members of the troupe say that 
a great deal of money was dropped 
on tour.. 

Jane Wood's Divorce 

Will Get the Probe 

Chicago, July 10. 
Claiming she • was entirely un- 
aware of the divorce secured by 
her husband, Howard J.. Limebeck 
of Chicago, - Jane Wood, legit 
actress, has been granted a hearing 
by Judge Jeseph. Sabath in Sep- 
tember. , 

Miss Wood wa-s divorced in the 
fall of 1926, and says she. didn't 
know about . It until recently re- 
turning from a tour. The divorce 
was granted by publication. 



Zieggy Picks Donaldson 

Walter Donaldson Is to do the 
words and music for the new Zieg- 
feld musical starring Eddie Cantor, 
with Ethel Shutta and George Ol- 
sen' and his orchestra featured. 
Edgar McGregor Is fashioning the 

book. ' 

Irving Berlin has been the only 
solo song specialist whom Ziegfeld 
enlisted, as in the"Follies." Zleggy's 
assignment to Donaldson Is said to 
be a combination gesture of busi- 
ness and personal, regard for the 
.songwriter who Is now in the music 
•publishing business on his own. 



LA SALLE BLDG. SOLD 

Chicago, July 10, 
LaSalle theatre building, owned 
by the. Taft estate of Cincinnati, 
has been sold to Marshall Field 
& Co. 

It is reported the building will 
be torn down to make room for a 
new store and office building. 

1st Drama in 12 Years 

Waltham. Mass., July 10. 
' Al Luttririgef has taken- over the 
Waldorf for a summer season of 
dramatic stock, opening this, week 
with "Abie's Irish Ro.se." 

Luttringcr's invasion plves the 
town tho fivfit spoken drama it has 
had In , over 12 years., 

ASHE DUtECTING HERE 

Oscar Ashe is expected here from 
London in the early fall to direct 
GcorKC Tyler's production of "M.ac- 

beth." . ■ 

Margaret A nglin will .itar. Lyn 
Iliirding is annonncod as the Mac- 
beth; 

Kitty Copneil Back Aug. 1 
. Guthrie McCTintic and his wife, 
Katherlne Cornell, Kumm'ortnf,' at 
■Santa Barbara, (M.I., loave for Now 
York Au;?. 1. Th('.y coinc- ca.st to 
concfrntrato on Al Wood's new pkiy, 
Jealousy." 



With salaries unpaid for last 
week there was no ..performance of 
'Say When" at the Morosco . Mon- 
day. The show w.-us iirosentcd by 
Carl Reed and l^iisabeth Marbury. 
Rcod stated ; tliat .Miss Marbury 
would reach town Tuesday (yester- 
day) and that financial matters 
would be • stralghtoned out, with 
a chance of the show resuming. It 
had played two weeks. 

Players staited that they had been 
asked to report to the theatre, Mon- (\ 
day afternoon, when J. J. Shuhert 
was. slated , to talk things over w4th 
tho pos.sible Idea of slashing ex- 
penses and taking over the show. 
Nothing^ appears to have come of 
that. 

It was understood that "Say 
When" had .. been modestly hooked 
up. With but one big salary, that for 
Henry Busse and his band. The 
management claimed It could break 
even on $8,000 weekly gross, quite 
light for a musical comedy. The first 
week the takings approximated that 
mark. Last week the heat sent the 
nightly gate down to $300 and the 
grOss on the week was less than 

5,000. : ■ 

Miss Marbury South 

Miss Marbury had attended the 
National Democratic Convention at 
Houston, giving little attention to 
the show because of her political 
yen. She motored back leisurely, ^ 
which explains her absence while* 
the shoiw -was playing. 

A two. weeks' salary bond of some 
'$8,360 is posted with Equity. That 
protects the players for last weeik 
and tills, a second Week being 4ue 
in lieu of notice. The bond does not 
cbver' Busse and the band. The 
bandsman having made a separate 
agreement with the producers. That, 
was ^et forth when the bond woa 
posted. 



Carroirs Come-Back Show 



rlf/.sft euccessful runs this wet-k; 
"Tho Skull", stops at tho Forrest; 
"Marriea and How" .stops at the 
Little; "Say When" collapsed at 
tho Morosco, playing-: two weeks, 
Next week "The Intriwlor" slated 
for the Biltmorc is the solitary pre- 
iDiere. 



Earl Carroll's new "Va-nltles," 
due in August, will be his most 
ambitious production and the most 
costly to operate. Carroll 1b 
reputed to have said that he does 
not care whether the revue ia 
profitable or not and will be quite 
satisfied if the show re-establishes 
him favorably. That explains the 
exceptional salaries contracted and 
the search for show girl beauties, 
some to be paid as high as $200 
weekly. 

Carroll regards the next "Vani- 
ties" as a 'come-back, following 
more than a year of Inactivity due 
to his incarceration. The admis- 
sion scale will be topped at $11, 
but it Is believed that price will 
apply to. front rows and ^not the 
entire lower floor. 

In the cast are W. C. Fields, Ra.y 
Dooley, Vincent Lopez and. band,. 
Gordon Dooley, Martha Morton, 
Joe Frisco, Lillian Roth, Richard 
Bold, Dorothy Knapp, Brian Mac- 
Doliald and Joey X-Uay. Rehearsals 
are on at the CarroJI, New York.- 

Martens* Non-Equity Cast 

The casting agency partnership 
between Leslie Moro.sco and Frank . 
Martens terrninated la.st week. Mar- 
tons got a renewed yen for produc- 
ing and lined up a production. "Vai 
rilies." counting his- erstwhile part-, 
nor out on the propo.scd revue. 

M.artens, listed on the "bad boy** 
man.uKcr list . at Equity through 
owing .salai-ies on. previous produc- 
tions! is casting ■"Varieties", with ^ 
nrin-Ivniiiy pin yor.s mostly vaude- 
vJUi.-Ti.'i. • fi£Mirin>,' to escape Equity 
suporvi.siun. 

, . SELWYIJ BUYS FABCE"" 

Edgar Selwyn has bought "The 
Last Lover," farce' by Charles Bea- 
han, Garrr tt Fort and John Hunter 
Bootli. Ho will produce it follow- 
ing his ow'n play "Possession" no-w 
in rehearsal. . 

Roberta Beatt^i has replaced 
Frieda Incscourt ftf the latter piece, 
opening In Atlantic City this -week.. 



46 



VARIETY 



LEG I TIM A T E 



yVednesday, July 11, 1928 



Shows in N. Y. and Comment 



Figures estimated and comment point, to some attractions being 
■uccessful, while the same gross accfed.ited to others might .suggest 
mediocrity or lossi The variance, is explained in the difference in 
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast> 
with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Variance 
in business . necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic 
play i.§ also considered. . 

Classification of attractioni Wouse capacity and top prices of the 
admission scale given bejbw. Key to. classification: C (comedy); 
. D (drama) ; R (revue) ; M (musical comedy) ; F (farce) ; O (operetta). 



on 



Adviission tax. applies, only 

tickets priced mdre tliari $S. 

"A " Connecticut Yankee,'' Vander- 
Vbilt (37th week) (M-882; $5,60). 
Hot weather and Fourth o£ July 
lalling on Wednesday made last 
weelc the worst In a year; "Yan- 
kee" skidded to $14,000 or less. . 

"Blackbirds," Liberty (10th week) 
(R-l,202-$3); Colored musical 
went off, as did every show in 
town; expectant of going through 
snnirner . and perhaps longer; 
about $10,500. .. . : , 

"Burlesque," Plymouth (4Gth week) 
(CD-1.041; $3). Final week; 
dropped to $7,000 last week • and 
notice supplanted plans for sum- 
mer continuance. 

•Coquette," Maxine Elliott (36th 
week) (D-912; $3.85). Slipped off 
to about $8,000; likewise expected 
to last through war^m Weather; 
only attraction on Broadway 
other side of 42d street. ' 

"Diamond Lil," Roy ale (14 th week) 
(C-1,11T;. $3). Thursday midnight 
performance discontinued; other- 
wise slipped comparatively as 
much aa others; about .,$11,000; 
lowest gross to date. 

"Good News," Chanin's 46th St. 
(4Bth week) (|W:-1,413; $6.50). 
Dropped off to $17,000, about $10,- 
000 under previous pace but af- 
fected no worse than some others; 
figures to come back. 

"Grand Sj:rcet Ti-oTiles,*- Cootli (7th 
week) (R-704; $3). For six 
•weeks trade virtual capacity; last 
week attendance fell iaway down, 

tjipproximately $9,600. 

Greenwich Village. Follies," Win- 

> ter Garden (15th week) (R-1,493; 
$.6.60). With every niuslcal show 
going away under normal last 
-.vweek, no exception here; pace 
^ estimated under $18,000. 

•Married and ,How," Little (5th 
week) (C-530; $3). Final week; 
smaller shows got socked as much 
In comparison as others; less than 

•$2,5oa. 

"Paris Bound," Music Box (29th 
week) (C-945; $3). Final week; 
dropped down around. $8,000 and 
last week considerably less; dur- 
ing early weeks one of best g^t 
ters on list, 

"Porgy," Republic (2d engagement) 
(7th week) (D-901 ; $2.60). About 

. s, $5,500 last week, lowest mark 
since opening; hardly profitable 
but still indefinite. 

"Present Arms," Mansfield (12th 
week) (M-l,050r $S)i Decrease in 
gross same in proportion to other 




ERROL 

With 

C. B. DILLINGHAM 



mu.sicals; aippiroximately $15,000, 
about $4,000 under previous week. 

"Rain op Shine," George M. Cohan 
(23d week), ( M-1,371 ; $5.50) . Last 
week's slump affected takings 
about $7,000; approximated $28,- 
000; ought to corne back; another 
musical leader slipped even more. 
"Rosalie," New Amsterdam (27th 
week) (M-1,702; $6.60). Dropped 
to $28,000; about $6,000 under pre- 
vious week; , off for some; time but 
show is said to be out of red and 
continuance planned, 

"Scandals," Apollo (2d week) (D- 
1,168; $6.60). Biggest gross on 
Broadway last , week; premiere 
performance $16.50 top and week's 
takings credited better than $58,- 
000; normally show ca,n get close 
to $50,000, counting standees. 
"Show Boat," Ziegfeld (29th week) 
(M-1,750; $6.60). For first time 
record grosses materially dented; 
around $40,000 or about $10,000 
under normal. 
"Strange Interlude," Golden (24th 
week) (D-900; $4.40). Change in 
lead made no difCerenc© in virtual 
capacity trade; standees claimed 
even on Saturday night; $16,000; 
topped non-musicals last week. 
"Skidding,". Bijou ^Sth week) (C- 
605-$3). Hoping to stick it out; 
claimed better than even break 
through niodest hook-up until last 
wfeek, when estimated pace not 
better than $2,500. 
"Say When," Morosco (M-893-$3), 
Off suddenly; no salaries Satur- 
day; business on par with other 
low-gross . shows; takings few 
hundred nightly; possibly got 
$5,000 on week; played two weeks; 
may reopen. 
"The Bachelor Father," Belasco 
(20th week) <C-l,000-$3.85). Eased 
off at least $3,000, placing last 
week's gross around $16,000, low 
est since opening. 
"The Ladder," Cort <91st week) (D- 
1^094). Announced to resume 
Wednesday, when admission at $3 
top will be charged, if there are 
any customers; giving tickets 
.away since last Thanksgiving. 
•^The Lawyer's Dilemma," Belmont 
(1st week) (C-500-$3). Inde- 
pendently presented; tried earlier 
in season under another title 
("Babiies a la Carte"), but spon 
sor thought it had not been given 

"The Royal Family," Selwyn (2?th 
week) (C-l,067-$3.85). Dropped 
down $5,000 to about $10,000, bet- 
ter than most others; scheduled 
into September, 
"The Silent House," Shubert (23rd 
week) (D-l,396-$3). Summer hoW- 
oyer aimed tor, but In face of hot 
wave engagement may be cur 
tailed; last week, $6,000 or less. 
"The Skull," Forrest (12th week) 
D-l,051-$3). Final week; last 
week's business tumble ate into 
profits and notice went up;, pos 
sibly $4,000. 
"The Three Musketeers,?' Lyric (18th 
week) (O-l,395.-$6.60). Some per 
formances saw plenty of empties 
but ticket agencies were stuck In 
stead of box-office; gross dropped 
to about $39,000. 
"The Trial of Mary Dugan," Harris 
(43rd week) (b-l,051-$3). Went 
off about $3,500, with gross ap 
proximating $7,000; claimed to 



have made a little profit. 
Volpdne," Guild (10th weeH) (C- 
941-$3.S6), Drops of $5,000 for 
non-musicals not uncommon last 
week; about that decrease here, 
with gross around $7,000. ' , 
"Wanted," -Wallack'e (2d week) 
(D-770-$3). Got none the best of 
it opening week of Fourth; that 
and high tempef'atures account for 
about $2,000, , 

Special — Little Theatres 

"Patience," amateur troupe at 
Masque; reported ready to quit 
last Saturday, but continuing this 
week. 

Marriage on Approval," Totten. 



PRODUCING FIRMS 
NOTICE! 

WILL BUY FOR CASH! 
Used Material, Scenery Sets, Curtains, 
Hanging Pieces, Costames and Electrical 

Equipment 
MUST BE IN GOOD CONDITION 
BOX 30, VARIETY, NEW YORK 



CATIETT'S AGED SOURCE 



Walter Catlett, seen on tbo 
street carrying & copy of 
"Life," dated April, 1924, ex- 
plained that he waa Just about 
to report for rehearsals with 
his new show. 



LAWYERS' DILEMMA 

S. L. Simpson presents a three-act farce 
by Seaman Lewis, directed by E. J. 
Blunkall, stnsed by the author; at the 
Belmont theatre. July 0; $3.80 top. 



Nettie ■ Ney. 
John Ijawson. 
M. T. Dial... 
Betty Kidder. 
Jim Kidder... 

P. Berry.., 
Tony... 



.Isabel Dawn 

Hal Munrils 

Robert G. I'ltUln 

Mdry Mead 

...Robert Tomp 

............ T^ec. BegBa 

..... .Davld„;MannlnB 



The curtain is lowered between 
the two scenes of the second act 
'to indicate the lapse o£ timei" The 
lapse of time is the sublime and 
eternal drama of this life. It Is the 
only conclusive, incontrovertible, in- 
evitable and vital theme. It gets 
one agate line In the program. 

Yet, in a theatre built of man's 
masonry, a play written by a 
human being, produced by another, 
presented by still a third, has the 
audacious impertinence to clown 
about the next biggest of life's farci 
cal tragedies — childbirth — for two 
^nd a half agonizing hours. 

At the Belmont there opened on 
Monday night a pathological beast- 
iality entitled "The Lawyer's Di- 
lemma." It should not rate a serious 
review. But this is a trade paper, 
and the theatre is a trade. If this 
misfortune cannot have oblivious 
obscurity, so that It may die Its 
miserable death unseen and unmen 
tloned, It should command indigna- 
tion! 

For It is as brutal, as unWar 
ratited and as illegitimate an insult 
to a stage upon which earnest men 
and women have played honest 
works as ever was perpetrated upon 
the. patience of the world's most im- 
patient and yet tolerant region; as 
ever slapped a metropolis in Its 
flopbeaten countenance. 

And, it isn't as though Messrs, 
Simpson and Lewis, lawyers by pro 
fesslon, it is bruited, had been 
caught unprepared, with a poor 
casie; this is an appeal after a con 
viction for murder. This mis 
shapen opus was offered last Au 
gust at Wallack's under title of 
"Babies a la Carte," lived three 
weeks and never grossed $5,000 in 
any of the three. With a far better 
cast and a far better book and far 
more intelligent direction, It was a 
washout. The critics saw red. But 
by a writ of certiorari or a quo 
warranto cast Into the teeth of sane 
humanity, it buys a rehearing. 

There, are seven persons in the 
cast. E. J. Blunkall, to fame un 
known, "directed" them. 

The story ia not worth retailing, 
It is practically the same as that 
of "Babies a la Carte," a sacrile 
gious and unhuman treatment of the 
topics of love, marriage, mother 
Hood— ^wlth "everybody deii 
Ing, everybody crooked, the whole 
affair vile and not even funny. 

"The Lawyers' Dilemma" ought to 
be closed before this edition goes 
to press. 14 can't last much after 
It hits the newsstands. Lait. 



^ Allen Players Close 

Vancouver, July 10 

The Allen Players close this week 
with "Linger Longer, I^etty," the 
house ihen going dark until Sept. 3 
when the company reopens. Verna 
Felton and her husband, Lee 
Millar, will conduct dramatic classes 
throughout the summer. 




L A. Grosses 



Los Angeles, July 10. 
Bolasco's second week with "The 
Spider" was $15,000, good for drama 
ih these parts. "Dracula," the 
gooscflesh competitor at the Bllt- 
moro, took $12,800, also second 
week. 

"Good News'' at the' Mayan^ sev- 
enth week, held to $22,200, good. 
Trial , of Mary Dugan," seventh 
week, Mason, was reported just 
over '$i5,600. "The Show Off", at 
the El CapUan oh Terry Duffy's 
111,25 top stock system,' oflf at 
around $5,500. 

"Spread Eagle" at the Vine Street 
was quoted . $6,500 for its second 
week but will not stick beyond the 
third jveek. "The Desert Song" at 
the Majestic copped $15,000„ for Its 
fourth week. 

Lois Wilson and Edward Everett 
Hortoh open July 15 at the Vine 
Street in "Mary's Other Husband." 



ENGAGEMENTS 

George Randall, for Ethel Waters' 
'Africana," 

Con-starice McKay replaces Grace 
Menken as the lead in "The Town's 
Woman." Miss Menken was bound 
by talking picture engagementa. 

Marguerite Churchill, Ross Alex- 
ander, Averill Harris, Gail Deliart, 
Earl Mayne, Charles Laite, J.. Fran-, 
cis O'Reilly, Jacob Frank,. Eleanor 
Vaughan, Eloise Keeldr, Alan Goode, 
Charlotte Dennison and . Maurice 
Freeman for John Golden's "Night 
Hostoss*" 

Dan Healy for "Good Boy," 
For "Smudge," produced by Hahi- 
llton MacFadden, in association with 
A, H. Woods, Charlotte Walker, 
Douglas Wood, Sherling Oliver; 
Flora Shefneld, Murray Kinnell, 
Hugh Rennie, Allen Moore and May- 
nard Burgess. 

Bobby Watson and Franklyn Ar- 
dell for Sammy Lee mu.sical. 

Martin Burton, Helen Twelvetreeis, 
Donald Campbelh and Charles Hen- 
derson for "Elnier Gantry." 

Francis Plerlot, Billy Quinn, Har- 
old Walbridge, Lawrence Leslie, 
Charles Wllspn, Charlotte Irwin,' 
Russell Crouse a.nd Duncan Pen- 
warden for "Gentlemen of the 
Press." 



Up State Stock Ends 

The Marguerite Field Players 
closed their* season at the Stone 
Opera House, Blhghaniton, N. T. 
last week. The house remains dark 
for summer. 



Chicago Box Office 

Wiits Under Heat 



Chicago, July 10. 

All Chi legit attractions suffered 
from heat Jind rainy spells. Busi- 
ness fell* even below that of pre- 
vious week, which was bad enough. 

"Rang Tang:,'' colored musical, 
fluke at the Woods, passes out 
Saturday to play two weeks in a 
neighborhood colored hou^e in. Chi's 
black belt. . "A Man with Red Hair," 
at the AdelphI, reached the break- 
ing point this week with a gross of 
only $6,000. House, going dark. 
The only weak sister in the loop to 
linger on will be "Companionate 
Marriage," still at the Cort with a 
$6,000 gross. 

Mild .successes remaining Include 
^'The 19th Hole" at the Erlanger, 
and ''Excess. Baggage," at the Gar- 
rick. This latter piece, in It.s 20th 
week, capnot kick, T^ie Adelphl is 
slated to reopen on September 2 
with "The Trial of Mary Dugan." 
Dark until then; * 

"Good News" and "Elmer the 
Great" are the two hits of the town. 
The latter bringing in a good hot- 
weather 'gross at the Blackstone.aind 
the former sticking close to a $26,000 
weekly take at the Selwyn. "Sunny 
Days" Is third at the Cohan's Grand, 
grossing $17,000. 

Estimates for Last Wee]< 

"Elmer the Great" (Blackstone, 
4th week). Well into .a promising 
run, affected by hot weather but 
standing up. Continues In press fa- 
vor. Around $13,300.' 

"Good News" (Selwyn,"3l3t week). 
Felt tbe weather, sold out to ca- 
pacity July 4th, but still in the load. 
Around $26,000. 

"Sunny Days" (Four Cohans, 9th • 
week). Still looks good for a satis- 
fying sumnieV run. Grossing around 
$17,000. 

"Excess Baggage" (Garrick, 20th 
week). Beginning to slip, . but 
should hold for awhile. Got $10,000. 

"The 19th Hole" (Erlanger, 10th 
week). Slipped from $12,000 to $9,- 
000. 

"A Man with Red Hair" (Adelphi, 
5th week). Passed out, leaving 
house dark, • final gross of $6,000. 
"Trl.al of Mary . Dugan" Sept. 2. 

"Bang Tang" (Woods, 4th week). 
Cut rates no remedy. Moves out 
July 14 to play colored neighbor- 
hood house. Last week $5,500- 

.''Companionate Marriage" (Cort, 
9th week). Not falling, which is 
saying much. Biz still at $6,0()0. 

Keefe Press Agenting 

WiUard Keefe is now p.. a. for the 
Reed-Marbury oflFlce. 



NEW Y 0 R K T H E A T RES 




i|<f Uavid Belasco presents 

■Bachelor 

D FATHER 

By Edward Chlldi CarpanUr 
wlUi JUNB WAI.KBB, C. AintKET 
SMITH. OBOFFREY KERK 
1»T?T ACnn Thea'., W. 44tta St. Hiv«. 8:S0. 
ISiLLADtfU Mats. Thurs. & SaC, 2 :30. 


Jed Harris Production . 
THE 

ROYAL rilLY 

GI7I \X/VKI St. Evs. 8 : 30 
SELWYN Mta. Wed. & St., 2:30 




lEW TIELDS' THEA. /E^-^»^;» 

" MANSFTELD— W. 47 St. IThura. & Sat. 
LEW FIELDS Presents 
THB NEW MUSICAI. COAEEDT BIT 

Present Arms' ^ 

By FIELDS, RODOERS & HART 
"Th* tuncfuleat, the dandest, tl>« futeet and 
most colorful sbow of many a day." 

— E. W. Osborne Eve. World 


JOE COOK 

"RAIN OR SHINE" 

Gec OnU AIJTh-, B'y & 43 St. Eves. 8.:S« 
'M. '^WriHni Matlneos Wed. and Sat. 


VANBERBTLT The*., W. 48th St. Evs. 
vnnnXjjVJJXXiA 8:30. Mts. Wed. & Sat. 

The Musical Comedy. Xhat .| MARK 
Will r.lve Forever! j TWAIN'S 

''A Connecticut Yankee" 

Adapted by 
FIELDS, ROI>0£BS and HART 


Doors Open Dally 10:30 A. Mk 
AU Seats Sffo. to 1 I>. M. 
The First 100% 7 reel "All Talkie" 

'IIGHTS OF NEW YORK" 

MARK ISlabor.ite Vltaphone 

■ ■ ■ Profirfam , 

V TRAND MOVIETONE NEWS 

Us ATtZ a. .. : snowiNG . 
W& 47th Street NIOHTIiY AT .11:30 


... ■■. .. . ■ 
Theatre Oaild Proddetlohs 

PORGY 1 

DCDITDI ir ^nii^- West 42d st. 


■World's ^^rwyth Ave. & 
Largest ' If i 1 V V BOth St. Dir. . 
Most EfTlcientH^.B ■ A | S. L. Kothafel 
Coollnir riantluv/m E (Roxy) 

HFTA'kSHOW 

with JOE E. BROWN 
STAGE .FICSTIVAL with Roxy Orchofrtra 
BALLET COUrS, OUORUS. 32 Roxyettea 

And an Aaiiemblago of Vocal and Dance 
■ Artists 


NORMA SHEARER 

in "THE ACTRESS" 

RALPH FORBES — OWEN MOORH and 
O. P. HBQGIE 
A Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer Plftture 
"NEW YORK TO PARIS"— Aerial Rorue Keaiwrlat 

Walt Itoonner — Tlie Oapttollnns 
Capitol flrand Orrb,. David Mondoza Conduetlnc 

CAPITOI BROADWAT AT 
aiffantle Coollnr 'Plant Now In OporaUoa 


Evenings 5:30 

Strange Interlude 

JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE 

58th, East oi JBrmdway 


VOLPONE 

Tff r% THSATBJB, Weat SedL 
\X\JkI,AJ Eves. 8:S0. Mats. 

Thnm. and Sa*.* tt»9 


FSEE f LI O'Ni 

Iamo'I and th« 1 ^*Vi5 

aNOUSE/ 

fiMUHIQ BROS- VITAf^HONE McriHt^ 




Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



MlJS'iC 



VARIETY 



47 ^ 



Music Men Disgruntled on Sound 
Film s $li)0,000 Bargaining for Terms 



There a feeling In the music 
l,uBiness among writers and pub- 
lishers that the film talker has fle- 
■f eloped to such a degree that their 
toyalty arrangements for the music 
tights ^)ave not been ■wholly advan- 
tageous. Through E. C. Mills, as 
truateci the majority of the major 
music publishers granted Electrical 
ilesearch Products, Inc^i the equip- 
inent manufacturers of Movietone 
And Vltaphone machines, a blanket 
privilege for the use of their copy- 
righted music. 

The $100,000 annual return from 
<hls source, to be apportioned among 
the entire; industry, is deemed Inr 
Adequate. A sliding scale from two 
And a half cents per seat per the- 
Atre tax up to live cent"?, ranging 
over a period of five years, cannot 
-hope to exceed that guarantee by 
much. The r lowness of eqiulpment 
production accounts for this limi- 
tation in Income, as it will have to 
be for some tim<e. . , 

The music men are of tiie opinion, 
however, that wfth ..their music: so 
" essential to sound 'pictures they 
could have obtained much better- 
terms had they, or their spokesman, 
visualized the great pofisibilities of 
the talker's development. At the 
time, with only Fox and Warner 
Bros, in the field turning out a few 
features and some shorts and new^s 
reels, the now realized potentialities 
never occurred to the music Inter 
ests. '. The $100,000 annually is ap 
portioned oh a unit and point sys 
tem of division.: It leaves the Elec 
trlcal Researc:. Products, Inc.,, in a 
\rery economical position. 

Photophone's Tame Offer 
Now, with RCA. Photophonc In 
the field, a similar royalty arrange- 
ment has been offered by the Gen- 
eral Electric's talker and not so 
' avidly taken up by some publish- 
ers. '. Taking their cue from the 
Movletone-Vitaphone contract, an 
■ arrangement with photophone for 
a flat sum per number is being In- 
dividually bargained for by eacai 
copyright owner where he has not 
Already agreed to a similar blanket 
Arrangement. . . ■ 

Another sore spot is the musical 
royalty arrangements being re- 
atrlcted to U. S. and Canadian 
rights. Producers must make indi- 
yidual musical licensing arrange- 
ments with the foreign owners of 
American copyrights, according to 
each country, and It may place the 
foreign agents in position to exact 
better terms than the original Amer- 
ican creators and publishers of the 
music from which the latter can 
derive no immediate additional pro 

TJie general attitude la that like 
the Hollywood source of picture pro- 
duction deriving the cream of the 
profit from their own product, the 
music men should be in a. position 
to reap the uiiiversal benefit for 
themselves and their American in 
leregts. 

Specht Bands Abroad 

- -^ Barney Zceman. on behalf of Paul 
Specht, has booked a number of 
Specht units abroad, The Univer- 
sity of Michigan orchestra plays at 
the Mile; Collorio cafe, Amsterdam, 
this month; and the Purple Knights 
(Williams College) undergraduate 
.band opens at . the Thalja, Berlin, 
In 'August, ' , 

. . Specht bands also go into the Aix 
1^ Baine and the Chateau. Madrid, 
Paris. 

Specht's original orchestra is cur 
rent at the Swiss Gardens, Cincin- 
nati, for the entire month of July. 



Foreign Pub. Group Look 
For Side Money Here 

Associated Music .Publisher.^, inc., 
140 West 42d. street,; at which ad- 
dress is operated a music shop, is 
attempting a sort of American So- 
ciety, of Composers, Authors and 
Publisherfe' royalty collection ser- 
vice On behalf of 11 foreign mu.sic 
firms whom they: represent, includ- 
ing Breitkopf Publications, former- 
ly known as Breitkopf & Hrirtel of 
Leipzig; Universal Edition, Vienna; 
Vienna Philharmonic Miniature 
Scores Edition; D. Rahtcr, Leipzig; 
N, Simrock, Berlin; Otto Maaas, 
Vienna; Albert J. Gutmanh, Vienna; 
Wienei- Operetten Verlag, Vienna; 
B. Bessei et Cie, Paris; Choudene, 
Paris; Anton ^J. Benjamin, Leipzig; 

Through a system o£ agents, the 
Associated Music Publishers intends 
to gather evidisnce for suits against 
picture houses, other theatres, mu- 
sic halls and all others allegedly per- 
forming these copyrighted, publica- 
tions for profit without paying a 
license fee similai' to the American 
Society's system. 

. All the foreign music publi.shing 
firms are owners of a catalog of copy- 
. rights oh standard and semi-classic, 
compositiphs. These firms formerly 
had individual American agents, but 
all .are now combined as the Asso- 
ciated ; Music Publishers, with the 
intention . to enforce their rights on 
the . ord.er of the A, S. .. C A. P. 
None of the firms is affiliated with 
any publisher- member of the Amer- 
ican Society; seemingly electing to 
function independently. 



Sonora's Film Strip 



The Sonera's forthootuing 
new phonograph record will 
be on the film strip prini:ipk'. 
This accounts for the delay in 
recording activity although 
Walter G, Haenschon and 
Frank Black have been up at 
Sonpra for almost a year. 

The new recording principle of 
"canning" a tune on a strip of 
filrh and reproducing it in that 
wise is now occupying Sonora'a 
attention. 



Inside Stuff— Music 



Th*' i hiiiifjo in corporate name of Jnok Mills. Tno.. lo Mills Mumc, . 
Inc., is a gcsture by one brother to another in .oviler not m .dominate the 
businejj.s. Irving Mills having become so' active with Jack MillH, in 
addition to Jimmie McHugh, composer and profes.siunal manngor who 
is also a partner in the business, the new name wa.^ dcciOed on as s 
compromise to retain the Mills identity becau.se of its trade value. 

Mills is having dlfticulty ^with almost every colored show -whiiih la 
using the "Blackbirds" music frb'm . the Leslie revue. The Mills firm 
Is the publisher of the Leslie .show's seore, written .by MeHiigh and 
Dorothy Fields, 



Organist's 12^ReelSc.uawk 
Union Overlooks Sock 

Chicago, July 10. 
Gilbert Button, organist at the 
Des Plaines theatre, appeared be- 
fore the Musicians' Union board of 
directors, with a complaint that he 
had been socked, and given air by 
the house manager after saying he 
couldn't play through a program of 
12 reels without an intermission. 

Polkas . Bros^, owners of the 
house, were informed they couldn't 
can Button untir his contract, ex- 
pires on Labor Bay. The sock, was 
overlooked. 



Sousa-s 50th Season 



John Phillip Sou^a and his band 
will start his BOth season a.s a con- 
ductor at Schenectady, N, Y., July 
19, the tour at this time extending 
for. 20 weeks. 

Although the veteran baindrhaster 
will be 74 years, bid in November, 
ho has a difiacult schedule which 
calls for him appearing in 22 cities 
within 14 days. 

It Is the 36th year for Soiisa to 
head his own band. 



Mai HaDett Captures 
Newport in One Night 

Newport, R. f, July 10. 
Mai Hallett and his orcheslra 
played a one nighter at the New- 
port Beach Casino, July 4, to big 
business. As a result Hallett is 
booked for Sunday theatre per- 
formances at the Colonial and the 
Opera House. Hallett's style of 
•syncopation, together with the 
specialties put on by his boys, fit.s 
perfectly in a vaudfilrti house. As 
far as the dance hall racket 'is con- 
cerned Hallett could repeat here , as 
often as he desired. He i^, how- 
'ever, booked solid arbUnd New 
England until Octobef. 
' Neatly outfitted with knickered 
surrinrier suits, blue- golf ^hose and 
black and white sport shoes, Hal- 
lett's organization makes a favor- 
able impressijpri .at first Sight on a 
bandstand or stage and . adds to it 
with dansapation marked for the 
quality of its rhythm and harmony. 

The outstanders among the many 
specialties offered by the -boys, 
mostly working in trios and quar- 
tets, are "Must Tou Wear a 
Mustache?" a bit worked behind a 
screen and kidding Hallett's Upper 
lip appendage; and special arrange- 
ments of "Tin Pan Parade" and 
the ever-popular dance hail favor- 
ite, "'iriger Rag," the latter a fast 
one step that is bean soup for the 
finale hopper. . 

Having steamed up the boys and 
girls with hot numbers with plenty 
of sock, Hallett and his band next 
cools 'em off with a sweetly soft 
waltz medley for big results. 

Hallett's combo consists of 12 
men , and a pop song vocallzer who 
delivers choruses in such energetic 
style as to command the attention 
of the dancers whenever he step.s 
out front. The specialties; too, hold 
them in front of the bandstand, 

Charles Shribman, Hallett's man- 
ager, has offers from Pennsylvania 
dance hall managers for a tour of 
that territory "as well as one for a 
Paris engagement. Shribman is 
authority for a statenlent. to effect 
that many of Hallett's musicians 
have worked with him steadily for 
close to five years. Living around 
Lawrence. Mass., and owning their 
own cars, thty are enabled to go 
home after practically every en- 
gagement. . All of which, he claims 
is some sort of a record for a 
traveling orchestra. 



"The catering by the recording companies to the hill-billy tjady has 
educated the mouniaineers who gO for these ru.stic dittids to distinguish 
the genuine talent from the phony. This; accounts for the CGnstant 
securing for local mountaineer talent to warble the numbers. 'X'he ' 
patrons of this type of record buy as hiany ais lS of the same seleotipn, 
taking them up their mountain cabins and playing them over and over 
on a grind stretch oh the phonograph machine until worn. oT,it, By *hat 
time, they're, ready for another trek down into' tlie. valley for supplies 
including some more, records. 



A siiake-up in a prominent phonograph company's recording labora- 
tory irnpends. Some executives are slated for the ozonei . 

One of the newer music publishing firms is discarding it. s present, 
catalog almost completely and intends to' restart with a new. flock of 
ditticfj. ' ■ 



'Thvougli misguidance on the matter of selections, one name record- 
ing artist is .not .seiling as well as was expected. There are alsp 
reports the "name" will lend his. name to recordings .not. of his own 
acttial creation, this move being with laboratory •: co-operatiton as a 
tnatter bt expedient eOlcicncy." 

Henry Spitzer, general manager for Harms, Inc., Is deyelopiiig the 
top-notch production mu,sic house into the pbp field more arid more. 
Sjpitz.er..since coming over from Witmarks. has been publishing a^nurn- 
tier of songs not ot the orthodox Harms- type of high-grade ballad. 

With Arthur iSehim concentrating on the profe.ssional end, Spitzer is 
working on a catalog, of dance arid instrumental numbers. 



Forest S. Chilton Bankrupt 



GOTT AT ASTOR 

Tom Gott conduct,"? the Meyer 
Bavis dance orchestra now at; the 
Hotel Astor, , Nbw. Toi^k. Trum- 
pet star has' been at tlie Silver 
Slipper tin season and will have a 
unit of 10. 

Meyer ,Day ts Aqsg ,.l i as the coneei;j 
music and the oun(iuet anci party 
ni'usical franchise at llic Astor, 
Hucceeding Freddie Rich, long at the 
hotel, who goc.-. into a Dillingham 
musical. 

Gott was to have opened July H'. 
but was inducted into servlro 
Monday, a week .sooner, because 
of manageriol dis.sati.sl'acljon with 
Rich's long intermis.'iions :itk1 too 
short dance sessions. 



VERNE STICK GOES B. & K. 

Chicago, July 10. 
Verne Buck, for several years 
rri. c, at the Sheridanf former Ascher 
brothers hou.se and whose contract 
expires. ..shortly, has been signed by 
B, & k. to alternate between the 
Uptown and TiVoli theatres with 
I Bpnny Kreuger. 

Sheridan recently received an of-^ 
fer frbm B. & K. to stay dark. 
[.House draws from the same tei-ri- 
tory .serving B. & K.'s Uptown. 

VAUGHN DE lEATH'S MUSICAI 

Vaughn de Leath, record and 
radio artist, Is doing the sobic of 
a musical which J.ame.s E. Kenney 
will produce Independently, in Sfp- 
teriiher. 

Miss Be Leath Is known as a 
poptilar- songwriter. Before taking 
to radio, she was an opera singer, 
.switching from the Met to J-)avid 
Belasco's "Laugh, Clown. T/uigh" 
production some seasons hack. 



N. B. C's Pennanent Stock 
For OldTime Plays 

The National Broadcasting Co. 
has organized a. permanent rtidio 
stock of old time melodramatic re- 
"vivalists in-line with' tiie cuiTcnt 
vogue for the bid-school type of 
play. Charles Schenck is producing 
director and the company comprises 
Leo Stark, William Shelley, John 
Knight, 'Borrit Moseley, Borothy 
West, Elaine Berry, Hardy Hayes. 

'.'The . Bells," . "St. . Elmo," , "1.0 
Nights in a Bar. Room" and 
"Bertha, the Sewing Machine Cirl" 
are forthcoming tabloid productions 
of Sunday nights from 8 to 8r45 on 
WJZ and network. 

The first. "East Lynnc," was 
mounted this week. 

Here and There 



Kosloff Back at Chicago 

Chicago, July 10. 
Lou Kosloff goes hack to tlif Chi- 
mgO=-T!f^«r-K"^ h I s-week=f r-< >m--l 1 1 e 

Uptown, 

n.ennio Kreuger will alternate hc- 
twoen the Uptown and Tivoli, 



Tom Satterfield has reaigm-d from 
fho I'aul Whiteman orchestra. Bat- 
terfield is now playing with ;in(i 
ai-ranging f )r Nat fthilkrefs Vi.^K-r 
record and radio dates. 



Forest S, Chilton, music publisher 
and formerly an up-state judge, has 
gone, the bankruptcy route, with 
$5,703 in? liabilities and $183 in 
assets. Chilton hiid his . publishing 
ofiice in the; Hilton building, l.'3?5 
Broadway. 

The former jurist broke intp show 
business with a vaudeville act • he 
had a financial interest in. Fi-bm 
that he, took to the music business. 

Another voluntary bankrupt Is 
Jack Blossom, film projecting opera- 
tor, 3422 Knox Place, New York, 
with $.7,175 In liabilities and no 
asset.s. 

Dixie Marathon Off; 
Cops Seek Promoters 

■ Cincinnati, July 10. 

Bance Marathon at Covington, 
Ky., was called off by police after 
108 hours, while authorities sought 
the promoters to arrest them under 
warrants charging frauds. 

Warrants are for R. L. Balch and 
L. L. Lancaster, swpr'n out by Harry 
Pauly, Covington restaurant, man. 
who says Balch obtained $537 from 
him by fraudulent means. Both men 
are supposed to. coriie from Pitts- 
burgh. They dl.sappeared two days 
before the .blow , up while their 
Marathon w-as 48 hours old and 
still going. 

. Thcodbre Ryan, brought on as 
manager, and several girls from 
Pittsburgh imported as trainers, 
were stranded and were. helped_by 
charitable org.lnization.s, .Prizes of 
$1,000, $500' and $.100 were promised. 
Admi-ssion of 50 cents was charged. 

Same outfit tj-ied to stage event 
in Cincinnati, but police refused 
license. Pauly had. food cbrtcossion 
for Covington's dance, held in Odd 
ITelloAVH' .JTall. 

Ueherall Case Dismissed 

B'-n Ueherall, 41,- head ..bf the 
Everglades Club, 203 West 48th 
street,' iarrested . on . a warrant 
signed by Magistrate Cori-igan in 
jefi"er son Market Court charging 
him with issuing a worthless check, 
was di.smis.sed when the ca.se was 
called heff^re iM;igistratc Brough. 

AVhen the case was willed before. 
Magisti-ato Brough. the complain- 
, ant said restitution had been m-ide 
'and he did nut believe T:<'herall 
1 meant to df'fraud his butter and 
' (>gK coiK-f i-n out of tlie money. 



GERMANY'S MOSKE 
PROBLEM OVER ORGANS 



Fiorito in Film House 

"Chicago, July 10. 
Ted Piorito's orchestra, from tlu- 
Kdgewaler Beach hotel, lia.'; hcot^ 
signed for one week at Marks hroth- 
ers' Granada theatre. . 



'Red Nichols, the phonograjih re- 
.-ording bandmaster, has siprned wltVi 

\ K, B. Marks for. 10 years to ar- 
lanpo and orcJiestratc special ar ' 

' langements of some of the old. 

; Marks' Jazz successes. 

Frank Silver's band, engaged for 
Areola Park, N. J. They rema.in in- 
(li-finltefly. 



*ublix^s Composers 



Berlin, June 28. 
, Big film houses here are starting^- 
tb install big American orgiins in 
the pictures . houses. . With it;. Hhe 
Mu.sicanis' Unibn says tliis only In- 
creases the proljlem of unemployed 
musicahs. 

feoth the Union, trying tp. place 
its men, and the theatre owners, 
trying to find men, are feeling the 
pressure exerted by the organ sales- 
men. Th& theatre owners can't get 
good musicans, 'The biggest diffi- 
culty is in the piani.st end. 

Too many pianists in Germa.ny 
seem to think they are above the 
job of accompanying movies vi^th- 
out an orchestra. They usually 
want to be orchesti-a leaders, along 
with the piano-playing. • 

The musican who plays poorly 
can't be fired and the good muslciane. 
the various locals have on tap wont 
listen to reason even though they 
may have been without jo,}JS all 
.season. 

Some of the owners are now re- 
questing regular film critics to come 
to their aid and give them a stand- 
ard whereby to judge the quality 
of their film music. Several papers 
are beginning to run good program 
critici.sm in addition to the regular 
fllni opinion.s. 

The problem is over all of 
Germany. 



Mann Can't figure Out 
Who to Sue for $12,171 

Billy Mann, as head of the Yacht 
Club Boys, Is having difficulty In 
proving that Nutime Tlicatre Enter- 
prises, Inc., is the responsible party 
to whom he can turn with a $12,171 
cl.aim for alleged breach of contract, 
entered into with the Club Lido, 
Inc., dnd Frank Garlasco. Mann 
h<>ld a contract with tlie Club Lido 
last season and through confusion 
of corporations an amended com- 
pl.'iint has been ordered. 

Garlasco, of the Lido, operates 
under two corporations and Mann's 
legal task is to determine uhj<'h one 
h<i ean sue and who is financially 
responsible. 
. Mann is now un<ler Mi-yer Davis" 
direction and . with his Yacht 
('lul)hers opens at th" Hoi' 1 Arnbas- 
i .sudor, New York, Oct. V. 



Publix is signing up stellar eoni- , 
posf;rs for its syn(:hroniz;iti<in tl( - 
));irluKiil. ])(.ni(.'i)Ico Saviiio. a pre.- 
jnier l heni.'i) lo composer, is the [\rM. 
Frank llarling, author of a jazz, 
opera, and Gerard (Virbonara were 
jiirned last k. .Nathaniel Kin- 
Ktoj; Ik. n<'gotiating' wit^h neveral 
oth'T names. 



O R H I R B 



rnomjCTioNs 

1CXPI.OITATIONS 
PHESENTAT10N8 



jm^ O O S T U E, S „ 



48 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



1 



Disk Reviews 

By ABEL 



Henry Thies 

Henrjr Thles is a new and ex- 
clusive Victor recording artist from 
the Hotel Sihton, Cintinnati. Thles 
has here produced a brace of good 
rhythmic fox trots,, brisk and 
melodious with some zippy . effects 
In his arrangements. Thies should 
do well on sales in his o>vn terri- 
tory and generally. Victor No. 
21462. 



Al Jolson-Abe Lyman 

On dealers' recOmimendations, the 
best sides of two previously rer 
' lesLsed pops have been combined on 
one disk. They are "Dirty Hands. 
Dirty Face!" and "My Mammy" 
done by Al Jolson with Abe Ly- 
man's Orchestra as the instru- 
mental backup. Reissues are- just 
as standard how as when first 
"canned;" Brunswick No. 3312. 



Brunswick Hour Orchestra 

This is tho unit equivalent to the 
Victor Salon aggregation for popu- 
lar concert numibers, headed by 
William F. Wirges with Frank 
Munn tericirihg the interludes. On 
No. 3919, "Ramona". arid "Ah! Sweet 
Mystery of Life'' are coupled In an 
excellent symphonic orchestration. 



Jesse Crawford 

The paramount showman of or- 
gan soloists again rings the bell 
with his interpretations of "Just 
Like a Melody Out of the Sky" aiid 
VBeloved." Former Is the new Wal-- 
ter Dohaldsori song which has al- 
realdy 'beein priprly released on Vic- 
tor by George Olsen in dance and 
Gene Austin vocally. 



these songs and the smooth "Dream 
River" is even more distinctive. 



Ben Pollack 

: Ben Pollack and his Californians, 
Victor No. 21437, only helghteit a 
previous opinion that it is a pity 
a truly unusual jazz aggregation 
which came out of the west via 
Chicago could not conquer New 
York as it did the midwcstem 
metropolis. Iti the line of modern- 
istic syncopation. Pollack has no 
peer but somehow, whether it was 
the relative obscurity of the Little 
Club spot or what, he failed to 
click at a mldtown nlte club. Pol- 
lack's. Victor records : only tend to 
prove his excellence is with this 
offering "Sweet Sue— Just You" and 
"Singapore Sorrows" displaying the 
sweet hot jazz of his organization. 



^ Carter's Orchestra 

Whoever Carter may be on 
Brunswick, he knows his waltzes as 
evidenced with No. 3718, revivals 
of two standard b.allads, "The Sun- 
shine of Your Smile" and"Some- 
where a Voice Is Calling." Carter 
has been specializing on waltz re- 
cordings and evidences his prowofis 
anew with this perennially popular 
couplet. 



Max Fisher-Gerald Marks 

West coast and midwest jazz 
mating are coupled, on Columbia 
No. 1376. . Max Fisher, from Call-' 
fornia, currently in the Pacific 
co8ist compa,iiy of "Good News," 
•does his stuff with "So Tired." 
Johnny Murray handling the vocal 
interliade. : Gerald. Marks, at the 
Hotel Tuller, Detroit, has a smooth, 
melodious assignment in "There's 

tomcthing About, a Rose" (Earl 
ell vocalizing) which is a;n equally 
sterling fox- trot. 



t Milton Watson 
Paul Ash's tenor impresses 
handily with "Auf Wiederseh'n," 
Abner Greenberg's waltz song 
which is a companion to his 
"Gherie." "Just Wond'ring," an 
equally appealing number, is also 
well handled by Watson. Columbia 
No. 1386. 



Hal Kemp 

Hal Kemp is the diligerit youth 
from the University of South Garo 
Una who with h.is erstwhile under- 
graduate dance orchestra soon 
rhade Brpadway take notice. At 
the Hotel Manger, following a cou 
pie of indifferent dance bands, the 
syncopating youths' serious appli- 
cation to jazzique arid the desire to 
please generally soon found its i-e- 
actions with the couvert charges. 

Among the repertory which came 
to attention was one ditty, "I Don't 
Care" which Saxie Dowell, pf the 
band, composed and featured. Why 
it hasn't been published is not 
known, but his fcUow-bandriien's 
transcription of the ditty to the 
wax certainly evidences its merit in 
that direction. It Is backed up with 
Lovable," a chorus of which the 
estimable Skinny Ennis, from the 
Kemp orchestra, vocalizes. Lend an 
ear to this one— Brunswick No 
3937. 



The Revelers 

This ace vocal quintet offer a 
vocal, treat with their. Interpreta 
tlo.ns of "Mammy Is Gone" and 
"Dream River." Mamniy number is 
a bit superior to the usual run of 



Hotel Pennsylvania 

(NEW YORK) 

New York, July 9. 
The Pennsylvania still remains 
one of the most popular roof garden 
rosttiurants im town. The ropes are 
up oarly for tho dinner sessions and 
the ^1 couverts after theatre are 
little deterrent. . 

Johriny John.soh and the Statler 
Pennsylvanians are the dance fea- 
tures. The Victor recording orches- 
tra also contributes the vocal en- 
tertainment from ariiong its person- 
nel. A system of ahipllfylng horns 
at extreme ends of the spacious roof 
with Its open-air terrace permits for 
intimate delivery without great ef ^ 
fort. 

The Johnson orchestra, with three 
men added as a managerial appre- 
ciation of their: dance conductor's 
standing, is the same smooth com 
bination which made them so pop- 
ular with the Westcheister young- 
sters at Post Lodge, Larchmont, and 
the Club Miradoi: In mldtown for so 
many seasons. Johnson's, too, is 
one of the few remaining intact or- 
ganizations in New York. The 
others have shifting and changing, 
endeavoring to "hot up" their stuff 
at the expense of original nielody. 
Johnson has the right, idea In cater- 
ing to mass appreciation rather than 
the kind applause of a fevir profes- 
sional musicians or publishers who, 
while their enlhusiasrii about some 
futuristic modulation may be pleas- 
ing compliment, still art but a small 
minority. 

John.sbn gives 'em what they like 
and as they like it, slow, smooth, 
and simple, fea;turing the usual ar 
rangcments with any fancy fol- 
de-rol to bury the original thenios. 

There are several bther"- distin 
gulshlng features about, the .Tohn- 
son's presentation. He broadcasts 
for instance, into the 2,200 rooms of 
the hotel from thft roof garden, us 
ing the regulation microphonic 
transmltteii- which, from the central 
radio control room, carries the roof 
rnusic into the suite*. Twice weekly 
al.so Johnson is on the NBC radio 
network. 

A Rayolin (radio-violin) iristru 
ment is atnother Instrumental nov- 
elty by one member of the . band, 
carrying the sound by electricity 
from the violin strings. 

Couvert ?I and $1.50 after th<>atre 
fpr week days and Sa tin-days; closed 
Sunday. AVch 



London as It Looks 



away, and, in 
It, that which 



. (Continued from page 3) 
tlie end, when people have forgotten when you starled 
you fought for comes true— when you are right. 



Rpthermere Drops the Ballot 

Tho Russian BallCt is back In London, but, this season. Lord Rother- 
mere is In no sfense the angel, thei sugar-plum baby, or whatever it is 
you call it. They say that he and Dlaghileff quarrelled who shoXild be 
starred, or spmiethlng, and so he withdrew. 

The consequence Is the Rothermere papers aire not sCreanung, this 
time, about how marvelous everybody Is. They used to write, so many 
columns of such flapdoodle that even Zlegfeld would be jealous. . I have 
never heaid even Noel Cowaird praised like it^ even by baby boys. 

So now the Russian Ballet Is back to norm. That is, It Is now being 
taken seriously as .an efficient machine, the only", dlltererice being that 
Serge Lifaf, who used to be regarded as a youth whQ had been pushed 
o'n too quickly, has now developed acroab tic grace that justified 
Diaghilfeff's faith in him. 

Stravinsky was over here this week to conduct his new ballet, which, 
although it Is not so eccentric as most of Diaghileff's , novelties last 
season, did not excite the enthuisiasm with which they greeted "The Fire 
Bird,"! that followed it. 



Chaliapine Gets Very Angry 

Feodor Clialiapine is very angry, with the consequence that the mu- 
.sical. critic of the "Daily Express" now shares my unpopularity. 

When he sang in "Faust," Eugene Goossens v/as conducLIng, and 
with such slowness,, apparently, that Challapine lo.*jt his temper, stamped 
about the stage, and instead of singing beat time, and urged things on. 
That .was our critic's story, which we printed exclusively. 
Challapine says he only stood in the wings, and conducted from tiiei-e. 
Now, the "Dally Mail," which missed the stofy originally, asked in a 
leading article, two or three days late, "What is the Russlfxn for swollen 

head?". . 

Caruso once threw, a banana at a conductor. Where he got it from, 
I do not know. I suppo.se he went put and bought It on purpose. 

We ail know that singers are temperamental. Yet, If. anybody says so, 
there Is a row. ■ 

i haye been dodging Challapine since the criticism appeared, because 
I ani atire he tliinics I wrote it. They always blame me. 



Thelma Terry 

Thelma Terry and Her Play Boys 
Is a unlqtie orchestra in that it is 
headed by a femme conductorette; 
otherwise the personnel is stag. 
With the personable Miss "Tecry at 
the helm, her- bunch has com 
manded • quite some attention on 
tour, which should ultimately ere 
ate a demand for their . dance . re 
eordings. On Columbia No: 1390, 
"The. Voice of the Southland" and 
"Lady of Havana" comprise a cou 
pie of smooth fox-trots which in 
troduce Miss Terry satisfactorily. 



NEW ft. R, S. PIANO ROLL 

The.new Q. R. S. phonograph rec 
ord is due to make its appearance 
on the mairket in the fall. The piano 
roll company, with Its surplus earn 
Ings from Its radio tube and home 
camera projector manufacturing in- 
terests, is branching out into the 
recording field. 

Max Kortlander, the composer 
recorder of piapo rolls, will have 
an executive Interest in the disc 
manufacturing with A. E; Sath^rlee 
of the New York Recording Labora 
torles at the helm. 



Sophie.Tucker Goes to Court 

So many people went on frorii the Court at Buckingham Palace to! 
the KitrCat restaurant the other night— the women took off their 
featliers in the cloak room— that Sophie Tucker, whom thby had gone 
to hear, dreamed that night that she had gone to' Court her.self. ; 

When waiting to be presented, in her dream, an official said to her, 
"Do you know libw to curtsey?" ■ 

"Why," she replied, "I have,., taken more bows than the King and 
Qpeeh put together." 

Then, wrhen she ought to have . curtsied, she tells, me, she walked up 
to the Queen and whispered in her ear, "Do come and hear me sing 
befo're I leave London." 

Sophie was going to tell the Holborn Empire audience about her 
dream, but I stopped her. Only George Grossmlth Is allowed to go 
to Court. 



Cabaret BiDs 

NEW YORK 



mm ORCHESTRAS DnmoRY 



FROM DETROIT. 



and HIS COMMANDERS 

Featured in "PARIS" 
WILBUR THEATRE, BOSTON 



PHIL FABELLO 



and. His.- V ■. ■ 

ORCHESTRA 

LOEWS 7th ;AVENUE THEATRE 
New York City 



JEAN GOLDKETTE 



Orchestras 

VICTOR RECORDS 
Office: 812 Book Tower 
PETROIT 



VINCENT LOPEZ 



MAL HALLETT 



AND HIS ORCHESTRA 
New England Dance Tour 

Permanent Address: 
CHARLES SintlUMAN, HanoKor. 
BAI/EM. MASS. 



GEORGE OLSEN 



!( ■ 



AND HIS MUSIC 

FEATURED IN 

'^GOOD NEWS" 

OHANIN'S 40TH STREET THEATRE 

NEW yoRK cnrg 

137 West C6th Street. New .York City 



B. A. ROLFE 



4ND 



HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTBA 

WEAF ARTISTS 

Edison Records 

ROLFE ORCHESTRAS, Inc. 
200 W. 48th St., New York City 
Phone . Look 6618 



and His ORCHESTRA 

Exclusive Brunswick Artist 

WOODMANSTEN INN 
Pel ham Parkway, N. Y. 



PARISIAN RED HEADS 



America's Greatest Girl Band 

' Permanent Address 
28 Wisst North St., Indianapolis, Ind. 



BERNIESIEGEr MUSIC 



"ORCHESTRAS OF DISTINCTIOO' 

Featured a.t 
L ^^^^^ALCOlNJ A J N N...^^= 
Wooflblno ' St. Providence, 



70 



R. I 



PAUL WHITEMAN 



And HIS GREATER ORCHESTRA 

1560 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. 
DlreoUon WlLI<f AM MORRIS 



Bridge Jumper Sad 

. (Gontinued from page 1) 
jump off the Brooklyn Bridge ex 
clusively for a Paramount camera 
In return for a Publlx stage con 
tract. The assignment editor did 
not commit himself with regard to 
a stage contract, but accepted the 
diver's ofCer to jump. Later, 
fitfuring that in the event of 
Woods' death Paramount Ncw.s 
might be liable to a suit for dam- 
ages,, the as.signment was called 
oft. Woods, not knowing of tho 
change in plans, jumped off the 
bridge, his stunt witnessed only 
by two taxi drivers. 

Did It Again 
Rituf hing ■ to : the' -PaTamou 
offlces, Woods was sent to anothei 
department, where he was told that 
it would,. be best for him to get all 
the newsrecls in on the sttant; It 
was figui'ed that with the national 
publicity resulting Woods might 
make a good .stage bet for anybody 
and could then get a contract. 

^yoods notified the hewsreels, 
and, without waiting for camera- 
men, who were delayed, jumped off 
the bridge again without a shot 
being taken. Burning up at his 
failure to draw attention. Woods 
again Visited the. Paramount offlccs 
and was given the sage advice to 
call all of the newspapers as well, 
set a date, and wait for the 
cameramen before jumping off. 

The third time Woods jumped 
off tiic . bridge the story had made 
Us way into print in one or two 
itcma. When ho was finally photo- 
T^rap hr d=^u m p i n g-o ff--the-s tu n t-wasr. 
hold out with the. exception of one 
or two inslanOLvs, where, it was 
given small space. 

Leaving Now York, Woods said 
ho was going to continue jumping 
off bridgi\s in St. L.oul.s, whore tli" 
natives constitute a wiser and 
more appreciative audience. 

In St. Louis Woods junip.'i off a 
bridge quite freciuently merely to 
keep in trim. 



Arrowhead Inn 

Meyer Da via Orch 
John. D'Ale.saandro 

Cnstilllan Gardons 

Harold Leonard Or 
R«vue 

Cn«tlllian Royal 

Rddle ElKlna Or 
N T G. Rev 

Chateau Madrid 

Harold Leonard Or 
Holly Hall 
Alice Hednour. 
Jaclc White 
; Mary Lee 
.Joey Wagstdff 

dab Monterey 

Bunny Weldon Rev 
Carol Boyd Orch 

Connie's Inn 

Sam Mannlnp Rev 
Leroy Tlbbs Orch 

Evcrrladei 

Earl Llnd.iay Rev 



Eddie Davis 
Alan Lane Or ; 

FriToUty 

N T G Rev 
Vercell Sis . ' 
Maryland jarbeau 
Mile Sandra 
Willie May . 
Bern Ice Vardcn 
Mary Bay 
•Mary Adiima 
Muryon Dalo 
Evelyn Sather 
Tfllcanor Gall 
Jean Murray 

Pete Woolery 

Jack White 

Tom Timothy Bd 

Harbor Inn 

Rockaway, . N. T. 
Milton Splelman Or 
Helen Morgan's 

Helen Morgan 
Arturo GordonI 
J Triedman Bd 
Ilontrun 

C F Strickland Or 



Hotel AmbOflsadoi' 

Frances Mann. 
Fred Carpenter 
Van der Zanden Or 

Hotel Blltmore 

Madl'ne Northway 

Geo Chllea 

B CumtTkliia Or 

Hotel Mnnger 

Hal Kemp Orch 
Jardin Royal 

Carroll Dunlap Or 

Leverlch Towers 
Hotel 

Brooklyn 
Mel Craig Orcb 

Mpntmartre 

Emll Coleman Bd 

McAlpIn Hotel 

McAIplneera' ' Orcb 
OaUIand'B Terrace 

Will Oakland 
Landau's Bd 



Pulals D'Or 

B A Rolfe Bd 
Rolfe's Rev 

ravUlon Royal 

Van & SchencK 
Meyer Davis Orch 
rennsylvanln Hotel 
Johnny Johnson Or 

St. Regis Hot«l 

Vincent Lopez Or 
Roalta & RamtJn 

Salon Royal 
Texas Gulnan 
Tommy Lyman 
Blgclow & Lee 

Silver Slipper 

N T G Rev 
Jimmy Carr 

Small's Paradise. 

Chas Johnson Bd 

Strand Roof . 
Jack Connor's Rev 

WoodmunRten Inn 

Vincent Lopez Or 



CHICAGO 



' -/ "Alabam 

Dale Dyer 
Lew King 
Ralph Bart 

Ernln Adler 
Eddie South Bd 

' : Alamo 

Eddie Bruce 
Helen Savage 
VIv Cuhnlhghiim 
Mllllcent Bancroft 
Brcello Sis 
Don . Jones 
Jea.n Antrim 
George Lustig 
Al Handler Bd 

Chei-Pierre 
Earl HofTman't Or 

College Inn . 

Simniea & Babetle 
Ofhiiipn 2 
K.T.to Smith 
.Sherman Bd 



Orlentul'-Dovls 

I/oomis 2 
Suzanne France 
Amilo & Juylta 
Holla Steppera 
Rick & Snyder 
Abe Lyman Bd 
Sol Wagner Bd . 

Golden . Pumnkin 

Myrtle' Lansing 
Irene George 
Mary King 
Texas Redheada ■ 
Joe Martinez Bd 

Kelly's Stables 

King Jones 
Charley Alexander 
Johnny Dodda' Ud 



Cnfe 

Syrette 
r.corgo Taylor 
Hefty Taacott 



Ijintern 

Freddy De 



I Gladyce Kllddy - ■ 
Harriet Smith 
Al Wagner Bd 

Samovar 

Olive b'Nell 
Carroll & Gorman 
JofTre Sis 
Fred Wait* Bd 

; Terrace OardMi 

Ted Led ford • 
Lollta. Amlet 
Mary & Bobby 
Spike Hamilton Bd 

Turkish VjlIoKe 

Harry Harris 
I'hll Murphy 
Margie Ryan 
Freddie Jania Bd 



Vanity Fair 

Larry Vincent 
Allcen LaMarr 



Marlon Kane • 
Frank Sherman 
Leo Fox Bd 

ROAD 
Dells 

Eddie . Clifford 
AUoin Snyder 
LaMarr & Joatne 
Coon Sandera Bd 

Garden of . Allali 

Harry Moons 
Joscjjhlne Taylor 
Rose Wynn 
Hank Llehln Bd 

Villa Ventc« 

VlctroIT 
Angelita 
Doolcy 2 . 
Kirby Dc Gage 
Al Bouche Rev 
James "Wade .Bd 



WASHINGTON 



Carlton 

Meyer Davis Orch 

Clioyj^ Chase T.4ike 

Meyer Da'vlsnSrrh 

Ciuk Madrillpn 

J O'Donnell Orch 



Club Mlra4l6r 
M Harmon Orcb 

(Tardin IJdo 

TiJ^-^I) o u B h e r t r.G h 

Sm Paradis 
Roof 

greyer Davis Orch 



I.,otns 

Lotus Orch 

MaylloWer . 

fnjW"5?T<J^'~HTn''n""P^^ 

Powhatan Roof 

J Slaughter Orrh 



Roma Gardens 
Chas Wright Orch 

Willard Roof 

WpyelF^lT^ViK=Orch- 

IVardman Park 

Meyer Davla Orcb 



PHILADELPHIA 



Club Mdo 

Broadway .FolUcs 

Club Madrid 

Chic Harrymofe 
VeloH Yolnnd'a 



jean Wallin 
Jocoly LyjQ 
Marcella 'Hardie 
Taullne Zonoa 
Buddy Truly 
Joe CanduUo Orch 



Plcradllly 

Al Wohlman 
Murray Sis 
Jean Gaynor 
Isabella Dwan 
Mattle Wynne 



Al White 
Avcada Charkoulo 
Abe Ualinger'a Rev 

Walton Root 
LoRoy Smith Orch 
Chas Crafts 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



NI<1 H T- GL U BS 



VARIETY 



49 



Notoriety Is Reacting Strongly 

Against London's Nite Life 



London, July 1. 
The recent prosecution Of Mrs. 
3Ierrich, "the night club queen." 
.Tirhich resulted \n scndinff her to 
Holloway Prison for. a term, of six 
months, the erasure of the "4.3 Club" 
irom the register and the disquall- 
flcatlon of the premises for a period 
of 12 months. Is but the last of a 
long series of fatalities which have 
descended on London's night life 
•fllnco the begirinihg of the year. 

A little while before the "43" came 
before the BOW Street magistrates, 
another Merrick club, the Manhat- 
tan, had come before the Marl- 
borough Street bench and had also 
been struck off while one of MrR. 
Merrick's daughters, who had been 
managing it, was heavily lined, In 




Raw Stuff Late 



A CHOP HOUSE 
QF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 

1S9-8 WEST 48TH STREET 
^ East of Broadway 



Too Heat It ETcrywheie 

"Sweet Ella May" 

Another "Mary Lau" 
Watch It Grow 
Kpbbins Music Girforajion 

199 Seventh Avmug.WcwYoA 




GUS 
ARNHEIM'S 

COCOANUT 

GROVE 
ORCHESTRA 
AMBASSADOR 
HOTEL 

LOS ANGELES 
Second Year 



Harrisbnrg, Pa.-r-For Eent 

BEACTUrUIi MODERN EQCiriTED 

BALI.ROOM 
MODBSAl'E BENTAI., LONG L£ASX: 

Cominunlcato. with 
P. Magmro, 4tli and Market Siroot 
XlarrisbiurK, Fonau. 



iboth cases a number of habitues 
were also summoned and fined. Mrs. 
Morrio.k has previously served a 
sentence of*SIx months as. the result 
of a prosocution arising put of the 
conduct of a club, the premises ol 
whiob are now oocupied by the 
Lido' 

During the nine or more years 
"Iho Queen" has been concerned in 
night clubs, her prcsocutions have 
been frequent and her fines have 
run into thousands of pounds. , She 
has run a variety of places; some 
of them finite decent and frequented 
by the highest ranks of London so- 
cial and professional life; some the 
very reverse. . One of these places 
wa.s run in a Leicester Square celr 
lar under a small cinema known as 
"Cupid's Cinema." It was a terrible 
place with a terrible clientele. Des- 
pite her notorious activities, Mrs. 
Merrick has been able to marry 
two of her daughters to peers of the 
realm, one . Lord de. Clifford, the 
other the Karl of Kinnoull. The lat- 
ter , peer has been helping In his 
mother-in-law'.s night club business. 

Although this prosecution seems 
to have pUt the lid on a certain as- 
pect of night life, the wind has been 
up for some time past and rumors, 
alarums, and excursions have not 
improved business at many places. 

Too Trusting. 

The Winter Garden, one. of the 
biggest new caba.ret clubs with its 
own garage, remained open only a 
voi-y short time. Its management 
was very new to the game and fell 
easily into a police tr^. Two im- 
maculately dressed men entered one 
night and asked for a member who 
could not be found. The obliging 
secretary however signed thenri in 
and left them to their own re- 
sources. They ordered drink and 
were served, then they themselves 
"brought in friends, and It was not 
until they had thoroughly enjoyed 
themselves that they disclosed their 
identity as police officers. The club 
saved itself by voluntarily closing 
down and is expected to reopen in 
the autumn. 

Other clubs that have gone under 
in a very Short time are The Blue 
Peter, The Silver' Slipper, The Blue 
Moon, and "friendly visits" on the 
part of the police have been fre 
•^quent all over the place. 

A few weeks ago, an evening 
paper blazed out with a story that 
10 night clubs had been raided by 
police in flying squad tenders. Wo 
men had fainted and there had been 
a considerable uproary 

Actually, only two clubs had been 
visited, but the widely published 
story upset nl.^ht life for some time. 
It is commonly suspected that the 
raid stories being circulated are a 
deliberate attempt to hurt the night 
club business. 

Another very circumstantial one 
concerned The . Stage Door, This 
was swiftly proved to be entirely 

One of the chief causes of the 
wind-up is an order by the Home 
Office that in the future alien own- 
ers and officials of convicted night 
and cabaret clubs will be deported 
on top of fines and imprisonment. 
Such an order means ruin, and ap- 
peal Is of little avail. One of the 
owners of a recently convicted es- 
tablishment was, during the day, an 
eminently respectable business man, 
whose prosperous associates never 
suspected him Of defyipg the law 
by scllinfi bad liquor at 10 times its 
proper price, while they slept In 
their conventional suburban homes. 

Meanwhile the innumerable, dives 
in and around Soho, places which 
appear to brea.k the law by day 
and night with impunity, thrive and 
their number increases weekly. 
Many of tlicm are crowded "after 
hours" and the managers seem ab- 
solutely careless whether visitors 



The raw stuft which gets on 
the air from the very lat^ radio 
stations Is robbing a lot of 
citizens of their sleep. It Is 
nothing unusual for a stew to 
get In front of the mike and 
toll stories. 

With the knowledge that tlie 
racket can't last, and that cer- 
tain stations have the Indian 
sign on them, the lids are off. 

Radio people explain the. 
freedom by saying tliat the 
station copy-readers and the 
commission sleuths go off duty 
at 12 o'clock. 



and cliorus, buL those aio thro;it- 
en(-d. 

The Kit-Cat retains popularity 
with the heip oC .'^I'lihio Tiu'kcr and 
the Cafes An;?lais and'do Pari.-; liavo 
one or two ads. Molvillo (.JidiHui 
Is playing a season at the lalliT. 
The newly opom-d (^ifo iloy;il, hav- 
ing up to now been content with an 
orohci'tra and an organ, is broaldn.u: 
into cabaret and has for its (Ir.^t 
star Clracic. Fields, the liaiiiviSihiri.' 
girl who, having made good in n 
sniall-time rovuo, btH-anu- a nuisio- 
hall star, aiid is,.no\v l)laS■it1,^' at ilu- 
St. .lame.s' witli rtu Manrioc, 

Up- River Places 



Ballroom Scene of Civic 
Kieception to Aviatrix 

Cliioaiio, July. 10. . 

The Trianon hallroom .has cn- 
gii\oercil t:on>o noa I . ox)iU>it.ttion In 
yovuriag the loo.il roroiuiotis for 
AiiK'lia lOarhart; tv.an.^atlantle tlier, 
,]\ily. 13. The civic at; well hf the 
.soci.ii roi'i'ption will bo hold in the 
tjalh'oom. 

Thovo liad been oonsidorable hot 
hi.ddin.i,' by private and. pi.ihljc in- 
torosts for: the. affair. Ili-uoo (Jod-^ 
shaw, i.uil>li('i(y dirt-c'tor tor Karzaa 
Iii'O.":,.. handled the promotion. 



are members or to what extent they 
transgress. It must be admitted, 
however, that these gentlemen have 
little or. nothing to lose. 

Another aspect of West End night 
life which is making the authorities 
think is the steady growth in side 
streets, of the "cafe bar." Thc.so 
dens are notoriously the haunts of 
the lowest type of women and their 
male associates. 

Cabaret life in the recognized and 
better restaurants, hotels and clubs 
has also changed considerably dur- 
ing the past year. It will be. re- 
membered that about this time last 
year Albert de Courville broke into 
the news with a statement he was 
about to produce a class of dinner 
and supper-time show that would 
'Tkill cabaret." He produced his en- 
tertainments, but the only harm ap- 
pears to have recoiled on the heads 
of the hotels who engaged him; The 
cabaret-killing shows lasted but a 
little while and de Courville himr 
self collapsed under the strain and 
had to take a long rest cure. 

American Ideas 



Aibout this time an American 
also arrived with big ideas. One 
of bis stunts was in the shape of 
big fashion parades. His letters and 
interviews with girls were rather 
unfortunate, for he wanted them to 
strip to complete nudity so that he 
could Judge whethev their figures 
were fit for the Job. He left when 
he heard the police wanted to ask 
him about his "fashion parades." 

The reputable ca,barets have near- 
ly all changed the type of their en- 
tertainments. "The Midnight Fol- 
lies" at the Metropole was the first 
to go, then the big ornate produc- 
tions at the Piccadilly were replaced 
by one or two acts and "Instrumental 
music; more recently the beauties 
have left Prince's, which now em- 
ploys a couple of acts weekly. At 
the moment the Queen's is the only 
house retaining Its dancing troupe 



Up to now the weather luib riot 
been projUlioiis for the up-rivei- 
houses that run cabarpt and other 
cntertainni<>hl.s. The Hotel do, T?aris 
at Bray, and Murray's at .Maidon- 
head, are probably the h-ading es- 
tablishments ' of this sort And re- 
cruit a good show for the week-end 
from the West Kndi but the others 
seem to do little. The Thames 
Riviera, recently opened, is aotually 
the old Karsino at Hanipton Court 
which before then was known as 
a holiday resort Under the na;me of 
Tagg's Island. Today it is resplen- 
dent with tennis courts, open winter 
and summer, a bathing be.ach with 
real sand and equally real bathing 
beauties, a skati»g rink, and ice 
ballets, these latter headed by a 
continental artist, Charlotte, ; who 
is supported by a clever troupe. An 
attempt a year or two ago to popu- 
larize the Isle of Tagg as Palm 
Beach failed Utterly. 

Cabaret and night life has little 
or no hold on the country, not even 
at the big seaside resorts, prob- 
ably because the watch committees 
and local authorities refuse to 
countenance "them goings on." In 
suburban London, W. O. White, on 
premises that were once Queen 
Elizabeth's hunting lodge, does well 
all the year round with cabaret, 
and draws large crowds from North 
and East London. The People's 
Cabaret is dea,d. 



COLORED MUSICIAN DROWNED 

' l.iav.enport, la., j uly 10. 
IToraoo Murphy, ,'2?, . nogro niusi-. 
an I'lnploj'od" with the I'ioyal Aimor- 
ican ^hows, which played Davcn- 
iSort la:"..t wook, was aiH-idontally 
drowned in an old quarry loca-ted 
near the show grounds. ' 



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government officials, and part of the 
National Broadcasting chain, to go 
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This Is due to the new allocation 
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Wednesdasr, July 11, 1923 



Bands and Orchestras 



Routes for Next Week (July 16) 

Permanent addroesei of bands or orchestras wlU be published 
without charge. 

No charge is made for listing in this, deparfment. 

' For reference guidancOf initials represent: H-^hotel, T — theatre, 
P— park, C— cafe, D H— 'dance hall, B— ballroom, R— restaurant. 

As far as possible, street addresses in larger cities are also 

included. 



Aaronaon, Irving, Foi'* T., Philadelphia, 
' AffOBtinl, (SCO., I'alace T., Montreal. 

Albert; Harry, Lido-Venice. Venice; Italy, 

.Albert, Don, Tenn T.. Plttsbufeh. 
. Alblh, JacK, BoBsert H.. Brooklyn. 

Aldrlch, Bob, Onon liotel, Syracuse, N. T. 

Aladorr, U. J., 03 Liberty St.. Newburgh. 

Almare, Joe, New Bamboo Inn. Ghicago. 

Amldon, A.. «12 E. 8th St., Flint. Mich. 

Appel, Oscar, The Cathay, Baltimore. 

Armbruster. J. L., B. A.' C, Buffalo. 

Arcadtana, Greystone B.» Dayton, O. 

Arcadia Syncopatora (C. KdRerton), 2004 
Addison St.. Phlln: 

Amhelm, Gus, Ambaasridor H., L. A. 

Aah; Paul, Paramount T., N- Y. C. 

Astoria. Jo, Country Club, Oorall Gables. 

Atkins. A. P.. 3014 etli AVe., Des Molnca. 

Austin, S., Davis la. Country C., Tampa. 



B' 



IBaer, Moe, Sherry's, Baltimore. 

Bailey, R., 520 So. B' way, Loa An^elc*. 

Balsden,. H.. Mlramar H., Santa Monica, 
C?al.' ■ •■ v .■ 

Baldwin, P,. Frontenac, Quebec, Can. 

Bard, Jos., Golden Peasant R.. Baltp. 

Barnard, B.. 350 W. MorreU St., Jackson. 
Mich. „. „, , 

Barrlnger, Don, CaUco Cat B., Mlaml^ 

Barrett, H., Seneca H.. Rochester, N. T. 

Bartlett. O., Book-Cadillac. Detroit.^ 
Barzley, Beonar, Montauk Point, MontauK, 

^^JBaslle, Joe. 05 No. 14th St.. Newark, N. 1. 

Bastlan, Walt.. State T.; Detroit. 

Bauduc, J., 1101 N. White St., New 
Orleans. ' • . ; 

Bau«r, P. J., 97 Ormond St., Rochester, 
NT 

Baum. Babe. 226 Rose St., Reading, Pa. 

Bay State Acos (Al Relyea). S Mohawk 
St.. Cohoes, N. T. ; _ 

Beale, Bob. Athens Club. Oakland. Cal. 

Beckley. T„ 102 B. 8th St., Wilmington. 
Del. ■ . 

Belasco, Al, Senate T., Chicago. 

Benalre. Sam, Capitol T., Detroit. 

Berge, W. E., 07 Grand Ave., Englowood, 

N. J. •• • „ 

Beivet, Paul. Rice. Houston, Tex. 

Barger, W. J.. 5440 Penn Ave.. Pittsburg. 

Berger. Herb, Chase H.. St L. 

Bergman. Al., 41 Harvard PI;, Buffalo. 

Bergman. D., Webster Hall, Pittsburgh. 

Bernle, Ben, 745 Tth Ave.. N. Y; C. 

Bernie.. Dave, 745 7tb Ave., N. Y. C, 

Bershai). Bob. Club, Lido.' N. T. C. 

Bestor, D.. Schroeder H., Milwaukee. 

Blaglnl. H.. Casa Lome' H.. Toronto. 

Bingham. T. W., 18 S. Ryan St., Buffalo. 

Blssette Maclean, Casino, Grand I>ake. 
Ont. . ■ 

Black, A., 7237 E. Jefferson Ave., Da- 

Iroli. 

Bloom, Leon, United Artists T.. Cht. 
Blumetithars Orch., Sovereign Hotel, 
Chicago. 

Bobbltt, P. C, Varsity Inn, Van Wert. O. 
Boutelle Brothers, Wlnchendon,- Mass. 
BoyU. Billy. Copley-Plaza, Boston. . 
Bradfleld. E. Max, T. & D. T.. Oakland, 
CaT. 

BraunsdoTf Orch., Oil 22d St.. Oalvestoh. 
Breeskln. Daniel, Earle t:. Washington. 
B' way Collegians, Walled Lake.B., De- 
troit. 

-B'war Melody Boy*. Rose Gardens. 

Wilmington. Del: 
Broudy. Dave. Qratit T., PltUburgh. 
Brow, Sam, Dance Box. Philadelphia. 
Brower, JAy, California ST,, San Jose, Cal. 
Brownagle, T., 022 Oth St., Harrlsburgh, 

ra. 

Bryant. W. H., 1528 9; KOi St., Terre 
■aute. Ind. 

Buck, Verne, Sheridan T., Chicago. 

Buckeye Wonders, 645 So. Main St., 
Akron, O. 

Buffano. Jules, Publlx T., Seattle. 

BuloBWkles Callfar;, Eagle B., Milwaukee. 

Burk, Mllo. Brockton, Mass. 

Burke, Chick, Amesbury, Mass. 

Burke. P.. Llndo Inn. Chicago. 

Burrnett. E.. Biltmore H., Los Angeles. 

BUsse. Henry, ClarldRO H.. N. T. C. 

Butler. Mel, Davenport. Spokane. 



Caperoon, Fred, 401 B'way, Camden, 
■ M,. J. ■ ■ " - 

Carlln, Bill. Adolphiu H., Dallae. 
Carpenter. E. J., Biltmore, 'Mlamt. 
Carr, Jimmy, Silver Slipper, N. T.. C 
Carter. F., Majestic, Long Beach. Cal 
Ciiruao Service Ore;, 1658B'^ay, N. T; C. 
Casale, M.. \40 Pine St., Wllllamsport, 
■ ' Pa. 

Castle, Prank; President, 3. P. 

Causer. Bob. Ithaca H., Ithaca, N. T. 

Cavallaro, John, 20 Irving St., New 
Haven. ■ ' , 

Gavato, Etz, Flotilla CTuh, Pittsburgh. 

Cerny. John, Belmont. Chicago. . 

Cervone, Izzy. COS Blackst'one Bldg., 
Pittsburgh. - 

Christian, Tommy, Forrest H., N. T; C, 

Christie, H. J., 1831 N; Ormsby Ave., 
Louisville. ■ 

Claire, Ted, Met. T., Hou.iton. 

CJoy, Barry, Lido C.; Chicago. 

Cos, P.. 252 W. Douglas St., Reading, 
Pa. ■ 

Cohen, Richard. Vanderbllt H.; N. T. C. 

Cole, H., Swanee Club. N. Y. C. 

Coleman, Bmll, 022 W. 137th St;, N. T. C. 

Collegian Serenaders, Far Eait R., Cleva. 

Commanders, Fox's T., Philadelphia. 

Condelorl. A., Adelphl H.. Philadelphia. 

Confrey, 55(»z, care M. C. A., N. Y. C. 

Conklln, Richard, Lotos Club, Wash. 

Connelly, H." R., 489 Central Ave., 
Bridgeport. CJonn. 

Conrad, H., 1088 Park Ave., N. Y. C. 

Cooley, Fritz. Maple View, PItteneld, 
Mafls. 

CoonS, Del, Tea Gardens C., Detroit. 

Coon-Sanders, The Dells, Chi. 

Copp, Pythian Temple, Brockton, Masa. 
_ CoritWell, P., Loew'8 Syracuse, N. T. 
"~^Coyrerl?.""H7r218"Srl0th-Strr"Eastonv-Par 

Craig, Pranclfl, Hermitage H., Nashville. 

Craig, Mel., Leverlch Towers H., Brook- 
lim, N. T. 

Crescent On>li., Armory, Utlddletown, 

If. r. ' 

Crumler. Geo.. Broad Manor, Columbus. 

Crawford, "Buzz," 2121 New York Are., 
K. W., Washington. 

Crawford. Jack, Steel Pier, Atlantic Cltjr. 

Crawford, Thomas L., Wichita, Kan. 

Cullen, B. E., 814 SX Sth St., South Bos- 
ton. 

Cummlna, Bernie, BiUmora H., N. T. C. 
Currie, ilarrjr, Spelbach. LioulsvlU*. 



Dantxtg, E. J., 819 Fiitnam Ave.. B'klyn. 
D'Artri's Oroh.. 51. 14th St.. Norwich. 

Conn. ■ 

.Davidson. ' J.. W., Norahbre T..; Chioago.- 
DaTis, C, Indiana T., IndianopoUa. 
Davis. Doc, Drake H.. Chicago. 
Davis. lOddlt', I>5rrnitie Hotel, N. Y. C. 
Davis; Meyer, Bellevue-Stratfordi Phila- 
delphia. 

Davis, Meyer, 1600 iBroadway, N. T. C. 
Davison, . W., Rainbow Gardens, Louis- 
ville: 

Davison, Walt, Malnstreet T.. K. C. . 

Delbrldge. Del.. Mich. T., Detroit. 
^ DeLuca, J.. 331 St. Mark's Ave;, Bklyn, 
N. Y. ■ 

Denny, Jack, Mt. Royal, Montreal. 

Detcrlch, Roy, Avalon T., Chicago. 

.Dexter. F.. Wisconsin Roof. Milwaukee. 

Doerr. Clyde. WEAF, N. Y. C. 

Domino Oroh., 22 4tb St., Troy,. N. T. 

Donnelly. W. H.. 230 Glenwood Ave., E. 

Donnelly, H., Parody C. N. Y. C. 
Orange, N. J. 

Dodds. John, Kellys Stables C, Chi. 

Dernberger, Chas., Greenwich Collseuoi, 
Tacoma. 

• Dumont, A.. Paramount, N. T.- C. 
Doiigh'Jity, Doc, LldoC, Washington, ' 
Dytch. H., 400 S. First St.. Dayt'oDa..fPls. 



Elsenbourg, Dok, Shepard-Colonia) R., 

Boston;' •• 

Elinor, Carle, Carthey Circle^ Los An- 
geles. ■ 

Elklns, Ed., Castllllan Royal. Pelhatn, 
N. Y. ■ •■ 

Ellard, Jim, Rl.vleria T., Omaha. 

Ellis, P., St. Francis H.. S. F. 
. Ellington, Duke, Cotton: Club. N. T. C. . 

Elmwood Band, 372 Van Nostrtutd Ave., 
Jersey CItr. ' ' 

Emerson; . H., 11-A 3. Elliott Place 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Engelhart," Jos., McVlckera T., Chi. 

Eppel, 5736 N/ 7th St., Philadelphia. 

Erdody. Leo, 165 W. 48th St., N. Y. C. 

Essig. Abe, 1090. St. Nicholas Ave., 
N. Y. C. ■ 

Eubank, Philip Lee. Harlthgen, Tex. 



Pabello,. P., Loew> Tth Ave., N. Y, C; 
Farrell, P., Inn, 4 Sheridan Sq., N. Y. C 
Pay, Bernard, Fay's,. Provlaence. 
Feeney. J. M., 226 B. 11th St., Oakland, 

C&.I* 

Fenn, P. Q., 1745 Caton Ave., B'klyn, 
N T ■' ' ■ ■ 

'Peiiton, Carl, . 1 074 B' war, M. Y. C. 

Peyl. J. W., 878 River St.. Troy, N. T. 

Florlto, Ted, Edgewater Beach. H., Chi. 

Fischer.. Carl, MaJ^tlc, D. H., Detroit 

Fischer, C. L., 814 So. Westnedge St., 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 

*"i.sher. Max, Mayan T„ L, A. 

Fisher, Mark, Varliety, ChlcaffbV 

Pogg, A. M., 174 Beacon St., Portland, 
Me. 

Poote, R., Brown's Club. French Lick, 

Ihd.. ■ 

Forbes; Lioti,' Denver T., Denver. 
FranclscI, Ivan. Cleveland H.; Cleveland. 
Freed. Carl, 20 S. Orange Ave., Newark. 
Friary, Qeorge. Rockland, Mass. 
Frldkln; Bob, Roseland B. R., N. Y, C. 
Frledberg, Theodore. Majestic H., N; Y. C. 
Friedman, Al, Mayflower R., N. Y. C. 
Friedman, J., Morgan Club, W. 52d St., 
N. Y, C 

Friedman. L. P.; St. Louis T.. St. Louis. 
SFMese. J. P., Strand T., Stamford, Conn. 
Fry, C. M.. 6233 Roosevelt Blvd., Phila- 
delphia. 

Funda, Frank, Ten Ey.ck H., Albany. 



Galvln, J. J., Plaza T., Worcester, Mass. 

Galllccchlo, Jo., 6200 Sheridan Rd., Ohl. 
Garber, Jan., 1587 B'way, N. Y. C. . 
Gardner. C, C, 1627 N. 34th St., Lin- 
coln, Neb. 

Gasparre, Dick, Pavilion Royal, Valley 
Stream, L, I. 

Gaul, Geo.. 2113 Madison Ave,, Baltimore. 

Gay, Ira. 845 So. B'way, L. A. 

Gegna Mlaha, Forum Theatre, L. A. ^ 

Geldt, Al, IIT 3. N. J. Ave.; AtlanUo 
City. 

Oerunovitch, Tom, Roof Garden, B. R., 
S. P. 

GUI, Joe, Congress H., St. L. 

GUI, E., Bamboo Gardens, Cleveland. 
Gllllgan's Orch., Grand Dansant, Cin- 
cinnati. 

Giants Nathan, 145 W. 45th St., N.Y.C. 

OInser. Ben, Arrowhead Inn. N. Y, C, 

Goft, Mark, Brlgga R., Detroit. 

Golden, Ernie, ■Viirioty, N. Y. • 

Goldberg. Geo., Celestial R., Bay Shore 
Park,: Baltimore, Md. 

Goldkotte, Jean, Book Tower, Detroit. 

Ooldkette, J„ Pla-Mor B. R., K. C. 

Gonzales, S. N.,- 310 E. 4th St., Santa 
Ana. Cal. 

^Goodrich Sllvertown Cord, Goodrich Bldg., 

Gordon, Herb, Adelphia H., Phlla. 
Gorman,. Rosa, 1576 B'way, N, Y. C. 
Gorrell, Ray. care Qoldkette, Detroit. 
Oljtt, Tom, Afltor H., N. y. C. 
Green. A. J„ 340 West 63d St., L. A. 
Green, Jacques, Rltz Towors, N. Y. C. 
Greystone Orch., areyatone.H., Dayton. 
Orosso, 31 St, James St., Elmhurst, L. L 
Ouenette, Lon, 16 Str Angele St., Quebeo. 
Gurnlck, Ed, S8 Reynolds Ave., Provi- 
dence. 

Gunsendorfer. W., Whitcomb H„ 3. P. 
Guterson, Wild.. Solomon's D, H., L. A. 
G-utterson, .M., Valencia T., Baltimore. 

H 

Haertge. Franz, Ballhaus, Alkazar, Ham- 
burg, Germany. 

Hagen, Cass, Polham Heath Inn, Pel- 
ham, N. Y. • . ^ . 

•ilall, George, Variety. N. Y. C. 

Hall. Sleepy. Venetian Garden, Montreal, 

JIallett, Mnl, 203 Essex St., SaWm, Mass, 

Hammond, Jean, Sky Room,' Milwaukee. 

Hamilton, Spike, Terrace Garden, OhL 
=--Hamm;-Fredr-care:.of-.MT^G,:.-ATr-~N.JT.^C. 

Hamp, Johnny, Wcatchestor-BUtmoro, 
N. Y. C. 

Handler, Al, Lincoln Tavern, Chi, 

Hand, Armln, Piccadilly T., Chi. 

Harlng, Bob, 200 W. 67tfa St.. N. T. C 

Harkneis, Eddie. 2020 Franklin St.. S. F. 

Harmon,. U., Club Mlrador, Washington. 

Harris, Std. Wardman Park H., Wash. ' 

Harrison, J., Rendezvous, Toronto. 

Hart, Ronnie, 262 Mt. Pleasant Ave.. 
London, Ont.. Canada. 

Harvey, Cope. Cinderella B.. Chtcaga 

Hayes, Ed, Alhambra T.. N. Y, C. 

UMid, H., Calvlo. Northampton, Mass. 
\ 



Heldt, Horace. Orand-lAke T., Oakland, 
Cal. 

Helberger, Bmll. Bond H.. Hartford. 

HenderaoQ, P.. 338 W. ISMh St. N. Y. C 

Henderson, H., 8avoy B., V. T. C. 

Henkel, Ted., Variety, Lbs An«eles. 

Hanshell, J.. State-Lake H., Chicago. 

Herberveaux, J., NBC; 180 N. Mich. 
Are,, Chicago. ' 

Hllbloom, M.. Stratfot^ T., Chicago. 

HIrabak, A., 1123 Goettman 6C. Pitts- 
burgh. 

Hofcr, John. 1608 Bllsabeth PI.. Clneln- 
datl 

Hoffman, Earl, Cbes Pierre. Chloago. 
' Hoffman; L. O., 78 IDrnat St,. ' Buffalo. 

Hollowell, B.. Strand IK' H., Wilming- 
ton, D«il. . 

HolmeSi Sootty, Adams Koiise, Boston. 

Holmes, Wright, Martinique H., N. Y. C. 

Huntley, Lloyd. Ten Eyck U., Albany; 

Hyde, Alex.. Minnesota T., Minneapolis. 



Irrlng. B., tireeuea. T.^ New Britain, 

Conn. 

Irwin, Victor, Stadium T.. Woonsoclict; 

b;.l ; 

ImperaT' Marimba, AmarieaaL House, Bost 

ton.' 

Indiana Fire, WUeonstsi H.. Milwaukee. 
Ipana Troubadours, WDAF, N. T. C. 
lula, Robert P.,' Southern 'H., Baltimore, 
lula. Police. RIvoll T., Baltimore, 
lula, Rufflno, City Puk B4., Baltlnnore. 



Jackson, Harry, 74 West Mth St.. N.Y.C. 

Jackabn, 3., Rainbow Gardenia, Miami. 

Jackson's Jass, IS Chestnut St.. Glorors- 
rille, N. Y. 

Janls. Fred, Turkish Village C. Chi. 

Janover, A. L.. 1255 Grant Are., N; T. C. 

Jedel, H., 4T6 Hawthorne Are.. Newark. 
IN. J. 

Jehle. John. 70 Drlgga Are.. . Brooklyn. 
Jenks, Fr., Met. T., A. 
Jockers, M. M.. 409 West IHM St.. U A: 
Johnson, Arnold, Apollo Theatre, N. Y. C. 
Johnson, C, Small'S Paradise. N. T. C. 
Johnson, Johnny, Pennsyl. H.. N, Y. C. 
Johnston. O. W., 48 tJrore Are.. . Ottawa. 
Johnstone, Jack. Alamo C. Chi, 
Jones. . Isham, Congresa' A, Chicago. 
Jordan, Art, 6241 Norwood St., Phlla. 
Jorg^nsien; Ruth, 123S Sheldon St, Jack- 
son, Mich.. 
Joy, Jini, .Muehlebach H.. K. C ' ' 
Joyce. Ted. Loew's SUte T.. St. Z*. 



. Kahn, Art Hardin* T., Cbt. 

Kahn, Herman, TlroU T., Newarti, N. J. 

Kalis, H., Ltdo Venice C, Boston. 

Kalcy, Chasi, Oranada T., Chicago. 

Kamas, A], Swanee B. R., Washington. 

Kaplan, P, J.. Bamboo Ian., 8222 W. 
Madison St.; Chicago. 

Kats, Al, 40 B. Front St., Newport, Ky: 

Kats* Kittens, care of M. C. A., Ni Y. C. 
. Katzman, Louis. 899 Andabon Are., 
N;. Y. C. 

Kaufman. W.. 28 N. 10th St.' Lebanon, 

Pa.;. 

Kay. Oeo., Olympla T., New Karen. 

Kayser, Joe, Midland T.. K. C, Mo. 
Keegan. Ross B., 22 Gold Sit, Preeport, 
L. I.- 
Kemp, Hal. Manger H.. N. T. C. 
Kentner, H.. BenJ. Pranklta. H., Phlla. 
Kealn. H., Multonemah H., Portland, Ore. 
Keystone Serenadecs, Gd. Rlrlera C, De- 
troit. 

King, 'Hennlii. iSeaator T., Sacramento, 
Calif. 

King. Ted, Vailety. N. T.. 

King, Montr, Blrkhlmers D., Oolambus. 

King, Wajnie, Abagon B. R.. Chi. 

Kings Melody. 68 Uoeller St. Blngliam- 
ton. N. Y. 

Klrkeby. Ed. HcAlpla S.. N. T. a 

Kerr, Chas.. Golden I^racon, . Phlla. 

Kline. M., 6456 Sprace St.; Fblladelphla. 

Knecht. Jos., Variety. Nw T. C 

Knelsel, B.. Biltmore H.. Atlaata,, 

Knutson, Brllng, President H., K. C. 

Kosarln, H., Rna do Oarldor. IBS, Rio 4e 
Janeiro. 

Kosloff , Lon, Chicago T.. CliL 
Kraus, Arthnr, 148S Broadway, N. T. C. 
Krauagrill. Walt Balconades .D. H.. & l". 
Krans. Bll, Ansonla C, Chicago. 
Krueger, Art Wisconsin H.. Milwaukee. . 
Krueger, Bennle, Uptown T., CSileago. 
Knimhols. O.. P O Box 404, New Bed- 
ford. Masa 
Kvale, Al., Oriental CM. 



Lagasse. P., 618 Merrimack St., Lowell, 
Mass. 

Lange, Harry, Baker iX., Dallas. 

■ XAmpe, Dell, ' Capitol T., Chicago. 
Lamps, Del, Terrace Garden B., Chicago. 
Landau, Mike. Oakland's Terrace, 00th 

St. tc Broadway, N. Y. C. 

Lange. J. V., 27 Abbott St, Lowell. Msas. 

Lanln, H., 2000 W. Olrard Are.. Phlla. 

Lanln. Sam, WEAP, IBS B'way, N. Y. C. 
^Legler, J. Bid.. 1023 Mono St.. Fresno, 

Lentz, Al., 160B President, St, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 

Lenzberg, Julius. Hlppodrom* T.. N.Y.C. 

Leonard. Harold, CastlUlan Gardens, Lyn- 
brook, L. I. 

Leonard, Harold, Ohateaa Madrid, N. 
Y. C. • 

L*vln. Al. 478 Whalley Are., New Haren. 

Levlne, Jack, Cinderella B., Long Beach, 
Cal. 

liovltow. -Bernard. Commodore Hr, N.Y.C, 

Levy. R. H.. ISl Elmer Are., Schenec- 
tady, N. Y. 

Light, Enoch, Gaumont PaJace, Paris. 

LlUenfeld, Louis, Biltmore, H., N. Y. C. 

Llpsey. M., 1731 Humboldt Blvd., Chi- 
cago. , v 

Lombardo, Guy. Granads C, Chicago. 

Long, Dick, Curtis H., Minneapolis. 

I-«pes, Vincent, 1695 Broadway, N. T. C. 

Lowe, Burt, Statlor H., Boston. 

Lowry Ed. Ambassador T., St L. 

Lyman, Abe, Selwyn T., Chicago. 

Lynn, Al, Kings. Garden R.', Brooklyn, 
N. Y.- 
Lynn, Sammy. 2008 Wichita St., Dallas; 

Lyons, Al, CaIlf. T.. San Diego. 

M 

Macdonald, Rex. Coliseum, St. Petersburg. 

Mack, Austin, Golden Pumpkin C,, Ohi. 
Maltland. J., . Garden B., 3186 Sheffield 
Are., Chicago. . 

^Major, P. J.. SOOT M st, Obaan Park, 

Maloney, R. B., 808 Sllnor St. Knoxrllle, 

Tenn, 

Mann, Gell, 76 E. 8«tih St.. N. Y. C. . 
Marburger, H.. 346 Knight St, Beading,* 
Pa. 

■ Marsh, Chas.. Ft Pitt H., Pittsburgh. 
Markey, R., Palais de Dance, «1U St. A 

6th, L. A. 

.-MarkSi^ Gerald,., JEuner^H.,l-I>fttroJt.^^: 

Mason,. BObble (Miss), New China r;7 
YoungHtown, Ohio. 

Masters, Frank, Uptown T., Chleago. 

May, Cliff. Beacta U.. Oocooado Beach, 
Cal. ' 

May, Hugh, iWioma P., Corlngton, Ky. 

McAlplneets, Hotel McAlplO, N. Y. C. 

McEnelly, a. J., M Bylraa St. Spring- 
fleld,, Mass. 

McGay, /., Dstrolt Ooontr Club. Detroit. 

McGowaa. H., Bice H.. Houston. 

Mclntyre, James, Chateau lyinrieiv Ot- 
tawa.. 

McKloaey's, Bdnwater Qu, Detroit 



MoMurphey, Geo.. P. O. Box 644, Ehigeae. 
Ore; 

Moves, I. S.. 1221 ■. Md St.. L. A. 
Meeker, Bob, Palmer House, Chicago. 
Mella, Wm.. 91 EMwln St., KIdgefleM 

Park. N. J. 

Melson. Chas., Stanley T., Jersey City. 

Mempbisonlans, 92 B. Main St., Mempbla 

Menge. M., El Patio B., L. A. 

Messenger, Al, Roaelapd, Taunton, Mass. 

Meroff, Den. Qranada T., Ohlcago. , 
. Meyiar, M. P.. 026 Broodway, flB'klyn, 
N. Y. 

Meyer, Oscar, 4Si!0 N, Camac St., PIiIIsl- 
delpala. • 

Mayer, Slg, Wlilte City B., Chicago. 

Meyer. Vic. Butler H., Seattle. 

Meyers, Al, 6200 Glrard Ave.; Phlla. 

Meyers, Louis, Horn's D. H., L. A. 

Miami Syn.; Miami H., Daytph, O. 

Mich. Ramblers. Country Club. Forest 
Lake, Mich ' 

Michaels, V., Perry's, > Coney Island, 

Miller, J. Franz. Statler H., 'Detroit. 

Miller, Jack. Press Club. Montreal. 

Miller, N., . 121 Williams St., Chelsea, 
Mass. 

Miller. Ray. Hotel Gibson, Clnclnnatt 
Millar, Vic, Loew's jState, Syracuse. 
MlUer. W., RIts Carl. H., Phlla, 
Mlner-Doyle. 1102 Middlesex St., Ia)woII, 
Mass. 

Mills, Floyd, 780 Payette A:, Climber- 
lead,. Md. 

Mltchel, AI„ Olympla T.. New Haven.- 

Moore, Dlnty. Variety, N. Y. C, 
..Moray, Al, Worth T., PL Worth. 

Morris, Glen, Silver Slipper. Baltimore. 

Morgan, -; Gene. Loew's State, L. A. 

Mosher, V., 8137 10th Ave., S. Minneap. 

Murphy's Skippers; Majestic H., Tama- 
qua. Pa. ' . 

Muslal, Fred, Oriental T., Dotrolt. 



N 



Naylor, Oliver, 1660 Broadway-, N. Y. C; 
Neff, Art 6223 Spruce St., Philadelphia, 
New . Orleans Owls, H. Roosevelt, N. O. 
Novak, P. J.. 123 S. E, 1st Ave., Miami. 
Novlt, JuleS,. Parody, Chicago. 



Octavet Ore;; 35 Duffleld St., Bklyn, N. Y. 

O'Haro, 'H., 20 W. Jackson Blvd., Chi. 
. O'Hearn. Trave. LeClalr H.. Moline. lit 

Olsen, acorgo; 20 W. 43d St.. N. Y. C. 

Oppenhelm. W., Benj. Franklin H., Phlla, 

Original Georgia 6; Danceland, Jamaica, 
L. I. 

Orlando. Nick. Plaza H., N. Y. C. 
Owens, H., Maytalr H., L. A. 
Owen; Dale, Capitol T;, Flint, Mich. 



Pace, George C.i RosevlUe, O. 

Faleman. Dan, Black Cat R.,; N. Y. C. 

Panlco. Lou, Paradise B. R., Chicago. 

Pasteniackl.^teve.. Lulgl's R., Detroit. 

Payne.. Al, 4|0 Meigs s;t., Rochester. 

Peabody^ . Ifjddle, Loew's 'State, - L. A. > 
I Pearl, Morey; 203 Hunting Ave., Boston. 

Peerless Orch., Monmouth St.,- Newport. 
Ky. - " .■ 

PerlusB, Ape, Rose Room. Los Angeles. 

Peterson, B.. Tlvoll T.,' Michigan City, 
Indv . -> .. •-'- • ' ' 

Pfelffer's Orch., 1848 Palmetto Ave., To. 
ledo. - - 

Plcclno. A.. 800 N. Sth St.. Reading, Pa. 
Plpp's Orch., Sullivan's, Edmonton. Can. 
Pollock, Ben, Million Dollar Pier, A. 0. 
Pollock, Ralph, Loew's State. Syracuse. 
Prado. Fred. ' American House, Boiston. 
Provln, Chas., Roxy Theatre, "N. Y. C 
Prince, G., King War Lo R., Detroit. 
Pulien. R. E., 1360 Sellers St.. Frsnk- 
ford, Phlla. 



RalUno. A.. 0417 New Utrecht Are.. 
Brooklyn. 

. Randall, Art, Fontenelle H., Omaha. 

Rapp, B., Arcadia, . West Haven, ' Conn. 

Raamussen, P., 143 Graham Ave., Council 
Bluffs. la. 

Rawden. Bill, Palace H., S.' P. 

Reed. J. H., . ivsA let ;st., fienaselaen. 
N. Y. 

Relsman, Leo, 'Waldorf- Astoria H., 
N. Y. C. 

. Renard, Jacques. Cocoaiiut Grore, Boston', 

Reser. Harry, 149 W. 4<»th St., N. T. C. 

Rythm Roamers, Variety, Detroit. 

Rlccl. Aldo, Rltz-Carltbn H., N. Y; C. 

Rich, Fred, Variety, N. Y. C. 

RIckltta, J. C, Kosciusko, Mlsa - 

Rines, Joe. Elks- H., Boston, 

Rlttenbaud, J.. ,W. Artists T., Detroit. 

Rizzo, Vincent, Sylvapia H.^ Phlla. 
. Rodemlch. Gene, Metropolitan T., Boston; 

Roesner, Walt, Capitol T., N, Y. C, 

Rohd.e, Karl, ' Loew's Orpheuro, Boston. 
. Roky, Leon, Syracuse H,, Syracuse. 

Rolfe, B. A., Paldls D'Or. 48th St., 

N. Y. c. :■■ 

Romanelll, I., King Edward H.. Toronto. 
Romano, P., DeWltt Clinton H., Albany. 
Ros*. Irv, sutler H.. St L. 
Rose-Taylor, Montmartre, Hollywood, 
L. A. 

Rosebrook, Shad, Pantages T., S. P. 
Rosen, Paul, Bamboo Inn, Chicago. 
Rosenthal, Harry. Stelnway Hall, 
N. Y. C. 

Rothschild, Leo, 806 W. 14th St, N. Y. C, 
IWyal Novelty Six, 2333 N. 22d St., Phlla, 
Rupoll. Carl, Rlvervlew B., Chicago. 
Russell, B., King Cotton H., Greensboro. 



Sanborn. Ed, Loew's T., Montreal. 
Sands, P., 216 RIdgewood Aye., B'klyn. 
Sears, Jerry, Strand T.,.Ni Y. C. - 
Schmitt, lYed, RIalto T.. Denver. 
Schooler, Dave, RIvenlale, N. Y; . 
Schwartz, U. J.. 819 Court St., Fremont, 
Ohio. 

Scott li. W,, 600 bllbert Ave.. Spring- 
Hold. O. 

Scottl, v.. Park Central H., N. Y. C. 
Seldel, Emll. Loew's Palace T., Indian- 
apolis, 

Seldenman, Sid, Mayflower H., Wash. 

Salinger, Abo,. President H., A. C. 
Solllnger, HOnry, Drake H„ Chicago, 
Selvln. Ben, Columbia;- 18H> B'way, N, T. 
Setaro, A., Granada T.. S. F. . 
Seven Aces, Baker H., Dallas. 
Soverl. Gino, California T.. S. F, 
Sheffers, H, C., Wilbur's, Taunton, Mass. 
Shelton, Geo.. Olympic H., Seattle. 
Sherman, Maurle, Sherman H., Chicago. - 
. Silverman, D., Ml.isourl T., St, Louis, 
aimon.i, Seymour, l.'>04 Broadway, Detroit. 
Sims, Wm., Recreation B. It., Toledo. . 
SInal. Jo, Calif. T.i San Jose, Cal. 
Smith, LeR., Walton Roof, Phlla. 
Smith, Harl, Blossom Heath Inn, Detroit. 
Smith, M., Venetian Gardens. Palni" 
Bcach. 

. Smolln, S., IflO W. Buchtel Aye, Akron, O. 
Soudora, Jackie, Olympla H., Seattle. 
Specht, Paul, 1585 Broadway, N. Y. C. 
^Sp^elman, M., Harbor Inn, Rbckaway, 

Spltalny, Phil, Stanley T.; Pittsburgh. 

Spltalny, H, Leopold, Chicago T., Chi. 
^ JjRitalnx. JkL.^- Sifttler . It , J21e.vel and . 

Springer, Leon, 1»4 LIvIrigaloh St., B'filyn." 

St, Clair Jesters, Prince Edward H.» 
Windsor. Canada. 

St. Loula Kings. 1.183 E. 0.1th St, B'klyn. 

Stafford, H., Oil Sumner St., Lincoln, 
Nebr. . 

Btahl. Willy, Strand T., Brooklyn, N, Y. 
Stark, Ferdinand. Curran T.. S. P. 
Stevens, Les, Branford T., Newark. 
Stock, B.. Moonlight B. R., Canton, O. 
Slraub. Herb, Buffalo T., Buffalo. 
Btrlssoff. Vaiiderbllt H., N. Y. C. 
Steele, Blue, Peabody H,, Memphis. 
Stoddard, Horry, Frlftrs' Club, N. T. C. 



^.Straight Chas.. Frolics, Chicago 
Nfrl'^a""*' °" Hofbrau. 
Sunnybrook Ore., Hollywood T., Detroit 
Suthertand. Lee, li^or D'ltalla b" s p 
Sweet Al, 20 Qulncy St., OhlcagoT' 
Sweeten, Claude, Gulden Qate T. S P 

T 

Taylor, H., 1016 Chestnut St,, Phlla 
Teal, Itay, atratid T., Urooklyn, N. y 
Teppaa, J, J., 638 Glenwood Ave., Buffa'lo 
Terry, Thclma. Ft, Worth Amus. Co.', Ft! 

Worth. ' 
Thavlr. 1730 Straus Bldg.. Chicago 

. Tlbbs, liORoy, Connie's inn, N. Y. C, 
Tlerney Five. Rlttenhouae H., Phlla 
Timothy, Tom. Frirolity Club, N. Y; O 
Tlpaldl. Andy, RltzrCorlton. Montreal' 
Tracy-Brown, Ad Sell It. Omaha. 
Turcotte. Geo., 90 Orahge St., Manche*^ 

ter. N, H. , 



Vagabonds, Oriole Terrace. Detroit, 
^Vallc^, Rudy, care B. Low n. 1008 B'way,. 

Van Surdam, H. E., Statler H., Buffalo. 
Von der Zanden, Ambassador H., N. ff, 
■ Veo, Harold, Arrowheod Inn, N, Y. C. • 
Veacey, Armand, Rllz-Carlton H., N.T.C 
Voorhees, Don,: 325 W. 46th St, N. Y. 

W 

Wadaworth, W,, Rainbow. Gardens, Chi. 

Walts, Fred, Samovar, Chicago. . 

Walker, C. E., Florldlan H., Miami. 

Walker, Ray, 406 Washington Ave.. 
Brooklyn, N. Y; 

Wagner, Sol., Davis H., Chicago. 

Warner, D., E-gyptldn B., Ocean Pk., Cal, 

Warsbauer. Prank, Waid. -Astoria, N. Y. 

Walsh, W., 212 E. Tromont Ave., 
N. Y. C. 

Warden, "Tick." Warden's, Asbury P'k, 
N. J. 

Warihg's Penn.. Variety, N. Y, C. 
Watson, Monk, Gd. Riviera T., Detroit 
Web.ster, Claude. Tearle pidg.v'San Diego. 
Woede-Meyer Ore,, Wrlghtsvilie Beach, 
N. C. . 

Weeks, Anson, Mark Hopkins H.. S. P. 
Wooma, Ted, MUehleboch . H;, K. C. 
Worher, Ed, Mlehlg.an T., Detroit.' 
Wesley. Jos., 317 12th Ave., Milwaukee. 
.West,. R.. Ambassador H., L. A: 
Whldden, Ed, 125 Dlkeman St., B'klyn. 
Whiteman, Paul, 1560 B'way, N. Y. C. 
Whitman, Ren, Palace T., Dallas. 
Williams. Ra., Prbllcs C. Chicago. 
Williams, F., Regal T.. Chicago. 
Wilson. Billy, Ou Pont H., Wilmington. 
Wilson. Charles, Castle Inn, N, Y. C. 
Wilson,' Clare, Madison Gardens, Toledo. 
Wilson. D., Grand Lake T., Oakland, Cal. 
Wilson. P.. Marcell Country Club, Pasa« 
dena. 

. Wlnebrenner, W. S., 207 Frederick St.,- 

Hanover, Pa, 
Wintz.- JUUii. Knickerbocker Grill, N. Y.C- 
Wlttatcln, Eddie, New Haven, 
Wolf, Rube, Warflcld T-, S. P* 
Wolfe, Leo, Vanity Fair, Chicago. 
Wblshan, J., El Patio B. R., S. P. 
Wundorllch, P., 1000 Ocean Ave;, Bklyn.- 
Wylle, Alllster, Coronado H., St. L. 



Yates. Danny, Windsor . H,. Montreal. 
Yoder, A., Biltmore H., Coral Gables, 
Fla. 

Yollman. Duke, Mah Jongg Inn. 05th St. 
ft Broadway, N. Y; C. 
Young, L., 1865 Prospect PI., Bklyn, N. T. 
Youngman, H., 882 61et St, B'klyn, N.T, 



NEWPORT 



(Continued from page 3)' 

at . "society" scenes, dinners and 
dances not intended .to bo funny. 



A. B. Thomas, the dramatist, and 
Mrs. Thomas are at their home at 
Narragansett. Jascha Hoifetz/ the 
violinist, bas rented his Narragari- 
sett property to Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Brooks .Nichols. . 



The Normans at Hprne 
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Norman, 
Jr., returned to Newport tliis sea- 
son. As Dorothy Ciarlc, she ap- 
peared in Broadway revues. Just 
prior to her marriage, in Miarch, 
1926, she danceJl at the Club Lido. 
With William Reardon, who has 
.since met with success at the Blue 
Room in Paris, sharing honors and 
profits with Julio Thompson, ' an 
American girl. As Mrs. Norman, 
Dorothy has become a friend of 
Mrs. Harry C. Gushing, 3d, former- 
ly CathleenJVandcrbilt. Mrs. Cush- 
ing'3 Tairier,~the lite Tteginald^- 
dcrbilt, chose as his second wife 
Gloria Morgan. Gloria^'s twin-sis- 
ter, Thetma Morgan, after divorcing 
James Vail Converse, married the 
Immensely rich Lord Purness, who 
had admired Julie Thompson. 

The Morgan twins once suped in 
a movie, filmed in New York, and 
Lady Furness, an intimate friend of 
Gloria Swarison, later played small 
parts in several pictures. 



Young . Stepmother 
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Cameron 
Church, Jr., are at their. Newport 
estate. Earlier in the season she 
entertained her father, W. K. Van- 
derbilt and his new wife, Rosamund 
Lanca.ster, who divorced Barclay H. 
Warburtoh, Jr., grandson of John 
"Wanamakcr. The new Mrs. Van- 
derbllt is not much older than her 
3 teprdau^gh terr^and = hll3^-t^ 
by the former marriage. Warbur- 
ton has served as .i.s.sistant direc- 
tor in Fox fllmsi. 

Warburton's sister, Mary Brown 
Warlsurton, has designed costumes 
for pictures, and has been reported 
engaged ' to William Collier, Jr., of 
pictures, and to Harry J'cnder, of 
musical comedy. 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



OUTDOORS 



VARIETY 



51 



News of the Dalies 



(Continued from page 42) 

ter Bay on Long Island Sound. 
Miss AHtaire and her brother Frod 
were week-end guests of the 
Xjeedsea. 

Jodn Clement, makinir: a landing 
m her own plane at Roosevelt Field 
Sunday, struck the Bellanca mono- 
nlano Roma, being made ready for 
Its trans-ocean flight. Damage was 
alight. MlBs Clement swerved to 
avoid striking a bystander,: and her 
courage and quick wit were ex- 
tolled all over page one. in the news- 
papers,';-. ' '•• . 

tpolice Commissioner . attacked th c 
•findings of the Committee of Fourr 
teen who declared vice was worse 
than 20 years ago. Night club peo- 
ble joined in protest, but the com- 
mittee stood pat.' on Its report 
against night clubs, speakeasies and 
dance places. . . .- 

Jersey Chancery , court ruled 
municipal censors in that state have 
no standing, sinCe legislature never 
had delegated such powers to cities. 
iDamden censors restrained from in- 
terfering with picture, "Road to 
Ruin," which locals had forbidden. 

John Sumner, vice crusader, seized 
two nude paintings in the lounge 
of the now closed Greenwich Vilr 
rage theatre. Pictures have been 
there ■ sincQ February. Canvases 
were by. Arch Bonge, art student, 
who in work time is the 6-fopt-slx- 
tnch doorman at the Pai-amount. 
Part of an exhibition hung when the 
house went Into its freak film-.spe- 
«ialty policy. . 

Gladys Glad liad her torisil.s re- 
moved and will be . out of "Rofealie'' 
fldr a week. 



claims the Gabrlf'ls did not live up 
to conditions of nn agreement be- 
tween them. 



Peggy Prevost, danctjr . and .sister 
of Marie Prevost, picture actress, 
wa^s divorced: by Edwin J. HalUday, 
wlio complained his wife , had ex- 
pen.sive tastes and refused to cook 
for him. IlalViday's mother cor- 
^^bol•ated his testimony. , Superior 
.iudge Schauer sympathized with the 
husband. 



Betty Robbin,s, Monde, was picked 
ais the winner of tiie "California 
Joan of Art" contest at the. Inter- 
national Pageant of Mufiic in the 
Amba.ssad6r auditorium. Music and 
Radio Trades' : Association of 
Southern California: plans to send 
her around the world to .spread tid- 
ings of California's musical attain 
nients. 



Joan Burroughs, daughter of Ed- 
gar Rice Burroughs, author, enr 
gaged to wed James Pierce, former 
Indiana :U. \footL)air star and now 
coach at the University of Arizona. 
Couple announce date of , marriage 
as Aug. 8. . 



Lawrcihce Schwab/ : producer of 
''Good News," involved .with cop 
over parking his. car in 50th street, 
was driven to the 47th street police 
Station, where cops said they found 
a case of Scotch and a case of rum 
in the machine. Charged with pos- 
sessing and tran-sporting liquor and 
ear turned over to Federal author- 
ities. 



. bivorce suit of Edwin J. HalHday 
against Peggy Provost, dancer and 
sister of Marie Prevost, was taken 
off calendar in Judge McConnell's 
court, : Action is not expected to be 
heard for some time yet. Hal|i- 
day's complaint alleges that his 
wife refused to cook and had ex- 
pensive tastes. ': 

Agnes Ayr.es received her final 
decVee of divorce from Manuel 
Raachi, Mexican Consul, before 
Judpre Marshall McCpmb. An interr 
.lociitory decree was granted Miss 
Ayres about a year ago after she 
had siaed. charging cruelty. 



LOS ANGELES 



.Bobbie Wolfe, film actress, had 
James C. Keeton, Oklahoma oil man, 
arrested on a charge of battery. The 
girl claimed she suffered' a broken 
nose, two black eyes and assorted 
bruises as the result pf her friend - 
Ship with Keeton* . 

Jack O'Neil,, brother of Sally 
O'Neil, and Molly O" Day, screen 
actresses, tangled with the law for 
the third time in the past few 
months. O'Neil was arrested on a 
charge of disturbing the peace after 
the. law found him staggering 
around the streets. Municipal Judge 
Gray imposed 20, days in jail when 
he was unable to produce a $40 fine. 
O'Neiil was recently given a sus- 
pended . sentence on an assault 

charge. 

* . 

Lone bandit held up. Bob Beretta, 
manager of the Rlalto, Pasadena, 
getting away with over $1,000, The 
yeg timed his entrance Just as the 
day's receipts were being tabulated 
by Beretta. Loss covered .by insur- 
ance. 



Evelyn Hall, scroien actress, and 
her husband, Claude King, also in 
pictures, were slightly injured in, an 
automobile accident near Bakers- 
fleld, Cal. Their- car, after a blow- 
out, crashed into a house. Receiv- 
ing niedical attention the couple 
proceeded. by train to. Hollywood,. 



CARNIVALS 

(For current week (July 9) when 
not otherwise indicated.) 
Alabama Am, Co., Lancaster, Ky. 
Baird & Porter Co., Argyle, Minn. 
Barker Am. Co., Clinton, Ky. 
Bernardi Expo., Anaconda, Mont.- 
Brown & Dyer, Clarksburg, W. Va. 
Byers Bros., Cherokee. Okla. 
Cetlin: & Wilson, Ronceveite, W. 
Va. 

Cronin^ J. L„ Struthers, O. 

Dodson's, Elkhart, Ind. 

Ehring's, Hartwell, Cincinnati. 

Fairly's, Atchison, Kan. 

Foley & Burk, Santa Rosa, Cal. 

Gold MGdal,. Clinton, Mo. 

Gray's No. 1, Whltewright, Tex. 

Hames', Denton, Tex. 

Henke's, Cudahy, Wis. 

Heth's, Newai-k, O.; 16, Lancas- 
ter, O,; 23, Lockland,0- 

Isler Greater, Des Moines; .16, 
Glenwood; la.; 23, Red Oak, la. 

Jones, Johnny J., Calgary* Can. 
. Jones Am. Co., New Piaris, O. 

Kline, A. K., Seattle. 

Krause Greater, Barberton, O. . 

LaClare Am. Co., Killarney, Can. 

Laughlin, J. W. (Fair), Marshall, 
Mo. - .. 

Leggette, , C. R., Independence, 
Kans. 

MrClellan's, Columbus, Neb. 
McGregor's, Valley Mills, Tex. 
Jilifirtin & Noe, Panama, 111. 
Mid-West (Fair), Rugby, N. D. 
Miller's, Poteftu, Okla. 
Monarch Expo., Saugerties, . N. Y 
Morris & Castle, Devil's Lake, N 
D.; 16, Fargo; 23, Grand Forks, N. D 
Murphy, D. D., Saginaw, Mich. 
Northwestern Shows, Oconto, 
Wis.; 16, Shawano, Wis.. 
Page, J. J., Elizabethton, Tienn. 
Peerless Expo., Akron, O. 
Pollie Shows, Paris, Ky. 
Rock City, Danville, Ky, 
Royal American, Peoria, 111. 
Rubin & Cherry Model, Iron 
Mountain, Mich.; 16, Neenah, Wis. 

Savidge,: Walter, Sturgis, S. D.; 
16, Belle-Fourche, S, D. . 

Sheesley Greater, Hamilton, Can 
Siebrand Bros., Flaxton, N. D 
Six's, Grover Hill, O, 
Snapp Bros., Brazil. Ind,; 16, 
Logansport, Ind, 

Southern Tier, Batavia, -N. Y. 
Stone, W. T., Hammonton, N. J. 
Swahee's, Westfleld, 111. 
Wolford's; Middletown, O. 
Wortham's,. Stevens Point, Wis. . 
Zarra's, .Garfield, N. J.; 16, West 
Orange, N. .T. ■ 



Obitqary 



FREDERICK KNIGHT LOGAN 

Frederick Knight Lipgan, ^i, diod 
at his home in Oskaloosa, la., Juiie 
U, Known as "the Waltz King," 
he succumbed following an attack of 
paralysis. Ho is survived by his 
mother, Virginia Knight Logan. In- 
terment was at Forest cemetery, 
June 13. 

The deceased was active for many, 
years in the, theatrical world, be- 
ginning as assistant niu.sic.al direc- 
tor with the Jcffei'spn de Angelis 
opera- company in New York city. 
He subseciuenfly directed Montgom- 
ery and Stone In "The Wizard of 
Oz,''. the Mrs. Leslie .Carter plays 
at the Belasco " theatre. Later he 
toured with Maude Adams. 

His last professional activity was 
as director with Chauncy Olcott. 



JOSEPH J. DOWLING 

Joseph . J. Dowllng, 80, screeii 
actor who achieved fame as the 
"Miracle Man," "died in Hollywood 
July 8 after a two-year illness. A 
few years ago he was a very prom- 
inent character actor. llis the- 
atrical career extended oveir . 60 
years. , A widow and son in Mount 
demons, Mich,, survive. 



SIDNEY SMITH 

Sidney Smith, 36, film comedian, 



HELEN HOLMES 

Helen llolinos, colored actress, 
died July 2. Intormerit in Cinci- 
nnati. 

Miss Holmes had been with a 
number of Negro miisicals, hef last 
important ehgagbment being in 
"Lucky Lil." She was a niece of 
Dorothy Campbell, also on the. 
stage. 



^ LOUISE DAVIS 

Louise Corola Davis, concert sing- 
er widely known, in Pacific coast 



IDarcus Coe w 



Divorce suit by Dorothy Johnson, 
screen actress, against Donald 
Johnson, film director, will be tried 
this week in Judge Georgia Bui 
lock's court. Mrs. Johnson's com 
plaint charges that her husband 
presented her with a black eye. She 
also alleged Johnson was habitually 
under the influence of liquor. Cou- 
ple were married in . September, 
1926, separating about a year later. 

Lloyd Hamilton, screen Comedian, 
must pay his former landlord, 
Rugby Ross, $1,023, for damage it 
Is alleged Hamilton did while liv- 
ing in the houste belonging to Ross. 
Judgment for the amount was en- 
tered agaih.st the comedian after 
he failed to contest the charge. 
Ross contended that Hamilton used 
to throw too many "wild parties" 
at the home. .■ 

Marital trouble of Jeanne Fail- 
labe, known in vaudeville as Jeanne 
La Marr, was ended by Judge 
Beecher when he granted her pe- 
tition for an annulment of her mar- 
1-i.age to Thomas. H. Faillace, pro- 
fessional golfer. Pair had been in 
court for months. 



James E. Carpenter, who claims 
he is a picture actor, was arrested 
by poilco and federal agents for 
asserted violation of the Mann act. 
Carpenter is charged with bringing 
Lois Hill, 15, fi-om Salt Lake City 
to Los Angeles. He was unable to 
furnish bail of $2,500 and was placed 
in the county jail, \ ■ ■ 

Warm battle is promised in the 
..div.orce. action: of. Joan Bennett Fox, 
daughter of Richard Bennett, actor, 
against John Fox. Latter has .filed 
answer to his wife's suit specifically 
denying charges against hiin. They 
have one child, five months old. 

Long Beach police declared war 
on the Johanna Smith, floating gam- 
bling boat anchored off Long Beach 
pier, by raiding the craft and mak- 
ing arrests on a charge of "capping" 
or solleltation, a penal code viola- 
tion. City, fathers want to move the 
vessel from that vicinity altogether, 
With the city council unable to close 
the pier to boats, they had to re- 
•sort to the penal law temporarily. 
Meanwhile federal, county and city 
officials are. consulting the statute 
books for a law to proceed against 
and abate the local Monte Carlo. 

Jack Conway, picture director, 
started a $10,000 suit against Me- 
lade and Rachel Gabriel over the 
purcha.so of real estate. Conway 



John M. Carpenter, picture actor, 
was not the man arrested recently 
on a Mann Act charge. The Car- 
penter that ran afoul of the law 
represented himself as the actor at 
the time of his arrest* 



CHAHER IN LONDON 

XCo.ntinued from^pagl J)^ . 

will be accompanied .by Lawrbncer 
Brown. - 



CIRCUSES 

Hagenbeck-Waltace 

July 11, Cedar Rapids, la.; 12, 
Oelwein; 13, Waterloo; 14, Charles 
City, la. 

101. Ranch 
July 11, Wllllmantic, Conn.; 12, 
Waterburyr 13; Stamford; 14, 
Bridgeport, Conn. 

John Robinson's 

July 11, Portland, Ind.; 12. Mun- 
cle, Ind.; 13, Huntington, W. Va.: 
14, Marion, O.; 16, Columbus. 

Sells Fioto 

July 11, Freepbrt, 111.; 12, Du- 
buque, la.; 13, Muscatine; 14, Ot- 
tumwa, la. 

Walter L, Main 
July 11, Dowagiac, Mich.; 12, Al- 
bion; 13, Hastings; 14, Charlotte; 
16, South Haven. 



died in Hollywood, July 4, af tei • 
taking suddenly ill with pains .In 
the stomach in a restaurant. While 
an autopsy was ordered by. the cor- 
oner police believe that S">ith died 
of the effects of bad liquor con- 
sumed at a beach: party the same 
day. 

Mr. Smith was well known around 
Hollywood for the last 13 years. 
Most of . his work was done at the 
Christie studios. He appeared as 
one of "The Hall Room Boys." De- 
(jeased was unmarried and is sur- 
vived by his father, J. L. Smith, of 
Fariba:ult, Minn., and J. C. Smith, 
brother, of Des Moines. 



musical circles, died July 6 at her 
home in Beverly Hllis, Cal. 

She is survived by her . husband, 
Dr. Eugene O. Da,vls. 



Wirths at Luna 

May Wirth, the equestrienne star, 
returned from a vaudeville tour, 
opened at Luna Park this week and 
with Phil and the Wirth family 
will remahi at Coney for the sum- 
mer. 

It is the biggest name attraction 
yet booked by Lima for its open air 
circus. The supporting show in- 
cludes the Aerial. Smiths, Jean 
Dekoe and Co., and Adele and ele- 
pliants. 

The Wirths are booked for Euro- 
pean •appearances m^ 



Mrs. Sarah Gittleman 

BELOVED MOTHER OF 

WILL AUBREY 

Passed away July 4, 1928 
Detroit, Mich. 



BARNES-CARRUTHERS 

Fair Booking Ass'n, Inc. 
12t No. Clark St., Chlta^o 

HIGH-CLASS OUTDOOR 
NOVELTY ACTS WANTED 
AT ALL TIMES 

•i<*r*<»t Fair Booking Agency In Antertca 



At a dinner given at his town 
house June 27 to celebrate his 
golden wedding. Lord . Lonsdale, 
popular .sporting peer, engaged the 
cabaret band and artists from the 
Ambassador Club, including George 
Metaxa, tlie. Rumanian tenor, to en- 
tertain the guests. The king and 
ciueen, . Price of Wales, Dake and 
Duchess of York and other-members 
of the royal famiTy were present. 

A new edition is promised for 
the Jack Hulbert-C.lcely ^Court- 
ncidP.e revue, "Clowns in Ciover 
at the Adelphi in September By 
tliat time, June, who also 3t:irs in 
th.j show, will be leaying for Amer- 
ica, and .a new artist will ciive to 
r<.p"ace her. ■' ^ ' 

Americans Abroad 

In Paris; Mrs. Sadie Cbllier and 
Constance G. Collier; Lester Dona- 
hue, pianist; Pearl White, Mr. and 
Mrs. Jules Brulatour, David Bar- 
nott, pianist; Marion Talley, Albert 
Boni (publisher) ; Constance Colher, 
Lillian Cooper, Ivy Sawyer, Joe 
Santley, Rosetta Duncan, Ada Mae 
'*Weeks. 



EDWARD H. FELT 

Edward H. Pelt, 71, actor and 
playwright, died of pneumonia in 
Bellevue hospital. New York, July 
7. He is survived by two brothers, 
George and Charles, living in Salt 
Lake City, where the remains were 
sent Monday night for interment 
In the family plot. 

For some time Mr. Felt had been 
cared for by the Actors' Fund, bu( 
during the summer he managed to 
obtain employment in Luna Park, 
Coney Island. When In New York 
he made his home at 322 West 42c> 
street. 

He had appeared in a number of 
prominent stocks, and among some 
of the shows with which he had 
been a principal were "The Man of 
-the- Hour,'' - -The Jattle^ .QutCMt^^^ 
and "The New pominlon." 



LEO C. LAUGHLIN 

Leo C. Laughlin, 35, manager of 
the Mesa theatre, Los Angeles, shot 
himself through the head July 2. 
A news account of his death apr 
pears elsewhere in this issue. 



James F. Mack, 43, single, stage 
cafpenter, member of New Tork 
Theatrical Protective Union No. 1, 
died June 14 in New York, 

Mack was last employed at the 
Frolic, theatre above the New Am- 
sterdam. As far as No. 1 could 
learn he Is only survived by a sister 
living in New York. 



William Abramson, 33, publicity 
man f on West Coast Theatres, died 
June 19 at Duarte Sanatarium, near 
Los Angeles, after a six months' 
illness. A mother, two sisters and 
two brothers survive. 



Stunt Flyer Killed 

Oneonta, N. Y., July 10. 
Charles Seabury, 28, stunt flier, 
crashed to. his death during an exr, 
hIblUon flight at the local fair 
grounds July 4. 

Wings . 6f the machine buckled 
when Seabury was up 3,000 feet. A, 
passenger was also killed. .. 
Interment at Altfimont, N. Y. 



Expensive Splinter 
Des Moines, la., July 10. 
Dorothy Turner, local girl, slid 
down the chutes at Rlyervlow Park 
and picked up a splinter which irt- 
Jured her to such an extent she 
thinlts the Joyland Company, oper- 
ating the chute, .should pay h»*r 

101 Ranch Gets Parade Permit 

Bridgeport, Conn., July 10. 
101 Ranch la to parade here Sat- 
urday. There has been police oppo- 
•Bltion to erranting permits, but 101 
[.apparently overcame all objections. 



DASA HARMON 

Da .sa Harmon, vaudevilllan, died 
July iB at her home In New York 
City. Miss Harmon had been in 
111 health for some time and she 
was also reported having grieved 
heavily over the recent death of 
her mother, Mrs. Annie Harmon. 

Miss Harmon at one time played 
In viiadevllle with her mother and 
sister, Llla Harmon, the act known 
as the Three Grey. Sl.sters. Llla 
Harmon died in 1910 and her de- 
mi.se dissolved the act. 

There ■ was no record of her 
death, at thfe Actors' Fund. 



Glusseppe Vecchione, 68, musician 
and composer, died June 12 In Chi- 
cago. 

Vecchione had been director of 
orchestras at the LaSalle hotel,. 
Boston Oyster House, and the old 
Tosettl Roof Garden. 



Nina Studdert, 22. died in Chicago 
June 28 of heart trouble. 

Miss Studdert was secretary to 
Lou . Llpstone, of the B. & K. pro- 
duction department, and posed for 
that firm's publicity pictures. 



John Lambert Shipley, 42, press 
agent and more recently agent for 
the Lakcwood Golf oind Country 



IN MEMORY 

Of a ncal rrlend 

J. J. ROSENTHAL 

Who died July 12, 1923 

John Carney 
Waldron'B Caulno, Boston 



cl ubr d led -June 24 at the Chicago- 
hospital as a_ result of poison which 
he took on June 13. 



JOSEPH ENGEL 

Joseph Bngd, 70, for 18 years 
»f ag<)-manag£i:kJii;^tltt=QMc a£Q . Cipy:^^ 
coriip.'iny, died at his Chicago home 
July. n. He was recognized by 
O.sf.'ar Ilammarstein as a geniu.s in 
.staging operas, and Imported by him 
in 1005. In 1910 Harold F. McCor- 
mlok brought him to Chicago for 
the local opera. He was a widower, 
survived by two sons. 



Thomas H. Rbllinson, .84. leader 
of several New England bands, died 
at Willimantic, Conn. 



Mrs. Sarah Gittleman, 73, mother 
of Will Aubrey (vaude), died July 4 
at. her home, 2733 Blnihurst a-ventie, 
Detroit. 

Mrs.. Gittleman was prominent in 
Jewish philanthropic societies in 
Detroit. 



DEATHS ABEOAD 

Paris, July 2. 
Bob O'Connor, circus clown, died 
In France recently/ 

Nils Personne, 78, Swedish actor, 
died at Stockholm. 

Gustav Tery, 58, French journal- 
iJftr^Pdltor-oMi^aTis-dfiily-^L'Oeuvres^^ 
died In Paris. 



Daisy Ofield Goodband, 21, Eng- 
lish dancer at the Moulin Rouge, 
died at the . Rrltl.sh Hospital o< 
Paris. Burittd at LevaHois, suburb 
ol Paris. 



52 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July II, 1928 



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Woods BIdg., Suite 604 
Phones: Central 0644-4401 



CHICAGO 



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Chicago Offica for information. Mail may 
be addressed car* Variety,. Woods Bldg., 
Chicago. It will be held subject to call, 
forwarded or advertised In Variety's Letter 
List, 



Majestic 

InloiKsc hoiit hu.S' knocUod weok 
end biisiuos.s flat hero. Sunday 
tlK'fo weio 74 people in I le orchestra 
and niozzanine yttor the show had 
boon running; an hour. 

In the comedy line Hunt6r and 
Porcivul wei-e a walkaway, getting 
the only sizeable laugh interest in 
rie.'ct-to-closihg. Hunter is a wop 
comic of misplaced words. The act 

. is a sure hit for the late spot in 

. A.ss'n. houses. 

" Little Samson, pint-sized stropff 
man, \Vas featured iii closing po- 
sition. Although it's impossible to 
get any exploitation breaks for him 
in a city of thi.g size, he's great 
stuff for the smaller burgs. His 
best feat is holding two horses pull- 
ing in opposite directions, and al- 
mpst as impressive is his ability 
■to hold, a huge rock on his stomach 
while a hiisTiry pounds it with a 
sledgehammer. 

. Century Serenaders, sixth, is a 
nine-piece orchestra with up-to- 
date library and some good novelty 
flll-ins. There's an entertaining 
nr.usical satire on an old time school 
act, and the pianist-director works 
an acrobatic dance whilo batting 
the keys. . 

Moran, CJrauman and, Weston were! 
billed outside, but only the first two, 
appeared in fourth spot. The boys 
are acrobatic and eccentric hoofers, 
saving their best till the last few 
mo'mcnts. and thus getting off nicely. 

The Strong and Mann "Qarage. 
Liove^' skct;ch, third, was painfully 
draggy at the matinee. The lines 
hold laughs but suffer in delivery; 
Plot is about a guy. who kids his 
long-absent wife into believing he's, 
poor, and almost loses her before he 
proves otherwise; The Four Of Us, 
male quartet; with own string ac- 
companiment, were liked in the 
deuce. Comedy weak. 

Maxine and Bobby, opening, are 
a trained dog and trainer. The pup 
'has been taught to pose, walk on 
his ' hind legs and somersault. 
"United .States Smith" (Sax), fea- 
ture. Loop. 



Palace 

Keno and Green are , one of the 
sure fire acts of this bill. In "A 
Hilarious Hodge-Podge" they offer 
hokum song, dance and chatter of 
a funny nature with frequent and 
colorful changes of costume. 

Opening the show are the Bracks, 
In a sensational risley and trampo- 
line act. These boys, headed by 
William: Brack, get off to a snappy 
start in bla,ck and white costumes, 
going through their stuff with un- 
erring accuracy, Work-in full 
stage, 

Olive Olson in "Girls You Meet," 
enters in a red and purple gown of 
aged vintage, and announces that 
there i.s absolutely no truth in the 
rumor , that she is affianced to 
Charles Lindbergh. She steps 
around, singings several numbers, 
and makes four quick changes in 
costumery. 

Robert Warwick appears in a 
playlet titled "Her Voice" by John 
Dillon.. Good drama built around 



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SELWYN Mata Thurg. and Sat. 
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two men wanted, for murder of a 
woman. Scenery arrived late for 
first show, and preceding act had 
to. announce delay, advising audi- 
ence to . imagine the action taking 
place . in interior , of a log cabin. 
Warwick's acting carried every- 
thing. 

Pathe News after intermission 
with an overture by iDanny IVusso's 
boys in the- pit. Then the Music 
Art Revue, flash featuring Billy 
Dunn and Violet West, dancers, and 
Marie Wells, vocalist, with Louise 
Leblo's piano and violin quartette. 

Charles "Chic" Sale, first as a red- 
headed • •- 1 rishioner. serving as par- 
son in a country church, and last 
in the role of a G. A. R. veteran, 
reigistered for , a hit in his usual 
style. Schichtl's Marionettes closed. 

Loop. 



^ Englewood 

Rfande Earl deuced it the last half 
here. A trick yoiced blonde, she 
piays and plays with, the high notes, 
announcing they're several notches 
above high C. But it's Mande's ges- 
tures that draw Interest. Like 
Beatrice Lillie, it's a pity Mande's 
serious, ShCi's a good lookef and 
would be a riot in a revue. When 
she sways in the supreme ecstasy of 
a high Z or a Jai-Alai, it's 10 to 1 
againsjt Lillie's sonff about "Mother," 
They liked Mande here after con- 
quering the thought that she might 
be a coihedir , as they call them 
out south. 

Schepp's Circus of dogri and mon- 
keys opened, Schepp does plenty 
of talking for an aninial trainer, 
and all of it's clever enough to stay. 
Roy Dove, comic juggler, turns his 
misses into high spots with com- 
ments, and carries an assistant In 
tights for handing things. Dove 
was strong in the third spot. 

Gilson and Scott, male harmony 
team, were, good with pop songs 
which, are either brand new or spe- 
cial. Gilson used to be in the. music 
biz. Janet Kippen's orchestra, 
closing, is a seven piece feminie out- 
fit. Music isn't outstanding, but 
there are enough song and dance 
specialties by the girls to carry on 
this time. Miss Kippen sings well, 
is talented on the fiddle and trum- 
pet and dances fairly. 

"Hell Ship Bronson" and "Fables" 
on screen. Three-fourths house 
downstairs Thursday night. Loop, 



George Tabor, formerly assistant 
manager at the B. & K. Chicago 
has been transferred to the Senate. 



Hoot Gibson will appear . at, the 
Chicago Rodeo July 28 with his 
horses and men. 

Roy Alexander and J. O'Connell, 
both of Universal, have joined the 
B. N. .Tudell sex film exchange here. 
The office has booked "The Road to 
Ruin" \vith Great States theatres 
and the B. & K. midwestern houses. 
Norman E. Kassel is handling pub- 
licity on the film. 



A. H. McLaughlin, midwestern 
manager for Tiffany- Stahl pictures, 
made a trip to Oklahoma City where 
he opened a new branch office for 
that firm. 



Jack Gross has replaced N. Fried- 
man as manager of the new Ven- 
etian theatre at Racine, Wis. 



Villard theatre at Villa Park has 
gone into a week-end policy for 
the summer. 



George Aylesworth is manager of 
the York, Elmhurst and DePage 
theaitres at Lombard. 



Operation Of the"' Metro thefftirc 
at Harvard, 111., has been suspended 
after several attempts to .make the 
house, pay. ^ 



G. W. Vidor, picture ma:n, has 
been given a sales position with the 
National Screen Service. He will 
cover the Illinois territory under 
the direction of H. C. Young, Chi- 
cago manager. 



Vincent T. Lynch opened, a new 
theatre at Lombard, 111., July 7. 



Thomas and John Saye have re- 
turned to the theatre field, taking 
over the New Capitol, Madison, Wis. 
Art Desormf>aux, Its manager, will 
take over the Strand, also of Mad- 
ison, while Leon Brown will go into 
the Caipitol. 



Sam, Rascke, musician, has been 
fined |],000 and expelled from mem- 



bership in the Chicago Federation 
of Musicians for workingf under a 
non-union leader. 



Harry Zimmerman, brff an Is t at 
the Belmont, waa haled before the 
Musicians' Union for trylriff to fix 
his organ. The Organ Men's Repair 
Association put in » squawk and 
Zim'merman was told to . quit fixing, 

Arthur Sheekman has been re- 
placed by Muriel Veriion as film 
critic for the Chicago "Journal." 
Sheekman will write editorials for 
the paper, ' •■ ' ■ ' 



The Logan Square, L»ubliher & 
Trinz house, whidh just closed with 
a Jewish stock policy, has been 
placed on the market. 



Grainada cafe closed Jiily 8 and 
will reopen on September 11. Guy 
Lombardo's orchestra will play at 
Eastwood park, Detroit. 



Tom Sherman Is replacing Jack 
Gardner at the Ager, Tellen and 
Bomstein office during the latter's 
illness. 



Sammy Hyams opens new act this 
week. 



Joe Martinez and band have been 
booked into the Golden Punikin caifei. 
They are broadcasting: over WEDC. 



Stury marionettes will be pre- 
sented each week at the municipal 
NaVy pier, under city supervision. 



Art Baker has left Jack Mc- 
Clusky's "Stars and Stripes" act to 



tinconstltutlonal since • the United 
States Supreme Court has held that 
Individual states cannot limit an 
employment agent's commission. 

Opening of "Two Lovers'' at. the 
United Artists is set back Indefl- 
hitely to allow for what is an- 
nounced as the world premiere of 
Tiffany- Stahl's "The Toiler" "on 
July 13. "The Toiler" will be the 
second outside production to play 
tiie U. A. house, the first being 
"Dressed to. Kill." 



International Advertlsingr Asso- 
ciation's convention here this week 
with about 3,500 delegates, repre- 
senting' 36 affiliated organizations. 
Germany has sent 51; group from 
England numbers 20. 

Strand theatre, Alma, Mich., will 
add vaudeville to its present 
strp.ight picture policy. Charlie 
Mack to book. 



American Bond and Mortgage 
company, receiver for the Oriental 
theatre, is contemplating a change 
in managership. The company Is 
reported dissatisfied over the pres-' 
eht mode of running the theatre. 
The company was undervirriter of 
the OrientaVs $2,000,000 bond Is- 
.sue. 



Myers and . Tudor, local radio 
names, have been routed in all 
Ivunsky houses by Co-operative. 



Detroit "News" is r^pw using a 
new chatter service, wired from the 
Coa.st by N. A. N. A., with Mollie, 



COR RESPONDS N C E 

All matter in CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week unless 
otherwise indicated. 

The cities under Corretppndence in this itiue of Variety kre as 
follows and on oaaes* 



ATLANTA 55 

BRONX 53 

BUFFALO 52 

CHIOAGO ••»•'•»••»••*••••»••• '52 

DETROIT 52 

INDIANAPOLIS ...V. 52 

KANSAS CITY 52 

LOS ANGELES............... 54 



MILWAUKEE 52 

MONTREAL ... ......... . , 54 

ROCHESTER • . 53 

SAN FRANCISCO.. ........... 53 

SEATTLE ,.. 55 

SYRACUSE 55 

WASHINGTON ...53 



join the cast of "Excess Baggage," 
where he will replace Merald Tol- 
lefsen. 



Polkas Bros, will open a new 1,- 
400 -seat picture house at Lake 
Forest Aug'. L 



The $10,000 entertainment con- 
tract for the Chicago Federation of 
Labor Celebration here Labor Day 
has been awarded to W. J. Collins, 
of the Schooley oflflce. 



DETROIT 

Variety's Detroit Office 
Tuller Hotel 



Cbc €lari(l9c 

1244 N. DEARBORN, CHICAGO. SUPERIOR 4980 
Swimming Pool — Gymnasium— Rehearsal Hall 

DafAft WAAkl«#^S>"9'e— $9-00 to $15.00 

nawa urcemy ^ DoMbie--$io.5o to $21.00 

We pay your transportation by taxf from any Htation In the cltr 



Cass (Shubert- Stair) — "Desert 
Song" (9th week). 

Garrick (Shubert-StaIr)— "Ring- 
side"' (1st week). 

Lafayette (Shubert - Stair) — 
"Pauline Frederick in VMadame 
X" (1st week). 

Shubert - Detroit (Nederlander- 
Shubert) — "Pearl of Great Price" 
(1st week). > 

Bonstelle — "Her Cardboard tx)ver" 
(stock). 

Adams (Kunsky) — "The Cos- 
sacks". (Ist week). 

Capitol (Kunsky) — "Forbidden 
Hours''; ''Jazz Butterflies" unit. . 

Madison (Kunsky — "Jazz 
Singef'-VIta (1st week). 

Michigan (Kunsky - Publlx) r— ^ 
"Half a Bride"; "Flapperettes" unit. 

State (Kunsky)— "Lion and the 
Mouse"-Vita-Movietone (1st week). 

United" Artists (U. A.)— "Steam- 
boat Bill" (2d week).. 

Oriental— "Speedy" -vaudeville. 
Stock burlesque downtown at 
Cadillac, Loop, Palace, National and 
Avenue theatres.' 



At the meeting called by the 
State Department of Labor, at" 
tended by all employment agencies, 
the fir.st hour or so of discussion 
involved conditions . prevalent 
among dishwashers and chamber- 
maids, without touching On the the- 
atrical side. 

Finally Lew Kane,, of the Co- 
operative Booking Office, explained 
that as neither himself nor any of 
his fellow vaudeville agents were 
familiar with dishwashers and con - 
Ai tiOIl Sj^t h!? y_J[ni ght ^as. . well, bo. ex- 
I'uscd, Request granted. 

Meeting was called by EJugene J. 
Brook, chairman of the, staite de- 
partment, for the purpose of alter- 
ing the present einployment law. 

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Merrick by-lined as the gal sbbbie. 
First installment was spotted on 
page one for ballyhoo purposes but 
the second day found the stuff laid 
to rest in the back Of the paper. 
Heretofore the "News" has only 
u.sed locally Inspired stuff. Harold 
Hcffernan is the film editor. 



Michigan State Fair, Sept. 2-8, 
will feature an art exhibit. "There 
will be a contest for Michigan ar- 
tists. 



, Henry Radahaugh, 36, and Lee 
Marsh, 23, are being held by Cir- 
cuit Court at Battle Creek ..on 
charges preferred by two girl the- 
atre ushers. The girls are Verma 
"Wood, 18, and May Bennett, 21. 



Frank Beaston, new m. c. at the 
Michigan, suffered a nervous break- 
down toward the close of his second 
week and is now confined to his 
home at the Whittler. 



KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 
Loew's Midland — "Ladies of the 
Mob." 

Mainstreet — Vaudfilm. 
Pantages — Vaudfilm. 
Newman — Pictures. 



Joseph Ijcvering, director, and Ar- 
thur^H. Cole, "Paramouh't-Fa 
Lasky, will have the task of super- 
vising and producing "Dividends," a 
picture to be; used, as an Interest 
.stiniulator for the coming' charity 
drive, when a million dollars is to 
be raised for the poor. The pic- 
ture will also be used In other cities 
where similar drives are put on. 



the Liberty, which has been op - 
orated as an Independent for the last 
year by Sam Carver, closed Sunday 
night with "The Road to Ruin." 

MILWAUKEE 

By HERB M. ISRAEL 

Davidson— "Cat and the Canary" 
(Worth stock). 
Gayety — Jack LaMont (burlesque) 
Alhambra — "Grip of the Yukon." 
Garden — "Lion and the Mouse." 
Merrill — "The Cossacks." 
Palace— "Walking Back." 
. Riverside — Vaudfilm. 
Strand— "Mademoiselle from Ar- 
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Wisconsin — "Street of Sin.'' 



Le.s Hoadloy has succeeded Art 
Richter as organist at Mldwesco's 
Wisconsin. 



After having advertised a policy 
of five days pictures and two days 
of vaudeville the Miller changed 



Its policy after union demands hem 
came known. Straight picture pol- 
icy at a 25 cent top goes in, threa 
changes weekly with double fea- 
tures dally. 



The Gayety, burlesque, is about 
ready to close for the summer. Pic. 
tures at 10 cents top ero In. J. Herlt, 
president of the Mutual wheel, 1« 
due here this week to determino 
whether Fox and Kraus will hava 
two or three shows on the whieel 
next season. 



Morris .Zaidens, last year man- 
ager of the Carrie Finnell show 
on the Mutual, is to become hous* 
manager of the Gayety, Minneap- 
olis; It was announced here this 
week. Harry Hirsch, fornier Minne- 
apolis manager. Is nOw with Mor- 
Call-Bridges stock at Duluth. 



William Fox is puttiner his own 
name in the Mldwesco ads for the 
first time since acquiring this chain. 
Each ad now carries a sloigan at 
the top in a circle readingr "Direc- 
tion of Wm. Fox." 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By EDWIN V. O'NEEL 

; Keith's — "Her Cardboard liOver*" 
(stock). 

Engl i s h — : "Take My Advice"*' 

(stock). 

Circle — "Certain Toungr Man." 
. Indiana — "Wheel of Chance." 

Apollo — "Lion and Mouse.", 
. Palace — "The Actress." 



Harry Fox m. c. at Loow's Palace 
this week. Emil Seidel continues :a8 
musical director. 



Ohio closed to install Vltaphone 
equipment Reopens Labor Day.. 



Charles Berkell's stock . openlngr 
Labor Day in Chicago at Logan 
Square. Berkell will rrtaintaln local 
company until that time; 



William Turner bought the Illi- 
nois theatre, neighborhood house, 
from Goulden and Feldman. 



Apollo at Anderson burned to 
ground last week. Mrs. F. Feather- 
stone says house will not be rebuilt. 



M. P. Con ley, Frankfort theatre 
owner, .seriously hurt in an. auto 
accident. 



Levy and Goldberg circuit has 
taken over Jefferson at Huntington. 
Wl Va., formerly operated by Hunter 
a.nd Johnson of Lafayette, Ind. 



Hollywood Cabaret, black and tan 
club, on Indiana avenue, in the 
heart of the colored belt, was raided 
by police aiid Manager Harry 
("Goosle") ' Lee, negro politician* 
held on liquor ch.arge. Lee recently 
finished a federal liquor term. 



BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 

Erianger — (Stock) "Two Girls 
Wanted." 

Buffalo — "The Cossacks." 

Hipp — "J^ady Be Good." 

Great Lakes — "No Other Wom- 
an." 

Court Street— (Stock) • "Sweet 
Kitty O'Brien." 



Judgment for $318 against Andy 
Cohen, second baseman for the 
New York Giants, was recovered in 
Supreme Court here by Ethel M. 
Slick, who sued on proinlssory 
notes alleged tb have been for inr 
surance premiums. Cohen claimed 
the insurance had been given him 
gratis for the advertising Mrs. 
Slick would receive. 



"Fuythgr aevclopments ' regarding 
the building of a, filmart theatre" in 
Buffalo by Michael MIndlin of New 
York revealed that Robert L. Maq- 
Nabb, former manager of the Er- 
lanffcr, was now associated with 
Mindlin. Charles Otto succeeds him 
as manager. , 



Children's Aid Society here met 
twenty members of the Motion Pic- 
ture Theatre Owners' Association 
in conference on admitting minors. 
An agreement was reached, and all 
theatres Will run trailers at each 
performance requesting patrons not 
to purchase tickets for children un- 
der IC. 



The Cata ract- Strand ■• Theatre 
Corporation has acquired the land 
adjoining the Strand on Falls 
street, now occupied by the Park 
Hotel. The addition gives to the 
Hayman interests space for addi- 
tions to the pi'esent tlicatre. 



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ROCHESTER 

By E. H. GOODING 

L.y c e u m — " The Guardsman" 

(stock). . , . „ 

Temple— "The Mountain Man 

(fltock). , ■ 

Rochester— "Ilellshlp Brown" and 

vaude. 

Eastman— "Hold 'Em, Yale." 
Regent— "His Tiger Liady." 
Piccadilly— "Honor Bound." 



Greta Nissen, recently at the Ly- 
ceum In the tryout of Gladys Unper's 
new play, returns this weeK in "The 
Guardsman." "Lulu Belle" was put 
off for a week to bring Greta back. 



Regoshine Corporation, merged 



ON AND AFTER AUGUST 1 

DR. J. BERNSTEIN 
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formerly at Hotel Portl.ind, 132 West 
47th St., -will be located In the new 

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7th Avenue at 51st Street 



Interests of the Regorson Corpora- 
tion and Schine Theatrical Enter- 
prises, started its new booking pol- 
icy for six houses this week. While 
pictures for all six theatres will be 
bought and booked by William Call- 
ban, individual managers will con- 
tinue. 



Rumored several neighborhood 
houses outside the fold have appHed 
to. the Eastman Rochester theatre 
to book for them. Manager Thomas 
Soi-iero of the Rochester announced 
he wlir continue to book only for 
the Rochester, as at present, and 
declined to discuss neighborhood 
houses. 



J, Norrrian Beck, promoter of dog 
races here last fall and of thirty- 
day horse racing at Batavia, will 
have to serve 30 days in the Gene.see 
county jail if he can be found. The 
Appellate Division has dismissed 
his appeal from the sentence of 
County Judge Newell K, Con^ of 
Batavia. He was convicted of vio- 
lating state anti-gambling laws at 
Batavia. 




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National (Erianger-Rapley) — Steve 
Cochran's stock in "3 Wise Fools";; 
next, "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage 
Patch." 

Belasco, Poll's, President — Dark. 

Pictures . 
Columbia— "Night of Mystery"; 
next, "Skirt's." 

Earle— "Ladles of the Mob"; 
''Wheel of Chance." 

Fox — "No Other Woman"; next, 
'Husbands for Rent." 

Metropolitan — "Glorious Betsy" 
(.second week) ; next, "Texas Steer." 

Palace — "Fools for Luck"; next, 
'Telling the World." 

Rialto — "Walking Back"; next, 
goes dark. 



Now entertainment form with 
vaudeville will be presented at the 
Rochester theatre after the house 
has been wired for talkers late in 
Au gu sf . Man ager " Tom ' Sor i er a 
makes a my.stery of the plan, but 
.says talkers will not supplant 
vaudeville. 



Thurston Amusement Company, 
wlth.Mlch.aelF. Carr, for years head 
of the Rochester Exhibitors, has 
been organized to take over man- 
agement of the Thurston theatre 
from Burpee & West, Cianadian op- 
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Alfred Baum has succeeded A. V. 
Madison as manager of the Harlem 
opera house, pictures. 



With anew policy to be announced 
Universal's Rialto closes temporarily 
next week. 



Jr6ne Juno is broadcasting from 
the new Wurlitzer organ in the now 
clcsed former two-a-day Keith 
house. " ITemper 'Cbwirig is dbihg the 
announcing. 



Jack Pepper,: m. c. at the Stanley- 
Crandall Earle, Is again, out of the 
bill due to illness. Joe .Bombrii.st, 
banjo player of stage orchestra, 
doubling. 



S. J. Stebbins, manager-producer 
of the Fox, summering at Atlantic 
City, puts in Sunday at the .sea- 
shore resort, going^, into Philadel- 
phia Monday morning to stage the 
P^ox show In that city. 



•"Bill" Novlns, manager of Moyor 
Davis' Washington oflicp, is hiu-k op 
the job after a 16 -day "conccn 
tratcd" tour ,of Yellow^stonc I'ark. 



An announcement put up by 
Loew's in front of its' lC7th street 
theatre, built by Joseph Weinstbck, 
and which it acquired for opening 
in August, declares the house will 
be' wired; 



Starlight Amusement Park began 
a scries of free open air operas last 
week. Feature tried in,a small way 
last summer drew large crowds to 
the park. 



dancers with the "A Night In 
Spain," current at the Curran, have 
prepared a new ballroom dance 
called "The Ta-Ya" which they will 
bring out immediately following 
their present road tour. Music for 
the new dance is by Paul Whiteman, 



H. J. Gissing, construction man- 
ager for William Fox, arrived here 
to appoint L. iG. House as isuperin- 
tendent of construction on the new 
Fox, now in course of erection. 
Accompanying Glsslng was Emil 
Milnar, vlcc-pre.sldent of Thos. W, 
Jjamb, architect, who drew the de- 
signs for the neif house. 



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"The Man Whcr Laughs" has been 
booked into the Columbia (Erlan- 
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at $1.50 top. This is first road show 
picture here since "Wings," several 
months ago. ■ /. 



George Ebcy wound up his sum- 
mer .season of musical stock at the 
Fulton, Oakland, July 7, returning 
to a dramatic policy with "Abie's 
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Professionals havs the frss uss of Variety's 
Los Angeles Office for informatfon. Mail 
may be addressed ear* Variety, Loew's State 
BIdg, Suite 1221-22, Les Angeles. It will be 
held eubjeot to call or forwarded, or adver- 
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Orpheum 

One oC thoao makeahlCt shows. 
Had til ree names to draw thoin, with 
two dcHvoring value and tlio other 
Just an out aiid out bl.ank. 

Top name in the draw was Bert 
Whoeler aided by Al Claire and Ber- 
nice; Spear. "Bits bi: I'lverythins:" 
offered by. the Whepler trio with 
the stellar member getting over as 
bifr as a ba.ss drum. Wheeler, al- 
ways well, UUed here, just pushed 
•(Bin over next, to shut. To help 
thiners alonff, he went into the clos- 
ing turn, California Collegians, a 
band. 

Opening were the Le Grbhs, who 
recently left a Publlx-unit, ^yho just 
did a little workout and the folks 
liked It immensely. Tex Mcljeod, 
.spinning his rope and telling his 
yarns In full evening dress, was 
in the deuce. Took 24 minutes to 
unburden himself, which was en-; 
tlrcly too long. High spot Is the 
rope work and terpsichorean eh- 
deavors of ^lis good looking aide, 
Marjorle Tiller. Ten minutes would 
be plenty. . 

Brox Sisters (New Acts) are new 
to vaudeville but are, class on any 
bill. Then Al Shaw and Sam Lee 



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goaled them properly with . repeat 
material. Stopped It cold for a,t 
least two minutes* 

Closing the first part was Eugene 
O'Brien and his company of five 
males In a sketch, "Kcstltiition." 
Just where O'Brien figures he is go- 
ing to get with this one is a crystal 
gazer's problem. Act drags with 
cast just being lino speakers. If | 
they want O'Brien for per.sonal apr 
poarancea the choice should be a 
new routine. 

Trade for the opening Sunday 
night just fair. ' r Vng. 



Panta^es 

Sad spectacle Monday afternoon 
because of an amateurish affair 
trotted out under the name of 
"Artists and Models Revue" and 
credited to Walter Windsor. Aside 
from one or two average( specialty 
porformers the entire company, 
about 35, might as well have been 
props. A stage wait of several 
minutes had the pit orchestra at- 
tempting to cover up. After this 
the reg'Ular vaude show started and 
everything was okay until the show 
was presumably over, when the rest 
of the jumbled and badly mauled 
flash act came out again. 

On the reg bill were Ctfnningham 
and Bennett with a new batch of 
songs. Team hasn't been around 
for almost a year and clicked all 
the way. Now in the act Is a little 
colored fellow who warbles a sweet 
note. Present style of this turn 
would go aces in the picture houses. 
Miss Bennett looks and works ex- 
ceedingly virell. 

A cold show stopper was Eddie 




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White, unknown arovnd these parts. 
White Is of the semi-mammy 
crooning typo who knows how to 
sell and has a good idea of how to 
tell Yld stories; Dave and Tressle, 
mixed colored Couple, made the 
deuce spot fast with taps. Vardell 
Bros., standard acrobats, held every- 
one In for the flhiish. : 

Screen feature was "Sally of the 
Scandals" (FBO) with a Grdntland 
Rice Sportlight (IPathe) an added 
short. : 



Dave Forrest has rieturned to 
Christie studios after two months. 
He will become unit press agej|t 
for Douglas MacLisan. 



Cast supporting Gertrude Short 
In "The Extra Girl," comedy drama 
at the Play Shop, includes Jlmmie 
Burtis, Esther Waggoner, William 
F. Thompson, Iva Shepard, Bernard 
Fairbairn, Harry MorvU and Betty 
Farrington. 



Carlos F. Borcosque, who is a 
member of the Hollywood Associa- 
tion of Foreign Correspondents, has 
been granted, studio privileges by 
the credentials committee of the 
Wampas. . Borcosque has resigned 
his position as Vice-Consul of Chile 
in Lios Angeles and Is devoting his 
entire time to journalism. He rep- 
resents three papers In Chile, one 
iii Madrid, and also a Spanish mag- 
azine for Liatln American consurhp- 
tion in Hollywood. 



Beulah Livingstone, chlfef of 
United Artists' publicity depart- 
ment, has returned after five weeks 
in New York. 



Pasadena Community Playhouse 
will ■ produce . "Mr. Pirn Passes By" 
July 10 as the first of a series of 
light comedies for the summer. 
Gilmor. BroWn is directing; cast in- 
cludes Alice Brody, Sanford Wheel- 
er, Margaret Clarke, Ralph Freud 
and J. P. Maurice Wells. 



Revival of "Peter Ibbetson," with 
Denis D' Auburn, Is announced for 
the Hollywood Music Box at the 
end of this month. House dark at 
present. 



Georges Ricou, director of the 
Opera Comique, Paris, Is here for 
a conference with Gurney Newlin 
and Merle Armitage, bfUcials of the 
Los Angeles Grand Opera Associa- 



tion. There Is talk of brihginer the 
Opera Comique here next season. 



will Morrlssey has obtained a 
police permit to operate his latest 
joy joint, on the beach at Palasad'es 
del Key, 

MONTREAL 

By C. W. L. 

His Majesty's— "Sally" (musical 
stock). 

Orpheum — 'Cheating Husbands" 
(stock). . 

Capitol — "Coftaln Young Man" 
(M-G-M). 

Palace— "Lion and Mouse" (War- 
ner). 

Loew's— "Across Atlantic" (War- 
ner). 

Strand— "Chinatown Charlie" (F., 
N.); "Law and Man" (Col.); "Hold 
'Em, Yale" (P. D. C), and "Some- 
thing Always Happens" (Par.). 

. Beginnings of the end of the sum- 
mer doldrums are foreshadowed 'in 
the reopening of the Imperial Sun^ 
day, heralded in big ads through 
the local press. It will show big 
time vaude acts and will put on two 
shows dally. Prices will 6e $1 top, 
60c first section balcony and $1.25 
Idges and boxes reserved. Lowest 
price will be 3.5c and matinees cut 
to 50c. fHeaflllners will Include 
Elizabeth Brice and Frank Kessler 
and his "Music Masters." Thishouse 
has always done well In the past 
and looks like keeping it upi under 
tho new; plan. 



Dominion and Belmont Parks, 
amusement resorts in the east and 
north ends of the city, hard hit by 
,bad weather in May «md early June, 
have picked up with return of the 
sun and are having one of the best 
seasons since opening. 



Managers here are beginning to 
look askance at British-mades. The 
latest flop was "Skirts" at tho. Pal- 
ace last week, only saved from com- 
plete washout by the name of .Syd- 
ney Chaplin. Ancient mother-in- 



law Jokes and subtlHes reminiscent 
of the comic strips of the nlneteea 
hundreds added to debacle. "Falk- 
land Isles," heralded by tremendous 
ballyhoo, was only one that mada 
any showing here, and gross eveii In 
that was much below expectations. 
Perhaps there are British, plcturaa 
worth seeing, but they haven't be6n 
to Montreal. , 



Big parade of American tourista 
Is on here and so far has broken all 
records. Hotels are packed weeks 
ahead and the vast number of lodg- 
ing houses from $1.50 a night up are 
running capacity. This Is not harm- 
ing the theatres any, though they 
have to turn plenty away who, not 
knowing oUr new law, brmg young- 
sters under 16 With them. 



Proposal to build a $300,000 movie 
house in Outremont, northern sub- 
urb of Montreal, came before, the 
city council last week. Citizens will 
be asked to express opinion on proj- 
ect after it has been advertised In 
local press. Idea is , to show drama 
as well as pictures, Outremont Is 
well catered to already by United 
Amusement Corporation chain. 



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NOVELTy'icENIC^UDIOS 

Draperies, Scenery, Stagre Settings 
•40 West 4l8t St. Lack. 0233 



FLORISTS 



TRIMMINGS 
Consolidated Trimming Co., Inc. 

.Manufacturers and Dcalgnrrn 

Upholstery & Drapery Trimmings 

27-33 West 23d St. 



DESIGNERS 

joiiTraNGER 



T. 



Art Director and Designer of N 
■Productions and 
MOTION PICXDRIi rRESHNTATlONS 
830 8th Ave. Columbus 45C0 



FABRICS 
DAZIAN'S. INC. 

THBATBICAL GOOUS 

Bryant 1062-3937-6177 
142-144 WoBt , Forty-Fourth 8t>-eet 



MAHARAM TEXTILE CO., Inc. 

Unusual Fabrics, for Scenery 
Costumes and Draperlos from Our Own 
Mills 
nrynnt 25tl 
107 48th_.S.t. OPP-. rrlnrs' Club 

MENDELSOHN'S TEXTILE CORP. 

SCIONTIKY AND CO.STUMK rAIJniC.<» 
Silks— Tinsel Cloth— Plushes 
1S6 W. 45th St. Bry. 7372-5234' 



The Appropriate Gift 

A. WARDENDORFF, INC. 
note! Astor Lack. 6608 



FVRS 



BLUMENFIELD'S 

Fur Coots cleaned, elazed and rclinod, 920 

Storage and Rcjnodeling 
Catering to the Profession 

204 State-Lake Bid?., Chicago 
Fhone Dearborn 125S ' 



LIGHTS 




GOWNS RENTED 



GOWNS and WRAPS of EVERY DESCRIPTION 
Rented For All Ocoaslont 

n'ldo.<it Selection, Exclusive Deslgni und' 
VERY MODBRATE RATES — You WIU Find 

It ItitcrciUiiK and Economfc»l to Call at 
MME. NAFTAL 
09 West 4f;th Street. Bryant 0070-4163 



JEWELRY ' 



A. S. BORG 

Buys DinniondH, Old Cold, Silver, Plati- 
num, I'awn Tickets and Gold Bridffe Work 

Wo also Sell Antique and Modern Jewelry 

AH Kinds of Repairing l>one 
298 6th Ave.. Cur 31st St., 146 W. 23d St. 



1543-4 BRYANT ' 

E, HEMMENDINGER, JNC. 

JEWELERS 
33 West 4Gth Street 

iVIADE TO YOUR ORDER 
Poiirl nnd Platinum Mesh Itracolcta 

DiMtlnel.lvo KxcluaWe 
Gu.'irAnlncd from niann r;u;tnrpr direct 
_M,VX1M I'>-SA1.I(W.<?<)MPANY^...- 
lot J'IflU Ave. Chelsea 9724 



LOANS 



On Diiimonds, Jowfilry, J^irs, Clothing, 
Musical lnslrui)icnts 
nnd All Kinds of I'crsonal 
PAUL KASKEL & SONS 
0 CoiuinbuH Av., bet. SOtli nnd COtb StA. 
Columl>UA 1442, 1413, 1481 



: Display Stage 
. Lighting Co. 

"A- LIGHT FOR 
EVERY PURPOSE" 

_^ 334-340 W. 44th St. 

DUWICO 

"EVKBYTHING EI.ECTHICAL 
FOR THE TUEATBE" 
315-317 W. 47tli Street Penn. 2459-1500 



PROPERTIES 
Theatrical Properties Stndio 

Property Boxei Travolort Maohanteal Propi 

Dancing Mats 
Productloni Fumlthed Complete— W« Alio Rent 
502 West 44th Street Penn. 78T7 



STAGE HARDWARE 
J. R. CLANCY, Inc. 

STAGE HARDWARE 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



RESTAURANTS 



40th St.-^Broadway — {4th St. 
Dining. Dancing — No Cover Charge 



THEATRE EQUIPMENT 

'"^'^Mpiix'lnrPOWER^^ 
PROJECTORS 

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTOR CORP. 

Carrier Engineering Corporation 

Manufactured Wonther 
Air Conditioning Refrigeration 
' Automntlrally Controlled 
39 C ortla n dt St. R ector 3941 

516 West 34th St. NEW YORK 

HEYWOOD-WAKEFIELD_ 
' THEATRE SEATING 

New York, Ciiicneo, BoHton 
. and Other l'rincipol Citie s 

SCENIC CONSTRUCTION 
iSANirDWYiiTlncr 

ItUILDERS OF SCENERY 

542 West 55th St. Columbus 2050 



MUSIC AND MATERIAL 


SCHOOLS 


MUSIC wRiTmc - Of^ Vaudeville 

, Productions 

"^•^^^^J^ Moving 
i5»5 1'wa'fr^Si^^Tiw voui Pictures 


John Murray Anderson -Robt. Milton 

School of the Theatre and Dance 
A Professional School for Professlonala 
Diction, Acting, Dancing of All Typea 
Routines Arranged Acts Staged 
128-130 East 68th St. Plaza 4624-452S 




JACK BLUE 

Supreme Authority on all Charaotw 

Song and Dance Impersonatlona 
Routlnat Arranged — Profeiiionala PraTarrsi 
All kinds of Tap and Fancy Dancing 
231 West 6l8t Street. Columbns 6918 _ 


Allegro Music Printing Co., Inc. 

Specialists In Every Branch 
of Music Printing 

315-317 W. 47th St, Longaore 0461 


RAYNER, DALHEIM & CO. * 

Music Enfcrnvingr nnd Printing 

In All Its Branches 

2054-2000 W. Lake St., Clilcae;o, IIL 


JACK MANNING STUDIOS 

SPECIALIST IN TEACHINO 
TAP DANCING 

IlO West 47th Street Bryant 4450 


MANUSCRIPTS 


FOOTWEAR 

(Trade Mark) 
tlrst French Boot Shop In Ameriea 
Kstabllshod 1887 Booklet 
WILLIAM BERNSTEIN 
0 West 37th Street 


SAMUEL FRENCH 

Incorporated 1898 ' 
Oldest Play-PubllBhers in the World 
T. R. Edwards, Managing Director ' 
20 West 45th St.. NEW YORK. N. Y. 


SCENERY 




YELLENTI 

stage Settings Designed and Executed 

Fron* the. Script, to the Curtain 
NEW ADDRESS 
348 West 40th St, PENN 7826 


.'Ipilne styles Now on DIstiIm 
' Toe and Hallot Slippers of Eraty Dc«orlptl6B 
838 7th Avenue, at 54th Street Phone ClrcU 987^ 


SUPPLIES 


^FOR RENT— — 

Scenery, Stage Settings, Decoration 

PREMIER SCENERY STUDIOS 

340 West 41st St. Lack. 9233 


J. J. WYLE & BROS., INC. 

A full line of Gold and Stiver Brocad«% 
Metal Cloths. Gold and Silver Trim- 
mines, Rhinostoned, Spangles. Tlght% 
Opera Hose, etc., for stage costnmee. 
„l?-20_East_27th _8t.i_New YprU_Cltj_ 


SCHOOLS 


THEATRICAL TRUNKS 
TAYLOR'S Theatrical TRUNKS 

Tlie standard trunk ot the profession 

-^^ii^ v-JCnlL llnQ.^^.0^^ -good* ^ 

TAYLOR'S 
115 West 45<h St. 


De REVUELT Dance Studios 

Professionals taught for Hotels and Clubs 
Acrnbatic, AdaKlo, Llinbcrlni, HtreU'hlni, Tango. 

Wftltz...Erpnch .Apache, Spanlili Castaustoi 

i 1 0 u 1 1 n c s an f~IJo olt Vnga 

11 West 8Uth St. Bchnyler 0631 


STAGE DANCING • 

Acrobatio, .Soft fihoe. Kmall Classos, $1. 
(Juaranlecd routines, $25 up. Oridinal 
malerittl furnlahod Cor acta (Patter; 
Dances, .Sonrrs). 
Acts coa<>hcd, mnnnRed and .placedi 

WlliMAM HItOOKS 
023 Bth Avenue At 55th Street 


MOVIE CAMERAS 

■ Take Personal Movies willi Mlmo 

l'''ull particui.irs at _^ 
Movie Camera Hoa<l*luarler8 

WILLOUGHBY'S 

110 West 32d St. - - N. Y. 



Wednesday, July 11, 1928 



VARIETY 



55 



L 



HOTELS FOR SHOW PEOPLE 




HOTEL HUDSON 

AttVN^*!^ DECORATED 

$''6 and Up Single 

$12 and Up Doubly 

Hot and Cold Water and. 
Telephone Id Eacb Room 

102 WEST 44th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Phone: BRTANf 7228-2B 



HOTEL FULTON 

<ln tM Ueart ot Nevv Xork) 
$ 9 and Up Sinigle 
$14 and Up Double 

Shower Baths, Hot and Cold . 
Water and Teleptione 

Clcctrtc Fan In euch room 
264^268 WEST 46th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Ftaone: Lackawanna 6000-1 
Opposite N. V. A. 



Reduction in Rates 

Large Room Private Bath 
$16.50 Week 
TWO PERSONS 

Single Boom, Hot and Cold ^1 O (\f\ 

Water ....... • • . • Week M>1^.UU 

Hotel America 

155 West 47th St.. New York City 
Phone Ilryont 0004 



RUANOAPARTNENTS 

800 Eighth Ave. (49th SL) 

CHICKBRING 3550 
2-3 Rooms, Bath and Kitchenette. 
Accommodate 3-5 Permns. Complete 
Hotel Service. Attractively Fornidhed. 
Under New JUIanaRement ' 
REDUCED RENTALS 




pi39W4SSt:^ 

Just East of Broadway ■ ^ 

^ ■ Completel; reoioUeled — cTerythliig — . 

~» jf the beBt — Slmmuns furniture 

— (Oca\ityrc8t matlrcssos), hot and ■ 

. mm, .cold water, telephones, showen. 

~- f 12 Tor singrle Room ■ . 

f 16-$17 for Double Room - — 
^ ■ ♦16-$18-$20 for Double Room ■ 

r-, (with Private Bath) 

mmm- ■ Summer Cotioeislon» . ' . 

This Is the Ideal hole! for the - 
2^— profesBlon — In the heirt of thq ~ 
■ thoBtrJral loction . ~~ 

~2 - rhones Brj ant 0573-4-5 — ' 



SEATTLE 

A beautiful theatre, completed 
with the exception of about two 
nnmths of InteHpr decorating, seat- 
ing and furnishing. Is lying idle In 
Seattle. Plenty of dough tied up 
In the proposition, prorrioted by W. 
D. Comer & Co., and "which had 
been leased to Washington Theatre 
Enterprises of which Casper Fischer 
la president and general manager. 

The house is the Mayflower, set 
to open early this spring. Seats 
close to 3,000 and is a real show 
place iti a fair location. 

Looks as though the house will 
not bo ready to light up until late 
In fall, for a lawsuit that the "Wash- 
Tngtoh Theatres " Enterprises lifts 
brought against Real Estate Im- 
provement Company and W. . D. 
Comer Is set for Sept. 4. Whenever 
that Is decided It will take from 
six weeks to two months to finish 
up the Interior for opening. 

Fischer's company has spent close 
to $100,000, it in said, and had a 



LORRAINE 

SINGLE ROOM, BATII, $2.00 UP 
DOUBLE ROOM, BATH, $17.60 AND $21.00 WEEKLY 
DOUBLE WITHOUT itATU, $14.00 WEEKLY 
LEONARD UlCKS. Preitident 



GRANT 

SINUIJK ROOM WITHOUT BATH, $1.25 A>D $l.,'i0 I'EK DA* 
Sl.NtJl.K KOOM, It.ATll. ^'i.OO I'KK DAY 
DOUBLE llOO.'Sl WlTHOll BATH. $14.00 PER WEEK 
DOl BLK ROOM WITH UATU. $17.50 AND $21.00 W EKKLY 




NEW HOTEL 

100 Rooms 
100 Showers 

and Tubs- 
Double Rooms 

$3 — $4— $5 
Single Rooms 
$2.50 and $3.00 



In 



HOTEL KILKEARY, Pittsburgh 



PITTSBURGH'S HOTEL FOR THE PROFESSION 
Conveniently Located Within Five Minutes of All 
DOWNTOWN THEATRES 
Announcing the Opening of New Restaurant and Coffee Shop 
■;. THE 'FAYETTE . 
Connection with the Hotel — Something Different. Good: Food, Reasonable Prices 



Absolutely 
Fireproof. 
Artistic Steel 
Furniture 

J. F. KILKEARY 
Proprietor 

NINTH ST. and 
PENN AVE. 



LOU HOLTZ»S 



Yandis 



241 WEST 43D STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
■ PHONE LAfCKAWANNA 7740 

Low Summer One and Three Rooms, Bath, Kitchen 

Completely Furniished 

In the Heart of Times Square 



Rates 

Now Effective 



WRITE, PHONE OR WIRE FOR BESERTATION 



■~ ~A~REAL HOME FOR THE PROFESSION 

MARYLAND HOTEL 



Large Rooms 
Runnini; Water 
Newly Decorated 



104 W. 49th St„ New York City— Ownership Management 

9 f\ An Immaculately Clean 9^ Cfl Double Room 

.UU Courteous Treatment . for 2, Bath 

a day Newly Furnished . / a day and Shower 

and up Special Weelily Batea fc^ and up 



Phone: LONGACRE 6805 



GlfiO. P. SCHNEIDER. Prop. 

FURNISHED 



THE BERTHA ilSESs 



COMPLETE FOR HOUSEKEEPING 

325 West 43rd Street 



CLEAN AND AIRY. 

NEW YORK CITY 



Private Bath. 3-4 Rooms. 



Catering to the comfort and eonvenlenoe of 
the profession. 

STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT- - - - - »16.00 CP 



J^'-fflONTREAL. Canada 

Makie Your Home at the 

LA SALLE 

APARTMENT HOTEL 
Drummond Street 

Special weekly rates to the profession 
Restaurant in connection 



Hotel Winthrop 

TACOMA, WASH. 

Right Across the Street from 
Pantaffes and Broadway Theatres 
Firieproof and Real Beds 
Rates Reasonable 
RAT W, CLARKi Manager. 



600 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS 
LANDSEER APTS. i BENDOR COURT 



245 West 51st Street 
Columbus 8950 



IRVINGTON HALL 

355 West "^Jst Street. 
Columbus 1360 



343 West 55th Street 
Columbus 6066 . 



HENRI COURT 

312 West 48th Street 
3830 Longacre 



llILDONA COURT 



; 341-3-17 West 45th Street. . 3560 LOngacre 
1-2-3-4-room apartments. Each apartment with private bathi phone, 

kitchen, kitchenette. 

■ $liB.00 UP WEfeKLY— $70.00 UP MONTHLY . 

The. largest maintainer of housekeeping furnished apartments directly 
tinder the supervision of the owner. Located In the center of the 
theatrical district. AH fireproof buildings. 

.Address all communications to 

CHARLES TENENBAVM 

Principal Office: Landseer Apts., 245 West 5ist Street, New York 
Apartments can be seen evenings. Office In each buildlngl 
Will Lease by the Week: Month or Year — Fnmlsbod or UnfunUHlied, 




ConvanUnt to ALL V ' 
MIDtown AetlvltiM ■ 

HOTEL ELK 

205 WEST 53p ST. 
Car. 7th Ava., N. V. C. 
Single, »10-$14 weekly 
Double . .. $3 extra 
'Tel. CiRola 0210 



[Modemly fumlHlied. TrnnNlents, IS | 



contract with National Theatre Sup- 
ply Co. At the time contract was 
given B. F. Shearer was manager 
of National. He left that firm and 
has his own company. This deal has 
opened a technicality over which 
the suit hang.'*, for Shearer appar- 
ently switched the payment to his 
new company and wants to supply 
the contract. In the original con- 
tract the National was mentioned. 
It is understood that $20,000 was 
paid on this contract which would 
run to about $150,000. 

Fisch<^r anjl his company want to 
enforce the lease they have, but 
Comer seems to claim that the lea,se 
is broken. The latter has been ne- 
gotiating with Pantages and others, 
but it seems that no one wants to 
lease a lawsuit, and so Its all up In 
the air until the court decides 
what's what. 



TAYLOR TRUNKS 

XX PROFESSIONAL 
TRUNK ^ 

Our conscientious olMrrvancc ot 
essciitlal (lelalle of manufacturt 
lioa picaacid the profe.'slon fo» 
more tlmn C6 years. 

TAYLOU THUNKS arc dciiend- 
able and BorTlccAl)Ic', the. Btand- 
BTil of the i)r(irc3"=l<in. Huy 
' dl reel '"Trbih"^ llie^ ina n ki fiK tur cri" " " 
TAYI.On THUNKP arc trid nnl.T 
nt our stores. 

The Pioneers of Theatrical Trunks 
Under the. samo management since 1859 

TAYLOR'S 

115 West 45th St.. NEW YORK 
28 East Randolph St., CHICAGO 



FURNISHED APARTMENTS 

1-2 Rooms, Privoey, Kitchenette, Maid 
Service, XiUen, Bath and Showers 
Reasonable hammer Rates ^ 
Jigent on Premises from 8 ». m. to 
4:30 p. m. ^ 

BONNER 

141 West 41st St., New York 
Plione Chlckering S743 



"Rhapsody in Blue," this week. 
Marion O'Connor, Maryan Shelley 
and Sylvia Karp, arie all students in 
the College of Fine Arts, Syracuse 
University. It is understood the 
three girls will be sent to the Cap- 
itol, New York, for a week. 

Trouble In the ranks of the Wil- 
cox players, starting back stage 
some weeks ago, then spreading to 
the front office where dismissals 
have taken place in wholesale 
fashion, struck the pa. with the 
ousting of James Colligan, Syra- 
cuse Herald columnist. 



Hotel 

Cumberland 

Broadway and 54th Street 

New York City 

"Lang (be New York-Home of Headlmen' 

Rooms with Twin Beds and 
Bath 21.00 Per Week for Two 

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 
25.00-30.00-35.00-40.00 Weekly 

Inquire for 

MANAGER 




THE DUPLEX 

HOUSEKEEPING "VRNv^h:-;;? 
330 Wet;?. ot; t't-.t. Nc-*. Ymw . 

.7;-.. '■■ ■ ■' 

Three tirit r.v ' ' ■ i.'i^- ••'.•Jih Oarr^, . 
complete Ul '.:•!,■-.'•. M'Ofa* J>i t-viry 
partlcul;':' 'V.!i acconini.oiiuits four ^ 
or more i.iKii's ■' ' 

..C1«.<!C UI' WKPi«Ll' -.i ■■' 



\S7 WEST 47 Tn ST. 
NEW YORK CITY 



TO THE PH0FE6SI0M 
We offer mfrw for fhe . 
moniy than myhoUi 
in Newyork 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

Wieting— "The Song and Dance 
Man" (stock). 

B. F. Keith's— Vaudfilm. 
Temple — Dark. 

Loew's State— "The Actress." 

Strand — "Vamping Venus." 

Eckel— "Ea.sy Come. Easy Go." 

Empire-:-"Th© Devil Dancer." 

Syraieuse — Vaudfilm. 

Regent — "Something Always 
Happen.s." , , 

Harvard— "The Magic Flame 
and "The Roaring Rider." 
■ Palace — "The Little Shepherd of 
Kingdom Come." 

Swan— "The Wizard" and "Ham 
and Eggs at the Front." 

"Get Rich Quick Wallingford" 
will be revived here next week 
as the second starring vehicle 
for Hugh V. O'Connell, playing a 
limited onfra.t;einent . with his old 
stock conira-ny, headed by Frank 
Wi]«ox. 



Ithaca is anticipating a real the- 
atre battle as a result of two proj- 
ects which will increase the total 
seating capacity by 2,700. The pop- 
ulation of th$ town is 20,000 and 
by fall there will be six theatres in 
operation. - ^ - 

Cornell Theatres, Elmira, headed 
by Berinstein Bros., are building a 
house to seat 1,800 and a 900-seat 
structure is planned by Harry 
Clark. 



LETTERS 



\ ATLANTA 

By ERNiE ROGERS 
Loew's — "Cossacks" — vatide, 
Howard— "Wheel of Chance"— 

Pubiix unit. 

Capitol — "Grip of Yukon"; m. c. 

stock. 

. Met— "Jazz Singer" (wired). 
Keith'« Georgia — "Magnificent 
Flirt" — vaude. 

Rialto — "Lady Be Good" (wired). 



"^^^'Six'Aj T^miX-r urn edy -written- by 
Ml.'^R Yvonne Cryne, will be p'O- 
turized by the Cinema Critics 
Club, Syrai^u.'^e, .as the first at- 
tempt at movie making. The film 
will be made with the co-operation 
of Ixjpw'.s State Theatre, with Wil- 
liam K. Saxton,. managing director, 
a.s advisor. 



Loew's State is featuring three 
Syracu.se pianists In the overture, 



Robert E. Hicks, former assistant 
manager of the Worth, Fort Worth, 
comes into the Howard a.l manager 
to succeed Ernest Morrison who 
goes to the Palace, Dallas. Hicks' 
first managerial Job. 

Howard Llchey at Capitol hand- 

ling^'Publiclty;--- - - 

After here previously for six con- 
secutive weeks— all time record - • 
"Jazz Singer" In Metropolitan for 
another week. 

Robert Williams resident stock 
company, after doing hunt at thu 
Krlanger went Into the Atlanta 
l^attcr engagement jiow has petered 
ouL 



VHien Sending for MaO 
TARIBTT. addreaa MaU Oletfe. 

POSTCARDS, ADVERTISING _ em 
OIBCVIAR IXTTKRS WIUL KOV 
BB ADVBRTISSD 

IJBTTKRB ADVERTISED IM 
ONE ISSUE ONLY 



B.iBKett WillLain 
BalUsvin ThomaB 
Boiler' ifarrjj 
Byrne Dolly 

Cat.Iln >I 
Chanaie-f Fehmer 
Clifford Paul 
Conlan Vftul 
Corljett Solma 
Cornwoll li'rank 
Cundle Bert 

Duncan Sis 

icddy Wesley 
Ettsent ppiU . 

Pinher M;ix 
Forbes K J . 

Glb.son A 
OUleite Wot) 
Goldpn Krnio- 
Goodwin F K 
Grcnville t'l;ilre 

Hufren Casa 
Hall .Sid 

Hennoford I'oodlcM 
HItfhrock Win 
Howard A- I.ind 
ilunl<;r Georglc 

Kaw.nltatnl A Ida 

<lilC.\(JO 

Haln.sfiilr J^'ranW E 
Jlalinuin ("aripi'-' 
lli'lle A fV.atcB 
Browne H A J 
^I{¥u"nnTFfi MrrY(-Tl" " 
Buckley Jack \j 

Chaluf- Theodore 
Conlan I'aul 

Dowr)f!y K.tthcr 

Erwhon Jack 
BttlnK Jluth 

Parrf 11 I'aul 
Foley Tbumaa 



Kcppic Vino 
Knccbt Jon. 

I>ambcrt Ed J. 
I^tnore Dolly 
I^cedcs Tl:io 
Jic w "M:^ 
Jjopcz npbt 

.Millar Bob 
Miller Jimmie 
Mohantied Ben H 

Norman Karyl 

Pollock ^Wn 
Potter Hell .. 

n.;hl Muriel . 
llelnr'N Dorothy 
Uobbin.s' .'^ani 
UoK.s Uila 

.S m y 1 h I.. 
.Splndler \l 

Vardon Piank 

Wr-Ht lrc;nO 
WcHtein lli;lc'n 
Wi-hl.on 'i'lu'odore 
Wc.Hlon Til OS J 
Whilo nd'r; 
WlllairilH Jfarry 
Wilton Hollc 
OKKICB 

Frobmun- Bert 

GIfford W C 
(Jilbert Bert 



Dccnard Albert F 
I..eHtcr Houscn *. C 
McDermott Loretto 

May Janet 
Morrow Maybello 
Munit Otto 
Muriel & . Fisher 

Perry Harry II 
Petrel la T G 
Powell Albert 
Pymm F & P 

Jlaimoll Eva 
Reed & Ducey 
noes Nellie 
UlvcrH Wanda 
Ilobinson Robert 



UoRpra Jack 
Rogers WU.son 
Roh'crs cS; King. 
Home & Dunn 
Roy Philip 
Ru.sscll E J 
Ruth.llrom John 

.Seolf Isobcll 
SiKBio 
Siiiec.lc Roy 
Slolnbcclt Bruno 
Ktevon.s tCJo 
Sylvester & . Vnnce 

Talford Uuth 
White H. Pl.;rre 
WriBht Goo M 
Wynn Ray 



Veronique Perrin, Capitol theatre 
stock company, Albany, will be mar- 
ried to Dr. Herman Diekman,. Al- 
bany dentist. She is daughter . <»f 
O.scar J. Perrin, manager of the 
Capitol theatre, and Mr.s. Perrin.. 



I 



Call ton- 



IlaKKerly Paul F 
llamtiiond Al 
IIcrrn;in DewlB 
II> rlii Mlliitn 
Hofjan *. .Sianiey 
IJowHrd May 

Kchor . 

Kirby A PeGafjc 

LanRP Howard 
Larnure Harry 




jABSOLUTEl-V'GUARANTE E D 



mm 



.-and be assured of receiving th« 
best materials properly blonded 

ISOLD EVERYWHERE 
Manufactured by . 
S tein Cosmetic Co., N. Y. 



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56 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 11, 19S!o 








SAYS: 





EDDIE LEONARD (A* H« Is Today) 



JACKLATT 



SAID 
IN "VARIETY" 

SWHILE AT THE PALACE, NEW YORK RECENTLY:- 




**>;v. ■•>»:-'»"«\v.*.'.*.%*,v.*.';*;\s*;<';\-;'>:-;«:«:':.:^-;.:.;.:.;.:<.:.:< 

mt. ^s^v* cr^ ,.A.: 
MABEL RUSSELL LEONARD 



"Minstrel shows in New York are, and for decades have >een,_ extinct. 
Yet Leonard is a hero, a lion, a wandfering son come home and a long-lost 
buddy back from dangers aiFar, right in the heart of Times Square, He 
gets sentiment out of lyrics that don't make sense and have become na- 
tional classics. He gets pathos out of being a song-and-dance man. Noth- 
ing can foUojv him but intermission." 




pdaSS "TIMES" 



*'Thfer^ ir t>C;uv>,v put carryirig on the 
.g;.rr«> r-.i tUe^^Mct^c days. When a man or 
wdliian cairi^o rlii - su^^^^ before a new 

vrciiera^jcin .the5tTe-£^ then that individ- 
ual is'.iac-ro '^^^iwP'tt personalit}'-— he is.- an in- 
■•stiUitioh. ■ • 

'''And 3ii«;h a nciii i?j Eddie Leonard. He 
x^i«4i-ifji>m./.tj:ij; !iitp^?v|l da^ he found 

time to give the world just as much as ever. 
Leonard probably is stronger today with his 
audience than ever before. The grass has 
never been greener in Eddie Leonard's back 
yard than it is today. The world loves to 
4ook in and see Leonard. The years have 
given him many things and he has given the 
stage an institution in himself. The man is 
no longer a youngster and even today he has 
that same great big regard he has for the 
pleasure of his audience that he had years 
a^o. This man knows how to buiW an act. 
He comes just as near glorifying the vaude- 
ville stage as any single artist, I am not 
writing- silly sentiment just tp give one the 
impression that it is pt'oper to be sentimental 
when an artist for many years standing' visits 
us again. Leonard is still on the top- of the 
ladder, because he has not allowed his art to 
dim Uc is still an individual eyen at his 
years. The voice just as mellow as in the 
Leonard manner, and artistry is greater than 
his voice has been. It takes many things to 
make Leonard the institution. He sings 'Ida' 
and. 'Roly Boly Eyes' and 'Rose Marie.' This 
week at B. F. Keith's you will see Eddie 
Leonard and his new act topping all events. 
He is a big showman. He knows how to sur- 
round himself with fast and snappy dancers. 
So he gives the world of entertainment. 

"And Eddie Leonard today stands as one 
of tiieTrear coinpl iments ot vamlevill e^ " T . 




r/ic 5pecfafor in 
LOS ANGELES "HERALD" 
Feb. 13, 1928 



Bright Minstrelsy of Eddie 

Leonard Scores at Orpheum 

.• , * 

"Style is unique and novel. Real gems of 
melody, tenderness and pathos. In a class 
by himself." 



EDDIE 
LEONARD 



The Minstrel of 
the Hour 



Address: MABEL RUSSELL LEONARD, Cumberlaiid Hotel, New York City 





fubilshed Weekly at 164 West 48tO St., New Tork. M. t.. Of Variety, Ine Annual aubaeiiptloa. tlO. 8inirie oopiea. 16 cents,' 
Enteivd a» tecond-clast matier December tl. ItQt. at tbe Foat Ufflce at New Tork. N. r. antter tbe act of Uareb |. tt7t. 



VOL. XCII. No. 1 



NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1928 



64 PAGES 



TALKERS VS. 





GHOST SPIELERS 
FOR YIDDISH 
SEQIONS 



Old Custom Returns in 
East Side Shooting 
Galleries 



There are at h-ast twt> Khotto 
neighborhood nickelodcan.s in New 
York which are ultra conwioua of 
tbe talker evolution In the picture 
buisness. Not to be outdone by 
Movietone and Vltiii)hone. their 
male attaches, who al.so double as 
bouncers when not linKuistlcally In- 
terpretlnfr the silent dr.ima. are 
back in the old racket of ad litibincr 
dialog accompaniinont to augment 
the cotiventlonal titles. 

About 12 or 15 ycurs a^'o. the 
neighborhooders all went fin- "talk- 
ing pictures" a.s a ballyhoo to off- 
set the competition presented by a 
Theda Rira or Iconise fJlaum or old 
Keystone or F].ssanay Chaplin. 
Those shooting galleries not en- 
franchised for the choice fllck(^r fea- 
tures gave the bouncer or the .spe- 
cial cop an extra flnlf and bally- 
hooed sotne $2.50 rental feature as 
"talking movifs." In truth, they 
hired the strnne-.Trm boya with an 
eye and an ear to their linguistic 
acconipaniment.s. 

Tile gag is bafk agii.in downtown 
although they do .s;iy the hoy.s have 
blended their kosher bi(>};uos in 
synchronization into drawing room 
conversation. 



Add Americana 



Chic.-iRo, July 17. 

Bud Ljvwrence, endurance walker, 
who wear.<i hi.s hair i>arted in the 
middle, has given his all to fire- 
escape climbing. 

Offering himself aa ti»e champ 
thinker-up of the gooHost thing to 
do, L.'iwrence claims he will climb 
up and down the State-Congress 
burlesque theatre fire escape for 12 
days and nights, taking a 20-nun- 
ute rest period every three hours, 
''he theatre is promising liim a 
000 purse if his feet don't rust. 

Inspired by jealousy, local flag- 
pole sitters, banana munchers, cof- 
fee drinkers and g.'irlic gnssfrs claim 
Lawrence ought to go sit down and 
let the hU)od rush to his feet. 

Franklin, Can. Rep. 

Oliaw.i, .luly 17. 

J. .1. I'"iir(i. of Kf'iths, has 
lamed J. M. ^'I•a^klin. man.Tgcr of 
■)ttawa, .as the C.inaili;in roprcseiu.T - 
lives with .-;up<'rvi«ion over all 
veith Interests in the Dominion. 

Franltlin will conyinue to make 
lis headquarters in Ottawa, and will 
•emain aa man.iqer of the Keith 
louse there. 

No cli.intri'.s in the personnel of 
he nuineif)ii« Keith or 0"pheum 
lou.ses in C.inaila are conf eimplnted. 



Entire St Charles Hotel, 
Milwaukee, Is Padlocked 



Milwaukee, July 17. 

The St. Charles Hotel, for 15 
years the local home of the bur- 
lesque touring companies, was pad- 
locked by Federal Judge F. A 
Gelger here last week. 

The padlock proceedings were en- 
livened by the stories told of the 
antics of chorus girls to get drinks, 
as under-cever agents took ^ the 
stand. 

The agents said that the chorus 
girls, "a new batch every week," 
would tour from room to room look- 
ing for drinks. On one night one 
of the girls did somersaults and 
stood on her head while wearing 
only a kimona and teddle after hav- 
ing a few drinks. 

Asked if he tried to put the girls 
out of his room, the dry agent said 
that he didn't; that he let thera 
stand on their heads and turn 
somer.s;iults as much aa they 
pleased because the other guests in 
the room "got a kick out of it." 

The agents denied that they had 
ever got drunk on the liquor they 
hou.ght from the bellhops, but that 
they acted as bartenders and got 
others drunk. 

Joseph Budar, owner of the hotel, 
denied that he knew that the law 
was being violated. 

Judge Geigor announced that the 
padlock would be slapped on as 
soon as each guest had been given 
individual notice to move. No 
guests will be made to suffer the 
loss of baggage or possessions and 
will be given time to find new 
homes. 

Only a few professionals are in 
the liotcl now, the only actors be- 
ing those employed in burlesque 
stock at the Gayety, that hou.se 
closing Saturday. 

The St. Charles is the first big 
hotel in the middle-west to be 
closed. It is a political stamping 
ground and the headquarters of the 
state Republican party. 



A Few Millions for 

Roger Kahn at 21 



Recording in Church 



Trinity Hapti.st Church of 
Camden, N. J., is being used 
by Victor Talking Machine 
Company in making syn- 
chronizations for Paramount 
and M-G-M. 

The church was built in 
1872. Because of its perfect 
acoustic properties it is pre- 
ferred by Victor to their regu- 
lar studios for this purpose. 

The Capitol (New York) or- 
chestra, under the direction of 
David Mendoza, is doing much 
of the musical work for Vic- 
tor. 



Roger Wolfe Kahn will be 21 
years old in a couple of months. At 
his majority he will have two or 
three millions thrust upon him by 
his father, Otto H, Kahn, the 
banker. The financial settlement Is 
a Kahn family tradition for tach 
of the childttn aa they become of 
age. 

Mfantimc, young Kahn is still in- 
tent on clicking as a musical com- 
edy composer. His initial try with 
"Here's Howe," Aarons & Frecd- 
ley '9 - product ion^ — Itr— regarded aa a 
succo.-s from the composition view- 
point. Kahn and Joseph Meyer col- 
laborated on the score and the 
tunes are being played around 

.more than ever, despite the show's 

* closing. 

When not composing or recording 
for Victor with his own orchestra, 
Roger is pursuing his aviation 
iiobby. 



World's Softest "Anger 
Is Harry K. Thaw 



Harry K, Thaw is described by 
a technician who worked for Kenil- 
worth Productions as the world's 
most amiable "angel." 

Thaw bankrolled Kenilworth Pro- 
duction.s, which functioned for over 
six months at P"'ort Lee, N. J„ last 
year. During that time he never 
interfered and never made a sug- 
gestion. He forked up the dough 
with unfailing good nature, never 
squawked, liked everything and waa 
an all-round swell boss, they say. 

Three pictures were made by 
Kenilworth. "A Noisy Noise," star- 
ring Willie Brown "of Boston," was 
descrii>ed by Thaw's ex-employee as 
a very good two-reel comedy. 
"Beach Nuts," bad. he said. "The 
Spirit World." the only feature, 
starred Wilfred* Lytell, Bert's 
brother, and "pretty fair." Anita 
Rivers, now Anita Page of tha 
M-G-M lot, appeared in all the pic- 
tures wearing curls. 

None of the pictures has been re- 
leased. Thaw Ir understood to have 
tho tliree negatives in his posses- 
sion in Paris. 

Charles Edward Davenport and 
TefTt Johnson were Kenilworth's 
directors. 

22-Day Anto Race 

Altoona, Pa., July 17. 

There have been marathon races, 

dances, eating contests, etc., but a 

marathon automobile race, the first 

of its kind, is slated to take place 

on the Altoona Speedway, begin- 
ning Aug. 18. 

Immediately upon conclusion of 
the international sweepstakes, Aug. 
18, the Stellar Amusement Com- 
pany, Pittsburgh, will take over the 
wooden bowl and a flock of stock 
cars will start a race which will 
not end until Sept. 8. / 

For 22 days the cars will spin 



around the bowl. Drivers will al- 
ternate with relief crews, driving six 
hours and resting .six hours. Eleven 
entries h.ave already been received. 

Cars are expected to keep going 
all the time, although there will 
be allowances for tire and minor 
motor repairs. A major defect will 
eliminate a mai liinc. Promoters ex- 
pect an attendance of SOO.OOO over 
the 22 dnys. 



Cold on Big Fight, 

No Ticket Demand 



Wilh the world's heavyweight 
championship fight between Gene 
Tunney and Tom Heeney, the for- 
eign blacksmith, only eight days off, 
anticipations by Tex Rlckard for a 
million dollar gate appear to be 
highly exaggerated. It was esti- 
mated early this week that the 
ticket sale is hardly over $225,000, 
and probably not tha.t much. 

Along Broadway the ticket brok- 
ers have been able to sell vef y few 
duckets. They have no illusion about 
the event and when queried come 
back with the question, "What 
fight?" 

If this "battle of the century" is 
to get any real coin, it will come 
in the last day or two before^he 
event. Given promising weather 
there might be a last minute ticket 
scramble, but that is conjecture as 
nobbdy appears to be 'hot about the 
bout. 

People in charge of the ticket sale 
admit the sole in New York Is very 
light, but say that most of the sales 
have been made out of town. Lack 
of color, especially in regards to 
the contender, is the answer. No 
one hardly hears mention of the 
bout. 

Neither man is a knocker-out. 
Neither begins to have the allure 
that always was Dempsey's. Both 
champs are being covered by the 
metropolitan dallies, but the stories 
are nothing to get excited about. 
Even the fight experts have failed 
to get steamed up. Some writers 
seem to try to steam it up, though. 
It is doubtful If stories from the 
camps would make much difference, 
especially payroll stuff. Yet fight 
writers for the first time appear 
unable to popularize a heavyweight 
match. 

Opinions favoring Heeney's 
chances are coming out. The odds 
are quoted as high as four to one 
on Tunney. At that price fight bugs 
are liable to take the short end, fig- 
uring no fight odds should be as 
big. 

Unless the ticket sale jumps it 
looks as If the promoters would take 
a loss, especially if the report that 
Tunney's end will be more than half 
a million, regardless of the rule 
calling for 37 ^ per cent, of the 
gate. 




Zieggy's Reopened Roof 

The Zlegfeld Midnight Frolic will 
become a renewed Broadway insti- 
tution, according to Zlg^'s Inten- 
tions with the Eddie Cantor show. 
Zlegfeld intends to feature Cantor, 
Ethel Shutta and George Ol^en's 
band on the roof atop thts Ngv^ 
Amsterdam, which will house the^ 
Cantor musical, 

The ultimate plan may .see table.^ 
there, as in the brave day.s of oldi 



LONG DISTANCE BICYCLBT": 

Pasadena, Gal., July: 17. ,, \ 
Roswell L*HoTnmcdl0u, singer, will: 
attempt a cross country tHp,. by hi-- 
cycle to New Yofk, whipre his fjlsteri 
Susie I/Ifommedieu, is. ill. in a -hos- 
pital. ■ 

Before starting out to pcd.T:l iict'OSji. 
the country. L'Hommedieu a'ia.tcd he^ 
would try to^make :th6--jatint iiri -^^ 
days,' :■ 



Big Film Produeert Re"! 
ported After . Several 
Broadway H ou set ior 
Full-l^ngthv ^Dialog ' Pie- ; 
tures XMginal vl^llulsg 
Film Plot* 



TAKES IN '*THE HOAD*' 



Paramount and M«tro»Gotdwyn* 
Mayer ara . arranging for tha pro*, 
duetien of talking pieturo* in ragii* 
far sta^a play form^ with laflithnata: \ 
eaatsi Story d«partmafita .luiv« boon v 
notified to : auipand , bii)([inl9^ deHpta ; 
for the present, it is. raportad* Au* : 
thors and playwrighta. ar*'.- baing 
signed to writa pluyi* not tcanariot, 
which will bo prdducad is pTaya oiv 
.the. - talking ' spra#n<V:.'' 

The same' mkf- lf«:. iiaid f oa :FoK^ 
perhaps mora op» and likawita f 6r 
the Warner Brethora. ' ^' 

Negotiations .are . now W^ xar-. 
ried on for the rental . of aeveral 
Broadway legtt houses .-with' the^ ,^; 
Shuberts among other legit- theatre :'. 
concerns. It Is understood the pic- ., 
ture men are offering to lease on a 
straight rental baats, with the the- ^ 
atre owners holding out for. a guarr.. 
antee and percentage; . . - . 

Plays in scr'een foim will prohahly . 
be on Broadway by the end of next . 
season, competing : with rogniilar ie;- 
git attractions, and perhaps forcing 
a reduction in scales for the Je^lts' . 
on Broadway. ' 'v. ' ■ ■-.i::--. 

It Is reported that Ernest. Vajda, ' 
Paramount . supervisor . and play- \ 
Wright, has been appointed head of > 
the p roduction department of ^ftcjeeen^ 



plays for Paramount He . has had- 
prevlous legit experience. • 

Outright Purohaso: ' ': 
From present indications Jt seems 
that in buying screen plays the pro>\ 

Continued on . ; page. .'.4t;) • 



Ball Rings as Theatres 

Washlngt^^ 17^ ' 

As in Mexico, bull fight arenas of 
.Venezuela are being converted.. Into 
picture- theatres. . 

^ i'wo' arenas,. ' Circo Jfetrppolitano, 
seating : 3,000,' and . : Nei^yo . . CIrcp, 
Ci^dOC f^fe iised nightly as open air 
tficatrfeg for" pictures. N The only day' 
the bull,s and the flghtors get '^a 
chance is on Sunday afternoon. ;. ^ 
'■'>Thls from the motion picture Bee- 
tl6n of. the , Department of .Com-r 
tnerce. 




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London as It Looks 

By Hannen Swaffer* 



. London, July 6, 
Every time our inanaprers conie back froni America, there la a row. 
This time, it is an ai'g^umcnt between William Molllson and Charles 
Cochran about tlie Cochran boost foV Florenz Zlegfeld — ^the one ad- 
vertized in the Amfrlcan papers sayinp that the Zicgfeld production 
of "The Thrf>G Musketeors" should make "our poor Enfflish musical 
comtdy merchants bow .their heads, in shame." 

London Producer Gets Angry . 

This much annoyed Mollison, who is a "poor English musical comedy 
merchant,^' and who, in conseciuence. copied Cochran's example and 
telegraphed to the :"«;;rand Street Follies," "This Is the cleverest ; revUe 
I have, seen for a long tinie. It would dp some of our English revue 
producers good to come to New York to see how a revue should be pro-' 
duced. : I should advise C- B. Cochran to see it." 

"Well, when. Cbcliran came home, he hastened to explain, saying it 
was with great r6gret he learned that a wire, sent to his "old friend, 
Zlegteld/' had been regarded by MollisOn as "a por.sonal affront" to him 
and the Clayton & Waller firm. 



Spontaneous Combustion. 
The wire was sent spontaneously, he said in a personal letter to the 
Clayton, and Waller management, and it never occurred to him that 
VZieg-gy would think it of sufficient importance to buy advertising space 
for;" ;.. ■. 

It was a tribute of appreciation because, he was struck all of a 
heap by. "The Three Mus,keteers," the "good taste, lighting, speed and 
general efficiency of which, not the expenditui-e," made him want to 
express his appreciation. ' 

"To make an unfriendly gesture towards you- is the last thing I should 
do," explained Cochran. 

Well, that is .that> 



The Bashfql . Showman ■ . 

I took it to mean that Cochran wanted a boost in America. I must 
apologize to hirri for thinking he wanted publicity of any kind. I ought 
to have, remembered his modest and. retiring nature arid the calm re?' 
eerve with which he regards himself and his opinions* 

The truth is, of course, that managers are getting a little too' fond of 
knocking each other. They blame me If I say a word .of criticism, when, 
all. the time, their opinions about each other are more violent than- any- 
thing I have ever thought. 'Sometimes, when I am in the company of 
manager.s, 1 almost feel like a fairy godmother. 



All We Did in a Week 

Meanwhile, the English theatre confined itself this week to staging 
another Eden Philpott's play of the Devonshire cream kind, one called 
"My Lady's Mill," and a crude mixture of -Bickly sentiment and a few 
wise cracks. • . ^ 

I should hot think It could last long. For one thing. It Is in the wrong 
theatre; The Lyric Is a large place. The play Is a small one. 



I Stuff in the "I Stuff" 

Then they revived "Justice," and thiey produced In a barn called the 
Gate Theatre Studio' a brainless expresi^fionlst play called "Six Stokers 
Own the Blooniln' Earth," written by an American called Elmer Greens- 
felder... 

Gordon. Craig was therfe, but, otherwise, .'the only humor was the refer- 
ence to me as a "leader microbe," the other three leader microbes being 
Tolstoy, Lincoln and Mussolini. 

I only mention 'this to' annoy those who hate the "I stuff." 



The Tragedy of Avery Hopwood 

Otherwise, poor Avery Hopwood's <le'ath in the South of France is the 
chief topic of conversation. ^ . 

He had dinner and then went bathing, they say, got cramps and 
drowned. - 

Now, the curious thinfe: about Juan-les-Pins Is that Its bathing teach 
has about .70 yards of water, so shallow that it wbuld be almost impossi- 
ble to drown. 

Avery, as everybody knows, was of the obstinate, neurotic type, and 
people who know him record that, at Blackpool, where "The Gold 
Diggers" was produced, he infjisted on walking into the sea In his dress 
clothes and ^yas pulled out..wIth some difficulty. 



A Man of Moods 

His poor tortured brain may have been In a strange mood on the fatal 
night. Avery was like that— a most obstinate creature — although his 
kindly charm endeared him to those who could get under his skin. 

So far, there is no news from Juan-les-Plns, except the bare few. 
lines. No one knows where Avery Hopwood's mother is. No one knows 
yet who had gone away with him. We only know he had Just finished 
his first novel, in which he tried to express himself otherwise than In 
the tripeish plays he wrote for the commercial theatre. 

He dies worth probably $2,000,000, and I, suppose It will all be left 
to his poor mother, who used to follow him about, trying to keep him 
normal. She was the most unhappy looking woman I ever met. Her 
face wa^ lined with cfire. She worshipped Avery, naturnlly. and she 
had lavLshed tenderness upon him until she was -worn out. 



Avery. Finds Fault " 

The first time I met Avery Hopwood, he complained to me that 

"A^ariety" had do'ne him a gi;fat injustice by saying that, on the boat 
coming over, he had .swallowed ^lair-oil. 

We were .5tandhig, at the time. In his bedroom tn the Carlton hotel, 

"It wasn't hair-oiU" he said; pointing to thie mantelpiece. "It was 
that .bottle of scent. 'Variety' ought to get its facts right.". 



The Shuberts and Leslie Stuart's : 

There is now soinp feeling in Lo'ndon boc.^iise, when I announced that 
the Srllniberts had bought Leslie Stuart's last play, and managers, re- 
garded it as a reflection; upon themselves. I do not see why this should 
be; 

One manager tells me ho made the .same offer to May Leslie Stuart, 
the dc.'vd composer's d.'iughter, that .lake Shubert m.lde. 

IC so, it i.s KiU'cly a -tributo to Shubort's business sense that May ac- 
cejUed his offer, instead of the other. Tho Shuberts usually did Leslie 
Stuiivt's .slio'ws in Aiiierioa. and this time they have bought all the 
righls. ■ * • 

We ni\isl face tjie fjU't that a musical play of this kind stands much 
more chance' on your side, where it would get a better cast and a better 
proOuctiim. It is not my fault. 

Indeed, it is very ilishe.'irlcning to hear all these people come back 
from America with their' stories of your bovmdles.s; enterprise and your 
amazing ind.ustry. It makes me miUzejioy^^^nd^jnTLre^Lli^ 
""•trlral— cT^li^rTibncroii^^^-h town. 



DAVID STURGIS 

The Hollywood, 1 Rue Dannou. Paris 



THE UNIVERSAL THEATRE 
VARIETY 

Telephone Louvre 03-81 




GEORGIE WOOD 

Just completed London Music 
Hall engagements with new sketch, 
also concerts with song-studies, and 
now playing In the > new Julian 
Wylle "Follies of 1928." 

Care of "Variety," London, 
would find me, but the home ad-r 
dress is 17, Tring Avenucj Ealing, 
London, Eiig. 



Chatter In Paris 



Paris, July 8. 
Jennie Dolly was so smitten with 
Clifton Webb's terpsicory that she 
wangled a way to try out with him 
at the' Ambassadeurs the other eve. 
Hidden behind a. black mask the 
slim figure emerged from the wings 
In good style. She went through 
the routine but evidently did not 
like the results for she has not been 
on since. 



David Warfleld, looking In the 
pink, and having: the time of his 
life, he says, would not be averse! 
to another engagement, he said. 
That is, of course if I feel as well 
as I do now when I get back to the 
United States." 



Chatter in Nice 

By Frank Scully 



Ma,urlce Chevajler, Idol of France 
and one of the most popular song 
and dance men the country has ever 
known, will make pictures for Para- 
mount when he goes to th6 States 
in the fall. He has a good . screen 
face. 



"Miss France," Mile. Raymonde 
Allaln, came back with "an Ameri- 
can smile," as she calls, it. Says 
that the Yanks ha've a way of 
wreathing their faces in merriment, 
far more expressive than here. She 
fcas received a . number of offers 
frorii cinema, musical comedy and 
vaudeville and will take the one of- 
fering the most money. 



Edna Leedom and her new hus- 
band, Doelger, aren't missing a 
thing In thiis gay Paris. Their pro- 
tracted honeymoon gets more honey 
like all the time. A wise one at the 
Ambassadeurs the other eve asked 
who the other girl was In Dodger's 
party and when told that it was 
Edna's sister said "can you Imagine 
bringing your sister on your honey- 
moon." ■* 



Mrs. Theresei Helburn, director of 
the Theatre Guild, is here for a rest 
but she could not refra,ln from talk-' 
Ing shop when several of the news 
(hounds approached her. 



Budapest 

By E. PONGRACZ-JACOBI 

Budapest, July 1; 
A few weeks before closing f<Jr 
the summer . nearly every theatre 
in Budapest holds a new light play. 
Even the stages where serious 
drama is at home . now Indulge In 
musical comedy, vaudeville or light 

The Vigszlnhaz, after a season pf 
semi-successes, has scored with "A 
Hailbarat" (The Friend of the 
Family"), a posthumous comedy by 
Beia Szcnes, apthor of a great 
number of succiessful comedies, 
who died, very young, last year. 
This play, found among his papers; 
was completed by Karoly Notl, who 
has so far only been known <is a 
writer of capital cabaret one- 

£tCt6TS» 

"A ' Hazlbarat," like Szenes' 
former plays, is remarkable for a 
lot of bubbling good humbr. and 
very closely observed details of 
local color. It Is the old story of 
the tired business man, too. occu- 
pied to give much of his time to a 
young wife. The friend of the 
family, too, and the worldly-wise 
father. Story scant enough, but 
the handling Is skilful . aind there 
Isn't a dull moment nor any moral- 
izing. Thcaitre Is closing later 
than expected on account of the 
unexpected success,- and proposes 
to reqpen in August with the same 
play. 

One Summer House 

Only one theatre In Budapest 
which plays through thfe summer, 
Budal Szlnkor. It Id an old wooden 
structure, unfit for performances 
In winter. In summer it generally 
engages a good: company and does 
excellent business when warm; It 
has got a musical hit In a new 
vaudeville,. "A regl nyar" ("That 
Long-Past Summer"), with a fair- 
ly enjoyable book by Bekeffl and 
extremely . insignificant music by 
Lajtai. The celebrated prima 
donna meets again the lover of her 
youth, who deserted her long aso 
for the sake of a wealthy marriage. 
She sticceeds In capturing ^ her 
former beau's, son for her daughter 
before he commits the same mis- 
take his father made, after that 
long-past summer. 

This play was originally written 
for Sari Fedak (Mad,am9 Molnar), 
but as she could not reach terms 
with the management, it Is iiow 
played by Hanna Honthy, . who 1.'' 
clever; bxrt the part is so evidently 
written to fit Miss Fedak that One 
misses her In every scene. Miss 
Fedak claims that she. has inspired 
the play and collaborated in it;, iand. 
that she has a right to otie-thlrd 
of the royalties. . A ' lawsuit is 
■likely to ensue. Mls.i Fedak has 
already enlisted public sympathy 
by ceding her claim to an actbrs' 
charity Institution; 

Visiting Comtianies. 

Now Is the time for foreign tour- 
ing companies' visits in Budapest. 
Much resentnient by Hungarian 
authors and actors Is felt because 
of the large number of foreign 
visitors tempting audiences away 
from -Hungarian productions, and 
permission Is only given to first- 
rate companies to tour Hungary. 
A fo.rtnight's run of an operatic 
company from the Scala Opera at 
Mllano was extremely popular, and 
the. Paris Gymnase Theatre, visit- 
ing at the Magyar Szinhaz for two 
nights, attracted capacity audi- 
ences, despite the heat. 



The French th^iatreis have tak«n 
on that moth ball effect and have 
folded up thielr seaibn tightly and 
closed their doors until the fall. 
About the only thing that one may 
see now is a rfevue. 



Harcy Thaw is having the time 
of his life and does not want to go 
home. 



Pasquall, now playing In the Ca- 
sino dc Paris revue, will hold the 
role . of Roy Lane, dancer. In the 
French edition of. "Broadway" when 
produced at the Madeleine theatre 
In October. 

It Is anticipated a greater number 
of theatres will close this summer 
than last year. Due to poor busi- 
ness In the legitimate circle. The 
Odeon set the example after the 
visit of Paul Reumert, Danish actor. 
All the circuses are closing until 
September. The Chatelet has been 
dark several days, and the painters 
are renovating the house, not before 
It was wanted. The Theatre des 
Arts and Theatre Michel put up the 
shutters this week. 
===ltJs;a--foregone=eoncluslon"m;uRlcar 
comedy will remain the most pop- 
ular form of entertainment next 
sotison, as It has been during the 
present and last two years. 

The. proposition of the State in- 
heriting all copyrights when they 
legally expire h.as been dropped (for 
the present) by the French legis- 
lators. 



Nice, France, July L 
Before this sees the newsstands, or 
shortly after it, the big news should 
break that Franco Film, a year ago 
most viplent antl-Amifricaw outfit 
over here, has done the oblvioun 
American trick. ' One of the master 
minds of the company has Just 
said the best theatres In. the key 
cities of France will be Franco Film 
property soon. The deal Is now on 
to buy up these houses and so the 
third angle Of the triangle la about 
completed, for they already have 
their producing and distributing' 
organizations g'olng. 
. My informant wanted to know ■: 
why I rubbed the gilt off l<Ya.nco 
Film's racket In Variety. It seems 
weeks ago that I. said. Nice was a 
dead inovie town and always would 
be and that Franco Film didn't do 
so marvelously in buying Rex In.<;'« 
ram's studios. He took it all good- 
naturedly, being in fact one of the 
charter, memberis of the "Good 
Sport's Club," and invited . me to a 
$2 luncheon. He ended up by telling 
me Franco . Film stock which was ait 
500 a year ago is now at 800 and will 
go on the Bourse In January at 
1,000. ■ 

"Just to show what a good fellow 
I am," said this Boy Munsey, "I'll 
give an order so you can buy at 
728 and If you lose a sou I'll pay the 
difference. Con tract?" 

I didn't accept, preferring In istead . 
to continue on the staff of Variety — 
the only place I know, now tha,t 
"The World" has gone Wall Street, 
where an, honest^ opinion 1« still 
•welcome. 

28 and in Control 

This affabale lad— he is only 28 
and was a war . aviator at 16 — con- 
trols 15,000,000 of Frainco Film's 25,- 
00e,000 and learned hla frenzied 
finance as attorney over here for 
one of the "American Big 3.','' ^ 

He told me further that hig 'main 
idea no'W is to shoot his big pictures . 
With American stars. If he. does that , 
of course the quota law won't be 
such a dead economic loss. It is 
clear he still has visions of Nice 
being to Hollywood what Tale is 
to Harvard, an unavoidable rival. 



■* .Menjou's Hooey 

Menjou, for all the ear oii he 
has poured into the drums of the 
French newspaper boys, isn't fooled 
so easily by his own hot hooey. He 
told a . scout of mine that these one- , 
night stands of stars will never 
make Nice a film capital. What Is 
needed is a film colony— -actoi's, di- 
rectors and such who buy villas 
and live here all the year. By 
making their homes in Holly<-wobd 
the actbrs made Hollyw.ood, s6*.says 
the adroit Adplphe. Nobody but 
Rex Ingra.m has ever so much as 
taken out a sea .son's lease in Nice. 



SAILINGS 

July ?j6 (San^^F^^^^ Syd~ 
hey), Conlin and Glass (Donona). 

July 21 (New York to London). 
Mrs. Tom Mix and daughter (Le- 
viathan). 

July 21 (tondon to New York), 
Kelcey Allen (Adriatic). 

July 21 (New York to Loiidon), 
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ddrxnande 
(Montroyal). 

July 26 (New York to London), 
Phil O'Connor (Minnesota),. 

July 18 (London to New York), 
Russell Johns (De Grasse). 

July 17 (New York to Glasgow), 
Sylvia Clark, Bobbie Kuhn (Cale- 
donia). 

July 14 (New York to Berlin), 
Martinet and Crow, Mr. and Mi-s. 
Joe Friedman and children 
(Deutsehland). 

July 14 (London to New York). 
Jed Harris (Mauretania). 

July 14 (l^ondon to New York), 
Helen Will.s, Tob Webster (Mau- 
retania). 



JtTly-TLZ- (New York to Eudapesl) 
Mitzi and Boyd Mar.shall, her hus- 
band (Majestic). 

July 12 (London to Xew York), 
J. D. WilUam.s, Karle Hammon.s 
(Olympic). 

July 11 (Paris to New York) 
Waring's Pennsylvanians, Harry 
Thaw, Kathryn Riiy (He de France) 



Cutts- Ingram Quarrel 

Graham Cutts is loafing , down ' 
here. He did "Confetti" here for 
First National last fall and got in 
a jam with Ingram ovfrr the ladies. 
Ingram, oddly enough, took the role 
of moral crusader In the row. Cutts 
went back to England and wh.at he 
said about Ingram was plenty. Ap- 
parently the only thln.o,- Ingram 
exception to .was that- Cutts 
said he has turned Mohammedan. 
I think Ingram sued some !i>aR .sheet 
for It and got a couple of pounds 
for the impeachment. V 

The funny part is that I have 
half a dozen pics of Rex all dressed 
up like a sultan and .surrounded .by 
Arabs, ■camels aind Riviera sand- 
dunes. Nobody asked him to pose 
like a Mecca cigaret ad and I can't 
for the life of me see how he could 
(Continued on page 59) 



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Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



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VARIETY 



Acts Replacing Presentations 

In London's Picture Theatres 



Only Wired Houses Playing Silent "Tempest" with 
Shaw Talking Short Is New Gallery 



London, July .7. 

Presentations seom to have pretty 
Tvell died out here, but a fair, num- 
ber o£ houses are putting in from 
two to four vaudeville? acts, In some 
cases with double feature pictures. 
So the public la at . least getting 
value for its money in the time a 
program takes to sit through; . 

The Plaza this week, in addition 
to "Paying the Penalty" (English 
title of "The Underworld," which 
l*ar9.mount at last got by the Censor 
Board) and "Tillio's Punctured Ro*- 
mance,-' is staging an excerpt front 
"Madame Butterfly,'' put on by 
Frank Mangan. 

In addition to the M-G-M fea- 
ture "Mockery" and a May McAvoy 
second fea^ture, the Capitol has 
Billy Cotton's Band, and the other 
G. T. C. house, Astoria, has Alma 
Barnes and Sister and Arthur and 
Austel as well ias two features. Next 
week the Astoria has four acts:— 
iiily Morris, Three Eddies, Troy 
Ateters and Helen, a.nd Masu and 
Yuri, ais well as two feature films. 
Only Wired House 

New Gallery, the only wired house 
In towrt, keeps in "Tempest" (U;A,) 
and has Bernard Shaw on the 
Movietone. "Wings" Is still flying 
at the Carlton. Anent which, . Clay 
ton & Waller havlhg rented that 
theatre from Paramount at $3,250 a 
week, and sub-let it to Oscar Sheri- 
dan for "Running Wild," found 
' Sheridan's show wasn't going on. 
They offered to let Par keep 
"Wines" in. But Par had the dope 
and said it didn'r want to stay. C 
& W. came back and asked again, 
and eventually Par took oh for 
11,000 per. Not so bad for Par and 
better for Clayton & Waller than 
having it on their hands, dark. 

The StoU house on KIngsway also 
has' two features In addition to 
Stetson, hat manipulator, and Bar- 
bara Pett Frases, niece of Pett 
Bidge the novelist. She is also 
doubling in grahd opera at Coveht 
Garden. Next week this house has 
two featurie films, two acts (Tom 
my Long, and Thelma Dane, out of 
the tourliig "Co-Optimists' " com 
pany),, as well aa two travel films 
with lectures: — "Airways of Em 
^ plre," with Major W. T. Blake, a 
' Feiiow. of the American Geograph- 
ical Society, and "On the Trail of 
the , Cowboy," a "through the cow- 
camps" picture w4th Escott North 
doing' the talk. 



"Spread Eagle" Doubtful; 
Heat KOIing Shows 

London, July 17. 

"Spread Eagle" is an artistic sue 
cess but doubtful commercially. 

The intense heat is killing all ex 
cept a handful of hits with library 
buys. . 

"Spfead Eagle" will be about 
washed up by present Indications 
when completins Its original five- 
week booking at the New. 

"My Lady's Mill" folded July 14 
after but 12 days at the Lyric. 



Meyer Will MMca^^^^ 
**Mr. Abdulla" with Gerard 

London, July 17. 

A musical version of "Mister 
Abdulla," by Douglas Fui*ber and 
Phillip Charig, will bo produced by 
Bertie Mieyer. . 

Gene , Gerrard Is to be. featured 
and If the management can locate 
Ivy Tresmand, now traveling on the 
continent, she will be made an offer 
also. 

Show is scheduled to open Sept 
10 for six weeks out of town ^yith 
a West End house to follow. 



SON FOLLOWS FATHER 



Brandon Thomas Has Hit In "Pass- 
ing Brompton Roiad" 



London, July IT. 
Brandon Thomas,, son of the au- 
thor of "Charley's Aurit;" hoB 
written a new farce titled "Passr 
Ing Birompton Road." It looks like 
^ smash after opening July 10 in 
the Criterion. 

It is an almost perfect type of 
play for Marie Tempest and is 
likely material for America, 



Pola Taking Orders froni 
Prince and Liking It 

. Paris, July 17. 

The story of Pola Negri's break 
with her husband, Prince MdivanI, 
is accepted here as publicity in 
connection w4th her signing a con 
tract to niake pictures for an Eng;; 
llsh company.' 

MdivanI appeared to have every^ 
thing under control when in Paris 
with iPola taking orders from him 
and seeming to like it. 



''Mar jolaine" Sticking 

London, July 17. 

Libraries have mad^ a four weeks' 
buy on "Marjolaine" dating from 
July 16. ' Accordingly, notice for 
closing has been withdrawn and the 
musical win., make a try for con 
tinuance. 

"The Vagabond king" leaves for 
a 30 weeks' tour of the Proyinces, 
It opens Aug. 6 at Blackpool. 



Empire's Price Increase 

Paris, July 17, 
The Empire has Increased its 

prices 20 per cent. 
Rich Hayes and the Five Rev 

elers, now current, have been well 

received. 



Expect Frazee 

Paris, July 17 
Harry Frazee,' American producer. 
Is. expected here July 27. . 

He is due to take the baths at 
Vichy. 



Gems of *Z7 



Texas (Suinan recently had 
the Committee of Fourteen 
called on the phone, caller pre- 

'. tiending to be professor of so- 
ciology at Columbia, and asked 
that copies of the committee's 
annual report fdr 1927 be sent 
BO that the class miight learn of 
the "suppression of disorderly 
resorts." The committee sent 
her a healthy supply. 

In her cafe, Texas la nightly 
reading' gems from the green 

i covered pamphlet, and is also 
autographing copieis for, those 

I desiring remembrartceB. 



SCOT TAKES DIVE AS 
GIRLS TURN HIM 



Loved Germaine Dorice/ but 
Open Window Wound It Up 

Nice, July 1. 

Totlt've got to hand It to. French 
producers for restraint. 

A sweet little dancer named Ger 
maine Dorice won what they call 
dow;n. here the "Championship of 

the •jWprld of the Dance'* with a 
Hoofer named Edward Blunt, 
. The racket took weeks to run 6fC 
and the Ruhl hotel was Jammed. 
More exciting than the Derby. 

Each time Germaine got nearer 
the money a young Scotch admirer 
who had followed her from England 
gnawed his finger-nails and writhed 
in agony. He told her he loved her, 
wanted to ma.rry her. and wished 
she would quit dancing. 

She told him to take the tdr. 

They had rooms at the ; same 
hotel — the same swank . Ruht 
Later, while she was Ih her room 
with .a girl friend, the Scot— his 
name was Archibald WlUlaih Rob 
ertson— came In without knocking, 

The girls told him to get out He 
asked If they meant it, and they, 
told him they certainly did< Where 
upon he emptied, not a revolver, but 
4,000 francs (about $160), his watch 
rings and all he possessed on the 
bed, and took calmly a' nose dive 
out of the window. 

He died on the way to the hos 
pital. 

So far nobody has rushed up to 
GArmaine with a movie cointract or 
a cigaret indorsement. 

Or Is It thiEtt the French always 

were? 

Anwway, you've got to hand It to 
them for restraints. 




' Newport, July 16. 
Francesco Braggiotti, herself a 
society girl of the Bragglotti-Denl- 
shawn School, has met with suc- 
cess this summer at Newport with 
her lessons in classic dancing at the 
Swanhurst School of Arts. Her 
pupils include the Princess Miguel 
de Braganza, Mrs. Frederic Came- 
ron Church, Jr. (Muriel Vanderbilt), 
Mrs. Julian Sloan (daughter of Mrs. 
Jerome Napoleon Boniaparte) . and 
Betty Gerard (niece of James W. 
Gerard), Later in the season a per- 
formance Is to be given by the pu- 
pils, . It .oxight.to be amusing! 



Poetry -Talks 

Also at the Swanhurst School, 
"Micheal Strange" Is to lecture on 
poetry, and will read some of her 
own poems. Mrs. John Barrymore 
was born and bred. In Newport and 
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
May Oelrichs, still live in the family 
mansion.; Formerly married to 
Leonard Thomas, she has Thomas 
and Barrymore children. 



WED ON FRIDAY THE 13TH 

London, July 17. 

Selecting Friday the 13th for the 
day, Bob Adams, of the Two Bob.s, 
vaude, took unto himself a second 
wife, Anna Edward.s, at ManoUostor. 

Adam.s' flvst^ jvlfe ^;as^^d^^^ 
TSyftlT^ ~ 



Modisting on Credit 

Katharine Kaclred, who for some 
years was on the stage, enacting 
leading roles, became a dressmaker 
in New York, with such success that 
she has opened a branch at New- 
port this summer. Last year Peggy 
Iloyt of. New York, had a Newport 
.shop, and the year before Mary 
\yall3, of New York, struggled along. 

This se ason _tJl^®..^-iwo^ rhajliai^ 
who iiave many theatrical , custom- 



ers, are absent from . Belleyiie ave 
nue. Fashionable millionairesses 
are so much slower about settling 

their accounts. 



MARION HARRIS ABSENT 



Failed to'^Appear Monday at Hoi- 
born Empire, London 



London, July 17. 
Of the three American acts 
scheduled for opening ye.sterclay at 
Holborn Empire Marion Harris was 
out because of laryngitis, it was 
said. . That also incapacitated her 
for the Kit Kat Club where she 
was to have doubled. 

Carl. McCullouerh Is filling in. He 
got across.. James Watts also wal-" 
loped, 'em and should be in demand. 



It is reported elsewhere in this 
is§ue that Miss Hiirris' piano vlayer, 
through, contract eonii lications over 
here; failed to ■ follow her abroad as 
expectodi . . . ) 



Duncans in "Clover" 

London, July 17. 
iStarting July 23, Vivian aiid 
Rosetta Duncan will appear a«j an 
added attraction for four weeks in" 
Murray a,nd Hiilbert's "Clowns in 
Clover" at the Adelphi. . . 

The girls will do their vaude act 
and will use the opportunity to plug 
their forthc6mjng London produc- 
tion of "T.opsy and Eva." They are 
getting $2,000 a week for the Adel- 
phi engagement plus a percentage. 

Production of "Topsy and Eva" 
unites for the first timp Jack Hul- 
bert and . Jack » Buchanan, both 
actor-managers, with Paul Murray 
the. third member of the producing 
syndicate. Casting . has started on 
the Duncan show, which is sched- 
uled, for. provincial opening 
Aug. . 27. ' : ' • ■ . . 



Paris' ExplanaHon for 



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Paris, July 17. 

Jenny Golder, Australian vaude- 
villian, committed suicide July 11 
by shooting herself. Aged 35, Miss 
Golder took her life at her home 
here after being a constant sufferer 
from neurasthenia. 

M[Iss Goldec had frequently 
played in Paris for the past 10 
years, and until undergoing a leg 
operation last year. She was ex- 
tremely popular. Her husband, Jo- 
seph Bowdeh, cyclist, lives in Lon 
don. 

Paris, which always explains 
suicides on a basis of unrequited 
love, has figured out that Jenny 
Golder, vaudeville actress, shot herr 
self because one Perugia, shoe 
manufacturer of wealth, had give^n 
her the air. 

According to a story being told. 
Miss Golder had given . Perugia un 
til 7:30 to make an- appearance In 
response to a note. Instead Perugia 
la said to have sent his secretary to 
say he was too occupied. 



The Dillingham* 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Allen 
of New York and . Pelham Manor, 
have often visited Newport, but this 
season announced their Intention of 
building a residence. There is. little 
chance of their enterta.ining In 
honor of their daughter-in-law, 
Mrs. Julian Allen. 

Julian married, much against 
their wlshes;ythe lady who had di- 
vorced Charles Dillingham, theatri- 
cal producer. After living in .Paris 
for some years, Mrs. Julian secured 
a divorce. Then, when his family 
had forgiven him, Julla,n again mar- 
ried the woman of his choice. 

Qrlglnally Eileen Kearney, her 
early life was far from , the bright 
lights of Bj'oadway and the gaieties 
of Paris. This beautiful daughter 
of an Irish father and Swedish 
mother, hails from Stillwater, Minn. 
She was born and bred In a modest 
farmhouse. Two of her sisters be- 
came school teachers, one in Still- 
water and one In Seattle. Proceed- 
ing to Nfew York, Eileen became a 
trained nurse and later went on the 
stage. 

After becoming Mrs. DiilUngham, 
she was often seen with the Uite 
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, heir to mil- 
lions. It was reported she would 
maEry=.,Vanderbiltf^but-= instead^-he 
: (Continued on page 69) 



Annual Free Matinees 

Paris, July 17. 

Local theatres, subventloned for 
the afternoon by the French gov- 
ernment, gave their customary free 
niatinees July' 14, Bastile' Day. 

As in former" seasons. Intense 
heat was no obstacle to capacity 
houses. 



WORLD THEATRE 
PARLEY MEETS 



.The International meeting of the 
Universal Theatre Society, the pet 
scheme of Firmin Gemler, held a 
week's congress in Paris, , with 50 
delegates from 22 countries attend- 
ing. The discussions took place 
twice daily In; the rooms of the 
Rothschild Foundation. Edouard 
Herriot . presided one day, giving 
governmental recognition to the 
congress. 

Pedro de Cordoba; representing 
the New York Actors' Equity, spoke 
Ih tlie name of that body; Miss.B^ 
Conolly (Institute of Intellectual 
Co-operation), Katherine Ommanney 
(Denver Community Players), Stan- 
ley McCandless, (Yale University) ; 
Abel Rubi, Victor Collins and 300 
others followed the sessions close- 
ly, Ruissians and Germans seemed 
to predominate. 

• World Theatre 
The principle of a "universal the- 
atre syndicate" is admitted as of 
possible utility to the stage, but 
there are many creases to be Ironed 
out. For instance, the internation- 
al bulletin for playwrights, giving 
reports of all productions through- 
out the world,' which It. Is proposed 
to publish one of these fine days, 
sounds good but: the. "ways and 
means" werei not indicated. A com- 
mission is to be. appointed to study 
the situation and report results to 
another Congress to be held in 
Paria next year.* 

Motion picture Interests suggested 
a general union, grouping all the. 
professional societies of each coun- 
try, to deal with many questions, 
particularly producers' rights and 
authors' i-oyalties. In the . vaude- 
ville section, speakers demanded the 
suppression of agents and the cre- 
ation of municipal and even national 
booking offices. It appears they 
exist In Russia. Much discussion, no 
result. 

The critics want a:n international 
card which will admit them to any 
theatre In the universe, likewise to 
be studied by a special commis- 
sion. The Federation of Authors' 
Societies claimed a voice in the 
choice of translators and adaptators, 
and contended a translator should' 
share in the royalty of the foreigrn 
version he made; which somebody 
else signs, and not be paid a fix^ 
price with ho further Interest as 
prevails at present in "Europe. 
There was a general desjlre ex- 
pressed that managers of theatres 
and touring companies be coi^- 
pelled to furnish proof of financial 
and moral virtue. . 

•The Parisian managers ^boycotted 
the Congress, not being in Agree- 
ment with views expressed by M, 
Gemler a few days previously rela- 
tive to the Russian theatres of to-* 
day, 



Soft, Perhaps, in Paris 

Paris, July 17. 

The English Players now in 
repertoire here have decided to pro- 
duce all the plays banned in other 
countries. ~ 

First is Noel Coward's "This Was 
a Man," 



HERB WILLIAMS m REVUE 

London, July 17. 
Herb Williams, who opened a 
fortnight ago at the ftolborn Em- 
pire . (vaudeyllle), has been engaged 
for the Duke of York's July 26 in 
Archie DeBear's. Revue, Williams 
replaces the Three New Yorkers 
The latter 'go to Ostend. 



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STUARDI IN STRAUSS OPERA 

Paris, July 17. 

Charlotte Uoykin of Chicago has 
been engaged to sing in Zcrblnetta 
In the Strauss opera "Ariadne Auf 
Naxos" for the Philadelphia Opera. 

She is known professionally as 
Carla Stunrdi. 



LOTTIE VERNE DIES 

London, July 17. ♦ 
Lottie 'Verne, veteran and famed 
comedy character actress, died here 
yesterday (Monday), aged 76. 



— ASTAIRE ACCIDENT DELAY 

London, July 17. 
The opening of "Funny Face" h.'is 
been set back until Sept. 17, due to 
the accident in New York oC Adele 
Astalrc. 

Despite rumor.") and d''ni.als the 
show is set tor the Winter Garden. 



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Ij^lctiircs • • 


... 4'- 31 


ticture Reviews .... . 


» . . • 15 


Film House Reviews.. 


.... 42 


-Vaudeville. ; . . . . . . . , v . 






• « • • 42 


^3ills *«•■•• ••••••• 


...44-4B 


Times Square 


...46-47 


Editorial i 


• • 48 


Women's Page . , . . . . . 


.... 41 


Legitimate . . . .• . . . .'. . . 


. . A9-5Z 


Legit RevIeWs ....... 


.... 52 


^tudlc •«•«■••• • '» 


.. .54-57 


Outdoors i 


. . . . 68 




, , 58 


Correspondence ....... 


...60-63 


Letter List 


... 63 




24 


Sports 


...43-47 




, . 16 








48 


Nows of Dailies , 


... 46 


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Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



iSpeak Plainly,'' Said J. C. Nugent in 
1927; Words Come Back to Roost 

TThls •rticle, In Variety of June 8, 1927, i» reprinted even now 
inore apropos, considerino the talking picture. In it Mr. Nuflent r«feri 
^ n recording he niade for DeForest Phonpfilms.) 

(From TarAety, June 8, 192/1) 

Speak Plainly 

By J. C Nugent 

Speak plainly. On and -ofC. ' 

Then, like De Wolf Hopper, you -will be always interesting. 

Jack K or Nvorth never flopped, bewiuse, - for one reaso"n, singing, or 
Jinpeakhiff, you could always hear: what he s^^^ ■ 

Al Jolson, Is delightful, greatly because you can always "get" him 

Julia Marjowe, it has been said, contributed more to her generation 
thain any other Anaerican actress, because she was always "illumlnatingly 
(articulate.". 

Meaning, I suppose, that she spoke plainly, first, and "all other graces 
followed in their iiroper pliaces." 

1 used that quotation last week and the type made me say "grades" 
for "Graces," thus gumming up a great line, even thotigh It was not mine. 

Also it made me .say "act or trade." for "art or trade." Not that It 
matters; excepting that it aptly illuslrates What inarticulate stammering 
jnay' do, even , in print. . . 

Acting, when all the tURories about It are. rodueed to brass tacks, de 

. pends on two things. 

First, and rarest. Knowing what you mean. 
. Second.' and almost as rare. Making the" audience know what, you mean 
Ko tcuching can do much to help the actor with the first of the^e. 
Teacliing cannot produce brains where there are no bx'alns. 
Direc tion caniiot teach an actor to think when he has no thinker. 

_ Prarnatic Intelligence 
It may dovelpp ^Yhat there. Is to develop, but it will never change the 
grade of the actor's intelligence. 

. this "dramatic intelligence" Is not always a. purely mental quality 

Quite often it is instinctive, but none the. less true and unerring. 

it is a:ppliod intolligence, or it is a gift, existing to perfection in some 
people, who' on oidinary subjects are more ordinary. 

Some stage and other geniuses do not know; how ftiany beans make 
five. But they are none the less great in that talent which nature has, 
perhaps as compensation, given them. . . 

But at any rate, they either know, what it is that they are trying to 

convey or they do not. 

The next thing is to convey it, and the first st<>P toward conveying 

It Is . to speak plainly. ' ,„ . 

And if you think you speak plainly. Mr. Actor, try to make a talking 

picture." . • . 

Ruth and I made one for the -De Forest Phono Films a few weeks ago 
They ran it for us, in the De Forest pro'jectlon room the other day. And 
■were polite enough to say that It was good. 

But what a shock it is to hear yourself and see yourself. On. the 
Btago, iif the auditor hear.s 90 per cent of what la said, he is lucky. "WTiat 
with the noises.ln the.audlencie, the incoming late ones, the overlapping 
of cues and faulty elocution, he must piece together, from what he does 
hear the sense of. what h^ misses. . - ' 

But when a mechanical device attempts to reproduce the voice, each 
Blurred and clipped sound hurts like a wound. 

"My God! That isn't my vOlce,.:is it?" 

"Exactly, Daddy! It's yoiir voice so perfectly that I <^pn't know whether 
you are sitting here in the dark speaking to me or standing up there In 
the picture speaking at me!" 

That's^ all the comfort I got from Ruth. 

iBut I didn't believe it until .she came on in the picture. And from the 
goblin screen her figure smiled and' her voice caressed me in the tones 
I Kave known since her babyhood, . 

It was uncanny, , . . ' 

I glanc6d from the picture to-hor with a glow, of pride. She- was 

mopping her eyes. v. , , 

"I don't beliieve niy voice sounds like that," she said. 
But we both worked better that night at the Hudson. 

Money Losses in Business 
I wish I had part of the money that Is lost in business each day 
through inarticulate phone conversations, through .stuttering and In- 
coherent salesmen who smile persuadlngly but have never learned to 
round out their words when talking to a half deaf and busy buyer, 
through slopping typing and illy punctuated Itonghand. 

Then there are .stuttering feet and stuttering bodies. The great art 
of dancing has its principal justification in the fact that it teaches 
bodies to "be expressive. When it does not, dancing has no meaning. 
But it begins right. It leaches the mechanics of movement fir.st, and 
tire lntolli.^'ence of expression folloisvs, as in acting,, according to the 
brains of the individual. ' , , . 

The hands can also speak, if with the body, they follow the thought 
of the brain. Ruth St. Denis, oiir greatest dance authority, just re- 
turned froni an Oriental tour, came back to see mo last night, after the 

performance. \ . , , , , r v. 

"You have the nio.st expressive hands, the most articulate body, T ha\e 
seen on the stage for years," .she said. 

,'Of (-ourse she has ju!?t been, in the Orient; _ ; _ 

Anyhow It: made me feel good, after a flakh at that talking p.nJliiro. 
Particularly when applied to an old character part like "Dad Bence." 

Mi.ss St Denis also said something nice about my delivery, but If I 
have anything In that line, believe me, It has been gained by patient 
toil, inspired, yeiirs and years ago, by ll.stening spell bound to a great 
actor of the great actoVs, who .spoke, fir.st. clearly ,and then with heaven- 
born Ore and feelings, as . ■ ^ ■ , - J, 

cleari pure. hard, bright, and one by one like hall atones, .short words 
fell from his lip.s; fast as. the first of a shower! and then "in twofold 
column, advance, retreat, trampling along," and then 
"with a sprightlier springiness, bounding In triplicate sylablea as rolled 
the ela.stic dactylics In musical cadence.s— and then, their great colls 
Intertangling like huge anaconda's rolled overwhelmingly onward the 
Bcqnaplidalean words!" 

"I arrived at "We.st Badeii on Christmas morning, and the nrst man 
I met was a doctor," said ICzra Kendall, year.s' figo. 
"What have you got?" he asked. ' 

"Meningitis," I mumbled, being just then half awake. 
"He s.aid, "Same to you and many of them." 
It seems he tlioiight i had said "Meri-j- Christmas." 



E 6. FrankEn Tells 
ETerybody to Read 
And CBp "Variety" 

Los Angeles, July IT. 
Jn •T'low," the house organ 
of the West Coast Theatres cir- 
cuit, gotten out under the 6U- 
porvision of Jett Lazarus, "the 
chain's p, a., the following no- 
tic© appeared over the signa- 
ture of Harold B. Franklin, 
president of West Coast. 

It is Included in a regular 
Weekly column written by Mr. 
Franklin, and headed "Per- 
sonal.'.' ..The reprinted para- 
graph' herewith . was among 
several others by the "writer, 
all on the subject . of talking 
pictures: 

It may be well to con- 
sider that short subjects 
take on a new importance 
because, of. this develop- 
ment, and for this reason . 
managements everywhere 
should become familiar 
with the quality of the 
short subjects that are be- 
ing offered by the various 
distributors. "Variety," 
the well . known show 
paper, is publishing in each 
of its issuesi splendid re- 
views of such short sub- 
jectSi Every maniager, 
booker iand exploiteer 
should carefully clip such 
reviews for future refer- 
ence. 



Gloria Swanson's Titled 
Husband as Film Star 

; Los. Angeles, July 17.. 
Henry Falalse has signed a con 
tract with Harry D. Edwards to toe 
starred In pictures. His title of 
marquis as the husband «f Gloria 
Swartson has been discarded for 
screen purposes. . 

Headquarters will be opened at 
the Metropolitan studios, 

Edwards, local proiJuction man 
ager, recently accompanied Falalse 
to Europe. The latter had been de- 
terred from attempting screen work 
In the past partly because of re- 
strictions imposed upon him by Im 
migration authorities. 



Tammany Hall Hopes Hays WiD Be 
Fair-Jimmy Walker Not Instructed 



"Show Boat" as Talker 
With No Agreement 

Los. Angeles; July IT. 
No attempt has yet been made 
here by Universal to write dialog 
for "Show Boat" but, as It stands 
now. It Is Intended to Bynchronize 
the picture for piuslc only. 

Negotiations are still on between 
Universal iand Flo. Ziegteld for per- 
mission to use the show's dialog. In 
the event It is decided to use dialog 
th6 scenes how being made will not 
be affected. 

Production work started this 
week on the straight picturizatlon. 



Reports Universal has startea 
making "Show Boat" as a talker 
brought a denial from the Ziegfeld 
office that U has the talker rights. 

Ziegfeld and. Carl LaenVmle con- 
ferred on the latter recently. It was 
saidi at which time t^e latter Is 
reputed to have stated he would not 
attempt to make "Show Boat" as 
a talken . , , . ^ 

Universal bought, the screen 
rights from Edna FertXr who wrote 
"Show Beat" when It was in book 
form. That was prior to Ziegfeld 
securing the stage rights and mak- 
ing the current miisical production 
of it. Ziegfeld stated that since 
there was no "Show Boat" music 
when Universal bought the right.s 
from Miss Ferber, the musical ver- 
sion could not poaslbly have been 
included In the .sale. Furthermore 
the screen rights are claimed to 
be jUst that, he added, and are not 
inclusive of dialog or music rights 
unless so set forth In the contract 



DOEIS KENYON, PAR'S LEAD 

Los Ang\jles, July 17. 

After holding up production over 
two weeks in their hunt for a screen 
teat route for an actress for the wife 
role in "Interference," jParamount 
has Doris Kenypn, whose screen ap- 
pearances for the past several sea- 
sons have been with First National. 

The picture will go into produc- 
tion tomorrow, with Lothdr Mendes 
directing. 



Tammany Hall is hoping that 
Will Hays will be "fair"; in his ca- 
pacity as 111m czar duringf the presi- 
dential campaign. So far as watch- 
ing him l.s concerned that is up to 
National Democratic Headquarters 
and not tho New York "redmcn,^' 

At tlie vvigwain the.othfcr day, a 
brand nf^w affair in an ornate build- 
ing on Park avenue, -a long line of 
new ward leaders arid old timers 
were seated. Waiting their turn. Like 
the late. Boss Murphy, Judge Ol- 
vany believes in first ; come first 
ser\'ed. A noticeable feature of the 
Olvany regime is that the . long 
cigars are missing. 

Another thing about the Judge Is 
that he sits out in the big waiting; 
room behind a. roll top desk. The 
men go up to the desk one at a 
time. What goes on, however, 
might just aa w^ell be. tra;nsaoted in 
a con fCB.slonal since voices are mod- 
ulated to fit the "right" side of the 
desk. ■ 
When, the Variety's . man turn 
came the judge grinned slightly. 

"The show -business Is curloufl 
over Mayor Walker's Hollywood ob- 
gorvatioris and Would like a few 
mor^ deta,iis," he was told- • 

"1 don't. know anything more than 
I have read in the newspapers," the 
Chief in jun replied, 

"Then the mayor didn't get any 
instructions before he left,'-' and the 
reporter returned the grin. 

"No. No instructions frOm here. 
The election is being handled by 
national headquarters," 

"Does Tammany approve of the 
ma;yor's declaration that it will be 
a good thing for the film industry 
if it does not play politics?'' 
Boss Grinner 
Again the Boss grinnfed, - 
"Hardly, we want evei-yone 
us," 

"Do you know Will Hays?" 

''I have kriown Hays as a 
fellow," Olvaney replied. ^^ 

"Is Tammany worried as to what 
the ^x-chalrman of the National Re- 
publican Conimittee may do in his 
Job as head of th<B film producers?" 

"I think Will Hays will be very 
fair," adding with slight emphasis, 
"I hope he will." 



Theatre Chain Adopts Means to 



with 



good 



ROMANCE RETARDS ACTION 

Universal Wants More Action In 
Westerns — Sacrificing Romance 



Wise Up Police on 




Heads of a theatre. chain compris- 
ing over 60 houses, located in four 
states, have bought 120 copies of 
"Bunco. Book" and sent them to 
house managers with instructions to 
hand a copy to the police chief and 
sheriff in each of the towns. 

Explaining their action the the- 
atre men are reported as saying 
that: — 

'These carnival griftcrs, only 
passing through, taking everybody 
for everything they can get, make 
it worse for regular show people 
who have to stay in the towns and 

make - good;" • — ^ ^ — 

"The book,'' It -was said, "should 
prove an Invaluable asset to the 
police because it exposes every varr 
iety of graft of the outdoor show 
business. In getting the police to 
protect the communities we are in 
from -gyps, we protect every avenue 
of reputable show business." 

A review of the "Bunco Book" 
was carried in "Variety" some time 
ago. 



PRICE-TALMADGE SERIES 



jndie Pictures at San Mateo 
Studios 



Clara Bow- 8 Gag 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Clara Bow paid $700 for an 
Aiiatralian teddy bear and 
immediately loaned it out to 
othei' femme screen stars 
about the Paramount lot for 
gag publicity stills. It Is es- 
timated by the Paramount 
publicity office tkat this bear 
will be responsible for getting 
yards of free space in the 
pr^.ss and fan magazines, as 
the animal Is but one of only 
_fojir .In this countr^^ 



"Grifters" as Talker 



Warners will put another all talk- 
ing picture into produi-tion about 
Augu.st 15, "The. Crifters," by C. D 
Lancaster. 

Harvey (latfs Is doin? th'> .'<crip*. 
noy Del Ruth will direct. 
• No player.s l>ave been chofcn a.« 



"HOUSE OF SHAME" PUM 

.^:^.^.^^-i^-,Lo}j--.Angelc£,^.ul>^:JJ..; 



l.K>n Young, at Metropolitan j iu- 
ilio, is making "The Ilmise '^f 
Shame," by Arthur Hoerl, for 
torfleld distribution. B\irt(>n King 
is dlrctlng. 

Tho principals are \ iininiii 
i?rown Kalro, Croiphton Hale and 
l.lovd NVhitlofk. 



! I.,<js Angolcs, .luly 17. 

j Harbara Worth will play opposite 
: Itlchard Talmadge in "The Bache- 
lor's Club," to be produced by O.scar 
Pritie for the independent market 
jTiF"We"^GeiToral" ""studio 
I Mateo, Calif. William Jcmier will 
■act lus^ production nianagei', X(k1 
Smith directing. 

Price and W'lUlam .TennfT have 
1 taken over the San Mateo studios 
.as the General Studios, Inc. It v>in 
be used to make a series of Tal- I 
• madge features, ' 



Weather Forecast 



Wa.shington, July 17. 
. At the request . of "Variety" the 
weather bureau, furnishes the fol- 
lowing outlook for the week be- 
ginning tomorrow (18) covering the 
country e.ast of the Mississippi: 

Generally fair and warm Wednes- 
day except showers and cooler at 
and near Chic.a.go. 

Thunder showers and cooler 
Thursday afternoon from Ohio to 
New York. 

Mostly fair with moderate tem 
perature Fiiday and Saturday and 
warmer Sunday. .Some risk of 
.«ho\vers. 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Universal, In Its western depart- 
ment, la rewriting its melodramas 
of the open spaces, wUli the object 
of securing more action, even If at 
the samfe tlrne there results' a short- . 
enlng of the footage devoted, to the , 
romantic side of the story. 

It has long been recognized that 
action and romance do not travel 
on the same tracks, in any event 
at the same rate of speed. Ten- 
derness . involves . a let down in 
tempo, so marked that inaction pic- 
tures production forces always are 
hesitant to Introduce more' than the 
bare necessities of romance, for 
fear of killing the speed necessary 
to hold up the rep of their stars 
for movement. 

It is maintained, to the contrary, 
that letting down the tempo for a 
tender scene prepares the ground 
for., accelerated action. ..tp : follow^ 
That is the viewpoint of Univer- 
sal, which is introducing into Its 
westerns a brief leavening of com- 
edy arid romance,, leaving the major 
ruri of the picture for action. 



____MRS..MI2LSAILI1IGL^.^:_. 

Angeles, July 17. 

Tdtna.sina .VI i.x, daughter of Tom 
^Ti^•. will wail from New York for 
France on the "Leviathan" July 21. 

Mrs. Victoria Mix, her mother, is 
aivniiipaiiyin.g lu>r, They intend to 
remain abro.ad for two months. 

Mix is remaining in Hollywood. 



Dkldg Added on CoasT 
To Par's Film, Varsity" 

. , Los Angeles, July 17. . 
The college picture now definitely 
known as "Varsity" and recently 
completed for Paramount, with 
Buddy Rogers starring, and di- 
rected by Frank Tuttle, will have 
dialog added In additio,"-. to sound 
effects.. 

The dialog la now being written 
by Wells Root and will be made 
here with the origIna,l members of 
, the Cixst, including Buddy Rogers, 
j Mary Brian, Phillip.s Ildlmos and 
. Chester Conklin. • 



Jimmy Starr's Change 

Lo.s Angeles, .Uily 17, 
Jitnmy Starr has resii;ned from 
Fox as a title arid scenario writer. 

lie is negotiating witli Warne- 
Brothers, where he 1'orm^rly func- 
tioned as a title and ga^r man. 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



PICT UR E S 



VARIETY 



ONLY 2.000 INDIES LEFT 



J_ 

^ : 

Western Electric Permitting 

me Over Equipment 
If Consent Duly AppGed For 





Though Western Electric will not 
oommit itself oflicially on the stand 
to bo taken when Photophone pro- 
ductions are to be used in. houses 
■wired for Movietone, it is under- 
stood that an amicable arrange- 
ment has been reached between of- 
ficials of the Radio Corporation, 
General Electric and Western Elec- 
tric following several meetings held? 
as a result of the disagreement con- 
cerning the Rivoii theati-e when a 
Photophohe production, "King of 
Kings," was sent Over Movietone 
equipment. ? , 

It la believed that the action of 
First National in. changing from the 
Photophone to the Movietone sound 
production system is accountable 
for the more lenient attitude 
adopted by Western Electric rather 
than anything else. 

With all of the major producing 
companies. Paramount, Metro-Gold:- 
wyn-Mayer, First National, Fox, 
United Artists and Warner Bros, 
synchronizing on Movietone, and 
only FBO producing with PhotO- 
phon? it seems that Western Elec- 
tric will not raise any untoward 
obstacles when houses eauipped for 
Movietone will want to play a pic 
ture with Photophone synchroniza 
•don. 

Indications are that First Na- 
tional's change to the Movietone 
method of, synchronization Is due 
In part to the objections by Western 
Electric to the alteration of projec- 
tion equipment in houses intending 
to show Photophone pictxu-es. Had 
W. E. persisted in this stand. First 
National would have been unable 
to get distribution for any talking 
films in any of the Loew, Stanley, 
Paramount, Fox and Keith houses 
equipped with Movietone. : 

With , First National and prac 
tlcally all the others In the fold, ex 
cepting a few independents. West 
ern Electric is said to assume a 
more tolerant attitude. Exhibitors 
will not be guaranteed permission 
to alter W^estern Electric equipment 
when desiring to show Photophone 
fllmfl but it is not believed that ap 
plications would be turned down. 

Meanwhile Western Electric has 
• -willingly agreed to alter equipment 
In houses so that First National 
pictures, vyrhich have already been 
synchronized on Photophone, can 
be shown. 

Photophone equipment as under- 
stood will go into all Keith wired 
houses. 

The 'W. E, coWwiCt to Vitaphone 
at least. 30 ot TP. N.'s 'feature pic- 
tures was signed Saturday by Irv- 
ing D. Rbssheim, F. N.'s president. 
The signing was okayed by Joseph 
P. Kennedy, special adviser to F. N. 

The talker subject for First Na- 
tional, since it was turned over to 
Kennedy for reorganization and es- 
--tablishment on a- more- economic 
basis, was also directly responsible 
for Kennedy delaying his trip to 
the We.?t Coast until last Thurs- 
day. . 

First National, it is reported, will 
not advertise, it is using Vitaphone. 
Only the Western Electric method 
will be included In the ballyhoo. 
This is being done, it was stated 
by a First National executive, be- 
cause the company is not certain 
whether it will completely Vita- 
phone its schedule. The Movie- 
tone principle of sound on films 
may also be used. The company, 
it was stated by this, informant, 
will wait until it has decided which 
of the two Western Electric meth- 
ods is the more practicable for its 
own particular case. 

Meantime orders for the imrrie- 
dlate erection of a special stage 
to accommodate Vitaphone and 
^=^._.Movi»^tone--at--Burbank,^CaL,^haJfe^ 
been dispiitcherl. 

"Lilac Time," the llrs't of First 
National's pictures to be talkifiod, 
will be soen only at the Central, 
New York, and the Carthay Circle, 
Los An.i,'oles, in its original Photo- 
phone sound. Orders have also 
gone through that this Colleen 



Play Brokers Framing; 
Against Talkers 

It is reported a pool has 
been formed by a group ot 
leading play brokers in New 
York for ihe purpose of ar- 
ranging prices and percentages 
for plays and other material, 
which may be in demand for 
the production of talking screen 
plays. 

The. reported proposals for 
the development of the new 
type of screen productions ; 
opens a large field for unpro- 
duced plays, ; especially if by 
weli-knowh writers. 

The play brokers, appear to 
be taking desperate chances. 
If the • talking producers de- 
cide to shut out the play 
brokers in any dealings, for 
plays or people, it will shut the 
brokers out of the show busi- 
ness, figuring there will be 
little left to the legit after the 
talkers start. 



Banking Influence Seen in 
Statistical Survey of Pic- 
ture Exhibition Field— 
14,000 Film Theatres 
with Total Capacity of 
15,000,000 People 



Harry Warner Says Too Much Talk 
Hurts Talkers-Raps Sid Grauman 
And Joe Schenck for 'Hot' and 'Cold' 



800 BIG THEATRES 



Monta Bell on Talkers at 
Par's L 1. Studios 



Monta Bell has been desiisnated 
by Walter Wanger as production 
director of the talkers at Para- 
mount's Long Island studios. 

Wanger will generally oversee the 
work at the L. L plant. Equipment 
for the talking pictures is fairly 
well installed there. It is expected 
to be completed by Aug. 15. It is 
probable that the first sound product 
to be turned on out on Long Island 
will be Paranaount's talking shorts. 

Withv Bell on the producing end 
in the east, Wanger will pirobably 
divide his time between the Par's 
east and west coast studios. Bell 
recently left M-G-M, upon the ex- 
piration of his contract as a dl 
rector with it. Before starting upon 
his film directorial career Bell was a 
newspaper man. 



Fatty's Own Nile Club 



Lbs Angeles, July 17. 
Roscoe Ai^buckle has taken over 
an interest In the Plantation Cafe 
in Culver City. He will operate it 
in conjunction with Dave Wolf, for 
mer owner. 

It will be known as Arbuckle's 
Plantation Cafe with the ex-star 
acting as m, c. 



According to statistics compiled 
on a tour of the country by an e>c 
ecutive connected with one of the 
theatre chains, there are now less 
than 200 spots remaining where 
there is said to be any conflict 
Or competition in film buying or 
theatre operation. With the excep- 
tion of the daily change houses, it 
is reported there are less than 2,000 
independently owned and operated 
theatres left in the U. S., theatres 
not affiliated or connected In any 
way with any of the producer-dis 
tributor or chain interests. 

The elimination of costly com- 
petition was predicted with the ad 
vent of the banking influences into 
the industry. With the continua- 
tion of the present policies by the 
major interests those competitive 
restrictions stIU remaining, will be 
entirely eradicated in. due course, 
it is claimed. 

The banking interests, operating 
as in other industries, do not see 
any reason for the operation of 
three or four railroad lines in a 
small town where one or two will 
do. In the same manner the show 
field i^ being laid out. . 

Fox, Loew's, Publix, each with 
vast territories which each covers 
thoroughly, will keep out of each 
other's way, sooner or later. In 
dlscrimfnate theatrical construction 
or price cutting In film rentals, it 
has been realized, results, unsatis 
factorily for all concerned. . 
• 14,000 Film Houses 
It is estimated, as a result of the 
survey mentioned, that there are 
now less than 14,000 of what may 
be really called picture houses In 
the country. About 4,000 houses 
hold more than BO per cent of the 
total seating capacity of 15,000,000. 
Approximately 3,000 of these 4,000 
houses are controlled by or affilU- 
ated with the banking interests In 
the motion picture Industry. 

New York, with Its innumerable 
mammoth picture houses, often af- 
fords an erroneous impression of 
the actual number of large picture 
houses in the country. There are 
only about 800 theatres with a seat 
ing capacity of over 1,750. Ten 
thousand theatres average around 
750 seats, with the majorily under 
500. 



Wiring Bonuses Offered 

Mike C;iynn and Waller 
Roadc, operators, of summer 
resort thoati'es, are said to 
have offered bonuses to secure 
immediate wiring Of theatres 
in order to get the moat out 
of the hot weather trade. 

Their respectivQ offers were 
without avail. Each of their 
houses will have to take its 
turn. 

Glynn is located on Long 
Island, with his principal re- 
sort spot, Patchogue. Reade 
was anxious to have his the- 
tr^^at Asbury Park fitted for 
the talkers.' 



Kennedy Not Yet 

Decided Over F. N. 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Up to the time Joseph P. Ken- 
nedy reached here last week he had 
riot decided whether to accept the 
post of special advisor with full 
power of operation offered him by 
First National. The contract em- 
bodying these terms submitted to 
Kennedy by F. N. has not, it is 
understood, as yet been signed by 
him. 

Kennedy will reach a decision. 
It is saiid, about F. N. while out 
hero. So far he has not been active 
on the New York end of F. N. 
Seemingly he delayed a start to re- 
organize F. N. from the Inside until 
coming out here. 

Kennedy may have concluded it 
is best for him not to tackle too 
much hard work in' the show busi- 
ness. Other than his own company, 
FBO, which Is running smoothly, he 
has undertaken to readjust Pathe, 
not so easy, and also to rehabilitate 
the Keith Circuit, the latter a stu- 
pendous job for any one at present. 

Kennedy's contract with F. N. was 
voted him by the authority of the 
voting trust in that organization. 
It is subject to revocation by either 
side. Irving Rossheim, president of 
the Stanley Company, is tempo- 
rarily acting as president of First 
National, 



Wurnors, will divide their Vita- 
phone production equally between 
the west jand the cast when this 
old Brooklyn (N. YO Vitagraph stu- 
dio is re- vamped at a cost of $500,- 
.000. The sound studio will be 
opened Oct. 1 with two stages. 
More will be added as production 
needs demand. 

Although Warners are planning 
a legit talker stock company, simi- 
lar to Fox's, and are now looking 
over stage stars, ho contracts will 
be signed until Brooklyn facilities 
win accommodate the making of 
tests. 

H. m; Warner, president of War- 
ner Bros, and Vitaphone toolc a • 
wallop at "statement Issuers who 
blow cold one minute and hot the 
next." He discussed frankly vari- 
ous criticisms of his own device 
which he admitted are In circula- 
tion In the trade; 

"What does Sid Grauman mean 
by his advice to exhibitors to go 
slow and careful. Isn't it a fact that 
he would like to get a talker, ao 
why the go-easy advice. Joe Schenck 
also. He blows hot one time, when 
(Continued oh page 45) 

Lasky on Talkers; 

Par's SouimI Plans 



. Lasky's French Kid 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Paul Guertzman, sent to the Par- 
amount studios from France by 
Jesse L. Lasky, is now working in 
the mail room, where he will have 
an opportunity • to learn English 
, and later qualify for a. job in the 
property room as his primary edu- 
cation for a larger studio position. 

The lad is but 17; He shadowed 
Lasky while he was visiting Paris 
until the producer responded to his 
persistency. 

The lad is attending the studio 
school classes during the day. 



Geo. Thomas Recovering 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
George Thomas, First National 
publicity department, operated on 
for appendicitis, Is making a fine 
recovery , at a local hospitaL 

MW^^pedar^lirBe ~r<^-W 
with Vitaphone for its general re- 
lease. 

First Natlonid,' according to 
Rossheim and reports Iii other 
quarters of the home ofRce, is not 
contemplating any Ulker produc- 
tion In the east. 



Titles for Talker 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Joseph Jackson .'Is writing titles 
and dialog for Al Jolson's Vitaphone 
production, "The Singing Fool," for 
Warner release. 



Flying Opposition 

Minneapolis, July 17. 
Local theatres assert a new form 
of opposition during the hot waves 
in the numerous aviation fields 
throughout the city. 

It is claimed an average of 1,000 
people daily went up in passenger 
sight-seeing airplanes at ?3 to $5 
"per 'trip in an^ effort to get COOlCd 
off. 

One company now maintains pas- 
senger air service between Minne- 
I apolis and Rochester, Minn,, run- 
ning two 12-passenger planes daily. 
The fare is ?10 one way. 



Fleming on "Burlesque 

Los Angeles, . Jiily 17. 

Victor Fleming, directing "The 
Awakening" for Sam Goldwyn, en 
gaged by Paraniount to direct 
"Burlesque," which will go Into pro- 
duction early In the falL 

It will be the first all sound and 
dialogue picture to be released by 
Par. 



Lya's Classical Nose 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Lya De Putti, German film actrdss, 
is going to have her proboscis re- 
=3haped -along more J?laf(aI^=LUl6>^-_... 



PABAMOUNT WRITERS 

Los Angeles, July IT. 
Paramount has long, term con- 
tracts with Ernest Culbertson, Les- 
ter Cohn and Harlan Thompson, 
writers. 



Warners' 4th Vita Stage 



Los Angeles, July 17, 

Warner Brothers will erect Its 
fourth Vita.olione stage. The struc- 
ture will be 200x300 feet, of steel 
and concrete. 

Into its construction will go 
everything the company has gained 
in the way of experience in two 
years of making Vitaphone sul)joct9. 



June Collyer on Talkers 

June Collyer has not and will hot 

Through Europe," Fox's second fea- 
ture on the ncwsroel boys. 

Miss Collyer, although in N"W 
York, became, too ill to make the 
trip, and she Is reported to li.ive 
recorded cxcellt-ntly In a Movie- 
tone test. 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Pa:ramount's building plans for 
talking recording and projection 
rooms and sound-proof stages will 
•be executed without delay, Jesse Jj. 
Lasky declared. These had rea,che* 
the blueprint stage two. months 
ago; but were held in abeyance 
pending a series of experiments to 
be conducted by Roy Pomeroy, in 
charge of synchronization work at 
the Paramount studio. At that time 
the estimate of cost for structure 
and equipment was close to 
000,000. 

The records made at the studio 
here have been wholly satisfactory, 
it Is declared, Lasky citing the 
sound interpolations of "Ablc'i 
Irish Rose," in which Nancy Car- 
roll sings, accompanied by Buddy 
Rogers on the piano. Two, ensemble 
scenes for the. same subject giv* 
remarkable results, the producer 
said. 

The tests of artists, too, made on 
their own premises have satisfied 
the officials of the local Par studio 
there 'is an abundance of vocal 
ability in the stock company. 

Paramount's production chief 
stated that on his return from 
abroad he held confferences with 
Messrs. Schulberg and Goetz of the 
west coast studio and Walter 
Wanger, general manager of pro- 
duction,, with the result that a CQrn-__ 
prehensive sound program has been 
decided on for the year. 

From this time on every Para- 
mount production wiU have synchro-, 
nized scores and many will have' tho 
various sound . effects, including 
dialogue sequences, advancing very 
rapidly to complete sound pictures. 
On Long Island 
The program In the Longf Island 
studio will be devoted exclusively 
to pictures • with sound, and the 
1 company looks for development in 
that studio to be of general interest. 
Short subjects and features will bo 
made there to augment and round 
out the program. 

Monta Bell will be chief produc- 
tion executive of the eastern studio^ 
to work in close co-operation with 
Wanger. 

Mr. Lasky states he Intends to re- 
main in Los Angeles for six weeks 
and devote hlm.self Intensively to 
stadylTffir'CVijry phaso' of'soiirid- pro'»= 
duction. What success he has at- 
tained he ascribes largely to pro- 
duction knowledge gained In the 
early days by reason of studio con- 
tact.s, and in carrying out that 
s;\me policy he will spend half hla 
timf hf-re on the sound stage, 



6 



VARIETY 



PICTURE S 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928, 



British Film Field 

By Frank Tilley 

, — 4-— — • — — 



T^Qndon, July 6. 

There has been a drive lately for 
foreign sales and tie-ups with con- 
tinental concerns. Side l>y side with 
this there, seems to be a curious in- 
disposition on the part of producers 
here to sho\v their product in the 
home market. There are now some 
20 British films completed which 
have . not yet been tradie-ishown 
Many have been finished for some 
time. ■ ^ 

' Recent sa:ies include "The Con- 
atoiit Nymph," "The L.odser," "Easy 
"Virtue," "J>ownhill," "The Vortex" 
tind "One of the Best" for Germany, 
Spain, Holland ' and the Far East. 
They are all Gainsborough films. 
•Three have Ivor Novello ais lead. 

Most of the British producing 
companies of standing have now 
made connections with continental 
organizations, some for distribution 
and exchiFinge of product, others for 
co-operative prpduction. In the lat- 
ter case the aifflliations are all with 
Germany. Several German directors 
are now at work here. Among them 
are Georp; Jacoby, foi: British & For- 
eign Films Co.; Lupu Pick, for the 
Blattner Corp.; Hcnrik Galeen, for 
British International Film Distrib- 
utors (an I. . Wi Schlesinger corn- 
pan}', not to be confused with Brit- 
ish International, the Maxwell con- 
cern); Komisarjevsky (Russian) is 
directing Percy Marmoht in "Yellow 
Stockings" for Welsh -tearson-Elder 
Co., and Jean de Kuhavski (Pole) is 
making '.'The Emelrild of the East" 
at ElBtree on his own ciccount. 

Alliances 

Alliances include British Interna- 
tional with Sudfilm; Gaumont-Brlt- 
Ish with Ufa and (through Gains- 
borough Pictures Co. and the Os- 
trer) Eriifelka; British & Foreign 
with Meisster and Gloria; Ideal 
Films Go. (also Gaumont-British 
unit) with Terrafilm, and Blattner 
Oorp. with the Lupu Pick Interests 
in Germany.. 

In addition,, another of the Gau- 
mont-British concerns, W. & F. Co., 
has ah association with Fellner 
Somlo of Berlin for joint production 
on the continent. " 

Exhibitors to Germany 

Aug. 21r24 there will be a picture 
theatre owners' conference in Berlin, 
organized by the German Exhibitors' 
Association. About two dozen mem- 
bers of the British Cinematograph 
Exhibitors' Association are going 
over. • . ' .■ 

Here and There 
Esther Rhodes (wife of Arthur 
Maude) left for America suddenly 
thiis week on receipt of news of her 
father's serious illnesa. 

F, E, Enders, head of British F. B 
p., has withdrawn from all connec- 
tion with the British Phototone Co., 
an offshoot of JBritish Brunswick, 
about to be floatSSd. 

The old Crown theatre, Peckham. 
Wliere Marie Lloyd made many of 
her most famous pantomime appear- 
ances and where Alice Lloyd ap- 
peared with the McNaughton, Broth 
ers before she adopted New York, has 
been a picture house under the name 
of the Peckham Hippodrome for 
some time. It is now being; sought 
after by the Denman Picture House 
Co., which has offered the Liondon 
County Council (owners^ of the site) 
150,000 for the freehold. The deal is 
pretty sure to go through. 

Trouble is being kicked up at Els- 
tree 'by the local authorities a.t the 
increase in. land prices caused by the 
influx of studio builders. The Par 
i^ Council complains It cannot find 
a piece of land for playing fields for 
children. As soon as it was known 
they wore looking for a site, prices 
rose still more. But what do they 
suppose anyone comes in and opens 
up a hick district for — love and 
kisses or something? 

One of the London dailies distln- 
euishes itself this week by announc 
ing "Shooting Stars"'has been doing 
better business than ja,ny other pic 
tiire on Broadway. "Same paper' also 
reports Pola Negri returning to Eu- 
rope for gdod. : Whose? 



Piccadilly ft>r Pre-Views 

Two films will be pre-viewed 
(trade, shown) at the Piccadilly the 
atre this month — the first time any 
thing: but "Blue. Eyes'* and weddings 
have been staged there. 

The first is Anthony Asqulth's 
second film, "Underground," which 
the son of Britain's former premier 
directed himself. He didn't direct 
"Shooting Stars"; he only wrote the 
story. His film Is to be shown on 
July 24, followed by "Bollbar," di- 
rected by Walter Summers, who was 
responsible for the "Battles of Corp 
nel and the Falkland Islands" pic 
turc. This igecond sliowing Is on 
July 26, 

Both are British Instructional pro 
ductions. 

Flying Stars 

Olga Tschekowa flew over from 
Berlin for the premiere of "Love' 
=Criioifixion.-^at the-Marble Archu-Pa. 
vision . Monday. She received the 
usual basket of lilies and roses 
Hans Stuwe, a German ^ juvenile 
playing Jn this film, should oq looked 
•t by someone on your side as a bet. 

Brlgltte Helm al.so flew over for 
the premiere of "A Daughter of 
Destiny" at the A.storla, held July 4 
Film reviewed elsewhere in this 
issue. 



Joe Schenck May Hear 
Of Russian Film Error 



Moscow, July 1. 
Jos. M. Schenck, head of United 
Artists, is expected hiere shortly to 
enter into negotiations with the 
Soviet State movieV cornpanies re- 
garding ;the distribution of the 
United Artists' product iin Russia. 

According to advance advice.^, 
Schenck hopes that his company's 
Russian therhe picturesi such as 
John Barrymore's "Tempest," will 
prove attractive for the Soviets and 
will help to pave the way for his 
other pictures. 

Schenck trusts that the more or 
less sympathetic way of treatinfj 
the Russian revolution in "Tempest" 
will win the Soviet favor, but It Is 
said there are many errors in "Tem- 
I>est;" urinbticeable to Americana 
and other westerners, but evident 
and obnoxious to Russiajis, which 
may make the exhibition of "Tem- 
pest" doubtful In Russia. 

One of the niost glaring inac- 
curacies is the picturing of the Rus- 
sian revolution as a single event 
bringing in power the . Bolshevilti 
right after the fall of the czar, 
while. In fact, there were two revo- 
lutions, one' in February -March, 
1917,' creating the short-lived Ker- 
ensky government; the other in 
OctobeivNovember, 1917, giving the 
power to the Soviets, 

Though the two revolutions are 
separated by a few months only, 
their respective meanings are wide- 
ly remote froni eftch other. Merg- 
ing these two events into one looks 
to the RUisslans as ridiculous as 
merging the two great. American 
strifes—war of independence and 
the civil .war^into one single event 
would seem to an American movie 
fan.: The American movie producer 
would do well to distinguish be 
tween , the two Russian revolutions, 
and not to repeat the mistakes of 
"The Last CommAnd," "The Red 
Dance," "Tempest" and other Hoi 
lywood-made pictures of Russia, If 
they have an eye on the Soviet mar 
ket. 

Schenck's nriission here would be 
crowned, with success, however, if 
instead . of ''Tempest" he will offer 
enough films of Chaplin, Fairbanks, 
Plckford and Keaton, who are Im- 
mensely popular with the Soviet 
Russians. He will have less luck 
with marketing the films of Norma 
Talmadge and Gloria Swanson, as 
well as others of the United Artists, 
who are not so hot in this country 



$1,250,000 ISSUE BY 
BRITISH PHOTOTONE 

mw Score "Wings/' "Kings" 
and "Underground" for Eng- 
land— -Doing 24 Operas 



. London, : July 17. . 
Phototone Company/ formed here 
to make a disk system of talkers, 
will float a liubllc stock issue of 
!;l,2B0,0OO. Of this sum, $500,000 
will be available to public at $1 a 
share. Board of directors l..clMdes 
George Smith, mahagthg director 
Producers , Distributing Corpora- 
tion, who will act as chairman; 
Charles Lynas, managing director 
of. Graham Ampllon Co.; Fred 
Kirby, managing director of the 
Euston Ignition Company; David 
Bott, general manager of British 
Brunswick; Count de Bosdarl, also 
of British Brunswick, and Clayton 
Huttcr, who resigns f roni Fox : to 
.olri Phototone. Anthony Asqulth 
will be muslcial director a,nd adviser- 
Compa;hy vtlll synchronize for the 
British Isles "Wings," "King of 
Kings" and "Underworld", and 
have awarded the Blattner Cprpora- 
tloh a • contract to make 24 three 
eel operas; starting with "Carmen." 
Tom Burke is slated for the lead- 
ing male role. Phototone re- 
lease through J»roducers Distribut- 
ing Corp. 



Paris, July 17. 
Joseph M. Schenck, of United Ar 
tists, states that thie European situ 
ation for American films is very 
grave because of existing oppressive 
legislation by many of the countries 
Schenck is making a tour of the 
principal capitals. 



GOda Disbands Act 



Syracuse, July 17. 

Gilda Gray closed what she claims 
is her last dancing tour at the 
Empire Saturday. The dancing 
turn which she headed and with 
which she has been making per- 
sonal appearances with "The Devil 
Dancer" disbanded. 

In the future Gilda claims she'll 
stick, to pictures. It Is understood 
she' is about to sign with an Eng 
lish company. 



MORE mtf STOCK 

An issue of common stock 0 it Art 
chrone Film Laboratories, Inc., 2040 
LlnTVOod avenue. Fort Lee, N. J 
Is to be offered for general sale In 
New York state. 

The company has been licensed 
by Secretary of State Robert 
Moseg to handle the issue. . 



BENNETT'S 1ST FEATUEE 

Los Angeles, July 17 
After making 22 serials for Pathe 
covering 10 years, Spencer Bennett 
has started work on the production 
of his first . feature, "Marked 
Money." ' 



May McAvoy's "Kisses" 

, Los Angeles, July 17 
Warner Bros, will star May Mc 
Avoy in "Stolen Kisses," by Franz 
Suppe. Ray Enright will direct 

Reed Howes and Hallam Cooley 
have been selected as leading men 
Production fir.«Jt week in -August 



London, July (j. 

These are tlie dog days. Things- are a bit flat all round. Thcatr*. 
business is fair- tc poor, though the rain has, been kind In coming along 
around six o'clock most evenings and driving them In for the last show. 

Although every kind of business except soaking the tourist Is weak 
right now; Stocks of film producing companies are keeping up astonish- 
ingly well. Cornpanies whoso issued. Btooks are above par on market 
valuation are : 



British Instructional .. 
British International \ . 
Gainsborough Pictures 
Gaumont-British .... . . 

New Era-National ..... . : , . . 

Pro Patria . . , . ... . '. . ... • • ■ • • 

Those below> par are : 
British & Dominions. ........ 

British & Foreign •. . . . 

British Screen Productions. . 

Blattner Film Corp. 

Welsh -Pearson -Elder . . . /. . . 
Whitehall . 
At par are: ' 

British FilmcraiFt . 

British. Lion . • . • . • • • • • 



Associated Provincial . . . 
Denman Theatres . . . , .. . 
Provincial Cine ......... 

Stoll Picture Theatre , . . 
United Picture "rheatres 
The one under par is: 
Generfil Theatres Corp. . 



A company called Phototone, with 
American backing, opened offices in 
New York about two weeks ago. 
ConCpSiny is understood to be con- 
neceted with, screen advertising, bui 
will synchronize ai lea^t one pic- 
ture, a revival of "Way Down 
East'.' 



More Sound Stages 



., . Los Angeles, July 17.. 
Both United Artists and the 
Christie studios broke ground this 
week for the construction of sound 
stage. Buildings are to be equipped 
with Western Electric sound re- 
cording devices. 

The U. A. stage will be 73 bisr 90 
feet, connecting with a Recording 
and Monitor building 53 by 61 
Stage to be erected by the Christie 
studios will be located, at their Met 
ropolitan studio site and will be 
the first of the ..two to be built 
here. Size of the stages connect 
ing; with , one Recording and Monitor 
building will be 76 by 106 feet, 
while the Recording and Monitor 
building will be 64 by 119. 

The second stage of this group 
viiU not be started until sifter the 
first is ready for use and equip 
ment has been Installed. ' 



HATOB JIMMY AT PBEMIEBE 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Mayor Jinimy Walker of New 
York was the guest of honor at the 
opening last night of "Lilac Time" 
at Carthay Circle. The picture also 
marked the initial public demonstra 
tion of RCA's Photophone. 

Traffic was tied up for blocks by 
the opening. 

Walker will be a guest tonight at 
a dinner tendered him by the Motion 
Picture Producers' Association at 
the Biltmore. 



BOTSFORD OPENINa GOLFAX 

A. M., Botsford left yesterday 
(Tuesday) for South Bend, Ind 
to prepare the advance publicity 
campaign on the opening of the 
Colfax (Publix) ' theatre there 
Aug. 4. 

House opens, wire.d. . 

The Publix publicity head is due 
back in New York by the end o 
the week. 



SHEBMAN OUT OF "SONG" 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

United Artists has Jetta Gouda 
for "The Love Song." It ;wlll co-star 
William Boyd and Lup Velez, direct 
ed by D. W. Griffith. 

Lowell Sherman, previously an 
nOunced for the picture, will be re 
placed. 



^-..o^j6Leo.d=^Qite.ctijcifl„llex^B-eJ.I^ 
Los Angeles, July 17. 
Norman Z. McLeod signed by 
Fox to direct the next Rex Bell 
western, being prepared by M. D 
Farley. 

McLeod succeeds Clyde Carruth 
as alternating director with R. L 
Hough on the Rex Bell westerns 



ondon Picture Slock Quotations of 
Voducing and Operating Theatre Gos. 



By Frank Tilley 



Issued 


Market 


$787,500 


$1,387,500 


3,750,000 


. 8,875,000 


...... i,3l2,B0a 


1,587,500 


...... 16,475,000 


31,325,000 


...... 632,500 


780,000 


. 288,750 


5G0.000 


, . '. . . $1,500,000 


$].382,5QO 


1,750.000 


1,460.000 


...... .500,000 


475,000 


.. 1,150,000 


1,025,000 


.. 1,000,000 


675,000 


...... 1,000,000 


575.000 


$750,000 




...... 1.050,000 




cSeption are at a 


premium, thus: 


Issued 


Market 


. . . . $3,669,849 


$4,198,160 


... ... 17,000,000 


24,000,000 


...... 16,000,000 


19,900,000 


...... 1,271,835 


1.662.500 


...... 1.475,000 


1,500.000 

•* 


: . . . . : $20,750,006 


$18,400,000 



^^ssociaiea jricLuro xiic<*i.i.ca la €»niv%» tt » ^ ^ — 
Theatres, and General. Theatres Corporation with Denman Picture House* 
via. the Gaumont-British Corporation. . " .'.^ " . . 



Beaverbrook-Holt Swing 
International Alliance 



London, July .17. 
It Is understood that the deal be- 
tween the Gainsborough Company 
arid EniGlka of Gerrhany was not 
swung by Ostrer Brothers, but 
txvrned over to thenl when complet- 
ed by Francis Adaims. Latter acted 
on behalf oif a group of British 
bainkers. 

This is part of a general plan 
to unite groups of European pro- 
ducer-exhibitors in a combine to 
fight. American films. 

Adams, formerly managing di- 
rector of Provincial Cinematograph 
Theatres, is believed to represent 
Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Arthur Holt. 
Canadian banker, and their Inter- 
ests. / •/ 

In the same connection it is un- 
derstood thei Beaverbrook-^ Pathe al • 
liance with First National is, fight- 
ing a,mong themselves.' Definite in- 
formation is not available. 



FILM NEWS 
OVER WORLD 



French Director Has 
Squawk on "Napoleon" 

Paris, July 17. 
Abel Gance. French picture direct- 
or, squawked plenty at a Press Club 
luncheon over the way American 
producers have treated his film, 
Napoleon." 

Gance claims he has been made 
ridiculous by the American cutting 
and editing a serious film into a 
farce. 



Budapest Bars "Chicago" 

Budapest, July 17. 
"Chicago," Pathe production, has 
been banned here by the censors. 
No reason given. 



NEW CANADIAN PBODUCEB 

Washington, July 17. 

British Canadian Pictures, Ltd., 
has been organized with a capital 
of $10,000 to make ■ pictures in 
Canada, reports E. G. Babbitt, tradie 
commissioner in Vancouver. 

In addition to making pictures 
with this capital the company hopes 
to acquire theatres and "to do all 
such things," to quote the official 
document. 



FBENCH ALLIANGE 

Washington, July.. 17. 

Special meeting of the French 
Syndicate of exhibitors (Syndicat 
des Directeurs de Cinematographes) 
resulted in the approval of the 
amalgamation of the Amicale and 
the Syndicat Francais. 

George Canty in making this re 
port states in addition tq^ this action 
a7 riew~b"6ard of ' 30 "^We^^^^ 
named. 



GLOsnra Belgian theatbes 

Paris, July 17. 
' Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Is closing 
Its Belgian theatres for the sum 
mer. It will reopen in the fall. 



Waishington, July 14. 
Summary. of items from the Eiiroi 
peah press forwarded to the motion 
picture section of the Departhient of 
Comnneree by George Canty,, film 
trade commissioner, Paris. 

Sound Device in England 
It is learned that developments in 
the exploitation of synchro-film, the 
gramophone device by which, it .ia 
claimed, cinematograph filni projec- 
tion and sound reproduction can be 
perfectly synchronized, are immi- 
nent In England. Film break during 
projection brings the appai'atus to 
the stop, and film shortage conse- 
quent upon rejoining lis automatical- . 
ly adjusted In the synchronization. 
It Is said. The apparatus may b» 
used In connection with any make of . 
gramophone and, control being elec- 
trical, can be near or remote, ns 
desired. 

Reduction of Raw Filnri Cost 
An official delegation of tho 
French Chambre Syndicale Fran- 
calse de la Cinema tographle, com- 
posed of Adolphe Ossp, Charles 
Gallo and Maurice Rouhle -. was re- 
ceived recently by the managers of 
an Important raw film manufactur- 
ing company. The representatives 
requested, that the question of a 
price reduction on raw film be 
examined by the manufacturers as 
soon as possible, in order to co- 
operate with the development of 
French film production and the ex- 
tension of the French market. Fol- . 
lowing the conversation, Messrs. 
Osso, Gallo and Rouhier were as- 
sured their request would be ex- 
amined without delay with the de- 
sire of complying as much as pos- . 
sible with the same. 

Morp French Mades 
Evidence of a revival in tho 
French production industry is fol-. 
lowing as -Closely UP.on the d.ecree 
as the British revival folloNyed on 
the quota. The latest news Is that 
M. Charles Pathe will recommence 
the production of French pictures, 
and that M. Leon Gaumont, whose 
new company is to take the name 
of Libera Film, will, make four 
French features. 

. M; Jean-Jose Frappa, . the P'rench 
writer . Of "b6st sesllers," many of 
whose books have been adapted for 
the films, and who has written many 
scenarios direct for thf> screen, has 
formed a producing company with 
the title Union Latlne Ginemato- 
graphlque, of which his is literary 
and artistic director. 

According to a pi'ess report, the 
Polish film output during 1927, com- 
prised. 10 long feature films, 24 
shorts, 20 educatlonals and 48 news- 
reels. 

The Polish .share In the total num- 
ber ef films brought on the market 
was 4.3 per cent, as compared with 
3.5 per cent in the previous year. 

Sound^Secrecy^^^ 

London. July 17. 
Sir Walter DeFrccc has an- 
nounced tomorrow (Wednosdnj') a 
trade showing of a new sound 
device. 

Secrecy surrounds the inventors 
and all dPtails. Exhibition will be 
held at Tussaud's C?inema. 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



Special Education for Bankers 
On "Ghosf Theatre Promoters, 
For Country Banks Protection 



TECHNICIANS TAU ON 
BOnUNG INFORMATION 



Circuit executives . with theatre 
chains stretching: over several states 
have Issued special orders: to all 
house managers In towns of every 
size to wise up local bankers oh 
what are designated as "ghost" the- 
atre . promoters. Theatrical con- 
structibri promotions in somei parts 
have caused unnecessary competi-, 
tion for chain houses through oyer- 
seatlng. The prompters usually: got 
a,way with the first money leaving, 
the theatres In bad condition, not 
making any mdney for their oper-! 
ators and spoiling business for the 
other houses. . - . 

Local bankers and financiers are 
to be given to understand some of 
the methods of chain operation. 
Where bankers have received advice 
from theatre men a promoter with 
an Idea for building a theatre is 
asked where he expects to get pic- 
tures arid the brand of pictures he 
Intends showing. Similar questions 
are put with regard to vaudeville 
or presentations if the hoUse pro- 
posed is to run on a comhination 
policy. 

Promoters have been known to 
get bankers or local money Inter- 
ested heavily without being able to 
get film from any of the fiVe largest 
producing organizations. According 
to estimated figures, country banks 
have been taken for over IIO^OOO.OOO 
In ; various theatre and film stock 
promotion plans. Despite this many 
local 'financial sources throughout 
the country, without previous con- 
tacts with the show business, axe 
. still falling. 

In addition to cutting in on busi- 
ness these promotions, it has been 
explained to the house managers of 
the circuits referred to, undermine 
the credit of reputable theatrical 
establishments. 



ll's TALKER STUDIO 



. Ground has been broken for the 
erection of the first talker studio in 
Universal City, 'according to advices 
to the home offlce. ' 

At the same time it was said that 
Carl Laemmle has practically closed 
with Western Electric for the use 
of its Movietone device. 



Murnau's "Daily Bread*^; 
"4 Devils," $2 Road Show 

F. W. Murnau's next picture for 
Pox will be titled "Our Daily 
Bread." 

The director's latest, "Four Dev- 
ils," is now being whipped Into 
final shape, with a possibility it 
may go into all key Centers for $2 
when ready. . It's a certainty as a 
twice dally showing for iNew York 
Understanding Is that the picture 
was privately screened outside of 
New York last week. . 

"Bread" is a story of wheat, 
adapted from Elliott Lester's novel, 
"The Mud Turtle." 



Harry Garr iit Bishops 

Los Angeles, July i7. 
The Titular BishCps elected Hal-ry 
Carr as an honorary meirtber at a 
luncheon held at their regular meet 
Ing place. 



BANIT LOCALES 

Montreal, July 17. 

Neal Hart, star and director of 
"Destiny,'' seven-reel feature being 
made under the coiiditions of the 
British film quota, is at Banff, In 
the Canadiah Rockies, with a cast 
and hlB leading woman, Barbara 
Kent. . 

He Is using Tunnel Mountain, the 
Spray River Valley arid the Cal 
gary Stampede as locals. Pictures 
produced by British-Canadian Pic- 
tures, Ltd. 



N. Y. to L A. 



Dorothy Devore. 
Walter Meyers. 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Loui.se Brooks. 
Wattorson R. Rothaicker. 



Leatrice Joy's Profit 



• Los . Angeles, July it. 

Leatrice Joy took a flyer in 
real estate shortly after her 
cpritract as a picture actress 
lexpired .with Pathe, She has 
made more In two months out 
.of realty transactions than 
she would have In a year as 
a picture actress. 

Miss Joy bought a 'five- 
acre tract in Beverly Hills 
for $35,000 and. turned it over 
10 days later for $76,000. 
I If breaks like this continue, 
Miss Joy will be reluctant tq 
returning to the iscreen. 



Outside Managers' School 
Does Flop After 1st Course 



The theatre managers' training 
school started by D. M. Baltimore, 
one-time student of the Publix 
School, has done a fiop. . The Balti- 
more school closed after graduat- 
ing one class. His plan Included 
turning anybody into a theatre 
manager lor $200 and within 12 
weeks. 

Publix School, under the direcr 
tion of John Barry, takes six 
monthis to ground its men In funda-- 
mentals, selecting them after a 
careful pruning among the appll 
cants.. Of 922 candidates for the 
present class but 12 were accepted 
Baltimore's school, which had 
rooms on 44th street, had no en 
trance requirements. 



Grainger on Movietone 

'T&elay Is suicidal," says James 
R. . Grainger, Fo^'s general sales 
chief, Ii} declarihg that his sales- 
men must be Immediate and 100 
per cent in selling Fox Movietone. 

Stating- that this brand of talker 
is an "accepted American institu- 
tion," Grainger^ in his article pub- 
lished in the current issue of a Fox 
house organ, also says: 

"It is in a class so securely its 
own that others are rriaking frantic 
efforts to imitate,. but even an Iml 
tatlve move must necessarily await 
anywhere from 5 to 15 ihonths. And 
then it will still be experimental on 
the part of those who have sud 
denly awakened to the advent of 
Movietone." 



Day and Date Can Bills 



Fenway and Olympiaj Publix 
houses In Boston, booked for four 
Vltaphbne talking shorts with fea- 
ture length talking pictures, are to 
play the same programs day and 
date; 



1 Out of 150,000 

In Gang Kid Rush 

There will be approximately IBO, 
000 kids entered In Loew's national 
"Our Gang" contests which start 
Aug. 4 In 24 cities. So laughingly 
says Terry Turner, h^ad of Loew's 
publicity department. 

Out of Mr. Turner's liberal es- 
timate Hal Roach will select one 
kid to go to Hollywood to appear 
with the original "bur Gang" for 
three months. A salary of $100 a 
week plus expenses for parents is 
the prize. IJal Roach will, person 
ally direct the amateur comedy, to 
be made in New York City, 

Four crews will handle the con 
tests. The directors are Jack 
Roach, Hal's brother; Irving Brown 
ing, Frank Melford and Frank 
Kirby. Cameramen are OUie Leach 
.Lest er. Lang, Sa m jPr owning a nd 
Buddy Harris. 



John Waters Directing 

Los Angeles, July 17 

John Waters, former contract dl 
rector with Paramount, signed with 
M-G-M to direct Tim McCoy in 
"Wires," an original. 



Other Points on Talkers Come 
Up in L A. Meeting 



Evolution of The Talker 



Los AngelM, July IT. 
The technicians' branch of the 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts 
and . Sciences, unoovered that pic- 
tures photographed simultaneously 
with recorded dialog seem Insuffer- 
ably slow when projected "cold" 
without the , acccmpanying dialog. 
This was seen to have it, bearing on 
the proposal to supply the foreign 
market with vocal films minus the 
dialog. 

There was much discussion, at the 
meeting as to, the attitude o£ the 
branch toward revealing for the 
benefit of the many any individual 
or company successes in the way of 
experiments. A.t its conclusion a 
motion was carried that "the techni- 
cal branch proceed to . hold a series 
of demonstratlpns of sound and ef- 
fects and request th<S producers to 
co-operate and to furnish all in- 
formation possible for the benefit of 
the whole Industry." 

The returns from that motion, It 
was suggested by one member, very 
quickly would make known whether 
'we are entering an era of brotherly 
love stuff or every man; for him- 
self." . . 

A lively discussion followed, the 
insistence of. a pioneer canieraman. 
that no shift in voice volume should 
follow the transition from long shot 
to close-up or vice versa. Secretary 
Frank Woods said every one with 
whom he had spoken regarding the 
matter had agreed that where the 
tones remained unchanged during 
the shift from oiie distance to an«> 
other Illusion was destroyed. It 
was stated the Warner studio is 
paying close attention to the change. 
One man suggested If the contrast 
was not established It would hardly 
be possible to give away a picture. . 

A film technician, commenting on 
the difficulty in securing data on 
sound devices, declared he cannot 
find any two experts who agree on 
fundamentals; that he never has 
talked with two and got the same 
answer from . both. "Even on the 
Installations they are apart," he 
added. 

It was developed In the course of 
the generitl talk that under the con<- 
tract with the installing company 
any improvements "or inventions 
contributed by the producers auto- 
matically would become the prop- 
erty of the electric concern. 
Academy's Awards 
The Academy will make annually 
11 awards of merit for outstanding 
work on the pa,rt of members. The 
period for the first year will be 
from August of laist year to that 
of the present. 

The awards will be molded ata,tu- 
ettes, from which will be cost orna- 
mental bronze copies. On the base 
will be engraved the nature of the 
award and the year. 

A committee will pasa on all 
awards and make nominations. 



Talker Supervisor 



A mythical story of a picture 
"supervisor" on a talker Is that 
while looking at and listening 
to the rushes, he exclaimed: 

"Retake .on that." 

"Why?" said the director. 
"There's nothing wrong there." 

"Yes, there is," replied the 
super, "I couldn't hear the final 
'k! in swimming." 



J. J. LEE, MGR., DEFEATS 
WIFE'S DIVORCE SUIT 



Joseph J. Lee, New Jersey branch 
manager of the Fox. film exchange 
was awarded a decision last week 
by Supreme Court J^ustlce Selah B. 
Strong, of Kings County, New York, 
against his, wife, Estelle Lee. The 
latter w^s denied alimony and coun- 
sel fees. 

Mrs. Lee brought an action 
against, her husband for divorce, al 
leging adultery. She was repre 
sented by Attorneys Ci'ooks & Du 
v'all of Westchester County, New 
York. Lee, throiigh his attorneys, 
Phillips & Nlzer, New York, filed 
ah answer, denying the charges and 
counter-charging adultery by Mrs 
Lee with onie Alax Shaw. 

Mrs. Lee then applied for ali- 
mony arid counsel fees, asking |100 
weekly, and $750 for her attorneys. 

Lee's papers a.lleged that he had 
discovered his wife's Intimacy with 
Shai«!;; in 1927 and that she had 
traveled, with Shaw to Colorado. Lee 
further alieg'ed these facts had been 
handed to his attorneys who Insti 
tuted action for the alienation of 
affections against Max Shaw. Lee's 
aflldavit showed that Shaw had set-: 
tied this action by paying a certain 
sum of money to Lee to discontinue 
it. 

It was argued this admitted the 
guilt of Mrs. Lee and that her ao 
cusations a,galnst Lee were entirely 
disproven by the aflftdavits of the 
manager and the house detective of 
the Belvedere Hotel, New York, who 
had been called in time see the door 
broken In and testified there had 
been no impropriety. 

Judge Strong decided there was 
insufficient proof of Lee's guilt and 
that nelther allmony or counsel fees 
would be grrantied Mrs. Lee. 

Attorney Louis Nlzer, who ar- 
gued the matter for Mr. .Lee, re- 
fused to comment* saying the de- 
cision spoke for Itself. 

This Joe Lee Is not the demon 
boy press agent; Joe Lee, who went 
with Tom Mix on his trip abroad 
last year* ' . 



Chaney-Browning 10th 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Lon Chaney and Tod Browning 
celebrate their 10th anniversary 
of association with each other as 
player and director tomorrow 
(Wednesday). .. 



Their first picture together was 
"The Wicked Darling," for Uni 
versal. Out of the 50 or more pic 
tures since made by Chane>y, 
Browning has directed 30. 



Gbldwyn's 2-Way Radio 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

Sam Goldwyn has installed a two 
way sending and receiving radio set 
at the studio and the Santa Cruz 
Islands, whore Herbert Brenon is. on 
location filming the water scenes for 
"The Rescue." 

The radio is operated on a 48% 
meter wavelength, using the oonti 
hental code. 

It was necessary to Install this 
form of communication, the first to 
be used by any producer on the 
coast, because of absence of phone 
service on the islands. 



Eddie Clayton, Christies Lead 

Los Angeles, .July 17. 
Eddie Clayton, signed by Chris- 
tics to play the male lead in "The 
Confession of a Chorus . Girl" 
series. 

He auccoods Sid Smith, who re 
cently died. 



Par's Designation 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Ben P. Schulberg, now designated 
as associate producer of Paramount, 
will herieafter be general manager 
of West Coast production, with 
Walter Wanger similarly titled for 
the east coast. 

Of the Hollywood supervisors, 
Lasky has elevated to the rank of 
associate producers, Benny Fine- 
man, Schulberg's assistant, E. Lloyd 
Sheldon, L. D. Llghton, J. G. Bach- 
mann, Benny Zleidniarin and Dave 
Selznlck. 

Roy Pomeroy, who has conducted 
Paramount's sound experiments, 
win be In direct charge, of all talk- 
ers. O. W. Roberts, his assistant, 
becomes head of the techiilcal (de- 
partment. 



One Woman in Cast 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

Production on "Singapore Sal" 
started at the Pathe studios with 
Howard Hlggln directing and Phyl- 
lis Haver starred. Support includes 
Alan Hale, Fred Kohler, Noble John- 
ston, Dan Wolhelm, Pat Hartigan 
and Jules Cowles. 

Miss Haver is the only woman in 
the picture. 



Graham Now Gagging 

Los An gel e.s July 17. 
--Carroll — Grah amv^^if orm er^=-u ni 
pro.<js agent for the First National 
studios, goes as gag man for Fox 
studios. 



Talking pictures oa OA Idea, 4 
not an . accomplished fact, dattf 
back at least 20 years. At tha^j 
time there was in existence a 
vice known aa Cameraphone. U 

1908 Blanche Ring and RaymoiMi 
Hitchcock were tested for this de- 
vice," the property of H. W. Jones, 
The evolution of the talking pic- 
ture idea received further ImpetiM 
around 1910-13, when many theatre* 
eihployed vaudeville actors to fol- 
low the screen, and . create sound 
and dialog accompaniment. ThLi 
was the day of the. ordinary canvas 
screcrii when, the projected picture 
could be seen from both sides of It, 
Also prior to the big orchestra and 
the big organ. : , 

The sound man sat backstage, 
following the action and interpret- 
ing it with more or less reallsin. 
Ventriloquists were particularly de- 
desired for their multl- voice talents.. 

In those days the public, or large: 
sections of It, was . In a state of 
bafflement to explain the noises. 
C<)mment was frequent as to the 
authenticity of various effects. 
The more clever of the actors 
sometimes had the out-of-the-way 
audiences completely buffaloed, 

Phonogriaiphs in Grind 

With the Improvement of the 
phoriogriaph .many houses, notably 
the small gi'lnds, employed them. 
Mechanical musical device? of dif- 
ferent characterliatlcs, pianola, etc., 
came into use. . 

Meanwhile the theatre . managers 
continued to try to make the screen 
talk In some form or other by 
cueing the picture as closely as 
possible with disks or player rolls. 

Still later, when the small , or- 
chestras became general, the boy 
at the drums had to work up thtt 
pictures. There were hollow cocoa- 
nut shells for horses on paved 
streets, padded^ leather for the gal- 
loping prairie nag. The drummer 
undertook to produce any effect 
from the wall of an infant to the 
Battle of Gettysburg. 

The desire to IntensiiFy the lUu- 
slon of the cinema story, by the a.dr 
dltlon of sound effects has endured 
almost from the beginning of mo- . 
tion pictures. They have kept ths 
Inventors busy correcting the me- 
chanical flaws that rendered the 
primitive synchronization effortp 
abortive. . , ' 

The Importance of sound accom- 
paniment, if only an organ, has 
been long recognized in the tirade, 
and in the Instance o<f Variety MM 
found expression lii a rule against 
reviewing films in the "cold", en- 
vironment of projection "rooms. 

Adjusting dpeed ' 
The present talker evolution in 
the climax of years of experiment- 
ing by va,rlous engineers. The first 
problem was the . difficulty of ad- 
justing the speed of the disk to the 
greater speed of - the film. Tb» 
early use of phonograph devices 
accentuated the necessity for ths 
sound occurring at the exact in- 
stant the eye caught the visual 
representation. If too late or too 
soon the sound was apt to bs 
ridiculous, in any event to destroy 
or puncture the thread of illusion. 

Another major problem was shut- 
ting out Incidental sounds. The 
early records cauglit the persistent 
sputter of carbons, the whir of the 
camera Itself and many other ex- 
traneous sounda. 

With the engineers having solv^ 
all tiielr major problems, thd fl6od- 
ing of the market with a,, host o< 
devices has followed. 

Today, in addition to Vltaphone, 
Movietone and B. C. A.'s Photo- 
phone, the three outstanding de- 
vices, there are scores of sniall 
concerns marketing sound syn- 
chronizing servlcd. 

The talker has within the last 
two weeks appeared in the indus- 
trial and advertising fields. One 
new concern has salesmen out 
drumming up accounts with any- 
body and. any place, including 
steamship lines, clubs, etc. They 
.are offering, free talking pictures. 
Their racket Is to peddle programs 
partly composed of advertising mat- 
ter. They expect their profit from 
the advertisers. 



Taikiei^s "Wires" 

Newest Tim McCoy picture for 
M-G will be calflid ' Wiios." Not 
a talker. 



^'Lena Smith" Not J'Mary Pugan'*. 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Paramount's "The Case of Lena 
Smith" is not a parallel of "The 
Trial of Mary Dugan." It has noth- 
ing murderous or underworld la 
it. - 

Jo.sef Von Stornburg will direct 
and l']sUii.'r KalsLon will be starred* 



8 



VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



Loop Broke Even on Weather Last Wk.; 

I; 'Anger 2d Wk. 





Chicago, July 17. 
Weather Fair 
Arvqtlier week of yps and downfj 
iji the Loop, with the Chicago top- 
pinf? everything at $46,000 by aid 
••AVhoel of Chance/' Heavy heat 
In the first half cut a little, but a 
dvop in the mercury " for the last 
days helped to square It. 

Shanng interest was "Street 
Angel," opening sensationally two 
weeks ago at McVicker's with sound 
accompaniment. It has not as yet 
let the house dp^yn to the level 
foiTheily . regai'ded as high : for 
straight pictures. '•Street : Angel" 
opened tQ 541,150, and has been 
easing oft naturally. Last week, 
. $30,800, 

Buster Ktiaton's "Steamboat Bill, 



MUwaukee's Worst Week; 
Vaude Topping, $14,000 

Milwaukee^ July. 17, 
- (uravying Pop., 530,000) 
Weather; Unsettled 



ALL VAUDE BILL AnER 
10 YRS. IN MONTREAL 

llast Week a Blister for Pic- 
ture Biz indoors— Loew's 
Best, $12,000 



: Montrt-al, July 17. 

(Drawing Fop., 600,000.) 

Weather: Fine 

Hot weather and tJ^e iuU after 
~ ■ . t'v>wiirir'iiia wf»f>k'<? holidaVs ' conibincd 

Worst week in the thoalricary..-!u-. ^^"""^^"^tSn' rericHi pullod 



Opening July 7 with the ilrst. tori id 
spell, 93 in the shade, houses were 
empty Saturday and Sunday, the 
days supposcid to: take ihem out of 
the red. 

Cooler weather about Wednesd.ay, 
but too late. The Wisconsin, ace 
house, failed to snap into it wiUi 
"Street, of Sin," although Jannings 
usually means heavy dough. I|ichy 
Craig, new master of ceromonioii, 
failed to' help, and he will; dci)art in 
another week or two. It is also said 
that the house. will shortly ]>e wired, 
together with the Strand- to laks 
care of Fox sound pictures, a.s yet 



Tr " flirtn't K^et into stride in its two foreign to the local screens. Neither 
nt tfnftid A^i^ts closing to of these two or the Merrill of the 
TTnw $iR^o?a£t^ a^^^^ anything. 
t^So^'t^^ninf :^eel" "'D^^um^^^^ holding over . the tUlbert 

Love," which opened Friday, .is re- 
versing the -tables a:nd pulling. 'em 
In fast. The Oriental maintained 



special, "The Cos,"!acks," for no i,'ood 
reason except prayers for cOol 
weather. 

After a- slow get a.way, the Gar- 
den picked up nicely during the 
midweek and "Lion and the Mivuse* 
^^^^T' I?u ''•«i'ii!''..ifiC1i'"r,ttral due ^ot second and. possibly a third 
rather.'-^ The ^^.^^f.^^^^^'^^^ week; Mouth-to-mouth advertising 
.exploitation because of its Cosmo- " 
politan-Hearst hookiip 



the high $40,000 reached 'in the pre- 
vious week, with credit .shared by 
Al Kvale, m. c., and "Bringing Up 



"Sunrise" at Roosevelt 
Another of the 15 Fox features 
contracted by B; & K.— "Sunrise"— 



g 

will eventually put the picture 
across, if it gets any kind >of a 



weather break. 

Alhambra remained in the rod. 
House has no cooiing system, and 



opened Friday at the Roosevelt to] the picture, title, "Grip of the Vu- 

Bpod opinions and ditto business. It kbn," failed to send, chills into the 

followed "Cossacks," which played sweltering masses, 

three weeks to unusually high open- Estimates for Last, Week 

Ing money a;nd rather low closing. Alhambra (U)— "Grip of. th-i 

Final was around. $11,000, . Yukon" (U) (1,800; 25-50). Nothing 

"L: on and the Mouse" stuck five to pull them in.' Good hot weather 

good weeks over at the Or.pheum, title, but house no cooling bystem 

leaving Friday to make way for a Not $5,000. 

return b£ "Jazz Singer." "Lion" Garden (Brin)—"Llo,Xi and Mouse" 

rates second to the latter in busi- (War) '(1,200; 25-50-75). Slow 

ness at this 760-seat house, closing start, but picked up big third day 

to about $8,500. "Jazz Singer" al- and did enough to warrant second 

ready has played a total of 19 week. Movietone news and three 

w^eks in the Loop. ^ Vita shorts also. Above $8,00p. 

Estirtiates for Last Week ' : Merrill (Midwesco)— ''The Cos- 
Chicago (Publix) "Wheel of sacks" (M-G) (1,200; 25-50). House 
Chance" (FN) (4.200; 50-75). Best not in the public eye any more, (lil- 
biz of week; $46,000, with "Knick bert tailed . to click as usual, prob- 
Knacks" Publix unit, . ably due to heat Picture gambled 
McVicker's (Publix) "Street An- with for second week. Hardly 
gel" (Fox) (2,200; 50-75). Sound turned $4,000. 



film big local attraction. Movietone 
Shorts. $30,800. 

Oriental (Publix) "Bringing Up 
Father" (M-G-M) (3,200; 35-75) 
Cpmedy ,show:ed draw, and got high 
$40,000 with assistance from Al 
.Kvale ©n .stage; "Kwollie's Fol 
lies" publix unit. 

'Lion 



Palace (Keith)— "Walking liack" 
(Pathe) (2,400; 25-50-75). Vaude 
big dish here with picture so-co. 
Nice and cool on hot days, public- 
knows' it.. House show^ed profit at 
$14,000. 

Riverside (Keith)— "Chorus Kid" 
(Gotham) (3,000; 25-40-50). Small 
time vaude. House new and novel 



T^?ure"^TwBf''Ta?ker'^i^^^^^ "^'-^".nee woman draw with 

JHouse IwtS). iaiKer naa "^e to nnn 

weeks of excellent money here, fin- I Plenty or Kias 



Ishing to around $8,500; "Jazz 
Singer" in 'again, with Vltaphone 
shorts. » 

Playhouse (Mindlin) "Potemkin" 
(Ankino); "Last Laugh" (Ufa); 
"Shoulder Arms" (reissue) (600; 
60-75). Tri-svibject bill In sure- 
seater let house drop from previous 
good- week, but still about average 
at $2,700. . 

Roosevelt (Publix) " Co.ssacks 
(M-G-M) (2,200; 50-75). Experl 
enced sizeable decline in third and 
last week, with about $11,000;] 
opened to $18,000; houae wiring 
completed and "Sunrise," sound film, 
opened .strong Friday, 

State-Lake (Keith) "Grip of Yu 
kon" . (U) (2,500; 50r75). "Our 
Gang*' juves on stage helped pic 
t'ure In $18,000 week. 

United Artists (UA) "Steamboat 
Bill. . .Jr." (UA) (1,702; 35-75) 
Rather dlsapp ■ ting two-week en 
.gagement here, opening at $20,000 
ami clcsing to $15-,000; "Drums ol 
Love" in, 



Close to $9,000. 
Strand (Midwesco)— "Mile. From 
Armetier.s" (M-G) (1,200; 25-50); 
Soldiers and tljeir successors have 
evidently forgottep famous French 
lady or' else heat. Dropped like wilt- 
ed rose to around $3,000. 

Wisconsin (Midwesco) — "Street of 
Sin" (Par) (2,800; 25-35-50-CO). 
With band on stage and other em 
bellishments, Jannlngs film failed to 
click at usual gait. Estimate not 
over $11,000. 



down grosses to about the lowest 
of the season last week. Only the 
very great influx of transients liiitl- 
g.-ited the Hop and even they prefer 
travelling around the city to . sitting 
in picture houses, The Imperial re- 
opens in straight vaude without the 
usual picture at this house., That 
will make Montreal -a vaude town 
again for the first time in 10 or more, 
years, since the only other vaude 
shown here is at Loew's apd is 
about 50-50 with pictures. If and 
when, as rumored, the Palaoe. also 
goes, into vaude plus pictures, there 
will be more, viiudc than films in 
Montreal in the future. 

Ramon Novarro and "A Certam 
Young Man" helped the Capitol 
through worist week of year. Mati 
necs' were" empty and nights poor 
at first but built up through the 
week. Great heat and pt-^'fect 
weather all week were to some ex 
tent . offset by ads drawing-attention 
to coolness of house. About $10,000 
i'air estimate. 

Palace tried out Lionel Barryinore 
in "The Lion and the Mouse," 
.^tory that showed signs of wear 
Manager R. JRotijky put ujp a good 
play In the advertising but. couldh'-. 
get them to forsake the outdoors for 
the theatre. Admissions were down 
to about rock, bottom, at $9,000. 

Loew's made the vaude end It; 
best bet. . "Across the Atlantic" was 
nothing out of the way as a picture 
but the' vaude was above average 
$12,000, good for time of year. 

His Majesty's cpntinues to draw 
despite heat and outside attractions 
Charles Emer-son Cook is holding 
hi.s grosses to an average close to 
$8,000 weekly. Savoy Musical com- 
pany Will be one of the outstanding 
theatrical successes of recent years 
n this city. 

Imperial reopened Sunday with 
nine Keith acts of vaude, cutting 
out pictures and with reserved seats 
at higher prices. ■ Opening matinee 
and night big. 

All amusement parks here did big. 
weather being ideal and transients 
helping. 

Estimates for Last Wieek 
Capitol (FP) (2,700;" 40-60). "Cer- 
tain Young Man" (M-G-M), Ramon 
Novarro always draws here but 
could hot compete dgainst weather 
despite advertised cool : ventilation 
was a fact. Matinees fell off and 
post-holiday effect felt at nights. 
Theatres not much of an attraction 
during week. Gross off to $10,000. 

Palace (FP) (2,700; 40-60). "Lion 
and Mouse" (Warner). Lionel Bar- 
rymore would ordinarily have given 
fine gross as rated high here 



"Lion and Moose" 4tli Wk. 
In Tacoma, 125,000 Pop. 

Tacomai July 17. 
(Drawing Pop., 125,000) 
Weather: Warm 

' The show buslne.sR rah up against 
the hotest weather to date, and biz 
not as hot. 

JBlue Mouse went strong for the 
third week with "The Lion and the 
Mouse," unusual record for the town, 
Going to hold the part-talker for 
fourth "week. 

"J^iilder Embderi"' back to Colonial 
for three days, and did well. Pan 
tages had fair week With so -.so 
vaude and "Hangman's House." 
Rialto fair. with "The Dr;>gnet." 
Estimates for Last Week 

Pantages (1,500; 25-50)— "Hang- 
man's House" (Fox). Thriller typo 

=^151 wayr"eo^iHFm^ir«'F7^$ (I ; 0 0 0r""==^ 

Rialto (WC) (1,250; 25-50)— "The 
Dragnet" (Par). Blood and thiinder 
and machine gun.*?, but no one hurt 
in the rush; $3,800. 

Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (650; SO- 
TS) — "Lion and Mouse" iind Vita 
(WB) H, O. for 4th w^eek. $3,600. 

Colonial (WC) (850; 15-25) — 
'••Raider Embden" (Col) and "See 
Tou In Jail" (FN). Not bad; $1,500. 



$20,000 at Midland, K. C, 
Mainslreet Off at $15,000 



Kansas City, July 17 
(Drawing Pop., 600,000) 
Weather .Good 

With only four first run houses 
open in the downtown district, 
husinei?s continued badly off. Ltiew's 
Midland led everything with Clai-a 
Bow and hpr "Ladies of the Mob.' 

The house had a dandy tie-up 
with the "JdurnaUPost" for the. 
"Gang" contest and got lots of space 
with pictures of the kid conte.st.ants 
running . daily 

Globe, dai'k for several weeks 
opens July 21 With "Warming Up.' 
and the two Loew theatres, Mi<"!^".'J 
and Newman, intend to have talkers 
In operation early in August. 
Estimates for Last Week 

Loew's Midland — "Ladies of th«^ 
Mob" (4,000; 25-35-50). Many Clara 
Bow .admirers disappointed in this 
shoot-'em-up picture, but figure she 
can't have everything. Stage show 
"Rah, Rah, Rah," one of best units 
here this season. Refreshing 
change from the routine affairs sent 
In for past month or so; $20,000. 

Mainstreet (Keith's) —""A Ship 
ComoH In" (3,200; 25-50). Rudolph 
SchiUlkraut's name no draw with 
local fans probably accounting for 
drop here. Stage show; Good bill 

4 15. 00 Or 



Pantages — "Hellship Bronson 
(2,200; L'ii-RO). Picture had enough 
tlirills to siiti.sfy. Stage show 
?6.200. . 

Newman (Loew's) — "Steamboat 
Bill, Jr.." 1st half: "Laugh, Clown 
Lan.^-h." 2d half (1,980; 2.')-35) 
House enntlnues lir.st run first fou 
(lays .'uid .«»-'^<ind run from Midland 
"inM ihrce. Busineffs has not shown 




ANOTHER TENSTRIKE 

Credited to JOE MOSS, New York 
Manager for Meyer Davis. 

MKYER DAVIS* ORCHESTItAS 
will now care for the entire musi«al 
requirement."! of the ASTOR, one of 
the liriest and most unlvorsally 
known hotels. 

The- riaine M l-^Y ER DA VIS has 
bcoqme 'synonymous with the best 
in music. 



Wash's Fold-Up Week; 
Bow, $8,000: Menjon Low 



House fair at start fell off toward 
the end. - At that, did as well as 
much touted British picture previ 
ous week, but $9,000 light gross even 
for this time of year. 

Loew's (FP) (2,700; 45-75). Vaud- 
fllm. "Across Atlantic" (Warner) 
Poor show and house only held up 
owing to bettei'-than-average vaude. 
As the only vaude bill in town for 
the past six weeks, Loew's has been 
consistently ahead of them all. Gross 
held tup well at $12,000. 

Strand (U.A.) (800 ; 30-40). "Chi 
natown Charlie" (F.N.) ; "Law and 
Man." (Coli); "Hold 'Em, Yale" 
(P.D.C.); and "Something Always 
Happens" (Par.). Altogether $3,000. 

Neighborhoods: Hot weather 
pulled down grosses. 



AU-Caraied Bill Got 

$16,000 in Dallas 



■ Dallas. July 17, 
Majestic theatre (Interstate) 
awitolied an all sound-film show 
into the" Majestic her6 ]s\ftt week 
(July 7) when the Herman TimbCrg 
unit was dropped and got $16,000 on 
the week. 

The way the canned bill started 
off , the house expected to do $20,- 
000, but the final figure is excellent 
as the high summer average Is $12,- 
000. 

Business got away fast over the 
week-end (Saturday opening), held 
up until Wednesday and then eased 
off. 

Lineup was all Fox with "Street 
Angel" leading, Movietone news- 
reel' and Robert Benchley. Clark 
and McCulIough, Winnie Lightner 
and Gertrude Lawrence, J. Harold 
Murray and the "RIo Rita" girls 
among the Movietone talking 

Against this the local Publiit 
house is estimated to have g'ott'.in 
about $9,000 and the Malba (plc- 
tiires), $4,600. 



Washington, July 17. 
(Estimated White Pop;., 450,000) 

Weather: Hot 
When it's hot here — it's hot. And 
that goes for last week. If the the- 
atres haven't something above the 
usual wh on the heat's on, it's fold 
up week. ' 

Palace didn't have thdt "above" 
business in Fields and Conklin 
These two have meant but little 
here . and stage attraction didn't 
help. Pukilix "Chinese Nights" was 
a i-epcat within .six months, only 
the nanie being changed. When 
this house doesn't do business it's 
a good keynote for the town. 

Loew look it hard, too, at the Co- 
lumbia where .it w-'is demonstrated 
that Menjou ia wa.shed-tip locally. 
Recently, at the Earlei he attracted 
a fair week — at the Columbia it was 
bad. Fox had nothing to got ex- 
cited about either In "No Other 
Woman." But the house quivered 
around the previous week figure 
and. that's something. ' 

Clara Bow's .name helped, though 
business at the Earle went below 
the previous week. Absence of Jack 
Pepper, m. c, may have had some- 
thing to do with it. He is out this 
week, .due to Illness, with Charley 
Melson brought on from Newark. 
No publicity to the substitute, switch 
being made suddenly. Metropolitan, 
with its sound picture, "Glorious 
Betsy," did a fair second week, but 
weather conditions linished all 
thoughts of a third. 

During all this the Little, one of 
the srriall capacity ultra places, *Was 
facing court action because of an 
alleged uun.iuthorized showing of a 
Japanese picture which the house 
titled "Romance of Japan." .La"m 
bert and Yeatman have been re 
tained through Irvin Shapiro, for 
mer newspaperman, with the rights 
to thox picture from the Japanese 
bankei-s, Mitsui and Co., Ltd., to en 
tcr suit. Picture Is, according to 
the lawyers, rightfully "The Street 
Juggler." 

Estimates for Last Week 
Columbia (Ix)ew), "Night of Mys- 
tery (Par) (1,232; 35-50). Never got 
started; count about $5,000; lowest 
In many moons. 

Earle (Stanley-Crandall), "Ladies 
of the Mob" (Par) and Stanley unit 
(2,244;. 35-50). Holding above pre- 
vious low -with house steadily ad- 

v.iwcin'gr "thigff' one, - wny>"~t^~To 

blame, hit just over $8,000. 

Fox (Fox), . 'No Other Woman" 
(Fox), stage show and movietone 
(3,434; 35-50-75). Del Rio good bet 
and weathered heat splendidly;, ex- 
tr.a tap on week end totaled $18,000 
for week. 

Met (Stanley-Crandall), "Glorious 
Betsy" and Vita (W-R.) (1,518; 35- 
50). A second week not to be 
ashamed of, around $8,000, good for 
this house. 

Palace (Loew), "Fools for Luck" 
(Par) and "Chinese Nights" (2,365; 
35-50). Everything wrong, both 
stage and screen; Wesley Eddy, 
m.c, holding on to regulars; house 
under $14,000, a liberal estimate. 

Rialto (U), "Walking B.ack" 
(Pathe) (1,978; 35-50). Final week, 
house going dark Friday night; 
business just about the same which 
moans around $3,500. 



TALKERS CATCH ON 
OUT IN MINNEAPOLIS 

$17,200 for "Lion and Mouse" 
—Minnesota's Good Bill, 
$29,500 



(Dravying Pop., 475,000) 
(Weather: Clear and Cool) 

■Mljiheapolia, July 17. 

Excellent attractions coupled with 
ouol weather brought business, back 
with a bang last week. Every : 
house in the looj) o.'imo out of the 
slump that torrid temperatures had 
precipitated. 

l''ans waxed highly enilia.siastlc 
tiver the show holding forth at the 
Minno.sota. "Telling itio World" 
and the I'ublix mage unit, "(Jallop- 
Ing On," reflected a highly healthy 
gross. 

As far as Miunoapoli.s is con- 
cerned, the talkers iiave landed, 
solidly. Talkers like "Tenderloin" 
and "The Lion and tho Mouse" at 
tho State have helped eoiiHiderably 
Iii offsetting fiome uf it.s low gross 
periods. "Lion, and Alouse" last 
week linished to. better gro.ss than 
"Tonderloim" ^ 

Manager E. C, Bostlok landed four 
Minneapolis marathon dance con- 
test prize-winning coupleK, and they 
proVcd a real card for t'anlagcs. 
IIou.se had by far its host .Week for 
many months. Pleluro. "Love 
Hungry," was O. K.. but . entire 
credit for the draw* koos to the 
niarathonors. 

A newly Inaugurntod ,split-v(reek 
policy helped the Lyric slightly, the 
gross- running somewhat higher 
than the takings of recent weck.s. 
The i)i,ctures, "Serenade" and "The 
Vanishing Pioneer," w«re good 
enough buys a.t the 35c. admission 
sr-ale. A revival week with a 
change of blir dally and all old- 
timers used brought trnod return? 
to the Grand. 

■ Estimates for Last Week 
Minnesota (F. & R.-PubUx) 
(•1,100; C5). "Telling the World" 
(M;-a.) and "Galloping On," Publix 
stage unit. Entire program splen- 
did. A novelty, orchestra vs. or- 
gan, in a . contest to determine by 
applause the more popular, won 
much commendation. Clover, .screen 
stuff In connection witli the rhusic 
helped to put number over, Around 
$i'9,500. Splendid. . • 

State (F. *c R.-Publix (2.500; 60), 
"Lion and Mou.se" (Warner- Vita). 
Talker landed strongly and bene- 
titod by generally favorable com- 
ment; $17,200. Great In view of bid ■ 
opening caused by high tempera- 
ture.- One of best weeks house lias 
had since Minnesota opening. 

Hennepin - Orph«um (Kefth) 
(2,890; 60), "Hold 'Em Yale" (Pathe) 
and vaudeville. All-around good 
show and bargain ait low admission 
charged; $9,400. Better th.-m many 
recent weeks, but far, below what 
show deserved. 

Pantages (Pantages) (1,G00; 25- 
50), "Love Hungry" and vaudeville, 
including dance marathon contest 
winners; $9,000. Very good. 

Lyric (F. & R.-Publix) (1,300; 
35), "Serenade" (Par.), first half; 
"Vani-shing Pioneer" (Par), second 
half. Fli-st week of new split 
policy. Both picture.s good. Slight 
Improvement at around $1,8-00. 

Grand (F. & R.) (1.200; 25). Re- 
vival week with daily change of 
bill. More than $700. Much better 
than house ha.s been doing. 



any material difference with chang*; 
$3,100. 

Uptown (Universal) had "Thp 
Count of Ten" and singe acts. 



LA ROCaUE RECOVEEING 

X?Q3^ A ^ngjslcs, July „ 17... 



Rod IjaRocque is convalcesing at 
his home In Hollywood following 
an emergency operation performed 
upon him for appendicitis at the 
Pasadena Hospital. Vllma Banky, 
his wife, is "with him. 

"Wlion he recovers TjaRocque will 
leave for New York for a stage 
appearance. 



St. Louis Mats. Way Off 
But Ambassador, $30,600 

St. Louis, .luly 17. 
. (Drawing Pop., 1,000,000) 
Weather: Warm and clear 

With excessively hot riftcruoons 
cutting down attcndan ce- upon., the 
matinees, Rp.veral of the large thea- 
tres are getting publicity campaigns, 
under way to build up the night 
Irad^. There are many In St. Louis 
who dodge the refrigerated play- 
houses when the thermometers reg- 
ister 68 or 70, figalnst a 00 or higher 
piark that blasts heat into , their 
faces and •cohsti.tutions w'hcn they- 
emorgo from the' theatres. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Missouri (Skouras) (3,800; .35-65) 
—"The Racket," with Tom Melghan; 
fairly entertaining story of under- 
world and police. $19,600. 
■ Loew's State (3,300; 25-35-65)— 
"Steamboat Bill, Jr;"; Nat N'azarro 
has another jazzy stage show, "Step 
On It." $15,000. 

Ambassador (Skouras) (.3.000; 35- 
65)— "Foreign Legion"; Kd Lowry 
presented a. brilliant Btage. show, 
titled "Swanee Moon." $30,000. 

Grand Central (Skouros) (1,700; 
50-75)— "Lion and Mon.se" (W. B., 
Vita), fifth and last week: $7,200. 

St. Louis (4,280; - 35-65)— "Golf 
.>S<l<).B'S.l-UJIuuauaUy^gu_'iiLiiiAl^ 

Capitol (Skouras, .small do>vnt nivn 
house) — "The Raider Etnden," .'sec- 
ond and final week. 



Edna Murphy's Trio 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Kdna Murphy goes with Wnrners 
IKS leading womiin for ihree pic- 
lures. 



\ 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



PICTURE GROSSES 



VARIETY 



9 



4 Sight and Sound Films on Street; 
This WkrEnd Squared Bad Last Wk. 

"Ist 100<;o Talker" Got $48,300 at Strand; Hi O., 
Stays 3d Wk.— "Kings" Only "Sound" Flop 



^FTKooo'Balto Coing Wire With MwW 

Contract Expiring— Orchestras Cut 



San Francisco, July IT. 
(Drawing Pop., 756,000) 



I 



lii'Ml part , of lust week was the 
week-end intiodu'cing; this Week. 
After yoLi figure that out, it means 
that the fii'sL two daya of ".Street 
Anficl" at .the- Koxy got . $52,000; 
"Warnvihf; I'P" \vith just short of 
$31,000 at the Paramount, "TeUiiig 
the. World" hit $30,450 at the Cap-', 
itol, and the Strand about repealed 
the opening figures o£ '.'Lights of 
New . York" on . its holdoven A 
showery Saturday had a lot to do 
with these high week-end (.Sat.- 
Sun.) totals. 

Otherwise the Paramount and tlie 
Strand were the only two houses in 
the tJtreet doing real business last 
■week. "Lights" lingers for a third 
week. 

The "fir.st 1 00 per cent talker" 
grabhert itself $4.4,700 arid,, count- 
ing the reserved seat midnight pre- 
mier (July C), gave the Stra:nd $48.-^ 
300 on its first week. In the Par- 
amount "The Racket" was getting 
a lot of action, to push the total 
above $70,000. once more. This JUm 
started off by breaking the Satur- 
day night record, so the theatre Js 
In the final week of a highly satis- 
fying fortnight. "Thie Racket" goes 
to the Rialto this Saturday, and 
"Warming Up" Invades the Rivoli 
the same day, both on, ruh.s of . two 
Weeks, or more. 

For the current week Broad wav 
Is well dotted with sight and sound 
pictures. Four big grind houses are 
devoted to the innovation — Roxy, 
Strand. Paramount and Rlvoli.. Y^t. 
with the heavy talking draw, "King 
of Kings" only got, $14(700 at the 
Rlvoli on its first week. Extriemely 
low for an opening week on . that 
site. It indicates that even with 
sound they won't buy what they 
don't feel like buying. "Kings?' a,nd 
its religious ' theme undoubtedly 
handicapped Itself by coming in 
during the hot spell and also had 
faulty amplification to fight, due t6 
RC4 trying to . adjust Phptophone 
to Movietone equipment; 

Norma Shearer brought $54,800 to 
the Capitol with "The Actress," fair 
In face of warmth, but the Roxy 
bumped into a lot more empty seats 
at $76,000 for "Hit of the Show." 
"Man Who Laughs" opened its two 
weeks at the Rialto to $26,500, fair, 
and 'way ahead of "Uncle Tom's" 
pop price inipi'^ssion. 

"Trail of '98" finished its New 
Tork run after 17 weeks and $7,200; 
Astor now dark, while wired for M- 
G-M's incoming south sea picture. A 
similar situation hovers over the 
Gaiety where "I.rf)st in the Arctic" 
was due July 15, but is still being 
sounded. Meanwhile, "Fazil'Ms do- 
ing as best It can and it's a light 
gate. jO lobe has settled down to a 
$9,000 pace with "The Red Dance." 
This picture will probably stick 
until "Four Devils' 'Is ready. War- 
ners continues to think $10,000 okay 
for "Lfon and the Mouse," and the 
small Cameo had a bad week with 
a Ufa and a Chaplin reissue 

Embassy held to Its previous 
week's total of bettering $0,000, and 
"Wings" went downtown to the 
$9,000 district. , , 
Estimates for Last Week 

Astor— "Trail of '98" (M-G) . (1. 
129; $l-$2). Specacle picture, which 
lacked strong love story . and tear 
withdrawn Sunday after .17 weeks; 
finished to $7,200; house will stay 
dark about two weeks while wired 
for "White Shadows" (M-G) 

Cameo — "Loves of Jean Ney 
(Ufa); "The Vagabond" (Mutuial) 
(549; 50-75). Small house had tough 
week; neither picture able to stand 
ofTYii rhHJ p TemS6¥snwra; $ 

Capitol— "The Actress" (M-G) (4, 
620; 36-50-$75-$l). Gave house fair 
week; $54,000 not bad when consid- 
ering humidity followed by heavy 
rain; "Telling the World" (M-G) 
started off smartly, getting $30,450 
on this weekend. 

Criterion — "Wings" (Par) : (836; 
$t-$2) (49th week). Down on one 
knee for first time; around $9,000; 
after this one reaches 62 weeks any 
thing niay happen; "Patriot" (Par) 
about due, but Paraihount also has 
44th Street to . fill. 

Embassy— "Tempest" (U.A.) (596; 
$1-$1.50) (9th week). Held to pre- 
ceding figure, even bettering bit; $6,- 
100, with nothing named to follow 
as yet. , 

Gaiety — "Kazil" and Movietone 
(Fox) (808; $l-$2) (7th week) 
StalHiiii' for time until "Lost In the 
Arctic" lias been .synchronized; this 
is pictiiic taken by young Snow 
who ucconipanied his father on 
"Shooting Big Game in Africa." 

Globe--"Kt:d Dance" and Moyie- 
tone-( I''-o»)-(.l ,4 16t $l^$2).=(4^thJ¥MkX. 
(Joing along comfortably; evidently 
settled in $9,000 ■ class; last week 
$9,200, drop of about $500; presum- 
ably remains until "l^our Devils' 
(Fox) is ready. . „ v 

Paramount— "The Racket" (Par) 
(3,606; 40-05-75-$!). Started off by 
breaking Saturday night record and 
.malntaiiied smart pace; nightsj espe 



LOEWS TORONTO IS 
FEATURING ORGAN 



Weather: Fair 

Screen personalities got Cull 
credit for last week's draw In the 
two weekly change houses, 'with 1 
Barthehiiess close' to a summer rec- i 
ord at the Warfield, Bebo Daniels I 
wa? ;i t th<; Granada. ,. While the j 
Granada gro.ss was considerably , 
behind the Warfield. yet it demon- 1 
strated there is still life for tht> | 
once '."aco" market; street picturi' 
palace.' 

"Foiir Soiis" wound up a disap- 
pointing engagement at the St. 
Francis;. "Street Angel" got uudor 



"3-Ring Marriage" Not So Hefty at Stanley at 
' $16,000— Century Big for Summer, $20,000 



TWO TALK FEATURES 
GO BIG IN DETROIT 



Which With '''Skirls "Bntishh^'^y •''"'y^^^^^^ and should be good for ;"jazz Singer s neturn to me 

• ' ■^■ ■ '■ ■L: ^. _ . three to four weeks. !' "I t«r. MirMibo" 



wiio thought "Itamona" would last I (2,672; 35-50-65-90). Will King, at 
ill summer. The Del Rio picture the head, of the Fanchon and Marco 
came through, its eighth week idea, but big credit goes to Barthel- 
strong and held again, beating the hiess for h^avy dt^vf. Rube. Wolf, 
eight-week record hung tip by "The m, c., naturally, drew heavily, as 
Sea Hawk." If "Ramona'' Ifists "^"'i^k i'-^Coptionally good. 
Into August it will cop the lorife $30,000 
distance for this- towrt now held by ' ^"^^ 



Made, Got $8,700 in Bad 
Week 



Toroii y, July 17. 
(Drawing Population 700,000) 
Weather Fair, Warm. 
Everything oh the ■skids last week 
with nobody surpriised except those 



'Knibassy closed its five-week run 
of "The. Lion and the Mouse," and 
to a healthy profit. Currently, 
'(JVorioua Betsy;" / "The Man Who 
Laughs" contiaues at the Coluni- 
This town one of coolest spots in 
1 country during heat streak. 

Estimates for Last Week > 
Warfield (W. C.-Loew)— " VMioel 
of Charicie" (F.- N.) and Movietone 



Madison — "Lion and iVIouse 
at the States 



IJaltimoro, July 17. 
(Drawing Population 750,000) . 

V/eatWer Hot, Rainy 

As the date of exi'ii'ation of the 
existing manager-musician contract 
approaciios (July 28), a 
gaining among the mus^icians that- 
iw.o Of liie Loew-United- Artists 
houses hero a;ro to follow the pre- 
cedent of the Rivoli and dispense 
f tiroly with house orchestras, The 
chances are that the >,'ew when re- 
opening will dopehd on the, wired 
melodies, the result being that at 
least half the town's first run seat- 
ago will be minus rnUslcian.s. 

The .situation may create a crisis- 
in tlie musicians' localy Both tour- 
ing legit houses are dark; Audi- 
torium — resident dramatic stock- 
Only one burlesQU© 



Beat 



'Mickey" at 14 week.*?. "Ramoha' 
bettered $4,500, ahead of the sum- 
mer avera.gc in "I'om Daley's 1,400- 
seater.." ■ 

The British picture "Skirts" drew 
$8,700 Into Loew's to lead the town. 
Figure is hot bad for this season 
but poorest since' the house re- 
opened, a month ago. . Organ con- 
certs have been, made' a feature and 
broadcasts are dragging them in. 
Same goes for Hippodrome. 

"His Tiger Lady" was arOund $8,- 
PpO at Pantages and the house con- 
tinues to pay dividehds, so who 
cares?: This tellow will get plenty 



Granada (W. C^Piib.) — "Hot 
News" (Par) (2,735; 35-50-05-90). 
All-round^ good .entertainment, on 
stage and' screen.. ] Most, of draw 
attribiited to Bebe Daniels,. Buslr 
ness sUirtlhg to get ^ healthy again 
at this house. • About $20,00P< • , 

Embassy (Wiignon) — : "Gloriou.i 
Betsy" and Vita (W. B.) (1,367; 60- 
05-90). ,$15,000, usual first week'.s 
run, 

St. Francis (W. C.)— ^"Four Sons'" 
and Movietone (Foix) (1,375; 35-6*- 
90). $8,000, . ■ .. .: 

Columbia (Ei'lahger)— "The Man 
Who Laughs" (U) (1,700; ;50-$1.50). 
Second week of th© Universal road- 
show feature failed to attract much 



'. / Detroit, July 17. 
Weather: Warm 

Itnnning N\ith a wt-ak lilni' and 
siayii bill, Bi'.He Ba kin-;, added at; 
tiaoiion-, enticed a fair- siunmor 
gi'oss to the big .Miihlgan last 
u-L'ck';'' State changed its ' program. I recently closed. 

to feature "Lion and • the Mouse"- house is open. The combo houses 
Vila (VV. B.) after the opening all- ^re "jattling the sunlmer with de- 
sound smash with "Glorious Betsy" pveted restH-ves. Business at th<^ l>ie 
.ind hiaintaihed its better than $20,- gt^nley has been far from good.;' 
000 average for sound. Otherwise only the Century Is okay. ; 
lOthihg notable anywhere., ; ^ Rivoli will reopen this Saturday 

Mazia Singer," also with .Vita, h^g g, wired iio'usc .minUs orchestra, 
opened a rehash .engagement at the gj-j^j^^ qj. pit. The talkers ar© 
Madison, afteir "a previous, run of now being Ihstallod in all- thtees 
nine weeks, and grabbed. $17,000. Uoew houses. In the Century the 
'Cossacks," at the Adams, was K.j^,j^pj.g^yiii be an extra added, the 
somewhat under expectations at j.^j^g^j^^^.g continuing, present full 



of opposition when FP gets its new interest Week-end draw helped 



4,200-seater In operation a few 
blocks north. "Tehderlplh". opened 
good Saturday as a non- talker, 

"No Other Woman" dropped th© 
Uptown to iindef $8,600 with fair 
stage show. With Miss Del Rio 
pulling them strong in "Ramoha" 
down the street, this one was 
plugged as featuring. "The beauti- 
ful star of "Ramona." Saturday ac 
counted for almost half the biz 
of the week. 

Thanks for the Buggy Ride" was 
fair at the Hippodrome, grabbing 
off. $8,500 after a alow beginning and 
getting ho particular help from the 
stage. Radio hook-up with To- 
ronto "Star Weekly" helped, 
Neighborhoods fair. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Loew's— "Skirts" (British) (2,300; 
30-60)- Not bad at $8,500 to $9,000 
but lowest grosa since house re 
opened. Surrounding show good, 
particularly organ concerts by 
Kathleen Stokes on new pipes, 

Hippodrome — '■ Thanks • for the 
Buggy Ride" (U). Crltlca thought 
this one unkind to Laura La Plante 
but It built up from .slow opening 
to $8,500. Not bad at this time. 

J>antages (FP)"— His Tiger Lady" 
(Par). Men.1ou didn't mean very 
much and . $8,000 won't put stock 



gross to around $7,000. 
week. 



One more 



'COSSACKS' AT SEAnLE 
GOOD DRAW, $17,300 



. Seattle, July 17. 

(Orawing„Pop,, 500,000) 
Weather: Warm. 

Houses that had a cool inside got 
the biz past week. In this matter 
the Seattle seemed to profit the 
most. This house shows Its costly 
cooling and Ventilating system to 
patrons (upon request). Fifth Ave- 
nue and Qrpheum also have cOolIrig 
plants and all the houses In town 
are more or less so. 

No deyning that Gilbert in the 
splendid "Cossacks" was a real draw 
and the Seattle led the town, about 
$2,000 under Its July 4th week. Sally 
Rand headed a neat F and M stage 
show and laughs were packed in 
"Steamboat Bill,. Jr;" 

Blue Mouse going strong for third 
week and headed,.for fotir blB weeks 
witii "Lion and Mouse." . 

Seattle is all set for talking pic 



, -„ , i. . , tures, shorts and news. Her.schei 

exchange in flurry, but things have | gtuart. West Coast manager In 

northwest, reports Fifth avenue to 



been worse 

Uptown (FP)— "No Other Wo 
nian." Saturday good. So wan 
stage .show. That lets it out. 

Tivoli (FP) — "Ramona." Same as 
six or seven weeks ago. Good at 
$4,000 to $5,000, Held for ninth 
week. 



run as feature picture house, all 
sound and talking, after Aug. 2 
when F and M stage show gOes to 
Seattle. Ilermle King will stay at 
Fifth, with band and song special- 
ties. ..:'; 

Estimate^ for Last Week 

Seattle (W. C.rPub. Loew) 
into Rialto this Saturday; "Warm- I (3,100; 25-00) — "The Cossacks" (M- 
Ing Up." current and first sound film G-M) picture big draw; Stage show 



here, broke weekend record at Just 
short of $31,000; baseball story, with 
Dix.;looks to have strong male ap- 
peal in comedy. 

Rialto— "Man Who liaughs" (U) 
(1,960; 35-50-75-$!) (2d week). Got 
away pretty well to $26,500; goes 
out end of this Week. 

Rivoli— "King of Kings" IPathe) 



0. k. Very good; $17,300 

Fifth Ave. (WC) (2,700; 25-60)— 
"Steamboat Bill, Jr." (UA). Good 
for folks who like a laugh. Dandy 
F. and M stage show, "Sally l^and 
in Hollywood" idea. $13,800 

United Artists (WC-UA) (1,800; 
25)— "Vanishing Pioneer" (I^ar). 
Not, as popular as "Raider Em- 



$15,000, but showed enough to h. o. 
arid niay. pick up. 

Tirfahy-Stahl's .i)remiero for "The 
Toilers" at the U. A. Friday almost. 

got a weather break. Aft-^rnoon , ^he Century still leads the proces- 
was cool, .but .the break was rained .^^^^ ^ ^ . ^j^^ margin, 

out at night, . Howeveivreaction .de- I ,. j^^j 3 the Mob" is the latest 



quota orche.stias both on the stage 
and in the pit. 

Last week saw practically; no 
change in the lineup of the b. o.s. 



notes it will do some business and 



rieason. "Thr^c Ring Marriage-' at 



comments on the tllm were fayor- i , o+nniov wac: fnr frnm a three 
able. Keatonts "Steamboat Bill" Stanley was far fiom a tmee 



fmished off a pair at the 
a low final figure.^ 

Capitol, Bcreenipg "Forbidden 
Hours" and staging the "Jazz But- 
terflies'V unit, was a bit under norr 
mal but okay. Oriental went, sec- 
ond run with "Speedy," an* saw a 
slight improvenient. If just an ex 



"ipV "V.V I ring at the b. o. "The Cossacks" 
^* ' got a pretty good second week at 

the 'Valencia. The combo Garden 
sbr.iewhat Improved and; the uptown 
Parkway seasonably satisfactory 
with ''Garden of Eden." Metfoppll- 
teh Is temporarily out of the line- 
up, dark for renovations, This 



periment last week, the result. might house, until now the sole wired one 
have shown the Oriental that sec- town, will enter the approach- 
ond running of sure fires is safer InK season with plenty of compe-* 
than the present catch-as-catch-can titlon. . , . , .. . 

method; I Estimates -for Last Week 

A lot is expected this week from f Century (LOew) "Ladles of the 
the Knights Templar convention Mob" (3,200; 25-60;. Another big 
with about 200,000 in. town. summer week here. Not quite ais 

E^ttimates for Last Week . good as recent Bow vehicles btit 
Adams (Kiinsky) — "Cossacks" sorrel topped star sure fire locally, 
(M-G) (1st week) (1,700; 60-65). Picture started with rush Monday 
Opener's $15,000 enough to hold it afternoon and kept it up. Cutting 
in; more was expected; three weeks down of op, oaltion aiding this 
possible if Gilbert name catches on house, doing unprecedented summer 
this week. time bualnes.'". Just a half a. grand 

Capitol (Kunsky) — "Forbidden under Haines's big , summer tlme'^ 
Hours" (M-G) and "Jazz Butter- . I week that preceded It. About $20,- 
flies" unit (3,448; 60-75). Nothing OOO. ' 
exciting in show or gross;. $24,500 Stanley (Stanley-CrandaU) "Three 
near enough to normal. Ring Marriage" (3,000; 25-5()). An- 

Madison (Kunsky)— "Jazz Sing- other indifferent b. o. picture at 
er"-Vita (W. B.) (1st week) (1,976; time when big house needs potent 
50-65). First week of Jolson film's customer getters. Better than "His 



getters. 

Tiger Lady" at b, o.. drawing about 
two grand better but still below 
profit, lever for big house at about 
$16,000; 

Valencia (Loew-UA) "The Cos- 



second try in town at same house; 
$17,000 not bad; repialning. 

Michigan (Kunsky - Publlx) — 
Half a Bride" (Par.) and "Flap- 
peretjes" unit (4,100; 60-^75).. Mostly , 

Belle Baker; $36,600'; excejjtlng , racks''' (1,500; :C-CO). Satisfactory 
st.age name, frail show. . second week for mid-summer and 

°7*"/?';rA^^o^<f>^. (P^''>, and up to, expectations based on first 
vaudc (2,950; 25-75). Second run ^g^^ returns. Not outstanding and 
"^f'^^"** ^*^""^*^^ *^l"r t'^^" Plnn* ho„j,p not In slop with great stride 
indle first runs at this house; $8,500. | ^^^^ downstairs Century. 



State 



the Mouse 



li^.^^li'/^ T^"^^-^"^ nn2 Goo<3 matlne.^s and business pretty 
3e'-Vito,,s (W. B.) and|^o^3,g^gnj About $B,000. 



(2,200; 35-50-75-$l) (2d weel?). First aen,'' but considered good. Dandy 

week $14,700 ;,, low for this house, but fj-ont helps. $3,900. ^ 
"Kinp'' hardly hot-weather fare Columbia (U) (1,000; 25-50)— ' 
and had trouble with amplification; "piylng Romeos" (FN). Barber 
departs this week to let "Warming K^yj^^j^^ ^Q^test aroused some: in- 

^wr.,i" f^v>r^\ iR tere-st: Good comedy stuff. $4,300. 
Roxy— "Hit of &how_ (FBO) (6.- I 3,^^ ^^^^^ (Hamrlck) (950; 50- 

75)— "Lion and Mouse" and Vita 
(3d week). . Also Movietone. Very 
good; $8,300. 
. Winter Garden (U, chain) (850; 
li-25j-r^"Czar Ivan . the Terrible 
(Amkino). Back for second show- 
ing. Snappy fronts at this house 
attract lots of notice. Good;. $3,000. 
. Pantages (1;500; 25-50)— "Fleet 
Wing" (Fox). Broadway Bits, young 
and talented company presents 
"Pep in Kvery Step" heading vaudo 



Movietone (Fox) rist week) (3,000 1 r « ,. j « - /^a«»,o«K«...o.«^u\ 

cn ec\ o/.,/^^..,/! nil cTMinri Villi vir,>.A New VI a r d e n (Schanbergers) 
50-65). Second all sound bill here ,,t>„„,, T»..i,r.>*Ac." r,-^A rr^tn, ..n.,j/ 
ir»<<.r^:no ^.inn T.,ifv. flf-af. nnvaUv wucK Privatcs and Keith vaude. 

"^Zf $?2^ 00 ligge.?t"VousrinS [J'^OO; 25-50). Somewhat better 
policv have hit permanent .stride; h^^^^ PreyJous week; partly satis- 
three weeks in view for current ^'^^^^'-y about $12 ftOO. 
nrnprim Parkway (Loew-UA) "Garden of 

^ fffit^ Artists (U. A.)-"Steam^. I^den'' (1.000 ^^5^5),.. ^^ 
boat Bill" (U. A.) .(2d week) (2,000; exceptional from . b. o., although 
50-65). - Comedy out after pair of ^j;a^J"fr well at downtown Cehtury 
red markers; $12,500 in final; "The Mid -.summer felt at this uptown 
Tollers" (T^S) opened Fi'iday and "-use .md business seasonably oft. 



current in world premier©. 



Business at ft imiher time average 
a'-, about $3,500. 



-j5; 50-75-$l-$1.50). Bad Week at 
$76,000, but forgotten in . $52,00a 
weekend rush for "Street Angel" 
(Fox) this weekend; house and pro 
ducer-dlstrlbutor splitting cost of 
extra heavy newsi>apcr campaign 
announcing big Fox pictures; "An 
gel" in for two weeks, With "Four 
Sons," "River Pirates" and "Fazil" 
following. 

Strand— 'Lights of New Tork" and 
Vita (W. B.) Ci.SOO; 35-50-65-75) 
(2d week). Big week .at $44,700, and 



eially beavy; $71*700; picture goes date set. 



second Saturday topped fir.st by Al.so m electric lights $5,o00. 

$300; counting midnight reserved .Orpheum (2,700; 2o-$l)—. Sally of 

300; picture holding over again for tolling about how he used to^ jlo it 

third week attracting sport fans. $10,200. 

Warners^"Lion and MousO" and President (Duffy)— "Green. God 

Vita (W. B.) . (1,360; $l-$2) (5th dess" (Duffy Players). ^ Very well 

week). Has not changed its shorts Ptit on, with augmented company, 

preceding feature and just doing all Final week of Berton Churchill, 

right; casting longing glances at guest star. May Robson next week. 
$10,000; "The Terror" next, with no 1 Then Marjorla Rambeau for five 



weeks. $3,100, 



Bostpn Goes tp Talkers 
Despite Torrid Weather | 

Boston, July. 17' 
Just a hot week. Picture houses 
took it on the chin somewhat. The 
State did one of the poorest weeks 
of the season, $11,500 
At the Metropolitan things were 



Buffalo Hot 



Buffalo. July 17. 
(Drawing Pop., 600,000) 
Weather; Hot 

The first extended heat wave of 
the summer struck Buffalo last 



better, with the business for the . , , , ... , 

week about $35,000. Con.sidCred es- „ Estimates for Last Week 

pccially healthy in view of the , B"ffa'o (Publix) (3,600; 35-50)— 

weather "The Cossacks" (M-G-M); "Seeing 

• Despite the hot weather the talk- Things," unit. . Good all-round bill, 

ers opf-ning. at the Fenway and the Orr- to about $22,500. 

Olympla last week went Over very Hip (Puhllx) (2, -100; 50)— "Tnidy 

big. It was not figured Boston would Be Good" (F, N.) and, vaude. ■ This 

fall hard for ahy innovation in the hou.se alone showed slight upward 

present weather. trend. Vaudeville proniinent part. 

F(!nway with present price scale $13,500. 

did it. Olympia grosse.s about $15,- — "No . Other Woman" and vaudc. 

000 when everything is disposed of, Business bra.ced slightly here. $10,- 



and that was tho business Of the 
first week there. 

Both Fenway and the Olympla had 
"The Lion and the Mouse," Warner 
Brothers. 

Estimates for Last Week 

• Metropolitan (1,000; 30 -O-'i)- -Clara 



000. 



Bow in "Ladles of the Mob" (Par); 
$34,300, 

State r4,000; 35-50-65)— "The Ac- 
tress" (M-G-M); $ll,r)0(t. 



10 



VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



tossacks/' With GObert, Sets Summer 
Record at Loews State, L. A,, 




"Telling AVorld" Sent Met to $24,000— "Tenderlcjin," 
Sth ana Final Week at Warners', $22,500, Big 



Los Angeles, July 17, 
(Drawing Pop;, 1,450,000) 
Weather: Days hot; nights cool 

With , two exceptions everything 
. In town off iast week, though, not 
tot any great axnoiiht. The excep- 
tions were Loew's State, where 
John Gilbert, in . "The Cossaclis," 
hung up a. new hot weather record, 
end Warner' Bros, in Hollywood; 
where '"Tenderloin" In its fifth and 
final week showed a substantial 
gain 6v,er the preceding seven 
days.. Generally speaking buisinfess 
was, satisfactoi-y, especially down- 
town where the two weekly change 
bouses showed marked strength. 

Two more West Coast houses 
went, dark during -the week, to re- 
main closed Indeflhitely: Criterion 
and B6lmont, the latter operated 
most, recently as a combination 
dramatic stock and picture house 
under lease by David Torf. Cri- 
terion may reopen with the start 
of Greater Movie : Season, in Aug- 
ust, but fate of the Belmont, which 
has reverted back to West Coast, 
will hot be determined for the pres- 
ent. ]. ' 

Thei week' witnessed the windup 
of three run pictures. "Tender- 
loin'..' moved but of Warner Bros. 
..efter five healthy weeks to make 
.room for "Women They . Talk 
Abx)ut," another Vitaphone feature, 
Carthay Circle has a new tenant' In 
"Lilac Time," world prerriiere Mon- 
day augmented by Photophone. De- 
parting from the Carthiiy Circle 
WAS "Fassil" which failed to click 
during its five weeks. Third de 
parture ; was "The Circus," which 
wound up three weeks at the United 
Artists, its local initial showing at 
pop prices, 

Thei big noise was Loew's State, 
where "Cossacks" jumped .the in 
take up close to three grand over 
the week before. Personal appear 
ance of John Gilbert on the final 
night of the engagement, and ap 
pearances during the week - of 
Reiiee Adoree aiid Ernest Tor 
rence helped materially, and 
brought the revenue close to .$32, 
000, something to shoot at In hot 
weather. Biggest Monday business 
In history of house. 

Metropolitan started off with a 
bang, but eased up as the week ad 
vanced, though showing a slight 
pain. 



Those VV ami WV 

An exec of one of the 'pic- 
ture companies controlled, by a 
man who keeps a horde bif rela- 
tives oh the payroll, was com - 
plaining about a. new shipload 
of brothers-in-law and cousins, 
all of whom were having con - 
slderable difficulty with their 
v's and w's. 

Said the exasperated Nordic, 
"thei'e won't be. a. man on the 
lot who can say 'whoa' to a 
horse." 



Topeka*s Cooled House 

Failed to Do Biz 

V Topeka, July 17. 
(Drawing Pop., 85,000) 
Weather: Mostly Cool 

Heat wave broken last , half and 
simultaneously . the slump in at- 
tehdance. Manager's are" losing their 
faith in cooling systems.. Jayhliwk, 
cooled, suffered, if anything, even 
morei than the nbn-cooled placos 
when the mercury was around ,100. 
Mediocre pictures at the JayhawK, 
however. 

Local theatre circles stirred by 
rumors of a new. theatre combina- 
tion here, headed by Nate Block of 
St. Joseph, head of the Lawrence 
Amusement Co. Block has been 
negotiating with the Crawford in- 
terests and business associates of 
the head of one of the^ newspapers, 
but hothihg definite announced as 
yet. The Lawrence company owns 
the Cozy, Gem, Best and Crystal, 
Small; properties, with the Cbzy as 
the only strictly flrat-run, with only 
400 seats. . 

Estinnates for Last Week 
Jayhawk (1,500; 40) (Jayhawk)— 
VThe Harvester" first half suffiered 
frorii heat and too much ei'iticism. 
"Under Tonto Rim" bettei- luck last 
half and brought week's total tu 
$2,400. 

OrphiBum (1,200; 40) (National)— 
'Ladies .of the Mob" didn't click 
very hard here. Critics said Clara 
Bow miscast. Total, $1,500. 



HEAT GIVES PORTLAND 
TERRIFIC WALLOP 



Portland, Ore., July 17, . 
(Drawing Population 400,000) 
Warmer weather showed sever® 
effect on local show business. AH 
theatres felt It. The Duffy players 
continued to bumper hovises after 
the five-week impetus of "Lombardl, 
Ltd.," with Leo Carrillo. Present 
headllners with Duffy are Marion 
Lord and Norman Hackett. 

The I»ublix stage show at the 
Portland last week probably one 
of the few . entertaining shows 
routed here since opening of the 
big house. Lena Malena, featured 
in a personal appearance, added 
nothing to the entertainment value. 
. Estimates for Last Week 
Portland (Publix-W. C.) (3,500; 
35-60). Personal appearance of 
Lena Malena with film "Diamond 
Handcuffs." Exploitation good for 
ordinary picture. No entertainment 
value in Maleha's personal appear- 
ance. Publlx stage show, "Roman 
Nights" meat of bill. First really 
entertaining unit . Show Publlx has 
sent through thli season registered 
big, Phil Lampkin, m. c, and stage 
band. $12,000. 

Broadway (W. G.) (2,000; 35-90) 
"Hot News," film feature. Peppy 
r-'d rollicking. Registered well. 
Movietone news. Fanchon and 
Marco's "Television,", stage show, 
very fair. Georgie Stoll, m.- c, and 
stage band. $12,500. 

Pantages . (Pan) (2,000; 35-50). 
Mason Dixon Dancers topped vaude 
Five other acts. Film feature, "Hot 
Heels." Well balanced show. $8,500. 

Oriental (Tebbetts) (2,700; 25-35) 
"Sally bf Sca.ndals," screen feature. 
K^therlne Laidlaw and . Oriental 
ballet^ stage shpw, locally produced, 
Josef Srodka and little symphony 
orchestra. $7,500 

Columbia (U) ,(1,200; 35-50) "The 
Dove." Good romance film feature 
Went well. S&mpietro and orches- 
tra. $6,500. 

Heilig— Henry Duffy Players (2, 
.000; 26-$1.26). 



AHieEMENT STOCKS SAG AS 
STROHC-ARM BULL MOVE DffiS 

Loew Drifts to SVA, Fox to 75, Parimouht to 126-^ 
American Seating Drop$ to New 1928 Low— Mar- 
ket Sees Period of Dullness and Lower Levels 



•Efforts on tlie part of the big 
bulls to strong arm: the market Into 
a general . advance collapsed last 
>eek. Since Friday the dally ses- 
sions have been occupied with the 
aimless churning about of stock by 
professional floor traders, with 
prices generally lower. The bull 
clique seems to have capitulated to 
the Reserve Bank, which wJints the 
broker loan account cut down and 
other excessive use of credit, for 
speculationi adjusted. . 

American Seat Off 
For a time it looked as though 
the bull party would make a fight of 
it, but the last four days of trading 
have disposed of that prospect. For 
the time, the jplungers on the long 
side are licked and are lying doggo. 

Yesterday, even with money at 
5%, prices generally were lower 
than at the best of last week's up 
turn, with Parahiount from 126 to 
J27; Fox close to 75, Loew 51%-52; 
Pathe, 161/2-17% (recovery here 
from last week's dip to 15); War 
ner Bros., 41-42, and iCeith, 18-18% 



Conspicuously, weak were Amerl- 
Marioh liord and 1 can Seating, sold at a new low for 



Norman Hackett open as guest stars 
in "The Best People." $5,500. ' 

Auditorium (5,000; 25-$l). Mexl 
can .. Tiplca Orchestra, direction of 
Miguel Lerdo de Tejada. Four 



1928 at 201/2, a.nd Shubert, within a 
point of its. bottom ' for the year 
at 55. t. ^ 

An oddity of yesterday's' price 



nights and matinee. Failed to get lineup was the coming out of^Metro 



Grand (1,400; 75) (National) 
Here the screen attraction I Farewell week of Waddell Players. 



:was "Telling the World." I $1,600. 

Egyptian figured for a big boost Novelty (1,100; 25) (Crawford)— 
witlt "Harold Teen," but business Heat and waning, popularity corn- 



held about . stationary, with prob- 
ably a slight upward trend. Boule 
yard dragged along slowly. Grau 
man's Chinese and Million Dollar 
continued dark, with no opehing 
dates as yet set, though Chinese fig 
ured to open probably within the 
next few weeks. 

Estimateis for Last Week 
Boulevard (W-C)— ",The Siren" 
(Col) (2,164; 15-50); Sci-een fea 
ture didn't mean. much. Off to 
eround $5,000.. . 

C&rthay Circle (W. C.-Miller)— 
.■"Fazil" and Movietone (Fox) (1,600; 
B0-$1.50). Continued to slump on 
final week, $6,500. "Lilac Time" 
and Photophone started July 16 

Criterion (W-O— "So This Is 
tiove" (Col.) and Movietone (1,(500.; 
15-40). Having been tried 



blned to hold figure down, even 
special stunts failed to help much. 
Just over $1,200. 

Cozy (400; 26) (Lawrence) — "Hot 
Heels" first half and "Honor 
Bound" last half, went with weather 
to $700. 

Best (650; 20) (Lawrence — 
'Speedy Meyers" syncopators, sec- 
ond ^eek, hard time, but got total 
of $450. 



I Girl Drama Editor 

Falls for Pictures 



San Francisco, July 17. 
Edith Pristol, drama editor of the 
San_ Francisco 'tpall" for the past 
for I two years, has succumbed , to the 



movies. She has gone with Fox as a 
title writer. 

Miss Bristol is a native daughter 
of California. She was bom in 
. Alameda.. Marie Hicks Dayidspn^ 
society editor of the "Call," has 



Preparing 4 for Pathe 



everything. West Coast circuit or 
dered it dark July 12. Final- week 
distinct disappointment at not more 
thnn $2,700. 

Belmont — : "Rain"' and "Casey 
lIoneSi'Matter on screen (1(661-; 15 
60)'. Two days last week enough 

and after Tuesday house went dark. | been named as. her succegsor, 
Torf, who took over operation upon 
retirement of J'ohn Goring, couldn't 
jnieet demands of play broker for 
; advance royalty on "Rain" and with 

folded ''u''°^* lowest possible ebh.i ^og Angeles, July 17. 

° E^yptmn (U. A.-W; C.)— "Harold Pathe writers are pireparlng the 
Toen" (FN) (1,800; 25-75): This following stories for production: 
one figured for good play from Adelaide Heilbron is putting the 
Hollywood mob, but warm days final touches to "The Office Scan 
evidently hurt. Around $7,500. |^a,l," for Phyllis Haver; Jack Jung 

m17co sfage"show h^^^^ «^^*«<^ ^^'"^ on.the screen 
^toeVs^|tX^(^!^ of "The Flying^ Fool," to 
"Cossacks" (M-G) (2,242; 25-$l). be William Boyd's next Pathe pic- 
Whale of week. Jbhh Gilbert gets ture; George Dromgold and Stan 
credit, and set high mark for mid- ford Hewitt are making the treat 



summer attendance. Fanchon and 
Marco Introduced new m. of c. In 
. Jack Waldron who gives promise of 
developing. $31,500, excellent. 

Metropolitan (W. C.-Pub.)— "Tell- 
ing the World" (M-G) (3,596; 26- 
76). Heavy exploitation and Haines' 
popularity kept Met In running. 
.. fterifia of-morning "beauty lecture s" 
by Irene Hobson drew several 
hundred extra adihissions and 
helped gross to better than $24,000. 
■publlx stage unit excellent enter- 
tainment, but hardly helped draw. 

United Artists (U. A.)— "The Cir- 
:<sus" (U. A.) (2,100; 25-$1.00)j 
Third week for Chaplin sagged 
Blightly, with engagement winding 
wp to around $10,000. "The Tollers" 



ment of Booth Tarkington's story, 
"Geraldlne," . with Jeanette Loff 
scheduled for the title ' role, nnct 
Hal Conklin Is writing continuity 
for "The Spieler," to eo-featnre 
Hale and Jacqueline Logan. 

These pictures will be In produc 
4 lon=-by-^thb-^ end=of =Au gust r 



followed, restoring house to single 
week run policy. 

Warner Bros. (W. B.)— "Tender 
loin" and Vita (W. B.) (2,766; 26- 
76). Fifth and final week Jumped 
about two grand to $22,600, Very 

erood. 



public support. 



Animals' Sound Films 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

M. G. M. plans to send a staff of 

sound technicians with "The Trader i « 

XT_ »i -1- .Lt. 1 riedly for some reason unconnected 

Horn" company when they leave 1.,.%^^ 4»^.oii„ 



Goldwyn-Mayer at 25; a fraction 
under its low for the year, '^this 
stock Is . practically "pegged" by 
reason of its fixed yield and hasn't 
varied two points since its listing. 
Low was probably due to some long 
holder compelled to liquidate hur- 



for Africa to film the exteriors for 
■Trader Horn." 
Pwihg to the difficulty in filming 
wild animals, a process of setting 
flashlight traps that automatically 
takes action pictures when the 
beasts step lipioh the release springs 
during nightly prowls. This proc- 
ess will be connected, with sound 
receiving devices that will record 
the sound at the same time the ac- 
tion is recorded on the film. 



U's New Sound Stage 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Universal has broken ground for 
a sound-proof stage. The. plot, se- 
lected Is a large one behind the 
garage which for yiears has been 
kept free of buildings against the 
erection of a large stage when 
necessary. 

The structure will be built In 
series, the center being a recording 
room, with the stages and accom- 
panying monitor and other rooms 
grouped about it and constructed 
as clemand may make essential. 

The Initial expenditure is. esti- 
mated at $600,000. 



with the stock which is really an 
investment issue. 

Despite sliding: price levels, the 
amusements have been doing well 
compared to other market groups. 
In no case is there an issue that 
is far below its top whereas, among 
the run of industrials many stocks 
aire selling all the way' from 40 to 
100 points down from peaks of the 
spring. This probably is partly due 
to the strong clique control in most 
of the theatre shares, and to a 
realization that forthcoming state- 
ments of earnings may make very 
satisfactory reading for stock- 
holders. 

Estimates are freely circulated 
Loew's statement of income for the 
fiscal year of '27-28, ending Aug. 
31, will show a better per shar'. 



profit than last year, wiicn proflta 
were reported at $6.35 per share 
of common. 

Par Split Up 

Paramount Is held up by possi- 
bilities in the split up proposal upon 
which stockholders will act at a 
special meeting Aug* 9. Fox has 
rosy prospects In its profits from 
Movietone as well as from increased 
film rentals from the big rival pro - 
ducerr-exhlbltors who have been 
whipped into line as customers by 
Fqk's present position in the trade. 
The company's brilliant showing In 
producing box office pl^ctures like- 
wise has a bearing on the com- 
parative stability of the stock be- 
tweeh 75-80. 

These . considerations weigh with 
the professional bears and restrain 
them from raids upon the amuse- 
ments. With cliques in fcontipol all 
alohg the .line, it would be easy to 
round up and punish bears ;almost 
at will. That situation seems to In- 
sure the group leaders from serious 
breaks on raids, but on the other 
hand, there Is small prospect for 
a broad move upward. Tightness of 
money is one handicap; absence o£ 
public participation is another. 

As to Stanley 

Probably the most important con- 
sideration against an Important ad- 
vance is that the public is put of 
the market and speculative regulars 
won't follow an upturn any dis- 
tance. They get In and Jump out, 
scalping small profits, and none of 
the pools want to feed shoe string 
operators. 

. Stanley did nothing either Wky in 
Philadelphia. -President RoSsheim 
made one of those Pollyanna state- 
ments Monday explaining why the 
net profit was absent and looking 
forward hopefully. Betterment .In 
the company affairs was reflected 
in the recovery from 30 to 41 a 
month ago and Rossheim's state- 
ment had no effecf. It's another 
of those amusement units whose 
rehabilitation is in the future, al- 
though in this case and in Keith's 
as well something deflnlte one way 
or the other ought to show on the 
ticker between this and late au- 
tumn. As has bee polhted out be- 
fore the situation surrounding both 
Stanley and Keith leaves the . way . 
open for easy market manipula- 
tion. Ticker performance might be 
overestimated in its bearing upon 
the actual Inward state of the. busi- 
ness, and the ticker can be made 
to perform at the will of stock op- 
erators. 



Bummary of trading for *eek etidlng Saturday, July 14: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



In Europe for Scenes 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
David Butler, ' directing "Chasing 
Through Europe" for Fox, is saiil 
Ing from New Tork . July .25. He 
will be aecomtiahled by Nick Stew- 
art, leading .man, and Sidney Wag- 
ner, cameraman. : 

On account of the intention to 
penetrate out-of-the-way places 
the troupe Is limited to 
named, with the exception of Harry 
Brand, scenarist, already In Eu 
rope. Supplementary interiors will 
be made in Hollywood. 



High. 
4C 
186 
77 . 
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25 
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11 
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Dinner to Rothacker 

Los Angeles, July 17 
The Association of . Motion Pic- 
ture Producers gave a. farewell din 
ner July 12 in the Town Club at the 
Blltmore to Watterson Rothacker, 
its first vice-president. Every one 
T«-th©'"i5 isemptttfic^in^he^asscreia-f^l 
tion were represented by Its chief, 
Twenty-three were present. 
The burdcu of the speeches was 
that the retiring First National pro 
ductlon chief would return to the 
Industry and to Hollywood after his 
recreation abroad. Rothacker left 
for the east Snnday. 



Aakod. 

20% 
. 82% 

0% 

0 

7% 



Sale.s. Issue and rate. High. 

3,100 American Seat (4)..... 35 

2,000 Eastman Kodak (8) 176% 

5,200 toew (.3) 65% 

1,400 Do pref (0%)......* 103 

8,800 Keith 20% 

30O Do pref (7) 82% 

17,600 Fox Class A (4) . ; 80 

1,200 Madison Squar« Garden (2) 28% 

200 Met'GoIdwyn-Mayer pref (L69). 25% 

100 Motion pictures Cap 8% 

-..First -National pref (8).. 

42;000 Paramount-Famous-tasky (8)... I3l% 

31,000 Pathe Exchange......... 4% 

3,600 Pathe Claaa A.....i... 1«% 

1,000 Shubert (5) 06% 

.... Universal pref (8)......-. . . • 

107,000 Warrter Bros..i.. .......i. 46% 

CURB 

600 Con. Film Ent 14 . 

4.550 Do pref (2)... 20% 

49,400 Fox Theatres -27% 

200 Loo.w debenture rlffhta..,...*.., 14% 

44,100 Warner Bros, . 80% 

BONDS 

120,000 -Keith 6'e, '40....... 93% 

29,000 Loew 6'8, '41.... .109% 

42,000 Do ex war 100% 

20,000 Pathe 7's, '37.....;.. 66% 

TB.OOO Paramount- Fam- Lasky'o 6'b, '47 99% 

8,000 Shubert 6' s 88% 

26,000 Warner Bros. 6%'s, '28.... 122% 

ISSUES IN OTHER MARKETS 

All Quoted for Monday 
Over the Counter 
New York 

Quoted In. Bid and Asked 

.... Boxy, Class A (3.C0)..... 

Unit do i, 

.... Unit do..... , ^ 

.... Pe Forest Phono 

.... Schlne Ch. The (3) ^ 

Philadelphia 

780 Stanley Co. of America 40% 

Chicago 

100 Balaban & Katz..;.; _ 

Los Angeles 

.... Roach, Inc.....;. ; 

St. Louis 

80 Skouras 40% 

Montreal 
Famous Plaj'era. ............. ... 







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178 


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80% 


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74% 


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27% 


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15 


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Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



P I C t U R E S 



VARIETY 



11 



Panhandling Press Agents in 
Holywood Full of Schemes and 
Rackets for Camera Hopefuls 



Loa Angeles, July 17. 
Holly wood: Is as much overcro wd - 
ed with self-appointod press agents 
as it Is with actors. As a matter of 
fact, a number of actors failing in 
their flri3t endeavor turn to pres.«« 
agcntry, employing their acting 
ability in selling themselves to a 
group ot clients, who will pay them 
to tell the world how great they 
ai-e. 

The task of acquiring publicity 
accounts Is an easy one, but holding 
them is the problem. Iliis does not 
attect the panhandle type of tran- 
sient preps agent who becomes sat- 
isfied with the down payment for a 
retaining fee. He knows at the time 
of accepting the fee he can not get 
more than an introductory note over 
with the editors of many of the lo- 
cal papers falling for hl.s stuff. By 
the time that has died away, the 
customer squawks before laying 
down any more money; 

With nothing; to lose this type 
of press agent will n6t insist on the 
customer remaining with hirn but 
will spend his time looking for other 
chumps anxious to break into pic- 
tures and, not familiar with his plan 
of extracting, their money for this 
purpo.sG, 

Another kind of press agent In 
Hollywood fortunate enough to at- 
tract well -to-do clients "by his 
sinooth talk has been operating 
quite successfully for a good num- 
ber of years by- his ability to cover 
up certain .tihortcomlngs. His plan 
of opera Ll(»n is to mingle with the 
smart set of Hollywood's night life 
accompanied by a fascinating frail 
who acts as his sheep dog in per- 
suading anything from a five-year- 
old kid to a 70-year-old widow, that 
they should seek fame in the mo- 
vies, ^^sured that the prospect has 
e yen .'to make pictures and- is well 
heeled, the frail works on the vanity 
of her subject to suCh an extent the 
sucker phonos the next day for an 
appointment with the great ex 
ploiteur. • 

The act does riot reach its climax 
until several days . later when the 
great P. A. finally finds tinie to 
interview the prospective client, who 
by this time, has built many air 
eastles for the future. 

'Nine put of ten leave their signa- 
ture to a carefully worded contract 
and a. grand or two that would help 
to get the campaign under way. 

The first procedure would be to 
have the new client appear at a 
Boulevard portrait studio, which, in 
turn would work on the victim for 
a big-sized order of photogi-aphs, 
kicking back to the press agent a 
nice sized commission for sending 
her. Following this, the P. A. would 
arrange for a coming-out party for 
the debutante to meet the press in 
some hotel banquet room or in the 
mai'k's owh house if she happened 
to have one that would set her off. 
Those parties would be responded to 
by a few members of the press who 
can always be counted on for a free 
spread, but the party would mostly 
consist of the usual coterie of party 
hounds to .be found, about Holly- 
wood. Cost of this affair would quite 
naturally be paid by the client as 
her contract reads that all expenses 
- pertaining to the campaign must be 
paid by the client. 

Panhandler Society 

One of the suckers falling for this 
i)ress agent's bunk happened to be 
a former Broadway stage beauty 
who became mentally unbalanced at 

. the age of 40, after the death of 
"her wealthy hu.sband. She camie to 
Hollywood and had ,no trouble^ in 
gaining entry to that class of pnn- 
handler society always managing to 
put up a good front at the expense 

' of others, as they ixre good enter- 
tainers. The widow was a good 
spender. 

It was at one of these partie."^ the 
woman put her foot, into the P. 
A.'s trap and was relieved of $10,- 
000 without getting an opportunity 
to appear before a camera. All (he 
publicity she received was in i few 
ot the local Hollywood trade papers, 
w^hic'li carried her picture for the 
.price of , a ,cut „and^^a Jlltlj? „palTn^ 
grease. The dame suddenly disap- 
peared like a great many others who 
come to Hollywood and get gypped. 
Tlveir vanity does not permit them 
to appeal to courts and they leave 
the community quietly like a good 
loser. 

"While the brush of condemnation 
might be. spread oyer tlie name of 



Hbllyvvood press agentry for the un- 
ethical, practices of a, few, one can 
find beneath the surface of this 
black smear a number of conscienr 
tious workers who operate on the 
up and iip and who have devoted 
their entire business career to build- 
ing up others. These boys operat- 
ing as free lance agents, on the ui> 
and up can be counted oh the 
fingers of two hands. They are re- 
spected by, the press and are able 
to plant legitimate copy. 

Columinist P. A.'«. 

The practice of press agents 
working under the guise of a 
columnist or correspondent does 
not (qualify him to render a bona 
fide service as publicist for any 
client. Wlijile his column or paper 
is free and open for any notices 
pertaining to such clients. It be 
comes quite obvious that a con- 
tinual repetition of the client's 
name in print is soon, detected and 
becomes disregarded as interesting 
reading. 

Another .'racket that has just 
come to light in Hollywood, and 
which must 'unfortunately come 
under the . heading of panhandling 
press agentry, is a sharper who 
works in collusion with one of the 
Boulevard portraitures. The photog 
rapher owning the studio will call 
prospects on the phone and inform 
them he has a writer from New 
York who is writing a story about 
her and has requested him to' fur 
nish the necessary photographs to 
go with the story. Nc obligation, 
and if the sucker falls, which they 
generally do, an apppintmeht is 
made and the writer just happens 
in the studio when the prospect is 
making a sitting. 

They meet and the writer gets 
the lay of the land. The writer, in 
an offhand manner, suggests that 
he is in close contact with all the 
leading art magazines in the east 
and occasionally has a few spare 
moments that might be turned to 
looking after her interest in a pub 
licity way. when he returns to the 
big burg. If the mark falls, writer 
gets a retaining fee and the photog 
rapher a good-sized order for fur^ 
nishing the writer with extra photos 
to take back east for distribution 
and planting. 

Another conje-on game worked 
by the transient panhandling P. A. 
Is the racket of selling influence 
arid stories to national film publica 
tlons. These racketeers will sell 
the idea to one of their many $5 a 
week clients who are yet doing 
extra work in pictures, that he has 
a chance to plant a big feature in a 
leading national film magazine, but 
Inasmuch as she has not yet reached 
the ladder of fame, it Will take at 
least $100 to show the representa 
tive' of this magazine a good tline 
before he can induce him to accept 
the article. .By the time, the article 
Is supposed to appear, the girl is 
either disgusted with the movies or 
is tired of looking for the article 
and no squawks are made, even if 
the press agent could then be 
found. 

Valet Work 

Another type that becomes a 
barnacle on the ship of press 
agentry is the sharper who sells 
himself to established stars already 
under contract to a studio who pre 
fers to handle all their publicity 
They generally dp, and the free 
lance lp>fes3 agent takes all the 
glory for putting the stuff, across 
The star takes his word for it 
without investigating and keeps him 
on salary more in sympathy for. 
good fellowship than a service, ren- 
dered. One star, however, coming 
under this class, pays his press 
agent $100 a week for 52 weeks in 
the year, but he does more valet 
work for the star than work at 
planting publicity. This particular 
P. A. is married and recently com 
plained to the star for having to 
remain with h|m.at his home at 
night as well as by his side all day 
at the studio. The star gave him 
but one alternative and that was 
stay or leave. Since jobs arc 
WaWe.'^lffe^'Fr^Aris^tSlCFatlli^r^^ 
valet job until somotlVing better 
shows up. 

The thing that makes free lance 
press agentry a profitable business 
in Hollywood is attributed chiefly to 
the desire of many who come hero 
for the purpose of breaking into 
the movies/ Finding it impoaaible 



Hust Wire for Sound? 
Exhibs Not Uniform 



Exhibitors generally, moan-, 
ing those outside of the big 
cities, appear to have about 
concluded that wiring has be- 
come necessary, for the sight 
and sound pictures anyway. 

Many have been in doubt, 
some saying they would be 
better off in. their . own esti- 
mation if not running into the 
large expense of wiring equip- 
ment on the theory, evidently, 
that with aU other houses iri 
towTi wired theirs might be in 
its own class. Or, if on a, local 
circuit, that the houses to be 
wired cpiild be chosen with 
otliers left for the silent pic- 
tures. . .* 

There are still any .number 
of exhibs who hold to . that 
opinion, althoagh the consen- 
sus appears to be swinging to 
wire for the reason, if nothing 
else, that everyone is talking 
talkers. 

Just now with the novelty 
and the reports of big grosses 
almost everywhere therie is a 
talker, the opinion has grown 
inoro decided. Little is spoken 
of:, the future when the talker 
will be so prevalent it will be 
the survival of the fittest as 
now exists witiv the silent 
black and whites. 

Talking shorts are more 
easily explained as against< the 
vaude act, stage shpw or the 
presentation with stage ! unit. 
The shorts On the service or 
si-njele charge are cheaper than 
the acts in person and are . 
more desirable for thiatt reason, 
though, perhai)3, not : such a 
good reason. . . 

Shorts in plenty, and where 
there may be three to six 
shorts and plus a full length 
talker, may speedily wear out 
their novelty, and welcome if 
the quality standard, comic or 
otherwise, is not held to in an 
uncompromising manner. 

So far the decision appears 
to be in the shortja vs. humans 
contest that a straight talking 
short bill will be tried against 
a mixed program of shorts and 
humans, the box office to de- 
cide. 



Educational FOms for School 
Increasing to Extent Official 
Survey Under Way by Wash. 



Publix Theatres Off 
Plugging Talker Brand 



Albany, N. Y., July 17. 
Use of motion pictures as a direct 
or supplemental method of instruc- 
tion In schools and' colleges, of the 
United States is steadily increasing 
—so much so that it is being made 
the subject of an exiiaustive survey 
by the .Department of .Commerce. 
Information to this effect was given 
by Arthur H. DeBra of the Motion 
Picture Producers and Distributors 
ot America. Mr, De Bra said that 
there are no statistics available as 
to the number of schools employitie 
films in the teaching of various sub- 
jects, a statement confirmed by 
Thomas E. Finegan, president of 
Eastman Teaching Films Go., Inc., 
and an authority on the question. 

A survey is in progress under 
the auspices of C. J. North, chief 
of the motion picture section, 
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 
Commerce, Department' of Com- 
merce, at Washington. The report 
will not be ready until sometime in 
the fall. 

An investigation into the ques-^ 
tion of motion pictures as a means 
of instruction revealis their wide- 
spread use at present, and the 
promise of far greater employment 
in the not distant future. 

Pox and Pathe are proiSucing pic- 
tures for the field of education, 
whiie Eastman Kodak is at work 
on an extensive program of educa- 
tional films. The Eastman project 
contemplates the production of pic 
tures for secondary schools only, 
while the Fox and Pathe movements 
are not so limited. Universal is 
another company to enter the edu 
cational field. 

According to Dr. Finegan, former 
superintendent of education in New 
York and Pennsylvania, Eastman 
Teaching Films has produced 39 
films for classroom service and la 
now preparing a program for 60 ad 
ditlonal .pictures. The specific topics 
on which these pictures wllll be 
made have not been yet fully de 
termlned. The 39 films either ready 
for the market now or will be ori 
Sept. 1, deal with geography, general 
science and health. 

Other subjects particularly suit 
able to instruction via pictures are 
general science, physiology, health 



and hygiene, agriculture, art, music 
and literature, astrononiy, biog- 
raphy, history, civics and patriot-' . 
ism, economics, educational activi- 
ties, domestic science, industry and 
engineering, literature and draniia, , , 
natural science, psychology, soci- 
ology, travel and transportation,, 
and naval and riillitary.. 

For ai number of years there have 
been so-called educatiPnal films for 
claasrooitv work. Some of the en- 
tertainment films, prPduced by so- 
called commercial companies, have 
been converted to the class- 
rooms also, but no big company 
began in a serious way to consider 
pedagogic films until about two 
years ago when Fox and Path© 
started. 

So far as is known, the only state 
that has recognized motion pictures 
through its state school system is 
Ohio. Other, states have taken ad- 
vantage of the educational facilities 
available through motion pictures, 
largely as a result of their develop^ 
ment for entertainment purposes. 
City, county and township school 
organizations have, and are, pur- 
chasing or renting films every day. 
Accprding to A. W. Abrams, director 
of the visual instruction division of 
the Now York State Department of 
Education, the state supplies schools, 
with 800,000 lantern slides a year, 
but distributes no motion pictures. 
The annual appropriation Is becom- 
ing InRUfllclent to meet the demands 
upon the department for slides, and 
the money available would last ^ 
very short time if expended for pic- 
ture films; . 

Sixteen millimeter flimsy, suitable 
for school use, are either rented or 
sold by these' companies: Bell and 
Howell Co, of Chicago, Burton 
Holmes Lectures of Chicago, Cine 
Art Productions of San Francisco, 
Eastman Kodak Company of Ro- 
chester, Home iFllm Libraries' of 
New York, KodascOpe Libraries of 
New York, Movie Craft Film Co; of 
New York, Pathe Exchange of New 
York, Show-at-Home Library of 
New -York. 

Paramount. Metro - Goldwyn - 
Mayer, and a number of other com- 
mercial companies also release films 
for school use, as do a number o£ 
concerns in the industrial world. 



Publlx theatres will not ballyhoo 
any particular talker trade, mark, 
believing it a waste of money and 
that within a few months the pub- 
lic will simply differentiate between 
sound and silent ^fllm as "talking" 
and "dumb." 

This is according to A. M. Bptts- 
ford, advertising and publicity head 
of Publlx. He says but 75 talker: 
installations have so far been made 
in the circuit's houses. By Septem- 
ber this will be increased to 150, all 
Western Electric devises. . 



2 "Conquest" Pictures 

iios Angeles, July 17. 
John Barrymore's next for United 
Artists will be "Conquest," taken 
from a German novel known as 
'Per Koenig- der Bernirta." 

Warner Brothers have also 
started production , on a picture 
called ; "Conquest," from the novel 
'The Candle in the Wind," 

Warners are , negotiating with 
Barrymore to return to the studio 
to make a talker for Vitaphone. 



to get recognition from the studios, 
they soon learn of a much easier 
way to attract producers, and that 
is through publicity. All that Is 
required , to get this publicity is 
enough money to employ a press 
agent. If they are fortunate to con 
nect with a reliable P. A. they gen- 
erally get value for the money 
spent, but since there are so many 
incapable arid crooked men and 
women following this easy line of 
work, the chances for losing money 
are In the majority. To recite the 
many diversified methods employed 
-byttrany-Hxrllywoad^sharpers^for 
attracting clients would be an ex- 
posure that may spread to other 
parts of the country and set a bad 
example for other sharpers to adopt 
and, for this reason, . nothirig but 
the outstanding cases of a milder 
nature have been revealed , in this 
article. 



Diipont-Eastman Sites 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
June 11 Variety reported the purr 
chase by Smith & Aller, represen- 
tatives on the coast of DuPont film, 
of a plot on the south side of Santa 
Monica Boulevard 250 feet east of 
Ijas Palmas avenue, 50x135. , 

J. E. Brulatour, Eastern repre- 
sentative, whose present distribut- 
ing building is on the southwest 
corner of Las Palmas and Santa 
Monica, has bought a plot 50x135 
adjoining Smith & Aller to the west, 
•leaving an unoccupied corner 200 
feet front by 135 deep between its 
new and its old site. 



TALKING TRAILERS MAY 
BE SERVICE PROBLEM 



Plane's Forced Landing 

-Los- AngeleSr July 17. - 

Ben Lyon and Captain Roscoe 
Turner crashed to the ground in a 
monoplane when - their motor 
stopped while circling around the 
Breakfast Club, dropping fliowers on 
the visiting airmen who are stop- 
ping off here, on their "rpund-the- 
w^orld" air tour. 

Lyon and the pilot eseaped with 
minor injuries when the plane 
made a. forced landing on the Los 
Angeles river bed. 



Musical Comedy Talker 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
To make preliminary arrange- 
ments for wha;t may prove to be the 
screen's first musica.! comedy, John 
Consldine, Jr., for United Artists 
is leaving for New York in a couple 
of weeks. 



The proposition of synchrPnized 
advance, trailers for talkers is loom- 
ing as a problem and a headache 
for National Screen Service. It sup- 
plies trailers to over 7,000 exhibi- 
tors. 

At present trailers for Vitaphone 
shorts are silent but the company 
anticipates a near date when trail- 
ers that talk themselves will be de- 
manded. 

Meanwhile, it Is reported that a 
few wired theatres have had soraie- 
one follo^ the trailer where po.s- 
sible, speaking Into a riilcrephoine 
cut-in on the switch backstage with 
the ,voice coming out through the 
loud speakers independent of the 
disc apparatus. This Is. reported as 
simply a freak condition and not 
generally practical, 
' The problem of an organization 
like National Screen Service in- 
volved in a possible revolution in 
the technique of trailers can be 
gleaned from the fact that a widely 
circulated picture lllte "The Big 
Parade" will require from 3,500 to 
4,000 prints to service. 
„ The life of an ordinary trailer 
print of 90 feet is exhausted after 
used for a week each iu three the- 
atres or' tlie equivalent iri playing 
time in houses changing program 
more frequently, 



DorotKy Devoe's 2-Reclers 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Dorothy Dcvoe, after four months 
abroad and in New York, returned 
to Educational studio to start on 
her contract for six two-part pic- 
tures during the year, the first go- 
ing into pruduction on AUff. L 



e O S ^ I-T IM 
O R HI 

1PROI>UCTIONS 
BXPLOITATIONS 
PRBSBNTATIONa 




12 



VARIETY 



Film Pubficity Chiefs Guided by Hays 
• P. A. Trying to Cat Out Deadheads 



p I C T U RE S 

GOES WITH FOX 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



I 



l\-ori.s uKOnts for- hig film l>vo- 
duoers .are being sDurrod into a two- 
fold battle with Now York's graft- 
ing oritics who {lemand the King 
of Beast's share o£ (Uicat.", anil with 
phonies who u,«e t lie big voice over 
the , phone. 

At the .some time the. battle, fanr 
ned by the blacklist worked Intp 
the eampaign mapped out by the 
Hay«- oi'Rf^j^ation, is one of eman- 
cipation, for. the. p, a's. No lopgec 
•will thoy let the critic, regardless 
of. liis power, go through the old 
•erbwling aot Avithout barking back. 

'•We're out to show tliom we've 
got a spine," said one publicity di- 
rector, who got the idea from the 
Credentials . Committer established 
by the West Coast publicists: ; 

Prom now on if all goes well, 
rritics will be divided iiito three 
cla.sses., 

The first constitutes the bona 
fide llrst night critics, the lads -who 
get the . by-lines. "One . brace of 
ticket.s will go to them for (he local 
premierc of a picture. 

In the second class, which gets 
the pccp-in Oh some other night 
after the openipg ev6nt, are ei itics 
for monthly magazines. 

Tht third class is of those in the 
"steerage" division. These are girls 
and boys who are in picture depart- 
ments of papers and magazines but 
who do not review. They will be al- 
lowed in tluring periods when the 
box oflice returns are not swollen 
by istaiidecs. . 

The movement, to classify critics 
arid separate the chaff from the 
wheat reached an ante-climax at 
the Hays oflice last Thursday when 
Frank Wilstach delivered his com- 
pendium of what's what and what's 
hot. At his rpqiiest a week before 
publicity directors submitted lists of 
the people to whom they have been 
giving free admi.ssion. In the lists, 
It leaks out, were several whose 
isouls have departed city rooms and 
quite a few libt even writers. 

At this meeting only four com- 
/panies were represented; Warners, 
Paramount, United Artists and First 
* National,. These publicity directors 
decided to send out copies of the 
compendium to. absentees and let 
them add or suijtract names which 
It • okays. The war will hot be 
started, thusly, until the additions 
and subtractions have been finally 
passed over .with tht Hays' arith- 
metic riiachine. Some of .the press 
boys are dubious when this will 
come. 

Judgment 

At the Thursday meeting an ex- 
ample of what may occur among 
themselves before the list is sat- 
isfactory ijs gleaned in the follow- 
ing: 

One publicity gentleman touched 
on the subject of F, Mor daunt Hall 
and his custom of having the 
"Times" represented at first nights 
by eight or xO people, 

"If you refuse Hall you know 
. what kind oif a review you'll get," 
one worthy piped up when just two 
tickets and no more — not even for. 
the managing editor or Hearst him- 
self — was going through • the cm 
bryo. 

This is what he was told: 

"Well, if Hall, calls yoii up you 
will have to use your own jud 
•mcnt." , - . - ^ ^ 

Another point .roundly disciissed 
among the four and Wilstach was 
"how; come" some of the boys plac 
Ing two and three people on the 
■first night list when it was under- 
stood that just the big baby would 
get them; , 

Thi.s was met with the temporary 
explanation: — 

"The, personality stuff depends 
upon (he situation." 



Pathe Releases May Go 
Through FBO Exchanges 

I^os Angeles, July IT. 
1 1 is understood plans are under 
way . to have the rathe roloasos; for- 
next setuson distributed .ihi-ougn. 
Fr»0 exchanges. 

This will be an erbnonVioal move 
only. It does not, as yet, poitoiid 
an amalgamation between H'BO and 
Pathe. Both ooncorns; are und-jr 
the dominance of .Jos. r. Kenniedy, 
and is a natural re.'-ult of the com- 
munion. 



Chatter in New York 



Ail-Films' for two loew's 



■ PuVilix units ^•nd Aug. U at 
LoeWs State, t^.vracu.si.', . and ; Mid- 
land, Kansas ' City. . Both hou.sos 
will bo wired and will adoin an all- 
screen policy. 

Neighbors reported as.qtild to the 
Pubiix units, ; 



Ryan-Boylan*s Try 

Los Angele.s,. July 17. 
Pursuant to. the practice of hay- 
ing all directors. Writers- and asso- 
ciate producers familiarize them- 
selves with the workings , of ^lovie- 
tone, James Ryan and Malcolm S. 
iSoylan are now coriipleting a story, 
it will be made by them as the 
next two- reel Movit'tohe film at the 
Fox .studios. 



J. J. McCarthy leaves for the Fox 
studios on the Coast Aug. 2. Ar- 
rangements were completed yester- 
day (Tuesday) whereby he goes 
with that fcompany for ah Indefinite 
period. 

McCarthy will close his New TorK 
ofiices to become a Coast defender. 
With Mrs. McCarthy, the picttire 
roadshow man goes to Los. An- 
geles by way of the Canadaah 
Rockies;, takihg a bOat irbnrx Se- 
attle. 

The contract, effective imme- 
diateiy, was consuntimated by W'. R 
Sheehah, 

No Kick by Union 

Oh C^pitoPs Let-Outs 

With the recent economic ges- 
ture on the part of the Capitol 
theatre; New . York,, by cutting out 
the work of .five union stagehands 
and operators and the simultaneous 
elimination bf their na,mes on the 
payroll the local union (No. -1) 
r:aised a strong protest that at first 
threatened trouble but later isub- 
sided^ when the union realized that 
there was nothiog that could be 
done under the existing conditions. 

If the five men had been dropped 
in midwinter, nothing would have 
been thought of it but in midsummer 
when conditions are r^dt so rosy 
locally, the union emitted a loud 
yelp;- ; 



Hays* Coast Meeting 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
The cufstomary special meeting of 
the Motion Picture Producers As- 
sociation held here each summer 
during the i-egular visit of Will H. 
Hays is. scheduled for tomorrow. No 
significance is attached to the meet- 
ing other than general. 



A. M. P A. Candidates 

The nominating committee' of the 
Associated Motion Picture Adver- 
tisers has decided to ask Ch'arles W. 
Burrell to be president; PaulBenja 
min, vice-president; Dave Badcr; 
secretary, and George Harvey, treas- 
urer, of. the A. M. P. A. for the com- 
ing year following a meeting Thuirs- 
day. . 

Bruce Gallup, president of the A 
M. P. A,, Was renominatied, but did 
not accept the bfl:er of the chair for 
another year.. 



SENITETT'S FIRST FOR PATHE 

Los Angeles, July 17. , 
Mack Sennett delivered his first 
group ot threfe comedies to Pathe 
since starting oh the 28-29 program. 
These are alsok the first, conieclies to 
be piroduced at the new Sennett 
studios at Studio City. 

Titles are "A Tiaxi Scandal," "Jim 
Jam Janitor" and "Caught in the 
Kitchen." 



Fairbanks Cautious on Sound 

Fairbanks' new picture "Man 
With the Iron Mask" will have mu- 
sic and sound effects, but no dialog. 

In a statement of this policy Car- 
roll S. Trowbridge, star's personal 
representative, dwelt upon desire to 
keep Doug's, pictures international. 
Sound will take form of galloping 
horses and clashing swords for ro- 
mantic drama. 



BEN LYON FREE 

,,Los Angeles, July 17. V 
While Ben Lyon is still employed 
by Caddo. : for the completion of 
"Hell's Angels,'; h;^s contract ex- 
pired this week. This contract waS 
bought from First Nat-lohai six 
months ago, after Howard Hughes 
had engaged the actor for a role 
in the air picture. Wlien Lyons 
finishes this work he will become 
a free lancer. 



MARGARET MANN'S JOB 

Lqs Angeles, July, 17. 
Margaret Mann, who played the 
mother in "Four Sons," ha.s been 
assigned by Fox to do a similar 
part in Frank Borzage's "The 
River." 

It is her first appearance before 
the camera since the work in the 
subject first named. 



Julius Singers Road to Millions 
Listening to Inventors Widi Ideas 



L. I. Studio Tests 

I'aramount's Long I.'^land Studio 
will 1)0 ready (o take tests for talk- 
ing i)iotures next week. The wiring 
for .sound' and talk ((•.'<(s wliirh has 
been gciini,' on under (ho dinwtion 
of (lio AV ('Stern 101"(tric Co. en- 
i5'ine«-i's is about completed. 

.Tho tests will be conduct* d under 
the supervision of Walter ^Vange:^ 
= J oh n:--liu tl c.iT:=.a.n d^M oJUiu Jtl (ilI.-.=. ^=-^ .- 



FLIESLER WITH UFA 

Joe Fliesleri forniorly booker for 
the Fifth Avenue Playhouse Group, 
ha.*? been, appointed film editor and 
title writer for ail Ufa productions 
jmport*^d frpm Germany for Ameri- 
can I'd ease. 



Juliu.s Singer is t;oing into- the 
novelty end of the talker business. 
AVith. paper film at a. fraction of a 
cent per. foot and a talker that can 
be attached to . the phonograph In 
the home at less than $25, this rcla^ 
five of Carl Laenimle figin-es he 
can become a millionaire, unless 
T<levision progresses too rapidlj*. 

"There are fortunes to be inade 
in homo films. Fortunes, I say,*' be 
says. For the fa^-ts, Singer adds: 

"Five and six inventors at a time 
art coming to s< e mo here in Vni- 
veiv-^nl every day.. Tlioy .aH'..have 
good tilings and 1 am looking into 
all of th'.-m. 

"A nian ju.'^t ever from Ccrmany 
heard of mo and dropped in with a. 
I'oll- =of - pa per-r_^Vilu r,=^lic=:.laid^it.:=.oji. 
my d<\<;k I found it to. be as good as 
film, nonillammaMo and printable 
on both .<..ides, This is jii.<-t tho thing 
for the home. It eah be bouj^ht 
and printed for loss tiian a (luarter 
of a cent a foot. Ju.'^t think what 
a .stimulus this \\ ill be to liome 
movies. It will op<n boiuo ."-liows 
to (he mas.ses." 



breathing spell Juliu.s 



After a 
continued : 

"There's a man put in California 
now with a home synchronization 
proposition. It costs only $25 ahdi any 
fan having a phonograph can use 
one. it's just like the synchroscope 
exhibitors used in the old days. 

"Then, there's another m.^h . get- 
ting a home projector: ready which 
will cost only $40, just ^20 cheaper 
than the cheapest one today; and he 
promises to have the price, down 
to $25 before Christmas. 

"I'erhaps the biggest thing for 
home movies W'ill be Lon'gino's film. 
These Swiss pepole who make 
watches have, invented a film one- 
half as thick, but just as durable 
as ISastman's. That moans that on 
=tlj c^ordiiiar.y=ama tcu r^-sp OG l-=.2aO= f cot^ 
instead of 100 will be accommo- 
dated. And it's going to Ije cheaper 
than Eastman's." 

Asked If he was going to handle 
all of the inventions and help them 
find a market, Sihger said: 

"Well, I am going to do a lot of 
things. I'm young yet and have 
I lost hone of my ambition." . 



Herman Heller, out as Vitaphoho 
production manager, is sailing for 
Europe to close a sound -picture 
tie-up. He has an original method 
of synchronizing accompaniment to 
finished film. 

Hey wood Broun is acwed to edit 
the house-organ of Saks-Fifth Ave- 
nue. 

June Collyor has picked the 
Wostchester^Biltmorc Country Club 
as ^ quiet spot to recuperate from 
illness. V . 

The "Times" has . changed its 
Times SquaVe electric sign from 
white to red; Wasn't the "Times" 
a leader in the Etroadway A.ssocia- 
tion's edict to keep the white lights 
white, when "Grass"' gi'een flood 
at the Critorion dominated, the 
alley ? 

Paul Dickey is drawing. half roy- 
alty, without credit for collaborat- 
ing on Jack MacGowan's "Excess 
Baggage." 

A .«iobbie was raucously bawled 
out by a mere customer, for lou<l 
talking during a recent picture 
opening; 

Betty Colfax, "Graphic," is back 
frorn a sight-seeing toiir of Holly 
wood, . 

Betty. Kirk, by-line sobbie of the 
"Telegram," has sold a short story 
to "Cosmopolitan." 

Roy Ch'ancelloi^, of City News, has 
placed his sixth play with Bclasco 
Hal Christy, Who passed up title- 
writing to. go back to song-writing, 
ha;s hooked up his second musical 
tor this fall. Alorganistern backing.' 

Martha Wilchinsk, press agentj is 
taking her vacation from the Roxy 
while "Street Angel" Is Ih the 
house. 

Gilda; Gray .is back ih town, sign 
ing those stunty grtfen checks with 
her hula-htila picture on them. 

Theodore Dreiser debuts as a pic- 
ture-chatterer, interviewing. Mack 
Sennett in "Photoplay." 

Flora Le Bretoh, the British Mai'y 
Pickfbrd, made ia talker test here 
last week. 

Mark Leusoher'.s staff is passing 
up vacations. 

Louise. Brooks has gone back, to 
Hollywood, without treating- the 
tabs to the predicted marriage to 
dough. . 

Blanche Yurka has Invented and 
marketed a rubber brassiere which 
sticks on with water instead of 
shoulder straps. 

Teddy Trust, formerly "assistant 
press agent" at the Strand, is 
handling the house exploitatioh 
solo. 

Gene Tunney's mlckyfinn gag 
made all the papers.. 

Hype Igoe, of the "World," is do 
ing the editing and titling on the 
sport features collected for Madi- 
son Square Garden. 

Inez Calloway is the new .society 
ed. pf .the"Ne.w.s." 

ilust Grabbing 

Pictures which make picture 
strip or (serial tie-ups with the 
new.spaperis are no longer requii-ed 
to put in either dough or a clrcula 
tion idea. Advertising is the angle 
One company gets a serialized 
Jiookup for a $15;000 advertising 
contract. That rival papers get 
the same or more space evidently 
i.'^n't figured. 

Indian Sign on Boy 

Resentment has cropped j>p in one 
of the big picture companies against 
a young executive^ ."tlie_ Horatio AJ - 
get- boy," oh whom the publicity de- 
partment had been Instructed to 
center. The ofllcc-boy bound-to- 
rise stuff has gone so well with the 
papers it is burning the older hands 
and causing dissension. The screws 
are being tightened on the young 
man who had proved himself cap- 
able. His plans have beeh public- 
ized and then deliberately blocked. 
Press i^tories refer to him as "so- 
and-.so's husband." 

The Indian sigh has been put on 
so raw that even those who hadn't 
fallen for him during his crest era 
are playing him up. out of compas- 
sion. 

Hearst Quakes 

Walter Howie, who started tho 
"Mirror," returns this week as. man- 
aging editor, replacing Victor W.at- 
son, who goes to the "American." 
The shake-up sends Roy Daniels, 
the. city editor, to Boston. Several 
-Gontiiact=-ni(in=-are- ^expected -^to-be- 
shifted to the new Hearst purchase, 
tho Omaha "Bee-News." Georno 
Utassy, business manager, draw.s 
the title "publisher" of the "Mir- 
ror," aliliout:h Ambassador Alex- 
ander Moore's name is still on the 
masthead. 

Paul Blot k, the Newark publisher, 
has gone to the coast, giving rise to 



I'cports that he and Hearst are com- 
bining to buy In Brooklyn. A shake-, 
up similar to the "Mii*ror's" la 
slated for the "Attterican" within a 
few weeks. ' 



Chieeler Promoted . 
A most lmporta;nt of the chiseling 
chatter writers on the coast was 
thought to • have been bn the free 
feed list of ono of thb.se take em 
tourist gyp restaurants of Holly- 
wood. But the other d.ay in a New 
York daily the chatterer mentioned 
the name of the resta,iirant four 
times Ih one, column, .which removes 
her In estimation from the free feed' 
list to the pay roll. 

This is said to be the same chat- 
terer who forgot her oats and men- : 
tioned in a story ns a side remark 
with IflVity: "No rest for the 
wicked," And besides nearly oost- 
Ihg her hex' job, .she'll never square 
•it. . ■ ■ • 

Str-ahger Thah Fiction 

People with a yen to write fiction 
about . the theatre nilght do some- 
thing with this story. A Avell khown 
young actresf?, with a. child to sup- 
port and pretty flat after a couple 
of tough seasoris, suddenly got what 
looked like a great break with one 
of the most successful producers. 
She was cast in an important part 
in one of his phow.s", Which on the 
tryout gave every evidence of being 
a smash. Then following a plan he 
had to alternate players in his va- 
rIou.s shows, he also cast her in an-,, 
other piece, scheduled for produc- 
tion immediately after the first 
play; Tffen, in. the usual way, other 
managers suddenly wanted her for 
a vai'iety .of parts, but, being beau- 
tifully set for the season, she turned 
them all down. 

The producer decided, not to bring 
in the second play, in. which the girl 
was excellent, because it was weak. 
Then when rehearsals for the first 
play began, he came to the conclu- 
sion that she was not quite right 
for that, and gave it to sohoebody 

Now she's out, both jobs^^^e,,tpo 
late to get any of the other things 
offered and a youngster to look 
alfter. 



Police are reported as tightehing 
up on the credential cards issued to 
press photographers," following 
recent thefts notably on' incoming 
and outgoing liners. 

Alfred Gand.olfi, Pathe camera- 
man, had his camera stolen from 
his stateroom while waiting, to sail 
some weeks ago. By a coincidence 
the camera was offered for sale to 
another, cameraman who recognised 
certain features, of the camera as 
belonging to Gandolfi. An arrest 
followed.' 

There are said to be hundreds bf 
accredited press photographers with 
many of them either amateiirs or 
dubious. ' 



Lelia H>;ams has been assigned 
the femnie lead in "Alias Jimmle 
Valentine," William. Haine.s' next 
starring picture for M-G-M. 



2 Par Programs for 

B^'Mray Run Houses 



Pictures which hav^ played the 
Paramount the last two weeks will 
go. Into -the ^Publi 
this Saturday.. 

"W^arming Up," Parampunt's first 
sound film, mpve.s to the Riybll and 
"The Racket," the Tom Meighan 
picture at the big Pubiix house a 
week ago, goes to the Rialto. The 
incoming features respectively re- 
place "King of .Kings" and .''Man 
Who Laughs," each of which will 
have had a fortnight's stay^ 

The Paramount's next sight and 
so.iittd picture Is "Loves of- An Ac- 
tress," starring Pola Negri. It opens 
July 28. The house will have a 
talking short next Week, "Builders," 
an Edgar Guest poem scored by 
Nathaniel Flnston. : 



EDITORIAL FOR STBIULATOE 

Montreal. July 17- ■ 
Regal Film Exihango, liere, used 
Variety's recent editorial on summer 
theatre business in ,a circular to all 
tlieatre""men'^-in^-t()wiT;---=--=^^-^----=-^^^ 
Reprinting it in full. Manager 
Maurice Davis, of th'o local ex- 
change branch und(.'f line<1 the points 
and started a camjiJiign toward bet- 
ter business which has made the 
managers sit up. 

He did not confinr' his circular to 
the. first-run hou.sos hut l>road-'ast It 
throughout the city and Province. 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



VARIETY 







5:^ 




13 





MIGHTY ATTRACTION . . MIGHTY THEME . . 

Colossal publicity crdsh at the very moment 
the nation^ s press blazes with gangster newsl 

GANG WAR breaks out and FSO nails it right on the button! 

Book now . . . Cash in on its positively staggef ing 
box'oifice timeliness! MASTER SHOWMEN in 
SWEEPING COUP with BEST of ALL GANG DRAMAS! 




IT Order to 
f| Polite 
■ QueJiing 

[Eve 




is 



frejtfsft 





AN 



FBO PRODUCTION WITH OLIVE. BOROEN JACK PiCKFORD 



EDDIE GRIBBON 
WALTER LONG 



Story hy J. A. CREELMAN 
Dirccud BERT GLENNON 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



TRADE NEWS 




HAPPY BOX-OFFICES ! 

r R jiiB^i William Haines in ^Telling The 







^^^^^ opens to smastimg 

ness' at Capitol," N.' Y., t^peating its box-office triumphs of 
w«,..H..« ether cities. Daily Mirror critic calls it "a theatre -packmg 
comedy." Correct! Oh baby, what a sweet number for your hottest days. 
John Gilbert in "The Cossacks" continues to do the biggest business of 
any town it plays. M-G-M does its talking with pictures! 





M-G-M GETS "THE TRIAL OF MARY 
DUGAN'' 

Metro-Goldwyn>Mayer announces the acquisition of the prize stage property 
of years and is the first to synchronize with complete dialogue a current 
Broadway success. More Big-Time soutxd announcements to come. 

M-G-M GETS "TRADER HORN'' 

The book sensation of the day comes to M-G-M, and a com- 
pany leaves for Africa to produce it in its natural setting! 

... G-M GETS "BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY" 

One grand coup after another for M-G-M. The best-seller 
Pulitzer Prize winner will be awaited by millions of people 
who are reading it now. 

"WHITE SHADOWS" AT $2 ON BROADWAY! 

"White Shadows in The South Seas" in Movietone opens 
July 31st at the Astor, N. Y. 



Trader Horn 





It llifc . 

Thornton Wilder 
Pulitzer Prize author 




I W THE ^Of^^' if J^ ^-^ 




NEW SEASON GRAND SLAM! 

M-G-M has the greatest line-up of wonder pictures ever offered to start a 
big-money year: Sept. ist, WILLIAM HAINES in EXCESS BAGGAGE; Sept 8th, 

OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS Qoan Crawford); Sept. 1 5tK, LON CHANEY . in 
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS; Sept. 22nd, THE BELLAMY TRIAL; Sept. 29th, 
BUSTER KEATON in THE CAMERA MAN. 

lsn*t it the tmthl The Big News of the Industry 

always comes from 

METRO-GOLDWYN- 




Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



15 



Talking Shorts 



FANNY RICE 

VITAPHONE NO. 2243 " 
8 Mins. 

Clinton, New York 

Fanny Rice, freriuently confused | 
with' Punny Brice, does three num- 
bers for her Vitaphone debut. <ghe I 
works In a frame, using doll figures 
to fit under her head, same aa her j 
old act in vaude. 

A little boy, little girl and a rud- 
derless soprano are mimicked. 

It's a neat novelty with a couple | 
of laughs to help; 

Nothing; bip anil namo now means 
nothing, Land.. 



FRIEDLAND'S RITZ REVIEW 
MOVIETONE NO. 12 
10 Mins. 

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y. 

This talking lilm: was shot at 
Atlantic City. It allowed for the 
introduction of a couple : of celebs 
who happened to be on the beach. 

It opens with Al Wohlman, who 
has the Club Wohlman at the Presi- 
dent Hotel, Atlantic City, acting a.s 
prolog in high hat and cape. He 
intrpducod Anatole Friedland in 
rhyme.. Friedland in sport outfit 
responds . by ringing in Peaches 
Browning. Pclches threw. a speech 
in which she used "wonderful". 18 
times in one minute. 

Loy Hoi tz, an other beach idler, 
next and told the gag about the 
:uy who's only enjoyment in life 
was going home and taking off his 
tight shoes. Harry Rose, the hext 
ad libber. He got over heavy with 
a "nance" announcement and exit 
a la aesthetic dancer. 

The Friedland Review girls then 
sw^ung into action with :"Linciy 
less lens of the camera. *<> 'the I to ' the . accompaniment of 

naked eye Lowry is a clean-cut- ^'^^^^ Bottom, Varsity Drag, etc. 
looking youngster with plenty of soloed ■ and 

eippeal for the frails, but the camera 



ED LOWRY and ORCH. 
VITAPHONE NO, 2561 
10 Mins. 

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y, 

Ed Lowry, who has assembled an 
orchestra - .since leaving vaudeville 
to m. c. in the dc luxe picture 
houses, makos his ta.lkfilm dpbut on 
this record^ 

Lowry, personality act, losr'S con- 
islderable of his personal, appeal via 
Vitaphone. One reason is the merci- 



doesn't give him the same break.' 
A badly mode -up. mouth may have 
detracted. 

Xiowry opens in a long-shot sur- 
rounded by liis musicians. . In a 
close-up he sings "I, Myself and 



danced alone, doing a stomp and 
V. .D. Record ended abruptly after 
that. - ■ 

The shot was taken on what ap- 
peared to be a temporary stage laid 
hat. on the beach ' beneath and in 
front of the boardwalk. Beach 



FOY FAMILY (6) 
VITAPHONE No, 2579 
10 Mins. 

Clinton, New York 

Bryan Foy, Vitaphone's busiest 
director, has staged his six brothers 
and sisters, the rest of the late 
Eddie Foy's family, In parts of their 
audeville act. It Is one . of the 
most successful subjects thus far 
one by the talkers. . It's laden with 
laugh's and everyone of the kids 
is as cool as a cnctimbor in front 
of the camera. ' 

Charley Foy, the second oldest of 
tlie brood, may .have solved the 
problem of the monblbglst in front 
of the talking ca:mera.;;: Heretofore 
gag-tellers have found difllculty in 
adjusting te:mpo between gftgs. 
Charley walks to and fro / between 
gags, the camera following him- By 
this expedient there Is no awkwal'd 
wait. If pause; for laughs Is pro- 
vided and the next gag follows 
naturally .and uhrushed; 

Eddie Foy, Jr.; with a pronounced 
talent for hokum play, acts cl^.verly. 
teddie is a quietisf : with a sense of 
drollery. ; He possesses the rare gift 
of . mugging in a polite big league 
riianner. He and Charley provide 
the Comedy with the other four do- 
ing an assis.t. The burlesque movie 
scene used In the vaude act has 
been revamped . for the screen and 
is the! nucleus of the number. 

Smooth, smart, interesting, fu:iny, 
the Foy Family is a siireflre Vita- 
phone subject which should get 
maximum circulation. Land, 



Me," getting le.ss oiit of it than Icrowl as background. . 
when appearing on the rdstr.um; he It qualifies as . an entertaining 
does hi.s piccolo clowning next to summery contribution with its vari 



mild returns, and then the orches- 
tra plays "Poet, and Peasant," with 
Ik>wry getting in oh the onei note 
at the end of. each interlude. This 
pulled a few laughs. "Then I'lr Be 
Over," sung in another close-up, 
failed to start anything. . "Coming I 10 Mins.; 
Home." a WPli-rondered ballad, con- | Clinton, N. Y. 
eluded. 

There wa.s' np applause 



ety of people and will fit in. nicely 
on any talk program.' . Coin. 



"A NIGHT AT COFFEE DAN'S" 
VITAPHONE NO. 2562 



Con. 



Coffee Dan's is a gathering place 
of actors in Xios Angeles as Well as 
'Frisco. Both are cellar cafes in 
which much of the enterta.inment Is 
provided by the patrons who are 
called upon to do specialties. This 
vitaphone number makes an at- 
tempt to ireprpduce the atmosphere 
of the L, A. place. It is fair enough 
diversion, due to the versatile Wll 
Ham Demarest, ex-vau^evilliah, who 



CHARLES ROGERS 
VITAPHONE NO. 2550 
10 Mins. 

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y. 

This short is one of those fast 
• ones they throw together on the 
Warner lot. Built around Charles 
Rpgers, vaud^'ville comic, who _______ 

wears misfit clothes and has a goodj acis 'as' m.'-c.' aTid~provides""what 
sense of travesty, but not much op- ij^^g^s and merit the number holds, 
portunity m this talker. ■ 

Roeers and a gii-1 are in a picture A. Miss Goo-Goo does a song very 
casting ofTice. After some unfunny Hutchens and Hallamy 

business, at the window they are ^wp boys with harmonicas, are sup 
admitted just in time to take part h^'»^<^ ^o be terrible, so that Dema 
in a film melodrama. Pronouncing K'^^t express varyingr degrees of 
Rogers as "just the type," the "disgust at their performance. Nidii 
director proceeds to read the script ^^a'^t®"^: over-acting soprano, 

and rehearse tlie pair. means little 

Misunderstandings of the old bur-. This is not the first effort of Vita 
lesque school tried for laughs, but to do a cabaret night. None of them 
miss. Director finally tells them has been particularly successful 
they mu.«!t space their lines by chiefly because the specialty talent 
counting one, two, three. They has been mediocre, 
then proceed to ta]te the scene, | Land. 
with Rogers and the girl obeying 
the instrxictions literally. 
• Pretty wc.'ik sister. Con. 



J. and J.' TRIGG and MAXWELL 
VITAPHONE No. 2105 
8 Mig$. 

Clinton, New York 

Holds two distinct" and separate 
acts, the harmony-singing Trigg 
Brothers and John Maxwell, the 
double-voii-od novelty singer. Each 
does about four minutes^ 
. The Triggs arc ukelole harmoneers 
of nice appearance and personality.! 



JAY C. FLiPPEN 
VITAPHONE No. 2581 
10 Mins. 

Strand, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Jay. C. Flippen in whiteface as 
in' vaudeville .with some of his 
vaudeville material, consisting of 
two pop songs and some gags In 
between. 

Flippon registered but mildly 
here, getting most with hig songs 
and delivery, and least with, the 
talk. ^t^Umes his voice sounded 



but" iio~"i)mirh7^ "'KInxwell "iis~se«^ . , 

first is a woman in profile. Upon ^l^^red, either due to poor articu 
turning he is dre.-'.'^cd in male at- la^o" mec*ianical flaw. . This 
tire. Both as a tonor and a so- t^^^~^^<i to wotk against him and 
prano he has an above-average M^i^^ «°Tne of his tisual surofl 
voice. Ho has played many picture vaudeville material. His pet stpry 
house dates in person. about the cat cancelling engage 

. At the Clinton the audience com- ."^ents didiVt get a snicker. . Th 
ment was overheard supporting the | handling of . the cigar also flopped 
belief that bo is a .trood novelty. 



T,qyxd, 



MAY McEVOY and Co. (3) 
VITAPHONE NO. 2239 
"Sunny California" (skit) • 
14 Mins.; 

Clinton, New York 

Burle.''(|uing the bunk about the 
land of - eternal sunshine, this skit 
has .lome lau.ghs in the unfolding, 
with Richard Carle, e.v -musical com- 
ijpj^S' star, as one of. the most suc- 
■'Tcessrul perrornvr.'^ tlius far before 
the talkers, 

Neely ; ICdiVin-il.s.. roi uicrly of the 



a.** compared to. vaudeville returns 

Ju.st a filler on a talking short 
prbgram. ' C^y 



SOULS AFLAME [TELLING THE WORLD 



. I'irst Division relciitiO. pi-oJuooJ I'.v J.mii's 
Oruiont. nireelcd l>y Uaymond \V«>lls .iml 
written hy Mr. Wolls. Titira by J.ick 
Kelly. C«st Include Rftymonil WcUs, 



(Jiuilnor Jamos, Goal Kelton and Grace oamor.'imun. 



Motro-iJ ilJwyn-.Miiyi.T pntduotioii and re- 
Ifuau. Starring Win. Uiiinwi. Krom orig- 
inal by t)v v. 10Vfr>. Sum Wiwd direct- 
Intf. Titles by Joo l'';irr>liam. \Vm. Danielf 



Lord. At Stanley, New York, one da.v, 
July lli. Runnlnp time 00 minutes. . 



A natural life picture, well writ- 
ten, well produced and well plciycd. 
The sure-seat operators must be 
suffering from the heat or. are too 
busy, clipping stock and bond cou- 
pons to have ' passed this, one up. 
Pluyini?- at the Stanley, 25-cent top 
daily chapge grind on 7tli'' avenue, 
for c-ar Care to f fuboken and it's . the 
easiest • lioUlovor the - sure-scaters 
ever knew. 

.llaving writhed in agony Uirougli 
more foreign productions,, pa.ssihg 
under a bologna art label, than pno 
reviewer should be subjected to. in 
a liCotime, a, picture is finally dis- 
covered for which no . , '"artistic" 
cliiims are made, which exceeds in 
beauty: and entertiiinmeht value all 
•eiccept the most outstanding, foreign 
plctiu'cs ever .shown. 

TJie smooth, : even continuity 
which characterizes this Itlm is siir- 
prising in an independently made 
picture. Considering, also, that the 
story is 
the climax 



ot July M 
Don l)i 
t'r>.ilal ..... 

Mazio 

IJi>n:3 Kathor 
l.,andlady ... 
I>.aii(> ........ 

I'lty Kditor... 
T\uy IClUcr. . .. 



At rapliol, Xi'w York, week 
Uuhnhit; tlnio. 7'-' minutes, 

.: Wllli.ini ijainei 

, Anita l>ag« 

. . . . , KiU'cn l*erc> 
. . , .Frank Vurrler 

Polly Moran 

ItiTt Ko.acli 

William V. Mongr 
. . . . ..Miithifw Ueta 



Bill liaines, America's niost as- 
sured young inan who generally 
turns the other chcok in time to bO- 
coino a well chastened, but better 
hero for his public, i.s- again display- 
ing his Swaffor attitude in this - 
spool opera which bids fair to; make . 
oni laugh anywhere. The comedy 
pace for its first 35 minutes is iter r 
rijic. . Laugh.s -stumble over each . • 
other, . While thiprc isn't a distinct' • 
howl, yet they're all solid. Feature 
drew il'niiualified approval from an 
over cai)aclty audience here on its 
opening afternoon.. 

Wood's direction, Farnham's titles 
and ILaines' familiar conception of 
male ego, spiced by a couple of new 
mannerisms, can plead guilty io 
qtieries on why this is a good pic- 
ture. Add to that the presence of 
\nita l>a(jre. whom the boys are go- 
ing to give heavy attention, and 
"T«in.,n. ,1,^ Ax';...i,,.. ig prettv fair 



«'THE, QUESTION OF TODAY" (3) 
y I T A P HONE N O . 2238 ' 
17 .Mins. 
Clinton, N. Y. 

A^itaphone sketches have leaned 
strongly to the sermon type of play- 
let. A moral Is to be pointed, a 
case proven, sides taken. This ten- 
dency is- not particularly In h'ar- 
niony w^th accepted trade opinion. 
The day of the "problem pla,y'' on 
the stage or screen la past. It' Is 
doubtful whether the .talkers .will 
benefit from use pt an antiqiiated 
form of entertainment* 

"The Question of Today" Is laid 
in the office 6C si philosophical chief 
of police. A wealthy debutante has 
filed complaint against a sailor on 
the. grounds tha,t she was insulted. 
The chief gendarme develops the 
theory that the debble Invited the 
insult by her style of dress. 

The whole "problem" Is rather 
silly. The sailor looks like an Ice- 
man in working clothes, and the 
supposed ; society ,^'1 v;*r;embles any 
thing, but. The giti a,dmlta having 
played bridge for money and hav- 
ing taken a couple of . cocktails. 
Upon this premise th^ 'chief argues 
that the ' girl Is , no better than the 
sailor. 

The sailor argues that he Just 
wanted someone to talk to but that 
he has a. mother and would liever 
Insult a"lady." Recalls a slnrtilar 
vaude sketch of. years ago.. It's 
pretty trite and badly reasoned 

stuff; . . , 

Landers Stevens, George Cooper 
and Aud»*y Ferris programed. 

Ldnd. 



(34) 



, Telling the World 

sinipleTnd straightforward,.! I^^^^^ of all around program work 
^.waax to which It builds up +;arn carries a newspaper theme 
unwaveringly, holding Interest all M^ffhtly stressing the technical side 
the jvay through, points, to a dlrec-. f"<^. *3o<^«n t start to dwindle until it 

torial ability which , has somehow ^ff'^Vh' ?'^'V^^*"",/'^/^^u ^''l?^ 
been overlooked in the shuffle by P ,'^^- „^^®J'^''^ '^j^'f °^ i^e footage. . 
the major producing companies, pt^ "^^^^^ i^"''^"?^ f*'^ 

This picture is much like 'IStark | l^*f..!'\'?il'^ A"^^^ 

Love,*.' a. film accepted for release 



by Paramount over .a year agOj in 
its construction and natt|rai slm^ 
plicity. It Is as well made, as Ih- 
teHigently directed and as^onylnc' 
ing as the former, ,: "Soiils Aflame," 
had it been handled by a larger dis- 
tributor, would have Ijeen entitled 
to. a Broadway showing on merit. 



revolutipn. : The navy has to" turn 
loose a couple of aviators and the 
marines to save the situation. De- 
spite that, 'it's still a good picture. 

Production isn't particularly heavy, 
Daniels' best carhera work crops up 
in a seriies of dissolves which fol- 
lowing the news of the girl's com- 
ing executloh from a wireless key 
I to head lines. Story starts with, 



In addition to the sure-seaters rHa,ines dldfowned By a wealthy dad 
where it should find, a ready mar- and telling a city editor he's about 
ket, ' the picture has a chance in. to engage the world's best reporter, 
the regular houses, large or small, Assigned to Interview his father 
and in key cities throughoiit the on why he kicked hini out, Haines 
country, prpvldlng it Is given smart gets the story and then Is Instru- 
exploltatlon. mental In quickly unraveling a cafe 

For better class audiences, who J murder after. being framied by a fake 
can appreciate acting . and direc- phone call from other members of 
tioii of thlst type, It Is unbeatable, the paper's .staff. 

The theme Is limited but -vvell It's here that he. meets the 
ha,ndled. It concerns two Southern orphaned Crystal (Miss. Page) and 
families and a feud engendered | carries on a flirtation of ulterlo.r 



through the disgrace of the daugh 
ter of the Lilllys by a son pf the 
Bucks. 

Action takes place after the Civil 
War. Following a few Introductory 



motives until the youngster says 
that she loves him, and he goes Into 
reverse on his hit iand run cam- 
paign, . ^ 
A flash at Don's background, as 



remarks and shots of the weary but displayed by a row of photpgraphs 
undaunted Southerners returning °" ^ "'^ apartm.ent mantlepiece, 
home to the tune of "Dixie," the Kr^pt5"«.Cr>ssie into sailing for the 
story turns to the Lillys. The girl ^^'^nt with a show troupe. When 
and her baby are called before a R^" gets back with flowers and a 
family court. The stern-looking " ? "^po ^^}^ he also has to 

father, as the judge, the rugged r^Jj,®^ boat rid^ _ 
mountaineer brothers and several Lx.?*^? ^^If^^ " Wood In 



the by-play between Haines and 
the secondary characters as thei 
scenes- unfold Is the foundation 
upon which Farnham's titles builds 
Offhand it looks like the latter's 
best captioning effort for" this male 
star.. There's nothing the matter 
with Haines' performance.. Miss 
Page both looks good' and every so 
often gets a chance to do & little 
trouping. M-G-M Is . understood to 
have fair sized expectations about 
this girl and with this as evidence, 

Qf 



GUS ARNHEIM 
And His Cocoanut Grove Orch. 
VITAPHONE NO, 2584 
9 Mins. 

Strand, New York 

Another record on Vitai)h(»ne by 
the Arnhcim Orchestra, in the wame 
sotting as previously, but with four 
different numbers. 

Versatility of the band's members 
vaude I. a.,n of L-lanrtgan 

' 'tides and instrumonts. Planist- 



ward.M, and for tlic past fi\-e ycar.'< 
f<r more in film <'rirnf><li"s. also good. 
May Mc'l^voy willi a hi.nii siiucaky 
voi'.^e fc.ttur-'il, 1)'U fntiroly sub- 
ordinate. 

Ah easlfrn fatnilv goes to Call 
fornia and finds r.iin, 
and misery insteail of 



Icailor takes one long chance In 
arising from his soat to bow, al- 
Ihough not so bad here. 

Record okay where a male orches- 
tra ensemble could fit in. Wlll.be 
discomfort I big for the smaller housos if and 
the adver- 1 when dopendiHt» upon the canned 



ti.'icd 5)1 ill 



Land. music only. 



LARRY CEBELLOS REVUE 
VITAPHONE No. 2562 
10 Mins. 

Clinton, New York 

Larry CebelloS, formerly of tlie 
east, has become a coast producer 
and trjtiner of dance troupes. He 
has done well enough In this in- 
stance, but only serves to prove 
again the definite limitations of 
talkers in the matter of a^ts with 
a large personnel. 

Backgrounded by Owen Fallon's 
orchestra, with the camera shoot- 
ing from a corisId.erabl© distance, 
the act includes two dance num- 
bers by a group of Cebeilos girls 
and a coiiple of specialties. Al; Her- 
man, sans cork, is the m. c. Her- 
man, in the absence of .material/ ap^- 
pears on Vitaphone simply 51,3 a 
straight man. 

Badger and Lory, two boys .with 
one of those pint-sized upright 
pianos, sing a couple of ver.<5e3 and 
choruses and register ' ■well. . The 
piano remains out and a 'femme 
threesome, Irma, Dot and Amy Lou, 
take pos.«5es3ion for some, more vo- 
dc-o-dos, also fairly g'ood. Cabellos' 
first dance. routine Is efteetive, but 
the second number, "the chair 
dance," in which each of the glrl.'< 
dances with a chair, la hot developed 
beyond the idea- 
Entire act Is weak because of the 
umveildy membership and the fur- 
WFF"fKct ^Trar^ SrlS^ifo 
ful in recording dancing. Ji,and. 

Trom Carr has started production 
on "City of Purple Dreams," from 
book by Kdwln Balrd and continuity 
by CJeorge W. Pyper. Robert Fra- 
Tiier, Barbara Bedford, David Tor- 
renre, Jacqueline Gadaon and . Bill 
Carlyle are the principals, Dukr^ 
Wortie directs. 



stiff females in outlandish clothes, 
all stand by and the feud Is de- 
clared. 

Throughout there Is a convincing 
picturizatlon' of a half-clvillzed, 
semi-barbarous folk which in itself 
Is bound to grip the attention of 
the average audience of the average 
first class theatre. The stolid, pur- 
poseful faces of the people shown 
here, their ways of living, their 
hatred and intolerance of the _ 

church, the leering condescension I seems "to have a good chance 
toward those -with /'book .learning" having its prophecy fulfilled 
hardly seem like the characteriza- . Mathew Betz and Polly Moran 
tions of a gtoup.of Hollywood . ac- lend substantial support and Eileen 
tors but more akin to the Intensely Percy Is successful in making a 
human emotions of a living, breath- small part stand out. Bert Roach, 
ing race. not a bad coinic himself, is held' to 

It Is said In the foreword that doing straight for Haines, 
part of. the picture 'was filmed In If they've had too much of Haines 
the Ozarks and that some of the as a fresh" youngster the country, at 
people living In that part of the large, may be a bit backward about 
country were used In the picture, coming into see him, but there was 
In addition. Wells has made the no evidence of this at the Capitol 
balance of th© cast act as the others on this damp Saturday afternoon, 
did. . And whoover drops In will be satia- 

The Bucks ar^ Introduced a,S the Afd, the eairty pace being sufficient 
bad boys. , There .are.^fl^^ 

had just, kille^l^ the father of the its gasoline starts to become clogged 
boy preacher, the hiiisband of Caro- I 'w^ith plot. 



line Lilly. After a trial, during 
which the Bucks are freed, the fore 
fnan of the jury tells the judge that 
he figured tire Biick on trial was a 
"kin" of his and that the boys 
thought it . would make the judge 
.h'ar>pier tp have him i*6leased with- 
out mtJich fuss. 

The arrival of a young girl . Buck, 
. cousin, in the home of tho five 
. roughnecks and her treatment carry 
laughs and plenty of Interest, First 
the boys sniff auspiciously and 
about five seconds after the spokes- 
man introduces her there Is a chorus 
of outbursts to the effect that no 
loafing females are wanted ^ and 
"Tbll her to prepare .some vlttles," 

The boy preacher is later beaten 
up on the charge of "'enticing" the 
girl to church. His m.other, no 
longer able to stand the persecu- 
tion, drives off to the hills to sum- 
mon her kinsmen -to wipe out the 
Bucks. The Jjoy preacher pleads 
Tor^tuTorri n ceT a rRul hgtharrt'Ts'tT^^ 
the CO-year-old feud was dropped, 
but the clan decides to wipe out 
the Jiucks and they descend, en 
masse, on the little log cabin, lead- 
ing up to a stirring battle scene. 

The boy preacher, the girl, the 
boy's n.other and the leader of the 
P.ucks register as performers of a 
high order In their charactcriza- 
lion.i here. JJforl. 



Were "Telling the- World" a half- 
mllor, It could be said that the pic- 
ture does a fast 4-10, Sid. 



A paughter of Destiny 

(GERMAN MADE) 

. Producer not atatpd'-jiroliably Ufa .sub- 
sidiary.' Krom "Alraunc," by.H. K. Kwers. 
Uirocted- by Henrlk Oalen. U.K. distribu- 
tion by nnil.Hh International film Distribu- 
tors, I^td,, On.sors' Ccrtlflrdte "A." Hun- 
nlntf tinjo, WJ mins. Preview, A.st'irla thea- 
tre, July. -4, 

Kvclyn Urlglttf H"lni 

IJ'irtor Strong Paul- Wetjen^r 

I>Ick' Westnold John Loder 

Lionel Hope.. .Ivan I'eirovlt^h 



Cast principals arc a strong card. 
Brigitto llclm was the star of 
"Metropolis," Wegon(?r' Is one of 
■Ufa's best bets, .fohn Loder is Jesse 
Lasky's answer to yarn (iolwyn, and 
Petrovitch has l)eon Alice Terry's 
boy friend in Ingram productions. 

Atmo.sphoro, a fresh method of 
'lreaTmchl:""aiTa-"a'"stt-o 
all here, but it is not an audience 
picture. It lacl<s poli.sh, and does 
not sustain cntt.-rtainment value, 
Brigitte Helm is apt to be repellent 
to Anglo-.Saxon audiences. Her ap- 
peal is rather to the morbid and 
.slightly unhealthy; she is eerie and 
at time,-' almo.Ht unnatural. Slow 
and involved, the lilm's ni;iin appeal, 
(Continued on page 28) 



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V A R I E T Y 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 




LKING PICTURES 




XTOTHING IN THE INDUSTRY TODAY COMES WITHIN TALKING DIS- 
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The talking pictures that are actually being produced, actually 
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"LIGHTS OF KEW YORK," the First 100 per cent. "All-Talking" 
Picture, is the sensation of sensations! Held over for third week at 
the MARK STRAND, NEW YORK. BOOKED OVERNIGHT IN 
EXACTLY 155 CITIES. ' 

For 1928-29, you can absolutely depend upon a continuous supply 
of Warner Bros. Vitaphone Pictures. 

EACH IS A TALKING PICTURE. EACH HAS SOUND EF- 
FECTS, ORCHESTRA ACCOMPANIMENT AND EVERY ADDED 
ATTRACTION THAT CAN BE SUPPUED BY SCIENCE, INVEN- 
TION, INGENUITY, SHOWMANSHIP, AND UNLIMITED RE- 
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Talking Traflers are prepared for you on every Talking Pictmre. 
These Tall^g Traflers are admitted to be the greatest advance agents 
in Sill the history of exploitation. 



5 



EVERY WARNER BROS. PICTURE WILL 

HAVE TWO NEGATIVES 

ONE FOR NON -VITAPHONE THEATRES 
and ONE FOR VITAPHONE THEATRES 



5 



EVERY PICTURE, BEFORE SOUND IS ADDED, IS MADE TO STAND 
SOLIDLY ON ITS MERITS AS A BOX-OFFICE ATTRACTION. 



WARMER BROS. 
mRNER BROS. 





THE FIELD 
THE FIELD 




* NOAH'S ARK" , 

Madetoto|) any picture ever made.' 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



VARIETY 

■ -1 ■ - 



17 




PROFITS 



See ana Hear 

Even/ Character in Ihe Picture 

AvailableNow 



ilGHTEEN SPICUl WARNER WINNERS 


Audrey Ferris m 

FANCY BAGGAGE 


Mo Ate Blue in 
THE GREYHOUND LIMITED • 


THE MIDNIGHT TAXI 
u>rt/» Antonid Moren^o and Helena Coetello 


Rin-Tin-Tin in 

THE OUTLAW DOG 


BEWARE OF BACHELORS 

with Audrey Ferris an<l William Collier, Jr. 

• 


Monte Blue in 

FROWr HEADQUARTERS 


STATE STREET SADIE 

MoUh Conrad Nagel and Myrna L6y 


WOMEN THEY TALK ABOUT 

xvith Irene Rich and Audrey Ferris 


Audrey Ferris in 

THE LITTLE WILDCAT 


* 

ONE STOLEN NIGHT 


* Rin-Tin-Tin in 

KING OF THE WILDERNESS 


May McAvoy in 

STOLEN KISSES 


Monte Blue in 

NO DEFENSE 


May McAvoy and Conrad Nagel in 

CAUGHT IN THE FOG 


Myrna Loy in 

HARD BOILED ROSE 


Conrad Nagel in 

KID GLOVES 


SHE KNEW MEN 


Rin-Tln-tin in 
LAND OF THE SILVER FOX 



ROAD SHOWS 



LIGHTS OF NEW YORK 
First "All-Talking" Picture 



Al Jolson in 

THE SINGING FOOL 



Fannie Brice in 
MY MAN 



THE DESERT SONG 

Dolores Costello end Conrad Nagel in 

THE REDEEMING SIN 

THE TIME, THE PLAGE & THE GIRL 
(Temporary) 

Third 1^28-29 Coslello Picture 
(not "Noah^s Ark") 

Bolore* Costcllo in TENDERLOIN 
with Conrad Nagel 



THE TERROR 
L atest nd Greatest "All-Talking^ Pictur e 

George M. Cohan^s Great Stage Success 
THE HOME TOWN ERS 

ON TRIAL 
(Temporary) 

Dolores Costello in GLORIOUS BETSY 
with Conrad Nagel 



Monte Blue »Ji CONQtJEST 

with H._ B. Warner and Lois W ilsoil, 

PLAYING AROUND 

Dolores Costello in 

MADON NA OF AVE NUE A 

Al Jolson in 

THE IAZ2 SINGER 
THE iJON AND THE MOUSE 

with May McAvoy and Lionel Barrymore 



WHAT WARNER BROS- PROMISE 
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Wednesday, Jvily 18, 1928 



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Booked Overnight in 

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Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



PI CTURES 



VARIETY 



19 



Coast Studio Survey 



Lpsi Angeles, July 11. 

A (survey of. studio activity among 
Hie 23 studios on the coast this week 
shows 62 featured and 24 short sub- 
iedts In work or a percentage of .81 
of normal working conditions based 
on 106 units during 1927. Jean No- 
velle studio Is reported going dark; 
leaving 22 active plants where pro- 
duction Is going on. 

Universal heads the list this week 
with 12 units ih work: "The Last 
"Warning" being directed by Paul 
Ijenl, "Show Boat" by Harry Pol- 
Iferd, "Forbidden Lo'/e" by Wesley 
Buggies, "Girl on the BargeV by 



up with Michael Curtis directing, 
who will immediately start on **Con- 
quest," 

M. G. M. has six features, tnclud' 
ing "Alias Jimmy Valentine" by 
Jack Conway, "The Single Man" by 
Harry. Beaumont, "West of Zanzi- 
bar" by Tod Browning, "Mask of 
the Devil" by Victor Seastrom, "The 
Little Angel" by Sam Wood and 
"Gold Braid" by George HUL 

Fox has five . features and one 
Movietone subject in work. Fea-; 
tures are, "Making the Grade" by Al 
Green, "Dry Martini" by Harry 
D'Arrasti "The River" by Frank 



Edward Sloman, "Shakedown" by Borzage, "Riley the Cop" by John 



This table sliowji a summary of weekly stadio activity for the 


past 22 weeks. Percentage of production is based on 106 


units working at 23 studios on the Coast, determined 




by the 


average 


normal working 


conditions 






during the^ year 1927: 






'J 








studios. 




Week 


Features Shorts 


Total 


Dark 


Pet. 






8 


55 


6 


.62 






9 


48 


12 


.45 


March 7 


•••••• 46' 


.14 


54 


9 


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William Wyler, "Collegians" by Nat 
Boss, "Horace of Hollywood" by 
XMward I. Luddy, "Mysterious 
Blder" by Jack Nelson, "Eyes of the 
Underworld" by Llegh Jason, 
"Caroline's Task" by Ray Taylor, 
"Cowboy Pliick" by Walter Fabian 
and "Born to the Sadjdle" by Joe 
Levlgard. 

Warner Brothers have eight fea- 
tures and four Vltaphono units in 
work. The features are "My Man" 
by Archie Mayo, "Singing Fool" by 
Lloyd Bacon, "The Little Wildcat" 
by Ray Eriright, "Outlaw Dog" by 
Ross Lederman, "Home Towners" 
by Bryan Foy, "The Terror" by Roy 
!Del Ruth, "Noah's Ark" finishing 




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Ford and "The Fog" by Charles 
Klein. . 

First National has four features 
with "Do Your Duty" by William 
Beaudine, "The Show Girl" by Al 
Santell, "The Wrecking Boss" by 
Eddie Cllne and "Water Front" by 
William. A. Seiter. 

Paramount has six pictures In 
work with "The Fleet's In" by Mal- 
colm St. Clair, "Pocks of New 
York" by Josef von Sternberg. 

Take Me Home" by Marshall Nell- 
an, "Interference" by Lothar Men- 
dez, "Moran of the Marines" by 
Frank Strayer and vsins of the 
Fathers" by Ludwig Berger. 

United Artists has four pictures 
in work, including "The Awaken- 
ing" by Victor Fleming, "The Res- 
cue" by Herbert Brenon, "The Love 
Song" by D. W. .Griffith and retak- 
ing scenes for "The Woman Dis- 
puted" by Sam Taylor. 

F. B. O. has four features in work 
with- "The Singapore Mutiny" by 
Ralph Ince, "Sinners In Love" by 
George Melford, "Son of the Gold- 
en West" by Eugene Ford and 
'Idaho Red" by Robert De Lacey. 

Metropolitan, leasing studio, has 
four features in work, including a 
Charles Hutchinson production, 
"Citjr of Purple Dreams" for Ray 
Art, "The Mating Call" by James 
Cruze foy Caddo and "Hell's Angels" 
by Howard Hughes for United Art- 
ists. 

Pathe studios have three features 
in work, including "Marked Money" 
by Spencer "BehWetf, "SHSDir Folks" 
by Paul L. Stein and "Singapore 
Sal" by Howard Hlggins. 

Tlffany-Stahl has but two fea 
turea, including "Patience" by Wal 
lace Worsley and "The Gun Run 
ner" by Edgar Lewis. 

Studios working with but One 
feature are Tec- Art, Columbia, 
Chad wick and Charles Chaplin. 

Stddios engaged in making short 
comedies are Sennett, Roach, Stern 
Educational and Cal-Art, each with 
three units. Dailey studios, haye 
one unit working. 



Stanley's Inside Staff 
At Board Meet Joly 27 

In his report at th« 'iannual meet- 
ing: of the Btockholdem of the Stan- 
ley Company of America yeeterday, 
Irving D. Rosshelm attributed the 
slide of the company operations to 
high operating costs of which he 
said the excessive rentals paid for 
pictures were the maJ<>f, cause. 

Rosshelm 'Said that with the dis- 
continuance of previons contracts 
for pilctures and . decreased operat- 
ing costs generally there would be 
a saving of 1800,000 a year. 

The complete plan of reorganiza- 
tion was approved last May and 
has since been in force. Officers 
of the company are preparing to 
have the Stanley stock listed on 
the New York; Stock Exchange to 
give the 5,000 stockholders a wider 
market. 

•The statement. In part, ran as fol- 
lows: "The reduction of the divi- 
dend and its subsequent discontinu- 
ance was almost entirely due to the 
increased cost of doing business, 
the chief item of which was . the 
very large Increase In the cost of 
film rentals as a result of contracts 
made In 1926 for the season 1927- 
28. These onerous contracts will 
have been worked out by Sept. 1 
and your officers are now engraged, 
in negotiating for their film for the 
season of 1928-29 on terms which 
win be more favorable to your com- 
pany." 

Report .showed 20 more houses 
have been acquired or leased for 
operation by Stanley since last .year. 

It Is said that any inside stuff 
with Stanley will develop at Its 
board of directors' meeting July 27. 

The election of the board at the 
Monday meeting made It up of 
Waddill Catchlngs CGroldman, Sachs 
& Co.), Barnes B. Clark, Harry M. 
Crandall, Jacob Fabian, Simon M. 
Fabian, Edwin C. Jameson, Louis 
J. Kolb, John A. McCarthy, John J. 
McGurik, Moe Mark, Etta W. (Mrs. 
Jules) Mastbaum, Lesslng J. Rosen- 
wald (Sears-Roebuck), President 
Irwin b. Rosshelm, A. Sablosky, Al 
bert L. Smith, with the election of 
officers to.be held at the first meet 
Ing of the new board as above, 

Mr. Rosshelm In his. report stated 
there are 15 houses under construe 
tlon or alteration at present, these 
In nine cities, with six of the houses 
in Philadelphia. 



Musicians Union s Propaganda 
For Country-wide Circulation 
Against Canned Music Menace 



A natlo'nal effort has been 
launched by the American Federa- 
tion of Musicians to offset the 
amazing growth of the sound- 
film devices with Joseph Weber, the 
A, F. of M, head, directing the 
campaign from the New York 
headquarters.. 

The A. Fv of M, Is piling up a 
gigantic defense fund to carry on 
to Its campaign to turn loo'se propa- 
ganda favorable to the musicians' 
sentiment; 

It's a generally known fact that 
the dues have been raised which 
will ultimately provide for a fund 
amounting to $1,500,000. 

What steps have been taken up- 
to-date by the Federation have 
been primarily the preliminary wo"rk 
for a nationwide survey to ascer- 
tain the reaction of theatre patrons. 

Weber has fully explained the 
attitude of the Federation to each 
of the subordinate union. Presi- 
dents of the locals in the big cities 
have already turned loose local 
bro'adsides explaining the attitude 
of the musicians and making an 
appeal tor public opinion In their 
favor. 

No "Bitter War" 

In Chicago when the papers car- 
ried the gist of the propagandlstlc 
campaign there was an immediate 
layman belief that the unions were 
lining up for a bitter war on the 
talkers but this was denied by Mr, 
Weber to a Variety reiwrter yes- 
terday. 

Weber laid particular emphasis 
upon his opinion, as. published in 
the newspapers, that he. is not op 
posed to talking movies, because 
the Federation realized that syn 
chronlzatlon of words with actions 
on the screen Is a scientific accom 
pllshment of value. But if the ma 
chines were to be used as a sub 
stitute for vocal .and orchestra 
music in the nation's theatres they 
will become a serious menace to 
the country's cultural growth, he 
says. 

As matters stand, local presidents 
are dropping Into New York to talk, 
.the situation over at first hand' 
with Weber. As the Variety re- 



porter was listening to Weber state 
the stand of the Federation, Presi- 
dent John Colaprete of Philadelphia 
Musicians' Local No. 7 was In the 
executive chamber, coming here to 
discuss the talker conditions in 
general. Colaprete's union repre- . 
sents 1,400 members. 

Next Saturday or Sunday Janies 
C. Petrillo, president ^Chicago Local 
No. 10 of the A. F. ot :M., will be 
In New York for a similar confer- 
ence. 

In Boston recently the' attitude 
of the A. F. of M. on the talker 
situation was given plenty of local 
newspaper prominence, with Presi- 
dent Thomas Finnigan advertising 
the . stand. The real purport was 
an appeal to the public' to sym- 
pathize with the musicians In their 
fight to keep their present status 
from eventually becoming a thing 
of the past. 

Strength 

Petrlllo's union strength Is about 
8,000 members, while Boston is at 
least 3,000. New York union is 
over 16,000 strong. 

Most of all the big city links oh 
the Federation chain have a year 
or more to go on their present con- 
tracts, but where they expire this 
year the sound-device will receive 
its attention. 

Out in Chicago the McVlcker'a 
■theatre situation remains un- 
changed, with the Balaban & Katz 
management refusing to place the 
12 men out at that house with other 
B. & K- theatres. 

It is reported that with the mu- 
sicians receiving two weeks' no- 
tice at the Roosevelt, Chicago, that 
Vltaphone and Movietone are sup- 
planting the men. Chicago con- 
tracts expire next Labor Day, with 
a new agrreement expected to be 
reached between the union and the 
theatre operators. 

It is reported that the A. F. of S& 
comprises over 168,000 musicians. 



Fox Appoints Joe Leo in Charge 
Of Midwesco Circuit in Wisconsin 



Dorchester's Two Wired 

Dorchester, Mas.s., town of 30,000, 
will have two Vitaphone-equipped 
theatres. Field's Corner and the 
Strand, according to contracts 
.signed last week. 



Marathon's Foreign-Made 

The Marathon Pictures Corpora- 
tion has been formed in New York 
to handle two films, "The Red 
Knight of Germany" and "White 
Slave Traffic." 

The former deals with the air ex- 
ploits of the famous German air ace. 
Baron Rlchocftln. 



Chicago, July 17. 

Joe Leo, here from the east to 
lift the Ascher-Fox. circuit out of 
the red under direction of the Chi- 
cago Title & Trust Co., has been 
made general executive manager of 
thie Fox Midwesco theatres in Wis- 
consin. Leo was called into New 
York and received his appointment 
and Instructions from William Fox. 

The Midwesco holdings comprise 
over 40 houses in the Wisconsin 
territory. Including some of the best 
in the midwest, "Midw^ 
merly the Saxe Bros, circuit, later 
bought by West Cosist Theatres cir- 
cuit and passing to Fox with W. C. 
At one time It had the Wisconsin 
territory completely sewed up, but 
recently it has deteriorated con- 
siderably through reported inside 
politics and mismanagement. 

Leo has made a general survey of 
the circuit, looking oyer: the spots 
for Improvements and contemplating 
changes In management and opera- 
tion. On strength of his record 
here as direct operator of the bank- 
rupt Ascher circuit, it is figured Leo 
will save $200,000 for Fox, easily In 
a cleanup and cutdown of overhead. 
On the 10 Ascher houses alone, Leo 
saved around $100,000 in executive 
expenses and overhead, and another 
$100,000 in film rentals with new 
contracts. 

Bank Impressed 

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Fox will have to open his own book 
Ing offices here. With direct super 
vision of the Wisconsin territory 
and its deluxes, besides new Fox 
stands In Detroit and St. Louis, 
booking out of Chicago is the most 
logical move. 

Leo Is known to hav* Impressed 
the Chicago Title & Trust Co, so 



strongly with his ability that they 
want him to supervise the National 
Playhouses here, which the bank 
has taken over, as well as the Fox- 
Ascher local string. 

Combined boklng- of the circuits 
would give a Chicago Fox booking 
office at least six big weeks In this 
territory and about eight less Im- 
portant weeks. With the Midwesco 
string and local holdings, Fox has 
become Influential in the midwest 
district where Its Interests previous- 
ly were sUght,. - 

T-S Staff Additions 

In Mid-West Territory 

Chicago, July 17. 
Ai H. McLaughlin, geiiora;! mld- 
westem manager for Tlffany-Stahl, 
for ; more complete T-S representa- 
tion In his section, has announced 
the appointment of Eph. Rosen as 
Chicago branch manager. Rosen 
was formerly manager of the firm's 
branch a.t Milwaukee. 

J. B. O'Toole, formerly Pathe 
manager for Minneapolis and St 
Paul, has been installed as Rosen's 
successor at Milwaukee. The firm 
is to open an exchange at Oklahoma 
City July 22, W. J. Nai.snlth, for- 
merly of F. B. O. at Sioux City, is 
now a territorial man with T-S. 

_.0 ther^^rap po i n t m e n ts - . m ade ---rC'-- 
cently, through McLaughlin's office. 
Include H. Gorman, formerly of 
M.-G,-M., who will have the Indian- 
apolis territory. E, A. Phelps, for- 
merly with Paramount In Chicago, 
goes to Milwaukee, where he. will 
assist J. E. O'Toole. Fritz Friend, 
late of Warner Brothers, represents 
Tiffany at Omaha. 



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MEROFF 



CUTE, EHI 




Breaking AH Records 

Marks Bros. Granada 

and 

Marbro Theatres^ 
Chicago, III., Indefinitely 

Exclusive Okeh Recording Artist 



AURIOLE 



CRAVEN 

FEA TUBED IN 

"DANCING FEET" 

Now — Saenger, New Orleans 



STANLEY and BIRNES 

Tliiinklnff .Too /tich, Itottle Saurer- 
kraut, for Inyliif; off two days 

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PICT URES 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



iSapiro Combine Seems in Danger; 
AppEes for Injunction to Stop M-G-M 
From Selling to Exhib-Members 



- A New York Supreme Court In- 
junction has been applied lor by 
the indepiendent: Motion Picture 
Exliibltors' Association to restrain. 
:Meti?o-Goldwyn-Mayer from, aening 
or delivering film to M. & S., an ex- 
hibitor-firm member of the I, M- 
P. E. A., and from trading with any 
other members of the I, M. P. E. A., 
thereby getting them to break: their 
xiontrticts with the association. 
•' This proceeding follows difficul- 
ties starting when M. & S. refused 
to pay dues to the 1. M. Pw B. A. 
and began to deal individually for 
picture product. . 

M-G-M and Paramount are open- 
ly lighting the Aaron Sapiro or- 
ganization. They started to . trade 
witli independents in opposition to 
the I. M. P. 15. Ar. soon after thfe 
Sapiro buying combination was 
formed. 

, At present it is reported that M. 
& S: is not the only operator dis- 
satisfied with the workings of the 
Sapiro organization. Other mem- 
bers have been discussing their in- 
ability to get film wanted, with, re- 

■ ports resulting that a break in the 
ranks, :now under cover, may be- 
come open any day. 

In addition to the dissatisfaction 

. with the Sapiro organization there 
is also said to be offers from M-G- 
M to supply filin to any member^ 
who want to buy pictures Individ- 
ually without the Sapiro organlza 
tipn. 

Pending the outcome of the plea 
for an injunction, due for hearing 
July 20, M. & S. Is enabled, to ob 
tain pictures, and If the court pro- 
ceedings can be postponed Indefl 
iltely M-G-M will be able to. make 
similar deals wUh other members 
who may break with, the Sapiro 
combine. 



Ascher Houses for Sale; 
Bank, Recciiver, Order I 



Chicago, July IT. 
with. Ascher Bros. uhwilUng to 
take their circuit out of receiver- 
ship, although it has been declared 
solvent, the Chicago Title & Trust 
Co., receivers, is placing the house 
on the market individually. 

James Costen, general manager of 
National Playhouses (Cponeys) and; 
operating a string of smiEill theatres; 
purchased several of the smaller 
Ascher houses some time ago. Those 
remaining to be sold are the Sheri- 
dan, Midwest, Crown, /terminal and 
Commercial. 

The . Trust Co. is . offering the 
houses free of any mechanics' liens] 
or claims, which means the credi 
tors on each house will have to 
share pro rata, whatever Is received 
on the sale above bonded indebted 
hess. It Is reported some of the 
houses will get very little in excess 
of that. • 

The Sheridan, former ' ace house 
of the circuit, is being offered for 
fSOO.OOO. 



A Cheery Salesman 
And a Red Hot Exhib 



4. salesman walked Into an 
exhibitor's office tn tb« west 
\tp sell pictures. It was a hot 
day.. Before he could start the 
spiel, the exhIb said t 

"Listen, boy, ril sav* you a 
lot of trouble. IX)n*t bother 
to talk because I'm not lnt«r- 
ested."* 

"But won't you " 

"I told you Iffl no use talk- 
ing," returned the exhib, "save 
your breath. I got enough pic- 
tures *till Christmas." 

"Tou . can't know" what 
you're " . 

"Why do you pester me. It's 
hot, business Is rotten, Tm 
thinking .of closing the theatre. 
I tell you- — " 

"Won't you give me a chance 
to show you—: — " persisted the 
salesman. 

The exhib waxed wrathy. "I 
wouldn't buy from you if you 
dropped dead this mlnutie," he 
said. 

"Wen, at least now you're 
talking of buying," answered 
the Aim peddler cheerily. 



Wiamers Agree to Selective Choice 
Of Vitaphone Talking Shorts 



Paramoant's All Around 
Film Sound Intentions I 



Los Angeles, JUly 17 . 
Paramount has made provision 
for 25 feature pictures to be syn- 
chronized with music score with ad - 



Selective booking of Vitaphone. 
talking shorts has been started, ow- 
llg to rompllcatlons arising out of 
the . lineup of circuit houses con- 
tracting for service. Booking of 
Vitaphone shorts, formerly under 
the . complete jurisdiction of the 
Vitaphone office in order to prevent 
confusion. Is now subject, to the 
preferences of those chains or in-: 
dividual exhibitors taking the time 



vanced complete sound effects af<^ I to go over the bookings with the 
the necessary, talking sequences for | *v. — ■iT-j+o^^^r.r,^ 



their 1928-29 program. Seven of 
this group are already completed 
or are in the process of hayine 
sound put In, either in Hollywood or 
at Paramount's Long Island studio. 
These include. "Wings," which was 
the first Paramount picture to have 
sourid effects; "The Wedding 



March/. >till uncbmple^^ fronv^a , ^^^^ .^^^^^ ^^^^^^ themselves 



silent angle, will have 



one of the three yitaphono division 
bookers. 

Exhibitors, if knowing in advance 
What subjects they >vlll ileort and 
can Uric up a schedule, are at lib- 
erty to pick their subjects, provid- 
ing there is no conflict with 
bookings previously , made . in the 
same territory. Several chains al- 

of 



this. 



In the case of the chains, booli- 



Ccdar Rapids' 2d Big House 
Cedar Rapids, la., July 17. 
■ Capitol, seating 2,200, the second 
de luxe house to be erected he^e this 
year, will open today.': A. H.. Blank 
has a 40 -year lease at a rental re- 
ported to aggregate the cost of the 
building. Offices and stores have 
been opened several weeks. . The 
Iowa, opposition vaudfllni house, 
was opened- two weeks ago. 

E\'erett Cummlngs will manage 
the new house. 



Patricia Caron, now making Vlta-r 
.phone sketches for Warner Brothers, 
will play opposite Tom Tyler in his 
last, western of tl>« present series 
for P. B. O. 



KING 



Michfgan Vaude Mgrs. Aas'n 
Charlie MACK 

Booklner th* most extensive circuit 
of ' vaudeville and. presentation the- 
atres between New York and CblcaKO 
Michigan Theatre BIdg. 
DETROIT 
standard Acta, Write or Wire 
ASK PEABti and G US 



TIIE 



MAESTRO 



OF 



CEREMONIES 

CHARLIE MELSON 



430-Seater in Toronto; 
Many Other New Ones 

Toronto, July tT. 
A picture house to seat 4,200 and 
cost approximately 11,600,000 is an- 
nounced by Famous Players Cana 
dian. It will have a 63-foot front 
age oh Toronto's main stem, the 
bulk of the house being set back to 
save taxes. It will be the largest 
theatre in Canada— perhaps the 
largest in the British Empire. 

This brings present theatre con- 
struction in Canada to .almost 
$6,000,000— the largest building pro- 
gram ever attenipted theatrically in 
the Dominion. It also forecasts 
further, control of the Canadian 
amusement field by F; P. 

The auinburicement came within 
24 . hours of publication of building 
plans for- a new department store 
at the same comer by the T. Eaton 
Co., large retail merchants. The 
new house will be wired, have at 
least two stages and offer program 
pictures with unit stage shows. 



effects In addition to corriplete mu- 
sic /score; "Abie's Irish Rose,*' "The I u„^^ 
Patriot." "Canary Murder Trial." 1"^^ for all the houses are hned 
"Loves of an Actress," and "Warm- up from each head office Selective 
ing Up" win all be ready with sound booking flo^s "ot^.^^ovlde foT or- 
effects on their release dates. lers placed by exhibitors with^any 
In addition to the features. Para- branch manager ot a Warner Bros., 
mount will be able, to deliver 32 exchange. , ^ , 
Christie two-reel comedies with "With the, chains, selective book- 
addition to one-reel Ing became a necessity to avoid 



Orchestra Increase at 
B. & K.'s Uptown, Chicago 

Chicago, July 17. 
Balaban and. Katz ;wlll use aug- 
mented . orchestral features at the 
Uptown theatre, starting July 23 
The musical programs will be slml 
lar to those presented under the di 
rection of H. Leopold Spltalny at 
the Chicago theatre, 

Twenty musicians will be added to 
the orchestra, for symphonic effect, 
and numerous vocal artists will be 
employed. Soloists, Singers, instru- 
mentalists and. choruses will join 
forces every week in the new crea 
tibn 

Umberto Maicelli will direct the 
orchestra. The Increase in size is 
seen as a possible conciliatory move 

In behalf Of the musicians' union,, ^^r. . aIL L 
orchestras having been dispensed U Wiring Alnambra 
with at two B. & K. loop houses. J . With HoilSe CloMIlg 

Milwaukee, July 17 
Unlversal's Alhambra will be 
closed for alterations Indefinitely, 



sound In 
sketches and the. Paramount news- 
reel. Another innovation will be 
the filming with sound the Para- 
mount stage units that will offer 
the smallest theatre the saiihe pre- 
sentation units and surroundirig 
bills tkat the larger first run thea- 
tres now have. 



having the same shorts playing in 
several houses Biniultanpou.«;ly or 
I at another time, • 



ThreatV Bomh in E. St. L 



Drug and Grocery Store 

.M. II TI7*|.1 P^L- D A I Ciosea lor aiierauons xnaennit 
lie'UpS Wltn rinn D. U. from July 27, according to orders 



re- 



ceived from the Universal offices in 
I New York by Manager Fred Meyer, 
It's second largest picture house 



Minneapolis, July 17. 
Drug stores In residence sections 
are hooked up with Joseph Green, I In the downtown district. For many 
operator of 10 outlying photoplay years a legit house, it has been a 
houses, on a proposition of "Movie steady loser for Universal, except 
Stamps." One stamp is given . with for a short span, 
every ten r cent purchase and when The house will be wired and re 
a total of $10 worth of stamps has open, probably, with the synchro- 
been collected the customer is en- nized version of *TJncle Tom's 
titled to receive one free movie Cabiri." It will be the second down - 
ticket. town house wired, the Garden hav- 
P. & R. have a tie-up with gro- tng had wiring for the better part 
eery stores and meat markets on a of a year. By the time Universal re 
guest movie ticket or two-for-one opens, which is tentatively placed 
plan, covering a half dozen of their as Sept. 4, it is expected that the 
leading residential district houses. MaJe^tlc,_former -vaude house, now 

The patron receives'; the "g^^ 

ticket with his purchase, but to re- also be opened. This house Is also 

deem it he must buy one ticket at being wired. 



the time he presents it at the box- 
office. 



Two Talking 2-Reelers 



The Pox homo office expectis the 
arrival later this week of two Movie- 
tone two-reelers, titled "Mystery 
Mansion" and "Four A. M." 

In the latter Fox uses a number 
of its own featured players, includ- 
ing Tyler Brooke, Marjorle Beebe, 
Sammy Cohen, Jack Ponnock, Ben 
Bard. 

Harry Delf is featured In "Mys- 
tery Mansion." 



John W. Johnstone and Ernie 
Wood for "Take Me Home," Par. 
Marshall Nellan directing. 



NEW YORK OFFICE: " «^ 

1560 BROADWAY ^^mB tk R W 



. mrr"^^^^ Til Tnrr ni nr 

HOLLYWOOD, CAL. 
HEMPSTEAD 3594 



The strange coincidence In the 
wiring of the three downtown 
houses Is that all three are the 
property of the Schlitz Brewing in 
terests,. which, own four downtown 
theatre aites, all leased. 

According to Mr, Meyer, the en- 
tire seating arrangement and other 
major portions of the Alhambra will 
be remodeled. The work, to cost up 
wards of $100,000, is to be paid by 
Universal, which has a long-term 
lease on the house. The Schlitz 
Brewery will not foot the bills, as 
It is doing in the Majestic, the les- 
see of which has not been an 
nounced as yet. 



Units Washed Up 

On Stanley Chain 



With the Installation this week 
of an all -canned bill at the Stan- 
ley's Strand, Brooklyn, N. Y., the 
unit stagei show will pass off of the 
Stanley circuit. 

Besides the Strand across the 
bridge, the Strand, New York, Is 
also playing the mechanicals, espe- 



St. Louis, July 17. 
The receht outburst of bombings 
laid at the door of disgruntled la: 
bor agitators In St. Louis and .vlcln 

Ity spread for the first time to the . . _ . * 

East St. Louis theatrical district cially the talking shorts in lieu of 

when a "threat bomb" damaged the former stage presentation, 

the Washington theatre In that The final Stanley stage unit was 

city produced by Harry Criill, manager 

The bomb was placed against the the Stanley-Fabian's ^Stanley 

rear of the building at an early theatre, Jersey City, ^where the unit 

morning hour and the blast tore I «Pe"<^<l '^^^ ™« 



hole in tire foundation of the 
building. . 

John Mano and William Markuly, 
owners of the theatre, denied that 
they had had any labor troubles, 
but admitted they thought the 
bomb was intended to frighten 
patrons of the theatre away. 



It will play it- 
self over the remaining Stanley 
houses playing stage units in the 
past. 

What the substituted form of 
stage entertainment in the Stanley 
houses eschewing the units, but 
not going all-talker, has not as yet 
been decided upon. 



Unit Towns Out 



Chicago, July 17. 
Re-routing of Publlx-Loew units 
will be necessitated by ellnrihation 
of Syracuse, Kansas City, Portland 
and Seattle. 

Units will Jump from Minneapolis 
to Los Angeles, from L. A. to San 
Francisco, Denver" and thence south. 



PIERMONT'S TOUB SOUTH 

Benny Plermbnt, contact repre- 
sentative of ~l;he electrical research" 
department of the Western Elec- 
tric Co., which controls equipment 
for talkers. Is back from a. tour of 
"Texas houses. 

He visited 16 theatres In eight 
days, the houses concerned beingr 
those of the Interstate, Loew and 
Saenger circuits; 



Chinese Dark — ^Wired 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
From present Indications It looks 
like Grauman's Chinese will be dark 
for the rest of the summer. Sid 
Grauman has made every effort to 
obtain a suitable picture for his 
house, but until now has been un- 
able to get what he wants. 

Meanwhile the Chinese is being 
wiredj with the Job expected to be 
completed by Aug. 1. 



Fire in Week-Old House 

Buhl, Idaho, July 17. 

Fire broke out in the hew Ra- 
mona theatre during a show Satur- 
day night.. The woodwork was 
smoldering. • 

The new 
week before, 
age slight. 
• Defective 
cause. 



Jtamona opened the 
It cost $6S,000. Dam- 
wiring believed the 



FIEST DIALECT TALKER 

Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer's produc 
tlon^of the Milt Gross story, "Nize 
Baby,''~wiir1pro 

use of dialect in talking plcturoM 
Viola Brothers Shore, author of nu- 
merous short stories In Jewish 
patois, Is writing the treatment 
and scenario, Gross is acting in on 
advisory capacity. 

It Is likely the picture will bo 
made in New York, at the Cos- 
mopolitan studio. 



Sounding "Hell's Angels" 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

Work on sight and sound effects 
for "Hell's Angels," now being pro- 
duced by Howard Hughes for 
United Artists release, will begin 
as soon as equipment is Installed 
at the Metropolitan studios. 

This picture is scheduled for re- 
lease In November. 




and 




Just Arrived in Town After 
One Year's Successful Tour oi- 

South Africa and England 

AddreBS AU Commniilcatlonfi to the 

44TH ST. HOTEL 

NEW YORK CITY 



TREEN and BARNETT 

THE UNSOPHISTICATED CO-EDS OF SONG AND DANCE 

Koulnrcd by FANCIIOX Hiid MARCO In the 
"SALLT^ FROM UOI.LVWOOB" IDEA 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



VARIETY 



21 



MR. TALKING PICTURE EXECUTIVE ! 

WHO HAS GREATER PERSONAL POPULARITY? 
WHO HAS MORE IMPRESSIVE BOX-OFFICE RECORDS? 
WHO KNOWS BETTER WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS— THAN 

EDDIE DOWLING 



AND HIS ASSOCIATE 



JAMES F. HANLEY 

STAR, CO-AUTHORS AND PRODUCERS OF 



HONEYMOON LANE" 



88 Weeks of Continuously Profitable Business to a 
Gross of More Than Two Million Dollars. And 25 
Additional Weeks Booked for Next Season 




A Full Year on Broadway. A Season on the RoadJ 
Both of the Above Available for Talking Pictures. 

"SALLY, IRENE AND MARY" 

Eddie Dowling's First Hit. A Full Year on Broadway: 
Produced as a Feature Picture by 
Metro-Goldwjm-Mayer 



TWO NEW STAGE PLAYS IN PREPARATION 
TWO NEW PICTURE STORIES WITH MUSIC 



Special Representative 
WALTER H. BROOKS, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York. Bryant 3572. 



22 



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Wednesday, July 18, 1928 





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on a co-operative basis. They aided materially in the success of "Warming Up" at the Paramount. 

PARAMOUNT'S 






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Richard Dix in ''Warming Up" 

Over $31,000 in two days at Paramount Theatre, N. Ya, smashing all 
recordsf By p S^i^day wRlvoii far long run! 

40 to 50 PARAMOUNT QUALITY SOUND PICTURES! 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



2S 



Marks Bros. Move in Publix 
Suit to Prevent Exclusion 



New Orleans Making m^^^j^ jlales Grcuil s Preferred 

Against H^her Ratals | ^ A i wn ■ 

Stock Issue as Good Will Maker 




Fihn Supply 



Chlca§ro, Jiily ,17. I all the M-G-M output to B. & K. 
Judge i?age today ordered all de- because "they were able to give 
£endents ?n Marks Bros, restraint of ua more money for our product 
trade suit to bring him. within ten than any other group of theatres 
days copies of all coritraicts how ' ih the city of Chicago." Further, h,e ;] 
force between the 24 defendents. says, "we find It good business to 
Pending trial of the case now set endeavor wherever we can to sell 
for October 6 the court admonished all our pictures to one customei:." 
Balaban and Katz not to enter Into Gra,dwell . Sears of, .First National 
any agreements with Warner Bros. | made a similar statement, 



New Orleans, July 17 
Downtown and suburban man- 
agers representing every local the- 
atre are in conference In New York 
acting upon the request for higher 
rentals from the major film com- 
panies. 

Both sides are still sparring, with 
the local boys panicky : in the 
knowledge that higher rentals now 
with biz in the doldrums will crimp 
them materially. 

Meanwhile,; the Crescent .City 



Steffes Disgusted at 

Northwestern Exhibs 



Minneapolis, July 17. 
The Northwest Theatre Owners' 
Association Is prepared to feo Into 
buhCh is preparing to place talkers [ court for an injunction, to restrain 



or Fox that involve discriminatory | 
clauses against Marks Bros. 

This ""Tst measure is evidently de- 
signed to prevent exclusion of i 



All companies with pictures avail- 
able signified their willingness to 
do business with Marks Bros. 

A, J. Baiaban, general manager of 



in nearly , every house. 
. Tudor here, previously doing ] 
around $1,100 weekly, wAa the first 
with Vitaphone. "Glorious Betsy" 
i$ In its third week therjB, together 
with talking shorts. In its initial | 
talking week the Tudor went from 
f 1,100 to $9,300; second week, $7,- 
800, and third, $7,300. 



Jklarks Bros. frCm access to supplies the B. & K, production department, 
of talking pictures. claims he has never authorized or 
In court yesterday both sides made the statement that acts work- 
agreed to sign no further contracts ing for Marks Eros, would be boy- D P_ Y Ca*, Miflnitff ^llAW 
pending the adjourned date. They cotted. He stated 30 acts previ- I O, IX IV. O iXll. IIIIIUIIIC UUVVT 
may, however, buy individual films, ously employed by Marks Bros, were 
This seems to favor B. & K., as they later engaged by B. & K, Morris 
have a 10-year block contract with silver, B. & K. . booker, admitted 
Paramount, M.-G.-M., Unlversalt he had advised acts that if they ap- 



Chicago, July 17. 
Baiaban and Katz, after a two 

, , ^ TT IX J * * 1 . week trial oif midnight shows at Mc 

First National and United Artists, peared In competitors' houses . their vicker's, have decided to adopt the 
Those contracts have seven years | valiie to B; & K. would be Inipaired, j^e^ as a regular feature on Satur- 

but says he never threatened boy- 
cott. 

Max Turner, Chicago representa- 

I tlve of the William Morris agency 

pendent 'theatre operators, against sa4d his ofl^ce has never entered a I and"soun(l"plctures 
Publix-Paramount-B. and K. and booking conspiracy against Marks ' 
other defendants, charging restraint hwrith B. &. K., and stated the Mor- 
of trade. Federal Judge George T. ri$ Chicago office has had ho deal 
Gage refused to issue a restraining ings with Marks Bros., simply be 



to go. The Marks continue to buy 
Ihdividuailly. 

At the opening ot the suit Thurs- 
day brought by Marks Bros., Inde- 



the. Minneapolis Joint. Board of 
Arbitration f roni enforcing any oT 
Its decisions involving association 
members. 

Announcement was made by W. 
A. Steffes, president of the associa- 
tion, after tlie arbitration board re- 
sumed Its hearings despite the npn- 
partlclpatipn of exhibitor associa- 
tion members. 

Steffes says the association will 
not"meddle In the affair" if the 
decisions only affect non-members. 
The board succeeded in obtaining 
exhibitors outside the association to 
serve as arbitrators. 

An edict by Cha.rlfis Pettijohn 
bars the theatre bwii^i's' associa,- 



days. .; '* ; . 

Effective this Saturday, the Ropse 
velt will also go after the Saturday I action in refusing to take part- In 
midnight biz. Both.houaes us© sight | any cases involving United Artists 

The reason for. this actlpn is al 



Chicago, July 17. 
An $SOO,000 issue of preferred 
stock iit 8 per cent, offered during 
the past year solely for good will 
purposes, is bringing more conimu- 
nity CO.- operation and provldinff 
more beneficial propaganda for the 
Great Stales circuit of 80 theatres : 
than any other good will Idea ever 
attempted. 

It was known at the time the 
Stock was issued that Great States 
had no Immediate need fpr money. 
A further puzzler in theatrical cirr 
cles was why the circuit should be 
offering 8 per cent when other cir- 
cuits hot in such secure financial 
jpbsltlon were easily disposing Of * 
and 7 per cent issues. All mystery- 
is cleared up by the good will ex- 
planation. 

As maneuvered by Great , States, 
the issue is not expensive for j» 
circuit of its proportion, and mean- 
while is more than justifying itself 
in results. 

-As yet only $500,000 worth of 
stock has been distributed. None 
of these have been offered in Chi- 
cago. Selling campaigns are made 
In towns where Great Spates has 



tion from paxticipating in arbitra 

tlon because of the association's I jj'*j^J'jj'^g~ jj^J^^' case- directed 



Lastfogel's Explanation 

Ahe Lastfogel of the New York 
Morris office explains the recent 



order against the defendants. But cause . no /business arrangements 
he requested that both sides sign [.hay^ been attempted by either side 
no further picture Contracts for 
the time being. The hearing was 
adjourned until yesterday, when 
continuance was agreed upon. 

In his affidavit opposing the mo- 
tion for a temporary injunction, 
Sam Katz, president of , Publix, 
stated Baiaban & Katz said he has 
contracted for only 235' of the 534 
feature pictures announced for the 
28-29 seasons by eight companies, 
In 26-27, Katz stated, B. & K. used 



Changes in Titles 

Lk>3 Angeles, July IT. 



at the most important people In the 
territory. Representative distribu- 
tion in a small town or city would 
leged sales by United Artists to | include leading lights in civic, flnan- 

cial, social, church, press and Stat© 



non-exhibltors. 

Steffes, prime mover in a plan to I political activities, 
have a national theatre owners' -Yvrith such a lineup behind it In 
Title changes . on stories in pro- I convention at Duluth, h^is decided gQ^^h town. Great States would be 
duction on the coast for the week to postpone the meeting until later K-ecelVlng almost every possible 
ending July 17 are: "Air Circus'' J m the season. The reason, he says, Lnethod Of cp-operaitlon. When meet ^ 
produced by Fox changed .back to^fg difficulty encountered in try- i^g with trouble or community op- 
-.^ ■ ^ its original working Utl© "Aviation." to obtain accornmodations for positio 

breaking of contract by Rae Samuel The college picture produced by the large number of registrations rectly to those who hold the strings. 
With Mark3 Bros, to appear with paramount at Princeton Is now set received. At the same time, he remind them that they are flnancial- 
B. & K., with a statement that her Uo be called "Varsity." This was takes Northwest exhibitors to task W: interested in the circuit, and 
contract had a two -week cancella- directed by Frank Tuttle. their apparent apathy regarding either directly or indirectly ask for 

tion clause which she utilized in ''War in tho Dark'' directed by the meeting. The number of reser- assistance 

IV'^^ "^^^ Niblofw M-Q-]^_ changed to I nations made by members of hl.r[ , Benefits 

Results pf this coroperatloni al- 



$2;5ao Instead of $2,000 

B. B. iCahane, of the , Orpheum 
I Circuit and association (Keith's), 



364 features, and 432 during 27-28, gaid his organization refused to 
contra;ctlng for about half of these g^ppiy acts to Marks because It | 



In advance. 

Katz admits that B. & K. have 
contracted fpt- all of the product 
announced by five producers — Para- 
mount, First National, M-G-M, 



would be in competition to ; the Or- 
pheum's own theatre. , B. & K., he 
said, exerted no infiuehce In the I 
decision. ' 
David Pla:m, personal representa- 



Unlted Artists and Universal— but tlve of Ijeon Errol, w:ho had just 
says a majority or all of the product played the, Marks houses, claims 



announced by Pathe, Fox, Warners, Meyer Marks called him on and Warners. 

IFBO, Tiffany, Gotham, Columbia phone and asked him to testify In 

Gfeiver and Security aro open to the curxent litigation. On replying 

Marks Bros! that he could offer no material evl- 

Denylng the Marks claim that Fox dence against B. & K.^ ,he says 

each year produces only 14 features Marks said he could testify anyway, 

suitable for Class A theatres, Katz | and that "a good vacation would 



"The Mysterious ;Lady.' 

Criterion for Talkers 

liOS Angeles, July 17. 
•West Coast Theatres will' reopen 
its Criterion which closed last week, 
with the advent of Greater Movie 
Season Aug. 18. The policy will be 
a minimum tun of one week at 
popular prices of talkers that have 
had a first run at the Cartbay Circle 



own association, he says, was com 

paratlyely small, and In telegrams 1 ready are on record. In two town* 
sent out to these members he let It where Sunday shows had been pro 
be known that he, is utterly dis- hibited for years and seemed Im 
gusted. with the spirit they are [ possible to revive. Great States 



showing. 



Lutheran Film Service 
Can't Find Pictures 



This will be a first run downtown 

showing. 



claims the Roxy, "the largest and 
perhaps the finest theatire in the 
world and prie of the most widely 
and favorably known," has shown 
S4 Fox features thei past season. 
He estimates the B. & K. holdings 



cost $1,000." 

Offer to Mrs. Paul Ash 

Mrs. Ida Ash, wife oif Paul Ashi, 
said. Marks . Bros, offered, her a 
$9,000 suite In the Edgewater Beach 



THUEE NEW AT F. S. 

IjOS Angeles, July IT. 
Three new pictures go Into pro- 
duction this Week at the First Na- 
tional , studios^"Do Vour Duty,' 



, ' ^, , -^jM^i operating overhead. Thie Lutheran 

starring Charles Murray T^th Eddte pj,^ Division started In September, 
Clme directing; "Scarlet Seaa." dl- | ^ggg, with quite a personnel, but 



went to the right people and effected 
open doors for the Sabbath. , In 
other spots daylight saving was 
fought successfully with important 
assistance frcin stpckholders. There 
are numerous Incidents where the 
stock Issue has been a practical 
life-saver for the circuit's holdings 
In some towns. 

Lutheran Film Division, motion At first cpnslderatlon the $600,000 
picture branch of , the, Li;theran -Qut would be figured to- cost 

Church, will be clpsed for two weeks the circuit $40,000 yearly. But with' 
(July 16-Aug. 4) to allow the staff I riti Immediate need ifor the, money, 
a vacation. The staff consists of Qreat States is enabled to Invest It 
one girl, Adele K. Hertwlg. securely at 6 per cent, leaving a 

Miss Hertwlg is manager and ] 2 per cent, or $10,000* as the cost 



, I hotel, a Rolls Royce, chauffeur and rected by John Fra^ '^^^^^ 
and subsidiaries total 40 theatres l^^j^ service if she could persuade The Outcast, by^Wllllam A. Selter, 1^^^,^ j^j^^ Hertwig was handling 



of the good will Idea annually for 
80 theatres. 

One good spot opened to Sunday 
shows would make up for that alone^ 



In Chicago and 96 all told. Para- husband to leave B. & K. for | starring Corinne Griffith, 
mount, Katz estimates, is Interested Ujarks Bros, at $3,000 weekly. Lou 
In 656 picture theatres throughout | j^pj-,gyjnotf. Ash's former producer, 
the country, with a majority inter- 
est in 300. Of these, he , says, 220 
are supervised by Publix, 



Got More Money 

Edward M. Saunders, western 



QUALITT'S 2 PEATUEES 

stated he also was asked by Marks j Angeles, July 17. 

to break with B. & K. Others who Quality Pictures will put two sub- 
claim they were asked to duck the j^^.^^ j^^.^ production early In Au- 



everythlng, 

The inability to obtain suitable 
I films has handicapped the denomi 
national organization. In four years 



All Saturday Opening* 

Chicago, July 17. 
Baiaban and Katx-Publlx theatres 



it was able to obtain but three films in Chicago will all- change to Sat- 
I for Its purposes, despite the abun- urday openings, effective Aug. 11. 



B. & K. employ and work for Marks ^^g^ Pauline Garon and Bud Shaw dance of play dates. Two of the 



are Ben Serkowich, publicity man 



manager for M-G-M, stated he sold | ager; Frank Cambria, Will Harris 

and Jack Partington, producers. 

Bill Hollander, advertising and 
publicity manager for B. & K., of- 
fered the Marks Bros, newspaper 
advertising as refutation of their 
claim that they haven't - been, able to 
get' good pictures^ Hbllander'3 "affi- 
davit quotes such punch .lines as 
"world's greatest picture," "most 
hilarious comedy drama ever re 



West Coast Motion Picture 
Directory of Players, Direc- 
tors and Writers 



will have the leads In "Must We filma were foreign-made. 
Marry," and for "Broken Hearted" Its original film, "Martin Luther,' 
Agnea Ayres will be one of the has played to approximately 3,500,- 
leads. [000 paid admissions. 

Frank Mattison will direct from 
continuities written by Frank Hill. 



In-Between Talkers 



Titles by 

MALCOLM 
STUART 
BOYLAN 



FOX 



cprded," "the picture the world has a year's absence In Africa, 

been waiting for." The list was Paramount officials have not yet 

complete from Oct. 3, 1927, to June seen the film results of the African 
9, 1928. . I trip 
Marks' Claims 
In counter-affidavits filed by 

Marks Bros, it is claimed that there films has been shown and are with 

was an open film market In Chicago held from the complainant; that the 



AFBIGAN FHiU I No policy has been determined 

Los Angeles, July it. fpr Loew's, Louisville, and Loew's, 
Ernest Scholsade and Morlan Providence, due to open in Sep- 
Cpoper returned to Hollywood after | tember. 

Both houses share the confusion 



SENSATIONAL DANCERS 

Four Covans 

Featared with 
VANCUON and MARCO'S 

V - YAL i. E R 1 DE A**: 



and Indecision presently effecting 
the Loew Circuit because of the 
talker problem. 




JOHN F. 
GOODRICH 

FREE 
LANCING 



until 1926, at which time B. & K 
Is claimed to have sewn up the 
market; that the defendants have 
formed an unlawful monopoly to 
prevent competition; that said 
monopoly has been furthered by ac- 
quisition of theatres by producers 



product left by B. & K. Is not suit- 
able for first-runs; and that no 
under-cover attempts were made to 



Hasten Sound Comedies 

Switch of release dates brings 
first Christie coniedy with, sound 
out a week earlier than originally. 
'The Dizzy Diver," Billy Dooley'S 




Senator 
Theatre 
Sacramento 



Spcclallzlngr in 
Originals, Adnptatton!) \r\th 



ORIENTAL SEniNGS 

Available for Technical Work on . 
Oriental, South iSeas and Alaskan Pictures 

RALPH PARKER 



•/o "VARIKTY," L. A. 



and distributors; that other pro- Meroff, prize Marks m. c* was ap 

ducers and distributors have been preached by Publix, "William Mor 

coerced under threat of boycott not rls, and B. & K, representatives to 

to lea.se films to certain independ- break his contract; that Frank 

ents; that producers have refused Masterman, now working for B. & 

to lease their products to the Gra- K, as m. c. under the name of 
nad^Wd^ MarbW <^^^ 

than $2 000 weekly and exhibit them break his Marks contract by B. & K. 

instead in .small B. & K. subsid- William II. Benham, assistant 

laries for as low as $75; that the big United Statoa attorney general. In 
producers have a 10-year contract 1 charge of the federal anti-trust 



have B. & K. employes dodge their first aooustic, Is out Aug. 11, In- 
organlzatlon in f avoir of Marks stead of 18. "Hot Scotch," with 
Bros. Jack Duffy, Is set for Aug. 18, in 

Further, it is claimed that Benny | stead of 25. 

At the same time the first Bobby 
Vernon • whole show comedy 



Avith B, & K, for all releases with- 
out stating how many; that al- 
though Universal has sold its output 
to B. & K., practically none of the 



proceedings against several of the 
defendants in Washington, w*as 
present at the opening session, with 
three other federal men. 



(silent), will be ready Aug, 11, in- 
stead of 25. 



MAESTRO 



OF 



CEREMONIES 

CHARLIE MELSON 



^^^^ --^^ 

Tire RETURN KNOAGBMBNT OJj' 

HOWARD EMERSON 

AND HIS VKBSATII.K SHOWMANI-Y OKCHESTBA 
1VIERRICK THEATRE, JAMAICA, L.. I. 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



L. A. Isl Run Houses Largely Benefit 
From Promotion by Producers 



Inside Stuff-Pictures 



. . • Los- Angeles, ,.Tuly 17. . 
Tlionfiands of dollars are spent 
annually by producers on the coast 
in assisting the first run theatres 
Qt Los /Angeles tb exploit their pic- 
tures: 

The managewient of the six first 
run picture houses here have be- 
oome so accustimed . to the pro- 
ducers offering their help and 
money to put their pictures over 
that their chief worry now. is not 
how much money the theatre can 
afford to advertise the picture, but 
how much they can mtike the pro- 
ducer spend. . The theatre's press 
.agent has also fallen into the 
groove of. laying down, on the job 
to expect the studio puhliclty de- 
partments to furnish him with 
ideas to exploit their particular pic- 
tures, and even go so far as to 
plant stories in the local dallies. 

. The persdnstl appearance gag 
has been worked so much that it 
ceases to become an attraction for 
a liOS Angeles audience, yet, , in 
spite of this, the theatre demands 
the producer have the entire cast 
bf the. picture present at the open- 
ing night or throughout the run 
of the picture, even though that 
particular picture Is scheduled for 
but . a single week; 

pine independent producer run-, 
ning his pictures in a first run 
. house that advertises its vaude- 

viile and not the picture, took it 

upon himself to spfend three times 



the amount he received in rental 
for the picture, by 24 sheets, hand- 
bills and placards throughout the 
town. This effort resulted ' in 
boosting tlvc box o.fflce receipts, 
which after all meant nothing to 
the producer in convincing the 
rest of the world- that the picture 
was sulficiontly merited to play 
every theatre in tke country. 

Many of the big line produciers 
have herctoforie declared it a waste 
bf money to blow their own horn 
in their honie town and have 
withdi-awn from co-operating finan- 
cially and morally to boost their 
pictures in I-os Angeles. Yet they 
have Invariably recaHed this edict, 
chiefly, because of vainglory and 
the persuasion of the various first 
run theatres "to assist them in put- 
ting the picture over. This gives 
the big theatres an unfair advan 
tage over the smaller houses, who 
are forced to pay for advertising 
accessories. : 



Hot Weather Box 

Office Magnets 
Will Always Be 
Found in 



Talker W. C. Houses 




E 



PRODUCTIONS 

DISTRIBUTED BY 

FOX 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
On his return from New York 
Harold B. Franklin announced the 
tentative reopening of the Cali- 
fornia, San Francisco, operated by 
"West Coast Theatres in conjunc 
tion with Publix, for. Aug. 4. 

Opening attraction will be Von 
Stroheim's "The Wedding March,"^ 
with the Aug. 4 opening contingent 
upon "The Wedding March" syn- 
chronization being completed. 

Broadway, Portland, openis simul- 
taneously with "The . Wedding 
March" on a run basis, Fanchon and 
Marco Ideas how playing Broadway 
being transferred to the, new Port- 
land (Publix) there. Coincidently 
with Fanchon and Maix:b stage 
shows replacing Publix units at the 
Seattle, Seattle, the Fifth Ave., Se- 
attiei also inaugurates a long run 
feature policy. 

West Coast Theatres Intend to re- 
open the Belmor.t here with talkers 
when wiring is completed. 



The tremendous amolmt of talk of the talkers has a^^^^ed up pictuio 
selling. Even the Independent distributors are feeling it. The talk has 
percolated into the smallest places. Little exhibitors in these SPO^s te 
salesmen in all seriousness that they are waiting to see what may develop 

from the talkers. , , * + „„ 

An exhibitor with a lone house In a very small mid- west town, A\heio 
he can't gross over $250 weekly with a turnaway, told oYie salesman It 
would be useless to try to sell him at present as he was considering hay- 
ing his house wired; that his people were demanding the latest novelty 
and if he didn't do it his trade, might ed to a larger towii 20 miles away 
where a theatre w'as being wired. , ^ ^ * 

The salesman asked the exliib to sit down and they would figure it out 
First telling him that his house would cost $6,500 at the lowest to be 
wired, the salesman then went into the rest of It. With the final outcome 
that the theatre, if wired, would have an overhead exceeding. Its possible 

^Tdmitting the figures, the exhib said he would still think It over as he 
must do something about the. talkers. , 

The old Pathe studio at 134th street and Park avenue, dismantled a 
couple of seasons ago, has been re-equipped- by a syndTcate headed by 
Benny Burke. It is now called Manhattan Studios and has 12 sets. . 

The old Spitz Studio in Harlem is now a furniture store, another floor 
having been built on. One studio at Fort Lee lias maintained equip- 
ment. Cosmopolitan in Harlem and : Vltagraph 'in Brooklyn are still 
available to independents. 

That '-Where the Hell Am I Heading?", advertisement of some weeks 
ago in Variety Is still echoing. It appears that the trade . ijapers of 
kveral Industries picked it up as also applicable to their trades. In 
the July 1st edition of the "Laundry Age," an issue of 244 pages, that 
trade paper devoted an entire page to the reproduction of the oxhibiter s 
adwtisement and Joe Schenck's answer as they a,ppearcd In. Variety. 

'The "Laundry Age" also gave editorial mention to tlie ads. It urged 
laundrymen to apply the statements in the advertisements to their own 
business, paraphasing Schenck's "best picture for success" to best ser- 
vice by the laundries. 
The "Age" also commented: 

Something of a furor was created recently by the appearance in 
Variety of a. letter written by an independent exhibitor of moving 
pictures. The letter was published In paid space. Daily papers and 
trade publications caught up the gauntlet and answers have been 
brisk and copious; among them, however, that of Joseph M. Schenck, 
also published in paid space, stands out preeniinent. 

Many communications hav9 reached LAUNDRY AGE calling atten- 
tion to these letters. One writer said: "The similarities between 
the motion picture business and the laundry business is very evident 
as can be seen by reading these letters. The things brought out 
include poaching on the other fellows •ustomers, obsolete equip- 
ment, heeded Improvements, etc." Another wrote: "Point by point 
they deal with the retailers' woes. , These are curiously like the woes 
of the laundryowner." Feeling that both letters and these typical 
comments on them will interest laundryownera everywhere, they 
a^re produced herewith. So vividly are they phrased and so frankly 
complete that further comment is oniitted. 



UNIONS TOLD TO 
CUT SCALE 20% 
ORESE 

New Orleans Mgrs. Ass^n 
Sends Sharp Letter — 
Poorest Biz on Record 



Now Orleans, July. l7> 
Managers here are going to the 
mat with the local unions in their 
insistence of a lower wage .scale. In 
a letter signed by A'^ictor Meyer, 
new manager of the Orpheum, and 
acting president of the New Or- 
leans Managers' Association, a de- 
mand of 20 percent reduction in 
salaries is asked, the cut in wages 
to take effect at once. 

The letter states, that if their de? 
mand is not acceded to the Strand . 
and Globo will close around Aug. 
15, along with about 10 suburban 
houses. 

A new contradt with the unions Is 
to be signed Sept. 1. Unless the 
demand for a reduction is met every 
house in New Orleans may close. It 
is reported. 

"With practically every tlieatre 
here running at a heavy loss this 
summer, the town is experiencing 
the worst show business in Its his- 
tory. 



GHARLEYMYERS 

The Boy With the 
RUBBER LEGS 

Now with Fanchon and Marco's 

**MAkS" IDEA 



HOME-MADE FILMS 

Local Critics' Club Turning Out 
"iSix Appeal" 



When First National's "Lilac Time" comes into the Central, New York, 
Aug. 3 it will have photophone ( RCA) sound accortipaniment. The switch 
from Firnatone, Western Electric's Vltapho'ne ('disk) system, occurred 
, after J. P. Kennedy connected with F. N. . 

Score and effects fo'r the Colleen Moore picture are understood to have 
been practically completed by the Victor Talking Miachine Company with 
Photophone now retracing- the sound to place it on its film track. RCA 
is reported to have asked Victor to release its prepared score for the 
remake, but this Victor refused to do. 



Master of Ceremoniea 

WALT 

ROESNER 

CAPITOL, NEW YORK 



Lassiter Bros. 

Eoamin' with "Roman Nights" 

July 5-11 
Portland Theatre, Portland, Ore. 



Syracuse July 17. 

"Six Appeal," a romantic comedy 
by Yvonne Cryne, was put into 
production here this week aS the 
first effort by the Cinema Critics' 
Club. The film is being made with 
an all-member cast and by an all- 
member technical staff. 

Rural scenes were taken at New 
Woodstock in Madison County and 
at Shore Acres on Cazenovla Lake. 
City sequences will be made in 
Syracuse. The club has W-illiani K. 
Saxtoh, managing director of Loew's 
State, where the film will be shown 
later, as consulting director. 

Jean Cleary, Robert Brown, Will- 
iam Newcomb, Mrs. Ella Jost, Mrs. 
Walter Eaton and. Mrs. Agnes L. 
Walter are the sextet of principals. 
Walter P. Mcintosh, vice principal 
bf Syracuse North High School, is 
directing. 

R. William Rlanmyre is tlie 
cameraman. — — 



DICK 



MARGUERITE 



SAUNDERS and JONES 

DANCERS 

Wrm FANCHON AND MARCO'S 

"HI-YALLER IDEA" 

Dick Saunders, Master of Ccrcmonle* 
■ at Loew's State 



Besides the difference in the width of the fllna between Movietone and 
Photophone, "King of Kings" Is said to have had other troubles at the 
Rivoll, New York. The house, wired with Western Electric equipment 
which amplifies by horn, saw fuses burned but four times on the 
opening Saturday of the Photopho'ned "Kings." This was due to that 
device's extra power which normally is relayed to the audience by back- 
screen cones, as prescribed by the RCA system. 

Jerotne Rosenberg, in Buenos Aires, picked up "Variety" which men 
tibned that Waiter Reade owned and Is bpei-ating the Savoy,. New York 
(on 34th street). Jerome wrote back as a matter of accuracy that both 
he and his brother, Walter (Reade), jointly own the Savoy. . 

So many stoties of the incompetency or dumbness of picture super- 
visbrs cbme back from the coast that one expects to hear another such 
story whienever the word supervisor is mentioned. 

The stories run much alike, all tending tb sho'w that most supervisors 
are a decided liability to picture producers, but rather a prize tale.caine 
out the other (Jay abotit a sleigh. It was needed for a fadeout scene in 
New Jersey. 

A fellow in Hollywood, said to own the only sleigh out there, was sent 
fo'r and demanded $15 for the use of his sleigh In the snow scene. The 
supervisor haggled with him, saying that $10 was the accepted price for 
a sleigh and he would not pay another cent. It was rejected by the 
sleigh's owner, who stated he could not afford to transport the sleigh 
_ V ,'„. ..(Continued on page .31) .. ^ _ L 



EVANS 



and 



WEAVER 

FEATURED WITH 
FANCHON AND MARCO'S 
"Hi-YALLER IDEA" 



STADIER and ROSE 

FEATURED WITH 

FANCHON AND MARCO'S 
"SPANGLE IDEA" 



< IIA.S. 



rEUGT 



HUFF & HUNT 

SENSATIONAL DANCERS 

Stnrtln? Third Conoeoulivc Tour with 
Fanchon and Mnrco 
NOW WITH 

"MARS" IDEA 



\ ■ 



GAMBY-HALE GIRLS 

SCORE GREAT TRIUMPH IN DEBUT AT 

PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK 

In Frank Cambria's *'WEST POINT DAYS" Uni' 



Dances Devised and Staged by 



MARIA GAMBARELU (GAMBY) AND GEORGIE HALE 

Gamby-Hale Dance Trained Units in Preparation for Publix Productions 





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UNIVEBSAL'S. DE LUXE PQODUGTION POa 1928-29 



iG^vorld'Vide publieily that lias rcsaljed 
iDGcausc of this announeemenf-lias 
vastly inercascd tlic value of her 
brthGoming pictures whieli i n el ude 

TWE LAST VADNIMG' . . . ^^ONE I^AINY 
N 10 t-IILJDANO EDOUS: DIMPLES." 




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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 




— ''mtii we have hooUeirFOX 
100%"— — That's what all wise 
showmen are doing this season. 

There's no question about who's 
got the PROFIT PICTURES for 19X8^29 



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is your 0fie 




Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



27 



Literati 



"Show Girl" by McEvoy 
J. P. McEvoy, author of "Show 
Girl," that looks doomed to pop- 
ularity, has written a review of 
his book as he thinks a Variety re- 
porter would wise crack over it. 
The self -annointed notice which 
may be sent out generally read&: 
"Show Gii-l," new novel-revue 
authored by J. P. MciEvoy, 
Americana-slinger, long awaited 
as low-down pn the merry- 
merry and Mazda Lane, is mak- 
ing whoopee on aU best-seller 
lists. Book attracting high-hat 
trade, witli heavy literati angle, 
and also" being gobbled up by 
gum-chewers. 

The publishers, Sihion and 
Schuster, also responsible, for 
the Cross Word Puzzle, Story 
of Philosophy, "Trader Horn" 
and Bambi rackets, report first 
edition of "Show Girl" cleaned 
out on cracK of gun, and big 
new printing under way and 
don't mean maybe, with book- 
stores all along Main^ Stem 
plastered S. R. O. Stand up biz 
at all emporiums. Loud belly 
laughs from even ten-minute, 
eggs among reviewers and raves 
from carriage trade and In- . 
telligentsia. 

Chorines at Ziggy's, \yho have 
not seen a book since Walter 
Kingsley trapped them into 
buying "Jurgeri," are clamori^ig" 
for copies of "Show Girl" on 
report tliat McEvoy t'ells All 
and plays fast and Anita Lops 
with night clubs, tabs, and lead- 
ing Broadway shbwmcn dis- 
guiseu as EppUs and Kibbitzer. 
"Show Girl" dripping with sell 
and strong on s. a. 

Story of "Sho'w Girl" centers 
around Dixie Dugan, : hottest 
little wench vrho ever shook a 
scanty at a t.b.m., and packs 
big dramatic wallop, with high 



There Is No Substitute for 




STAGE-BAND 
ENTERTAINMENT 



Known as tbe 



'TAULASHPOUCY'' 



PARAMOUNT 

THEATRE 

NEW YORK 

Indefinitely 



"EXCHJ8IVEI.Y COLUMBIA 
BECORPINd ARTIST" 



comedy flashes. It's a wow with 
acceijt on "it." 

"Liberty" copped first serial 
contract on "Sliow Girl" for 
sure-fire news-stand smash. 
First National, by fast wo"rk, 
grabbed off .flicker riglits for 
early September release. 

Variety hears ; under cover 
that Ziggy is flirting with revue 
possibilities of McEvoy opus for 
spectacular Americana produc- 
tion.; Understand Ziggy first 
attracted to book because of 
flock' of telegrams reproduced 
facsimile in text; Rumor of . 
Clarence Mackay bidcking is 
out. 

"Show Girl" is In. 

Early. 

About tlie single thing Mr. Mc- 
Evoy muffed over his entertaining 
non-gold digging story is the de- 
ecrlpfion in it he gives of a ghost 
writer on a tab. - That the tab re- 
ferred to' is. Macfadden's "Graphic" 
need not be mentioned. McEvoy, 
\yho gained most of his observa- 
tions about revues, dames, dress 
rehearsals and chumps from per- 
sonal experience in the show and 
motto side lines, speaking of a tab 
ghost writer, said: 

"The lowest form of astral life." 



bean manner and contains a real 
17th century paneled mantel. The 
furniture is all of the 17th cen- 
tury, including a refectory table 
which Long considers so valuable 
nobody's feet are allowed to repose 
on it. ■ . 

The private office of Charles 
Hanson Towne, editor of "Harpers' 
Bazaar"; William Frederick Bige- 
low, "Good Housekeeping," and H. 
J. Whigham, "Town and Country," 
are also gems. Like Long's dug- 
out, that of Blgelow also has a 
fireplace. The boys are wondering 
whether it's the correct thing to 
have a fire in it . even in the 
summer. 



Hersey as Pepper-up 

Harold Hersey, former supervisor 
of thel Macfadden magazines, has 
made a new connection. Giving 
up the attempt to secure a string 
of publications of his own, Hersey 
has joined the Eastern Distributing 
Corporation, publishers of pop 
magazines, as edUbr-in-chief of 
its publications. . 

Hersey's Immediate job , will be 
to perk up the weak sisters of that 
magazine family. 



Page Winchell^Quick : 

Harr-y Hershfleld may be the first 
ethereal Broadway columnist at 
real coin— $75, COO per annum— ac- 
cording to an offer from the Cpluih- 
bla Broadcasting System in the 
Paramount building. Hershfield's 
business mentors, King Features 
Syndicate, Inc.; is holding but . for 
$100iOOO, although they do not figure 
in any percentage split, being con 
cerned miereiy in protecting the 
staff cartoonist's interests. 

Hershfleld saj^s it's a lot of 
money and thinks that the 15-min- 
ute niglitly spiel for flve nights a 
week=i deserves the 75 g's. 

Besides, , that'll be something no 
other Broadway columnist can 
claim. 



Covici-Friede, Now 

Donald Friede, who recently 
stepped out as vice-president of 
Boni & Liverlght, has teamed with 
Pascal Covicl, under the name of 
Covici-Friede, to pilbllsh books. 
Covlcl, who used to publish books 
under his name in Chicago, will 
remain in New York to direct the 
new firm. 



That "Mirror" Sal© 

Everything comes but sooner or 
later. A suspicion that W. R, Hearst 
announced a dummy sale of his 
new York "Mirror" . to Alex. P 
Moore is substantiated by the re- 
port that Walter Howey will return 
as managing editor of the tab about 
July 20. At the same time, Vic 
Watson, currently m. e. of "The 
Mirror." will move back In that 
capacity on Hearst's New York 
"American." 

Wlien Howey goes in, Hearst will 
oiitwardly. resume ownership, it is 
said. Just what was the object 
behind the Hearst-Mobre "Mirror" 
announcement isn't known. First 
report was that Hearst wanted "The 
Mirror*' under another direction in 
order to send it against Al Smith 
during the campaign. Another was 
the advertising end. "The Mirror" 
has been starving for business. 

Howey was formerly with Hearst 
for many years, making a big name 
for himself in Chicjago and else 
where, Leaving Hearst, after reap 
ing a comfortable fortune in stock 
Investments, Walter joined with 
Verne Porter to syndicate a number 
of trade papers., Porter also was a 
former Hearst staff man, at $700 a 
week. 

Something arose to cause the dis 
solution of the Howey-Porter as 
aoclation. Porter remains in charge 
of the trade paper operation, with 
Howey lately withdrawing, recelv 
ing the amount of money he had 
put into the proposition. The syn 
dlcation had been financed by a 
downtown banking firm,, fpr general 
purposes. 



Quirk's Admission 
Ja'hies R. Quirk, publisher of 
"Photoplay," and who bought 
"Smart ,Set," the confession-story 
mag, from Hearst recently, is the 
first to admit that the confession 
type of story is slipping badly. 
Both his publication and Macfad- 
den's "True Stories," the leaders 
in that field, are said to be losing 
circulation at an alarming rate, 
with the result that Quirk will, use 
regulation third-person fiction In 
"Smart Set." If that gets across, 
he may throw out the confession 
thing altogether. . • . . 

Macfadden's contemplating new 
monthly conservatively titled "Red- 
Blooded Stories." 



Drama Editor Now Titling 

Edith Bristol has resigned as 
dramatic editor of the San Fran- 
cisco "Gall" (Hearst afternoon), and 
started on titles for Fox July 16. 

Fred Johnson Is temporarily 
handling dramatic news, but in 
October, following the closihg of 
the opera season, Marie Davidson, 
musical editor. Will combine drama 
reviewing with her other duties. 



Summer Attraction 
Film Road Show 



UNWED 

mmm 



Percentage 

Booking Anywhere — Send Dates 

SAMUEL CUMMINS 
Publix Welfare Pictures Corp. 

723 Seventh Ave., New York 



$5,000 for Nite Club Expose 

Mrs. Park Benjamin, of the Park 
avenue set, who' Is Writing an ex- 
pose on nite clubs and hostesses In 
the New York "Evening Graphic/? 
is said to have been paid $5,000 for| 
the series. Mrs. Benjamin alleges 
to have secured most of her infor- 
mation when presiding as the chief 
hostess In a nite club of her own in 
New York. Ptevlously she had made | 
a stage appearance, after consider- 
able publicity. 

The Benjamin nite club stories 
are of the Usual sort, with a dis- 
tinction, inasmuch as the woman 
pre-proclaimed an Intention to pub- 
lish a list of free spenders who fre- 
quent the nite resorts. This would | 
otherwise be known as a sucker 
list. 



Lightweight Bankruptcy 

George Halasz, conducting Con- 
tinental Features, a new service, 145 
West 45fh street. New York, Is in 
voluntary bankruptcy. No assets ] 
and owes $2,973. 



Death or Nothing 

One of the explanations offered 
by a local scribe after the publica- 
tion of Variety's story about Ray 
Woods, who jumped off the Brook 
lyn Bridge three times without get 
ting much attention from the press, 
is that the event was covered by 
graduates of the Columbia. School 
of Journalism. 

They didn't figure it much of a 
.story since . Woods didn't get killed, 



The Johti Drury who authored 
"Chicago In Seven Days," guide- 
book to that town, published by 
Robert McBrlde & Co., Is of the 
editorial staPE of the Chicago 
"Daily News." 



Leo Marsh has succeeded Joseph 
Mulvaney as dramatic' editor of 
Hearst's New York "American." 
Mulvaney will continue with the 
"American" on assignment work. 



Editors de Luxe 

. ,A ny -ng ^the. film exec u ti ves' of 
fices have nothing on the private 
sanrtiim .sanctcjriums of the editors 
of the chief Hearst magazines in 
the new Hearst building at 67th 
street and 8th avenue. 

An especial beaut is the private 
retreat of Ray Long, editor of 
"Cosmopolitan." It is one of those 
things paneled in oak in the Jaco- 



Louls Lorraine to do two series 
for Universal— "The Difimond Mas- 
ter," by Jacques Futrelle, and "The 
Final Reckoning," by G. A. Ilenty. 

slack =^NeiHonr-nf>w-dlroct-inR-.the-S^e^^^ 
rial "Mystery Rider," will direct the 
two. 



D. W. Grlfnth has begun roh^-arsals 
for "The Love Song" at United Ar- 
tists. Formal start set for next 
weelc 




CARNIVAL NIGHTS' 



A Publix (White) Unit 

PTbdac'etf^atfid Staged by 

JACK LAUGHLIN 





AND 




ATHLETES WHO ARE DIFFERENT 



F. L. 



BUCK 



and 



J. W. 



BUBBLES 

in "A VARIETY OF VARIETIES" 

SARCHE 

THE LITTLE PRINCESS 
OF SYNCOPATION 

Thanks to MAX TURNER 
WILLIAM MORRIS OFFICE 

JOHNNY DUNN 

DANCING UKULELEIST 

stopping All Shows at « 

ORIENTAL THEATRE, CHICAGO 
Personal Direction MAX TURNER 
WILLIAM MPRRIS OFFICE 

FRANCES REINNE 

PREMIER DANSEUSE 





Neely Edwards has been .signed by 
I Universal for "Show Boat." 



Now a Special Feature and Director of 

"SUNSHINE DANCERS" 

with JACK LAUGHLIN'S "CARNIVAL NIGHTS" 



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VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



A Daughter of Destiny 

(Continued from page 15) 

this side or In America, is to the 
Buroseat art Ihcati-es. 

Opona with a plothoi'a of captions, 
■wortly antl involved. Someone has 
tried to be intellectual. These are 
cut through a sequence of a doctor 

. lecturing to' students. For about 
four reels the film grips and is 
capably directed. Gonvent arid cir- 
cus sequences are? well done and the 
dramatic value is kept Up. • Then it 
■wanders, loses itself arid goes all tp 
pieces to erid incohbrently. Possibly 
due to. bad editing. 

Chief weaknesses are the vague 

motive of the characters arid failure 
to provide a logical or even a isatis- 
factbry climax. A girl (Evelyn) is 
brought uiD vvithout knowledge of 
her criminal parentage by a. doctor 
Who has theories on heredity. She 

.breaks out of a convent, iriduces a 
youth to steal for her, elopes with 
him, leaves him for a circus owner, 
tames lions, takes another lover, dis- 
covers what her parentage was, un- 
dergoes a soul transf ormjitiori, the 
doctor tries to kill her, and she 
Anally falls intq the arms of a good 
young man, apparently regenerated. 
Central idea, that only evil can come 
out of evil, is badly worked out. 

Brigittc Helm's Acting does not 
convince in the later part of the 
film ; her sinister and even vicious 



expression Is not affected by the 
pr«'.sumod inner change. Paul "Weg- 
ener is impressive and nothing 
more; John Loder i.s undi.stinguished 
and Petrovitch has almost been 
edited out. May do well In high 
class theatres, but not likely to be a 
.success anywhere as a general re- 
lease. J'Vaf. 



QUICK TRIGGERS 

Indcpctidont westorn, de.slKtiatoJ r"UdnBe 
Rider Series," bearing". brftnd of Lnivcr.sal 
Thrill Co. Directed- by Ray Taylor. Story 
by Basil Dickey, adapted by Al PIvar. 
Cameraman, Al Jones; titles by Gardner 
Bntdford. Ertarrlnp Fred Humes. Dcrelys 
J'crdiro leading woman. .Wilbur. Mack, 
heavy. Half of . double bill, .Npw York 
theiitre, pne day, July «. iluiinlng time 
03, minutes. 




Brisk action western Avlth strong 
low comedy incidentals and sure Are 
on both counts for the juveniles. 
Made on tlie familiar formula of 
land shark who uses gang of cattle 
rustlers to break the rancher so 
he can grab his land. Total, Just 
half of double bill as at Locw's:New 
York. 

Here .the familiar routine is some- 
what varied, by making the lieroine 
the daughter of one of the rustlcr.s, 
which creates some confusion in 
telling, the story due to the .neces- 
sity of Justifying the otiiies of sucli 
a situation, involves labored ex- 
planation that heroine'.s father was 
I compelled to obey the land shark 
In whose power he found himself. 

Explanation is vague and unsatis- 
factory and device lllnstratea use- 
lessness of departing frorii the old 
hokc. . . • 

However, the comedy of western 
types, including a fat boy who rides 
mule and some incidental shots 
of a parrot and a goose who get 
mixed up in a general fight, good 
for laughs. Climax of the film Is 
flst fight between hero tind heavy 
which runs into a lot of footage 
and Is. well worked up . In back- 
ground and situation, even If the 
two pi-inclpals do fake their ex- 
change of blows pretty crudely. 

Rush. 



! mademoiselle from Armentierres 

(BRITISH MADE) 

Produced by Gamriont (England) and 
released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 
Directed by Maurice Elvey from story 
credited to Victor Fabllle. Titles by Ralph 
.Spenoe. In cast: Estelle Brody, John 
Stuart. At Loew's Lincoln Snilare, New- 
York, June 30-July 4. Running time 65 
minutes. 



KING 

for a 

DAY? 



Man in the Rough 

JT30 production and release. Starring Bob 
Steele. Dlrec(e<l by Wallace Vox. At Co- 
lumbus, New York, ono day, July, T, <l.T)e 
half of double bill. Running lime, ubout 
00 minutes. 



casi Is called upon to do anything. 
It isn't a bad picture by any means, 
but neither Is it distinguished. 

Title "Jazz Mad" has no connec- 
tion, however roundabout, with the 
story. Ijond. 



Mecihanical adherence tp the niost 
conventional of the western story 
rutfl fits "Man In the Rough" fpr 
little more than some of the fastest 
grinds. ' 

Bob Steele spcrids;his time getting 
bounced on the head in a mine 
cabin, and again In the no-good as-: 
Bayer's - ofllce. The galloping game 
of tag along country roads thus 
prevails. 

Steele's greased curley hair and 
saccharine smile, always on the map 
when the crippled miner's daughter 
is present, do not contribute one 
Iota towiFiTd exploitinf3r the title. 
Anything but the title's rough baby. 
A couple, of scraps are as sti'reO- 
typed as the rest of the production. 



DISCORD 

(SWEDISH MADE) 

Swedl^h-Hlograph Company production, 
released In . America by PathP. Directed 
by Uustav Molander from stovy by Paul 
Merzback. Lll bagovor and Oosta Ekni.inn 
fe.nlurcd. At S.'ith Street I'lnyhouso, Xi'w 
York, iveek of July 7. Running lime CO. 
minutes. 



APACHES OF PARIS 

(FRENCH MADE) 

X'fa production, directed by "Mnlikoft from 
the novel by Francois Carco. Foreign cast 
unknowrt In America, At Broadway, New' 
York, week July y. Running time 03 
minutes. 



This British version of the war 
song and its 6.00 naughty verses 
makes Mademoiselle shine forth 
from the screen as an up-stager, 
who serves only beer, lets only one 
lad kiss her and then marries him 
right after. 

Newsreel cut-ins interspersed In 
about two reels of war stuff add 
realism but also distract by the 
contrast between their hazy photog 
raphy and the brilliance of the 
story print. 

An outstanding shot In "Mademol 
selle from Armehtierres," flanked 
with 1915 Material, is the boys go 
ing oyer the top in a way that 
eclipses any one moment of such 
action in- "The Big Parade" or 
"What Pride Glory." 

Over half of the production con 
vinces the.-average audience, espe 
cially one of war vets, that the 
thing Is a burlesque on the scrap 
It is nothing but one round of crap 
shooting and beer drinking, with 
the keep-your- distance from the 
buxom dame, played quite well by 
Estelle Brody. Taken over for dis 
tributlon by M-G-M the original 
print, apparently, was well chopped 
down and Ralph Spence's pepping 
up • treatment applied. Spence 
shows a remarkable tendency to 
give the British the break. In titles 
at least, for winning the war. 

This miEiy be "The Big Parade' 
for England but it will never get 
beyond soriie of the; poorer second 
runs In America, unless deliberate 
advantage Is tiikcw of its - excellent 
title. 



A picture in^ what, for Europe, la 
the "lighter mood." It aoncerns the 
marriage of ,a society girl from 
London to a big brawny son ,of 
the Swedish log country.. She ia 
restless In her northern home and 
returns, at her husband's thought- 
ful suggestion; to visit with her own 
kind In I/ondop. 

There she is engulfed in a round 
of society doings, forgets to write, 
and Is in the act of posing as Lady 
Godiva ip a charity show when the 
Injpulsive brute from Sweden ishows 
up. In his shocked condition he 
forbids her participation In the 
show. Husband ' and wife quarrel 
and. she declares that he is and al- 
ways will be a. pea.sarit. 

Lll Dagover, fairly well known 
on this side, notably among the 
pseudo-art devotees, is the London 
wife. Gosta Ekmanri suggests a 
combination of Tom Santschi and 
Thomas: Meighan. Gliva Berg; play- 
ing the big boy's kindly aunt, is a 
great . type for sentimental old 
ladles. 

Production Is pretty fair and the 
picture holds interest better than 
many of the Imported opuses. It 
is neither arty nor novel except 
in background, and it apes the Hol- 
lywood technique very openly; Land. 



JAZZ MAD 



Universal production and release.' Star- 
ring Jean Hersholt. Directed by Harmon 
Weight Irom, an original' story by Svend 
Bade.. Jn cagt:. Marlon Nixon, George 
Le^fflsi Alfred Hertz. Charles Clary. At 
Loew's Circle, New York, One day,, July 6 
Running time, 58 mlns. ' 



Dealing with a proud mu^dan 
who composes a symphony while 
supporting himself by leading a bur- 
lesque orchestra in a sawdust night 
club, this story Is Interesting as a 
plot Idea away from the common 
place and with strong "natural" op- 
portunities for synchronization. Unl 
versal did not give it the production 
It deserves. . It has been handled 
without Inspiration In a dead mono 
tone and will be simply another 
movie, 

Alfred Hertz and the San Fran 
Cisco Symphony Orchestra are 
brought Into the action. The musi 
clan, humiliated arid discouraged 
has sunk Into a state of mental tor- 
por and despair. The doctors be 
lieve that if he can hear his sym 
phony played It will revive his zest 
for living. Friends arrange with 
the symphony director and the 
piece is played, with the desired 
effect resulting. 

The performance of Jean Hersholt 
Is splendid and arouses, anew the 
pity that this fine actor is so con 
sl^tently ■ burled under third-rate 
productions. No one else iri the 



Although screen-labeled Ufa (Ger- 
many) this is - advertised by the 
house as -a Fi-ench inelodra.ma. 
Background, types,, riialceup, tech- 
nique, etc., corroborate the French 
origin. For a straight prograni re- 
lease it is easily one of the best 
French filhis here in a long while 
and IS good enough to get into the 
better houses, although not de luxe. 
It might easily, with bright ex- 
ploitation, prove a money propo- 
sition. . ■ . 

The title ought to help and the 
picture should be interesting to 
American audiences because of its 
Parisian locale, the. Moulin Rouge, 
b£lck alleys and whatnot. Big city 
stuff generally clicks iri the small 
own box offices. 

Photography good and while the 
cutting is a trifle Jerky now and 
then, ■ it's a, pretty smooth job in 
toto. The customa,ry French fetich 
for blue eyelids, stenciled lips, etc., 
has been happily toried <lpwn. The 
pictiire is of a very fair production 
level throughout. The director is 
billed simply as Malikoff and he is 
apparently also the leading man, 
although the credit title loaded with 
foreign and multi-syllable names 
was confusing. 

Malikoff (if he is the hero) Is a 
good looking chap of pronounced 
Continental appearance. A certain 
masculine mental vigor saves him 
from, the suggestion of" effeminacy 
i:hat his almost-toor-good looks bring 
up. The leading lady is a pip blonde 
and new to this side. The picture 
is characterized by iriteresting 
types. ■ 

Even- the story is possessed of 
elements of originality. It opens 
with a conferen^ of International 
reformers. They mention in praisie 
of their own efforts reforms in Tur- 
key and China. Stating that their 
operatives had to give up trying to 
reform Chicago because of the 
physical hazards, tlie reformers de- 
cide to send a committe^i of three 
to look into the Paris situiatlon. 

Throughout the picture there' Is 
an effort to kid American wowsers 
and prohibition. An amusing tech- 
nical flaw typically French is the 
American girl who goes to Paris 
with the investigators. She blithely 
lights a cigarette in a cabaret after 
the matron of the piirty has vigor- 
ously ordered mineral water Instead 
of wihe. The French evidently are 
unaware that the real bona fide 
Yankee crusader regards, the Insid- 
ious coflln nail aS only one step be- 
hind Demon Rum. 

The leading man Is the classy 
quick-thinking leader of a ga:ng of 
Apaches. Their mental superior he 
Is at con.stant odds with his cronies 
and they fall out over the "ques- 
tion of the Ariierlcan girl's jewels. 

The -Hollywood closeup system 
has been generously employed with 
results that tend to recommend Its 
further adoption by foreign film 
makers. . 

"Apaches of Paris" is better than 
fair. , Land. 



a couple of good eeraps, makes thia 
a worthwhile second-runner. 

Tom Tyler finds being hard 
boiled a little too easy. His bold- 
ness borflers In spots on what the 
average audience may Interpret as 
personal conceit, 

The minister's daughter also fig- 
ures In this one, but the main In* 
terest Is In the much worn angle 
of the bad man, who really is the 
guardian of. the law just enjoying 
a little diversion at the bartonder- 
boss' expense. : 



SACRIFICE 



(GERMAN MADE) 

Produced by Pel In er & Somlo. Released 
In U. K. by "W. . A P. Co. Directed by 
Carmliie Gallohe. Story by Norman Palk. 
U. K- releaa*, April 22, 1020. Censors' Cor-, 
tifldate' A, Previewed - at. Marble .Arch 
Pa'vlllon, July' 2. .llunning time, 102 rnlns, 
Anna, Sumlnskl. . , . . . ... . ^ . .Olga "Tscliekowa 

Paul, her eon.. R. Szuberla. 

Gaston Lcreau .' . . .Hnns .Stuw* 

Pedor Komllow... ....H'jnri Raudln 



A curiolis production. In parts. lt 
seems affected by the Ufa complex; 
in other places by the French and 
Italian school of five or more years 
back. 

Some good sequences of a. snow 
chase, and others of fighting in 
similar locations between ra'valry. 
A wild Paris cabaret sequence Is 
also well done in thS sense that it is 
sexy and leggy. Otherwise, the 
story is feeble and the direction 
old-fashioned, Gallono can evidently 
do crowd stuff much better than 
he can handle individuals. He gets 
nothing like as much out of Tsche- 
kowa as did Dupont in "Moulin 
Rouge." : 

Fedor Kbrnilow, Captain in the 




When the Law Rides 

TTBO production and release. Tom Tyler, 
■tar. Directed by Robert Delacy from 
■tory by Oliver Drake. In cMt: Jane Reld, 
Prankle Darrow. Joshua Thurston. At 
Stanley, N. Y., one day. Running time, 
aJiout 55 nilnutes. ' 



Good Arizona desert stuff, with 
poison water and mirages, open.s 
"Wlien the Law Rides." Generous 
ariiount of story Interest, including 



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Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



VARIETY 



29 



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IT'S ALL TALKING PICTURES NOW, throughout the entire 
show business , of this country. 

Nothing has so thoroughly occupied the mind and attention of 
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Talking Pictures affect every branch in some manner, either 
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THEY TAKE IN EVERYBODY, and especially talent. 

THE TALKERS NEED TALENT 

AND HOW! 

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Talent that never expected nor hoped to be in a picture. Tal- 
ent that any one would have said never could make the screen. 
BUT THE TALKERS ARE DIFFERENT. 

And Plays— and Scripts— and Stories— and Originals— 
and Producers— and Ideasr-all besides Talent, and plenty 
after those 

THE TALKERS NEED THEM ALL 

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BUT THEY MUST ADVERTISE THEMSELVES OR WHAT THEY HAVE 

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Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



FILM R E V I E W S 



VARIETY 



31 



Imperial Russian guard, is snubbed 
by Anna, prima ballerina, and, being 
- Russian screen villain, vows re- 
venge. During the Revolution he 
becomes an officer of the Reds and 
has Anna's husband shot. Escaping 
with her child, she Is caught be- 
tween the two armies, her sleigh 
falls Into a shell hole and she loses 
her child, subsenquently found by 
Komilow. Anna haunts a Polish 
town seeking news of the lost boy, 
hears he is In Paris, goes there and 
finds It is another child and tries 
to commit suicide In the Seine. Her 
rescuer, Gaston, falls in love, with 
her and she lives with him till meet 
Ing Komllow at a cabaret and find 
tog he knows the location of her 
•on. She is forced to go away with 
him as the price for her child. Gas- 
ton discovers what is to happen, 
holds iap.vKornllow, gets the address 
of the clhld and goes there with 
Anna. Finds child has already been 
taken by Komllow, and there fol- 
lows a race for the Russian frontier 
to save the boy, Kornilbw is 
drowned trying to cross a frozen 
lake and Gaston saves the qhild 
froip the broken ice. 
. Comedy touches are inane, and 
taterlors are better than the interi- 
ors. Will do fairly well here but 
would be better trimmed down to 
*0 minutes or less. For America, 
will need fixing to avoid the censors, 

Frat. 



this adds to the attraction. Jan 
Storm, Norwegian actor, is the nice 
young man. The scene in the clouds 
is well done and there are some 
excellent effects In the toy land. 
Renoir has produced this picture 
with good taste. It should . find a 
ready market for houses where the 
youngsters congregate although It 
Is a production on the advanced 
school lines. Kendrcto. 



The Fighting Red Head 

FBO production and relea.sc. Starring; Buzz 
■Barton. directed, by Louis King from 
screen story by Frank Howard Clark, Koy 
Bsllck, cameraman. In caat: Bob Fleming, 
Duane Thompson, Edward Hearn. At 
Stanley, one day, June 5, Runnlne time, 
00 minutes. 



Bachelors' Par adise 

Tlltany-Stahl production and relefise. Dl 
fected by George Archalribuud, trom story 
by Curtis Benton. Sally O'NelU starred. 
Chester Lyons, cameraman. In ■ cast: 
lUlph Graves, TSddle Grlbbon, Jlnimy 
J'lnlayson. ' 'At Loew's New York one day, 
July 11, . halt double bill. Running: time. 
About IW minutes, 



One unnecessarily weak seciuence 
right In the middle of the footage 
breaks the story back of "The 
Fighting Red Head." Aside from 
an innocent blacksmith turning 
shamefaced when the sheriff arrives 
shortly after he finds the body of 
a deputy who has been shot by the 
bad man, there Is the usual hokum. 
.Audience gets restless when the 
blacksmith takes the blame for no 
reason other than apparent self- 
consciousness. • 

Aside from an unusually weak 
and disintegrated story, Buzz is the 
same as usual, doing the same 
pranks, climbing chimneys, discov- 
ering the money aind saving the 
girl from train, hooking the bad 
man. The only thing deprived him 
Is exonerating the blacksmith. The 
deputy comes to long enough to do 
that. .' 



The scrapper who makes good 
tecause of the girl theme is. han- 
dled in a roundabout way . in 
"Bachelors' Paradise." The pro- 
duction Is exceptionally good >h 
«pot3, ring stuff and street brawls. 
As a whole the story is fragile, 
being allowed to drag in several 
reels. A worth-while cast bolsters 
this up to the fair program enter- 
tainment class, 

Bowery atmosphere throughout, 
with too much footage devoted to 
hack tenement- house incidents 
Sally O'Neill effective as disap- 
iwlnted bride after scrapper she 
has nursed to health gives her gQ.- 
by. Winning battle and getting 
into money, fighter (Ralph Graves) 
tinaps into it. 

Fast" pie-throwing battle brings 
6ouple together. 

LITTLE MATCH GIRL 

(FRENCH MADE) 

Paris, July 1. 
Listed as a producticn of P. 
Braunberger for the Sofar Film 
Company, sympathetic fairy story 
Of Hans Christian Anderson has 
been favorably translated by Jean 
Renoir. 

Released In Paris, under the. local 
title of "La Petite Marchande d'Al- 
lumettes," It has Karen, little girl 
in destitute condition, selling 
matches. Nearly all refuse to buy. 

New Year's night in a northern 
city (somewhere in Scandinavia) 
and she takes shelter from the snow 
within the light of a fashionable 
cake shop, where she is noticed by 
an aristocratic youth. 

but the shopkeeper has Karen 
driven away and she stumbles with 
fatigue some dlst-ince off, where a 
well, disposed person sends her some 
cake which his dainty dog has Just 
declined to eat. ... 

Fearing to retiirn home empty- 
handed the wretched little creature 
remains on the, street, trying to keep 
her hands warm by striking her 
own matches. She falls asleep in 
the snow and dreams of the kind- 
dom of toys, where the good look- 
ing young man she had previously 
attracted in the cake shop Is wait- 
ing to meet her. He carries- her 
into the sky; but the youth is killed 
by a dragon while protecting her. 

This shock awakens the dreamer 
and she finds the rich young man 
bending, over her in real life. Out 
of pity he picks up Karen and takes 
her to his own mansion nearby. 
. Simple, poetlc.al, charitable , yarn 
which the name of Hans Anderson 
will aid much . Is appealing to the 
movie fans. Catherine Hessling, 
now a , European st.ar, holds the 
role of the Little Match Seller and. 



POWER 

(GERMAN MADE) 

■ Produced presumably ^y UFA,, alihoiigh 
no screen credit given producer or dis- 
tributor. Titles and editing by Joseph 
Flolsler, Directed by Robert Wlene. In 
cast Bmll Jannlngs and Hannah Italph. 
At fiSth Str'eet Playhouse week July li. 
Running time about SO mlns. 



Thus, as from the title, all is for- 
given. 

Jacquet Is the sympathetic lover, 
ably supported by Simone Vaudry, 
as the girl-mother undergoing all 
sorts of hardships for the false step. 

Playing is by no means a feature 
of this somewhat Indifferent pro- 
duction. Nevertheless, there raiay 
be a number of fans on th^ small, 
time circuit who will find pleasure 
in sitting out this dramatic "East 
Lynn", on modern lines. JCen<fre«. 





Hal Roach's Max r>avldson. Com- 
pany has started Star comedy. Fred 
Guiol directing. Mairion Byron, Gor- 
don Elliott and Anita Garbln In sup- 
port. 

Brooks Benedict added to "Moran 
of the Marines." ,. 



Tiffany-Stahl borrowed Dorothy 
Sebastian ftom M. G. M. for "Devil's 
Apple Tree," directed by Elmer 
Cliftdh. South Seas story made in 
Hollywood;, production starting thfrS 
week. 



An antique from foreign .shelves 
when Emil Jannings was not so 
good, ' lighting effects wel-e worse, 
and the old-fashion elements of so- 
called drama prevailed on the screen-. 
Better for "Power" had it remained 
in hiding. 

■ In its arty form, "Power" Is 
stretched into a dream of what a 
laborer could do if he did what Edi- 
son did — only keeping the secret in 
his own hat. ■ • 

Nothing dramatic or awe-inspirr 
Ing. Flat describes it, despite the 
efforts of the title writer to have^hls 
work provide the continuity. 

I GREASED LIGHTNING 

Ted- Wells (Rough Rider Series) produc- 
tion, released through I'niversal. Di- 
rected by Ray , Taylor, from story by Wil- 
liam • Le.ster, In, cast:. Robert Mll.asch, 
Myrtis Crlnley, Walter Shumw.ay. At 
Loew's Nc* York one, da.V,' July 11, half 
double bill. Running time, 45 minutes. 



Any western could be titled 
"Greased Liphtnihg" for all tliat it 
means to this production. 

A lot of forced .comedy which 
could be cut out and released un- 
der another title drags this one 
into feature length. 

New girl, ranch boss, crooked 
lawyer-cattle-ruistler and the theme 
that cowbojt fans know in their 
sleep is. projected. A little poorer 
tlian in the old way. 

Okay as a filler in the grinds. 

PARDONED 

(FRENCH MADE) 

Paris, June 22. 
Nicea Corporation is responsi- 
ble' for this romantic picture. Tech- 
nical work is perfect with some hne 
photographic effects by Bayard. 
Scenario is, a bit rocky and the 
production ,fr.om that point of view 

is not O.. K. ■ , ^ ^ 

It Is- of the novelet order, about 
a young engineer courting a seam- 
stress, the latter considering she 
is not getting sufllcient attention 
from the youth absorbed by bis, 
dally labors. She runs off with her 
employer who abandons, the girl 
when she becomes a mother. 

Then the young engineer, .having 
made a fortune, locates bis former, 
Bweetheart, goes to the rescue^and 
marries her, now bei"^ .^^/jy^^^,?^ 
himself is the father of the .baby 
which has caused all the trouble. 



Edmiind Breeze addeid "Conquest" 
for Warners. Michael Cuirtlz direct- 
ing; ' 

Mary Philbin's next for U, "The 
Summer Shower," original by Llona 
Fulop. 

Earl Fox:e added to ^'The Fox." 
Fox; Charles Klein directing?. 

Starting date on "The Love Song" 
to be directed by D. W. Griffith has 
been delayed again until Aug. 1. 
Reason attributed to waiting for 
installation of movietone equip 
ment. 

For the exterior scenes of "The 
Rainbow," Reginald Barker will 
take a troupe of 400 persons into 
Death Valley. 

E. Mason Hopper will direct 
Douglas MacLean in "Th©: Carna- 
tion Kid" for Christie. 

-riffany-Stahi will make "Maud 
Muller," from the Whittier poem, 
as a two-part color classic. Prls- 
cilla Bonner will play thie title part 
Howard M. Mitchell wiU direct. In 
support, William Dillon, Allen Sears 
and ElinOr Vandeveer. - : 

Jack Oakie with Paramount on 
term contract. 

Martha Mattox added to Estelle 
Taylor's next for FBO, not yet titled 
Ralph Ince directing. ■■. 

Joseph Battinelll back in Holly 
wood after four years in Italy. 

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Jack Raymond added 'to "The 
Shakedown," U. Directed by Will 
iam Wyler. 

M-G-M's "Thirst," starring John 
■Gilliert,' and to be directed by Bill 
Nighi^will go into production about 
Aug. 15. 

Frances Marion is writing, the 
script for John Russell's "The 
Pagan" for M-G-M, starring Ramon 
Novarro. Edmund Gouldlng will 
direct. 



Inside Stuff— Pictures 



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back and forth with any profit for himself, under 115, what the other 
studios had paid him. As the sleigh man left the auporvisor turnec^ to 
Some yes-men around, saying: "Th.it guy thihk's I'm a chump, ehT 
Fifteen dollars for a sleigh." 

The next day when the snow scone was to be taken it was discovered 
that the sleigh dug up by the super .was of the .lRussian high back variety, 
When attention was called to the incongruity of a Rus.si.in .sleigh in New 
Jersey, the producer of the picture agreed, called off the scene until the 
following day, when the picture was finished with the' $15 a day sleigh 
used instead. 

Total lo'Ss to the company over tlie ?5 efflciency super, ?2,200. 

Ah actor returning from the coast gave his impression of a quickie aa 
iagainst a regular made pioture. In the regul.ar or class film" production, 
he says, the progress of the making is closely followed by the staff. Re-, 
takes may be ordered or conferences held over the rushes. 

With a quickie the ever standing order is "Hurry it up;" An apparent 
gap may occur or a blunder be committed for easy sight, but the boss 
says; "Never mind that;, keep . working." And the quickie is finished 
within eight days. 

This by an. independent producing, company seemingly eager to imr 
press the trade thai it is mo%ng forward, always improving Its product 
and, an announced desire to rank juist. below the first line of producers, 

, Max Eilenberg, a retired lithographer, and his brother, Isador Eilen- 
berg, machinist, whom he brought ovei* from Russia two yearis ago, 
have perfected a new novelty film pro'cess. They converted their home 
in Richmond - Hill, L. I., into a laboratory, made their own dyes, ma- 
chinery and everything and last week shot/their first short subject. 

All their neighbors collaborated on shooting the picture, acting as 
atmosi>here, gratis, and in several Instances .giving free use of their 
homea foV 'scenes. The Eilehberg process, is -entirely a laboratory 
matter. 



Charles Chase is making another 
two-part comedy at Hal Roach's, 
with Ed Kennedy and Ruby Blaine 
as the principal support, Hal Yates 
is directing this story of club life. 

Paramount has .renewed, Ruth 
Taylor's contract. 

Richard Alexander and Harry 
Woods added , to .."Leif .the Lucky, 
Technicolor. 



JESSE CRAWFORD 
ORGAN CONCERT 

PARAMOUNT THEATRE 
NEW YORK 



WEEK JULY 14 



*IN MY BOftUET OF MEMORIES' 

(Jerome II. Itomlck) 

"CHIQUITA" 

<I*» r<>l»t. Inc.) 



"MEMORIES- OF FRANCE" 

(Watcrson. Werllfl & Snyder) 

"SWEET SUE" 

(.Slinpiro, JtomBtoln, Co.) 



Many ttiankf. io WIM. HARRIS nnd VICTOR YOrNC for a 
hit Ilk«» ",<»WKOT .SDK" 



Tom Santschi added to "The Sky- 
wayman," H. J; Brown directing. 



There wag need of a little pursuaslon onvth© part of Tiffany-Stahl 
to get the Albany-Hudson river s,team,boat line to permit Tiffany's 
cameraman, Al Ansbacher, to take shots aboard one of , its vessels. 
The scenes are for -Tiffany's picture, "The Albany Night Boat." 

The night boat company has not always received desirable publicity 
from the funny men in musical comedy and vaudeville and was leary 
of the film. Tiffany convinced them the story of the picture was in- 
nocence itself. • 



A story is being told on the west coast of a series of tests supple-, 
mentary to' those held by cameramen of several kinds of film, the inore 
recent ones In, the east. The tests In the; west primarily were for the 
determination of the relative values of incandescent and carbon lighting 
but developed into a stiff competition as to respective merits of film. 

The eastern tests were for a purpose new in the ken of film men— to 
determine the respective qualities of two' prorninent brands for record- 
ing sound. Two production companies, large ones, were interested irt 
the results. The larger of the two, If anything, is a regular customer 
of the smaller of the two raw stock makers submitting to the testa. 
The other production company had been "off* of the stock of the lesser 
manufacturer for nearly three years. Nevertheless It took so much in- 
terest In the result that it sent from the west coast two .of its expierta, 
the head of its camera department and a laboratory man. 

The tests were. duly held, and as a result the producer who for three 
years has been fighting shy of the particular raw sto'ck now Is "on," 
isolidly. 

The over-size Victor records used, on the Vitaphone and other syn- 
chronous talkers can. only be played 18 times. That means, at least two 
..set.s of disks for a weelc's engagement of a subject based on an aver- 
age of five screenings per day, which is lo'w. 

Welfare Clubs with sick fund benefits liave. been organized among 
the house staffs of Loew's theatres in Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans, 
Houston and Birmingham. Members pay in dues. 

The idea was originated by Lionel Keene, 80Uther_n_divlsLonjmanager. 

Paul Kolly, former stage and screen actor, convicted of the murder 
Of Ray Raymond, legit actor in Hollywood last year, and Dorothy 
Mackaye Raymond, wido'w of the slain man, convicted of withholding 
evidence during Kelly's trial, are slated* to appear July 28 before the 
San Quentin prison bojard to have their terms of Impri.sonment definitely 
sot 

Kelly was sent tb the big house for from one to 10 years, and the 
widow for from o'ne to three years. Advices received in Los Angeles 
from San Quentin during the past few weeks are that the former 
Dorothy Mackay^ has taken on considerable weight since starting her 
prison -term and that she is quite reconciled to any fate which the prison 
board might mete out to her. . , 

Pending appeal Miss Mackaye served 10 months In the Los Angeles 
County jail, which does not apply on her , minimum sentence. 



the independent market Is making 
his nrst, titled "The Big Hop,".'<?lth 
sound effects and dialog. 



Ruth Elder has taken her test 
for "Moran of " the Marines,." In 
which she plays opposite Richard 
Dix. ; ■ 

.Tamea Tinling will direct Victor 
McL.iglen^ln "iSlack Gang," Fox. 

Arthur Lubin in lead of "Eyes of 
rndcrworld,'* Universal. Leigh Ja- 
.son directing.. Bill Cody and Sally 
Blaine in cast. 



John Westxiirood and Marion Doug- 
las will play juvenile leads in "Pa- 
tiehce," starring Belle Bennett for 
Tiffany-Stahl. Direction Wallace 
Worsley, 

Paul Perez is titling "Captain 
Swagger" for Path©.. Finishing, he 
will return to Tiffany-Stahl for sim- 
ilar work on "George Washington 
Cohen." 



Ted Wells has started "Born to 



the Saddle" for Universal under di- 
rection of Joseph Levigard. Players 
are Duane Thompson, Byron Doug- 
las, Nelson McDowjJll, _David Dun- 
bar, Benny CorbelT. •. 

Otis Harlan added to Unlversal'a 
"Show Boat" as. Andy ilawkes. 

Fred Kelcey, Tom O'Brien and 
Harry Northr.up added to "The Last 
Warning," . Universal. 



Paramount'3 "Canary Murdeir 
Case," with William Powell, Lpuiso 
Brooks, James Hall and Ruth Tay- 
lor, is set for production Aug. 15. 



Production on "The Shakedown 
.started at Universal City with Will- 
iam Wyier directing, . Made with 
Movietone. 

Lois Moran assigned by Fox to 
play opposite George O'Brien In 
"Fog." Flr.st picture to be directed 

4)y^-=.CJiarle3^JKa£ia-^-hls._new^ 
tract. 

Fred Koln^y and Tom O'Brien 
.added to "The La.st Warning." U. 
Paul Lcni directing. 



Matt Taylor and llona B^ilop on 

scenario s?.fifr at Universal. 



Buck Jones now producing a 
.S'Ti'^R of four wc-stcm features for 




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VARIETY 




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VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



Gordon & Woods Dissolving as Keith 
Agency-Ranked in 1st Five for Acts 

Dave Gordon Becoming Keith Producer— Joe Woods 
Associated" Family" Connections on Both Ends 



Gordon & Woods, Keith agency, 
yriU dissolve before Aug., 1. Fol- 
lowing the dissolution as an agency, 
Daye Gordon will become a Keith 
exclusive producer with his present 
partner, Joe Woods, associated. . 

The Gordon & Woods agency, 
comparatively o£ the newer agents 
booking through Keith's, ranked as 
among the five leading agencies ^n 
that office, rated according to com- 
mission recfeived through the Col- 
lection Agency checks. ^ 

Gordon i.<3 reported to have been 
advised , to discontinue the .agency 
by Keith executives. At the same 
time he was .informed, that a pro- 
ducer's franchise would be granted 
hinri. Gordon is said to have told 
the Keith me^l he wanted to take 
in his partner, Woods, in associa- 
tion. ,No objection was interposed. 

The Gordon-Woods agency iaiban- 
donment was foreseen through the 
"fannily. connections" on both its 
ends. That waj the principal cause 
of its formation about two years 
ago; With the incoming Kehnedy- 
Murdock administration of Keith's, 
Gordon & Woods became listed 
through their relatives, the ones who 
were responsible for their joint 
start as agents, 

Dave Gordon . Is a brother of Max 
.Gordon, once influential in the for- 
mer Orpheum Circuit; Joe Woods is 
e brother of May Woods, former 



head of the Keith fifth floor or small 
time department. She recently left 
that post. Max Gordon still re- 
mains with , Keith's. 

Neither Dave Gordon nor Woods 
had had vaudeville agenting exper- 
ience prior to their .designation as 
a Keith agency, Joe Woods had 
been a Keith oVClce booker, with 
Dave Gordon handling niostly en-? 
gdgements for burlesque troupes 
and also producing. 

Whll£ operating as a Keith 
agency, Gordon produced aljout 15 
acts, which he owns. He Is en- 
gaged to marry one of the Barr 
Twins. 



PALACE'S 75c. MATINEES 

Chicago, July 17. 

Besides the 1,0Q0 reserved bal- 
cony seats selling for all perform- 
ances at 60 cents, the Palace, Keith 
two-a-day house is offering 500 
main floor seats for Monday to Fri- 
day matinees at 75 cents. 

In effect for the summer. 



NEW M. P. HEADLINEES 

Chicago, July 17. 

Balaban and Katz have a new 
list of headliriers for the next six 
weeks — Waring's Pennsylvanians, 
Phil Baker, Ted Healy and Jackiei 
Coogah. 



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for Any Division of the: Screen or Stage 



ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE 



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Branch Office or to 
"VARFETY," 154 West 46th Street 
New York City, U. S. A. 



CLASS DANCE TEAMS 
NOT OVER-ABUNDANT 



Ranrion and Rosita at the St. 
Regis hotel roof, New York, are set 
for the Schwab & Mandel "New 
Moon" operetta. 

Another dance team for Broadway 
is Marjorle m:os3 (Moss and Fon- 
tana) . and Ted Trevor, formerly 
partnered with Diana Harris (Mrs, 
Trevor). The Trevors are divorc- 
ing. Miss Harris retainihgr .custody 
of the child. 

Georges Fbntana la managing a 
riite . club in Rye, N. Y. . Trevor, 
who was to have taken bver the 
management of Saks' 5th Avenue 
department store's aviation depart- 
ment, decided to stick to dancing. 

Basil Durant, another .dancer, 
formerly teamed with Barbara Ben- 
nett and others at the Club Lido, 
New York, has reth-ed profession- 
ally. He is In charge 0:f Saks' 
men's clothing department at the 
5th avenue . store, going abroad 
thrice annually , on business. Dur- 
ant's marriage to a society woman 
at. Southampton, L». L, has been an- 
nounced for early August. 

Ramon a,nd Roslta are In at the 
St. Regis on a percentage arrange- 
ment with a guarantee. 



What Palace Booker 
Missed Conlin and Glass? 



Chicago, July 17. 

Conlin and Glass close, here at the 
State Lake this week and hop im- 
mediately to San . Francisco where 
they . embark . for Australia. The 
vaude Oouple will play vaudeville 
there , for Willlamson-Tait. 

Contract calls for 10 weeks with 
an option for another 10. They. sail 
from the coast July 26. 

Their first Vitaphone record i.s 
current at the Strand, New York, 
held over with the entire canned 
bill this week.* 

Tl>« act has yet to play the Palace 
on Broadway. 



Paramount Starting Talknig Short 
Production in Volume on Coast 



HOOKINS LET OUT 



Nan Elliott in Charge of Chicago 
Office 



Chicago, July 17. 

Charles. E. Hodklns wfis dismissed 
from the managership of the local 
Pantages ofllce following a visit here 
by Alexa;ndef Pantages and Edward 
Milne. - . 

Nan Elliott, formerly assisting 
Hodkins, Is announced as the new 
local representative. Don Prince of 
the New York office, Is here but 
says he will not take over the local 
office. 

Pantages'. activities h&re have 
been at a standstill for some time 
with no lotal theatres on the books 
and only one or two acts booked out 
of Chicago every week. Previous 
to taking over the office several 
years ago, Hodkins operated the 
Hodkins circuit of theatres, the 
strongest in the south. 

Pantages ; is reported ready to 
start a drive to acquire midwest 
theatres on a booking basis. His 
last Chicago stand, the North Cen- 
ter, was lost two years ago when 
the house went presentation. , 



A report has been aro.und in New 
York that Pantages' Chicago office 
might 6e abandoned and its work 
transferre'd to the New York Pan 
agency. 



Mexicans, Sans Publicity, 
Brody in Portland House 

Portland, Ore., July 17. 

Lerdo's Mexican Tlpica orchestra, 
engaged on a goodwill tour of the 
U. S., played fouc lilghts and mati- 
nee here last week to very poor 
business. Harry. Fitzg'erald was 
manager of the tour. 

Billing lacked appeal ajtd no local 
theatre could be secured, which re- 
sulted in showing at^ the Audito- 
rium, a local road show nightmare. 



Greeley Sq. Off Vaude 

Loew's Greeley Square theatre. 
New York, is now scheduled to. play 
only straight pictures next fall. The 
present vaude-film combinations 
drop out on Labor Day. 

Business in that section Isn't as 
healthy as formerly, regarded as re- 
sponsible for the proposed change. 



OSTERMAN'S CHANGE OVER 

Chicago, July 17. 

After four weeks In Marks Bros.' 
Granada and Marbro, Jack Ostor- 
man has been booked for two weeks 
in the Avalon and Capitol (Na- 
tional Playhouses). . . 

The two independents have fre- 
quently shared both acts and pro- 
ducUons. 



TURPIN'S VAUDE TOUR 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

Ben Turpin will pause for a couple 
of months in his screen " comedy 
making for Weiss Brothers. iTe 
will open a vaudeville tour of the 
south Aug. 11. In TUlsa; Okla. . 

Three pictures In his series li a ve 
been completed. 



SAXE'S 2 MOVIETONES 

Charles (Chlc> Sale. Has ■• been 
signed by Fox to make two or 
more Movietone short aubject.s. 

Sale loft New York for Holly- 
wood last Week to report on the 
Fox lot. 



Choos Stops Young 
Plimmer's London Jaunt 

Walter Plimmer, Jr., was figura- 
tively yanked off* the • gangplank 
last Saturday when George Choos 
put thumbs down on his sailing to 
London with the. "Good News" com- 
pany. 

Plimmeri several months ago, 
signed with Choos for "Sky Blue." 
Figuring he cOuld work in the trip, 
he also put his signature on the 
London docket; Choos, -however, 
getting back fro.mV England the 
night before Plinimer 'was to sail, 
called . up the actor's father, indie 
vaude booker. 

When, young Walter went to the 
liner the next morning he found he 
was shy a labor permit. 



I. M. Halperin, associated with 
James R. Cowan Irt the Publix The- 
atres* production department here, 
leaves for the coast in a few days 
to take chargre of Movietone pro- 
duction of ^orts in the Paramount 
studfps un(Rr B. P. Schulberg. it 
Is reported Halperln's first assign-, 
ment is to comb the ranks of the 
film players under cbi^ract to Par- 
amount, determine their eligibility 
for talking pictures; and produce 
as many shorts as possible. 

It . Is estimated that the name 
value of some, of the Paramount 
stars- will carry sufficiently to gain 
ready circulation IC produced in 
talkers. 

Numerous tests are . to be taken 
oh the Paramount lot to find peo-, 
pie with suitable voices for talking 
sequences in Paramount full length 
talkers. Following this first can- , 
vass. It is understood that the 
search for material will continue 
outside the studios. : 

Paramount is to enter the short 
subject production field in tjilUors 
on a large scale also with tlie in- 
tention of having enough material 
for the Publix and Loew theatres. 

Competition for quality act.s for 
shorts now becomes very sharp, 
.with Fox, Warner BroSi. FBO, Par- 
amount and possibly M-.G-m! all 
intending to produce.. This field 
was hitherto limited to Warner 
Bros. 

Kcith-Orpheum Vaudeville acts 
are the first to be stopped from 
making shorts. The new clause in 
the. contracts issued by the Keith 
booking office is to the effecU that 
all acts intending to rhake -shorts 
must first submit themselves to 
Keith's. If not required for Photo- 
phone production,' they will be al- 
lowed to produce for others. 

If • production of Paramount or 
M-Ci-M talking shorts is carried 
out as extensively as now planned, 
it is believed that a clause similar 
to that in the Keith contracts will ' 
bo planted for vaudevillians play- 
ing Loew ixnd Publix affiliated clr- 
cuit time. 



Lyons & Lyons Sit In 

^ Phil Tyrrell of Lyons & Lyons 
agency has been given permission 
by A. J. Balaban to sit in on the 
Publix booking meetings. 

Heretofore this privilege was ac- 
corded only one agency, William 
Morris', with attendant complaints 
by other agents. 



MOSS AND MONTANA TEAM 

M. S. Bentham has liooked Moss 
and Fpntana into the "Noel Crawford 
revue, "This Year of Grace," the C. 
B. Cochran production which Arch 
Selwyn will present on Broadway 
in the fall. 

Bentham avcr.s Mos.s and Fontana 
will be reunited for the Broadway 
production. Miss Moss is currently 
in England. . 



IRVING COOPER'S CLOTHES 

Irving Cooper, for. many years a 
Aitude agent, presumably has with- 
drawn from show activity com- 
plex ly. Cooper has become the ojj- 
prator of a Now York tailoring esr 
tablislunent In the 50s. 

Cooper . Was a member of the 
ori.airial Empire City quartet. 



Nattova Okay 

Natlucha Nattova, her broken 
ankle mended, reopens for Fox in 
Washington this weel\. 

The dancer fractured her ankle 
on a Puhli.x tour and wa.s incapaci- 
tato'l for two months. 



Chicago, July 17. 
Frank Smith, formerly of the 
Orpheum, Champaign, nu replaces 
John Nash as- manager oC the 
Palace hero. 



Bankoff Back as Act 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

Ivan Bankoff, producing a.cts on 
thi.^ <'oa.st, is returning tp vaudeville 
wiih a fomwie partner. 

Art opens for PantagcK povo thi.e; 



EDWARDS AT SARATOGA 

Oua Edwards' "Rltz Carlton 
Nights" la on a month's vacation. 

It reopens Aug, 1 at the Lido Ven- 
ice, Saratoga, foi the racing season. 



Eddie Leonard "And Shiiberts 
Fddie Leonard may {?o with the 
Sluiberls, They are dickorin.-? with 
tlio blackface comedian for liio Mc- 
Int.vro and Heath show. 



Niagara Stunt Brings 

Small Stage Offer 



Buffalo, July 1,7. 

"Over Niagara Falls" as a, stunt 
is apparently no more productive' of 
publicity than a Steve Brodic off 
Brooklyn Bridge. Jean Albert Lus- 
sier, who successfully weathered 
the trip oyer the Falls In a rubber 
ball on July 4, has hardly had a 
tumble from any theatrical interest 
and is now contemplating another 
trip in order to cash in. 

Two days after negotiating the 
Falls, Lussier was offered $250 for 
a couple of days' appearance in a 
Niagara Falls theatre. Upon the 
advice of two Falls newspaper men 
who were undertaking his manage- 
ment, he demanded $5,000 for an ap- 
pearance with all takers walking 
out on him cold. A few days later 
he wanted to renew negotiations 
with the original offerors, who then 
refused to deal. To date he has 
Tjeeh unable to ge /tebklhg arid 
most of hi-s income has come from 
autographing souvenir post card.s on 
Niagara Falls street corners. ^ 

He Is now reported about to re- 
turn to his home in , Springfield, 
Mass., where he was engaged in 
selling stove poli-^ih. First he stated 
he would repeat the stunt for $100.- 
000. but later in the week the figure 
liad been raised to $300,000, with no 
takers in sight. 



T, F. McCoy, former exploitation 
rtianager for West Coast Langley 
circuit of Los Angeles, has joined 
the .Schine Enterprises, circuit 
people in upper Now York anil Oliio. 



Aaron Kessler Declared In 

Aaron Ke.'isler is now nssoci.iled 
wiiiv Ham Kessler and Sam Hose, 
vaude producers, 

A .joint oHire will bt» opened 
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VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



35 



TALKI N G SHORT DETAI L 




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BITING ACOUSTICS 



A girl speaking to Vincent 
Lopez at his Woodmansten Inn 
roadhouse, mentioned theacou-- 
stics. 

Her " escort complained they ■ 
had been biting , him all night. 



fiobbins' Tbief Detector 
Gets Poor Box Break 




Loew and Keith Contracted 
for Six Talking Shorts 
Weekly^ — Publix Taking 
Four — Supply Kept Up sis 
: Wiring Finished — ? Each 
House Requires Minimum 
of 300 Talking Shorts on 
Seasooi -r- 300 Theatres 
Playing Shorts 



Straight vaudeville, two shows 
dally, as a policy in Keith and Or- 
pheum theatres, wlU only be in- 
Btalled In houses where the ca- 
pacity will enable the house to show 
a profit, if scaled to meet vaudfllm 
house opposition. 

In the smaller Keith and Grpheum 
houses, vaudeville and pictures on 
a grind policy will b6 continued. 

It Is estlmaLted that not more 
than SO houses on both circuits are 
considered as straight vaudeville 
possibilities for next season. Esti- 
mates are based upon figures com- 
piled before talking pictures came 
Jn to further complicate matters. 

It Is the belief of the Keith heads w ,j ♦v.i 

that reserved seats at a moderate A demonstration will be held this 
admission will be a business.. getter week; for the Keith circuit of a de- , . ^ 

In addition CO straight vaudeville, yi^g whereby a photograph can be The extent of. the use of talking 
J'Names-will figure he^^^ ^l^^^^y attempt Pictures and .hort subjects in place 

effort to rehabilitate the two-a-day, ' j j ^ i _ . ... 

and will constitute one of the most 
serious obstacles. Acts that used 
to headline bills have in many cases 
become passe as box office magnets, 
and still others retaining their, draw.- 
Ing ability have been lured away 



Photophone Foi 


resees 200 Acts for 


Talkiiiga 


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1,200 ACTS DISPLACED 



_ . _ , , „^j" I cause l^ls brother, Hal Robbins, In- 

into Pie rre. houses, musical comedy ^^^^^^ .^^^^^^ ^^-^^ O'Dbnnell, of 

"^he SSSg picture , is another I the HighbH^^ 



a. box office robbery. An alarm I of vaudeville next season^: though 
siren Is set In motion at the same pgri^aps unknown to the Loew and 

t*"^®' , . ■ ■ : Keith booking offices, has been part 

Interested In the detector Is J. A. • . xu i. *• *• ^ 

Robbins, vaude agent. Robbins Is 'y determined through negotiations 
moife than financially Interested be- J carried on wjth Vitaphone for ser 



the corporation. 
Invention came out about a year 



factor to be reckoned and will un 

doubtedly absorb s6me of the stand- I „„t,,„i toet -ora* 

ardmaterlal, creatIng a moreserlous but "^ A^^ actual t^^^^^ 

shortage. Ordinary acts may be , brought to the a tention of^the 
ple:.tif^l but drawing cards- and P^^Uc ^^<i P°^^^f "'^"I C^^^ 

headllners are as scarce as ever. Tk*" 

Theelaborateandpretentiouspro- f/rlne the poor bo^ of the St. ^ _ 

auctions given the • picture house k^^^^pinan C^^^ 



vice. Loew and Keith houses so far 
booked, each for talking shorts for 
six acts or. shorts of Vitaphone 
weekly. Publix houses are booked 
for four shorts weekly. 

Though no total of shorts has 
been contracted for the increase in 
the number of wired houses will 
require approximately 200 or 300 
shorts which Vitaphone is prepared 



FRISCO'S MISFORTUNE 

Frisco started making a one- 
reel talking; short subject and 
wound it up stuttering in the 
third reel. 

Despite thd footage he could 
charge for but one reel; 



Production of Photopbone; shbrta 
is gaining impetus with the report 
that over 20 acts from vaudeville, 
musical ooniedy and the dramatic 
field aire listed for test productions. 

With Robert Kqne in actual 
cha.rge of synchronization of fea- 
ture pictures for FBO, Indications 
are that the production of sborta 
next season will be carried out on 
an extensive scale. 

These Photophone shorts, main- 
ly Intended for Keith theatres, can- 
not be produced fast enough to 
Aftar WinilAltf Poll make the Keith houses altogether 
miCi " lUUUW 1 OU I jjj^jgpgnijent of Vitaphone shorts 

for all-talking bills. With an ex- 
tensive lineup of talent on the 
Keith and Orpheum circuits: avail- 
able for talkers, Kane figures on 
the trading value. 

It Is reportied that next season 
name acts will appear In person on 
the same bill- with their talking 
shorts made by Photophone in many 
Keith houses, which are expected 
to try. a mixed policy of. talking, 
shorts and one or two personal acts 
of vaudeville. 

It is understood that Pathe has 
been definitely selected as distrib- 
utor of the Photophone news reel 



Mabel Clark Dies 



Mabel Clark, 40, who for 12 years 
or m'ore had been playing, in vaude- 
ville with her husband, John Cros- 
by, as Clark and Crosby, died In 
Belleyue Hospital, New York, July 
12 from injuries received in a fall 
from the ninth floor of the Mary- 
land Hotel, .106 West 49th street, 

Mrs. Crosby, whose real name 
was Francisco, had gone to the 
hotel to see a woman costumer re- 
garding her new wardrobe for the 
fall, as she expected to resume 
stage work with her husband 



It was around 11 a. m. of July 10. 
Miss Clark is said to have stood by and may also act as the distribut 



presentations and the use of yaude- 1 , . , , >,.«.^ ♦Wo 

?Ille specialty turns Is stlU another | explode<i f"^^^ 
factor. In vaudeville . an artist fur- 
nishes his own production. This de- 
partment has suffered when convr 
pared to the picture house produc- 
tions. 

Although the Keith and . Orpheum 



Keith houses are wired. 

Some houses starting with 



SlXc 



church. A biell started ringing and: gj^g^;,^ ^ ^eek will require a mini- 
priests ran out and caught Callan. L^u^ of 800 shorts on the season, 
A series of poor box robberies had | jjQQj^g^ several months in advance 
caused the priests to Install the 



system. 

The corporation gave a demdn- 



( Continued on page 38) 



production departments have been ftration for the United Cigar Stores 
dissolved, vaudeville producers will last week and the Sobol filling sta- 
hav.3 to receive the co-operation of j tions also may wire 
hoth circuits In matteris of salary 
setting for acts,.:lf. they are expected 
to put forth t>i'o<iuctlohs that will 
stand up when compared to the 
mammoth and lavish shows In the 
4e luxe picture houses a.t their pop 
scales. 

On the other hand the belief is 




Van Cleye Charged With 
Stealing $4,000 in Jewels | 

Los Angeles^ July 17. 



EDDIE DARLING 




Dallas van Cleve, yaude actor, 
was nabbed by police and charged 
prevalent that the day of the huge I the theft of $4,000 In diamonds 
and expensive presentation Is from Josephine Hill, entertainer, 
■waning and that the picture houses police chafged Van Cleve "^^th | _ . j F-»---.«- 

•re going to retrench, by playing L^efully planning the robbery when 1^7,JjUO inSlCaa Or roriner 



talking pictures and moire vaude- 
Tille. 



Youmaiis Resists Alimony 



he broke Into Miss Hill's apartment 
I after spending the evening with her. 
Van Cleve gave himself away by 
finger prints. 



$17,500— New Way 
to Ease 'Em 



the window to get air while await- 
ing the elevator. As she had re- 
ently been recovering from the ef ■ 
fecit of a nervous breakdown and 
was subject to spells of dizziness, 
the actress became dizzy and top- 
pled out of the window. She was 
taken to Bellevue where an opera- 
tion was , performed. A fractured 
skull, broken legs and-fT combina- 
tion of Internal injuries caused her 
death. 

The last vaude work obtained for 
the act was from the Charles Fitz- 
gerald offices. Bookings' were post 
poned until fall; to permit Miss 
Clark to recover from her break- 
down, her husband went to work 
In. the musical burlesque stock at 
the Tlvpli, Brooklyn, The Crosbys 
for some time had lived ■ at 8824 
23rd avenue, Brooklyn, . 

At first the report was she com- 
mitted suicide but this was later 
refuted by Intimate friends who 
knew that Miss Clark had gone to 
the hotel to see the costumer. 

The funeral was held last Friday 
In Brooklyn with interment In Cal- 
vary cemetery. 

Clark and Crosby did what was 
considered a "wop" act. Prior to 
their vaudeville work they had ap 
pea,red with a number of . the old 
Columbia burlesque shows . 



Percy Bronson's Est. 

Los Angeles, July 17 
Percy Bronson, whose real name 
I was Percy Valentine Ralsbeck and 
^ho died- in New York last Decem- 
ber, left his estate of $7,000 for the 



Chicago, July 17. 
Claiming Vincent Youmans, com- 
poser, had failed to pay her $1,050 
back alimony. Anne M. Youmans 

has filed a bin asking that a cita- _ 

tlon for contempt be brought against I ^ucatlon of his three children. This 
him.. The alimony was authorized -^^3 reveaied In Judge Grail's pro- 
by a separate maintenance award ijg^^g gourt 

recently granted Mrs. Youmans. , "winnie Baldwin Ralsbeck, mother 
George Schein, attorney for You^ L,f {^e children, and her husband's 
Boans, says a bill Is pending asking former vaudeville partner, was 



nullIficaUon of the divorce on the named administratrix, 
(rounds that neither Is a resident Lctor was married three times, 
•f Chicago. 



Eddie Darling, former Keith 
booking chief, returned to New 
York yesterday (Tuesday) after a 
visit . in Europe. Barling's status 
un-der the new Murdock-Kennedy 
regime will be settled by John Foid, 
who will offer the former $17,500 a 
year booking man $7,500 or $10,000 
less than he received when E. F. 
Albee was head of the circuit. 
It Is not believed that Darling 
The late I will accept the reduction and that 



Kennedy's Chi Talk 

Chicago, July 17. 

Upon 
Joseph 

called a meeting of local Keith man 
•eers for a talk almllar to that 
dven the New York group. 
About 66 were present. 



Piazza's Meetings 

. Chicago, July 17. 
Ben Piazza, general manager of I been assigned to book the Palace 



his resignation will be forthcoming 
It will be welcomed by the new 
i'eglme which had made no pro 
vision for Darling In the future 
plans of the Keith circuit 
William McCaffrey has already 



arriving here last week Keith western offices, held booking nctv' York, booked personally by 
P. Kennedy. Immediately | meetings every day last week, lay- Darling since the house was moved 

Ing.out time and considering pros- [into the Keith office from Uie _Or- 
pective acts, 

At present Piazza Is trying to 
take eastern booked acts out of the 
Palace and State-Lake and use 
them for his Immediate midwest 



CflEVINS TUENS OVER ACTS territory. Each act booked In this 

Jack McNevIns, fifth floor Keith manner weuld be routed excluslve- 

i«ent let out with the first batch through Its eastern agents 

When the axe descended, has turned | western repreflentatiye 

•ver-his llBt=of=^act3-to dewge^Mdr- 
Hson, 

Latter smokes hie cigars In Charlie 
Morrison's office. 



HOLMES AT MAJESTIC 

Chicago, July 17. 
"^ohn Royal, general theatre direc- 
tor for Keith's Western, has an- 
nounced Coney Holmes to replace 



40 Weeks for All-Girl Show 
Harry Rogers' All Girl Show has I Tim Crowe as manager of the Ma- 
■tarted on about a 40-weeks' Keith- jestic here 

Orpheum route opening in the Holmes, one of the best known . -k-^uv,' 

west. I theatre men In this section, assumes make bookings abroad on Keith 

Booked by the Morrison office. charge of the house Immediately. ' behalf. 



pheum, whete George Godfirey 
booked It, 

Arthur Wlill, Darling's assistant 
booked the Palace while Darling 
was In Europe. 

The offering of reduced salaries 
to executives who drew big Incomes 
under Albee has resulted In huge 
economies in the administration of 
.the.curxentJKeltfe-QrBhe.\m£|rcin^^^^^^ 
E, G. Lauder, son-in-law of E. F 
Albee, accepted a cut from $50,000 
to $35,000 yearly. It Is said, and sev 
eral minor Incumbents received cut.s 

in proportion. 

Before Darling left on his ,^ re 
quested vacation, he was Instructed 
by the new Keith administration 
not to transact any business or 



Ing agency for the short subjects. •'Si 
The entire Photophone output Is ^ 
subject to Jos. P. Kennedy's super- 
vision, with Kane In executive 
charge. 



Edgar 



PEACHES IN PLAY 

Allen in New York 
Damaged Ribs 



with 



Edgar Allen has returned to New 
York a little bit patched up from 
his and Peaches Browning's acci- 
dent 10 miles out of .-Mansfleld, O., 
recently. , 

Edgar had fleveiral ribs broken 
and Monday had to have one of 
them snapped back as It was grow- 
ing over another. His vaudeville 
status remains unchanged until his 
ribs recover. He continues to act 
as Peaches' manager. . 

There Is a prospect of Peaches 
starring in a play neiitt fall, adapted 
from a story by Elizabeth Wells en- 
titled "Rich Old Men." 

If this doesn't materialize Peaches 
may head a vaude unit, booked by 
Allen. 



DivoFceless Summer 



Producers Must Go Thru 
Agents in Chicago, Too 



Chicago, July 17. 



Chicago, July 17. 
For the first time In years, there 
I will be no divorces granted in Chi- 
cago this summer. 
Annoyed at the number of the- 



a Reno, the divorce judges have 
closed court until Sept. 16. 



Eastern announcement that all | atrlcal people flocking here to puU 
producers must deal with Keith 
bookers through agents has also 
gone Into effect there, * 

Very few producers here, but two 
local agents derive most of their 
income through producing acts. 

All business of producers will be 
handled on a small percentage basis 
by the agents. 



Tom Howard's Wives 

Detroit, July 17. 
Marriage of Ann Howard (vaude) 
and Thomas Howard, actor, has 
been annulled here by Judge Ernest 
A. O'Brien on application of the 
wife- 

Mrs. Howard contended Howard 
already had a wife when marrying 
her and produced letters received" 
by Howard from Venza Noblott, 
frau number one and a film actress. 



Flyers Reject Terms 

San Francisco, July 17. 
Harry Lyon and Jimmy Warner, 
American aviators who flew to Aus- 
tralia, do not open for Fanchon and 
MarCQ as reported_^owlng to .* 
change In plans^ ^ 

The flyers could not agree on 
terms for a tour of West Coast 
houses. Although F. & M. had them 
under contract through their per- 
sonal representative, they were re- 
leased. 



New Keith Agency 

Jbhhson & Lowftn.<>teini have Ijcch 
granted a Keith bo'olting franchise. 

Johnson will represent his office 
on the floor. 



FOY-O'DONNEIX WEDDING 

Madeleine Foy, eldest daughter of 
the late Eddie Foy, will be married 
to William O'Donnell at New 
[Rochelle, N. Y., July 19. 

The groom is a well-known the- 
I atro trea.<5Urer and a brother of Bob 

Interstate circuit. The latter will 
arrive In town thl.s week. 



GLADYS JAMES DIVORCED 

Chicago, July 17. 
Gladys James, dancer, secured a 
dlvoroe from Lewis Clark, actor, on 



Melnick Leaves Sifnon 

Chicago, July 17 
Al Melnick ha.s re.slgncd from the | grounds of cruelty 
Simon aponcy, after one year with 
that office. 



Miss James was represented by 
Attorney Milton . Sabath. 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 





"THE INTERNATIONAL SINGING STAR ' 




Griffin 



Just completed three and one-half years of consecutive engagements Keith-Albee- 

Orpheum Theatres, America 

StoU Tour, Gulliver Tours and Clark Tour— England, Ireland, Scotland 

Thanks to various circuit heads and booking executives. 



AN OUTSTANDING ATTRACTION 



OPEN FOR NEXT SEASON-VAUDEVILLE, PICTURE HOUSES, TALKING 

PICTURES, CONCERT OR MUSICAL COMEDY 



DIRECTION 



VAUDEVILLE 

GORDON & WOODS 

1560 Broadway 

NEW yORK, N. Y. 



ENGLAND 

HENRY S 

17 Lisle Street 

LONDON, W. C. 2, ENGLAND 



Wednesday,. July 18, 1928 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



37 



Golde Goes With 

Wm. Morris Agency 

lAwrcnce J. GOlde is going into 
the William Morris agency organi- 
zation as a general booker. Golde 
will take along his present list of 
Independent houses playing vaude- 
ville, and he will specialize on the 
booking and supplying of bills to 
that class, of theatres over the 
country. 

Sonje months ago Golde left the 
Keith office, after having been one 
o£ Its principal bookers for many 
years, ■ ■ 




ROSCOE 




Spend , your vacation at Indian 
Lake with Roscoe Ails. 11,000 
acres,, placid waters, beautiful 
7-room log bungalows, absolutely 
modern, lavatories, baths .in- 
cluded, swimming, boating, fish- 
ing, 18-hole golf course fifty feet 
distance. All bungalows situated 
on exclusive island approached 
by dreamy rustic bridge. The 
summer resort millennium. One 
hour from Columbus, Ohio. 

Address 

ROSCOE AILS 

Artist Isles 
Russell Point. Ohio 



100% Necessary 



According to the bookia's, 
new material will be almost 100 
per cent., necessary from acts 
before Keith or Orpheum book- 
ings will be available next sea- 
son. One of the vital factors 
in the wane of vaudeville Is 
the repetition of gags and hoke 
by acts which have ceased pay- 
ing authors' royalties. This in- 
turn is due to the unsettled con- 
dition and the -wholesale cut- 
ting of salaries indulged in by 
Keith's and. Orpheum under the 
regime just passed. 

Cut salaried ' weeks oumum- 
bering the full salaried- weeks., 
acts lifting material from one 
another, with gags becoming so 
backneyed through ropetilion 
that audiences shout the 
answers, arid production stand- 
ards dropping,, all these factors 
iare to be taken cognizance of 
by the new heads of. the Keith 
and Orpheum circuits. 



Chi Axe Is Due; 
Some Bookers on 
Probation Basis 



PANTAGES CIRCUIT Presents 
BOOER and EDNA 



In *VLAME IT ON MK. BEIX' 
by EUGENE CONRAD 



TINSEL 
METALXIOTH 

FOR DROPS 

36 in. wide at 75c a yd. and up 

A lull lino of gold and silver bro- 
cades, metal cloths, gold and sliver 
trimmings, rhlnestones, spangles, 
tights, opera hose, etc., etc.-, for. stage 
costumes. Samples upon request. 

J. J. WyHe & Bros , Inc. 

(Sacc«8flors to Sicgirinn & Weil) 
18-20 East 27th Street 
NEW YORK 



THE MEMPHIS 

COLLEGIANS 

That Sweet Band from the Soath 

Headltnlng Pttntngee' .Circuit 
Direction of ESTELLA CnEEN 



MILTON 



BRONSON 

America's Foremost Singer and 
Fastest Russian Dancer 
DlrecUoii of HARB^ PEARL 



Ciiicago, . July 17. 

Lineup of local bookers and 
agents is scheduled . tor. plenty of 
changes within the. next. 30 days. 
While everyone figured Ben piazza 
was acting leniently with the boys, 
after admitting he knew what was 
going on, in reality he has been com- 
piling a list of all agents and book- 
ers ana was checking to sec what 
favors were being handed out, and 
to whom. 

Although this i.s unofficial, the 
agents considered slated for a one- 
way ticket are Charles Crowl, Lew 
i\r. Goldberg, Will Cunningham, 
Tom Poweir and John Billsbury. 
Malcolm Eagcl, also a franchised 
agent. Is reported to have received 
and accepted a managerial offer 
from . Keith. George Mence has al- 
ready received his notice. 

Tom Powell and Lew Goldberg 
arr listed as agents but have been 
devoting most of their time to pro- 
ducing. It is reported they will be 
permitted to retain their producing 
franchise. 

On very good authority it is also 
said that some of the bookers, are 
being retained on .a strictly prbba- 
tional basis.. At the first recur- 
rence, of oldtime methods thoy will 
be given air. 



HI' 'AT BOOKER 



A rocciitly promoted Ko.ilh 
book(>r is .^a-id to have goiiO so 
hi' 'at that he doesn't talk to 
his own family. 

Without the booker knowing 
he is niorely sitting on the edge. 



Oiph Heads Scissor $400 
From Vancouver Overhead 

Vancouver, July 17. 

Harry yingcr, western division 
manager oi Koith-Orpheum, and 
■Myron E. Ivoltiuson, of the New 
York ofliccs,. were here last Aveok 
and immediatoly slashed the payroll 
of the local Orpheuin. Between them 
they eliminated about 10 people 
from the working staff, bringing the 
running expense? down about $400 
a week. They also instructed II. S. 
Barnes, local manager, to endeavor 
to furllicr curtail the operating ex- 
pense. House na!3 not been a money 
maker since its opening last No- 
vember. TLientre is again operating 
with a two-a-(l:iy policy with throe 
on Saturday. 

Singer and Robinson went on to 
Seattle, where • thoy will again 
scissor. ■ 



JAY C. 



FLIPPEN 

FRIARS CLUB, NEW YORK 





THIS WEEK (JULY 16) 

B. F. KEITH'S PEACE, NEW YORK 

SAILING AUGUST 1 S. S. Aquitania 
Opening in London at Coliseum, August 13 



Address Care Imtiy!' Chicago 



Van Burefl Alone With 
Lauder and Walters Out 



A. J. VanBuren is the reported 
sole remaining partnei' in-the Keitli- 
fornied concern to handle "Fables" 
and "Topics," both the bane of the 
Keith house managers. 

With Van Buren remaining, the 
iet outs of the firm are Ted Lauder 
and Henry Walters, of the present 
Keith office staff and looked upon 
as Albee men. The separation un- 
less under cover foi- general ap- 
pearance, would indicate Van Buren 
has been swinging- "with the Ken- 
nedy-Murdock crowd. 

"Fables" and "Topics of the 
Day" have been deadly shorts for 
years, xised mostly as forced in the 
Keith and Orpheum theatres, with 
their affiliations. Some of the af- 
filiated theatres have never played 
the plagues, preferring to pay and 
shelve them. 



Quebec's 3,000-Seater 

Quebec, July 17. 

A new 3,000-soat t'heatre is to be 
erected here on . St. Johns street 
within the next few months by the 
Canadian Famous Players Corpora- 
tion, it is reported. 

Quebec has a population of around 
135,000. The Auditorium is the only 
house with vaudeville. Only two 
picture houses, in addition, • up- 
town, Victoria and Empire, while 
there are tw'o or three shooting 
galleries in the other sections. 

The new house will bo opposition 
to the Au^*^°i"^""^' Keith-booked 
and operated', 50 per cent, of which 
is owned by Keith's. 




Reade Wiring 10 Houses 
At Total Cost of $200,000 

It i.s reported contnu-ts hnvo been 
signed for the installation of Movie- 
tone equipment in about 10 Walter 
Roade houses located in Lonflr 
Branch, Hackonsaok, Atlantic City, 
etc., at a cost: of api)roxiinately. 
?200,000. Arrahffcmonts provide for 
dual equipment, Vitaphone and 
jMovietone, it id undor.^tood. 

A deal is, now said to be pi-nding 
between Reade and Vitaphdne for 
service of Vitaphonc talking sliorta, 
which will, in most cases, di,s.plac6 
vaudeville In. the Roado thfatres. 
Thoy have been mainly cptM-atingr 
w-lth ■ vaudofilm. 



Jolly Jones Agenting 

Chioa.w, July. '17. 
.Jolly Jones, fornior a.s.s'n r<M>rf-.scn- 
lativo. at Kansas City, will a<.-t an 
artists reproschtalivo tlioi'o for- th« 
William jNIoiris oMlce.. 



.IIMMY 



MYRTT-K 



CONLIN and GLASS 

with HANK MILD 

S.-illlne S. S. .Sononiii 
SitD I'YtinvlNco, ,lul,v 'U\ 
for Aii8trii)iu. 



NEW HOTEL ANNAPOLIS 



Palisade Takes Back Vaude 

Palisade theatre, falisades, N. J., 
resumes its five-act vaude policy 
this week. 

House tried three weekis of pres- 
entations with its pictures. 




HiiKliiitgton, D. O. 
SiiiKlc, S17..50 
Double. f'n.OQ 

11-12 and H Sts. 

in" tlie . Heart . ot 
Theatre District 



VALE 



AND 



STEWART 

- YES! WE DANCE 
Dirci'tloji ot .IiTONS iind LIONS 
A I'UMLIX UNIT "DANCING VKET" 



MANAGERS, NOTICE 

EstablL-jhod Bur)0Bq«»5 Tlipatre. Avail- 
able for stock burlesque for now and 
enllro season. Will consider percentage 
with reliable managcrH. 

AddroHS Box 45, Variety, >ew \ork 



JUDGMENTS 

Gu3 Hill; Nat. Ptg. & Engraving 
Co.; $11,563. 

Mannie Joseph, Inc.; M. Schnei- 
der; $76. 

Robert C. Benchley; State Tax 
Comm'n.; $293. 

Jack Delaney and H. J. Fugazy; 
same; $4,465. 

Frank Tours; same; $109. 
Freehill Restaurant Co., Inc., and 
E. J. Churchill; Bethlehem Engi- 
neering Corp.; $1,194. 
Same; same; same. 
Frankie Genero; 50 "West 77th St. 
Corp.; $893. 

Acme Enterprises, Inc.; N. Y. 
Title & Mort. Co.; $372. 
. .Barbara Bennett; H. Milgrim & 
iBros., Inc.; $328. 

Leslie Carter; Pa:ckard Theatrical 
Exchange; $420. 

Da..cing Cai- ival, Inc., and Geo. 
D. Grundy; Garden Investing Co., 
Inc.; $2,831. 

MILDRED HAEEIS BEPEATING 

Los Angeles, July 17. 

After an absence of several 
months, Mildred Harris returns to 
vaudeville via the Pantageij circuit. 

Miss Harris retains her previous 
sketch, William Rowland, of Lyons 
and Lyons, having the booking. 




CLARA HOWARD 



KING 

for a 

DAY? 



AFTER IT IS ALL SAID 
AND DONE— IF YOU 



WANT ENTERTANMENTx^^- 

WE BOOK 



A 

WIRE! 
PHONE 
CAI,L! 

— OR— 
LETTER! 
WILL 
RECEIVE 
IMMEDIATE 
RE- 



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MAIN OFFICE 

GUS SUN 

BOOKING EXCHAN&E CO. 

R«Kent Theatre Hide., SprlnRflcId, O. 



RIGHT 

" ' get set 

FOR THE 
COMING 
SEASON 

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Once and— 



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^;CHICAGO-KANSAS CITY^ 

BUFFAJ^-AXrANTA 
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BOOK 
EARLY 



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MUSICAL 
COMEDY 
PRODUCERS 



We Can Use a Few More Standard Musical 
'shows. To Shows That Will Stand Our Strictest 
Investigation, We Will Route for the Coming Season 



FLORENCE FORMAN 

t^ate of >r:irry Carroira Rcvuo 
Now EGYPTIAN THEATRE, Hollywood 
ThunkB to 1AN< I1()N and M.>RtO 

P. .«.- Love and kl.sacH to Ken Murruy and the CharltHlon Ki<l<lu'a 



PANTOMIME AND DANCING WITH THE WORLD'S MOST 
HUMAN "PROP" HORSE 

GERALD AND HOAG 

Pt-esent "DIZZY HANK" 

Just Finished 14 Weeks at Los Angeles in the Monster 
with Charlie Chaplin's "Circus" .Dirrviion mi.MA.M MOHKIS .A<.E>CY 



38 



VARIETY 



V A U D E V I L L E 



Wednesday, July 18/1928 



Harry Ward Let Out 

-Keith's last week gave the cus- 
tomary notice to Harry Ward, one 
of Its asrents, 

Ward has been hanclHng- rather a 
good line of turns, reported repre- 
sentine about 25. 



LEVY OPENING IMPERIAL 

San Francisco, July 17^ 
Bert Levy figures on opening the 
Imperial with vaudeville and pic- 
tures Aug. 2Si, 

imperial has been dark for sev- 
eral months pending suitable ten- 
ants. ■ 



Fentured in Fimrhbn and Marco'a 
"Bathtub Idea" 

LUCILLE 



'in SPECIALTT DAMCEa , 
P. S.— A Woek •! LauBhs «lth Btnny Rufcia 



DIAMOND 

(DANCING HARPIST SUPREME) 

Doing tlif Harp Diwcini; Bpieclalty as 
Oiierlnated by Iler Dad, 
Cliarlle Diamond 



" Ad "Idea" of Fnnclion and Mnrco 

ROYCDHMINGS 

with 

FLORENCE DUFFY 



Mechanical Man Act 

"Televox," the mechanical man, 
has. been booked for the Hippo- 
drome, New York, week of July 23. 

Act is the invention of Roy 
Wenslcy of We.stiiighouse Electric 
Co. It is a machine constructed to 
resemble a hunian being and oper- 
ates an electric piano, -washing 
machine, vacuum cleaner, electric 
fan, etc., in response to orders tele- 
phoned to it by James L. McCoy.- 
Latter >vorks In the audience. 



Loew'S Schwartz Bookings 

In the partnership deal reported 
some -weeks ago between IJpew's 
and the Schwartz houses of Long 
Island, a few Schwartz theatres 
formerly supplied by Pantages -with 
vaude acts, will naturally go to 
Loew's fot its bill bobking.i. 



Eva Replaces Flo 

Flo Perry, m. c. with the Notables 
(band), had an argument and left 
the act at Fox's Washlngtqn. She 
wa;s replaced by Eva Shirley. 

Act Is now playing for Poll. 



HARRY Q. 




ORGANIST 
Woriier Bros. Tlieatre, Hollywood 



KING 

for a 

DAY? 



Our 2nd Year -with FUBI.IX 
JOHNNY TIM 

MILLS and SHEA 

Touring America With 
"Snapshot Unit" 
LAUGHS! LAUGHS! LAUGHS! 




General &xecutive Offices 

LOEWftUILDINC 

AN N E X 



160 

BRYANT* 



^--KEWYORKqiTV 




J. H. LUBIN 

GENERAL MANAGER 




MARVIN H. SCHENCK 

BOOKING- MANAGER 
CHICAGO OFFICE 

600 WOODS THEATRE B'LD'G 

JOHNNY JONES 

IN CHARGE 





Office Acts' Panic 



What are known as "ollice 
acts" in the Keith , agency, 
those turns not heretofore en- 
gaging agents to 'represent 
them, are said to be in a panic. 
. In other seasons by this 
time thfe faithful had been duly 
taken carie of by a new sea- 
.son's i'oute. Now with the 
Keith change, and routes not 
so rapid, the agentloss bunch 
is growing fearful they may 
be overlooked. 

Some are reported now seek^ 
Ing the aid of agents in at- 
tracting attention within the 
Keith sanctum. 



TALKER BOOKINGS , 



(Continued from page 3G) 
as the weekly variety bills are to 
be fill€d. 

Vaudeville bookings for next sea- 
son, apcordlng to present Indica- 
tions, will be minimized to the ex- 
tent of approximately 200 -thea.tr.e3 
which will not use anything but 
talkers. About 100 houses will use 
one or two name personal acts with 
the talking program. . In all about 
1,200 personal acts will be dis- 
placed weekly In the 300 houses by 
talking shorts. 

Stage Sffows Cut 50 Per Cent 

At the present rate about 1,000 
theatres will be equipped for talkers 
by next year. Approximately 300 
have, been playing vaudeville or 
presentations with stage bands. 

In cases wihere Vltaphone does 
displace vaudeville or stage pres^ 
entations completely In wired houses 
it will cut down the use of stage 
shows of every type by over 50 per 
cent. 

Stanley . houses are getting the 
last of its stage, units this week 
and; it is understood, all Stanley 
wired hauses are to present all- 
talking programs. Present plans are 
that in theatres not using all-talk- 
ing programs one or two personal 
name acts will be shown -with three 
or foUr Vitaphohe: short numbers. 
Houses in important territories, not 
wired, will put on stock stage shows 
until equipped for talkers. 

In New York the downtown-, Loew 
and, Publix houses using talking 
features and shorts will continue 
with the stage bands until it is 
determined whether an all-talking 
bill Is strong enough to draw on 
Broadway. In Chicago about half 
of the first runs will use a. com 
plete program of talking pictures, 
while the others will continue with 
stage shows. 

So far Fox's Movietone; proceeding 
slowly in producing in all of its talk 
Ing departments, is not putting on 
an average of over one talking short 
weekly. With that present output 
Fox's talking shorts do not appear 
to be yet considered by the chain 
bookers for a regular weekly sup 
ply. Maintaining the secrecy of 
operation in its Movietone division, 
the Fox people will not state if 
they have accepted contracts for 
Movietone talking shorts. 

Keith's Not Yet Wiring 

So far Keith's issuing routes to 
personal acts is E^oing forward in 
its usual way although with less 
frequency than in former seasons 
at this time. Keith's has started no 
wiring as yet other than at the 
Hippodrome, New York. It will use 
the Photophone equipment, from the 
present signs, through the Keith 
connections which tie it in with 
RCA, FBO and General Electric. 

As it requires several weeks to 
wire; the season may be somewhat 



Inside Stuff-VaudeviDe 



A cable from Lonilon in Variety last week said that though Marion 
Ha.rris had been expected to reach there, to fulfill an engagement, she 
had not appea;red up to the time of cabling, s The delay may have been 
through Miss Harris not haying her piano player. Jack Gpldbn. He was 
supposed to have followed her across, but a, hotel managemerit at Lone 
Beach, I., where he is playing, "refused to release the accbnipanist from 
his contract. • 



It's not uncommon for the Natiohai Vaudeville Artists to demand col-, 
lateral from the members to Whoni it may loan money. In the N. V. A; 
safe is said to be a Ifirge pile of negotlalble collateralj a majority of it in 
the form of Liberty Bonds. 

The N. V. A. has been far from uniforni In its system of advances, frbnx 
accounts. Certain persons have been favored and lent subst^intial. sums 
without collatisral or. guarantee. Others have been unable to borrow any 
amount, not having collateral, while. Variety reported last, weelt how. « 
veteran actor had to deposit a deed for his house witlx the N. y. A. aa 
security for a loan of J15. . 

An Instance is related and it is claimed not to' be an isolated case oC 
where a team friendly with the N. V. executives continually borrowed 
until owing the organization a large amount for it. The team then sug- 
gested that if the N. V. A. people co-uld procure them work they -would 
be able to pay off and could not otherwise. It Is said that the N. V. A, 

(Continued on page 64) 



advanced before Keith's gets into 
the matter of ta.lking shorts or full 
length talkers. Loew's has beeij 
wiring throughout the summer, 

Keith's wiring delay, if not 
through RGA'.s Photophone's re^ 
quest, , may be' due to the Kenncdy- 
Murdock direction' of Keith's not be- 
ing entirely sold on the talker, or 
they possibly niay "be awaiting the 
opening of the season, to note the 
effect of the talking craze upon 
■\;audeville, fo^ the Keith good. 



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VARIETY 



39 





UK 



'Lyric by 
GUS KAHN 

ModtP 



Dorit Cry Baby 

(Cry Baby, Don't Cry) 
Fox -Trot Song- 



ALisic by 
TED FIORITO 



1 



nif There's a cou - pie liv - ing right nes 



There's a cou - pie liv - ing right next door 
He's sup-posed to climb a - board the* eight 



me, 
teen, 



see 



Just as nice a . cou -pie asyou^dcare to 
And at eight they al- ways start their fare -well bcene; 



i 




ut they' near - ly break my heart,_ 
When the clock is strikring iiine,_> 



Ev-'rymorn - ing whcii they part,- She starts cry -ing, then he tells her te 
I can see this friend of mi|iev_ Kiss a - wdv her tearswhilesay . ing to 



her ten - der - ly, • 



Don't cry ba -by, Cry ba by, don't cfyJX ^ » T Fk . pa's com -ing back to 

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I, t* H H A •* >* *> ** •* — U N 'n n »• »• 



ba - by 



by 



and by,— 



M 



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Oh my ba - by, 
»i i» »» •» 
' Bye bye ba - by, 



me 

Pa . pals 
May - be 



Kiss me 
Don't be 
See you 



then 

blue, 

soon, 



y 

to the door and say good-bye a • gain;l_ 

got to work to buy those shoes for you; 

I'll be home to vis - it . you ^ at noon;. 



Oh some (lay F know good 
Oh my boss is just the 
Oh some day I know that 



luck will come my way, 

F' pe I know you'd hate, 
will be the boss, 



Well be rich and then. 
How he scolds me cv 
And if an - y niar 



Ktf tm ViT »lav ' Nft mnrft Work-ififT. no MV 



I'll stay right home with 
»ry morn ing 'cause I 
' * late you 



ried man is 



ba - by ev - 'ry day. 
hap ■ pen to be late, 
bet I woift be cross. 



fou.- - 
In the 



No more work- ing, no say - ing'9<>od-bye",T So InxLi you 
Icnfll get tear . spot's all o - vcr my iie, __ »• »»• i» 
mean - 1 ime t here s gro- c'rics to b^ y _ 



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cry, Cry ba - by, dont cry. 

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MSENSMWim 
Dolly Morse ce»^ 

Andrew Donnelly 

A Cfeai|9 
Gang Song- 
The/il Slnt, 

For Year^/ 

As A life 

As ^the 

Curse Of An, 

AchinI Heart 

\\ and 

The Pal That 
I Loved Stole 

The Gal That 

I Loved* 
If You Want To 

Be AWow^ 



Sir^ltNOW/ 



I Tore Up Your Picture When You Said Good-Bye 

(But iVe Put It Together Again) . ^ ^ „ . ^ 

Waltz Ballad Words and Music by 



DOLLY MORSE and 
ANDREW DONNELLY 



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You 
My 



said, "just for - g:et me',' But mem-Vies wont let me. They haunt me and 
hopes are all shat-tered And noth - ing- has mat ■ tered Since you said our 




worft let you go, — 

love dreams were through, 



I ve burned jev - 'ry keep - sake. And 
In an - ger we part - ed, Now 




now for lovers sweet sake, I'm writ - ing you, dearT^so ySu'il ^^ow, 
Tm brok - en - heart - ed, 1 find I carft lire with -out you.-, 
CHORUS P'X- 



tore up your pic - ture when yon said good-bye, But I've 



put it to - geth - er a - gaj a j " . — ' 



m 



As I tOM it 




iVo tried to 



rase /rom my mind your sweet face, 



And I 




fSi it 



was on-ly in vain; 



I tore up your pic -ture when 



said good- 













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WOMEN'S PAGE 



VARIETY 



41 



Among the Women 

By The Skirt, Jr. 



TALKERS vs. LEGIT 



Be$t Dressed Woman of the. Week 
BARBARA BENNETT 

(Palacf.-Vaudevllle 



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. Fault/Layout 

Badly selected bill at the Palace this week,. Two excellent sirtffle 
women, Claudia Coleinan and Patricola. One .slioul'd have been saved 

for another week. . '• : , 

Billy House, third, ha. s a jovial fat man s comedy plus a world of 
Bersonallty. He offers a nice skit with three, women and a male pianist. 
A. dark girU f o'r an acrobatic danice, wore ia yellow chiffon skirt, cut 
elrcuiar, with feathered edpe and a Ijodice embroidered In. brilliants. 
A blonde,: who talks too loudly, had. a white chiffon frock with a sa.<ih 
«f red, green and blue. A taller woman, opposite House, wore a. cloth 
coat trimmed In sealskin and later a ro'se negligee trimmed in feathers. 
Claudia Coleman was charmingly gowned, though , a trifle heavier than 
usual, in a -White trailing chiffon with white gardenias having pink 
centers on one hip; Green satin slippers and a sniart gx'een hat was 
used- for character effects. . Ml.ss Coleman is, easily one of the greatest 
«f her type; of entertainers. 

Barbara Bennett, billed as ".The charming daughter of Richard Ben- 
nett," looked pretty and smart but most certainly was . not charming. 
The' greater portion of the time she gazed at the floor with only an 
occasional glance upward and by actual count, only two wintry little 
smiles. She .seems devoid of all natural stage presence; . . Sabin, her 
partner, was only a bit more at ease though he shd\vs remote pos!3ibilitie.« 
for dev'elopmerit. "ISance .rout'inxjs are colbrless and end abruptly with 
hO climax whatever. Opening waltz is much too . long and \yould bo 
saved- by- a couple of lifts or even one strong . step at the flnish. Mis$ 
Bennett -wear? a - iovoly frock of ; rod a".^ white chiffon with the red 
appllqued on in points edged in rhinestdnes arid trimmed in soft un-. 
curled ostrich which ailmii-ably displays her pretty figure. After a rather 
vagiie routine by Sabin she appears again in a .stiinning ora.nge chiffon 
with ragged horn reaching to tixe floor on one .side and a huge spray 
of orange coquc feathers on the. other side and on one shoiilder. This 

■ is for a weak blacltbottom. After, a pause, in which, their rather dread- 
ful orchestra plays an off key selection, Miss Beniiett again comes on in 
the same gown. With another change of costume, new routines a:nd: a 
novelty band of .sonie kind, thlis pair might Ij.uild into a good act; as they 
have diie salable Commodity, class. . 

Patricola was her usual panic in an orchid taffeta bouffant with a 
wide, band of fuschia a;t tiie hem. Georgie Jessel's return from Ilolly-: 
wood was greeted with a great deal of enthusia.sm. Plenty of talent 
and poiHe. In short, he's a trouper, 

, NiBvysreel's Clothes 

The Paramount preaenta a sound, picture this week- in "Warming Up" 
witii Richard Dix. No dialog issued but effects are used throughout 
and incidental remarks are e'aught in the baseball scenes. Dlx is ex- 
cellent as usualand is supported by a new cpmer, Jean Arthur, who is 
pretty and cute and will probably do very well for herself. She j.s 
slender and chooses tight little gowiis to . accentuate it. Looks bcr 
prettiest in a net bouffant and a close fltting chiffon with wide ruffles on 
the skirt and a ruffle running diagonally from one shoulder. 

Presentation has a West Point locale. A corking tenor, Joseph Griffon, 
does most.of the: numbers assisted by a plump Uttle prima donna, Vir- 
ginia Johnson. She appear,s first in a, green ensemble of two toned 
gorgette and a green hat with a peach flower. Later, a white and gold 
uniform, not becoming to her type of figure, is .shown. , 

Gamby-Hale girls wear yellow organdie frocks carrying boleros^ or 
pink with green bows and yellow bonntsts, also with green bows. Ray 
Bpiger, comedian and eccentric dancer, stopped the - show solidly, t^x- 
- cept for a tendency to pointless adlib he is standout picture hotise en- 
tertainment. ' ., ., 

Finale was a good flash with the boys in full dress -uniforms and the 
girls in white tights, red arid, gold cape cOats, red hats with enormous 
white coqlie feathers: and white, boots with gold tassels. An effect is 
used later by opening the capes to^ reveal the letters spelling United 
States on one side and the flag on the other. Paul Ash wore a while 
dress uniform and hat which became him but his dialog sounds forced 

arid unnatural lately. . , , 

Newsweekly carried some good color flashes of gowns which made, 
a protioiiriced hit -with the women. Gertrude Olmsted wore a green 
flowered chiffon with parasol to match; Marlon Mack showed a white 
bouffant of lace and tiille with a pink bow and a hat with roses; Cornsf, 
Palmer chose a two flounce white witb a jeweled bodice and white flower, 
but the most beautiful of all was Claire Windsor showing a long slink- 
Ing black lace and chiffon with a lace bertha capo a*i pink , traillnf, 
cors.nge worn with a .big block hat which had a pink flower. 

Capitol's Good Looking Show / 

The Capitol should have no difficulty, packing tl.om in this we<:k wiU 
William Haines in "Telling the World." Lots of I'-^u^'l^^^ ^.'^^^^ ^^'V"^,'? 
fresh conicdy and a peach of a girl namecV Anita Page. ;'^he. is beautiful, 
young and natural. To add another punch: to a good bill, the house 

■ is running a- .Technicolor .-Kbort.- oalled- ''The - Virgin.. QPftCn.^ .Yiry_|?ooa. 

. For the presentatibri a stunning red. set is .Used. Its the best .s^onic 
. effoVt here in a long time. At the back, oh a raised Pjatform.^is^ a .nuge 
red satin rouletted wheel used in the first number. .Chester Hale giru. 
a comedy group, wore white chiffon frocks cmbroidmod at the nocic in 
rhinestones. and rhinestone bands, on the hair. ^ - Another group- wa.s 
dre.ssed' as boys in tail coats. Pretty and effective. , 

■ - ..Harlan .Dixon, originator of his .ixartip^i.lar. style of dancing, s..o.('<i. 
. but didn't seem to be at his best. . ' , ' . - 

' ■ ProlKibly holding down on account of the fmir I'^r^'^'-'^^^^^^.^f;.,,"^,;,^, ' 
"The Five ytcp'- from "Manhattan Mary" with , one of the Httlo H.U.. 
girls who was pn>tlily dad in a' white rufCled net., frock with a .«atni 

bo'dlce. ,11, 

IIoltin Torke: prima donna, sang biJuUtiCully bUt apparently, chose hei- 
salmon pink -Velvet gown with no thought to the blazing red scrnm'. 
Later, .she showed a huge wired re5 talTota . Ixn-ff-'uit embroidered m ie< 
sequins and a .silver headdress. Much better. Lrvuls licrkofC and 1- re l.i 
. do exc.ollont Russian d.'incing in the c-onvehljonal costumes with Ooui^. 

An. unusual effect is Uk- s1..^-t whit.t^ satin trunks with, hearts cUibs 
diamonds .and spades .(•nibroidei'.-d in soqnins oC led.ov UMMx wiui m^,n 
I'f'd and ^blTirk feather ImsliyF. 

Optimism 

business is any criterion. They were standing kn.-e de^.p aH arieniDon 
I'icture is a goni. e.spccii.lly for this hou.se, .ind Karrell and fiayn-.r 

n most engaging pair.. » „ t.v,,-. 

.•S.r usual, Roxy has sch-i-ted a good surrouiidiriR pr.J>iium. Th*. .).< i ■ 
liirc,- "Intormezzo from Cav.-lleria Ru.sticana," blended into en.sriub 
flinpinn from the two upper side bo.KCS which paved the way for a solo 
by lipalrlce lielkin, exciitisitely done and extremely difficult. She wore 
n white wired skirt, white sequin bodice with a huge blue mallne i-ow 
•niling down one slioulder and a tricorn hat. 

'"Hrnival in V^'nicf was ;i good fla.'-h. One. group of girl." showed tight 



(Continued from page 1) 

diicors will not be obliged to pa.v 
(he usiial authors' percentages, a."-- 
in legit productions, but will offer a 
flat .'^um for an outright purchase 
Tli(« deal depends on the buslnes.s 
ability or fame of the playwright or 
auihtJi 

Tliough it will be a general rule 
in screen plays to produce as regu 
lar logit production.s, the uses of the 
scree)! may still Ije retained for cf- 
.ireots not possible on the speaking 
stage. 

Picture executives realize the dif 
flcullies in producing Alms from 
play scripts, where value - is not 
known: Since approxlriiately . tiie 
s;ime chances are taken - with a 
screen .script and the pictures sold. 



Gray Matter 

By Mollie Gray 

(TOMMY GRAY'S SISTER) 



Cb.lumbia Strips 'Em . 

Lady t;odiva wore a coat of mail 
alongside the principals in "The 
Ginger Girls" at the Columbia this 
week. Not Kindness to" send the 
chorus out on the runway. The 
girls are pretty enough but the cos-- 
tumes are ruther m.arigy and a-d- 
tually ugly close tip. 

I.sabelle Van- i.s trying to be a 
dancer. Her girls are attractive 
Ju.st.now and she may be trying to 
keep some attention on herself! 



"Strip burlesiiue" is meant toi 
men and the police don't .seeni in- 

regardle.^s of Imperfections, through | ferestcd 
the present gales, system the at 



tempt will be made. 

Fox's Screen Legits 

Fox, reported signing up a per 
manent .stock company, is also said 
to have' under way the project of 



Hip Familiars 

All old favovites at the. Hip this 
week <?xci . .lie opening act. : 

Odali Carerio looked more attracr, 
tive in lier civiffon in a pale yellow 



triniming, and hor coat of black 
satin hiis white fox collai-. (.Jladys. 
Brockwoll i.s always good, and her 
gown : of gold cloth Was elaborately 
trimmod. 

Atuch space has been Kiven while 
Hollywood pats itself on the back 
for oreating styles and Ihnlng them- 
for the rolea.se of the picture, . hlow 
all thie talkers have to do Is work 
out a isimilar system f^M- popular 
songs, the most effervescent things 
in modern. life, here tod:iy and gone . 
yesterday. 

"Lights of Now \ ork" has an M. G. 
doing a new song, "At Dawning." 
And whoever can predict what song 
i.s going to be popular in six months 
won't . be working for the - movies, 
he'll be his owii song publisher. 



i..v>.' u'.uv.. . X — j-w- — I live in iiei .1 nJiiuji jii u, pcnc p»;>»<.>»». 

producing screen plays in legit form Uhade in place of the more foirmal 
rather than talking pictures. draped go\vn she uaually wears. 

Harold Atteridge has been sighed jj^P yQjgg - 
by Fox for Movietone authoring. 
I'aul Gerard Smith is another re- 



cent stalf writer addition. Both will 
stay in New Yorlc for a spell to 
learn the. technical rudiments before 
going to tliC: west coast 

While in New York, Chicago; 
Philadelphia and several other large 
cities legitimate attractions acem 
likely to survive despite the 'screen 
competition, the result there may 
also be a reduction in admission 
prices.' Meantiriie screen bffers .will 



gave the Hip echoes 
something worth-while to .play. with. 

Frank Dbtisdh'B girls dressed as 
formerly. Rhea and Santoro as' 
graceful as always, thie otherwis^ 
good vocalist spoiling S Some good 
effects by being; too ambitious for 
final bigii noteal 



Niight Club Ladies 
Ladies. of the Night Club"' is aii- 
other brancii of the ''Laiigii, Clown, 
Laugh," family by the, night club 
take, many of the best legit talent out of vaudeville,. Only thmg new 
from the speaking stage for the about it. is the film used to take.lt. 
length of their contracts. Barbara Leonard and Cissy Fltz- 

The important phase of the new gerald are the ladies, -Cissy a 
form Of screen plays will lie in the veteran but Barbara never will be 
box oince opportunities on the road Language and living conditions are 
rather than in a few key cities. It rather casual to say . the least, but 
is ifigured that they will draw new it may be realism 
bUvsiness to pictures. The effect op . Cls.sy wore the metal cloth gowns 
Broadway will probably show a.de- ostrich trimmed and many jewels 
crea.se in tlie number of regular le- Barbara the soft crepes, 
it: attractions,: If present plans of 



Those. German- Mades 

If. Germany is. eVer threatened 
with invasion she can repel it . by 
forcing the invading ' troot)* to 
watch the pictures this country 
has been floo.ded with. Nothing is . 
6ver. sho,wn. but the trash or the 
earth. "The Loves of Jeanne Ney" 
Is supposed to take place In Rus- 
sia and 'Paris, but e.xccpt for the 
street scenes the impression never 
gets over. A fine performancie by 
Brigittc. Helm as tiie blind girl and 
Edith Jehanne as the heorine make 
the picture almo.st hiiman. The 
lensmen did riotliirig particularly 
brilliant, but ihey got a new bill- 
ing "At the cameras," 



the film iproducera ■ . are cairried 
through, from six to 10 legjt houses 
on Broadway will ibe showing talk 
ing screen plays during next season 
The widespread recognition of 



Legs in Germany 

We are seeing oursolvea as others 
see u,s, but at that it isn't so bad 
because others beside our best 
friends won't tell us. "The Apaches 



the possibilities of talking pictures ©f Paris" are a geiitle lot compared 
has caused a general halt in silent to the domestic article. But If Ger- 
production activities by some com- Ljiany is goiiig to picture Amerftan 
panics.. First National and Univer- girls they had better import .some 
sal have not yet determined to what legs, ^nd if they want,the girl stars 
extent production •will be carried on tp get credit, simplify their names. 



with talkers. 



ENGAGEMENTS 

George Patten, juvenile, with 
Eviston stock, Capitol theatre, At 

'"'^J^sley Boynton. juvenile. . with I J-^'^J^^L.^?^' /"l^^L '^If^^'^r 



This blonde clung to the camera 
with as much .Satisfaction as some 
of our own ladies . and was dressed 
better than foreign girls usually. 
Her. velvet wrap hiad shirred fileevcB 
arid a deep band around the bottom 



Pie -Throwers 

Ralph Gi'aves plays his heros for 
the men, some men, and they're 
welcome . to ' hini. It -wasn't clear 
Jubt where "Bachelor's Paradise" is 
located, but it should have been on 
another pialaet. 

Sally O'Nell was all dressed up 
in her wedding gown of tulle 
flounces with short Jacket of lace, 
but it turned out to be only a loung- 
ing robe. When It rains vegetables 
and pies it can usually be counted 
on tb: grow -laughs in some soil. 



Taylor- Pitou stock at Gort thea 
tre, Jamaica, L. I. 

Franklyn : Ardell, for Sammy Lee 
musical. 

Carolyn Nolte. Dave Burns, 
Tommy Havel and Helen Lockhart. 
for Morris & Greene's "Just a Min- 
ute," . 

(ieorge Murphy and Julienne 
.Tohnsori. for. "Good .New.s" (Lon- 

^°IOr'nestine Norris,' for "Good Boy." 

Vera Allen, for "Elmer Gantry." 

Ilka Chase and Robert Fisher, for 
"Tampico," 

Edward Milton, for "Rain 
f<hine." - ■ ^, 

Hugh Lobdell, for A. H. Wood s 

••J.'a-st Life," . . ^ . .. „ 

Harlan Brigga and Dona Ran- 
kin, for "The Big Pond" 
• Ruby Kecler and Frances Upton, 
for -'Whoopee." , 
IJilly Yarbo, to head all-colored 
-iniowT^'Tir^ FOlli^ of -Paris.'' - -^r 
llarder-llall Players% Majestic, 



a beaded gown, another was Of 
metallic cloth. 

The hero was silly looking with 
big dimples in his cheeks. No Amer-; 
ican girl would see him unless he 
had a tikle, one that she'd be willing 
to share; 



The Other Woman Problem 

"Happiness Ahead" is a hopeful 
slo.gan, and cveii though Colleen 
Moore's hist; close-up is tearful, it 
.seemed as though the promise would 
or [really be fulfilled. Colleen has more 
opportunities to' show her ability 
than-usual and proves It every time. 
Her frocks went from organdy in 
the country to chiffons and velvet 
wrapis in the city. A white dotted 
black taffeta with pleated '.white 
collar -was .simple, _ yet effective. 
Naturally, .Lilly-an .-Tashman was as- 
signed the ropes of diamonds, fla.shy 



Kindergarten Western 

."Greased Lightning" must have 
referred to the production since 
everything abolit It was well worn 
frbni constant use. Betty Ca:ldwell 
dres.scd nicely . but. seemed rather 
artlflclal otherwise. Her black satin 
frock had a bolero effect in thd 
back and this was split part way 
showing, white beneath. A cloth 
cbat had skunk collar and cuffs. 
Myrtrls Cranley tried hard to get 
laughs with her make-iip even to. 
cfianging it between reels. 

This Is a Western of the kinder- 
garten class. 



I'tica, N. Y. Cora DeFoe, Ben KjyL(.it ^y^ite creations and rep-. 
Liiughlin. Xorman Wendell ^}^a.K.j,.^.j^ ^^^^^^^^ 
Th.'iddcus Gi'ay have. gone. Newi . 



faces include William Blake, Ade 
laide Kincald and Randall O'Nell 
Wendell and Laughlin will resume 
with the MyrklG-Harder Players, 
opening, in Amaterdarri, N. y., next 
miinth. • . • ■ ■ ■ 

I H.fiul Brillla.nt for . Vincent ^ t>.u- 
i inmi's new .show. - 

John Halliday for Sam H- Harris 
■Women." „ 

Lulu McConnell, Vivian Hart, 
Clarence Xordstrom, Doris p:aton, 
Bnbbv Watson. PYanklyn Ardell, 
.Maxin*' Sione and Harry Evfins for 
SaniTny Tvee's "Happy Anna." 



Are there "other worrien" just be- 
cause they always dress ■ that way 
or do they dress that way becau.<ic 
,thoy are. only, "the other wqmen"? 

"Soiigs \n Talker* 

.Mary Carr's voice Is the surprise 
of "Lights of New York,". It is flo 
youthful. And. hearing, every word 
l.sri't s bad .os threatened to bo. It 
at least climln.'itfs the title readers. 

llelene <'ost<'llo wears a black 
lace ne','llgee with black ostrich 



Windy Snow 

This should be the proper time to 
release "The Grip of the Yukon," 
but the snow was ko synthetic it 
Called In Its only reason. A wind 
machine can't cool the public any 
more' than a label can fool them. 
Francis Bushman and Neil Hamil- 
ton rrtuat expect to get their pro- 
files on .a new silver coin or .some- 
thing, most of the' fadeouts had 
them facing each other. The idea 
po.sslblyi may the best profile win. 
June Marlowe cho.se Nell's or may- 
be it was his high doublebrcasted 
shirt with Its big pearl buttons that 
won her heart. She has lovely hair 
and looked if ice in her-' astrakhan 
trimmed coat, cap and mnff. 

A good company got hay fever 
from "The Grip of the Yukon." 



■ wl,..i t . r.slimies of chartreuse with diminutive slurts ruffled in red, yellow 
iind urei'ii worn with red rosettes on the hair. The Roxyettes displayed 
roiirt iester effects in tights of one red leg and one white plus black. 

' i-ed and l)lue bodies. Helen Lyons and Loc(iues did a waltz, the girl clad 
in a striking taffeta bouffant of pink with alternate ruffles of cerlae. 

i l.eeaii.so of a liideous costume. Rainbovv mallne forms the too long .skirt, 
' a ml velvet bodice Is verv thick and silver ruffs on the arms and neck 
completely .swamp her; i.s a bad thins for a dancer. iJerinoff and Eulalie 
.' repfated their former . sueer..«.-s doing another corking adagio In white 
; ininks and turbans. ... . 

' Kiniil*- had some of th'^ girls in blue taffeta Veneti.'in costumes trimmed 
' in pink with many pink flowers. Another t;ioup w:is dressed a. boys 
1 in llie same coloring. What's happened to Hetty Woodruff and \ on 
[ Gronna? ^ 



MARRIAGES 

V-Adrian. S, Perrin, produce?-, to : 
Isabel Mathews at Oakiand, Cal,, 
June 18. • .: 

Phil Gordon Neely f Abe LJri nan's 
orchestra) and Joyce. Knorr, July 9. 
Both of the Chicago <ompany of 
"Good >iewB." 

.Joseph Frazer, hou.se manager at 
the Granada, San Francisco, and 
Gertrude Hickok, non-profes.sional, - 
at Reno, Nev. 

Bobby Aready and Evelyn Bo- 
macker, daneers with "A Night in 
Spain" comijuny, at San Francisco, 
July 9. 

Frank Jenkins, assistant manager 
of the I'nion-Hnuare, San Franci.-ico, 

and.-Lorettn_..qf:.CN^.'i iit..n o.n -pro,_J un ^^^ 



20. . . 

Rita Carowe. picUiro iii-tress and 
daughter of Edwin <"ai<'we, to Le 
rioy Ma.'Mji), film actor. The couple 
recently eloped to Yurnn, Ariz. 

Cliarles E. r,reen. vaudeville pro- 
dueer, fo Martha Lynn Trippeer of 
"I>ari.4ian Redhendv." July 10 In 
I'<ir»land. Tnd. 



VARIETY 



R E V I E W S 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



Film House Reviews 



FIFTH AVENUE 

("Sally" Unit) 
(SEATTLE) 

Seattle, July 12. 

The current stage show at the 
Sth Avexiue haa abput all the ele- 
ments or the well rounded presenta- 
tion idea for a picture house. There 
are a few weak spots, but high- 
lights,, too. Novelty m that the 
"chorus" consists o£ men, who tap 
dance quite well. Melody Is the fea- 
ture and : "Sally" themes run 
through it ail, for this is a Fanchon 
and Marco production built around 
pretty dnd ; vivaciouis Sally Rand, 
babyWampas star of 1927. Sally 
has youth, and is handsome and 
sprightly. Her blondeness Is de- 
cided—but naturally so; And her 
eyes are very, blue— but laughing. 
Unlike most movie stars who essay 
the speaking stage, she can sing 
and talk, and dance is her forte. 

In her big dance number she Is 
Bupported by Harvey Karels, this 
being an interpretive story, "Cap- 
rice Viennolse" or something, it's 
called by Hermle King, m. of c. This 
King person does his stuff this week 
to continued gales of applause and 
his band Is there with the goods in 
a way thai wins. 

There is a "name" to hang the 
publicity on and Miss Ratid helped 
with air flights, radio w«?rk and a 
lotta such things outside the theatre 
as well as within, for this girl cerr 
tainly works. She comes on a half 
dozen times during the "^'Sally From 
Hollywood" idea as F. & M. naihe 
.this week's . presentation. Every 
time she clicks, too. 

A picture bit first presents Sally 
and a fellow gags. Hermle and his 
sang show how pictures are not 
made, after which the band goes 
Into a medley of "Sally" songs. 
Eddie Bernart!, song and uke, and 
Taughn Abby, came out of the tal- 
mted stage band, and with Hermle 
on the piano, did a trio number that 
brought down the roof. Then 
Sally Rand "In person." Eight full- 
dress young men In line stepped out 
and chorused as Miss Ranid made 
spectacular entry from well, up and 
back of stage, a "Sally" Bong, in 
which she did some warbling and 

ft-^pplng. Gorgeously attired Is Miss 
Idndi . coistumes varying with each 
entry. She did a pantomime bit 
^at gaVe us hicks an idea of what 
It'S all about on the Hollywood lot. 

When Sally exited, Hermie King 
regaled the mobs with a pianologue, 
ahbwing story of some melody- 
inaklng. Golden-haired Sally and 
Harvey Karels next In their . dance 
theme, with adagio inodlflcations 
Harvey, lately recovered from ap- 
pendicitis attack, Is back in fine 
fettle again. V ' 

Military tap dance by the boys 
tn-IIne waig next. Two of the lads 
stepped out of line. to. tap. 

Treen and Bamet, gals act with 
aong and stu..ts that bring waves 
of laughter, repeated. One is lengthy, 
. the other short; and both clever. 
■ Finale brings In the chorus men, 
l^hd- Miss Rand In spot, with yellow 
plumes and well-filled stockings 
striking bits of scenery. Yes, Santa 
ClaXis was generous.- Trepp. 

CAPITOL 

("Monte Carlo"— Unit) 
(NEW YORK) 

New York,. July 14. 

One of those weeks where real 
strength Is in the screen feature. 
It happens to be "Telling the 
. World" (M-G-M). On the stage is 
Boris Pfetroff's ."Monte Carlo," an 
ordinary presentation although In- 
cluding Harland Dixon as Its prin 
clpal specialist. A two-reel Techni 
color . subject titled . "The . Virgin 
Queen" was good enough to catch 
emphasized attentio.n and plus this 
17 minutes, but the program just 
about that much over two hours. 

Dixon, lately at the Palace, and 
supposedly . going Into Loew's 
State . next week, got himself on 
and . off In. seven minutes. He 
opened by talking and jigging his 
way through a lightweight ' lyric 
and then did three danqing num- 
bers. One was with a Chester Hale 
erlrl who joined Dixon's version of 
"The Five Step," from the recent 
White musical. The dancer walked 
off to heavy applause. 

Previously, 16 Chester . Hales 
opened In mixed costume of male 
and female to routine a gambling 
room impression. Set Is an Interior 
with a main color scheme of red 
Roesner's stage band was shy of Its 
usual form In a supposed comedy 
number that fell short of reaching 
Its objective. Used various mem- 
bers to warble a chorus, some of 
whom remembered the lyrics which 
^w erenXtpjO-lfUTiny an ywa y. Jater 
aelectibn" had the ^ys adTierrhg tb 
their knitting, and much better. 

Among the other specialists were 
Helen Yorke,?whb sopranoed herself 
into heavy applause, and the 
Berkoffs, Russian dancers, billed as 
of the "Greenwich Village Follies," 
but of the Paramount, too. Toam 
has been around with the boy's fast 
whirls and ground work Invariably 
productive of appreciation. What 
do the film sites care for opposi 



tlon? Final flash showed the girls 
in capes representing a deck of 
cards plus a fan of femmes 
stretched above a gambling wheel. 

Pit orchestra did well by the ma- 
; estic "Pomp and Circumstance," 
followed by the colored two-reeler 
with the newsreel immediately be- 
hind." The six-minute niagazlne 
held nothing beyond M-G-M's 
hurrah for the Olympic athletes. It 
feave a flash of some of the Impor- 
tant members In actipn. Paramount 
was In twice and M-G three, times. 

Stage Items was next and. then 
the main celluloid unwinding. 
House was beyond capacity, by four 
p. ni." oh a wet Saturday. 8idi 



ORIENTAL 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago, July 12. 
Al Kvale continues a draw here. 
This week, for* the first time, , Lou 
McDermott Is using the pit for the 
Merry Mad Musical Gang. With 
the Paramount, New York, also 
having given . this tit thing a try. 
It Is to be supposed' that the policy 
will be followed with more or. less 
regularity. Orchestra rtioves to 
the stige in the latter part of the 
show. 

Opening has Milt Watson sing- 
ing In front of yellow drop, a multi- 
colored flight of stairs and colored 
columns dropping from the flies on 
either side of the steps. The 
ballet, more comely a.nd in better 
trim than previously, enters and, 
following Kvale's suggestion, the 
girls divest themselves of all sur- 
plus attire for some SRe,ed step- 
ping. Several of the girls do spe- 
cialties and aU are. the last word In 
pulchritude. A number of new and 
pretty faces are notable. 

Band number next, : followed by 
comedy playlet, utilizing . KVale, 
Coleman Goetz and MUton Watson. 
Then Anita LaPierre, a red- 
headed French prima, who sings to 
Kvale. Nice voice and good laugh 
i, provoker. . Watson follows, singing 
to LiaPIerre In a tableau effect, 
Then Al plays piano while Milt 
sings, again. 

Bailet on again, this time In flash 
sailor outfits. Scotty Weston, 
taps, joins them and the boy 
knows his dogs. Finale, tills hum 
her, all. sitting on - stools and tap 
ping. Girls pyramid stools and 
stand on the. formed steps. An 
other sketch here using Kvale, 
LaPIerre and Gomez. Old, but 
good when played hy local - favfl. 
After that some good clowning In 
one by Al and Gpetz, after which 
curtain rises, revealing band on 
stage. - Chilton arid Thomas, dance 
team; are a great little pair. Good 
bpth in solo and duo work. 

For the' finale back curtain rises, 
disclosing a background of a large 
tree In an arch. Ballet comes 
down steps In yellow dresses and 
millinery. Pretty. After dance 
routine girls make trips to wings 
for parts of a portable cottage, 
which they construct orii tiie stage, 
When completed Kvale and 
La Pierre move In. Milt Watson, 
competing for her hand. Is left out 
He peeks In the window and down 
comes the blind. 

Preston Sellers, organist, good, 
although chorus by patrons rather 
weak. Sellers plays well to slides. 
Business near capacity. "Bringing 
Up Father" (M.-G.) on screen. 

Loop. 



duced by C A. NiCTSremeyer with 
Hans Hanke at the piano and Henry 
Garden delivering a vocal solo. Ef- 
forts of both are tame and better^ 
results would be obtained from a 
straight orchestra recitaL 

Jesse Crawford at the origan hit 
for the usuial results. Newsreel, six 
minutes, split by Paramount and 
Kinograms. MoH^ 

CAPITOL 

(WIRED) 
(Chicago) 

Chicago, July 12. 
This Is one of the Natiohal Play- 
houses just taken over by- ttie Chi- 
cago Title & Trust Co., receivers, 
for operation, with James Costen 
general manager of the circuit. 
Costen has to show a 16 per cent, 
increase in patronage to make a 
profit. It shouldn't be hard to do, 
as the Capitol and Avalon, together, 
can make enough to take care of the 
other eight houses. 

The bill was a draw with a lineup 
In the lobby. "Happiness Ahead" 
(F. N.) on the screen and Ted Leary 
headlined on the stage. Stage band 
unit was titled "Dance O'Mania." 
Charley Hogan booKed in only three 
acts because of Leary's long work- 
ing time, but the show didn't lack 
for entertainment. To conform with 
the mania theme an. inexpensive ar- 
rangement of bizarre pillars, drapes 
and staircase were used, with the 
band brightly dressed. 

Leary . appeared at the opening 
singing the theime dance ditty while 
the house ballet of eight snapped 
through an eccentric routlnei- Next 
wias a blackout, Leary catching a 
guy insulting a gal and making him 
eat three bullets. With the bullets 
eaten, Leary gave the gruy two swift 
kicks. The first brought an explo 
sion, but the second didn't. "What 
was that?" asked the guy. "It must 
have been a blank," Leary replied. 

Forbes Bros., buck and. acrobatic 
hoofers, followed, doing some new 
stuff and quite a bit of the stand- 
ard. They get oyer nicely in houses 
like this. Leary appeared through 
out tiie show, taking the m. c. spot 
light from Roy Deltrlch, leader, and 
using It for a flock of veteran gagrs. 
Deltrlch. sang a ballad to two en- 
cores. He's a serious m. c, .un- 
willing to tackle comedy or hog the 
spot. This unusual virtue Is actu- 
ally a slight handicap at times, for 
he has talent. 

. A novelty production bit of white 
flgrures against ' black stage, , bor- 
rowed from the Marks Bros, produc 
tlon department, pot ..more response 
here than In the Marks houses. 
Same barnyard scene was used, two 
girls flrst dancing as horses, then a 
boy and girl necking scene', and fin 
Ishlng with the: trees and fence 
(ballet) breaking into dance. 

Jack and Kay Spangler, dialog 
team with a dance close, have been 
playing the Pubilx houses. It was 
easy for them here, although the 
male comic's delivery could be Im 
proved. They were trailed by Leary 
for two heart-breaking ballads 
Leary's voice is pretty foggy, Taut 
when he emotes the south side goes 
nuts as one Irishman to another. 
In one number he used a scrlmmed 
girl-walting-for-lover scene. Finale 
was an ensemble uslng^ the main 
ditty again. Runnlnir tlme^ 62 mln 
utes. 

Movietone newsreel and "The 
Book Worm," Vltaphone sketch 
completed. Loop. 



PARAMOUNT 

("West Point Days"— Unit) 
. (NEW YORK) 

A strong combination of screen 
and stage talent this week. Para- 
mount's flrst sound pictures, 
"Warming Up," with Richard Dlx, 
serves as a satisfactory Intro.duc 
tion to tiie new type of films. The 
Dlx sound picture will draw here. 

Frank Cambria's "West Point 
Days" Is an illustration of the most 
pleasing kind of stage presentation. 
Compared with the lineup In other 
productions Cambria . only has a 
limited number of people to work 
with. Yet he succeeds, with the 
aid. of pretentious scenic settings, 
to put on a show seemingly packed 
with talent. 

In this uiilt Cambria has only two 
cards with any real stage ability. 
Ray Bolgeir, star of the show. Is an 
ace comedy hoofer of the Ippse leaf 
variety. Everything; shakes when 
this boy starts In, arid that Includes 
the mob out front. Precedes his 
hoofing routines with some clowning 
with Paul Ash. 

The unit, in three, scenes, opens 
with "Flirtation Walk," cadet 
chorus of 12, with George Nelldoff 
singing. Joseph Griffin, other rib 
of this unit, then follows with pleas- 
ant vocal numbers. Virginia John- 
son Is opposite Griffin as support. 
^~Tfi"e^Ga^frihY-TIaIS^Tfri"'Sc^^ 
oral times but hold the punch for 
the closing number where they 
work with the cadets. Tap and 
drill work precision routine regis- 
tered with the audience for the 
heaviest returns of the evening. 

Opening the show the Paramount 
orchestra under . the direction ol! 
Emanuel Baer, plays "Rlgoletto 
Fantasie." It Is in accompaniment 
to a short stage prespntatlpn pro- 



UPTOWN 



(TORONTO) 

Toronto, July IB; 

Jack Arthur dressed his band In 
white togs and tossed thenoi back on 
the stage this week.' Band was the 
ace In the hole in an average sum 
mer bill of concert type. 

Opened with a muslcale, "An 
Oriental Market Day," action being 
described in titles On side screen 
Long but liked. Irving Levlne, bari- 
tone, .ha,d thein calling for niore and 
lieft'ah awkward spot for Rita ITut- 
tall. Latter gave them the "Bell 
Song," but the hpuse thought It a 
little ritzy. Were more pleased with 
the two pops that followed. 

Leola Teese, four-year-rold, bus- 
tled on stage, was cute, but decided 
to speak a piece. A dramatic trag 
edy described as "in the manner of 
George Beban," awfuL Everybody 
was hoping- Horace Lapp would give 
them an organ concert, this having 
becomei standard . stuff ^ In other 
hbtiseis, but Horace stuck to the 
piano. 

Plenty of action In the Fox and 
Pathe news shots. House now be- 
ing wired for talkers. So 18 the 
TIvoll down the street. These two 
will be first in Canada to spring 
speaking films. Bincjair. 



CLARK and REECE 
Songi 

12 M ins.; One 
American (V'P) 

.JiyEO^^nic^-^tlQpJtiag^ 
and top hats who sing four songs 
agreeably. That covers the turn 
Nice voices, with lyrics mostly 
having spicy twist. Thoy work 
with easy assurance. 

Excellent No. 2 for this grade of 
time as here spotted. Stick to their 
songs and dori't exchange a word of 
talk, which recommends them. 

Rush, 



New Acts 



Chas. SABIN-Bai-bara BENNETT 

and Orchestra (7) 
Dances 

Pull Stage (House Set) 
Palace (St V) 

Charles Sabln and l;arbara Ben- 
nett enter vaudeville for a week at 
the Palace. That win wind, them, up 
and they, with their pick' up or- 
chestra,' should be happy that they 
are sticking out the week. 

If agents will fool people like 
Mr. Sabln and Miss Bennett, with- 
out the principals receiving protec- 
tion from bookers evidently who 
don't know what they iire doing, the! 
principals, are riot to be blamed. 
At least they, are receiving a sal- 
ary, with the thought perhaps they 
are well enough known to be a 
vaude attraction. 

Neither are they known to vaude- 
ville goers nor are they an attrac- 
tion nor are they vaude dancers nor 
have they . an orchestra which 
means anything, to them or by it- 
self. That orchestra of seven boys 
plays as though one of those com- 
binations gathered by an orches- 
tra agent over night far under the 
scale and sent In to ruin some nite 
club or road house joint that sent 
In fpr a band in a rush. 

The dancers, out of a class club 
from the winter season. If haying 
any chance at all to prove, draw, 
CPUld not do it in July, when their 
following, if any, necessarily must 
be out bf . town. While their ball- 
room da:hce ' was just that* with 
their ensuing jazzy efforts useless, 
for value, in any way. 

Just an unfortunate booking for 
the principals and a bad mid- 
summer booking for the Palace, 
regardless of the salary, high or 
low. 



VIRGINIA LEE CORBIN 
Songs and Dances 
17 Mins.; One 
Audubon (V-P) 

VIrgina Lee Corbin is in vaude 
for the first time. She is the attrac- 
tive blonde who won some promi- 
nence by her screen work. At the 
Audubon Miss Corbin was assisted 
by a male pianist who has a numbe** 
alone as Miss Corbin makes a 
change. Her voice while not strong. 
Is not un-pleaslng.. It was given a 
thorough test here as this is a big 
theatre. AU this corisidered . Miss 
Corbin. did well. 

At the outset Miss Corbin used 
a special numbers In which she 
mentioned havirig appeared in 
"Bare Knees" and she laid special 
stress upon "we're not so bad In 
Hollywood as you think we are." 
The song lacks a punch but serves 
Miss Corbin to get started. She did 
a little stepping on the exit, nothing 
special, but just enough to vary the 
routine. 

After the piano solo Miss Corbin 
came back for several topical lively 
numbers, singing the two without 
leaving the stage and going into a 
little hot stepping for the finale. 
For an encore she blackbottomed, 
doing this to the apparent delight 
of the uptowners. 

Miss Corbin . should Improve wltii 
work. She should readjust her 
routine in order to make It stronger 
than It Is now. «. Mark, 



SEMBLER BROS. 

Acrobatic 

10 Mins.; Full 

Arnerican XVr P), , , _ 

Two man gymnastic team, well 
dressed , and possessing some un- 
usual f^eats, but old fashioned In 
routine. 

Boys , dress as Roman gladiators 
and start with series of poses as 
in arena combat. Then iritp fr6ak 
rinig stuff, one man hanging In a 
caster's cradle, holdirig a yoke 
across back of his neck from 
which hanging ropes holding rings 
for other man to perform on. Act 
consists of variations of this, one 
of the boys posing to show muscu- 
lar development. 

•Strictly small time opener, due 
to stilted presentation style. Rush. 



DOROTHY BYTON and. Co. (7) 
Dancing 

17 Mins.; Full Stage 
Broadway. (V-P) 

Dull. Seven girls. Miss Byton 
-featured,- doing -tho^-same- kind- of 
work for about 17 minutes In sev- 
eral changes of costume. Miss 
Byton doesn't seem to be able to 
put on more than two numbers 
which should fill for about five min- 
utes. 

No specialties, novelty stepping 
or clinches. Closed quietly. In No. 
4 here on a week lineup, but hardly 
suited. Mori. 



BLANCHE YURKA and Co. (5) 
"Constancy," Dramatic 
13 Mins.; Two (Special) 
8l8t St. (V-P) 

Another stretcher case coming in 
on the same canvas slab ' upon 
which, many other legit names have 
been carried Into vaudeyllle; If-a 
like talking pictures right now, any- 
thing goes. Except thkt this has. 
been true of vaude sketches for 
years where a legit luminary has 
been concerned. ' 

Miss Yurka, must feel like a film 
actor who suddenly gets back to a 
silent picture iafter haying gone up 
against a microphone-^it's a cinch. 

Question in this act is whether 
the actress' prop laiigh at the fin- 
ish is at what she's getting away 
with or the idea. All that's miss- 
ing from the giggle is the sleeve. 

William Hurlbut gets credit for 
havirig written this. It calls fcr two 
male assistants. Set is a restaurant 
somewhere in . Paris, Into which 
drops a liberated husband whose 
ambition returns as soon - .as the 
tuxedoed charge de affairs an- 
nounces the mysterious Russian 
princess. 

The blue blood Is supposedly 
nursing a heavy sorrow for a der 
parted war hero, the faithfulness 
piquing the Interest of he who. 
would make. 

Seated at different tables, the 
Ui S. Don Juan finally makes the 
grade, and while he goes for the 
princess' . wrap It Is revealed the 
whole thing Is a frame between the 
woman and her bettisr half, the 
head . waiter, with the: badger to 
later hop out of the bag. 

Main trouble is that Hurlbut 
hasn't supplied sufflcleritly , crisp 
dialog to cause strict attention. The 
openlrig seance between the table 
cloth captain and his stag customer 
is endless. However, the 81st Street- 
ers wex'e familiar enough w.Jth "The 
Squall" to give Miss. Yurka a re- 
ception and displayed enough pa- 
tience to remain polite. Beifore a 
less mannered house the results : 
stand a good chance If becoming 
embarrassing. Miss Yurka does lit- 
tle, the burden falling on the men 
hidden as to talent behind a smoke* 
screen of just dialog. 

Sketch Is titled "Constancy" and 
has little left to make any one care 
about Its try at an O. Henry climax,' 
If this be a sample of the sketches 
which are coming back, as "they 
say," talking pictures are apt to 
keep on doln' pretty well.' Sid. 



LEONORA'S STEPPERS (10) 
Sengs and Dances 
15 Mins.; Full stage (Special) 
Audubon (V-P) 

. Billing is' Leonpra's Sensatipnal 
Steppers. Thlat wprd "sensational" 
cpvers a let pf antlclpaticn. While 
the Leenora contingent of dancers 
Is effective, they are not sensational 
nor exceptional. However, acts In 
the neighborhood houses can use a 
million adijectives and nobody seems 
to care two whoops. 

This Leonora outfit may or not 
be a hangover of the former Lilly 
Leonora turn which around 1922 
had Miss Leonora featuring 12 
American dancing girls. 

The act comprises six girls who 
work along the familiar Tiller 
lines. Prima donna of good voice 
and of especially high range, and 
an adagio trio, two men arid a wo- 
man, the bright particular stand- 
outs.- ^ Last follows an -ensemble or 
group number by the six femnis, ap- 
pearing In a posing background a la 
sta^tuette, trio in all white to ac- 
centuate the model effect, and they 
do an excellent number. 

Act pleasing and of such a lay- 
out to receive approbation in thai 
picture houses. Mark./ ; 



KITCHENS 

Acrobatic ^ 
10 Mins.; Full 
American (V-P) 

Three men In a comedy double 
bar act along old-fashioned lines. 
Style of turn has almost disap- 
peared, so that it Was something 
of a novelty to find it here*, 

*Etffo men dress as kid and clown, 
while third, made up as old man, 
is planted in audience and comes 
up to do feats. Not a word spoken 
in the entire turn. Plant merely 
JiERfixura,^. d.Qe3==.tricJiiL_^^ 
goes back to his orchestra seat. 
Then at end he walks up again to 
do feature double giant swing. 

Routine Is almost entirely of 
giant swings with comedy misses 
and flyaways froni bar to bar. 
Buster Brown kid does mild com- 
edy. Acrobatic style perfect. Re- 
vival is almost a novelty, and au- 
dience liked it in closing spot. 



Wednesday. July 18, 1928 



VAUDEVILLE REVIEW 



VARIETY 



43 



PALACE 

(St. Vaude) 

For heaven's sake, If there.are real 
rhanees- In the Keith Circuit; why 
haven't they extended to the staecs? 

Speeches, bows, lights and over- 

the 



Ions acts— all of 'the old stuff and 



the old faults still the samo 
Keith's ace house. Palace. If they 
do It at the Palace, why shouldn't 
they do It in any other Keith the- 
atre' 



been given more publicity than any 
of the Bennett family probably is 
but another proof of how little 
Keith bookers keep track of the re- 
niaindcr of the -show business, ex- 
cepting the nite clubs that hiay 
dcud-licad them. 

George Jessel, t)ie headline and 
the big thing of the show, though 
pairing with Patrjcola, did some- 
thing akin to the- turn- he . did in 
Chicago when acting as an m'. 



for a picture house unit. Jessel 
Eight acts on the current bill and 1 grew philosophical: at; one 'timer, 
/e made "speechtis." The only making it real, ct^d mentioning 



three that did not . were the two 
dumb turns, at either end of the bill, 
and the second feature act, which 
flopped. 

And the bows were terrible. While 
two acts had the game flowers sent 
Ijack over the footlights Monday 
iilghtwith the same phoney surprise 
they had been received at the n^atl- 
nee. While the spot lights for two 
or three of the . turns kept the Pal- 
ace's Interior looking like a picture 
house with the screen working. 
Vaudeville had better take a lesson 
from the picture house on. lighting. 
It's too bad to say that , in this day, 
'from the da;y of Percy Williams, 
when a brightly lighted vaudeville 
stage was the first thing any man- 
ager thought of. 

It this new Keith bunch wants to 
do anything with vaudeville they 
had better get down to cases; tell 
their bdtokers, agents, house and 
stage managers that the old stuff is 
out; those letters that were never 
lived up to with the house and stage 
managers frightened stiff of the ac- 
tors. Let them, instead, give orders 
that will be carried out, and if the 
actors haven't sense enough to real- 
ize ,It- Is for their welfare also, let 
then! walk. Evert let them walk 
before signing, a contract if they 
won't agree to conditions. Vaude- 
ville w;ili never be revived on a go- 
as-you-please plan. 

This bunking the public by coax 
Ing thiem this or that way that the 
former Keith, direction stood for did 
Its full share in driving people away 
It's time that someone iaaid so, and 
that someone in authority under 
stood it. 

Joe .Kennedy may as well let his 
Keith publicity department know 
now that he Isn't influenced by bull- 
ing press stuff and that there's no 
Dear Mr. Kennedy about him, and 
that he ^oesn't want actors to men 
tioii bis name upon the Keith stages. 

And bookings again this .Week. Not 
a bad bill for the Palace, because it's 
all variety, sept one; "but actors 0.1 
lowed to do as they please, stay, as 
long as they like, take or steal bows 
and make speeches, slowing up good 
shows. 

The speeches had so much versa 
tllity that two rejpeated. One was 
from Billy House, and the other Pa 
tricola. Both about the dribble that 
you don't know what the Palace 
means. The audience ought to; It 
has heard that often enough since 
vaudeville commenced to slide. And 
the Palace won't mean much more 
than it has of late unless this is 
corrected 

House said that in playing South 
Bend or Kalamazoo the actors think 
of the Palace. But House must have 
thought of Kalamazoo or Gus Sun 
first, according to his act. It's in 
two parts. He's the sort of come 
dian who believes he can do a mon 
olog or sing for an encore in "one 
after finishing a full-stage farcical 
sketch. He does it with one of his 
support in the farce as piano player, 
which tells that the support's regu- 
lar line Is the piano. It looked pretty 
crnde on the Palace stage. House's 
song not bad at ail, and could iiave 
been incorporated into the skit, 
since the skit, "Resolutions," repeat 
here with House, is set' on New 
Year's Eve. House did very well 
with not much material, but. hurt 
himself with that encore. 

Wliirp tlifi No. 1 . .• 1- Kr» 
ter, took up more program space 
than any other two acts on the bill 
Better's program billing is like ,a. 
production's. Ordinarily, it's not 



some of .the departeid in his : "Bou- 
quet of Memories,", including Sam 
Bernai'd, Eddie Foy and Barney 
Bernard. He also sang a couple of 
other .songs, one excellent; "All I 
Want Is a Xiiilla,by" with a speci.'vV 
iarrarigement that Is a peach. His 
other was "Souvenirs," used in this 
piione bit with Mama. 

Jesfjel has everything now, poise, 
diction and appearance. It's easy 
for him. in vaudeville, and that ne 
drew was evident from his recep- 
tion. Jessel explained that recep- 
tion to the audience, in an Ihtellf- 
gent curtain speech. He had men- 
tioned It also upon entering. He 
also said tliat he thanked his agent 
for booking him in the Palace if his 
agent had not yet been fired. 
Georgie got some flowers, three 
large holders' full. Next to closing, 
he had everything . timed and his 
pace was always noticeable, to- 
gether with his talk and even the 
little ad libbing he did. 

Patricola, opening after intermis- 
sion, .^stopped the show. Though 
that looked like a' bit of a frame 
between her and Jessel, following. 
As Patricola bowed off after several 
encores of one song each, the enun- 
ciator flashed Jessel' with the stage 
manager accepting the Increase vol- 
ume of appIause as a recall for 
Pat. ■ He thereupon . darkened the 
Jessel name and Pat came back for 
her final bow, also her speech. But 
Patricola deserved it all. She en- 
tertained them, with her songs, her 
motions and her violin, willingly and 
cheerfully. Using two or three new 
rag numbers, she broke up. the rou- 
tine with a medley of her oldest 
songs that hit hard, following that 
with "Casey," and, of course, in 
eluding "Laugh, Clown, Laugl>." 

Probably Pat's "own version' 
also, but here's an Idea for tha 
talking tests for vaudeyillians; get 
them to sing "Laugh,; Clown, 
Laugh," for the test. . It takes In 
singing, talking and some mug 
ging, so the talkers, will get it all 
in one session 

Three Whirlwinds, roller skaters, 
opened the show arid very well, .as 
usual, with "Visions of Fairyland" 
closing, while Claudia Coleman, No 
4, who also got posies in profu- 
sion, at least had one new dialog 
characterization .; to her familiar 
iRuth Draper-Beatrice .Herford stuff. 
It was "The Back Seat Driver," 
good enough , to have closed where it 
belonged, for her closing bit, the 
rnusic dept girl, hot so fancy. 

As a side remark, Mr. Sabin and 
Miss Bennett neglected to bow. to 
their musicians when exiting. No 
one could not blame them, but it is 
not custojmary. 

And since Georgie Jessel grew 
sentimental over "this is my 20th 
year in the show business," as he 
said/ and stuck a sob into it, there's 
a little something else that goes 
along with that he didn't tell. Along 
about 20 years ago, Georgie, Eddie 
Cantor and Walter Wlnchell were 
ushers in a picture fliab on 116th 
street. Just kids; the house, to keep 
them awake had the boys sing- in 
the aisles between the two-reelers. 
There werefi't many customers to 
complain in those days so the kid 
lots held the job until Gus Edwards 
fell in the shooting gallery. 

Gus was in h'is "Schqol Days' 
mood. Here were kids who still 
wore short pants, with most of the 
pants In their voices. Gus grabbed 
them and they probably ate reg 



comTi,«Yr-v^^^^^ -with him, getting the 



does both. He did fairly until reach- 
ing the wre.stlihg with himself bit 
against a special drop that sent him 
over , and back for the speech. 

The floppping act was Charles 
Sabin and Barbara Bennett, nite 
club dancers. The class nite club 
they were in may have had a steady 
ti-ad? of 750 people. • Of those . 600 
are now out of to\vn. And of the 
600 not 50 would care to see either 
of the dancers anywhere other than 
at their homes or in a dub bail! 
room. And after that the couple 
are no stage dancers of any kind, 
with the poorest 7-piece Orchestra 
on earth. . 

This dumb booking is ne-urly as 
bad as that of Moss and Fontana 
.some months ago, with the only 
difference the .salary. Moss and 
Fontana got $3,000 for the week at 
the Palace and wore held over at 
the same salary for a second week. 
They didn't draw a dollar more 
^tjign . Sa Wn^and^Btji n<»,tt_d id: Mo nday 
night, and that was nothing. 

AVhocver booked this bill at tl;o 
Palace (some doubt owintj to book- 
ing shifts in Keith's) knew the 
drawing weakness of the turn as 
Sabin ha.s been billed ns tlic late* 
Maurice's protege and Miss Bennett 
as the daughter of Kichard Bennett. 
How they overlooked that her sis- 
tor, Connie Bennett, had married 
i'hil Plant, a millionaire and has 



organ maniplator, although that bird 
in the booth should be cued on fol- 
lowing the slide lyrics and not gum 
it up for the console soloist. « 

^he... Three Kcmmjis introduced 
With ghowmanly li'vd-cpjnuto gym- 
nastic routine that is generally dif- 
ferent and altogether unusual in 
some of the equiposcd formations. 

Liicille Benstead is a Iq.sty so- 
prano, a bit* given to the dramatic 
in her song interpretations, and pos- 
sessed of such high pitch that in the 
pper registers she sounds almost 
shrill. She does stuff on the order 
of "My Hero," and waxed dramat- 
ique with a ballad rendition In an 
armchair. Her getaway . is "Chloe," 
the Gus ICahn-Neil Mqrct song of 
the swamp, somewhat erroneously 
announced as "my original song, ' 
reforving, of course, to Miss Ben- 
stead's interpretation and not origi- 
nation,, although isuggestlng the lat- 
ter inference. 

Joyner and Foster, comedy coons, 
were a much-needed laugh antidote, 
but they overdid. While not wearing 
out. their welcome, 25 minutes is 
oyerlong. They didn't need tlie juv 
steppers for the encore, clicking suf- 
flcieritly strong on their own. The 
youngsters airen't life-savers nor 
strengtheriers, particularly. 

Their stepping is satisfa-ctory for 
the grade and their seeming age, and 
the amateur competition idea is al- 
most . surefire fi-om the first an- 
nouncement, but, if anything, it does- 
not part Joyner a;nd Foster's unique 
comedy delivery, and sums up as a 
counter-irritant. Tne team and the 
bookers generally figure those things 
as, extra value, but the act doesn't 
need it one way or another. 

Will J. Kennedy, with his stand- 
ard sketch, attempts to get himself 
pinched on Xmas morn is satisfac- 
tory farce for the family trade. The 
vet tops it with a little energetic 
Jigging, everything being crowded 
into a zippy 10 minutes. A company 
of six in the act. 

Rome and Gaut, with their longr 
and-shoi-t-of-lt stepology, have de- 
veloped the physical contrasts Into 
sturdy comedy values, exceeding the 
mere reliance on the relative stiat- 
ures for effect. The business with tbe 
clarinet, for Instance, is genuine 
comedy 6.f a calibre that merits Its 
elaboiatlon. They were easily the 
wow and the woof.. 

Deno and Rochelle with Helen 
Manning, jazz-stepping soloist, and 
a strong quartet as musical back- 
ground, were the class of the show 
The stellar dance team .Is. a cinch by 
Itself on appearance and terpsicho 
reaii skill alone. Miss Manning suf 
flees to plug the waits, which Is also 
the prime purpose of the musical 
perSohneU 
"Tiger Lady" (Meiijou) feature. 

A lei 



ly able to .stir the crowd, and with 
the con.'^tant suo<.'e.s.sion. of specialty 
bits tlioy never lost their grip. Saved 
tho show from dead level of small 
time. ' Willie, and Frayne. and Or-, 
che.stru (XeW Aet.s) closed. Jtush. 



ACADEMY 



be why Eddie and Georgie are now 
stars in their own rights, of the 
highest, while Walter is working on 
a tab if you don't know. He'is 
dramatic editor of the "Evening 
Graphic," has a: bank balance and 
knows Percy/ Hamniond. also Gil 
Gabriel, wliile John Atkinson speaks 
to him now. That all has corne from 
Walter trying to. sing and dance 
on tho P.nn lime; 



STATE 

.(Vaudfilm) 

Hot wpaihcr, a nol-iso-hot stage 
show and a moderate flicker feature 
failed to blend well at the State'.s 
Riito. Biz but fair, although the 
refrigerated Slate is one of Main 
street's choicest hot- weather hide- 
aways, and worth the box-olllcc 
tariff for that reason alone. 

Something happened to the "Our 
Gang" comedy series, ballyhooe.d as 
=regulai«-f ea tu res, -an d= th eYSho r-t^^-was. 
out Monday night. The overture this 
week is given over to Billy Barnes 
at the console, the organ monopoliz- 
ing that spot sans orchestral ac- 
companiment or embellishment. It's 
an ont-<and-out publishers' rhedley 
plug, introduced by a medley of 
three old-timers to contrast the con- 
temporary and yesteryear musical 
modes. 

Barnes is a worthy straightaway 



(Vaudfilm) 

Presence, of Fred Rich and bis 
Astor Hotel X>rchestra redeemed thte 
bin from its chara'cter of routine 
booking. Eight-act show, with its 
clasiS packed into late portion, and 
early half mostly killing time. En- 
tertainment one of changed com 
plexion under the new booking boss. 
However, it's .summertime, arid for 
the season show delivered. 

Business off to half a house down 
stairs, and even that's a good show 
ing for a Monday night In mid-July, 
Nothing to pull 'em on the screen 
except Movietone, which was best of 
the flicker Interlude. Feature, "Skin- 
ner's Big Idea" (FBO), a typical 
summei: booking, . 

Gaines Brothers opened. Couple 
of , colored tumblers doing mat rou 
tine briskly but without anything 
sensational. Kazana and Co., wom 
an Oriental dancer backed by boy 
and five girls. Well dressed version 
of the identical freak turn done 
years and years ago at Hammer 
stein's, including a live snake and 
the trick of the dancer whirling a 
chair held In her teeth. If this is 
art. Corse Payton Is the royal family. 

Jerome Mann^ is_ a precocious 
young song 'ah'd dance mbriologisE 
who has not learned to use an 
nouncements sparingly. His youth 
and enthusiasm for entertaining 
isbmehow are engaging. Even the 
serious way he taks his "Impres 
sions" of Eddie Leonard, Al Jolson, 
etc., has a charm, although the Im 
personations are Indifferent. Gus 
Fowler, -with his oddity in magic, 
using only clocks and watches . as 
objects to . palm and produce out of 
the air, made fair headway No. 4 
He was hampered by the slow bill 
ahead of him, lacking entirely in 
comedy. This ended the first half 

Hamtree Harrington and Cora 
Green were in middle of the bill and 
made the first bid for laughs. Pretty 
late in the evening to create giggles. 
Situation called for strong-arm 
methods, and Ilamtrce's funnlmcnt's 
were hardly up to the occasion 
However, they built up as they pro 
gressed, and departed with a cred 
liable score, Milo? for this hpu.se 
was surefire With his trick entrance 
and his routine of imitations of 

.allotte/d quarter, but worked li.'<tlfj.«:sly 
and held to the routine that has 
marked him for a decade. 

Save the colored pair, there had 
not been a robu.st comedy moment in 
the show. Audience hadn't had an 
excuse to laugh, and it was a pretty 
leaden house that Fred Rich stepped 
into with his' expert synropators and 
specialty boys. The exhilarating type 
of Jazz the,!- dispense was abundant 



PROCTOR'S 86TH ST. 

(Vaudfilm) 

If there's anything nvoro. uncom^- 
fortablc ' than a logo . seat in a. 
vaude viilc ho.us'o it's a bench in 
Bvyant Park. - in . the vaude hoi,is6s 
the higher ; the tap the lower the 
upholstery. For a half avbuck you 
can be comfortable in the orcliesfra 
or balcony seats, but for six bits 
you need a rubdown after you coine 
but. But you can smoke in the 
logos and maj'be iHey figure the 
ihicotlnc deadens rheumatism... , 

Bill at the fi6th Street, that is, 
the vaudeville portion of it, is a 
bit better than average the first half 
but it discloses a condition that up 
to now seems? to »-ave passed wi;hr 
out comment from the "crickets," 
Vaudtiville has heci me a racket. 
Acts h;ive Jeduced' the thing to a 
formula, sure fire and noi too tiring. 
They need no longer worry about 
material, position on the bill, cos- 
tuming or tm.-thing .elre, except a 
good finish. If you have a finlsh,- 
you're set for vaudeville; The Idea 
is to go out and do nothing for 
about 10 rhinutes and then give 
them both barrels. If you get over 
for the last two, three or four min- 
utes and flash enough to pull you 
out for a couple of bends, you're 
in. 

Kincaid's Kilties opened with the 
above forniula. Beyond a few. pair 
of kilts the Kilties haven't a thing 
but a finish. The finish consists 
of bag pipes and dr'ums-^sure fire, 
iSefbre that nothing much. A couple, 
of mild dances, a pair doing a horn- 
pipe, Klncaid. In a lukewarm Lauder 
song and chatter— but the finish did 
It. Deuclhg was Bobby. Rowland. 
Just as you have made up your 
mind that Bobby's pipes are rusty 
and that she* has a kitchenette 
rang-e, she whips off the wig, and 
It's a he. That alibis everything 
that has gone .before. Bobby \vould 
fool ■ them just as mucii without 
the wig but if he didn't wear the 
false, hair somebody would have to 
vouch for ' his sex at the denoue 
merit. He . has a piano player with 
him, ■ 

Next, Carlton Emmy's Mad Wags 
piled up their usual scbre. Emmy 
Is the saime . cocksure showman of 
yore. . His' dogs are . excellently 
trained. It's a real, 'clean, fast 
vaudeville act. The dogs were a 
howl. Billy and Elsa Newell fol- 
lowed a.nd got them after a mild 
start. The "As Was" arid "As Is'^ 
material started thom nicely. Some 
of the fly talk went for the end 
book before these atoms, but the 
Spanish number -with the girl pos- 
ing atop the wall and v/orklng at 
pair of prop legs was right for this 
bunch. From then on they were 
a pushover for the pair. Thl^ tcan« 
shriek production material. 

Nelson Snow and Charles Co 
lumbus, assisted by the eye sooth 
ing Joyce Coles, were the class In- 
terlude. The dancing got most 
Miss Coles' peacock toe dance with 
the feathered peacock costume stood 
out, ■ The kicking of the m=;n also 
pulled returns. Heavy efnphasis In 
billing Is laid on recent appearance.") 
with "Oh, Please" and "Music Box 

"Stop That Man," (U) featuring 
Barbara Kent and Arthur Lake was 
stolen by Eddie Gribben. It sent 
them out In a steady file. Business 
good all over the house. Con 



numlier in a film screen score for 
healthy circulation in tjieso sound- 
film hysteria day.s? Abel figure this 
out, will ya? 

Harris and Ola h e haye dropped 
tho revue part t iheir act to go 
it by. thenisel-V'Os, their adagio still 
being the top effort. Boy tries to 
'sing and sliouhln't. Thai eomes at 
both ends. Couple are undoubtedly 
trying for a yeiu-ible opening but 
sh " l a..^lve b.ick Jnto the V)Ook to - 
oxtrtict ,another formula. But as 
long as .they're opening the. .show 
and in.vist on singing, what does it 
matior? On the other . haiidy an 
ad!ded adagio number plus i-o.writing 
. 6f the lyVles . might overcome the 
vbieo haivlicap. Act- is at disad- 
vantage in Oi eriing so maybe the^ 
ci n't care eitlur this week. Book- 
ers are bppkers. 

A piano player . d rove up arid 
Mabel Withee hopped out. That 
was' No. 4. Mis.s Withee is soloing ■ 
again, running tlirdugh four songS; 
strung together on an ap.irtment 
ho.us i idea M'hich has her starting 
as ah elevator opeiator. Each of 
the following numbers is supposedly 
charaeteri'/.ations of residents; These 
include grandma,v flapper and an 
opera singer. It all ended in an 
encore which turned out to be Helen 
Kane'.s national anthem. Miss 
Withee Is polite vaudeville, -Okay 
iexbept that the present day vaude 
audience Is hardly given to attend- 
ing in tuxedos and likes a left hook 
how arid then. She ne. .Is that in 
the routine. Her current lyrics 
hint at such a possibility but also 
b'^'*der on puns set to tunes.. Ikllss 
Withee has. .1 / 'ce enough appear- 
ance and voice to see her .through 
the rigors of three .apd fouf-a-dayi. 
She did not go unrecognized here. ' 

Ardath. dolnr' his steWi ke'-t the: 
house, amiable next to closing and 
the Hippodroriie Skaters (New Acts) 
trailed- the vaude ha,]f. Sid.- 



81 ST ST. 

(Vaudfilm) 

Blanche Yurka, Mabel Withee and 
'Stop That . Man" (film) managed 
to pull half a house Monday night. 
Fred- Ardath took applause honors, 
proving you can't believe every 
thing you see In lights. 

Six acts this first half with the 
house annunciators like the stock 
ticker, always behind. . As far as 
the index cards were concerned 
Harris and Claire did 25 minutes 
opening the show. The team ac 
tually did 11, no side announce- 
ments being mtule to the iaudience 
until Blanche Yurka (New Acts) 
.showed No, 3. This may demon 
strate that vaudeville has more 
faith in the intelligqne.e of its audi- 
ences than soriie picture studios 
have in theirs. 

The legit actress failed to touch 
a match to anything prior to -which 
Johnny Herman , adopted an attl 
tude of "Let my plant do It," and 
the latter was responsible for what- 
ever hapfiened out front, Herman 
w.'is uneomfortably snubbed by the 
Monday nltrht gang. 

Herman is now Using a man in 
an pper box instead .of a girl as 



AMERICAN ROOF 

(Vaudfilm) 

All kinds of proof atop the Amer- 
ican the bills up there are midsum:- 
mer frame-ups; ample evidence 
that the bookers a^'e hewln,g close 
to the moiiey mark and putting In 
almost any kind of a show to keep; 
the vaude section moving with tha 
film feature. Of late the picture 
has shown far more drawing power, 
although some of the films have had 
a summer, pallor along -with -the 
roof shoWi?. 

That raof Is supposed to be one' 
of the coolest places In New York. ' 
It . Is considerably cooler wl.sre 
other theatres are compared, but 
the whole show somehow fell far 
short of packing, the place Monday 
night 

The show the first half had a 
tough time getting that audience 
started, which mitigated . against 
hits. Sid Lewis slanimed them for 
the first clean-up. His nutty way 
of making wise , cracks, kidding the 
boys out front and banging away .at 
his own drop with his cane and 
smashing a few straw hats to back 
Up his blllEng got them. 

Three Behndnts opened. The boy« 
work fast, devoting some eight 
minutes to hoop .juggling and pass- 
ing, followed by the whirling 
spools, which they manipulate dex- 
terously. Act Is no longer a novelty 
in style of routine, but pleases In 
a way. 

Stanley and Kearn are playing a 
repeat with the audience again sur- 
prised when It. learns that, the man 
(Stairiley) is one-legged and then 
the crowd began to. show greater 
appreciation. Gladys Kearn still re- 
tains her coriiedy make-up at the* 
opening, making a change to fortnal 
fern attire, effective in a. measure. 
The vocal part of their turn got 
them some substantial returns. 

Smith and Sawyer mixed cross- 
fire, .some of the patter being a lit- 
tle suggestive, but the act had 
enough vocal numbers to make the 
combination fill, in the spot accept-; 
ably. The man went into the audi- 
ence with a gun that was reminis- 
cent of Ed Wynn, but it Is the kind 
of hokum that goals 'em In the 
neighborhoods. Next, Bee Jone and 
Capitol Six (New Acts) just be- 
fore intermiS.sion, 

Georgiai Hall and Co., opening the 
SGcondi' pai't, hlVe not the kind of 
a turn that helped speed it along. 
This was due to Miss Hall featuring 
her standout, the impression of the 
East Side urchin. Miss Hall worked 
with Paul Hall and for some years 
did the street gamin imitation She 
goes in for some sob sentiment that 
had the shoeblack of the sidewalks 
making a plea for some one to love 
him. Rather mawkish sentiment, 
but always . strikes a responsive 
chord in -vaud houses. 

Raymond Barrett and Co. in their 
amusing .skit treat of two kinds of 
marriage, one old and full of back- 
fires and caustic remarks and the 
other cooey coo. Ks points sent 
over to laughter. I^ight and not 



'tt'lTT7n^-playing-^"-TTr^J3aew^sH='13e7ridrK;J-^ 



wlii(.-h both are singing the -ijlug 
riiiml'or from Par.amount's fir.st 
.sound picture, "Warming Up." 
This is Donaldson's "Out of the 
Dawn," which, In turn, brings up. 
the question are the film syr- 
chi'onlzers k ing to - v royalty for 
the use of su'.-l) songs or i.s the pub- 
li.x: r going to slit) the pirtnre 
I people to use his stuff us the main 



Then came Lewis, followed by 
Yuma and Co., Japanese illu.slonist. 
TnVk caMnets brought back some 
of the old days on that very same 
roof when that type of entertain- 
ment was a big thing on the big 
time with importations eoming over 
oi! every boat. 
S<,-reen feature, "Di unie of Love."- 

idarh. 



44 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



PRESENTATIONS— BILLS 

THIS WEEK (July 16) 
NEXT WEEK (July 23) 



•«li'>w> iMiryinpr nuinoruls sucli as .(ir>) or (16) Indioatc opt'uiiiff this 
urcck DU Siiiiduy or Moiuluy, as date may be. For next woek or (23) 
with split wooks. also .indicated by dates. 

An asterisk (*) before name Signifies act is new to cityi doing a new 
turn, reappearingr aitor absence or appearing' for first .time. 

.Pieliires inelQde in classiflcatioh picture policy with vaudeville or 
prosental.ion as adjunct. 



PARIS 

Week of July 16 



. Aihlm.iisndourB 

patusLer & .T .West 
Clifton Webb 
MiPrf. A'Hiino.s.sl- 
.Noble Slssle . 
Bissiliier Syn 
rjred Iflllzalda. . 
JCathryn Hay ' . ^ 
Joan C Wanlell 
Mary I<c1r1i 
Sasil Howe 
A RascU C'.iria . 

.Gaby Morlay . : 
.Plzaro .Orch 
. Leo BiU ..■ 
Mathano Broa 
Harry Wy.lle ■ 
Oomcz 3 . 
Raoul. Guei-in 
Jean Sorbler 
Qobort Belli ns 

.■ Jardin ' 
- D'AcrliiniitHtion ' 

(Bols dP Boulogne) 
Miss Quincy 



bartus Menagerie . 
LllU^iutien Village 
Othello Tr 
■ Mme Chariot 
ijei &■ Ren'3 
Wtppe- Bros 
If'anny ■ 
Mylos & Coco' 
Merlcy 2:: 
Gaufhier ' Horse* 
Maid GUI 3 

faulette Darty ' 
(M\rla Richards 
GPnevleve ■Williams 
Fournler 
Jane Briiy'ere 
Bilbalnlta-Paquito 
Pr>plavska-TahPC(f 
Jean Devalde 
■Vermel Balliet* 
Bryantes 3 
Callaer'doK '. 
Delie-Dey 
Na'dla Dauty 
I)e Roze . 
Princeaa Borbdlria . 



Week of July 23 

'Ambassnd^urs - 



Buster & J West 

Noble Sl.sale 

Slssling Si-n . 

Clifton Webb 

:Flrlie Banks 

Mlas Vannessl 

A Basch Girls 

Kathryn Ray 
• Joan' C Warden 

Mary Leigh 

Basil' Howe 

Hank the Mule . 

Karolevna Sis 
. Olga Chambers 

Florence Miller 

'Andre Rarids^U 
Dodge Sis 
Georgia Graves 
Alice Meva 
Montel-Rudeau 
Komarova-'Skiblne 
Oretchlkin'e 
.Tamara & Roberts 
Colette Jove 
Carjus Castel 
Cahuzac-Sourget 
Claudia lonescu 
Mallna. Dorsowna 
LysanarRaymond 
jr Tiller Girls 



Monlln Kiwge ' 

MistlngUett 
Karl L*alie. 
Spadaro • ^ 
Diane Belle-Kyatix 
Patricia Storn 
Carjol-Dandy 
Mazza Sla - 
Poggl Sis 
Boyer Sis 

J "W Jackson Girls 
Dltrix-Gabin 
Duval-Jude 
Roger Blum 
Spark's. j3allet . 
Plerrat-Thrbert ' 
Fred Mcle Bd 
' , Olympia 
Paulette Darty 
Vermel Ballet 
Jane Bruyere 
Dullac 
Oregolre ' 
Gerald 

Zlmlo & Jenny Mey 
Poplavska-Tanelf- 
Vonlhe & "Welson 
Athena. 2 

Francianl A Ptnr 

Bryantes J' . 

Taner 

O'Connor 

Ble-RiOB 



LONDON 

Week of July 16 



FIKSBURY PARK 

■ Smpire 
Safety First Rev 
H.\CKNKY 
ISmpire 
Carlton' 
Fred Lind.say 

LONDON. . 

AUiambra - 
Cliirlce Mayne 
Whirlwind Rer 
Johnson Clark •. . 
White Si Mannln'g 
etanelU & Douglas 
Clarlcson Rose 
Kat Mills & Bobble 

ColUciim 
Alt ■ Johnson's Co 
Kouus Sis 



Roy's Lyricals 
Talbot OTarrell 
Owen Naree Co 

Ylctoila Palace 
a H Elliott 
Tucker. 
Billy Bennett 
Victoria Glrlo 
Harry Ouhh. 
George ■ Hurd .■ 
Cyril Shields 
Les Paulettes' ' 
N£W CBOSS 
XJmplre 
■Whispering Friends 
STRATFOBD 
Sniplre 
Bogus Prince Rer 



PROVINCIAL 

ENGLAOT) 



ABRRDKBN 
H. M; 
Dreaniblrds Rev ' 
ABUWICK GRBEN 

ISnipi'ro 
Hedges & Field* 
Wynn & Ivy 
Auntie 
■J-overs 
David ■ Poole 
BIBMINUltAM 
Bmplre 
Stewart & Cameron ' 
Jack Clifford 
Abe Berncy 
Andre & Curtis 
Cecil Cunningham 
Osborne & Parryer 
Herchel Henlere 
Augustlnes 

Gmnrt 
' Moiitin Rouge Rer 
MLAOKJ'OOL 
Oporn House 
, ■ Russell's Operas 
BRADFOBD . 
Alhanibru 
Artistps & Models 
BBISTOL 
Hipt>odrome 
White Birds ReT 
. CABDIFF 

Xjoague & N'ghboirs 
CHATHAM 
• lOmpIre . 

Hetty King 
. Sorbo Bros 
. li Scmon & Sonla 

Lee & Tesnit . 

Fyne & Hurley 

Bob Daymor 

Jim .Tesslman Co 

King's 
. On Parade Rcr 
CI.ASOOW 
Kniplro 
Boys Will lie Boys 
H.'\1MLKY 
Orand 
H M V Rev 
LUKUS 
lOmpire 
Wallen & Plnr 
Nixon Grey 



Hale Sis 

Frank Van Hoven 
Albert W^hclan 
Ayr & Childs 
Brownings 
4 Julians . 

LKICKSTEB 
Falac« 
The Ghost Rain 

LIVKBPOOL 
Empire 
Sunshine Sal Rer 

makohe:st£r 

HipiHMlrome 
Handy Bandy 
Randolph Sutton 
Medley A Dupree 
Jackson Owen 
Nell McKay 

Palace 
Tip Toes 

NEWCASTLB 
£inplre 
Un Vent Da Folle 
NEWPOBX 
Empire 
What'U 1 Do Rev. 

NommJHAM. 

Empire . 

Formby"3 Nlte Out 
POBTSMOfTH 
Boyal . 
The ..Letter 

SALFORD 
Paliire • 
They're Oft Hev 
ijllKFFIELD 
Empire 
Order.*) Ts Orders Rv 
SllEl'H'ROS UUSII 

Umptro 
Yes Sir Rev ■ ■ 
SOUTILSEA 
Kinir's 
Evening Stars Rer 
SWANSEA 
Empire 
Swish Hov 

WOOlXiREEX 
Empire 
Burr & Hope. 
May Ilenderson 
Mary & Krlk 
Valllore 
K'llfton Knb.TTot Co 
Roy's Lyricals 



Picture Theatres 



WBW LOBIC CITY 

Capitol (14) 
••Monte Carlo" U't 
Walt Roesner 
Capllollana 
Harland Dlzoa 
Helen TforkiB 
L & F Borkoft 
W&nk Stiver 



Chester Hale Girls 
•Telling the AYor'd 

(21) 
"YIp-eo" Unit 
Walt Itocsnor 
CapltoUana 
Herman Timbers 
nnatrlco Bl.iir 
Gould Dancers 



"Forbidden Hours" 
Fitrnmount (14) 

'W. Point Days' U 
Paul Aah 
Cadel Chorus 
George Nclidott ■ . . 
Joseph Grlfnn . 
Virginia Johnson' 
Gamby-Hale Girls 
Ray Bolger 
'Warming Up" 
(21) •. 
Harem S.carom' U 
Paul Ash 
Harry Savoy 
Helen . Swan 
Wl'noha 

Wandering Mins 
Foster' Girls 
Hot "News". 
Bialto (14) 
Carl Bitter! 
Man ■Who L'ghs" 
RlvoU (14) 
Norman Lc^land 



Arrluto GroBsl 
Leonora Girls 
'IHalf a -Bride" . 

tiptown (1?) 
"Knlck Knacks" U 
Bcnnie Krueger • : 
Winnlfrcd. & ■VVills 
■ Karayleft 
Lee Sis ' 
Ijlora Hbffuian 
"Raniona". 
AXLAN-TA, GA. 

Hwtvard (SO) 
"Blue Plato" U 
Koehler & Edith 
Lorraine Tumlor 
Gordan & Kins 
r<ong & Small 
Mutt & Jeff : of J 
Meyers & Hnnford 
UAf^TIMOBE, MB: 

Century (10) 
Ted Claire 
Nee Wong 
Cliiaese Boys 6 ' 



Playing Hereabouts This (July 16) W«ek 

BELA BERKES 
liOYAL HV^tGABIAN OBCHF^STBA 

Appearing at the Home of ' ' 
MRS. ELMER SCHLESINGER 
Pt. .Washlngoii, L. I., Saurday Eve;, July 21 

TOMMY MANAHAhf and HIS CO-EDS— 

Loew's Amerloan U H.- 
SALLY BEERS— Loew's Hillside, Orpheum 
MAN- KIN— Loew's Boulevard. Orpheum 
EDGAR MoDONALD'S RADIO RAMBLERS 

— A. .1. Namm's Annual Outing, ' Indian 

Point. S. 8. Chaunce^ M. Depaw, July 21 
CY O'LEON'8 ORCHESTRA— Yacht Club,'. 

New York, N. Y. 
KARL ~ PALLANT'S ORCH ESTRA— Rendez- 
' vout, Long Beach, L.- I. ' ' . 

Direction of . 

ALF T. WILTON 

1560 Broadway . Bryant 2027-8 



Alma Keller 
'King of Kings" 

Boxy (141 
Beatrice Blekln 
Jeanne Mlgnolet 
Doiig Stanbury ' 
Henri Thcrrleii 
Nina Serge ye va 
Mischa Voljanln 
M Vodnoy 
Helen Lyojs 
Locques Lorraine' 
Pa.tricla Bowman' 
Nicholas Daks 
Berlnoft & Eulalle 
32 Roxyettes •. 
"Street Angel" 
CHICAGO. ILL. 

Avalon (IG) 
Roy picterlch Bd 
Porbe'a Bros 
J & K Spaiigler 
Ted Leary 

Capitol (IC) 
Del Lampe ' 
Van De Velde Tr ' 
Billy Carpenter 
(One to fill) 

Chtcngo (16) - 
"Hey Hey" Unit 
H L Spltalny Bd 
Johnny Perkins 
LucUa Leo ' 
Collegla:te Bd 
Al Gayle 
Keith Dancers ■ 
Milt Qharlcs 
'Batter & Egg M'n* 

Granada (14) 
Trlzle Friganza 
E Maxellos ' 
Ellz O'Donncll 
Cra-wf'd & Kamsky 

Harding (1.*;) 
'Levee Lovers' 'Unit 
Al Belasco Bd 
G D Washington 
Jack :Joyce 
Jerry 

Lucille Sis 
..Miss Universe 
'Ladies of the Mob' 

Marbro (14) 
Benny MerofF Bd 
Barto & Mann 
Florence Gast 
Lubow & Du Pree 

Norshore (16) 
•Frankle's F'llles' U 
F Masters Bd 
Coleman Gootz 
Anita LaPlerre 
Scotty Weston . 
Chilton & Thomas 
"The Drag Net" 
Oriental (16) 
'Carnival Nights' U 
Al Kvale Bd 
Milton Watson 
Bcohee & Riibyatle 
Buck & Bubbles 
Fr.ank Mllario 
Bee .Sarche 
Tlohrl KeatCs-' 
'■Forbidden Hours" 

Rogul (14) 
Feas Williams ' 
Marsh Rogers' 
Johnson & Baker 
WTitte Bros 
AVbortlna Plckons 
Red Hot Rcgals 

Binlte (28) 
Pannor & Ardcn 
Warron & Gill 

flonftyo (15) 
'A Mov,ic Party' U't 
ifark Fiahcf Bd 
Charlo 
CU'f Eagle Kcnlher 
Murray & Allen 
.la net Sla 
Itoae Valyda 
'liarties of t)in Mob' 

Shorldnn (15) 
A gee & ■VVhite 
Toots Novellft 
Jilan au.&=,lle.M.acr=i^ 
(One to nil) 

Stratford 
2d half (l'J-2l) 
M HDlbloom Bd 
Twlilkawa .Taps 
Crnndall A Marley 
Tomn^y Gordon 
Cowboy 4 
Bob' Hope 

Tlvoli (10) 
"Rio Roninnoo" tj't 
Paul Whitemon UO 
Nell Ijori'nz ■' 
Jae Penner 
Harris IVarrls 



Brandies K'lly & M 
Yip Tal 
Mr Wu 

^'Forbidden Hours" 
^ • (23) 
"Ocean Blues". Unit 
"Hdlf a Bride" • . 

Stanley (14) 
Buddy Page 
Bert Lewis 
3 Rah-Rah Girls 
Barr Wllley & S 
Kirk & Lawrence 
8 A Kaufman Girls 
"Wheel of Chance" 
BIBAflKGHAM 
Alabama. (20) 
"Havana" U 
Boris Petrbft Co 
Al Mitchell 
Wally Jackson 
Coster & Hewlett 
Dorothy Berks 
BOSTON, MASS. 
Metropolitan (13) 
"Harem Scarem" U 
Gene Rodemlch 
"Hot News" 

State (16) 
Rome & Dunn 
Dave "White H'wks 
Stanley & Alerson 
•Certain Y'g Man' 
(23) 

Charlie Althoft 
Royal Welsh Cho 
'Telling the World' 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 

BulTiilo (16) 
"Sunny Skies!' Unit 
Herb's Gang 
'Maurice Colleano 
Goorgio Hayes 
■Wee Willie Robyn 
Bobby Gilbert 
Rubin. Dancers 
'Telling the World' 

Groat Lakes (16) 
•Give Us a Lift' U't 
D'ncing Tamb'rlnes 
•Wall Street Girls' 
"The Escape" 

CLEVELAJfD, O. 
Allen (14) 
'Flapperettes' Unit 
Blllle Gerber 
Ruth Denlce 
Rio Bros 

Luley Mealy Sc C 
12 Foster, Girls 
"ForblddeVi Hours' 

(12) . 
"Seeing Things". U 



T/yndon & Farnum 
Holen Kennedy 

(21) ■ 
•rino Feathers' U't 
Kiirl I.,;iVero ■ 
Sybil Fagan 
Doris Hue 
Hall iSr lO.sHeley 
Kvan & Perez,. 

Columbia (15) 

Francisco & Cella 
F & V Valrdon 
Foreman & Kvans. 
Romany Rev 
ICcnt. & Kav.i-naugh 
Irene Parks Co 
Mlohignn (14) 
'Seein' Things' Unit 
Frank Bcaston Bd 
(21); 

"Sunny Skjes" Unit 
Prank Bcaston Bd 
EVANSV'LE, IND. 
Victory 
2d half (26728) 
Mayo & Romeo 
Linn & White 
All Wrong 
Walmsley & K'tlng, 

1 Webber Girls : 
FT. WOBTH, TEX. 

Worth (20) 
"Tick Took" U 
Rasche Girls ' 
Prohmah & Gary : 
Bernard & Rich 
Ilelono Yorke , 
Bayes & Speck 

HOUSTON, TEX. 
Mctro|M>U(an (20) 

"Fast .iylall" 
LeGrohs 
Foster Girls 
Eva Thornton 
Alyrtle Gordon 
Eddie Hill 
Koy Shelton . 

JtND'AP.'LIS. IND. 
Palhce (21) 

Dixie 4 

Jos Regan ■ * 

Jlmmle Ray 
'Steamboat, Bill Jr' 

I^NS. CITY, MO. 

Midland (21)- 
"Cameos" Unit • 
"The Cossacks" 

tOS ANGELES 
. noulevard (13) 
Gene Morgan 
Ship Mate 3 
Blair & Thornton 
Carlotta Ortez . 
"Finders Keepers" 
Carthay Circle (16) 
Carll Elinor Orch . 
■'.'Lilac Time" : . 

Egyptian ' (13) 
Benny Rubin- 
Red Carter • 
Trade 2 

Florence Forman 

2 Black Dots 
'Ladles of the Mob' 

Loew's State (1$) 
Jack Waldron. 
O'Neill Kiddies 
"iJotectlves" 
Metropolitan (14) < 
'Pagoda Land' Unit 
Adler .Weil & H 
Irene Taylor 
Smith Sc. Hadley . 
Gus Mulcay 
12' ChestoretteS 
"The Racket" 
United Artists (11) 
Grace LeBeau 
"The Toilers" 
Warner Brotf, (10) 
Ceballos Pres 
Leo Forbsteln Bd' 
Jlmmle Burroughs 
Ijeo St Leo 
The Carsons 
Tut M«;ce 
Tommy Atkths • 
'Women They Talk 
About' 

NEWABK, J. 
Branford (14) ' 

Eddie Moran 
Eileen Flory 
Roth & Shay 
George Sis 
Starr & Rolls 
H'py Go L'ky Boys 
Mary Mashcrt 
Hill & Hull 
"Hot News" 

NEW HAVEN. CT 

Sherman (10) 
OrvlUe Stamm Oo 
"The Escape" . 

MEW OBLEANS 
Saenger (20) 

"Dancing FtJet" U 

Harry Rose 
. Richard Edwards 

Martha Vauighn 

Larry Vale 

Wallle Stewart 

Alice Finn 

Alice Swanson 
OMAHA. NEB. 
Blvlera (20) 

"Steps & St'p'rs" U 

Ruth Roland 

Ilaomay Bailey 

Charles Huey 

Glenn A: Jenkins 

PH'L'D'PHIA. PA. 
Carman (14) 

Olga . Mlshka Co 



Dooloy 2 
John Alden 
Artistic Moments 

Diplomats 
Hawthorne & C'oUfl 
Chicken a la King' 

Fay's (16) 

Bert ColllnH 

Mason' & (J Wynne 

Teluak & Deua ■ 

I-lardelnngs 

"No Other Woman' 

Fox's (10) 
Sally Fields 
King & King 
Peplto Co 
Allan Prior. 
Hell Ship Brons'n' 

Stanley (10) 

"8 Bells" Unit 
Lime '3 
Olivette. 
Paul Howard 
Jack Kaufman 
Oeorgle Tapps 
Elsie Gilbert 
PMetcher Bi'os' • 
Odette MyrtU . 
His Tiger Lady'.' 

PIlTSBUBGn. PA. 

Pemn (16) 

'Main St. to B'y' U 
Almlra Sessions '•' 
Joe Besser 
Ruth Wltmer _ 
Sorel Girls 
Calm & Gule 
Barnett & Clark 
Art Gamp-bell 
Burday & Norway 
Teddy! Joyce 
'Certain Y'g Man" 
(23) 

'Chinese Nights"- U 
'2 Lovers" 

Stanley (16) 
'It M'ght H'p'n' U' 
Cogert & Motto 
Billy Rples 
Dolores 

Reckless - Recko 
Grace Johnson. 
8 Kaufman Girls 
Ted King . 
J.az^ Beaiix 
'Tenderloin" ■ 
PB'VIDENCE, B.I. 
Fay's (16) 

IS 'Merry Makers 
Nlblo ■& Spencer ' 
Sampsel ' & Leon'rd 
Bonner' & Powers 
Polar Pastimes 
^'Hawk's Nest" 
SAlN ANTONIO 
Texa« (20) 
••Snap Shots" U 
Tyler Mason 
Bert. Tucker 
Mills . & Shea 
Lillian Bernard . 
Flo Henrle 
Gould Girls 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 
Ambassador (16).. 
"Cameos" Unit 
Ed Lo.wry . ■'• 
Tom Wonder 
Coscla & Verdi 
Louise & Lett Sis 
"Red Lips" 

Missouri < 16) 

Summer Rev 
Frank Fay' 
"Hot News" 

State (14) 
Nat Nazarro Jr 
Easter & Ilazolton 
Joe Regan . 
Joe. Ray • 
Kirk Fredericks 
Ernst Hares 
"The Cossacks" 

(21) 
Walter Hlers 
Moore & Shy 
Howell Hargis ft T 
3. Recorders . 
"Certain Y'g Man" 

SYBACLSE, N. Y. 

State (21) 
'St'p This W'y' U't 
'Diamond H'ndc'ffs' 
WASH'GT'N, D. C. 

Earle (14) 
'In a Garden' Unit 
MaoQuarrle H'rp'ts 
Laurette Lee 
Alfl Grlms 
Arthur Ball 
Irmanette 
Dolores & Eddy 
"Wh^el of Chance* 

Fox (14) 
S X Stebbtns Pres 
Lieut Qltz Rice Co 
Natapha Nattova' 
Wash. Salon Singers 
Meyer Davis Sym 
Leon Brusllod 
.'H'sb'nds for Rent' 

Palace (14) 
"Ocean Blues" Unit 
Wesley Eddy 
Scanlon & Scanlon 
Mosa ft. Fry- 
Poster. Girls 
'Telling the World' 
(21) 

r/f. Point D'ys' U't 
. "Drag : Net" 



2d half (26-29) , 
.Man -Kin 
Itu.sHcU & Hayes 
C/iogan & Casey 
Lillian Morton- 
Mllilrcil Andrea Co 
(iroelcy Sq. 

1st lialf (23-26) . 
Joe ('(Illy Bros 
(J race C Worth 
\'iolot .Singer Co 
Whpoliir & Potter 
Lane & Lee 
Cook ft Shaw Sis 

2d hnif (2C-20) 
Oharlotto' & 'i'h'ps'n 
Fields Ka;y & F 
John Barton Co 
Dwyer*.& Eilwurds' 
Jones' & Jones 
Miller Rev ' 
Linroln Sq. 

1st half (23-26) 
Greot Johnson 
Peggy Calvert 
Cardiff & Wales 
Miller Rev , 
(One to All) 

2d half (26-29). 
PiGters & LcBuft 
Jolly .4. 

Miller & Fears 
Revelations 
(CJne .to 11,11) 

National - 
- 1st half (23-25) : 
Little PIpplfax , 
Fuy & Mllllken 
Bobby. Randall 
D'Andrea & 'W Bd 
(Cine to ml) 

2d half (2C-29) 
Maude Elllt 'Co 

' licrnard & Merrltl 
Wheeler & Potter 
WlnehlU &. Briscoe 
Lowe & Sargent Rv 
Orpheum 

■ 1st half (23-25) 
Muude Elllt Co .. 



Unlyomal 

1st half (23-25) 
Selma Bratitz 
Shorman & Ryan 
Murray & Maddox 
Henry Fink 
Marlon WUklns Co 

2d half (2C-29) 
Cannon ft Lee 
Bill Ofisoy 
Brown & Blrm'h'm 
Belaya 

Mooney-C'chlU Ry 

ATLANTA, GA; 
Grand (23) 
S Castles 
Frolic 4 

Nick & O Verga 
Jaa C Morion Co . 
Cyclone Rev. 
BAY KlDGiS 
Loeiv's 

,lat half (23-26) 
Ford ft. Price 
Sally Beers 
Miller & Fears 
WlnehlU & Briscoe 
Slaves of Mt-lody 

2d half (29-29) 
liammer ft Il'mer . 
jjartol 

Fielder 'H ft H 
Ferris ft Ellis 
Smith Colton Co 
BIBM'GH'M, ALA. 

Loew's (23) 
Baffin's Monkeys 
Oscar Grogan 
Saxton ft Farrell 
Donovan ft Lee 
Fejer ft Lang Or 
BOSTON, MASS. 
Orpheum (23) 
' Gay nor' ft Byron 
Art Gillham- 
Ross -ft Co.'Htello .' 
NOla ft W St. Clnlr 
Hawthorne ft. Cook 
Freeborn's Follies 



MOVIE TALKERS 

Mnvlotono. Vltaph'one, Photo- 
phone .and ail the other pic- 
ture talkers 'constitute the 
coming show, buslndsa, ' Suit- 
able talent Is at a 'premium 
and. our Mr. Burt Cortelyou 
1.1 Intensively devoting Ills 
. time to this Add. tjoe hint 



LYONS & LYONS 

FAnAMOOMT sue. NEW YORK 



4 Mariners 
just a Pal 
Harr'gton ft Green 
Denno-Rochelle Bd 

2d half (26-29) 
Alex Melford :3 
Billy D^iy . 
Morton & Green 
Rome & Gaut 
Lloyd Ilbachis Hnt 

State (23) 
LaFleur ft Portia 
Lieut GItz Rice 
Arnaut Bros 
Parker ft Babb Or 
(Two to . nil) 
■ ■Victoria 

1st half (23-26) 
Br'kaway. Barlo.wes 
Murray ft Irwin' 
Snoozer Jr 
Claudia Coleman 
Lowe .ft Sargent Rv 

2d half (26-29) 
Aerial LaValls : . 
Silver Sirens 
Murray, ft Maddox 
Henry Fink. •.- 
6 Harmanlacs 
BROOKLYN 
Bedford 

1st half (23-25) 
Cannon & Lee 
Allen ft Preston 
Archer ft Belford 
Holland & Oden 
Night at Coney Isl 

2d half (26-29) 
Ambler Bros 
Edith Bohlmaa 
Hite Reflow Co 
Sheldon Heft ft L 
(One to fill) 
Gates Ave. 

Ist half (23-26) 
Man-Kin . ' 
.Mable Wlthee Co 
Bobby O'Neill Co 
Zelaya 

Mildred Andrea Co 

2d half (26-29) 
3 Kemmy's 
Violet Singer Co 
Abbott ft BIsland 
Al B White 
Colonial 6 

Melba (23) 
Mike O'Connor 
DoFay Sis 
Hazel Bowman 
(Two to nil) 
Metropolitan (23) 
Winnie ft Dolly 
Nancy Checker 
Joyner ft Foster 
- Jack- Janls Co,. 



Tuesdays 
723 7th Ave. 
New York 



JACK L. UPSHUTZ 
TAILOR. 908 Walnut St., Pbila. 



"Bellamy Trial'' . 

COLUMBUS, O. 
Olilo (21) 
"JBlapperettes" Unit 
"Bellarriy Trial" 

DALLAS, TEX. 
Pnluce (21) 
"Milady's .Fan(' U 
Prank. Jenks . 
Basil Lambert! 
Dorothy Neville 
Ojeda .ft Imbert 
Stanley 2 
Bonny ft Western 
A Kaufman Girls 

BENVEll, COXA}. 
Oenver (10) 

Surprise Woek 
Bernio Broa 
nit 7. Bro.H 
Moore .'5I.1 
Miss Irwin 
("harle.s Julley 
. De l.'aeo 

Capitol (20) 
"Jems Rev" U 
Dennis Sis 
Riiy Schuster 
Dave Rublnoff 
Cttskln 

llurn.<) & KIsscn 

DKTKOIT 
(tipltol (14) 

'Uldc 'Em C'boy'U 
Del Delbridgo Bd 
Milt Watson ' 
noyie Sr Si-h'>inpr 
r>ij'l3ou 




NEW YOBK CITY 
. Anierlcap 

1st half (23-2S) 
Hama & Yama 
Bernard A Ward 
6 Harmanlacs 
Edith Bolilman' 
Morton & Green' 

.Jones ft Jones 
May Joyce Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half (2C-J9) 
Milton Dill ft GHs 
Itarberln 
Mazur's Eht 
Fay ft Millilcon 
Buaany ft Fox 

JThreo to_nil)_ 



Boulevard 

1st half (23-26) 
Dainty E Marine 
HIto Renew Co 
Lloyd llbaie.h's Ent 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (2G-29> 
■ Ford & Price 
4 Mariners 
Bobby O'Neill Co , 
Claudia' Coleman 
Cook & Shaw Sis 
Commodore 

lat half (23-25) 
Jack Birchloy 



Hooker ft DaVls 
Brown ft Blrm'h'm 
Al B White 
O Nottago ReT ' 
(Oiie to fill) 

2d half (26-30) 
Wilbur ft AlOa 
Robinson Connie Co 
Jerome ft Mills 
Takewa Japs 
(Two to nil) 

Delnncey St. 

iRt half (23-26) 
Charlotte ft Th'ps'n 
Barborln 

Fein ft Tennyson 
Crelghton &_Lynn_ 
'Ttevelatlons 
(One to fill) 

2d half (20-29) 
Joe Cody ft Bros 
Sherman ft Ryan 
Geo Yoeman 
Holland ft Oden 
(One to fill) 

Grand 

' 1st half (23-25) . 
Alex Melford t 
Bill Casoy 
John Barton Co 
Sunshine Sammy 
Colonial 6 



Hariaiid Dixon. 
Robt Ueilly Co 
Oriental 
1st half (23-25) 
Aerial LaValls 
Billy, Day 
Janet of Prance 
Clifton ft Brent 
Sheldon Heft ft L 
2d half (26-29) 
."^elma Braatz 
Peggy Calvert 
Archer ft Belford 
Rucker & Pprrin 
D'Andrea ft W Bd 

Palace 
Ist half (23-2«): 
Talccwa Jap's. 
Pam ft Peg Garvin 
Robinson Connie Co 
Mazur's Ent 
(One to nil) 

,2d half (26-2>) 
Jack Blrcbley 
Orace ft C Woi'tii 
Marion Wlllclns Co 
(Two to mi.) . • 

Pi'emler 
1st half (23-26) 
Bernard ft Merltt 
Van & C Avery 
Russell & Hayes 
Will Higgle Girls 
(One to nil) 

2d half (2C-29) 
Bud ft Elinor Coll 
Fein ft Tcnnysota 
Crelghton ft I>ynn 
(Two to nil) 



CANTON. O. 

Loo-vv's 
1st half (23-25) 
The LeRays 
Natalie Alt Co 
McL'ghlln ft Evans 
Walton ft Brandt 
Carnival of , Venice 
CLEVELAND. O. 
' . . Granada 
Ist half (23-25) : 
Al Llbby Co ' 
Ward ft Wilson 
Ideals 

Amaros ft Jeariette 
Rolsman Alabam''ns 

2d half (26-29) 
Ponslnl's Monkeys 
Craig Campbell Co 
Otto-Oretto Co 
Elliott ft LaTour 
Paddy . Cliff Orch 
Park 

Ist half (23-25) 
Ponzlnl's Monkeys 
Craig Campbell Co 
Otto-Oretto Co 
Elliott ft LaTour 
Paddy Cliff Orch 

2d half (26-29) 
Al Llbby Co 
Ward, ft Wilson 
Ideals 

Amoros ft' Jeanette 
Rolsman Alabamans 

State (23) 
Broslus' & Barton 
Bort ft H Skatelle 
Robinson & Pierce 
Lewis ft Dody 
Marino & Mona By 

COLUMBUS. O. 
State (23) 
Cahlll ft Maybelle 
Frank 'Whltmon 
Princeton & Yale 
Fuzzy Knight 
Mansneld Dancers 
(One to nil) 

COBONA, L. I. 
Plaxa 

1st half (23-26) 
Hammer ft H'mer 
Ferris ft Ellis 
N T G's NIaht Club 
(One to nil) 

2d half (2G-29) 
Br'kaway Barlowes 
Sally Boers 
Janet of France 
Bobby Randall 
Kuma Co 
EVANSV'LE, IND. 

1st half (23-26) 
Nelson's Catland 
Bobby ft King 
Bornlco ft Pansey 
Johnny Borkes 
Revue Fantasy 
HOUSTON, TEX, 
Houston (23) 
Zloglers 
June ft Jo 
Billy r.-xrrell C^o 
Harry Hines 
Pnrezcaro Sis 
JAMAICA; L. I. 
Hillside 
Ist half (23-25) 

3 Kemmy's 
Coogan ft Casey 
Lillian Morton 
Smith Colton Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Hama & Yama 
Mable Withee CJo 
Just a Pal 
Harrington ft Gr'n 
Donno-Rochelle' Bd 
MEMl^IHS, TENN 

lAMSv/'a (23) 
Wilfred DuBols 
Median ft Newman 
Seymour Putn'm&B 
Ralph Whitehead 
Radio Fancies 
MONTREAL, CAN. 

l4>ew'B (23) 
I Herman Bros 
=^Ir-VlniBr=-&:^nurnett--^- 
Sid Townes 
Frank Sinclair Co 
Frank Mellno Co 
Florence Hedges Co 
NEWARK, N. J. 

State (23) 
Al Gordon's Dogs 
Frlsh. Rector ft T 
Cook ft Vernon 
Lander Bros ft L 
Dave White Hawks 
NEW OBLEANB 

State (28) 
Kate ft Wiley 

4 Eaton Boys 



Bond ft Trent 
Welsh ft Hills • ■ 
Makcr-Redford Rv 
NOIUTOLK. VA. 
State (23) 
Paul! Bros 



WOODH'VEN, 
Wlilard 

1st half (23-26) 
Milton Dill ft 8to 
Bartol 

Abbott ft BIsland 
Rome ft Oaut 
KUma Co 



JUST ROUTED 

JEROME and RYAN 

FOR, 

"LOEW CIRCUIT" 

Direction 

Joe— lEDDY & SMITH-^Ed 

220 West 47th St.. Sglte BOl 



Mason ft Gwynns 
Billy Taylor Co 
Syd Lewis 
■Violet Joy Girls 

PALISADES P'BK 

^ (23) 
Horl 2 . 

Drellls .. 
Chas Ledegar 
Har ft Mlnetta 

'tobonto, can. 

Loew's . (23) 
: Longnclds 
Will J Ward 
Wedding Rlnjc 
Smith ft AUman 
Strelska-LaRue Rv 



2d half. (26-20) 
Great Johnsoh 
Lucille Bensteeid 
Snoozer Jr 
Sunshine Sammy '- 
Jose Bohr Co 

, YQNKEKS 
Yonlcers 
. 1st half (23-25) 
Peters ft LeBiiCf 
Fielder Harriet ftS 
.Tnse Bohre Co 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (.26-29) 
Dainty E Marine 
Van ft C. Avery 
Clifton ft Brent 
NTG's Night Club ■ 
. (One to nil) 




NEW YOBK. CITY 

Broadway (23) 
.The ' Bramlnos 
2 Ghezzis 
(Others to nil) 
(16) 

Margie HalUck Co 
Eddie Sheriff. Co 
Wallace . & -May 
Dorothy Byton Co 
.Tlmmy. Lyons,' 
Ray ft Harrison ■ 

Chester 
. Ist half (23-26) 
Frank Hamilton 
Jimmy Lyons 
■Watch This Rythm 
(Two to mi) 

2d half (2C-29) 
Cl^ircnce Downing 
Reed ft Lucy 
Olyn Landlck 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
The Ahdressens' 
Cronln & Hart 
Nel Roy Co 
Hilton ft Almy 
Bronson- ft Rcnee B 
Coliseum 
Ist half (23-26) 
King ft King 
Olyn Landlck 
(Three to UU) 
- 2d half (2->-29) 
Johnny Herman ■ 
Fred Ardath . 
(Three to All) 

2d half (19-2.'',) 
Adele Verne ' 
Bennett ft Rlch'rds 
Hays ft Cody 
E ft L Ford 
(One to nil) 

Slst St. 
.1st half (23-26) 
The ■ Bardelungs 
Alleen Cook ' 
B ft J Brown 
(Two to nil) 
. 2d half (26-29) ; 
Adele Verne 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (19-22) . 
Joe Herbert 



Frank' Hamilton 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Rogers ft ■Wynne 
Russel & Armstr'nr 
Wilton ft Weber 
Paco ft Juanlta ' 
(One to nil) . 

Palace (23> , j 
Florence Moore I 
The Mounters . | 
Wilton ft Weber | 
(Others to till) I 
(16) I 
3 Whirlwinds 
Deszo Retter 
Billy House Co 
Claudia Coleman . 
Barbara Bennett 
Gcorgle Jessel . 
Patrlcola 

Visions of Fairyl'4 

Bei^ent 
. 1st half (23-26) 
Johnny Herman . 
(Others to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Clifford ft Marion 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Marke ft Jeronie 
Ina Lorle ft SootI 
Tommy Lavlne 0» 
May Usl\er ■ 
Stlckney's Clr 
. Boyal 

1st half (23-26) 
Kerr ft Ensign 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Royal Saxonetteii 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (19-21) 
Baliey ft P*>11 
Bakt'r '^- Francis' 
Bwln? Eaton 
Romas. Tr 
(One. to nil) 

CONEY ISLAND 
New Bri|;ht6n (23)' 
T ft tJ Waters 
Hope Vernon 
The Twliis 
Wallace ft Mar 
Nitza Vornllle 



EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED 
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN 



BEN ROCKE 



1632 B'way, at 50th St., N. V. City 



Harry Holmes 
(Three to nil) 
Fordlinin - 

1st half (23-26) 
Morgan ft Sheldon, 
Adele Verne ' 
Fred Ardath. Go- 
(Two to nil)° 

2d half (26-29) 
King ft King 
Kelly 'ft Forsyth 
(Three to nU) . 

2d half (19-22) 
Johnny Herman 
Freda ft I'alace 
Tele vox . 
(Two to nil) 
Franklin 

38t half (23-25) 
Toy Long Sue- Rev 
Danny Small Co ' 
Forsyth ft Kelly 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Stlllwell ft Froser 
Paxton 

(Three to nil) 

Zd half (19-22) . 
Frakson 

Morgan & Sheldon 
10 Glorious Girls 
Fred Ardath 
Villa ft Vance Rv 
Hamilton 

1st half (23-26) 
Princess Wahletka 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Harris ft Claire 
Morgan ft Sheldon 
Boyle ft Delia , 
Watch This Bythm 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
2 Ohezzls 
Barry ft Whltledge 
Princess Pat 
(Two to nil) 
Hippodrome (23) 
Televox 
Pat Hennlhg ' 
=Paco--=&=^ Juan 1 ta^.Go. 
(Throe to hU) 
(16) 

Dack Shing Tr ' 
Freddie -ft Eddie 
Frank Dobson Co 
Odall Carono 
Moyle ft Delia 
Rhea & Santera 
iTefferson 

1st half (23-25) 
Harris ft Claire 
Boyle ft Delia 
(Three to nil) " 

2d h,llf (26-29) 
Danny Small Co 



3 Sailors 
Whiting ft Burt 
Yvonne ft Victor 
(16) 

Great Johnson 
2 Davcys 
Blue Slickers 
George Beatty . 
Clark & Bergman 
Adele Rowland 
Harris ft Van 
Willis ft Holmoa 

Tilyoa 
1st half (23-25) 
Stlckley's Clr 
Ray & Harrison 
CThree To ^nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Breen-LaBard ft B 
(Others to nil) . 

2d half (l?-2t> , 
Wyoming 4 
Billy Hall Co 
Marino ft Martin . 
(Two to nU) 

BBOOKLYN 
: Albce (23) 
Theo Beken Co 
Billy House Co 
Dack Shlng Tr 
(Three to nil) 
(16) 

6 Mounters 
Alleen Cook 
Cole ft Snyder 
Dave Bornie Oroh 
Clifford ft Marion 

Bushwick 

Ist half (23-25) 
The 3 of Us 
Dale ft Wendt 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
J ft B Ollroy 
(Others to flll) 

2d half (19-22) 
Hill ft Margie 
Fred Hamilton CSo 
Louis London 
Left ft Demarest 
:.(One=.tcflll).^^^ W-. 
Madison 

1st half (23-25) 
Yates & Lawley 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Lew White Co 
Johnny Herman Co 
Breon-LaBard ft B 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
The Bramlnos 
Dot Francisco Co 
Kerr ft Ensign 
Nick Hufford 
Brice ft Clarke 



Wednesday, July 19, 1928 



'VARIETY 



45 



Orpheum 

l8t half (23-2B) 
J & E GUroy 
Royal Saxonctles 
<Thrce to flli) 
^ 2d haJI (30-29) 
The 3 of U8 
(Others to flU) 

* 2d half (13-22) 
Sons Fashions 
Roe Reaves 
ScManus &. HluUey 
Trucoo & Boreo Co 
(One to fill) 

rroejiect 

■ ;d half <2C-29). • 
Jimmy Lyons 
(Others to . fllO 

2d half (10-22) 
Clarence liowrilns 
Bair & I^amarr 
convey 3l3 A J 
(Two to fill) 

* AKRON, 0. 

JPaluoe ■ 
1st halt (23-S5) 
Jewel & Rita 
Koryl Norman 
Mangean Tr , 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (2ii-29) 
May Ilaynes 
Severn . & Noal His 
, Freeman & S'ym'Ur 

4 Girton Girls 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Strolns & Strlnes 
Don CumnilnKs 
The Rest Cure 
Joe I-aurIp Jr . 
The liOCkfords ■ 
(One to till) 
AXr.ANTIO CITT. 
Knrlo 

1st half (23-25) 
A & a Falls 
Bl Cleve 

Jilarlon LaCosta R 

(Two to fill). ■ 
. 2d half (26-29) 

Jean Granos«' 

Honjf Kone^Tr 

(Three to fill) 
2d half (19r22).. 

O'Brien & J's'plilne 

Bert Melrose 

(Three to nilV 

BALTIMORE, MD 
Hippodrome (23) 
. Cassoh Bros - & M 

5 Good Knif^hts 
(Others to fill) 

• (16) . 
Rowland & Anth'y 

■ Parrel 1 Taylor 
Swartz Clifford ' 
Phillyss Sheldon 
Stepptnf^ Alon;? Rv 
New Gardens ^23) 
Rainbow Revelry 
Morris Sc, Rhaw 
Wm Ebs Co 
Owen (3arry & O 
Kmmett O'Mara Co 
Leo Topping & Tip 

(16) 

Rita .Gould . Co 
Walsh & EUis 
Jack Danger 
. Jean Granese Co 
Theo BeUefl Co 
BUFFALO, N. T. 
nippodrome (23X 
Normdn Thomaii 
' Stan ' KavanauRh 
Williams & Sweet 
(Three to fill) 
(16) 

Block & Sully 
'Walman'R Debs 
Wm HalUgran 
Baet & Dumke 
Carr Bros & B 
CANTON, O. 

1st half (23-26) 
Jazj! Boat Rev 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Tanot Childs .' 
Sol Gould Co 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Parker & Mack 
Jack Benny 
Grace Deaepn ■ 
Jane Lee Rev ■ 
Bobbie Johnson 
CINCINNATI. O. 
Albee (23) 
KIkuta Japs 
Josephine Harmon 
Chas Bennington 
Roy Cummlngs C« 
(Two to fill) 

(16) 
RlROletto Bros 
Billy Main 
MltchtJll & Durant 
Mary Haynes 
(Two to nil) 

let half (23-25) 
Valencia 
Alex & Peggy 
Sh'mr'cUs & TuUpe 
Marty Whitb 
Cameo Capers 

2d half (26-29) 
Marty Whito 
Cameo Capers 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Jazz Boat Rev 
(Others to fill) 
CLEVKLAND. O 
lORth St. 

let half (23-25) 

-Th^-TRflllefs 

Johnny Hyman . 
Sandy Douglas 
Mahon Scott Co . 
(On© to nil) 

2d half (26-20) 
The Stubbloflolds 
(Others to All) 

2d holf (19-22) 
Valencia 
Park Sis & H 
Sol Gould 
Plckard'a Svn 
(One to flin 

FalacQ (23) 
Wovll's Clr 
Don Cummlngs 
Hoop'r & Gatchett 
Odette Mrytlo 
Freddy Allen 
Night at the Club 
(One to fill) 

. «■ 

8 Brown Bros 
.Tack Benny 
Robt Warwick 
Jpsephine Harmon 
Stan Kavanaugh 
Lockett & Page 
COLrMBUS. O. 

Kelth'n 
Ist half (23-26) 
MrducI Vcg» 
Sol Gould 
vioe LHurIp Jr 
=.(T-wo-ta'^flll)' 



2d half (26-29) 
Jazz Boat Rov 
(Others to nil) 

2fl hulf (19.22) 
Torke & King 
Marporpt Padula 
riimltntt & Mosin 
f^mlth & Strong 
ftf^PDlmg Feet 
IJAYTON, O. 
KfHh'n 
Ir.t hnlf (23^25) 
Smith & Strong 
JJardon of Melody 
rorke & King 



Parker & Mack 
(One to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Rlgolettl Bros 
ijiehl Bis 
Curloy Burne Co 
Mitchell & Durant 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Barr 2 • 
Taylor & Bubbe 
Clad MolTatt 
Chiis Bennington 
Jack Wilson- 
Rhapsody In Silk 
Dli;TKOiT,:MU'lI. 
liollywooil 
1st half (23-2:.) 
Mays-ilurt .fFinn 
(Others to nil) ' 

2d half- (2fi-:!9) 
Sully & Mack 
(Otlifirs to nil) 

ad imif (19-22) 
3 Golfers : 
Karyl Kormun 
{.Throe to nil) 

1st half (23-25) 
Erycl ife Do^l 
Bcliops of SpAin- 
Fleildy Ileider Co 
The Stubblonclds 
(Ono to. lili) 

2d half (23-2S) 
The Thrillers 
(Others to IHl) 

2d half (19-22) 
Jewell & Rita 
Freddy Allen 
Stop Look & I-isl'n 
Ben Ilassen Tr 
(One to UU) 
KUIE^ PA. 
Erie (33) " . 
Glad Moffutt 
Ruiz & Bonita 
(Three to tlilj 
(1(1), ■ 
Jones & Rca 
College Widows . 
Janet Childs 
peter the Great 
(Ono to fill) 
GLENS FALLS 

nmto 

2d half (<!6-29) - 
Betty Lou Webb Co 
Proaslcr & Klaisa 
Chas 'Keating 
Ellen HuTVcy . 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Brenk & Bella • 
G & C Worth 
Wa;tson & Wood 
Irvings's Midgets 
(One to.nil) 
GRAND KAPlDS 
Kamona Park 
1st half (23-26) 
The DuPdnts 
Stop Look & Listen 
Joe Howard Co 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Lockett Page 
Peter the Grdat 
Emmett O'Mcara 
(Two to illi) . 

2d half (19-22) 
Brvel & Del 
iJa'nny Small 
Fred Itclder • ■ 
Echoes of Spain 
Harry Jol'son 
Fink's Mules 
IXARTFORD. CT. 

Capitol 
1st half (23-25) 
Great .Lester 
(Others to All) 

2d half (2G-29) 
Allmond & Grey Sis 
(Others to flll) . 

2d half (19-22) 
Tab . 

(Others, to flll) 
HUNT'GTON, W.V. 
Orpheum 

Ist half (23-26) 
J & J McKenna ' 
Barr 2 
Any Family 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (26-29) . . 
Paul Bros . - 
Taylor & Bobbie 
Jean Elton Co 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Snell & Vernon 
Oafney & Walton 
Djin Coleman 
Garden of Melody 
(One to fill) . 
JERSEY CITY 

State 
Ist half (23-25) 
Johnny Herman' 
G'niible Br'e & B'de 
(Thre6 to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Dale & Wendt 
Wilton & Weber 
(.Three to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Marty & Nancy 
Mabel Whitee 
Casey &. Warren 
Ruckcr & Perrin 
(One to nil) 
LIMA, O. 
Kr<ith'0 
let half (23-25) 
Hcaly '& Garnella 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
MAhon & Scott Co 
"(OnTerB~t6~nil) ' ^ 

2d half (19-22) 
Alice D.evo Co 
Geo McCJlellen, 
6 Orleys 
(Two to f\li) 
LOUISVILLE, 
KeUh'8 
Ist half (23-25) 
DIelh Sis & McD 
Curley Burnes / • 
MitchoU & Dur&nt 
RIgoIfette Bros 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Smith & Strong 
Torke & King 
Parker & . Mack 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
■Cameo Capers 
Alex & Peggy 
Shftmr'ks & Tulips 
Joo Phillips 
KIkutia Japs 
NARIIV'LE, TENN. 

Princess (23) 
Carl Freed Co 
Ben Hasscn Tr 
Alice Deyo Co 
(Three to flll) 
(16) 

JkK MondlH 
ruief . canpolican 
Joo Mcndl9 Co 
""etiTicy^BurttT^^^"--^ 
Donahue & T.iaSalle 
Dlphl .Sli *■ MrD 
NEWBLIMill 

Aradomy 
1st halt (23-2.') 
Hilton & Aliny 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (2(;-29) 
Mae Usher 
(Others to fill) 

2d hair (19-22) 
Ilong Kong Tr 
NpII O'Brien Co 
fhnntell K1s 
(Two to tiW) 



OTTAWA, CAN. 

Ist half (23-25) 
2 Romans 
Singer & Lightner 
Lpave It to Ruth 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Frank Farron 
(Miallolo Rev" 
(Three to nil) 

2d hali: (19-22) 
4 O'Conners 
Blior!! &■ Slicrr 
Courting Days 
Madlyn Pattico 
Broken Toys 
PATERSON, N. J. 
n«gent 
2d half (19-22) 
S<;ra,mbled Legs- 
Schulcr Harris Co 
Delaney & C & C 
Hughs & Margie 
Bag & Baggage 
PIIILADELPIirA 

Ertrle (23) 
Flepson Si Folsom 
McKay Ardlne 
.Yalo.Orph . .* 
Dave Vine 
Jimmy Allard Co ■ 
Loma Wort 
Romp-s Tr 

(16)" 
Janowsky 3' 
Yates & Liiwloy, • 
Uay Ca vanaligh • Bd 
Clara K' Young 
J C Fllppen 
Nllf) at Paradoxy 
PITTSBPKGII 
Ilurrlfl 
1 1st half (23-20). 
Joy & RHy 
Gaffney & Walton 
6 Brown. Bros ■ 
J A- R Hayes 
Snell & Vernon ' 
2d half (26-29) 
Art Leone Co 
Dan CJoleman Co 
Ewlng Eaton 
Carlos Clr 
(One to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Joan -Elton Co 
Presler & Klnlss 
The WIegands Co 
Ray Wylle Co. 
Allen. & Norman • 
Holden & Graham 
POUGHKEEPSIE 
Avon 
1st half (2S-25) 
May Usher 
(Others to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Hilton & Almy 
(Others to flll) 

2d half (19-22) 
A Nlte In Dixie! 
Milton Berle 
Dale & Wendt 
Tom &■ Jerry 
(One to flll) 
PLATTSBUBG 

Strand 
let half (23-26) 
Charlotte Leah 
(Two to flll) 

2d halt (26-29) 
Louis London 
(Two to flll) 
. 2d half (19-22) 
Morln -Sis 
(Two to flll) 
SPRINGFIELD, O. 
Palace 
1st half (23-26) 
Syn Gaieties 
(Others to flll) 
• 2d half (26-29) 
Nally & Page 
J Byron Totten 
Kerr & Ensign 
6 Molays 
(One to flll) 

2d half (19-22) 
B K Nadel Show 
SYRACUSE. N. Y 
Keith's 
lat half (23-26) 
Broken Toys 
Geo Broadhurst 
Butler & Santos Rv 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Weiss & Stanton 
Walman's Debs 
(Three to flll) 

2d half (19-221 
Devil's Clr 
White & Tlerney 
Lou Tellegan 
B & J Brown 
(One to flll) 
TOLEDO, O. 
Kelth'8 
let half (23-':) 
lx)cUett & Va..K-J 



KY. 



Emmett O'Mcara 
Peter the (".refit 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (2(:-;n> 
Tho Duponts 
.Stop Look & Ll.slen 
Joe Howard Co 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (19-22) 
Tho Rookie 
Manuel Verga 
Marty White 
RandfU' & Ccok 
The Crawfoi-tla 
TORONTO, CAN. 
Hippodrome ('^3) 
Block & Sully 
Piloer. & Douglas 
Wm Halligan . 
Courtney Sis 
Carr Bros B 

(16): 

Norman T' Ouinn 
■Williams & Sweet 
Thank You Doc 
Ediih Clifford 
Kicfer 3 

trentonI N. J. 

Crtpltol 

5d half (19-22) 
Cas.son Bros 
(.5/!orge Frame 
ViPlor Olfvor 
I.oma Worth 
(One to fill) 

UNION CITY, N. ,1. 
Capitol 

Isl halt (23-25). 
Dcliinoy & ("recdon 
(Others to flll) 

. 2d half (20-29) 
Lal'ine DrU-e Co 
Yiile C'ollOgia'ns 
Crhree to flll) ' . 

.2d half (19-22) 
Mllt-.Bronscin Co 
Manila Lawrence 
Pat ilenning 
Normah Janis 
(One to flll) 

WATERBUBY 

Phlace 
1st half (23-25> 
Allm'nd & Grey Sis 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Hdrry Roye 
(Others to fill) 
/2d half (19-22) 
3, Nites 
Charles Ray 
Edmund O'Darsey 
Jordan & Grace 
(One to flll) 

WHITE PLAINS 

Keith 'fl 
Ist half (23-25) 
Cecil Alexander 
Jarmon & Green 
Koran 

(Two to flll) . 

2d half (26-29) 
Brcngk & Bella 
Harris & Van 
(Three to flll) 

2d half (1.9-22) 
Poaches - Browning 
Art Henry Co 
J'elrome &■ Ryan : 
Red Donahue Pals 
(One to flll) 

WORCESTER 

Palace 
1st half (23-26) 
Nally & Page 
J Byron Totten 
6 Molays 
(Two to flll) 
• 2d half. (26-29) 
Syn Gaieties 
(Others to flll). 

2d half (19-22) 
Large & Morgner 
Billy Nanh 
Johnny Elliott Co 
Great Lester 
. Chang Co 
YOUNGSTOWN, O 
Keith's 
let half (23-25) 
4 Girton Girls 
Jewell & Rita 
Severn '& Neal 81b 
Mary Haynes 
(One to flll) 

2d half (26-29> 
Freeman & S'ym'ur 
Karyl Norman . 
■ Mangean Tr 
(Three to flll) 

2d half (19-22) 
Kltaro Japs 
Roy Ciimmlngs • 
Nlte at the Club 
Healy & Garnella 
Mahon Scott Rev 
(One to flll) 




CHICAGO, ILL. 
Palace (23) 
Alexander Gray 
Jack Benny 

5 Honey Boys 
Felovis 

Dance Rhapsodies 
(Ono to nil) 

Riviera (23) 
Bob Anderson Pony 
DerlckBon & Brown 
Jack Wilson Co 
Summers &' Hunt 
Herb Warren Co 
(One to flll) 

State-Lnbe (23) 
Tad Tleman "Rev 
Marg Clifton Ptnr 
Charlie Irwln 
Frances White 
Kltaro Japs 
Dave Apollon Co 
Keno & Green 
(Two to fill) 

DENVER, COL. 
Orph«uih (23) 
Nazimova 
Zelda Santley 
Frank Wilson Co 
Eddie Borden Co 
(Two to flll) 

LOS ANGELES 

Hill Street (23) 
Brox Slo 

Mann & Bernard Jr 

McCarthy & Moore 

Eva Clark Co 

Maddoclt's Co 

Dord Maugban 

(Two to flll) 
Orphcnm (23) 

Flo Brady Co 

Moody & Duncan 

Jack PParl Co 
TSdiTloToTma-Cff^ 

Britt Wood 

X'pham-V.'hitncy Rv 

Marlon Eddy- 

((.ine to Mil) 
MINNEA POLLS 
Hennepin {i'S> 

Will Aubrey 

Haunted 

6 Daunt on Shnwa 
Collegians 

(Two to flll) 
MILWAUKEB 
Palace (23) 
CortinI 




NEW YORK CITY 
8(ith Stropt 

1st half (23-25) 
has Oloott C^O 
I.H'w White Co 
(Thr.^e to fill) 

2rt half (26-29) 
Ailopn <;'oolt 

h' Snyder 
J'pni-h(>s Browning 
(Two to lili) 
itMU .Street 
Ist half (23-25) 
Stillwell & Fraser. 
Hughes A Burl«e 
A Night In Dixie 
(Two to nil) . 

20 half (26-29) 
Dorothy Francesco 
Kajiyam.a 

Convey Sia & John 
t'rwo.to till ) . 
MT-;ST(HKSTKK 
New Ruchelle 
iKt half (23-28) 
lai'cnce Do.wne'yCo 
Harris & Van 
I't-avhes Browning 
(T«-6 10 
2d half. (26-29) 



NEWARK, N. J. 

I'liiiU'o cia) 

PiWlli^, Us of 192S • 
ALBANY. N. Y. 
.(•ruiid 

■ . 1st halt <:3-:d) 
Red ■ i)<mfthui» (..'o. 
Madlyn- I'atrlfo 
Western- Capers 
NeU O'Brien 
Al NodaVfc dlrls 
2a half (20-29) 
Honey 3 

l>orothy- & R Ryan 
Chnpi'C'llc i'i C'riton 
Krunz \t: Kauf niriri 
AV tJwcalman Co 

irarni.tnii!)' Hall . 

iRt halt (23-20) 
Harry Martini 
jlariy ■ Nanoy 
Splller Itw 
(Two to lill) 

2d halt (20-2J') 
Bar!any.'» 
Adam-s >t- Kvans 
4 (.)'(!"onn(irs 
(Two to fill) 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

1.160 Broadway, New York 
Bet. 4Ctb . and 47tli Sts. 



Allison & Fields 
Tiito 

Jarmon i!t Green 
(Two 10 nil) 

Mt. Vernon 

Ist half (23-26) 
Pagan a 

Burke Durklh 
Midget Land 
(Two to flll) ■ 

2d half (26-29) 
Clifford A Marlon 
Scrambled Legs 
(•rhr(;e to flll) . 
. . Yonkcrs 
1st half (23-26) 
Dorolhy Francesco 
Toto • 

Ray A.Harrison 
Convey 2, & John 
(One to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Song Fashions 
Jack Hanley 
Bob Rowland Co 
MUchell & Dove 
Midget Land 



TROV, N. Y. 
Proctbr'B ■ 

1st halt (23-55) 
Milton Douglas Bd 
Nim Hblllns . 
.Jack T'sher Co 
Dwyer Edwards 
Milton DmiglaS Bd 
. .2d half (26-2?) ..■ 
Balabanow - 5 
Madlyh. Patvice 
Red Don.-vhue Co. 
Barr '& LaMarr 
Al Noda & Girls' 

SCHEXECTADY 
Proctor's 

1st half (23-25) 
Brenk &• Bella;. D 
D & ■ R Ryan . . 
Betty Ijou Webb. 
Kranz & Kaufman 
Balabanow 5 

2d half (20-29) 
Broken Toys 
Marty . & Nancy ■ 
Western Capers . 
Neil O'Brien 
Glorious Girl 



Bert Kay Co 
Boganny"s coniody 
(Two to flll) 
ROCKKOUI). ILL, 
Pjiliioe 

1st halt (22-26) 
GruduatV.S. 
Liirin UaUer Co 
(Throp'to li'l) 

2a hair (20-2S) 
Villa 111 llros 
Jllniny I.uous Go • 
Noreo Co 
(Two to flll) 

SIOl'-V < ITY. lA. 
OrpluMini 

' ,1st iiair i22-2:o 
';<-iie Croono 
lt<.(h igo 1-Ma Otcii ■ 
II 1 )!i-llinson ('o 
Huiigarlaii Troujie 
(Onc; to fill) • 

2a half (•2«-2K) 
Rponoc True 
llosila Orch 
Senator Miu-pliy 
(Three to flll) 
50. BEND, IND. 

I'nlaoe - . 
' Lsl half (22-2S) ■ 
I.,«i';i.s & Lilll.'in 
1 'l.-(i n -.v Jolinson Co 
nine to (ill ) 

:A halt (2G-2S) 
f)lsi'n iSi .I'ohnson Co 
(Two to lili) 

spkiv<;f'Li>. ill. 

<)ri>lipnm 

T.ct half (22-23) 
Villlini' Mro.s 
.l.i'ok Mi-rlin / 
llarf.t Kra/.y Kat's- 
: (Two to nil) 



2d half (26-28) 
Bertrand & Ralston 
Singing Cadets 
Lui-as iS: Lillian 
(Two to flll) 

ST. LOl IS. MO. 
Grand ('42) 
Day Sis. 
Joo Mendi 
Corner Drug- Ktoiro 
(5i>o Wilwon Co 
Yong Woiig . Co- 

crwo to nil) 

ST. PAI L. MINN. 
I'ahii'o Orpllouui 

1st half (22-2ri) 
Ton Kpo Tr . " 
3 White Ivuhns 
Truoy & ll.-iy 
..Spenoc Truo 
Loon Loonard Co 

2a half (20-28) 
H Dickinson Co. 
llmlrlgo Liia Orch 
(.fi>np tJi'ei'ne 
llungarlan Tr .' 
(Ono to lill) ■ 
WAI KIKJAN, ILL> 
' (iencHoe 

2a half (26'28) 
H Sliavor 
Tiny Town Rev 
('l'\\ O Id fill) 
WINDSOR. ONX. 
Capitol 

iHl half (22-25) 
Clilford W.iyne 3 . 
Sully & -Macl^ 
Friedell Ooia Co 
(Two to flll) 

2a hiilf (20-28)., 
Manut'l Vpga- 
ClRsIc llitydpn Co 
I (Three . to flll). 





BE.iUMONT, TEX. 

(IC) 

(.Same bill plays 
Lake Charles, 17; 
S/ireveport, 18; 
Alexandria, 19) 
Cos.sips of 1928 
B'RM'GIIAM. ALA. 

MajMtie (16) 
Willie Maiiss Co 
Fentoh & Fields - 
Fortunello & G ' 
Renee Rlano Co . - 
Sub Deb Dancers 
DALLAS, TEX. 
Mnjcstic (16) 
Alberta Lee Co 
Bennett Bros 
Jim & M Harklna 
Family Ford 
Grace Edler Co 
rr. WORTH, TKX. 

Majestic (16) 
All Girl Sho w 
irOUSTON, TEX. 
Mertlnl (16) 
Gallenon 
Carl Dobbs Co 
Tyivan & Doris 
Toney & Norman 
Countess Sonla. Co 
L'TTLE R'K, ARK. 
Majestic 
1st half (16-18) 
Fields & Cook 



3 Evans Sis 
Billy Moody 
Billy Purl Co ' 
(One to flll) 

2d half (19-22) 
Conlln llainillron 
Little Ja«k Little 
George Wong Co 
(Two to flll) 

NEW ORLEANS 
Orpheum . 

Ist half (16-18) 
(Same bill 'plays 

Baton Rouge 2d 
. half) • 
LaSalln & Mack 
Ed & May Ernie - 
Lasses White Co- 
Walter McNally 
Harry J COnley Co 

OKT^AHOMA CITY 

' Orpheum (16) 
Eileen & Marjbrlo- 
Qulxy 4 , 
Dainty Marie ' 
Trahari & Wallace 
Jack Redmond 
TUI^A. OKKA. 
Orpheum (16) 
Dobas 2 

Ossman &. Schepp 
Marlon- Sunshine 
Walter Brower 
Lee Gall Ens 



Association 



Chamberlain A H 
Rpynolds & Clark 
PasUman's Co 
I^e.stra tA Mont Co 
((me *D nil) 
OAKLAND, CAL. 
Orpliouni (23) 

Mary Marlowe 
Paula- Paquita & C. 
Mexican Teplca Or 

Jny Ward 
(One to fill) . 
SAN FRANCISCO 
Golden Gate (23) 
Tex McLebd 
Eugene O'Brien Co 
Shftw & I^e 
D«l Ortos ■ 
(Two to nil).. 

Orpheom (23) 
Tom McAullffe 
Val Harris Co 
Joe Daly Co 
G & P Magley 
.S Hayakawa Co 
Our Gank Kids . 
SEATTLE, WASH. 

Orpheum (23) - 
H & N Leary 
Rastdll 
Klulln's.Ent 
T & A Waldman 
Phaw & Carroll R-v 
G & M Ellne 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 

St. Ixtuis (23) 
Smith & Barker 
Anger & Fair 
.Sclilctl's Mai-lon'tos 
Cfhrpp to fill) 
=VANCOllV=ERi=B,C»= 

0^pll<^^m (23) 
Teller .'^Is Arkl'd 
Chus TImblln Co . 
.leanne Kagl's <'o 
Lorimer & Hudson 
TDli.M (^-.LaRue 
Roy Rogers 
WINNIPEG, CAN. 

Orpheom (23) 

.mewart & Olive 
.-'hip Ahoy 
Illinois .State Bd 
Monro* A (Srant 
(Two to fll') 



CHICAGO. ILL. 
.■\merirari 

1st half (22-25) 
Warren * Inman 
Bertrand & Ralston 
(Three to fill) 
. Belmont 

Ist half (22-26) 
Yokl Japs 
Ken * Dp bard Bros 
'J'Iny Town Rev 
(Two to flll) 

2d liolf (20-28) 
(f lift ^Nnzorro ^ 



Carleton A Ballew 
Gerber's Gaieties 
(Two to flll) ' 

2d halt (20-28) 
Rector C & D 
3 White Kuhne 
Tracy & Hay 
Morlcy & Anger 
(Ono to flfl) 
DETROIT. MICH. 
Grand Riviera (22) 
Master Gilbert 
-(Others -to flll) 



NEWARK, N. J. 

No\varU (23) 
Maroclla *. IviSTce 
t\)rttz'& Helena 
(Two to fill) 
NIAGARA FALLS 
Strand '. 
Ist.half (23-25) 
Brady &• Mahoney 
Stylish Steppers 
(Twd to nil) 
TORONTO, CAN. 

PiintA^es (23) 
H.i.rry Lewis' Rev 
HAMILTON, CAN. 

Puntnges (23) . 
Joe. Fan ton 
Rosic Gaston 
Flaming Youth 
El.sle Stralia 
Garden of Roses 
TOLEDO. O. 
Rtvoll (23 > 
Dault & LaMarr 
Jean Barry 
Harry Cooper 
Boggs & Weston 
Fantasy Rev . 
INDIAN.'\POLIS 
. Lyric (23) 
3 Kayton (Mrls 
Morris & Ward 
'Pease & Nelson 
S^axaphono 4 
3V6 Arleys 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Pantaires (23) 
Meyers & Sterling 
Nlles & Mansfleld 
Blgson Herbert 
Richard Vlntour •■ 
CALGARY. CAN. 

Pantages (23) 
Emll KnofI 
Cornell Leona & Z 
Telephone Tangles 
Erma Powell 
SPOKANE. WASH: 
Pantafres (23) 

3 Olympians 
Edison & Gregtory 
6 Crooners 
•Earl Fa gen Bd 
SEATTLE, WASH, 

PanUiges (23) 
Raymond & Geneva 
L'lle. Ciarko 
DanrerB a la Carte 
Hayden Mann'g &H 
Billy Lamont 4 
VANCOUVER. n.C 

I'nntogof) (23) 
Wally & Zella 
Ru.-sslan Art Circus 

4 Karreys , 
Those 3 Fella rs 
Cycle of DBTii'f 
TACOMA.' WASH. 

Pantages (23) 
6 Braohards 
Grace DOro' 
Joe Bprnnrd 



Rodero & Maley ■ 

IV wiiv Bits 

PORT LAND. ORE. 

Puntnges (23) . 
The Groha 
^^llarcd Force. 
Kelly Jac^kson- Co 
Grpon & -Austin 
Hanlon Bros ' 
SAN I'TIANCISCO 

Pantngeif (23) 
Mary Sw'ceney '• 
Graham & Courtn'y- 
Sullivan & Ruth. 
Madeleine 
Werner & M'y Ann 
Mason DIx Dancers 
1-OS ANGELES 
Pantnges (23). 
Bedford & Wallace' 
Radiology 
Welcome Lewis 
Billy Gltbert 
Raymond Fagen 
SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

Pantnges (23) 
Kramer & Boyle- 
Rowland & Joyce ■ 
Hlrsch Arnold Bal 
Havanta 
(One to flll) 
L'G BEACU. CAL. 

Pantages (23) 
Houlton &, Wh'tlng 
Tracey ' & - Elw»od 
Empire Comedy 4 
Spoor & Parsons 
3 Orcfntos 

SALT LAKE CITY 

Pantages (28) 
.Dave & Tressle . 
Eddie White 
Cunningham A B 
Mde Murray 
Vardell Bros . 
LOGAN, UTAH 
Pantaires (23) 
Mack & Tlvoll 
•Les Jardys 
Chds A LaTour . 
Uogor & E Hurst 
Maria A Rosita Bd 
OMAHA, NEB. 
World (23) 
Australian Waltes 
Bronson & Gordon 
Mabel Taliaferro 
Libby Daneers 
KAN. CITY, MO. 

Pantalces (23) 
Irving & Chaney 
Harry Hoyden- 
Alexander Sle ' 
Edge & Meda 
Bii(l .Snyder . 
MEMPHIS, TENN 

Pantagefl (23) 
Wilson St Keppel 
Mabel McCano 
Lord A Wills 
Havemann'B Co ' 
(One to flll) 



H O W A R D SLO AT 

BONDS FOR INVESTMENT 

A. B, LeBch & Co.. Inc.. 57 tVilliam SI.. N. Y. 



Dnri-pH A Robinson 
(Thrne to flll) . 
Englewood 

Lst half (22-25) ^ 
t>arrell & Robinson i 
Jack Lavler 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (26-28) . . 
Ken & Dcbard Bros 
Coll ins & Reed 
Adrian - 
(;<)dy 6 
(One to fill) 

Majestic (22) 
Racine *. Ray , 
■Epperson Ensemble 
.fohn.s & Mabley 
Gcraldine & Joe 
(Thr»-e to nil) 
COIX)RADO KPGS. 

Burnh (27-28) 
Frpd Sr. J Rinehart 
(;arr & Young Rev. 
.1 Redcaps 
(Two to fill) 
irtTlBTHmnTr^TAr 
, Citpltol 

l.st half (22-26) 
Rector C & D 
Adrian 

Morlcy A Anger 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (26-28) 
( arlPton A, Ballew 
>;'r!^'-i'.« c^aii-tlee 
IThrpp to flin 
DKS .MOI.SKS. 14. 
Orpheum 

iBt half (22-^6) 
T « r</ A Margoerlte 



FT. WAYNE, IND. 
New Kmboyd 
Isl half (22-26.) 
Fulton ,& Mack 
Rich & Chcrle 
Larry Rich Rev. 
(One to fill) 
. 2d half (26.-28) , 
Viola Dana. Co , 
(Thi-e<5 to fill) , 
JOIJET, ILL. 

. lUnKb . 
iBt half (22-25) 
Hunter. & I'crMcal 
(Others to flll) 

2d half 
Harrington Sis 
(Others to fill) 
KANSAS CITY MO. 

MalnHtrect (22) 
Moran 4- Grauman 
Walter Nellnon 
(Three to flll) 
MADISON, WIS. 
Orpheum 
Rr-^hjti f^f^2- 5)-=- 

ChrlSHle & Dalfjy 
Al JackJxm l'ia \ i rs 
Jimmy Luca* Co 
Koree Co 
(One to nil) 

2d halt (20-28) 
Gradual PS 
1.,01'in Rakpr Co 
(Thrf»; to nil) 
MILWAI KEE 
Ri\orHlde (Vi) 
MIml & Pommi 
Cooper & Clifton 
Gilbert & HelHon 



Butterfield 



ADRIAN, MICH. 
Ooswell (27-28) 
Bristol & Bell 
(Two to nil) 
ANN ARBOR 

MU-hlgnn 
I.St half (22-25) 
Harrington Sis 
(Two to fill) . 
, 2d half (26-28) 
Adams &' Rash 
(Two to nil) 
BENTON HARBOR 
IJherty 
2d ha:if (26-28) ■ 
Serge Flash 
Don Jjff) St I>oulse . 
((.)ne to flll) 
FI,1NT, MICH. 

Capitol 
Ist half (22.-25) 
Don Lee. & ixjiiisc 
Pptpr Higglns 
(Onp to fl|l) 

2d half f26r28) . 
Jp.rry. Sc. B errands 
Jack Rube Clifford 
(One to nil) 
KAL.AMAKOO 
.State 
- . 1st half .(22-20) 
'Ilanpon .''is 



Henry Rpgal Co 
AVagner Bros Show 

2d half (26-28) 
Eddie Lambert Co 
Wolin & 4 Fays 
(One to flll) 

I.ANSING. men. 

Strand 

, . l8lt_hajf_(22-25y . 
.Tack Rube fJfrffordT 
D.'lnjjy RuRSo Bd 
fO?fir to nil) 
PONTIAC, MICH. 
Stato 

iBt half (22-25) 
Perge Flash 
Adams & Rash 
Jerry Sc Baby -Gr'da 

2d half (26-28) 
6 Cardinals 
P<*er Higglns 
tone to flll) 
SAGINAW, MICH 
Temple 

iBt half (32-26) 
Aurora 3 
Eddie Lambert 
Welle & 4 Fays 

2d half (26-28) 
Hanson Sis • 
Henry Regal Co 
.«ide Show 



TALK HURTS TALKERS 



(Continued from page 5) 

he tcli.s exhibltor.s the same thing 
.The next timp h(>.hlow .q,c ol(i^ w hfin- 



he comes out with an announcemen 
that he is going to u.se sound. 

"I say judge the man by hlp 
product not hl.s words, A man can 
i only be talking because he has fear 
i for himself, not that, he Is trying 
to help the other f(-Ilow. 

"To much talk bewilders exhibi- 
tors and retards progress," 

PJxplalning his laf^t renriark War- 



ner said that talk was generally 
harmful to the sound field in that 
it aroused an unjust sscepMci.^m 
and held back .salo.s. 

Aa fi^r his own device, "Warner 
said that Vltaphonc is now in over 
400 housi^s with -.oontracts calling 
for that number being incr'Mt^od to 
1,000 by Jan. 1. 

Envy? 

"People who do all this ' l;ilking 
would possibly like to Ik- in the 
position that, we are in. . Jt took us 
two and a half' years and $4,()O0,00D ' 
to got ti- our present stage. .We ar^ 
sati.sfied that oiliers shouid ■ bt-ne- •' 
fit by our efforts, but why (<'(tnfuse 
those who can profit by Our (•xperi-' 
ence?" 

About Vitaphone's contx'iMiJorar- 
ies, "Warner stated; "They iire all' 
good if they are right." 

He augmented this with . t iie ob- 
servation that Vitaphone- has now 
reached this stage of perfei-iiun and. . ' 
that he is intere.'^ted -only in it. 
• Warner denied the truth of ,a re- \ 
niark by a recently arrived .Holly- 
wood director quoting a \\-arrier. 
studio executive as saying that the- , 
company's contract, i^l.'iyi'i's would 
have, to be used in Vitaphone, re- 
ardless of their voices, because 
hoy could not afford to give such 
player.<i a vacation at the company's 
expense. 

^^'AViio ever- made that statement 
1 just a damn fool," the Warn<er 
chieftain flared. "That is iiri ex-^ 
.ample of why people who ai-c al- . 
ways analysing other people's ef- 
forts never, get ahead in this busi- 
ness of pictures. 

It would be absurd for us tc)' sac» 
afico our $4,000,000 Investment in 
this way. Take our .'lJghts of New 
York,' for example, and I think you 
111 find we have not used one of 
our own players. 

Why of the Strapd? 
■There is another thing I know 
they are criticizing," he continued. 
They think that we put 'Lights' in 
the Strand because we: were too . 
afraid of the o«t:come to put It Into 
our own h6u.se/ As a matter of 
fact, we picked the Strand because 
It was the first big theatre in. the; 
country, and we wa.nted this back- 
ground for the first 100 per cent 
talker production." 

Admitting that there is talk that 
"Warners got a lucky break. With 
"Vitaphone because of '"The Jazz 
Singer" and that they could riot re- 
peat this success, Mr. "Warner said: 
"Why Is it that when a' producer 
makes a. hit with one thenie, he In- 
variably fails When he attempta 
another one along the same lines? 
Similarity." Well, that goes for this 
talk about 'The Jazz Singer/ We 
would have gonie under long ago 
were this true. And something that 
those who are talking about the 
lucky break don't know is that 1 
bought 'The Jazz Sln»er' rights .T 
year before we started production. 
. "Nothing that is just .a novelty 
could endure as long as "Vitaphone. 
"The Strand box ofBce . report will 
give you the latest substantiation 
of whether people want talkers or 
not. 

'Vitaphone, he added, has kept the 
smaller exhibitor alive. The the- 
atre owner at this time .should not 
allow himself to become panicked . 
over mechanical talk, but .simply 
pick out the best instrument, be- 
cause," Warner predicted, "within 
thr,ee years silent film will be as 
obsolete as 200^foot productions of 
yesterday." 

Critics Harmful 
One of - the— greatest en(imles. of 
talkers today are the critics, War- 
ner said- He contended: 

"Talkers arie not in the atiige yet 
where liidividiial crltlclsin of what 
iBhould be done can be of any help." 

Mr; Warner admitted that one 
reason tor the. compaLny'S eastern 
studio is becauise Metropolita;h and 
'concert stars, under contract, haV^ 
refused to make their records lii. . 
Hollywood. He said that this was 
only a slight cc)n.slderati0n in view 
of the legit talent available in. New 
York> Which would not be available, 
except at great cost, were Vita- 
phone production confined er- 
cluslvely to the West (joast. 

Warners are adopting vaudeville 
agency methods for their booking 
of Vitaphone t<tlking shorts. They 
arfe being turned out at tlie rate ol 
four each week. The exhibitor 
sends in his order and the comr* 
jpany Hhoots out the j-ccords and 

"a dv-^lislnlir^" m'^^^ 
same as the vande booker dis- 

liatclU'S an act. 

In view of the fact that . War- 
ners' entire program in. made up of 
talkers, instructions have been sent 
to the Hollywood studio to make » 
.«ontid trallpr for every full length 
talking picture on the new sched- 
ule. 



46 



VARIETY 



TIMES SQUARE SPORTS 



#/edncsday, July 18, 1928 



News From the Daflies 

This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- 
lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago, 
San Francisco, Los Angeles and London. Variety takes no credit 
for these new* items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. 



NEW YORK 



Joe Nannery, mysteriously miss- 
ing from Sing Sing, where he was 
)?erving 12 years , for robbery, and 
believed to have escaped, was 
identified as a one-time host .a,nd 
hanger-on . of several Broadway 
night clubs! Disappearance was one 
of the most remarkable jail escapes, 
in history of the New York pen. 

Trial of Libcke Bros, started. 
Pair of Bostdh convicts had sucker 
list, including scores of Broadway 
names. They ran a bucket shop in 
44th street and Weiit south with 
$8,000,000. Tex Guinan was there, 
of course^ 



William Brown paid $10 fine In 
night court! He stood in front of 
a Times Sauare hotel and passed 
out cards, for the Sunset nite club. 



Victor V. Siegler, 732 Eighth ave- 
nue, held in $2,000, charged with 
possession of. obscene film. John 
Sumner agents, pretertding to rent 
the film for $500,; got Siegler to 
screen it; then pinched him. , Film 
reported a scorcher. ■ 



til the latter crawled out of the 
blaze. 



Lionel West, actor, sought by 
police on charges of false advertis- 
ing and' petty theft in connection 
with the promotion of an athletic 
club in Holly virobd, was nabbed by 
authorities following ah automobile 
accident. West was racing toward 
the Mexican border when his car 
overturned. He 'was taken to the 
prison ward of the General hospital. 



Francis X. Bushman will be al- 
lowed to contest the $52,000 back 
alimony suit filed against him by 
his first wife, Josephine Bushman, 
from whom he was divorced in 
1918, , ■ 



Marathon dancers, evicted from 
Newark,, traveled by auto truck to 
Coney Island arid were thrown out 
of the resort by police order. Took 
refuge in Bronx homei of one of the 
Bteppiers. . . • - • 

Vice report of the Committee of 
Fourteen backfired when Police 
Commissioner Warren flared put. 
George Worthington, . secretary of 
the committee, wrote the sweetest 
letter to the commissioner, extolling 
the police and their work. 

• Blnorah Castillo of "Show Boat" 
survived two blood transfusions at 
the Woman's ■ hosiiital. New York, 
and was.- strong enough to be re- 
moved to her home. 



Anne Morrison, actress and dram- 
etist (she wrote "Pigs" and "The 
Wild Westcotts" among others), was 
married to. Newton Chapin, Pitts- 
burgh manufacturer, in Baltimore, 
where she was playing in a stock 
company. 



Holbrook Bllnn's will, filed in 
Westchester c6unty In the form of a 
copy produced by the widow, who 
reported the original could not be 
found. Copy will be proved by. send- 
ing a commission to California to 
examine witnesses to the document. 
All Bllnn's property goes to the 
widow. If she had died before tes- 
tator, bequests would have gone to 
relatives, besides sums to the Poly- 
•linic and St. Luke's hospitals, New 
York. Value of estate not named. 



Charging that "The Last Com- 
mand," Paramount .film, was an in- 
fringement on his story, "Down On 
the Volga River," Roman Jordan- 
sky, author and playwright, filed 
suit for $100,000 damages against 
Paramount and Emil . Jannings, star 
of the picture,. Jordansky asserts 
in his complaint that he submitted 
-the story, to the defendants last year 
and that it was later produced as a 
film, but that he was neyer, paid. 



Virginia HUrst, picture actress, 
also known as Lady Diana Bathurst, 
was sentenced by Municipal Judge 
Gibbs to spend 30 days in. county 
jail after she • pleaded guilty and 
was convicted of petty theft In 
passing a bad check. Lady Diana's 
third arrest since she arrived from. 
Australia, two years. Both previous 
Complaints were dismissed. 

Finis' was written to the divorce 
of Edwii* Carewe, from Mary Akin 
Carewe when ihe former was noti- 
fied that the final decree had been 
entered in the courts at Mazatlan, 
Sinoloai Mex. Carewe married in. 
Mexico, filed suit at Mazatlan five, 
months ago. ^ 

Rex Oherlryman, actor, after Indi-- 
eating that he would contest . his 
wife Esther's divorcia proceedings 
In local courts, decided that a di- 
vorce Is the best tiling after all. He 
allowed her to obtain a decree by 
• default. Mrs. Cherryriian charged 
desertion. 



Pauline , Murphy and Rhoda 
Schless, entertainers at the Katinka 
Club, , on West 44th street, were 
found wandering on a North Jersey 
road. They said they had gone mo- 
toring with two men, patrons of the 
nlte club, and when repulsing their 
advance^ they had been thrown out 
of the car. They were locked up as 
material witnesses. That's what they 
got for making fools of vice report 
makers. 



Claire Luce was married to Clif- 
ford Warren Smith at the Madison 
Avenue Baptist Church, New York. 
Engagement was announced last 
•winter. 



Clara SoeA, injured in the crash of 
a Yellow taxi, is suing the company 
for $100,000 damages. She declares 
. she has been compelled to wear a 
silver bridge. In her mouth, due to a 
broken , jaw. 



M»rrls Gest will be associated 
with Edgar Selwyn in the return 
tour, beginning in October, of Alex- 
ander Moissl. German company will 
support him in "The Living Corpse," 
played here last season. . 



Marvls King, flower girl In a night 
club, received judgment of $100 in 
her $100,000 damage suit against 
Henry W. Nelson, wealthy erigiheer, 
who . accused her of stealing $600 
from him and caused her arreat. 
Girl alleged Nelson tried to make 
love to her . in . a cab. and there was 
a struggle when she repulsed him. 
Defamation of character and false 
arrest were the basis of her suit. 



LOS ANGELES 



Residential and business interests 
around Santa Monica, Ocean Park 
arid- Vcnice7^afO"=tryihg--to--close-rup 
the gambling activities at the beach 
concessions, such as "Tango," 
"Flash" and other games. 



Milton Guion, projectionist at the 
Principal theatre (pictures) on Main 
street, was rescued by. his dog when 
liro broke out in the booth. Guion 
was alone trying out a film when 
the riiachlne burst into, flames. The 
fumes nearly overcame him but the 
dog kept tugging at his master un- 



An alleged plot against Fay Wray, 
Paramount screen actress, was frus- 
trated when police nabbed Lyon 
Bernard, former schoolmate of Miss 
Wray; He Is said to have admitted 
writing a letter threatening the life 
of the actress' mother. A decoy 
package of mioney . lured Bernard. 
Trial is set for July 20 arid bail fixed 
by Judge Gibbs at $5,000. 

Rath Roland won the first court 
tilt in a suit brought against her and 
her associates in connection with the 
financing of a film venture. Superior 
Judge Tappan 3ustained iemurrers, 
temjfbrarily throwing the case out 
of court. The suit was instituted by 
Claria Bergmeier, who sued to re- 
cover $42,000 she claimed to have 
Invested In the picture coiripany. 

Another chapter was added to the 
marital exploits of Frank Lloyd 
Wright, architect, when his Wife, 
Marian Noel Wright, sculptress and 
authoress, went to Wright's San 
Diego home and wrecked it. She 
was arrested on a charge of mali- 
cious mischief, and released on $250 
bail. Mrs. Wright told, police she 
came in search of Olga MallnoflE, 
Russian dancer, over whom the 
Wrights' domestic troubles Is said 
to have started. 



SAN FRANCISCO 



."Paddy" Harmon, promoter of a 
local arena similar to Madison 
Square Garden, is defendant in two 
lawsuits filed In Superior Court. 
One is by a real estate company, 
charging loss of coriirtiissions, and 
the. other by. a broker who claims 
Harmon Is using his plans, but not 
his services. 



Seirge Oukrainsky (Leonldas Or- 
lay de Carva), ballet master of Los 
Angeles and San Francisco opera, 
was granted his citizenship papers 
by Federal Judge Wilkerson, 



FORE 



A Sunday Caddi* 

Playing at Queensboro Sunday, 
Eddie Buzzell drew a Jcnee-panta 
caddie who had never been around 
a golf course • before, much less 
Queensboro. He didn't know one 
olub from another. Suffering be- 
tween being held up at every hole 
and finding hlB own ball after each 
shot Buzzell . finally reached the 
i8th> a w;at.er hole, mentally ex- 
hausted. 

The caddie, having spent an en- 
tire morning in silence under the 
venomous Buzzell countenance, 
finally saw a chance to say sorile- 
thihg. As the comedian waa about 
to smack an Iron over the pond the 
youngster piped up with, "Oo-o-o-o, 
here's where you lose a lot oiC 
balls." 

Burzell not only pUt his ball in 
the lake, but almost fell. In after it. 



H a nrihan's Squawk 

Bill Hanrlhari, Keith booker, let 
loose a long and unqualified howl 
last week when he hooked one Into 
a pond at North Hills which was 
the hazard on an adjacent hole. 

Cause of the squawk was that 
Hanrihan didn't want to count it 
as he claimed the water was not 
meant for the hole he was playing. 
The stroke penalty didn't make 
much .difference, however. He was 
playinir with Charlie Morrison who 
has become so riaive as to believe 
all 200 yard markers a-long' the fair- 
way. 



Kemp Won't Tell 

Harold Kemp, Keith booker, 
played the first nine holes at North 
Hills In 37 last week but refuses 
to tell what he. did coming home. 
Kemp has been hanging in the low 
903 and high 80s so far this sum- 
mer. 



World's Worst 

Two of Variety's would-be golfers 
played Queensboro last week. Try- 
ing to take each . other at match, 
play, one of the boys Won the 507' 
yard sixteenth with an 11. Still the 
world's worst 



Body of Mrs. Jean Brandon, for- 
mer musical comedy actress; was re- 
covered from Carquinez straits, 
where she was drowned following 
an all-night yachting party several 
weeks ago. Mrs. Brandon had re- 
tired from the stage several years 
ago. She was the mother of two 
children. 



"Dr." Orlando Miller, wanted iri 
Oakland to answer charges of using 
the mails to defraud iri connection 
with his defunct Remilleo Film Co., 
eluded British Columbia- authorities, 
who set a trap for him, and Is still 
at liberty. Miller was ordered de- 
ported from Canada June 28 and 
given 10 days in which to leave the 
country. He disappeared July 6. 



Frank Whltbcck, publicity director 



Beck Serving Senteiice ; 
Threatens to Expose Gang 

Batavia, N. T., July 17. 

Captured in Buffalo laist week, 
J. Norman Beck, promoter of horse 
racing and dog races here last fall, 
is serving the 60-day sentence im- 
posed on him last winter by County 
Judge Newell K. Coiie. 

Beck, is in. Jail convicted of vio- 
lating state anti-gambling laws. His 
appeal recently was dismissed by 
the Appellate Division when the at- 
torney, hired by racing Interests to 
defend him, failed to appear. Beck 
now threatens to "expose the whole 
gang" while he seeks to haye the 
case reopened. Beck charges that 
he has been the "goat" in the case. 



Ball Club Flies From 
Seattle to Los Angeles 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
For the first time in the history 
of organized baseball an airplane 
was used to transport members of 
a ball club here. 

The time saving stunt was pulled 
by the Hollywood Stars, Coast 
league, who flew from Seattle to 
Los Angeles* - — 



NEW ACTS 

. Ray "Rubber Legs" Bolger In 

"Whoopee of 1928.- 
Senorita Armlda . in Spanish 

operetta, 30 people, produced by Giis 

Edw;ards. 
Irene Vermilion and girls. - 
Troup of 12 girls, produced by 

Kessler and Rose. 



BIRTHS 



Mr. and Mrs, Phillip J. Curry, July 
8, at Knickerbocker Hospital, New 
Y>rk; son. The mother Is profes- 
sionally Blanche O'Brien. 



for West Coast Theatres, Northern 
California division, returned from 
Rochester and New York city, where 
he spent hjs_ yaoatlon.. . This was 
WHTtbe'cR's ' flret eastern' visit in 
seven years. 



Harold Noon, one-time city editor 
of the Oakland "Post-Inquirer" and 
later of the International Newsreel 
here, has been slemed by Fox Films 
as an assistant director to Raoul 
Walsh. 



The Worfleld currently Is pre.<?ent- 
ing its first full-length sound film. 
It Is "Warming Up." 



On the Square 



The use of the motion picture camera in legal matters was illustrated 
recently in the efforta of lawyers for Mrs. Lillian Pfender„ of New 
Jersey, to set aside the divorce obtained . so'me months ago by her 
millionaire husband, Carl I). Pfender. 

A suite of roomis was engaged In a Bronx hotel. Two private detee« 
tives and a camieraman slept there. With a telescopic lens they at- 
tempted to shoot 600 feet to obtain evidence in. support of the . legal . 
contention that Pfender was not entitled to a divorce on the ground* 
that the wife was the injured party. 

Unable to obtain results at such a distance the canieraman obtained 
a truck, slit holes in the side, parked in fro'nt of the building belnff 
shadowed, and on three successive mornings obtained motion picture* 
later submitted and admitted as legal evidence. . 

The wife has won a temporary -victory and the mtttter -will b*) 
threshed o'ut in a formal trial in September. 



Reformers' Amateur Investigators . 

. The Committee of 14, New York's morality Watchdog, always has been 
charged with having amateur investigators. These amateurs in the past 
may have been volunteers as far'ais salary, was concerned, investigating 
only on an expense accounts 

This seemed to urge the amateurs to establish a record for themselves 
of shrewdness and dilieerice. It they decided a place Was vicious and . 
did not find it was, their Immediate object appieared to be to crea.te the 
viciousness. This occurred In several ways, by repeated effort and offers 
of money, or some evidence that while harmful to the pliace involved, 
was not a part of that place. The police colirts of New York have rcH 
corded any number of instances where the Coinriiittee's lnvestlgat6ni= 
could not make their charges stand up. 

Neither the police nor the magistrates have much regard for the Com- 
riiittee. Its methods or Investigators. Its methods often are reprehensi- 
ble;-, ..' ■. 

. As a reform society like the others It goes In^ heavily for contributions. 
Even in the recent report on New Tork hostesses, the Committee's 
phamplet carried , a boxed fo'rtri of bequest, for Insertion into a wIlL 
While the charter mie.mbers of the Committee are doubtlessly well ih- 
tentloned, they appear guileless on New York s underworld and may 
be easily led by Investlgato'rs; 



' Bookie Taken For $15,0(XI and Ice 

A young clubman whose calling Is bookmaker . was taken recently 
by gdngsters for nearly 15 grand is still wo"hderIng who put the finger 
on him. Five men stopped him. one night as he -was entering his Brook- 
lyn horiie and motored him to a room In Delancy street Where they 
calmly demanded $100,000. He replied they might as well start shoot- 
ing because he didn't have that kind of , coin. The gang suggested he 
send word to' a prominent contractor but the bookie Insisted that , was 
no good either and thiey consented to accept what he had on deposit 
In bank. ; 

With two men at his side and' two .waiting in a car, the bookie drew; 
ont his b. r. from .a bank in Times Sauare, handing it. over with .the ire- . 
mark that that hlea,ned him. One oiC the gangsters countered by pisellrigr 
off a thousand buck note and giving It back to, the bookie.. They had 
relieved him of a stop watch, a wrist watch and a diariion.d ring worth 
about $2;500. 

The victim Is a member of a theatrical . club and a fellow member, 
set out to try to recover the dough. Through, a connection an under- 
world character headquartering In a restaurant on Bro'adway, sent Over 
to the East Side arid one of the gangsteris reported to him. , The. bookls 
was sumriioned and identlfled the man as having been with him in ths 
bank that day. The gangster claimed that all he had left from his 
cut was $16. After being bawled out for "taking my friend" by the 
fixer the latter ordered the retiirn of the ring and Watches, Which wer* 
brought uptown later In the day. The little fellow who. worked that 
told tbe bookie that the coin couldn't be gotten back but that if h« 
knew anybody else who had $15,000 it might be arranged. • 

The gangsters appear to hiave been given the low-down on the bookie 
but were 100* late because he had drbpped $100,000 on the track the 
week before and had been taken In a private enterprise for almost as 
much. 



Heart Interest 

Harry Fisher, the former . Williams College athlete who hits 'em stf 
far off .a tee they go out of sight, Is a recent husband and the possessor 
of a trinket which he values above all his athletic trophies. It came to 
him amorig a deluge of wedding gifts. 

Fisher, become a banker since leaving college, fo'rmed a habit of 
stopping every day for a minute or two to discuss the general sports 
situation with a little crippled newsboy on lower. Broadway. During the 
winter the youngster was taken ill and forced to remain in bed for 
weeks. But Fisher never interrupted the all Ihipo'rtant discussions on 
how would the Giants shape up; what was the matter with Notre Dame 
against the Army, and whether Dempsey would ever flght again, call- 
ing ori the kid to keep up his spirit 

Moving to another branch of the bank. Fisher was forced to give, up 
the athletic discussions with his mite of a pal and didn't see or hear 
from him ; for mo'nths. The day of his wedding a package arrived ad- 
dressed to the brWegroom . It was from the newsboy, 



Introduced Smith to Raskob 

-It-may be a mark of great future credit to Eddie Do wling that he In-, 
troduced Al Smith to J. J. Raskob. It occurred at a Hotel Conimodoro 
gathering when -the Governor wa,s promoting a charity drive. Eddie knew 
both at the celebs. As neither then knew the other Eddie did the fixing. 

Now Mr. Raskob Is piloting the National Democratic Committee and 
Al Smith's fortunes for the Presidency. 

Meanwhile no one need expect that Eddie Do wllhg will write, act or 
eat until eledtlon, and if Al, Smith isn't the next, Eddie Will, probably 
do neither for the rest Of his life. Eddie Is so sold on Al Smith it isn't 
impossible that he riiight change his name to. Eddie Smith. 

That Smlth-Raskob irifo .Is strictly confidential. Even Eddie doesnt 
know It's known. 

And In. case anyone doesn't knovy of Raskob, he's, the father, of 1* 
children, that alone making him, famous for Times Square, 



5th Avenuers Shift to Newport 
If anybody cares to know what becomes In summer of all those dis- 
tinguished men who seem to sit like hot-house flowers continuously In 
Fifth avenue club-house windows during the fall and spring months; 
he need only pay a visit to Bellevue avenue, Newport's main drag, to 
see the old boys still sunnlne themselves on the front porch of the 
Reading Room, a club that confinies Itself to reading; with just about as 
much intensity as the Oasis Club In Palm Beach confines Itself to water. 



F raze e's Ho me W o rt h . $25O, Q0O._ 



Hp,rry Frazee sold his home in Greenwich, Conn., last week for 
$250,000, reported the same price he paid for It two' or three years ago. 
Frazeo sails this week for Europe. 



Frisco Under Wraps 
Joe Frisco is under wraps in his nlte dub whoopee by Earl Carroll's 
Instructions. Ever a welcome mime, Frlsco'a Iriipromptu stuff has been 
curtailed, Carroll expressly urging against any further spilling of 
Frlscoisms gratis, and also because of a desire not to overdo the Frisco 
personality with the advent of the new "Vanities." From reports at 
rehearsals, Frisco's Impression will be a wow surprise. 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



TIMES SQUARE 



VARIETY 



47 



aORENCE FAY PIES- 
SUICIDE BY LYSOL 



Former Show Girl Separated 
from Husband— Left No 
Explanation 

Mrs. Florence Volibrach't, 35, for- 
mer show girl whose 'stage name 
was Florence Fay, ended her life 
jn the Century Hotel, ill West 46th 
street, by draining the. contents of 
ft three-ounce phial of lysol.^ . 

Suicide's room' was decorated 
^ith photos of screen , stars bear- 
ing their autographs. She was 
known in the legitimate and cinema 
world. She had been living apart 
Irom her husband. 

When the latter, Robert Voll- 
bracht, was Informed by newspaper 
men of his wife's act he refused 
comment and was visibly affected. 
Vollbracht Is connected with the 
Willys -Overland Auto Sales pflFice. 
.The deceased's relatives took 
charge of her body. . 

Mrs, Vollbracht left no notes ex- 
plaining her act. The traged y was 
discovered when she was said to 
have phoned Frank JtcCoy of 333 
' East 43d street-. 

Phone Calls 
Mr. McCoy, the police, state, was 
a close friend of the former show 
girl. '"Frank, I am going to end my 
life. Hurry here. When you arrive 
I will be dead. Bring Dr. Rogers 
of 130 West 11th street alonp with 
. you," Mrs, Vollbracht phoned Mc- 
Coy at hJs home; from the account. 

McCoy phoned ' the hotel manager 
to hasten to the room. When he 
reached thiere, Mrs. Vollbracht had 
taiken the poison and collapsed In 
the hathroom, Th^ phial was empty 
. alongside of her; She was still 
conscious. — 
..McCoy arrived with C. Fake of 
33 East 453 slreet. Patrolman- John 
O'Hare of the. West 47th street sta- 
tion summoned an ambula,hce. Mrs. 
: Vollbracht had ; been pronounced 
dead by . the hotel doctor. 
O'Hare found newspaper clip- 
; pings on a" table. He told re-r 
porters the clippings stated that 
Vollbracht, husband . of . tiie de- 
. ceased, had begun an action of di- 
vorce following a raid when he 
found his wife in a room with a 
. boy friend. The article . read that 
the bby friend stated that their 
liaison was purely cohipanionate. 

Mrs. Vollbracht' had brooded con - 
Blderably since living apart from 
her husband, fr-lends said. She left 
a note to her .father-in-law, George 
Vollbracht, 911 Walton avenue, the 
iBronx. 



Hocked Golf Sticks for 
$9; Rogers Dismissed 

Allan Rogorfj, 28, former hotel 
manager, 42 West 72nd street, (Roy- 
alton), was discharged in West Side 
Court by Magifitrate Thomas F. Mc- 
Andrews on the charge of larceny. 
Rogers' was arrested by Detective 
Jim McDonnell of the West 68th 
street station. 

Rogers was unable to get bail 
when arrested and spent the night 
in the cell attired in a golf suit. 
His fellow prisoners had a happy 
time, "joshing" him> The former 
manager was charged with the theft 
of 10 golf stlck!3 valued at S65. Mc- 
Donnell said .that Rogers told him 
he had pawne.d the sticks for $9. 

Edward Nichols manager .of a 
hotel a,nd re.siding at the Rpyalton 
was the complainant. Sherman 
Clark, guest in the hotel, was trie 
owner of the sticks. Rogers wanted 
to do a little golfing. He ha^ no 
•sticks; '■ 

"Nichols can you loan me some 
golf sticks," said Rogers. Nichols 
said he had none but borrowed them 
from Clark; The latter sought the 
return of his sticks and when fhey 
were not forthcoming Rogers, was 
arrested. Nichols, sorry for Rogers, 
withdrew the action. 



FATHER AND SON, 13, 
SOLD INDECENT FILMS 



Chi's Gambling Raid 



Chicago, July 17. 
Liiwishly furnished gambling par- 
lors were found on the mezzanine 
floor of tlie Hotel Davis here, when 
squads from the Chica,go avenue 
police station raided that hostelry 
early Monday morning. 
, Four men, arrested as. the oper- 
ators, were registered oh police blotr 
ters as James JPhicpas, . Arthur 
Brumleve, Lawrence Ja^ciobs and 
Stanley Clark. 

The hotel has been makihg every 
effort.' to draw theatrical business. 



STRAND ROOF EXPLOSIONS 



A series of gas explosions in the 
kitchen of the Strand Roof restau- 
rant, atop the Strand Theatre Build- 
ing, caused considerable excitement 
along Broadway Thursday morning 
when rumors spread that a bomb 
had been exploded. The five, explo- 
sions, did little damage. 

The restaurant, closed several 
• weeks and in the hands of re 
ceivers, is in chai'ge of Arthur Levy, 
acting as "custodian for Maurice P. 
Davidson, attorney, 261 Broadway, 
who is representing a committee of 
credltor.s. Levy arrived at the res 
. taiirant about.lO.,A. M. J:./ ..^^-:, 1 

He detected an odor of gas and 
With Frank Smith, watchman, be 
gan to open all- windows. Levy in- 
structed Smith to siearch for the 
leak while he went to notify the 
gas company. Smith went into the 
kitchen and opened the ovens of the 
huge gas range, but was unable to 
locate . the source of escape/ 

Finally, h^ walked oyer to a hot 
water tank and there was a ter- 
rific explosion that rocked thie en 
tire building. Stenographers, book- 
ing agents and others ru.shed . into 
halls preparatory to getting to the 
street. Four more minor explosions 
occurred. The blasts could be hoard 
for block.s. Dozens of police ar- 
rived. Meaintlme Levy had rushed 
back upstair??. He found Smith 
groping about with his hands and 
face severely scorched. Two Edison 
employees shut off the gas flow. The 
police then drove back the crowds 
.;^^.-.-.P'^.jj[-y! iflary -.j ny^ con 
vlhopd gas employees tliat Smith 
opened the tank door and. found 
the pilot light out. Thoy bclif-vcd ho 
mu.st have then turnod off the fcas 
and tried to ignite the pilot liglit 
which caused the expio.sion. 

The tank was badly cracked in 
J^ovoral places. Ofllcials said had it 
not boon that the explosions wei( 
• onfinod to the tank. «<Ti<)Us diini.-ifrf 

'^'Pht have hofn ihi-nc 



Quiet Time Had by 

All of the Schwabs 

Laurence Schwab received a sus 
pended sentence in West Side Court 
from Magistrate George E. Ewald. 
Mrs. Carolyn Schwab, the pro- 
ducer's mother, Mrs. Geraldine Bar 
nett, friend of the Schwabs and the 
latter's chauffexir, Louis Gonzales, 
arrested with him, were also meted 
out suspended sentences by: Judge 
Ewald. 

The whole proceeding was quiets 
ly done. Schwab and hi9 co-defend 
ants arrived early in West Side 
Court' and it was '.he first case. The 
complaints were read to the* de 
fendants by "Bridgeman" and Eddie 
Sullivan, they pleaded guilty. 

The Schwabs live at Great Keck, 
L. I. Mrs. Barnett resides at 531 
West i24th street. 

The quartet wei'e arrested a. week 
ago Monday at Broadway and: 49th 
street by Patrolman Tom Mitchell 
of the West 47th street station 
"Mitch" is - a quiet bluecoat. The 
Schwab car, with Schwab at the 
wheel, rolled up to the curb at 49th 
street and Broadway. Mitchell in- 
formed the producer he could not 
park in that particular sector be 
tween 5 and 7 p. m. There were 
words. The producer grew hotter 
so did Mitch. 

Mitchell claimed he asked to sec 
the producer's operator's licen-se and 
Schwfib with so much hauteur said 
•'My chauffeur cares for those 
things'."' Mitchell then told Schwab 
he was under arrest. Gonzales, Mit- 
■ch?ir"5a1drr^pfu!?etl"tp-*'sho-vv''his-cre 

dcntials. 

Mitchell directed Schwab to drive 
to the West 47th street station. 
Mitchell claimed the producer put 
one on his "button." Then the wo- 
men began, sai<i Mitchell. They at- 
tempted to strike hiin and push him 
off the car. However, all arrijved 
safely, but hotter.at. the police sta- 
tion. 



Victor L. Stegier and Boy Ar- 
.rested*— Pictures Used for 
Stag Parties 



Gown Shop Owner 

Refunds in Court 



POLICE DRIVE ON 

FOR DRUG ADDICTS 



Posing as an operator of "stags" 
in Freeport, L. I„ and that he 

wanted to buy a few exclusive cine- 
ma films; Detective John McHugh 
of Deputy Chief Inspector james 
S. Bolan's staff arrested Victor L. 
Stegier, 35, theatrical agent, of 701 
th avenue.. Stegler's 13-year-old 
son, Douglas L. Stegier, was also ar- 
ested by McHugh on the charge of 
improper guardianship. 

Young Stegier -^vill have a hearing 
after his dad Is heard in West Side 
Court this week. Two alleged in- 
decent films: were seized by the 
sleuths. 

Charles Bamberger, aid to Charles 
S. Sumner, of the Society of the 
Suppression of Vice . assisted in the 
arrest. Bamberger learned that the 
films could be rented, said. McHugh. 

McHugh said Stegier wanted to 
sell the films, 1,800 feet, for $700. 
Til give you. $50 O," said McHugh. 
"Sold,"' said Stegier, declared the 

cop. :< ■ 

The cop said he gave Stegier $100 
on account. He r'odie in a cab with 
Stegier and his son. McHugh was 
told to wait In a cab with ^young 
Stegier at 57th street and 9th ave- 
nue. Soon Papa Stegier- returned 
with the alleged indecent films, said 
McHugh. 

He handed the nioney to the elder 
Stegier and then placed both under 
arrest. The films were confiiscated. 

A showing of the films were given 
by the N. T. State Moving Picture 
Commission to the arresting officers 
so that they may testify as to their 
lewdness. - 

An alleged recent showing of the 
films at a stag cn West 86th street 
resulted In 'the arrest. Stegier lives 
at 732 8th avenue. g 

Toung Stegier is .said to have 
boxed at entertainments, said . Mc.- 
Hugh.. The youth will be heard In 
the Children'^ Court. 



Addicts in Bad Physical 
Shape 



Mrs, Allies Hd.siiorf, ono of tho 
ownors of tlio Silvor i^liiipor (Sown. 

Shop, 200 wost noth .«troct. was bo- Shake-iip \w Napcotic Squad — > 

foro Magi.sti'lUo IVlcAmlrows in West 
Side Court "on . a summons ohiirfrinp 
her with unhnvfully withholdinir 
pvopovty. 

Bessie Crantz, (5.00 Riverside drive, 
said she bougiit. a gown at the Sil- 
ver Sllppor for $14.50 and she. had' 
to . wait .so long for;it- tho price de- 
preciated and she rofusod to take it 
whereupon, she said, Mrs. Rosnoff 
refused to refuiTtl her nioney. 

Magistrate McAiidvows h.nd: War- 
rant Officer Dan Fisher take the 
pair to a side rpom. After consid- 
erable argument, Mhs. Rosnoff de- 
cided to refund $10.76, accepted by 
Miss Crantz. 



Gamblers Discharged 



^ Jules Bernhoim, 42, salesman, of 
223 West 46th street, was .dis- 
charged In West Side Coiirt by 
Magistrate Thonias F. McAndrews 
oh . the charge of gambling. Bern- 
heim wa,s arrested by detectives 
John Gleason and others of police 
headquarters after a raid. 

About a dozen, prisoners were 
taken. They were charged with 
disorderly conduct, but freed. The 
raid was near the N. V, A. Club- 
house ort West 46th street. The 
prisoners emerged aifter the raid 
with, their chapeaus covering their 
faces so that they would not be 
recognized. 



Gamblers Cleaning Actors 

Los Angeles, July 17. . 

Acting on complaints from heads 
of picture studios, police raided a 
gambling joint In Hollywood aind 
arrested a group o£ men who were 
later released on bail. 

It Is claimed that many picture 
employees are being fleeced out of 
their, dough by a gambling clique 
operating for that purpose. 



Since the slaying of Edwin J. 
Jorge, alleged drug "hijacker" Jiev- 
oral Sundays ago in Herald Square, 
considerable impetus has boon mani- 
fested . in the .Narcotic Siiiiad of . 
Police Headquarters.: 

Following came the .shakeup. S!fcm 
Mas.sani and Paddy Kirley, two of 
the best moh on the Narcotic 
Stiuad, were given the gate. Kirley, 
a few d;iy.s after ho was chased, 
wa^3 niado a sergeant. Massam was 
sent to the Bronx. . T.uth did ex- 
cellent work in the theatrical. dis|- 
trict and San Juan 11111, the colored 
belt. • ' 

Ma.ssani and Kirley luul "wires" 
that took them years to cultivate. 
A narcotic agent cannot be made 
overnight. Since the shakeup the 
other "boys''; have boon active to 
retain their berths. 

During the last two w-eeks many 
a.ddicts have been brought to West 
Side Court. Some of- them are in a. 
pitiful condition.. Ambulance In- 
ternes have to make several trips to 
court to treat th'em. Many col- 
lapse before the arrival of the doc- 
tors. 

Boys and Men 

The roundup of these addicts 
range from mere boys to aged 
men. Some begf the court to bo 
sent away so that they may take 
the cure. Many were arrested off 
the Main Stem. 

It Is quite evident that the sleuths 
have been tpld to get results iC 
they want to remain on the squad. 
Recent raids and roundups have not 
only occurred in the Broadway -sec- • 
tlon but all over town. Harlem is 
a familiar Mecca, for addicts. 

Th^t an Intensive drive is oh can 
be seen by numbers of addicts 
being arraierned in the various 
Magistrates' Courts dally. ; 



BROADWAY GUIDE 



(Changes Weekly) 



For show people, as well as laymen, this Guide to general amusements 
In New York will be published weekly in response to repeated requests. 
It may serve the out-of-towner as a time-saver in sslection. 

PLAYS ON BROADWAY 
.Current Broadway legitimate attractions are completely listed and 
•emmentod upon weekly in Variety under the heading: "Shows In New 
York and Comment." , . , * 

* In that department, both In the comment and the actyal amount of 
the gross receipts of each show, will be found the necessary Information 
as to the most successful plays, also the scale of admission charged. 

■ ■ ■ 

NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK 
Capitol— "Telling the World" (Haines). 

Paramount— Par's first sound feature, "Warming Up" (Dix). 
Rialto — "The Man Who Laugh.s" (run). 
Rivoli — 'liing of Kings," with Photophone (run). 
Roxy — "Street Angel" (Gaynor-Farrell) and strong stage show. 
Strand— "Lights of New York," first 100 percent talker feature; also 
Vitaphone T.secbnd week); 



"Tempest" 



SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING 
"The Lion and the Mouse" Vitaphone) 
"The Red Dance" and. Movietone "Fazil" 



"Wings" 



Ralph Barnes on Trial 

George Green, 20, clerk, and Ralph 
Barnes, 20, who clainis to be a 
vaudeville actor, both of 104 West 
47th street, will bo placed on trial 
tomorrow (Thur.sdfly) before a jury 
and Judge Nott in General Sessions 
on an Indictment charging them 
with robbery in the first degree. 

The two. men were arrested by 
Dotective Bert Maskiel of the West 
47th street station, after he had 
ToTIV")wed""a'?"l5WPPfhr!nT'r^f"^B 
Newark, X. J. . They are accused 
of h.'iving held up at the point of 
rovQlvers "l»rofossor" J. Gobrgo 
.Scott, tcaohcr of tap dancing, ih his 
oflice. at 1658 BroadVvay on April 17, 
wlion they took from the teacher 
i<wolry valued at $1,37,T and ?40 in 
f'a.«li. They liad rnllod at . Scott's 
oflioo on tho pr^-ton.'-o of t.'tkinp 
..'.'ihoin^' U'ss-ons. .' 



NIGHTLIFE 

Publicity concerning enforcement squads^ raids l^as reacted against the 
joy cg-ves mentioned "oh the paaToct ^ srs,' Biz has'^beeh off irec'OFdiniJly; 
Helen Morgan to a! $4 and $5 convert is commencing to pick up again. 
Texas (juinan at her Salon Royal to a $3 and $4 couvcrt. and thc'Chateau 
Madrid atop the 54th St. Club which, like the Morgan club, has an open^ 
air dance floor, operating on a $3 an* H convert, are the only two others 
worth while these dog days. If you're tired, of the femme hostes.ses, the 
Madrid is pleasant relief with a zippy .show and Harold Le.onar^l's inspir- 
ing dance music. „ i...^ 

Tills is the season for the hotel roofs and the roadhpuse.s, whim are 
flourishing, particularly the former.. The hotels with their moderate 
tolls although a |2 couvert at both the St. Regis and Biltmore (Cas 
cade.s) roofs are a precedent. St. Regis Hotel holds Vincent Lopez's 
music and Rosita .and Ramon, while Bernie Cummins and his jazzLsts 
with Madeleine Northway and George Chiles, . dancers, are. equally 
sterling 'features at the Biltmore. Both rooms shun the Broadway ele- 
ment, preferring the conservative east side element, John McEntee 
Bowman of the iBiltmore purpo.sely keeping his mu.sic off the radio for 
fear of too much expl^oitation. ..... ^ , , 

Tom Gott's Meyer Davis band unit is at the' Hotel Astor roof ; Johnny 
Johnson atop the Pennsylvania; William Scotti at the Park Central; 
Leo Reisman at Waldorf-Astoria. 

Among roadhouscs. Vlncont Lopoji is doing, the bulk of the biz at 
Woodmansten Inn. Up Pelh.nm way Castlflian Royal and the Pelham 
Heath Inn, both with elaborate and nude floor .show.s, are killing each 
other off with the overhead. The other roadhousos like California Ram- 
blers Inn, Hunter's Island Inn, et<->., havf turned to the $2.50 shore dinner 
thing as a bid for mass patronage. Post Lodge still click.s with the 
^esTi'iiWt?>F"y?rUfT??fr".^r"^^;'^n^^^^ 
crowd. 

Down Merrick road Pavilion Royal is faring well. Van and Si'honok 
concluding th'^re this week aft'-r a mild .se.'itjon, Castillian Gardens is an 
in-betwe*»nor. 



Mrs. Alberts and Escort 
In Trouble Witb Cops 



Mrs. Helen Alberts, 109 West 49th 
street, and Morris Levy, 20.70 David- 
son 'ayenue, Bronx, were exonerated 
of charges , of disorderly conduct 
before Magistrate McAndrews Jn 
West Side Court. 

Mrs. Alberts, whose, husband 
conducts a delicatessen at 147 West 
49th street, was accompanied home 
by Levy, because, she said, she had 
been Insulted the night previous by 
a uniformed policeman. As they 
entered the lobby of her apartment 
house another cop approached them 
and demanded to know where they 
were going. 

An argument followed between 
the trio, with the result Mrs. Al- 
berts and her escort were pinched. 
In. court Mrs. Alberts said that on 
the night before she was returning 
home with her dog when the cop 
stopped her and aaid: "Which end 
is the dog on?" She said she 
brought Levy with "her to prevent 

a repetition .Qf , the insult. ^ 

The cop denied he had made tlie 
remark, saying he was in the hall 
because an arrest .had. been made 
in the house and he wa,s supposed 
to see that there was no further 
trouble. 



Chorus Girls Deceived 
Into Going to Tia Juana 



RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC 

"Come Back, Chiquita" "Gotta Big Date With 

"Just a Little Way Away from Girl" 

Home" "For Old Times' Sake" 

"Old iVIan Sunahine" "Rosette" 



a Little 



A casting agency In Times Square 
is sending girls to dancie halls in 
Tia Juana, Mexico. E.speoially this 
summer, when Jobs for chorus girts 
have been scarce, flocks of glrla 
have boon sent there. . 

The girls are not Sftnt directly to 
Tia Juana, but first go to San Diego 
or a village on the American side, 
and are then transported aoros.s tho 
Jjo i'd er, ^ ■ . 

The riumber of eastern girls more 
or les.s hoodwink<-d into going are 
In a v.xst ni.'iji^rity oyer the girls 
Kent from the West CVmst. 

Thf» Kirls on tho Coa.st' know 
sorriolhin^' about Tia .Juana, and aa 
a r'-.«iiU stcor oloar. but oa.stern 
girl.s think th.-it a froo trip during 
iho dull Koa.^on to an oxolic .sound- 
i Int' i^laof- In .M'-.\'i'''J irf a treat. 



48 



VARIETY 



EDIT O R I A L 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



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No. 1 


Vol. XCII ;. 0^^^ 





15 YEARS AGO 

I From Variety and "Clipper") 



Sittin' on Top o( the World 



Never , before has the actor been slttin* prettier than he Is today. He 
Us truly on top of the heap, with executive and managerial moves in 
tho show bu»in<'ss rovolvihp as much about the importance oC the en- 
tcTtiiinor a.s it is about theatre operation. 



The talkers from one end are bidding for the actor. The presenta- 
tion hou.ses, vaudeville and , production frorn other directions are equally 
hungry for suitable talent.. 



With the Patents Co. and its sub- 
sidiary, Cianeral Film, forced out.| 
of their monopoly, credit was given 
io William Fox for leading the vic- 
torious fight for freedom pf the pic- 
ture ihdu.stry. It -was estimated 
the long legal 1>attlc had cost Fox 

$.=;oo,ooo. 



Casting agents state they have found no such warm response from pro- 
duction managements for almost any type of worth-while talent. There 
ha.s ri()t been as much complaint from managers in turn concerning the 
dearth of the right people. 

Whatever might be the momentai-y pessimism among presentation 
bookers ihat the talkers will cut into their field, the circuits are still 
buying all the av.ailable people they can get hold of. 



Mayor. Gaynor fenforced rigidly 
the 1' o'clock closing order against 
cabarets and the Broadway places 
were starving while business, di- 
verted from the town brought 
riches to the roadhouses near the 
city. . Roof gardens also benefited 
by the claniping down of the lid. 



That the talkers may hasten the- revival of Vaudeville is almost in- 
evitable, it is . a curious anomaly that pictures which crushed its 
bitterest enemy, vaudeville/ should be instrumental in the possible 
resurrection 6f this now almost decade^nt forni of stage entertainment. 
Thiis is explained only by the fact that overdoing of the mechanical 
thing In so.mnd. pictures will enhance the value of talent for perso'nal 
appearunCes in the varieties. 



With all this, the S.ctor is sittin' on top of the world. He can pick his 
field. He can fix his price. Ho can and must be careful of both. Even 
price should not sway lilni in the wrong direction particularly if it's the 
type of act that can waste and "kill" Itself permanently for the stage 
through appearing on the tallcers. 



Jones^ : Ijihick & Schaefer, who 
had just broken away from the 
A.ss'n, in Chicago, went out after 
outside bookings aggressively, open- 
ing Its central booking office in 
Chio.'igo with Frank (J. Doyie in 
fliarge. 



But regardless of these condl^^iphs a.hd tiQaliflcations, there hasn't 
been a time when an actor had so many fields .to choose from. 



"ycho(yl acts" bore the same rela- 
tion to vaudeville bills that "flash" 
acts do now. Sam Curtis who 
worked In one and produced others, 
said there were 62 "school acts" 
working at the time, but the vogiie 
was beginning to die out. 



Inside Stuff-Legit 



Reported that George Abbott has had a scrap with Jed Harris apd 
is slaving away over "Gentlenrien of the Press" td make it son^ethlng 
more than a worthy adversary of Harris' "The Front Page." 
Both shows come in this fall. 



The contraict for structural steel 
for the new Mark-Strand, New 
York, was awarded, to Cramp & Co,, 
of Philadelphia. 



The story of . an understanding 
between .Loew and the Keith people 
cropped out periodically in one 
phase or another. This time it was 
reported that A. Li. Erlanger was 
acting as intermediary and feeling 
out sentiment on the Loew side; 
toward such . a deal. 



Garrett Fort, coast scenario writer* is in New York for rehearsals of 
his first play, "Jarndgan," written in colljaboration with Charles Beahan, 
editorial chief for Fox. Paul Streger is presenting, with Richard Bennett 
as star. FOrt may. remain here until, Edgar Selwyn starts rehearsals of 
'The Last Lover," farce written by him and Beahan with Jobn Hunter 
Booth as .s^dditlonal contributor. . . ♦ 



Karl G. . MacVitty is art . American Consul in Sweden. This is the 
sahie MacVitty who was prominent in Chicago theatricals for years. 

At one time he was ah activ* producer being associated with a num 
ber of Chicago productions. 



. "Hap" Ward, veteran of the old 
time team of Ward sind Volk6s, re- 
tired from the stage and went to 
manafe ^ the Lynnfleid Country 
Club near Boston. 



Kinenrtacplor had 30 cameras 
planted along the line of the 
Panama. Canal in order to shoot a 
record of 'the opening of the big 
ditch In color film. , 



Pablflc coast may have enough legit attractions . from the east next 
season. Legit attractions in Los Angeles and Saii Francisco, as well 
as a few other cities on the coast, haVe fared so well during the past 
season and so' far this summer that the Shuberts have announced their 
intehtion of sending virtually all of their attractions that play Chicago 
and the middle west on to the . coast. . . 

Legit bookings through the Erlanger office may be equally as heavy 
next season if either office has that many shows to* dend out. Not in 
years, have Pacific coast legit nianagers experienced such top heavy 
business as they are now having. . 



Talkers Changing Fdm Makh^ 



The premiere of the; first all talking picture, Warner Bros. "Lights of 
New York" at the Strand, New York, brought out that the new medium's, 
problems parallel the stage play. 



Talking pictures will depend for quality upon talent, material and. 
stage diiectlon, just as the spolccn stage do^s- They' are also subject to 
the same standards of comparisons by audlence.s and critics, , 



The infant will thus be responsible for sounding the advent of a new 
era for the heretofore silent drania, depending aa it will inevitably havo 
to depend upon writers, stage directors, and artists, many of whom lia^ve 
either passed . up pictures as too limited In scope for their technique or 
been turned down by the jproducers because they didn't conform to the 
standardi7.cd formulas. . . .v ' 



It will thin the ranks of the Incompetents who have a,dornod the 
film industry through relationship or^polltlcs, for the merctlessness of the 
recording instruments will not countenance mediocrity and the leniency oC 
the critics will have passed into .memories of the pioneer days. 



Writers, brought In to.write .for the talking pictures, will not passively 
endure supervisorial Interference, as their predecessors in the dumb art 
have had to. They , will feel themselves solely responsible for the 
nUances of plot and dialog, Just as they would with a spoken play, and. 
will refuse to bow to anything but superior technique,, which the average 
supervisor has not. Even more stringent will be the imported stage 
director in the film field. 



Producers will most certainly string along with . the successful com- 
binations, for the box office will refiect the quality of. talking pictures, 
much more efficiently than it has acted as a baronieter for silent 
pictures. • 





By Nellie Revell 



If anyone doubts that . BroiadWay or Times Square has a heart , they 
should have been around the Hotel Somerset last week when a chamberr* 
maid was discharged. Having been 17 years in the service ot the hotel, ' 
she is one of the old guard and antedates, with the exception of Mike, 
the. porter, the rest of the employees and most of the guests. The man- 
agement found it necessary "for the good of the service" to discharge 
her. And the guests admitted the justice of the management's action. 

But one woman was certain that her canary would, droop and die 
without Teresa's loving administrations; another foresaw distemper 
d.escending upon her dog; stijl anothier feared her plants would perish, 
and the male guests despaired of ever gettinig; their laundry <g nn/i . mtt 
,and their clothes to the cleaner and pressor. 

So a ro'und robin was circulated and when eiiough. signatures wfere 
'obtained it Was presented to the management with a request for Tereisa's 
restoration. Proprietor Joseph Freiberg, when he learned how she had 
been mothering his guests, reinstated her after a reprimand. 



Scouting around town in search of a bit of diversion, an intierestlng 
if not particularly valuable bit of information was unearthed. There 
are 14 shoe, stores in one block on BOth' street between 6th and ^th 
avenues. 



Sp YEARS AGO 

(From "Clipper") 



Leading sporting ©vent of the 
week appears to have been the in- 
ternational trap shooting co"ntest of 
Capt. Bogardus, American, and 
Cholmorideley Penncll, English, at 
Monaco. The American won, kill- 
ing 70 iive pidgeons to his rival's 
60, out of 100 birds each. Condi- 
tions of the match were 30 yard 
rise oC the birds, released froYn five 
traps. 



Buzz Bainbridge of the Twin Cities can get the Scott legit house 
in each Of them, but the local impresario doesn't know if he can get 
plays to make the theatres profitable. Last season Minneapolis and St- 
Paul had 12 legit weeks. Of that dozei)» five were road picture showings. 

This summer as usual Bainbridge is playing a stock in Minneapolis 
and doing fairly well. Buzz didn't get many assurances of good legit 
attractions SCor the new season, at least not any he could borrow money 
on. If they don't come through faster, he iuay try to place the hous^es 
for another policy. 

Very few legit, managers outside of New Yoi-k and the other big cities 
have any high hopes of a desirable flock of attractions. Picture house 
ch'cuits when attempting to readjust policies In .over-seated towns and 
turn houses into the legit, for anything from one night to a-week stand, 
have been unable to get saltisfactory answers from the New York book- 
ing offices. Offers to buy. shows for the dates acted as no spur, with 
the assumption the offices had little In sight to offer for the road. 



. Sport.snien from all over the 
country including San Francisco, 
gathered in Louisville to witness 
a trial of speed between "Ten 
Broeck" and "Molly McCarthy." 
trotters. Match called for at least 
three four-mile heats. It was said 
that if "Tp" Broeck" lost, the wholf; 
blue grass co'untry would be bank- 
rupt. 



Cora DeFoe, of the Harder-Hall Players, Utlca, N, Y., played in "An 
America:n Ti-agedy" a couple of weeks ago. This week she started on 
-her" va:cation,-::plckIng the locale ot the Gillette murder-, the basis of 
Dreiser's novel, for her rest. 

She's even at the same hotel the girl stayed at just before, the drown- 
ing,. Hotel Glenmbre, Big Moose Lake, N. Y. 



A funny side light :on outside in- 
vestors in theatre .affairs appears 
in the case of the New York Aca- 
demy of Music (lately razed). J. 
R. Mapleson, English impresario, 
had leased the house for seasoti of 
opera. He found that directors and 
.stockholders h;td tied , up huge 
blocks of dead head seats for their 
Dwn use. Those he promptly cut 
ir()\\n to 20fl. 



From a . calculation the ShubertA are operating 40 theatres outside 
of New Yot-k and 30 theatres in Greater . New York, fOr which they are 
lease-responsible; A very few of these houses have divided leaser- 
resp^sibility. 

At &n average yearly (12 months) rental of $76,000 per theatre, the 
70 houses . represent an annual rental of $5,250^000, or a fixed monthly: 
overhead for rent only of $437,600. 

The Shuberts are operating no theatre west oif Kansas City and noth- 
ing south of St. Louis. They are interested merely in the Curran house 
in Frisoo. 



Ziegfold says he is oft playing his attractio'ns in Newark. The, reason 
is a dispute over the number of stage hands the Broad Street agreed 
to .supply. Appears to be just a little argument Ijetweeii Zleggy and 
Schlesslngen The stand has been played heretofore by Zicgf eld attrac- 
tions prior to and after playing Broadway. 



Aviation „ Note.--C. F. Jiichtel's 



Herman Bernstein, tlie Jewish editor and translator, is back from 
Europe with eight foreign plays. Several are by Rudolph Lothar whose 
^;Command to J^oye adapted by Bernstein. 



Here's a letter just received from Mollie. Fuller, who recently retired 
from the stage and went to California to live:- 

. I am- living with Mabel Ross in her lovely little Jhp.me in Holly-- 
wood with a wonderful porch where I spend most ot'my 'titne. It . 
glorious here and I am only sorry I didn't come sooner. I have rhet 
so many of my old friends that It seems more like home than New 
York. The weather is wonderful andrf am feeling better every day. 



The following excerpt from the "English 'Weekly" may give the ad- 
vance agents an Idea or two how to make an effective .swindle sheet- 
The article is headed"Hard Earned Wages" .and continues: 

"An . artist who v/ns employed to" renovate and retouch the great oil 
paintings in an old church In Belgium, rendered a bill of $67.30 for his 
services. The church wardens, however, required an itemized bill and 
the following was duly presented, audited and paid: 

For correcting the Ten Commandments $5.12 

For i-enewlng Heaven and adjusting stars. i ................... . . 7.14 

For touching up Purgatory and restoring lost souls . ....... .. . ...... 3.06 

For brigl^^htening up the flameS. of Hell, putting new tail on the Devil, 

and doing odd jobs for the damned. . ;. 7.17 

For putting new stone in David's . sling, enlarging the head of. 

Goliath ...... .......... 6.13 

For mending shirt of Prodigal, Son arid cleaning his ear. ... 3.39 
For Embellishing. Pontius Pilate and putting new ribbon , in his 

bonnet ... .... 3,02 

For putting hew tall arid comb on St. Peter's rooster 2.20 

For re-pluming and re-gilding left w.lng of the Gu&rdian Angel.... 5.18 
For washing the servant of High Priest arfd putting carmine on 

his cheek •• 5.02 

For taking the. spots off the Son of Tobias. ......•;>,...,.,....,...* . 10.30 

For putting earrings in Sarah's ears. . .................. .i ....... . 6.26 

For decorating Noah's ark and new head on Shem, ............... ; 4.31 



Total 



.$67.30 



Congressman WilUani Cohen, who represents the 17th New York Dis- 
trict, is one of the best knoWn men in. the Times Square district but 
even his intimates do not knbW of his pet phllanyiropy. It is jaiding the 
families of firemen killed in action. 



Whenever a firenian mieets death while oh duty Mr. Cohen sees to it 
that his personal check for a substantial sum is Immediately sent to 
the family of the fire-fighter. He ha.s been doing this for years but it 
was not untir last week that the story very accidentally leaked out.. 



Frank E. Pope, the publicist, is pulling up stakes and moving to Cali-? 
fornia. He has sold his home in Yorikers* and will soon depart to direct 
the destinies of the "Simba'' picture on trie West Coast. He will be ac- 
companied by his wife and daughter, Mr. Pope will remain away from 
Broadway at lea.st a year. 



"iiir .shit)" wiis the attraction at the 
Boston Temple where it was the 
marvel of the day. Device was an 
air bag 25 feet long and 13 feet In 
diameter filled with hydrogen gas, 
The Inventor sat in a suspended 
frame and propelled the machine 
over the heads of spectators about 
the hall. (Years later Roy 
Knabenshue 'used a similar ship a.s 
a fiiir attraction.) 



The aims of the new union of press agents, company managers and 
others concerned witii the front of the house, appear to be somewhat 
indolinite as regard.s New York. A circular to managers took a shot 
at free lance press a,i;cnts, venturing to state that they could not ef- 
ficiently handle multiple attractions. It is now claimed the unio'n is 
not at this time concerned with the Broadway field and it Is up to a 
prt)ducor to decide whether a general press representative is to handle 
.several attradions whlcl) may be current under the same management, 
or to (Mi.t;fifre a freo lance ))iil)li(>lst. Another circular will more clearly 
oiitlini' tlio ()l)j(>cis of the unii>n. 



R a y Meyers, of the Keit h B^ookjn g D epa 
Cor Los Angeles this Week \yhere he will take up liis duties as a.ssltitant 
to Haury Singer, Keith's Pacific slope representative out there. 



The popular Captain John Broadsliaw, lately retired captain . of the 
"Belgenland," is in Mt. Vernon hospital. He is one of the best known 
sea captains sailing out of New York harbor and has. countless f rlend.s 
among the theatrical profession. During the war he was in command 
of the "Lapland" which carried thousands of American troops to Kurope 
and back. Later he was given command of the "Belgenl.and." lie iw 
the father of Ali.son Bradsh.iw, the actress, and Leslie Bradshaw tlt>> 
broker, 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



L E G I T I M A T E 



VARIETY 



49 



Talkers Hot Mter bigit Tden^^ 
Negotiating and Qosing With 






Talking picture , niakers seem on 
the hot trail of legit talent for the 
full length dialog pictures and talk- 
ing short^. . 

A certain degree of secrecy has 
been thrown around its operations 
by Fox, both as to engagements, 
proposed pictures and, technically, 
lor talkers. Warner Brothers are 
fts active as the other makets for 
legit people, and Paramount is said 
to be sounding out legits for future 
engagements. . 

Last . Tveek Fox's 10th avenue 
. studios were a-hum with tests: made 
of legits. For two weeks they ap- 
peared to he taken indiscriminately, 
mostly from professionals recom- 
mended by agents. Toward the end 
of last week the Fox studios shut 
. dowh on the' flood, stating there- 
after only tests for talkers would 
be made as requested by the Fox 
■ engagfenient departinent.-^ - 
Under Cover Tests 
Talker tests are being made blind 
lUid nnder cover by all the com^ 
panies. When actors are I'ecognized 
by the crews, orders are issued that 
the thing mustn't leak. Hemingways 
apd Doakseff have made so many 
testa they are being labeled "Hem- 
ingway N"0. 3," etc. 

Secrecy is maintia,ined not only to 
defeat . competitive offers but to 
protect the actors themselves. Many 
have suffered quawks, injunction 
threats, etc., from the legit . prp 
ducers to. whom they are under con- 
tract. They stipulate the incognito 
angle before agreeing to the talker 
' test. ■ ■ ' . 



tests so far, the wholly satisfactory 
tested people become in immediate 
demand. There are not enough of 
these (SO far, the stoi-y says, for the 
producer taking the test to chance 
other producers' getting to them 
first.' Tests for talking shorts are 
also apt to bring out suitable quali- 
ties for full length talkei's. 

Agents Ringing In 

Any number of theatrical agents 
are trying to ring in on the talking 
engagements. They are generally 
calling up anyone tliey believe might 
prove desirable for full lengths or 
shorts, submitting their names to 
the studio directof-s, after first ex- 
acting an agreement from the 
player to pay the agent 10 per cent, 
commission. Players are signing the 
10 per cent, agree.nents withoiit 
reading thern, not knowing if the 
percentage calls for a single pic- 
ture's salary • or is for all Of the time 
they may spend before the camera. 

The agents' contracts . are dan- 
gerous for the actor and should not 
be signed if not thoroughly plain 
and understood without submitting 
them to an attorney or someone 
versed on agents and , their ways. 
Agents, as usual, are making many 
promises to actors with nothing to 
back them up. The main, purpose Is 
to get actors under an agency con- 
tract for the talkers. . : 

As far as known, none of the 
agents has beenjj^wen .an in at any 
Of the talker., suidibs, and so ap- 
pointments for tests have been 
catch-as-catch-can. 
Gus Edwards nas been engaged 



How DillinghaHii Won 



Several theatrical producers 
were discussing a female star 
of the temperarhental but box 
ofllce dr/giw variety in the Brook 
Club Sunday afternoon. 

It seems both Ziegfeld and 
Dillingham have been making 
bids to star her next seaison.. 
Up to Saturday the star had 
led Ziegfeld and Dillingham to 
believe she would be seen un- 
der their banner next jjeason. 

The discussion . was about 
reaching a climax when one of 
the producers asked : , . 

"Well, who won?" 

"Dillingham won," came back 
the an.swef. 

"How do you miikc that 
out?" asked another. 

"Ziegfeld signed her," Was 
the short finale. 



Dramatists Guild Tie Up Play 
Brokers to Prevent Gypping 
Or Hog J'ying Needy Authors 



THE'' MRS. VANDERBaT 
CAN HOLD A CURTAIN 



ixtensive Interest in Dramatic 
Sfock at Newport— Now 
in 2d Week 



Newpoi't^ July 17. 
Opening tO a capacity hou.se the 
stock season at the New poi't Casino 
recieiyed more attention than any 
similar theatre operating anywhere. 
Critics from Boston, Providence, 
Fall River and New York, as well 
as society reporters from rnost of 
those .cities attended the' opening 
performance and none, failed to rate 
the society end of th^ show on . a 
;?ar with that of a Met opera prem 
iere.' •■ ' . . - - ''■ ■ • 



Liraniraisus' Wuild of the Authors' 
League of Anunira's business code 
between authors and managers has 
cleaned "up anotlun* lield subjott to 
abuses-— that of the play .-igont or 
broker and' tho, a»ith<ir. . 

The. final driJft .on an agroement 
extending for throe yoar.s and con- 
tinuing froin year to year was ai- 
fnmed Monday by George Middle- 
ton, cliairman ot a Guild rommitlee, 
and John Rum.sey, in-esident of the 
.Incorporated Society of Aiithors' 
Representativoa. 

It was lirst believed by the au- 
thor.^' group that nothing but a set 
of stringent rules could solve the 
probU-ni. I.aler it realized that 
th<n-e arc bad boys among the au- 
thors as woll. as the play agents or. 
brokers. The rcisult is the creation 
of a Joint' coninilttee of authors and 
l agcnts, which .will meet each month 
[ to discuss new abu-ses which niay 
cre«V in from either . 'side; .trade' 
practicesi. what is being sold, and 
tbe trend of the play market. , 

The Guild iias agreed to work 
for the licensing of play agents by 
the state, artd will ask for the pas- 
sage of a law for that purpose/ sim- 
ilar to that covering realty brokers, 
and so forth. Such a license would 
rid the Held of wild-catting agent!*, 
an indeterminate class, unwelcome 
to authors as well as established 
brokers.' 

The new agreement, drawn up by 
Arthur Garfield Hays, counsel for 
the Guild, has two cardinal features. 
One is the revelation of all facts of 
the dealings betweeh authors and 
agents: other is the arbitration of 



nlon^s are (•ontln\iing, . stutoments . 
shall bo made ho later than the first, 
day of eat>h ninnf h, said Htatements 
to cbVer oil tran.saotions up to the 
25th day of the previous month and 
duly ^?wo^n to. V ■ • • . ' 

The (Juild niay on writt.eri author- 
ity of. any of . its niernbers at any 
time .shall have tho right to verify 
and .iuthonfioate any .statement Pf , 
'account .'ihd fih.'iil have the right to 
examine the. hooks, records or papers 
that; may throw light on the author's 
account. . . ' 

In the matter of claiin that ah 
agent is not rend<M"ing proper serv- 
ice, the matter shall. be arbitrated. 
A case in point is that of an author , 
who secured a loan from an agent, 
who ^ied the Avriter up for five yeare. 
The latter Went abroad, but con- 
tinued to submit scripts. The broker . 
lo.st faith in the author, and the 
a!uthor lias'failed. to. get action.. 
Moneys when collected by the • 
gent and not paid immediately 
shall belong to the author and shall 
be held on truist for hini; until paid.^. 
Where sa les are made in a . foreign 
cp\mti:y, the tax due shall be de- 
ducted and the agent's commission 
.shall be ba.sed on the rtet. The 
agents' society shall notify the Guild 
when stock managers and: pthcriB 
failed to fulfill obligations. . 

Picture. Kights - 

Oh picture rights the parties rec-t . 
ognlze the Motion Pigture Arbiter, 
created under the Minimum Basic 
Agreement. The. agents agreie to. 
notify the Arbiter (Joseph P. Blck- 
erton, Jr.) of all correspondence, 
efforts, negotiations and matters re« 



. Ethel Barrymore has . been i re 
ported as a talking star possibility | 
for Paramount, though there is no 
Information upon it. John . Barry- 
more iti said to be in demand hy 
the Warners for another talker, and 
also by United Artists. Warners 
are reported to have Secured "On 
Trial," the old meller stage hit, for 
talking film reproduction. M-G-M 
has "The Trial of Mary Dugan' 
Btage, but without annotincement as 
to whether it will be a silent or 
talk picture. "Dugan"! has been 
especially noted by the talking peo 
pie as a ^j»ost desirable dialog 
talker through its court-room scene 
Lewis and Abbott 
Fox is reported to have placed Al 
Lewi& under exclusive contract as a 
producer of Pox dialog pictures, 
atarting in September, but vvhether 
for only full lengths or .shorts also 
isn't known. Among the legit dra 
matic players Fox has contracted, it 
is reported, for Sylvia Fields, wit;h 
out length or terms of contract re^ 
ported. So far, the only other stage 
director Fox Is iaaid to have en- 
gaged is George Abbott. Clark and 
McCullough were previously re 
ported. Also Helen Ware. . 

Harlan Thompson is reported ne 
gotiated for by Fox and Paramount. 
Eugene Walter is another dramatist 
reported with a Fox offer. 

Composers and authors of unpro- 
duced musical comedies are being 
approached,, talking companies of- 
. fering an outright buy instead of 
the old 7 per cent. They haven't 
yet figured publLsher and disc roy 
alties and are still up in the air. 
George Gershwin is said to have 
turned down a big offer to write 
an original score for a talker with 
tlio stipulation "no stage prbduc 
■ tion.". ; ■ ■ :„ .. 

Contracts submitted to players by 
the talker.s are said to mention a 
■et term of one year at a specific 
amount weekly for 52 weeks, with 
an option for the film producer to 
continue the agreement for another 
year or two at .salary to be agreed 
upon. 

No basis of salary for the talker 
"whon the player is . from legit or 
vaude aiipears to have been .settled 
upon. It appears to be a matter of 
mutual agrocnvent. Kcsldt^s the ex 
cluKivt^ one yo.'ii; .Tli-weck contract, 
it i.s .said that .some players are 
off pi'ed -contrart?r^or=^^"=s i n gl e=-talk 
Ing pirtuj'»\ This contract may or 
niay not provide for rehearsal sal 
•»ry, and it may or may not provide 
for the actu.'il length of the picture's 
making. From reports .some con 
tracts arc Kubniitted calling for the 
actor'.s ,'<alary only for the actual 
time lie or she i.s before the cani- 
era. Tlie rchear.sal period .sfcunds 
important when not an exclusive 
florvloo cpRau'cmcnt. 

Proin acconnt.s and the talking 



by .Meti'o-GfO.ldwyn- Mayer to direct 
talking shorts on the Coast, for 
three nionths. He leaves shortly for 
Hollywood. 



Play Broker Tied Up 
Author for 10 Years 



Flo Ziegfeld Is seemingly in sym- 
pathy with William. Anthony Mc- 
Guire, his star librettist, who au- 
thored the books of "Rosalie" audi 
Three Musketeers," and is slated 
for the new Eddi^ Cantor produc 
tlon, according to a New York Su 
"prenie Court petition by Zlggy. The 
producer wants to determine 
whether or not the 1% per cent 
royalty on "Rosalie" should be paid 
McGuire in person or to the W. A 
M. Personnel, Inc., a corporation 
^organized by the Century Play Co., 
Inc., to pay off some alleged debts 
by McGuire to itself. . 

When McGuire was in financial 
difllculties last year, the Century 
Co. agreed to make them good on 
the stipulation It would have first 
call on McGuire's stage writings for 
the next 10 years. 

McGuire, according to Zicgfeld's 
papers, alleges tha* the Century did 
not pay off the debts and the author 
insists Ziggy make good his royalty 
accountings direct. j. 



Dillingham's Shows 

Charles B. DllUrigham'^ first foir 
the season will be the new Fred 
and" Dorothy StOne show, as yet 
untitled. It will start rehearsal 
next month and hit the Globe, New 
York, around Oct .lr ■ 

Andy Tombes an<l Allan Ed \yards 
are of those under engagement. 

Dillingham's "Ripples," for Leon 
Errol on top, with the Durante male 
trio of kidders featured, will follow 
the Stone show in rehearsal. That 
production may start its public way 
around Nov; 1. Irene Delroy is the 
only other engagement so far. 

STAMFORD STOCK FOLDS 

Stamford, Conn., July 17. 

Putnam Playcr.s, marshalled by 
=Rutlv--Iiutn.'ini-Ma.son,=^Gloiied^inJJi£iJt. 
week at the Springdale theatre 
Saturday niglit. The Players also 
clo.scd their appearance in Xorwalk 
the fir.st half. (Jroup gave "Jack of 
Hearts," . with PM.ske O'Hara and 
Patricia Quinn for their final offor- 
I ing in these parts. 

Beatrice Maude'.-* Actor.s' Play- 
shop now holds the local fort. Paul 
Huber and Kr.T.dford Hunt, who 
started out with the Putn.irn I'lay- 
crs, are now witli MJ.^^s Maude. 



Most of them, however, overlooked 
the fact that the . curtain /was held 
20 minutes for Mrs. Vanderbllt, the 
dowager, often referred to. as "the" 
Mrs.. Vanderbllt. That never hap- 
pens at the Met. 

William H. Vanderbllt had as his 
guest In his box, the opening night, 
Ina Claire, A. p. Matthews, Fi'ed 
Worlock, Irene Browni Ilka Chase 
and Allen Fagfen. Later, they, to- 
gether with members of the cast 
of "Peter Ibbetson," wer-e dinner 
guests of the president of the thea 
tre operating company at his Oak 
land Farm estate. 

Miss Claire is playing the lead 
,thi» week In th«. '|Last of Mrs 
Cheyhey," with Matthews featured 
Allen Fagan, Miss Claire's brother, 
is the director of this week's show 

Rollo Peters, Selena Royle and 
Charles Crocker-King have been en 
gaged to return here next week to 
rehearse Franz Molnar's "The 
Swan." Lester Lonergan will stage 
It. "She Had to Know," by Paul 
Geraldy, will be the third produc 
tion. 

Making It Pay 

Mrs. Paul Fitz Simons, the former 
Ellen French Vanderbllt, mother of 
the young president of the Casino 
Theatre Company, is lending her 
active support and influence In put 
tine over the stock season. Through 
her efforts boxes for other than 
opening nights have been sold to 
the summer colonists and advance' 
.reservations are at the present time 
far in advance. Of what they were at 
this time last season 

Lillian Barrett, the hustling, sec- 
retai-y of the theatre company, has 
as her goal the establishment of a 
permanent self-supporting . theatre 
in this section during the summer, 
BO that the wealthy underwriters 
will not have to dig for any deficit 
at the end of It 

Young Vanderbllt is showing an 
intense interest in the stock com 
pany. He is on hand every morning 
watching the rehear.sa.ls and the 
wheels go round backstage. Eve 
nin.gs he is out front getting a line 
on the hox-oflflce end of show busi- 
ness.,. Willy, „ as he Ism Kf'nojnilly 



known, is nobody's"angcl" and like 
his forefathers, is in the tnansporta 
tion bu.siness, head . of a company 
operating a fleet of bu.s.ses in Rhode 
Island. 

"I.»f>ter Ibbetson" gro.s.scd |4,500 
ifor six performances. It is said the 
initial week, of the stock 6<;a.son 
moro than doubled the gro.ss of last 
year at this time, when Mary Ellis 
and JJasil Sydney appeared in 
"Hamlet" in modern clothes. 



all disputes. 

By revelation of facts is meant 
the details of ^deals between au- 
thors and. agents. . It is known that 
agents upon lending money to au- 
thors, as advance on royalties have 
tied the authors up for a term of 
five years or more, the agent (or 
broker) to receive a portion of the 
authorls royalties on all writings 
within that period, in addition to 
the .broker's regular percentage. 
This has meant payment to the 
broker of as high as from 25 to BO 
per cent of the author's share. 
Guild's Approval 
W^lth the Guild in "possession of 
the facts, it will either reconiniend 
any . such pi'ivate a&reenient or dis- 
approve. It was stated the Guild 
will stand ready to advance money 
to an author rather than have him 
mulcted. The recent proffer of Joe 
Leblang of .$25,000 to the Guild for 
such purposes will be applicable, 
and the Guild may recommend ad- 
vances from Its own funds. 

That methods may be adopted to 
avoid misunderstandings and dilTer- 
ences between authors and agents, 
it is agreed there shall be co-opera- 
tion by the agents to assist in en- 
forcing the rules of the Basic Agree- 
ment between the Guild and the 
managers. If upon arbitration an 
agent, shall be adjudged as having 
violated the new, agreement," the 
Guild will withdraw its' •recommen- 
dation and the agents' society , shall 
impose a penalty. Likewise, if an 
author is the guilty party, the au 
thors' representative shail be . ad- 
ylsed by the agent, and the Guild 
will impose a penalty. 

"The new agreement shall be con 
sldered to be part of all contracts 
betWe.en author and agent. If the 
agent fails to reveal all the facts of 
a deal with an author, the contract 
between the agent and author will 
be subject to cancellation, in which 
event the agent is to lose all interest 
in the future returns of the play or 
plays involved! 

The Authors' representatives agree 
that its members will lilo with the 
Guild a copy of contracts or agree- 
ments With authors within 20 days 
after such deals are made, A rule 
similar to that in the Minimum 
B.xMic Agreement that provides 
against a manager octingVas agent 
and charging commission to the au 
t^ 1 or- i.s-eo n t ai ned=i n=t h e-ne w=agree~ 
ment covering similar activity on 
the part of play agents or their rep 
resentatives. 

Statements on .Rights 
.Statement of royalties and pay- 
ment of first-class production and 
for outright sales .shall be made 
within three days of reeelpt by the 
agent of the moneys therefor, unU-.ss 
Hpccifically arr.'ingcd oth"i wl.se. On 
.•vtock and s.i.Milar rigiits where pa>- 



latlng to the picture rights or their 
sale and shall reveal .all facts to 
him. At the request of the author , 
the A:rbiter shall jlkewlse . reveal to , 
the a^ent all efforts, facts and ne- 
gotifCtions as to the sale of picture 
rights to Protect the agent's ^ com- 
missions In such connection. 

The play brokers recently sought 
to boost their commissions oii pic- 
ture rights because of the percent-, 
age jpald the. Arbiter.. It is agreed 
the commi.sslon to be paid by au- 
thors (10 :per cent) on picture 
scales shall not be greater than in 
connection with ilrst class produc- 
tion and that such fee shall' be re- 
garded as indlusive of the Arbiter's 
fee (2% per cent). 

If the picture, rights of a play 
.sl^ali hot be sold within *a period Of 
six months after the New York run- 
(or 75 performances on the road) 
extra commission arr;^ngcment may 
be arranged between the author and 
agent. It Is agreed that no bWck 
(Continued on page 59) 



De Rohan Succeeds Dak 



Pierre deRohan has succeeded the 
late Alan Dale as the dramatic re- 
viewer on Hearst's New York 
"American." He will furnish the 
usual Sunday dramatic column as 
Dale did, 

DeRohan, before, his. appointment, 
late last week upon the personal 
order of W. R. Hearst On the coast, 
was furnishing Hearst's "Rvehing 
Journal" with a dally column of 
comment, also dolfig the second 
string.reviews on that paper. These 
ha:ve been deRohan's. first Hearst 
paper associations. 

Before coming to Ne^ York do 
Rohan was on a Camden, N. J.» 
daily, and previously In New Haven. 
In both places he gained quite a 
rep for his drariiatic reviews. It . 
was reported deRohan had had a 
very liberal offer from a Philadel- 
phia dally while in Camden, but 
preferred to take a chance in New 
York. 



Eagels-Coy Divorce 

Chicago, July 17. 

Jeanne Eagels secured a divorce 
here last wee_k^ from Ted Coy, 
*Brok<^"aH<l"it6^fin"er-T^ 
grounds of cruelty. Judge Joseph 
.Sabath granted the decree on evi- 
dence that , Coy has .struck" the 
actress wliile on a train within the 
city limits. Ernest Byfield, presi- 
dent of tho Hotel Sherman, testi- 
fied he saw the resultant black eye. 

Although ihf; suit opened to a 
crowded courtroom its final .session 
was witnc.-sed only by the judge, 
two ia\vj'T.s and the eye witness. 



60 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



131 Stocks in MidrSummer Running 
Bespeaks Healthy Condition Now 



. Uespi.te humidity, tropical heat 
and all tlVe different kinds of 
>veaLher that thoatrical men unani- 
mously declare reacts against show 
attondanco up to last week there 
are exactly 131 stock In the United 
States and Cfinada. 
■ This list takes in the bi(? spots 
arid the small ones. Also Includes 
several of tlie conipanies traveling 
under tent. 

Among them are stocks, that have 
played everything including "Abie's 
Irish Rose.'* One company, Dixie 
stock in UniontowQ, Pa., did "Uncft. 
Tom's Cabin", for three days. : 

A survey of the attractions listed 
by the stocks says the pla.y . with the 
small cast is most in demand. A 
few musicals but as a rule they 
don't draiV in some sections. They 
have cost the operators about all 
they riiake on a season. 

All things "considered, 131 com- 
panies In operation in ni Id- July is 
regarded ias a bright Iridtcatloti for 
that branch. 



AGENTS' UNION IDEA 
GROWS INTO FAVOR 

Several of T. P. R. A. Join 
Unionized Body— New Con- 
tract for T. P. R. A. Men 



Following the announcement a 
charter hadf been given the newly 
unionized Association of Theaitrlcal 
Agents atijd Managers, a standard 
contract was .offered the. Theatrical 
-pTSss — Rept'tfstjulalives A ssoete^oft 



Sam H. Harris Indie 
Now!!-Shubert-Booked 



The production arrangement be- 
tween Sam H. Harris and the Shu- 
beKs is reported to be about 
wa.shed up. ; Under. It the/ Shuberts 
assumed production expense and 
paid losses iii exchange for a per- 
centage of the net profits, said to 
be one-half. A similar arrange- 
ment was rei)orted applying to 
other managers, . . - 

It appears that the .system was 
not satisfactory to . Harris, with 
whom Albert Lewis is associated in 
some attractions. 

The Shuberts are said to. be in- 
terested in the new Marx brothers 
show, "Animal Crackers." with 
Harris. Harris will coritinue to 
book through the Shuberts. That 
is said to be p.art of a five-year 
agreement entered into when the 
Shuberts bought the Sam H. Harris 
theatre about a . year ago. With the 
Shuberts concerned, Harris . has 
been doing busine.ss as "Sam H. 
HarrLs, Inc." Lately for most^.of 
his production activitie.s he has re- 
verted to "The Sam H. Harris En- 
terprises, Inc.," his former corpo- 
rate title. 

Other hew Harris and Lewis pro- 
ductions include "Women," by Ed- 
,ward a.nd Edith Ellis; "Gongai," by 
Hervy and Carleton Hlldreth, with, 
Helen Menken - starred'; "The Big 
Fight," in which David Belasco will 
be interested and which will star 
Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor; 
"The Autumn Violin," from the 
Russian; "Don't Count Your 
Chickens," and a new play starring 
George Jessel 



Stock Much Worried 
Over Talking Opposish 



stock managers see dread r 
naught opposition In the ap- 
proaching talking picture wave. 

It la looked upon as more 
serious at the moment with 
the stock ma;nager through the 
lately increased Interest in 
local stock companies.. 

Talking full length pictures 
at a . scale the stocks, can hot 
meet and In the local picture 
houses, to a continuous per- 
formance; withr. the best casts 
obtainable going into any ham- 
jet, have the goats of the stock 
men. 



CHI AGGREGATE 
AT S-YEAR EBB 



by the managers - Thjg contract Is 
claimed to. incliade most of the con- 
cessions sought by the union, save 
that of a minimum wage or salary. 
It, will probably Include company 
managers, although the latter arfe 
"not eligible to the T. P.. R. A. unless 
also qualified for advance arid press 
Work. . f 
The new. contract provides for 
two weeks' notice and guarantee of 
return fare. It also cover's . the 
mooted point of one man handling 
the company and doing pres.s work 
. in stands outside of New York, the 
managers to pay approximately 
double If the man does both ends. 
It is understood the T. P. R. A., 
also the unionized group, do not 
favor that plan but seek the reten- 
tion of two men; to every show. 

The contract was offered by 
Joseph P. Bick-erton, Jr., acting for 
a group of 49 managers. The latter 
body was brought together to form- 
ulate the American Theatre Board, 
which will work for the general wel- 
fare of the theatre, in conjunction 
with Equity and the Authors' 
League. The T. P. R. A. committee, 
which conferred with Bickerton, 
was Randolph Hartley, Edward W. 
PIdseon and Dixie Hincs. 

Some representative members of 
the T. P. R. A. have joined the As- 
sociation, of Theatrical Agents and 
ManuKors and are directing its 
councils. Those who wore unde- 
. -cidcd on "the m-attcr appcTir to ttdw 
favor the uhiph uloa. 

:. OlFficers 

Tilt' j)resirlcnt and bu-'^ine.ss direc- 
tor of the union is Theodore 
Mitchellj wilh Lbrtcvick Vi-oom vice^ 
pve.sidont and chairman; and Milton 
. T. Mid'dlpton, sc'creiiFiry and tre.tSr 
urer>' Other cominlttoes are made 

■ up; of IJije ' throe names, mentioned 
and William Roddy, Michael Man- 
tion, Edgar Wallace, Lawrence A. 
Neliites,. KiKl Wa^^goner, John L. 

■ PcllVct, Tt)ni H(i(lH:0)n!in, Loon Vic- 
tor, and My U\»* Murphy. Dues are 

• $25 a year. 

it' was first said that the union- 
ized branch was not concerned with 
the" actlvitios of Broadway press 
agents, but in a circular .sent to 
managers the claim is set forth that 
free'.ance press men handling a 
group of .attra cations could not be 
expected to function otlU'iently. 

^,=JlGti;JLMjini,:^iib;ift<^tijULi^^ 

made a«-ainst tlio handling of shows 
"fi'om tlio oflico" whpn playing New 
York. 

The unionized group's member- 
ship plan aims to include all those 
employed in the front of the house. 
That takes in agents, company 
managers, house managers and 
treasurers, and pertains to thei-.tre.';, 
circuses, opera, carnivals, concerts, 
lectures and professional athletic 
exhibitions. The new association 



'Congai," announced by Harris for 
production, with Helen Menken as 
star,, has been postponed until Oc- 
tober, with the po&'sibillty of aban- 
doning it altogether. Cast was al- 
ready engaged and rehearsals, sched- 
uled for Aug. 2.. Play is af- dramatic 
zation by Harry Hervey and Carlton 
Hlldreth of the forrt'.er's novel, . 



L. A. Grosses 



Los Angeles, July 17. 

"Trial of Mary Dupan," closing an 
eight-week engagement at the 
Mason, took- a terrific jump to gross 
close to $20,000. "Good News" at 
?21,700 for its eighth week at the 
Mayan continued to rank the town 

"The Spider " has started off well 
at the Belasco, the third week, but 
less than $300 ■ below the second 
week with $15,200. "Dracula" also 
deriving nice profit from the spooky 
trade with $12,300 for its third week 
at the Biltmoi'e. 

Ampng the $1.25 attractions, "The 
Show Off" at the El Ca'pitan gross- 
ing $5,300, with Duffy getting a like 
figure for "Why Men Leave Home" 
at the President. . "Spread Eagle" 
making it three weeks In all closed 
at the Vine Street with around 
$4,900. 

"The Desert Song" bettered $15;- 
000 at the Majestic. The tiny Egan 
is open with "Window Panes" and 
grossing around $2,000. 



Ghlcago, July 17.. 
Chicago legit 16 at lowest , ebb. 
Last week's low grosses are rivalled 
only -by those of this week in July 
of 1923 In a . period of five years. 

In July, 1923, box office aggregate 
VfOiS around $60,000. In July, 1928. 
it was almost as bad, around $64,- 
ooo; ■ ' 

There were seven shows at this 
time.,in '23, and there Tvere six in 
Chicago last we6k. Business duririg 
July in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927 was 
quite tolerable, reaching its peak in 
July, 1926, with $132,000 for nine 
shows. In 1924. the week pulled 
$124,000 with 11 shows; 1925 did 
$111,000 with 10, and 1927 did $101,- 
000 with six. 

It is noticeable that the number 
of shows . to play Chicago during 
this peHod is diminishing annually: 
Cutting down in sumnier is being 
done to a Considerable extent right 
now. Chicago's loop holds 15 le- 
i tim a te theatres , 10 of whinh nre 



Shows in N. Y. and Comment 



Figures estirn^ted and comment point to '«ome attraetioni being 
successful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest 
mecljocrity or loss. The Variance i« explained in the difference in 
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast, 
with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Variance 
in business necessary for musical attraction as against dramatic 
play is also considered. 

Classification of attraction, house capacity and top prices of the 
adrnission scale given below. Key to classification: 0 (comedy); 
D (drama); R (revue); M (musical comedy) ; F (farce); O (operetta). 



JHIAINEBLAS "CHAMP'' 

Teddy Saycs, /trainer of Mickey 
Walker, and former trainer of Jack 
Dempsey; has been signed for the 
lead in Jack McCiowari's forthcom- 
ing prize fight play.. 

Hayes will play the "champ" in 
the story, So far known this Is 
Hiaycs' rostrum debxit. 



dark and no hopes of lighting up 
until late August or early Septem-, 
ber. Several other loop shows are" 
even now getting ready to blow. 

"The 19th Hole," completing an 
11 -week fun at the Erlanger, closed 
Saturday night after a fair play. 

Nothing new in sight for the im- 
mediate futur^, though August may 
see one or two new ones, but noth- 
ing definite is set. 

"Good News," still the best box, 
offlce. magnet of the town, is drawV 
,ing better than $25,000 weekly, 'after 
15 weeks at $28,000 and four at 
$27,000. "Elmer the Great" is stUl 
in fiTe money at the Blackstone, 
and a good draw. "Sunny D.ays." 
at the Four Cohans, is getting about 
$15,000 for the week. "Compan- 
ionate Marrifige," with an improved 
cast and revamped .script, con- 
tinues in the $6,000 groove. 

Estimates for Last Week ^ 

"Elmer the Great" (Blackstone, 
5th week), t'eeling the weather, 
but still a great draw. Took, about 
$12,000. 

. "Good News" (Selwyn, 22d week). 
Still "It" to the tune of a bit better 
than $25,000 weekly. 

".Sunny Days" (Fouif Cohans, 10th 
week). Outlook still favorable and 
good for a few more weeks at mod- 
erate money. Pulled about $15,000, 
and looks to build. 

"Excess Baggage" (Giirrlck, 21st 
week). Now In the conservative 
class, but to reliable business of 
around $11,000. A gain of a grand 

"The 19th Hole" (Brlanger, 11th 
and, final week). Closed after a 
fair-run to mild business of $3,000 
in its list, week. 

"Companionate Marriage" (Gort> 
lOth week). Still at the $6,000 
weekly figure. 



Adriiiasionjax applies only on' tickets 

priced more than $3, 

"A Connecticut Yankee," Vander- 
bilt . (38th week) (M-882; $5.50). 
Last week little: better than dis- 
astrous week of. Fourth; heat aiid 
unfavorable . weather answer; 
"Yankee" started badly and eased 
'off to about $13,000. 

"Blackbirds," Liberty (llth week) 
(R-1,202; $3). Got break with 
midnight performance Thursday 
and climbed somewhat ; "quoted at 
Over $12,000; colored revue still 
profitable. 

"Coquette," Maxine Elliott (37th 
week) (D-912; $3.85). About 

' same, around $8,000 again last 
week; Hit drama away out In 
front. 

"Diamond Lil," Royale (15th week) 
(C-1,117;. $3). Slipped off with 
others but stiU op.erating at con- 
siderable profit; last week ap- 
proximated $11,000. 
"Good . News,". Chahin's. ;46th St. 
46th week) (M-li4l3; $5.50). 
Climbed bit last week with gross 
$18,000; matter of weathei-. . 
"Grand Street Follies," Booth (8th 
week) (R-704; $3), Going along 
at great pace until heat socked; 
although materially down from 
first figures, still making some 
money; $11,000.- 
"Greenwich Village Follies," Winter 
Garden (I6th week) . .(R-1,493; 
$5.50), Rated among weakest of 
musicals as to draw house has 
had in years; doubtful if much 
over $16,000; due to close Friday 
next week and open in Chicago 
July 28. A 
"Porgy," Republic (2d engagement) 
(8th week) (D-901; $2,50). ' No 
real money drawn sirice colored 
cast drahia returned ; between 
^ 5,000 . aH 4-»670 00 latcly r 



"Rancour" Tryout 

Hoodgerow theatre, Moylan-Roso 
Valley, Pa., has produced "Ran- 
cour," written by Lynn Riggs. Lat- 
ter authored 'The Domino Parlor," 
which the Shuberts tried out last 
spring.. 

"Rancour" will be repeated 
throughout the summer. 



"Present Arms," Mansfield (13th 
week) (M-1,060; $5). Somewhat 
better break than others got; ap- 
proximated $17,000; about $2,000 
more than low mark of July 4th 
week. 

"Rain or Shine," Geo. M. Cohan 
(24th week) (M-1,371; $5.50.). 
Somewhat better last week but 
did not begin to recover the pace 
lost during flr«t torrid week; 
$30,000. . , 

Rosalie,"' New. AmsteAlam (28th 
week) (M-1.702; $6.60). • Picked 
up slightly but still under profit- 
able pacfe;, about $29,000. 
"Scanctals," ApoHo (3d week) (R- 

: i;i6S; $6.60). With bulk of tickets 
in hands of agencies new revue 
h.Td no : trouble registering ca- 
pacity; estimated over $19i000. 

Show Boat," Ziegfeld (30th weelc) 
(M-rl,750; $6.60). Improved night, 
ly last week, although did not re- 



turn to big money a^ before heat 
slump; estinrtated at $43,000. 

"Strange Interlude," Golden (25th 
week) . (D-900 ; $4:40). Plays six 
perforniahces - weekly; only ca- 
pacity business of. any non- 
musical remainirtg; over $16,000. 

"Skidding," Bijou (9th week) (C- 
605; $3). Management claims 
continuance into next month, 
though business little better; 
around $3,000; co.sts little to 
operate. 

"The Bachelor Father," Belasco 
(21iSt week) (C-1,000; $3.85). Just . 
about sarhe; leading list until 
weather became -bad; about $15,- 
000 claimed. 

"The, intruder," Biltmore. Pre- 
miere held back until next week. 

"The Ladder," Cort (92d week^ 
(D-1,094; $3). Resumed 'July 11; 
admission charged but few people 
buying. .Whole thing getting to 
be* unexplained gag. 

"The Lawyer's- Dilemma,". Wal- 
lack's (2hd week) (C-770; $3). 
.. Critics spent "warm evening re- 
reviewing play shown earlier in 
season under another title; fated 
hopeless; moved here from Bel- 
mont anyway. 

"The Royal Family," Selwyn (30th 
week) (C-1,067; $3.85). Little 
change in pace; slowed down 'Ijy 
heat, wave two weeks ago; gross 
again approximated $10,000; in- 
definite. 

"The Silent House,'? Shubert (24th 
week) (D-1,395; $3). Several 
companies to be sent to road in 
.fall, probable reason for continu- 
ing; down' like others; around 
$6,000 estimated. 
"The Three Musketeers," Lyric 
(19th week) (0-l,395; $6.60). Heat 
affected business for first time two 
'wee ks ' ag o ami last. 



FRISCO LEGITS OKAY 



claims to cover the U. S. and Can- 
ada and expects to be cla.ssed as 
an internatinnal union; . . 

There seems to be a difference of 
opinlon - among ..oincer.H -as . to^-the 
qualifications as set forth in an- 
other circular .sent out by Middle- 
ton. The principal difl'erence is the 
statetnont that "tve will not con- 
sider the api)lit<ation of any but 
absolutely reliable, sober and cap- 
able men who have been actively 
engaged with sonxe degree of suc- 
cess in our particular line of work 
for not less than ]0 year.s." It was 
denied that proof of any such 



$17,500 for "Command to Love"— 
Mystery and Comedy $300 Apart 

San Francisco, July 17. 

Healthy business In the four' legit 
hoiuses last week. Shuberts' "A 
Night in Spain" clicked along In its 
second week to virtual capacity 
Heavy advance sale indicates long 
run is in store for. this revue. 

At the Geary "The Command to 
Love" did another exceptional week 
Henry Duffy's productions held 
f.'iirly . well with "The Wooden 
kimono," at the President, still 
playing to near capacity. At Duffy'.«! 
Alcazar "Tommy" has caught on 
and should easily run through the 
summer j , 



Estimates for Last Week 
Curran — "A Night In Spain." Did 

$30,000, and no cause for worry. 
Geary — "The Command to Love,' 

All-star sophisticated drama now 

in final week;, second week reachej 

$17,500. 

President — "The Wooden Ki- 
mono." Mystery thriller continues 
to draw; did $5,600, healthy prog- 
ress. 

Alcarar— "Tommy." Second week 
for comedy indicated Duffy's policy 



weather conditions did not permit 

. of improvement; $39;000. 

"The Trial of Mary Dugan," Harris 
(44th week) (D-1,051; $3). Pace 
for past two weeks bit better 
than $7,000; with break may ex- 
tend through summer, cut rates 
how factor. 

"Volpone," Guild (llth. week) (C- 
9H; $3.85). With, recent cast 
changes Gruild show operating 
co.st reduced and may be better- 
ing even' break, although consid- 
erably affected; .$6,000. 

"Wanteds" Wallack's, Taken off 
Saturday, h.aving .Jjlayed ■ two 
weeks to little trade. 

Special— Little Theatres 

"Patience," Masque; amateur show 
from Baltimore closed last Satur- 
day. 

"Marriage on Approval,?' Totten. 
"Still. Water," Grove Street. 
"Sweeney Todd," 54th Street. 



Mrs. Joe Cook Hurt 



Frances . Shelley," the "Rain or 
Shine" prima, is still fighting fov 
her life at Glens Falls (K, Y.) Gen- 
eral Hospital. Both Miltoi] of the 
same show, who was In the auto 
smash'up with Miss Shelley, is? get- 
ting along' much better. 

Another "Rafti or" Shine" casualty 
occurred Saturday at i)over, N. J., 
when Mrs. Joe Cook, driving, her 
own Buick, was forced off the. road 
into a' ditch. She is in the local 
General Hospitar but in no critical 
condition. 

George iLait,' brother-in-law of 
Miss Milton, sent two doetor;s and 
nurses .Up to Gle.ns Falls to take 
care Of the victim.s of that accident. 



U. A. After Legits 

John W. Considine, Jr., is duo in 
New York on behalf of Joseph M. 
Schenck for the reported purpo.'^o 
of lining up legit talent for United 
Artists. 

U; A. will, probably turn one of 
its productions, po.ssibly the next 
.Tohn B.^rrymore picture, into a 
talker; 



length of service would be required, meeting with approval; $5,200, good 



jOIL RICH INJUNS 

Osear Hammersteln will collabo 
rate with Jerome Kern in . mukin; 
a musical comedy from Edna Fer 
ber's as yet • uncompleted novel 
about oil rich Indians. 

Announcement tliat Miss ^'orber 
would do the book herself i,s inror- 
roct, 

/Ci^gfeld will prodii.^e 



Effect of Talkers 

Upon Stock Plays 

H«rry Miiiturn, Chicago's stock 
impresario, Is going to try a new 
wrinkle at his Central, Chicago, 
taking "The Baby Cyclone" for a 
run early in September at popular 
prices. The show has regularly 
played in Chi. 

Asked i f lr<? ' iyel ieVed tlie aWenF 
of the "talkers" would infilct a box- 
ofilce hardship on stocks, the vet- 
eran producer and actor replied ho 
did not think it would, as a whole, 
but might hurt where certain plays 
were / dotio with all -star leclt 
players. 

In MintunVs opinion, the stocks 
wilt eventually obtain some sOrt of . 
a protection ort certain' territorie.s; 
How that is to be done, he didn't 
venture to. say, Stocks invariably 
depend upon popularity and pres- 
tige they build up by permanent en- 
gagements or of high royalty p la. vs. 

Minturn is also of the l)elief that 
the "talker" cost of installation and 
rentals will not make them uni- 
versally played for some time. 



"Say When" is cold for revival or 
prolongation by the Shuberts or 
Charles L. Wagnor, who wore men- 
tioned as interested in t.iking over 
the I'^lisaboth Mafbiiry-KMrl It'^.-I 
musical. 

Miss Marbury is disposing: of tlu- 
eosttunos and has refuse.d to ihro-." 
more good coin after bad. 

Reed was salaried on the^ siiow'.^ 
pay roll a.s an etni>loye. 



I 



.--Tj 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



Equity Secures Concessions in 
Revised Basic Agreement 
WithMPMhubertC^ 



Monday afternoon the revised ver- 
sion of the Basic Agreement be- 
tween the Managers Protective As- 
sbciation and Equity was signed. It 
originated in the spring of 1924 
when a second actors' strike threat- 
ened and was dated for 10 years. 
It involved "Equity Shop" and was 
alluded to as the "80-20" agree- 
ment, permitting managerg signa- 
tory to it to engage casts with at 
least 80 per cfent Eiquity members, 
the balance permitted to be non- 
members (Fidelity bl" independents). 
Equity on its ; part agreed not to 
strike in sympathy for the period 
of the contract. 

Equity appears not to have re- 
garded tiae Basic Agreement any 
too highly. Last fan It alleged a 
breach of the agreement and de- 
clared ^the . . contract voided. . . The 
occasion was the announcement by 
the M. P. A, that two managers 
(Vincent Xoumans and Eva Le Gal- 
lienne) had been elected to member- 
ishlp. Equity did not voice objec- 
tion to either but pointed out that 
the M. iP. A. had wilfully neglected 
to notify Equity of the application 
of those managers as provided in 
the agreomenti The ^managers de- 
clared the secretary of the M. P. A. 
had made the announcement ^yith- , 
out authority, although the new 
members said iliey had been offi- 
cially notified. 

The result was a scries of con- 
ferences between Equity.' and the 
M. ...P. A. lasting, almost eight 
months. Tj^quitv asked for conces- 



sions and new provisions to the 
Basic Agreement, the aim being to 
make the rules impossible of frac- 
ture. There had been ahy number 
of evasions of the agreement and 
Equity seized on the breach to In- 
sist on making the Ba.sic Agree- 
ment thoroughly binding and pro- 
viding for penalties. 

The revised version was signed 
by Arthur "HammerStein, president, 
and L. Lawrence Weber, secretary 
of the M. P. A. and by Franic Gill- 
more, executive secretary, and Paul 
N. Turner, counsel for Equity.: 
Shubert Group 

The Manager^. Protective Assot 
elation was formerly and still is 
Identified as the Shubert group 
which seceded- ifrom the defunct 
Producing Managers Association in 
the spring of 1924 and signed the 
.80-20 agreement. The others, once 
called the "round robins," and iden- 
tified .with the Erlanger, Belaisco, 
Cohan, Harris, etc., side are classed 
as independent managers and re- 
quired to engage 100 per cent 
Equity casts, with the handful of 
star exceptions jtill with Fidelity, 

Any restriction seems to have 
worked no hardship on the principal 
producers who refused to join the 
Shubert faction. It was predicted 
that Equity would have no trouble 
with the Erlanger linfeup and it 
was proven that most of the com 
plaints by actors applied to mem 
- - -berg of -the M. P. A. by listlHg' cases 
arbitrated since the signing of the 
Basic Agreement. 

Evasion of .the eight-performance 
regulation, evasion of paying Its 
share of arbitrations, changes In 
contracts, failure tb pay salary 
claims of defaulting managers are 
a few of the niatters charged against 
the M. P. A. and its members. In- 
cluding some of the leaders. The 
revised form now covers all such 
angles. 

New Provisions 

In summary the new form of the 
Basic Agreei t states that the M. 
P. A. shall pay Equity $1,875 *which 
clears up disputed claims; to pay 
Its share of arbitration costg; to use 
a short, forni of standard minimum: 
contract to be given the actor at the 
time engaged; to refrain from vi- 
tiating in any" way the eig!it-per- 
formanc© clause; to tender no con 
_ .,]trg.ct^Xi;£Rt^the..pFJn 

changes are approved by Equity. 

No manager in th6 M. P. A. must 
take any part of any agency fees; 
to allow Equity to make its own 
rules regarding its members work 
Ing with aliens; to allow Equity to 
regulate the relation of its members 
to all employment agencies; to per 
mit Equity representatives In the 
theatre but not on the actual stage 
flu ring performances; to grive a spe 
•ial perlormance of a play running 



20 weeks for the benefit of the 
Actors' Fund. 

Managers must pay any loss suf- 
fered by an actor to his property 
used in the play while in the the- 
atre where the play is being pre- 
sented or ; while it is under the 
manager's control; layoffs during 
Christmas and Holy Week shall be 
allowed only when the actor has 
received two weeks' consecutive 
employment before and after the 
layoff week. Further agi;eed that 
actors engaged to join a company 
already playing the road give two 
weeks rehearsal only arid shall be 
paid $5 a day expense mbney the 
Second week. Also that salaries 
shall be paid in cash- if the actor 
wishes it. . 

One Important change <in the 
Chorus Equity rules is in cases of 
musi -) show pruduc" !.on the proba- 
tionary perlc,; for choristers <''uring 
reiiearsals is reduced . from ten to 
seven days, the same period as ap-^ 
plied to prinolpals. 



HAMMERSTEIN SORE AT 
ZIEGFED, SAYS GREGORY 



MAE AND "LIL" TANaE 
CAN BE MADE 0. K. 



Equity Prefers Arbitration 
Between Verbal Com- 
batants 



Controversies between Mae. West, 
CO - aii thorand — star nf "T:>iamnnfi 



Lll," and Jack Linder et ai;, pro- 
ducer of the shbw,.whlch threatened 
tb disrupt, a profitable theatrical 
property^ . may be adjusted through 
arbitration. Equity, to whom Linder 
complained and filed charges, sug- 
gested the arbitration method. 

When the rather involved relations 
between Miss West and the show 
management were set forth, Equity 
indicated, If - tire charges were 
pushed, the result might be disas- 
trous to the show. The charges 
principally allege insubprdination by 
Miss West. They have not been for- 
warded to the star, It being hoped 
the matter would be settled by the 
principals themselves and . the 
charges withdrawn. 

Not Ordinary Case 

The matter is not an ordinary 
one. At first Miss West is said to 
have been advised . by Equity that 
since she is playing^ under a run-of 
the-play contract she must follow 
direction, and that if walking out, 
discipline would be meted out. 

However, w.hen it was conceded by 
Linder that Miss West as author in- 
serted and withdrew certain mate- 
rial, that she aided in the direction 
and Is one of the principal stock- 
holders in the corporation owning 
"Lil," Equity took the position that 
the case might better be settled 
other than by the council. 

Miss West riled the Linder bunch 
by insisting on giving orders back- 
stage,- and is said to • have demanded 
cast changes. The squabbling came 
to an issue when Robert Sterling, 
one of the stockholders apd the au 
thor of the them© song, squawked 
about Miss West removing the num 
ber in preference to "Heart of the 
Bowery,'! a song that dates back. 30 
years or so. That was supposed to 
have been retaliation on the part of 
the star because, as Sterling put It, 
she wanted her name inserted as co 
author of the Sterling number, and 
he refused. 

Linder then let out Wendell Phil- 
ilps Dodge, who acted as press agent 
and company manager, Theron Bam 
berger getting that job. Dodge, how 
ever, was retained by Miss West as 
personal manager, with her attor 
ney-manager, James Timoney, of 
course, her general representative; 

Harvey GJarry has replaced Joe 
Skinner as the Bowery Terror In 
the "Lll" cast. Skinner, once pug, 
lSrf5lKg"BSECk^tiJ=thc=-flght=^ax:ket7 



LEQNABB GLINE BELEASED 

Mansfield, Conn., July 17. 

Leonard Cline, playwright-author, 
was released from jail Sunday after 
ser-v'ihg 10 months on a manslaugh 
ter charge for the death by shoot 
Ing, May 16, 1927, of Wilfred P. 
Irwin, fellow writer. . 

While in jail CHin© began several 
novels. 



Gaige's Side Line 



Crosby Gaige is turning his 
attention more and more to 
the , publishing of de luxe 
books. Latest additions to his 
fall list, ialready Inipressive, 
are Lytton Strachey's, latest 
biography, that of Queen 
Elizabeth, new collection of 
short stories by John Gal.^J- 
worthy, and a signed volume 
of stories by A. A. Milne. All 
will be limited editions and be 
under the Gaige Imprint, dis- 
tributed, by Random . House. 



Injunction Action to. Keep 
Juvenile Out of "Rosalie" 



Arthur Hanimerstein thinks Paul 
Gregory, his J300 a week juvenile 
in vThe Golden Dawn," is unique, 
extraordinary and irreplaceable, and 
hence would enjoin ,hlm . from going 
into. .'iRosalle": for eight. weeka..at 
the Amsterdam, New York. 

Flo Ziegfeld has Gregory set for 
the juvenile role In the musical suc- 
ceeding Oliver McLennan, opposite 
Marllynn M.IHer. Gregory believes 
that his former producer does not 
objept so much to his filling in dur- 
ing the lay-off season as It is a 
personal bitterness between Ham- 
mersteiri and Ziegfeld, the former 
having said something about Ziggy 
wanting to own the earth." 

Hammersteln has been granted a 
temporary injunction by Justice 
Townley in Supreme Court which 
Justice .Sherman yesterday (Tues- 
d'ay) refused to vacate, until fur- 
ther aflfldavits are submitted 
beth-sldes t A flria l-deeteio^B-wm-be 



The hot weather slurtip that > 
struck Broadway two weeks ago is 
still on; Last w^ek saw little change 
in the lo\v levels of the previous 
week. Although some .attractions 
improved, others slipped further. 

High temperatures and rainfall at 
the wrong - tihie accounts for the 
continued legif depression. Most 
theatres of th,1t type are unequipped 
with air cooling systems, and as. in 
other summers, the Cohnpctition with 
modern picture houses is evident. 

Of the 23 attractions remaining 
only two sold out last week. They 
are the new "Scandals" and "Strange 
Interlude," Evex-y other .attraction 
had empty seats for all perforiri- 
ances. Even for the two exceptions: 
tickets were to be had Without much 
trouble. Brokers holding back on 
'Scandals" were again forced to dis- 
pose of tickets on the walk near the 
theatre on at least one evening last 
week. 

Of the 23 . attractions there are 
11 musicals. All appea,r to be mak- 
ing money or at least getting , by 
with the exception of "Greenwich 
Village Follies," due out of the Win-, 
ter Garden next week (Friday). As 
many as six musicals are- .offered 
in (put rates on off evenings, but 
only three are regularly available 
there. About half the dramas a,re 
on sale at cut rates, but trade is as 
dull there as elsewhere. ; 

"Scandals" . claimed , over $49,500 
last week, over capacity; "Show 
Boat," former leader of the list un-. 
til the heat descended, improved 
somewhat, ; rated around $43,000; 
"Three Musketeers," $39,000; "Rain 
or Shine," slightly better at $30,000; 
"Rosalie," $29,000; "Good News," 
$18,000; "Present Arms," $17*000; 
"Connecticut Yankee," $13,000; 
"Grand Street Follies," $11,000; 
"Blackbirds," $12,000. .. 



ha:nded. down this morninjg as to 
whether or not Gregory can join 
"Rosalie." The juv was to have gone 
in Monday night but was prevented 
by court order. 

Gregory takes the position that 
he's no ravie as a juvenile; in fact, 
says! Gregory, there are plenty 
othe):s who can replace him, and ' in 
aflddavit form the juv generally pans 
himself. . . 

Gregory is under a flve-year Con- 
tract to Hammersteln from $300 up 
to $800 a week. The contract has 
four more years to go. Hammer- 
steln has elected to exercise the op- 
tions, wanting Gregory for the Bos- 
ton run of "Golden Dawn," 
' Developed Boy 
Hammersteln sets forth he devel- 
oi>ed Grregory from an understudy 
In ■'Th© Song and the Flame" Into 
a part in "Rose-Marie" road com 
painy and had special dialog and 
songs -written fgr Gregory's per- 
sonality In "The Golden- Dawn" pro 
ductlon. This Gregory denies, stat 
Ing that Louise Hunter, Robert 
Chlsholm and GH Squires were more 
prominent in the "Dawn" operetta 
Hammersteln guarantees Gregory 
20 weeks a season. The juvenile 
had a picture offer amonig other bids 
and could not obtain a release from 
Hammersteln anlesu for a consid 
eratlon. 

Edward E. Hoenig represents 
Gregory-. 



Two Shows Out 



Twb ittttractlpns were added to 
last Saturday's, half -a dozen closings 
on Broadway and additional quick 
withdrawals are to be expected as 
the list of legitimate shows shrinks 
toward the score mark. 

"Wanted," independently present- 
ed at Wallack's, off after twb weeks 



"WANTED" 

Opened July 2. Received in- 
different treatment of summer 
openings. - 

Variety (Lait) said: ."on 
jftients should close within 
month." . 



' "Patience," presented by an arrta 
tour _prganIzatIon from Baltimore, 
foided'upat'tlie'Ma^^^^^ 

"GEEENWICH FOLLIES" OUT 

"Greenwich Village Follies' 
leaves the Winter Garden July 27 
to open In Chicago at the Four 
Cohans, July 29. 

"A Night in Venice," the newoKt 
Shubert piroductlon. Is slated for 
the Winter Garden early next 
month. 



Only 2 out of 23 Shows on B way 
Had Sell Out Records Last Week 



"Strange Interlude" at $16,000 tops 
the non -musicals; "Bachelor Fa- 
ther," $15,000 approximately; "Dia- 
mond Lil," $11.000; "The Royal 



Family," $10;000; "Coquette," $8,000; 
"Trial of Mary Dugan," nearly $7, 
600; "Volpone," $7,000; "Porgy," 
$6,000; "Silent House,'' about the 
same. Others range downward un- 
der $2,000. 

t "Wanted" quit at Wallack'a Sat- 
urday, "The Lawyer's Dilemma" 
moving there from the Belmont, 
though the latter show got less than 
$1,B00, "Patience" left the Masque 
Saturday. No listed closing this 
week, but several can fold any time. 
"The Intruder," listed for the Bllt- 
moro this week, is now slated for 
next week. 



"Captive" Stopped, Cast 
Arrested in Frisco 

San Francisco, July 17. 

Lo'cal gendarmes . crashed in on 
the Capitol during the third act of 
"Th© Captive" Saturday night and 
pinched the entire, cast, plus .Ben 
Giroux, ■ veteran manager. 

A wild demonstration ensued as 
the bulls led by Captain Arthur D. 
Layne brought the proceedings to 
a dead stop. Anna Davis, leading 
la,dy, fainted when placed undier ar- 
rest and was taken to a hospital for 
revival. . 

Other actors accussed of conspir- 
ing to cbmmit an act Injuribtis to 
public morals were Kenneth Thbm- 
spn, leading man; Madame Real 
Mureal, Marian Sutherland, Hcgee 
Ha,y, Charles Miller, Douglas Law- 
rence, Alden Gray and Lawrence 
Grah.t. All were released on $200 
balU Judge .Walter Perry of Su- 
perior Court issued a temporary Ih- 
junctien against further perform- 
ances until the charges against the 
Company are tried; 

The managerrient. refused to make 
refunds to the audience whb nillled 
arotind the theatre In an angry 
mood for an hour after the raid. 

Clergymen of every creed, egged 
on by the two Hearst newspapers 
In this city, "Examiner" and "Call," 
were determined to prevent "The 
Captive" from showing In Sah Fran- 
cisco. . 

The gentlemen of the cloth 
screeched through . the columns of 
both newspapers that -"Th© Cap- 
tive" Is "a degenerate drama of sex 



"News" Down to $12,000 

Boston, July 17. 
Jiist on© entry in the local field, 
"Good News." This musical has 
been in at the Majestic so long 
that most everybody has lost track 
of the time. 

Starting out by Averaging above 
$30,000 weekly, as the warm weather 
approached the business kept slid- 
ing until last week the gross is 
estimated to have dropped to 
$12,000, lowest to date. .» 

Show will be held here until Labor 
Day. ; 



"MARY DUGAN'^ AT ADELPHIA 

For the first time In two years the 
Adelphia, Chicago, Is dark. It will 
reopen Sept. 2 with ""The Trial of 
Mary Dugan." 

Ralph ^Kettering looks after the 
Al H. Woods theatrical Interests in 
the west. - 



Lecturing at N. Y. U. 

Stockbridge, Mass,, July 17. 
Margaret Wycherly,. one of the 
founders of tiie Washington Squiare 
Players, which developed into the: 
present Theatre Guild, has been 
named a regular , lecturer on dra-. 
matics at New York University for 
1928.-9. 

Miss Wycherly is now directing 
the Berkshire Players her©. 



EPSTEIN'S 3 YAEDS 

San Francisco, July 17. 
Louis Epstein, manager of Shu 
bert's "A Night in. Spain," has 
Issued a statement that he Is re 
costuming the entire femal© con 
tingent of the show, 
=^In^vlew-^ot-=-the'-^Undraped=condl-= 
tion of the choru.s the past ivrb 
week.s, it is figured three yards of 
gauze will be plenty. 



Gordon Joins. Streger 
Charles Gordon has joined Paul 
Streger as buslnos.s manager. 

Gordon, at ope time part of the 
Ziegfeld organization, had . a fling 
at producing himself a couple of 
seasons ago, with "Cape Smoke." 



the play before they, have seen It, 
but that . little . thing isn't stopping 
them from pulpiteering their heads 
off. • 

In opposition to the Hearst cam- 
paign, the "Bulletin" pleaded for 
"fair play." 

^'Let's see the play .first before we 
condemn It," the "Bulletin" advised 
its readers. 

The , Captive' has been sup- 
pressed In N(BW York, Detroit and 
Los Angeles, and we Intend to sup- 
press It here," retort the clergy- 
men. 

Meantime, seat sales for "The 
Captive" were quite brisk. 



Pittsburgh, July 17. 
"The Captive" will dose here Siit- 
urday at the Gaiety, In Its second 
week. 

Despite the clamor and lack of 
police action, the show could not 
do business; 



Nat*l Players Give Up 
Empress in St. Louis 

St. Louis, July 17. 
National Players, whose stock 
productions have been at the Em- 
press theatre here for several years, 
have notified Skouras Brothers that 
they will not use the theatre the 
coming season. This means another 
big .local theatre^^ .a^ 
lessee in the fall season. 

Stock company, dropped $25,000 at 
the Empress last season, it is said. 
Skouras Brothers took a long lease 
on the house several years ago to 
prevent the advent of any more pic- 
ture sites in the Grand Boulevard 
district. \ 

"Scarcity of good plays" is said 
to Ij^ tiie. cause of the abandonment 
of the Empress as a stbck proposi- 
tion. 



Foley's Local Color 

Des Moines, la., July 17. 

Paul Foley, opening at the Prin- 
cess here with his Guild Players, 
Is In for five weeks. Foley has ap- 
parently started off on the right 
foot by hiring an orchestra com- 
posed of members of the Des 
Moines Community Drama Asso- 
clation.- and- in ^employing Jn the 
first production, "Merton of the 
Movie.s," a number of local college 
youngsters home , on vacation. 

This is the first .summer resident 
company tlie city has had for over 
10 years. 



Shea's Stock Sept. 8 

Jo.sftph E, Sljyea will'open the Ed- 
walBd Fay stock. Providence, R. I., on 
Labor day, Sept. 3. 



52 



VARIETY 



L E G I T I MA T E 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



Plays Out of Town 



RINGSIDE 



Detroit, July 10, • 

C;ont? )iu>k'3 ijioduciion of a drama by 
E. ]•:. I'.n-iiirtore, Jr., iryatt Daab' and 
iKiiiR.' Alibolt. Hlagoil by IJoorgo Abbott: 
MPttinKs J).- Cirker & Robblns. . rn.'mlcro 
:it thi> t.'.iiii iok, Doli-oU, July 0. 



Huffy 

riiil ... ....... 

JIlM .... 

(Niricy . . . 
, Artie 

.T;iKo .... . , . 

HfiiniP 

IV.i-.i- . NfiH i jiy . ; . ; 
Durh.im 

John /i lli ........ 

l'haun'''iir 

Doris D't'onnell. . . 

M.Vbby ;\liirriiy . , . . 

Pnulii VornofT. . . . 

l-:<\ 

.!oe . ; ...... 

,m<;ei'liM' ......... 

r!iisl(T 

. 01 til ls';iufman. . 

Grac-.p . ; 

Hunny ..: 

Florence . . . ^ 

Ethel 

Rtiferef^ 

K«c1iii ;iiiiioutuy>r. , 

Ti'Iprbt ••niriDuncer. . 

MrCrtbo , . , 



Brian Donlevy 

i, , . .Harry Cooke 

. , Frank Vcritjiin 

. , . . . AVilliam Frnnklln 

Carlo. De An.i;e!o 

....Oitoreo J. WlirKuiiK 
.-.■.Ashlivy ("ooper 

Tohn ^fpehaI1 

joaeph Crfeaban 
...... . . R'ibort Glwkler 

.Warren Colston 

Harriet MacGibbon 

nioliard Taber 

Suzanne Caubaye 

; . .Jim Kane 

.....Charles Wagenhelin 

Ponairt lleywood 

........ \Vm. F. Walker 

,. .CralK Williams 

, ....lYviinne Grey 

..Bobbe Weeks 

.Kaye, HastinRs 

Laurel Adam.") 

Georpre .spelvlm 

Dan. K. Harilop 

J. A.scher Pmlth 

.Packey O'Gatty 



What a .kick the New Yotk n»ob 
will got out of this .baby. . They 
.shouUl gobble, it. A.s a piece of in- 
side sf tiff. oTi fistLanna it triim.s anj'- 
thing- aiiea'd of it for authentic real- 
ism.. Story is quite conventional, 
concerning the familiar' pug, this 



KING 

for a 

0A¥? 



time 'Bobby Murray, lightweight 
chanip, who is bribed to to.ss tho big 
.scrap and who suddenly redeems 
liitn.solf, after much hokum, to. go 
out and win. But that's unimpor- 
tant. .If , getting over, "Ringside" 
will do It on the sheer force of its 
chatter, the trappings, trimming and 
(lash. ■ 

There's a lust act flash, the ring 
in Madison Square Garden, which is 
without doubt the . most realistic 
reproduction of a prize fight ever 
thrown on the boards, Also there's 
a second act party scene that will 
hypnotize and paralyze the flaps. A 
lead-up to the fight will capture 
any audience and the show holds 
enough bright gab, with all its mel- 
ler drama, to goal 'cm. 

Act one is Murray's training 
camp.. Ulurray's prima donna 
sparring partners and the rabble of 
the ring are treating themselves 
to a verbal es.say on the champ and 
his condition. liike a group of 
chorus gals discussing the troupe's 
soprano. The fight is three short 
days away and Murray, the champ. 
Isn't right. The ol' snap- is gone. 
There's something on his mind. 

.Peter Murray;. Bob's manager , as 
well as his pa. has been striyin.g, 
for th? win ..all his life. The kid 
can't lose. '•• "fhe papt year of train- 
ing on gin and .broads at .John. Zelli.'s 
joint is out of his system. But they 
just can't get it out: of his mind. 
Zelli, to whom Bobby is on the 
cuff for 10 grand, is a sure thing 
guy. He gets Bobby alone and 
starts . the mental workout. Bobby 
should forget tha 10 thou. He was 
a great figrhter once, but the yea*- 
In Zelli'3 joint has licked him. 
Zelli admits it. Bobby is through. 
It's Zelli'3 idea for Bobby to lay 
down. There's a certified check at 
the Bowery bank waiting for him if 
he does. To clinch it, Zelli rings in 
Paula, just a bim but with enough 
class to cbnvice Bobby that he's 
nuts about her and to keep him 
convinced. All this despite Bobby's 
childhood romance and current en- 
gagement to Doris O'Connell: In 
busts Doris to pipe Bobby and the 
trail In a clinch, and go c R<ag— the* 



2 Costly Union loafs' 



Los Angeles, July IT. 

Though seven stage hands, 
comprising the house crew of 
four men and a crew of three 
carried by the company loafed 
during the entire eight weeks' 
engagement of "The Trial of 
Mary I>uffan," at the Mason, 
Los Ancreles, and despite it 
wits a one-set production, when 
the show nioved out. to go to 
San Francisco 10 extra stage 
hands. were demanded, for two 
hours' work each at double 
tirrie, to clear the house. 

From the day the attraction 
opened not one of the seven 
stage hands had to do a single 
stroke of work, as the set was 
kept standing, and: there were 
no curtains either before open- 
ing or. during intermission. 

By the same token, the regu- 
lar house orchestra of six drew 
full pay, totalling $409.50 per 
week, despite the musicians 
did, not play a ndte, and caine 
to the house Saturday after- 
noons only to collect their 
wages. - 
..The eight weeks' bill for 
musieia:n3 totalled $3,276. \The 
reg;ular house stage crew fach 
drew down a salary of $67.50 
per week during the entire 
period. 



ST. L'S OUTDOOR SHOWS 
WASH AND CLEAN UP 



engagement. Paula is tossing a 
party that evening, with a cloak and 

(Continued on page 59) 



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Sinclair Gives Up Garden After 
4 Wks. of Rain— Municipal 
Opera Plays to 60,000 



Future Plays 



"The Phantom Lover'! will be 
produced by Gustav Blum at the 
49th Street Sept. 6. George Mac- 
Qiiarrie has been engaged. Sept. 7 
Max Relnhardt Is producing "The 
Phantom Lover" in Berlin. ' 

"Age of Innocence," dramatized by 
Edward Sheldon from Edith Whar^ 
ton's hovel of the same name, has 
been secured by Katherino Cornell. 
It may be produced by Guthrie Mc- 
Clintic, starring' Miss Cornell. 

"Jim Crow," a comedy-drama in 
three acts, by Salem Tutt Whitney, 
will be produced in New York in 
the fall. 

A new "Silas Green" show, pro- 
duced, by Johnson Rooks and Lon- 
nie Fisher, is in rehear.sal for rbad 
presentment, 

"The Giftie'' will be tried out In 
Sea. liorough, N. Y., this week by 
Hamilton MacFadden. It is by Per- 
civat Wilde. In. cast are . Molly 
Johnson, Murray Kinhell, Mary 
Alice Collins, Shorlin.. Oliver, Hugh 
Ronnie ^cl others. 

"Coin' Home,'' Brock Pembefton's 
proo ..'cLion of Ransom Rideoyt's 
play, will start Aug. 1') in Fi'ecport, 
Li. I. James B. Lowe .nrriyed from 
London last week to piny principal 
role. , ■■ : -. 

Thomas Mitchell will be loading 
man as well as co-author of Cr.)sby 
Gaige'3 first production of t".. sea- 
son, with Floyd Dell cpllabdrating. 
Play, as yet untitled, opens out of 
to- n Labor Day, with a New York 
premiere scheduled two weeks la^er. 



St. Liouls, July 1,7. 

Lftor a wpftk f»f iinoprf iainty fol- 



lowing the sudden halt of musical 
comedy at the outdoor ' Garden the- 
atre, the seasoh was definitely ter- 
minated last week. During the 
week's lull rehearsals of "Lady, Be 
jGpod" had beeii resymed and new 
financial backing to the amount of 
$7,000 had been obtained by Charles 
Sinclair, general manager of the 
Garden enterprise. But th© remain- 
ing $3,000 cash was not forthcom- 
ing by Saturday noon and the pro- 
posed reopening Sunday evening 
was called 6ft. \ 

Four weeks of steady downpours 
put a terrible crimp In the Ga,rden, 
after Leon Errol, Irving Fisher and 
others had opened . what seemed 
destined to be a banner season. 
Financial loss to the wealthy "an- 
gel" of the enterprise Is said to tota,l 
more than $30,000. 

Just what the status Is of mem- 
bers of the starring cast remains a 
matter of conjecture. It Is said 
that, through some slip on the part 
of Equity, no bond had been posted 
to Insure payment of the chorus. 
Company had been held In rehear- 
sal all week. 

Sinclair supposedly has a live- 
year lease on the Garden, but it is 
doubtful whether he will attempt 
any more productions there before 
next summer. 

On the other hand, "Rose-Marie' 
takes the attendance cake thus far 
for the Municipal Opera season In 
Forest Park. Saturday night 9,600 
persons crowded, the 6Utd66F affii^l 
theatre, and the total attendance 
for the week was 60^000. 

Record for a single night Is held 
by the same production with 9,900 
people. 



Curry Escapes Life Term 

Syracuse, July 17. • 
To a Court of Appeals decision, 
holding that a defendant must have 
been punished for all four offenses 
before he can be given lite under 
the Baumes act, John E. Curry, 55, 
Boston actor, owes his. escape from 
life imprisohmerit in Auburn Prison. 



"Patience" Wealthy Cast 
Received No Salary 

Performers in "Patlenci^" pro- 
duced in Now York by the Play 
Arts Guild of Baltimore did not 
repcive salaries. 

The ca.st wa.s niade UP of wealthy 
youngste»6 who had a yen for 
things dramatic and whoso families 
paid all oxjicnsos. 

Even the press agent, a girl, Lil- 
lian Pox, rocoived- no dough. 

The players set themselves up In 
fine style on the entire 11th floor 
of the Hotel Lincoln, whiie at the. 
Theatre :Mas(iue. 

In spite of the charitable im- 
pulses . of almost everyone con- 
nected with the show it did hot 
make enough money, while in New 
York to pay for the rent of the 
theatre. 

"Patience"^ is now on its -way to 
play two other cities before re- 
turning to Baltimore, but their press 
agent has been contaminated by 
the easy dough found in New York 
press agcntry and remained behind 
to clean up if she can. 



"Chauve Sour is" English 

It is probable that when Nikitii 
BaliefC brings, the "Chauve Souris" 
to New York in the faill it will hay© 
several English skits. 

The Russians have learned con- 
siderable English since- they first 
came over. Arthur Kober, now in 
Paris, is reported as likely to au- 
thor, the English part of the shoW. 



uonvictea ot Durgiary, oinciais at 
Auburn PriiBon, in checking his rec- 
ord after he had been received from 
Onondaga County, discovered three 
t>rior convictions. On one, how- 
ever. Curry had escaped sentence 
through a plea of "nolo contendere." 

This saved him from more , than 
the 10 -year term originally meted 
out by County Judge William L. 
Barnum. 




NEW YORK THEATRES 



David BelttBcO' presents 

ACHELOR 
FATHER 

By Edward Chlldi Carpenter 
with JUNB WAi:-KEB. O. AtlBRBT 
SMITH, OKOFIl'RE^ KERB 

BTjTaoriAThea., W. 44th St. Eve, 8:30. 
ELa^jtO Mats. Thura. & Sat.. 2 :30. 



The 



B 



lEW FIELDS' Ta-EA.{^^l-^'J-^* 

** MANSFIELD — Wl 47 St. iThurs. & Sat. 
LEW FIELDS Prca6nt.<» 
TVLS NEW M€SICAL COJUiDi; HIT 

''Present Arms'* 

By FIELDS. R0DQER8 A HART - 
"The tunrfulest, the daodcst. the faeteat and 
inoat eolorfu) show of ntny a day." 

,— E. W. Oehom.. Bre. World 



VAnJIXjXlAlLrX J. .30. MtB. Wed. * Sat. 



Th« Mnslcal Comedy That 
Will live Forever! 



I MABK 
I TWAIN'S 



Duffy's Eight 

Lob Angeles, July IT. 

Henry Duffy hag taken a lohg 
t^rm lease on the Hollywood Playr 
house and movea in Aug. 1. 

Annexation of the Playhouse gives 
Dufly two theatres In Hollywood 
and one downtown, besides another 
being built in Hollywood. Chain 
Duffy now controls on the coast 
numbers eight, two being under 
construction. 




""A Connecticut Yankee" 

Adapted by 
FIELDS, BObCEBS and HABT 



TheAtre Gaild ProdnetloBe ___ 

PORGY 

Evenings 5:30 

Strange Interlude 

JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE 

68th, East ot Broadway 

VOIPONE 

OITYff T\ THEATRE, We«( 52d. 
\X\JM.liuU Eves. 8:30. Mat*. 

Tlmrs. and S»t.> 2:30 



Jed Harris Production 
THE 




I F 




virvM W. 42d St. Evs. 8:30 
5ELWYN Mts. Wed. & St., 2:30 



JOE COOK 

"RAIN OR SHINE" 

COHAN ^^" ^'^ '^ 43 St. Eves. 8:34 



Matinees Wed.' and Sat. 



J Doors Open Daily 10:30 A. 
I All S«a(« 36«. to 1 F. M. 



end 
Y^eek 

The Firat 100% 7 reel "All Talkie" 

"LIGHTS OF NEW YORK** 

Slahorate Vltaphone 

Program 
MOVIETONE NEWB 



TRANn 

BROADWAY I I 
4k 47th Street m0 



MIDNIGHT 
SHOWING 
N10nTI.T AT ll:S« 



First Time at Fopvlar Prices 

William Fox Presenta 
|\/VWf FRANK BORZAQB'S 

K 1 1 A V "STBEET ANGEL'' 

I -with JANET OATNOR 
^ and CHAS. FARRELL 

7th Ave. * A SoMis an^ Stan Speotaale 

Seth St. DJr. with Co. of 350— Bou Orches- 
(Rexy) tra. Ballet Con», Cbonia, 3S 
VMtttVm and brlllluit cast 
WORLD'S LARGEST COOLING PliANT 



WILUAM HAINES 

in "TELLING THE WORLD" 

wtth UniisuallT Brtlllant Cast 
' A M«tn>-Goldfrm-M>;er Picture 
•IM THE VIRGIN QUEEN, S 2 RmI T«ch»l«et«r 
PIctur* 

"MONTE CARLO"— A Ravut featurlni WALT 
ROESNER — THE CAPITOLIANS — HARLAND 
— — D I XON— Ot»i»- E«t»rt«lnBrr-=-' 
C* A DITOI BROADWAY AT 
V*X^ri 1 V^lu 61ST STREET 
GliMtU Ceelint Plant. New is Operation 




iiiyMm. BROS- VIT^VpHONe WCTPftE 



[/inwflfinnfi/inliMiiniiflnniiniiiinBaflflhMBntiiiM 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



VARIETY 



53 





MABEL SUSSEIL 



SAYS: 

CRITICS UNITE 
IN NATION-WIDE 
ACCLAIM OF 

EDO 
LEONARD 



EDDIE LEONARD ( As He Is Today ) 



MILWAUKEE "SENTINEL" 

Oct. 26, 1927 

EDDIE LEONARD 

STOPS SHOW 

OLD-TIME FAVORITE STILL HOLDS 
PUBLIC, YESTERDAY'S MATINEE 
ATTESTS 

By C. PANNILL MEAD 

public years ago, still has the same power over 
theiu as of yore. Probably his ability is Hke that 
of the lady in the song Sophie Tucker sings, who 
says, 'Wheri I kiss 'em, they stay kissed.' At 
any rate, yesterday afternbon Palace Orpheum 
found Leonard's big new act awaited by one of 
the largest Monday audiences of the season, and 
the applause was of the kind which, in yaudeyille 
parlance, 'stopped the show. 



PORTLAND "TELEGRAM" 

Jan. 23, 1928 

REVIEWER RATES 
ORPHEUM SHOW 

"KNOCKOUT" 

By DAVID W. HAZEN 

"It has been many and many a month since a 
better show than this reviewer raves about every 
act, but hei-e you are, ladies and gentlemen; here 
you are with a collection of star numbers, with 
Eddie Leonard leading all the rest. And Eddie 
was never more dehghtful in all his long and 
useful life. You see, this merry boy from Old 
Virginia doesn't try to hog the show. If Mr. 
Leonard's minstrel act is given all the time people 
would be satisfied. The minstr^el sings the 'Geor- 
gia Waterboy' croon. But, shucks, words haven't 
yet been built to describe Eddie Leonard. Go 
see and hear him— if you can get a seat. ' 







MABEL RUSSELL LEONARD 




LOS ANGELES "EXAMINER" 

Feb. 13, 1928 

nNE"TOPUNE" 
ORPHEUM BILL 
VARIED AND GAY 

By FLORENCE LAWRENCE 

"Eddie .'Leonard, slender, smiling and with his 
si'no-injr voice still- smooth and flexible, is always 
a welcome figure to the local .stage. : 



CALGARY "DAILY HERALD" 

Jan. 6, 1928 

AT raE ORPHEUM 

"Eddie Leonard has returned to Calgary after 
wandering in many parts, of the world. He i.s 
the same Eddie, and he has brought with him 
the splendid voice,. together with several novelty 
tap dancers. The star's numbers are distinctive- 
ly characteristic, not only of Eddie Leonard but 
of the race whose music he has studied and suc- 
ceeded in interpreting. S. T\. O. only." 



EDDIE 




The Minstrel of 
The Hour 



I.AOT SEASON BONO IlIT'^ 

^HERE L.AM'L^ . 
"ON MY WAY" 

"MANDY JANE" 

"WATER BOY'* 




Address- MABEL RUSSELL LEONARD, Cumberland Hotel, New York City 



54 



VARIETY 



R A D I O-M U S I C 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



r- 



Radio Rambles 

By ABEL 



Harold Leonard and his orchestra 
. probably, hold the record hiffh for 
local radio performance. They are 
spotted for about lia half hours a 
week through WABC, the prolific 
performance at no time proving 
wearisome. Leonard does two half 
hours on several nights, startinflr 
early at the dinner session froni the 
B4th St. Club arid repeating again 
around midnight from the Castillian 
Gardens, the . Merrick road house. 
^Leonard doubles both spots and is 
as often off the air personally as 
on because of time conllictlon and 
traveling in nightly from the road- 
hbuse to the supper club. 
. Leonard's smooth syncopation 
comes through clean and clear at 
all times. A happy selection of 
numbers is no small asset. 



Another roadhouse broadcaster :is 
-Vincent LopBZ through WOR; -al- 
though his unit ia^also represented 
on the NBC chain from the Hotel 
St. Regis. Lopez personally de- 
serted the NBC ether circuit be- 
cause of a policy curtailing self- 
announcements. 



. Two of the niost conaistcptly 
ether-plugged dance. hits are 
"Georgie Porgy" and Donaldson's 
"Just Like a Melody Out of, the 
Sky." The former has been In the 
air for a couple of months with 
none of the bandmasters seemingly 
tiring of it. It is a Continental im- 
portation and a great dance tune. 

. Peter Van Steedeni Jr;, and hiis 
orchestra, formerly Van and His 
.Collegians, are subbing for B. A. 
Roife at the Palais D'Or for the 
summer and taking; advantage of 
the WEAF broadcasting facilities 
from the restaurant. Rolfe is va- 
cationing; and also filling in some 
special summer bookings. 

Van Steeden has been around be, 
fore and always impressed with his 
dansapation. He has been clubbing 
for NBC .and has also been heard 
at the Half Moon Hotel, Coney 



dramatic revivals, featured Iluryey 
Hayes with Leo Stark, William 
Shelley, Aline Berry, Oiaiiles Web- 
ster and Daisy Bellmore in tlie cast. 
Charles A. Schenck is the producer 
on this WJZ series. Hayes made 
hlg ether debut and impressed 
mijcrhtlly, '"The Ticket-6f-Leave 
Man" Is the next mellerette. 



Daniels Going to Marry 

John B. Daniels, senior NHG an- 
nouncer at WRC, Washington^: has 
had his engagement .announced to 
Bertha Palnier: Cable, daughter of 
Lieut. William A. Cable, U. S. N„ 
and Mrs. Cable, of the capital. 
The wedding Is slated for thtj fall. 



The most offensive type of ether 
"entertainment" is. the. WMSO Idva 
of sandwiching piano solos in be- 
tween -.long^'inded, -unintcrestlhg 
spiels and ballyhoos on behalf of 
some facial whiting cream, or pipe, 
organs, or whatever is being 
plugged. 

The announcer talks a spell, then 
follows a piano solo, then another 
plug for some ather; product, and 
again a musipai nunibfer, and so on. 
It's very dubious It anybody sticks 
to thatstation unless one can't help 
it, because, the talk is a certain 
chaser. 



The Marionettes on WEAF Satur- 
day afternoon played a marathon ot 
pop tunes In frothily pleasing style. 
This agsregatlon la relatively new 
to the ether* and will probably land 
a commercial In due time. It's a 
small combination, with the .sax and 
xylophone prominent, and tunefullj'^ 
carrying the melody strains. 



island, ^li'hls year Van has with 
him Larry Lloyd, a robust tenor, 
whose vocal interlude^ are a dis- 
tinctive asset to the band. 



. Specht in Cincinnati . 

Caught Paul Specht from 'Cincin- 
nati's powerful WLW station. 
Powel Crosley, . Jr.'s, B,000-watt 
transmlttef. Specht is at Swiss 
Gardens In that city and seemingly 
edifying the natives with a crack 
brand of syncopation. Specht goes 
In for symphonized syncopated ar- 
rangements of the old masters like 
Chopin, Tschalkowsky and Ruben - 
stein, but,. . nonetheless, . produces 
dance-inspiring rhj^thms. 



"The Bells" on the Air 
"The Belts," the second In the 
series of the NBC's old mejo- 



Possible Concert Team 

Godfred Ludlow and Mme. Lolita 
Cabrera Galnsborg were heard In 
another of their delightful vlolii! 
and piano recitals. This team 1? 
now an NBC standard and a joint 
concert recital at Carnegie or 
Aeolian should prove not only in- 
tere sting, but lucirativ er^ — The A.\x!i 
trallan violinist, of course, has done 
his stuff alone the past winter. 



Devbra Nadwomey, another ,NBCi 
staple, was the contralto . soloist 
with the National String Quartet 
on another concert prograln. Miss 
Nadworney Is as prolifically en- 
gaged on the air as she is pleasing 
on the ear, which is as It should be. 



The Stetson Parade has the Wey- 
mouth Post American Legion Band 
conducted by George Ventre,<^- Its 
artistic feature. The Boston shoe 
manufacturers appropriately enough 
have their bandmaster feature the 
martial music in their programs. 



Auto Couplet 

The Flsk Tlme-to-Retire Boys 



IIADING ORCHESTRAS DI^^^^ 



IRVING ARONSON 



and HIS COMMANDERS 

Featured in "PARIS" 
WILBUR THEATRE, BOSTON 



PHIL FABELLO 



and Hi« 
ORCHESTRA 

LOEWS 7th AVENUE THEATRE 
New York City 



MAL HALLETT \ 



AND HIS ORCHESTRA 
N*w England Dance Tour 

Permaneat Address: 
CHARLES 6HRIBMAN. Hanac«r, 
SAI.EM. UASS. 



I GEORGE OLSEN 

AND HIS MUSIC 
FEATURED IM 

"GOOD NEWS" 

OHANIM'S 40TH STREET TIIEATRB 
NEW YORK CITlf 

"^'^^'^NrSirfly of CECB RICUMAN"^"^ " 
131 West GGth Street. New York City 



FROM DETROIT 



(JEAN GOLDKETTE 



Orchestras 

VICTOR RECORDS 
Office: 8112 Book Tower 
DETROIT 



VINCENT LOPEZ 



and His ORCHESTRA 

Exclusive Brunswick Artist 

WOODMANSTEN INN 
Pelham Parkway, N. Y. 



and the Riverside Trail Blazers are 
a couple of the outstanding auto- 
motive- advcrti.siag features on the 
air. Tlie Flsk duet, which also 
does its vocal stuff in solo, has a 
Corkiag band with a fine sense of 
judgment Ip their choice of selec- 
tions as the staples. 

Harold Sanfoi-d, directing the 
Riverside aggregation, is strong on 
the musical comedy compositions, 
an obvioijs development - from his 
Phllco Hbur broadcasts of tabloid 
operettas, and the standard selec- 
tions, too, rnake for a distinctive 
musical program. ; 



SQUELCHING SOPRANOS? 



Ratlio Thinks High C Gats Must Go 
Nerve Strain on Listeners 



Los Angeles, July 17. 
Prediction that it is only a ques- 
tion of time before steps would be 
taken to eliminate sopi^anos In radio 
broadcasting was «hade here by R. 
E. Smiley and P. Wayne McDowell 
of Philadelphia,, executives of the 
Atwater Kent Manufacturing* Co., 
who are here to attend the fourth 
annual convention of the Southern- 
California Atwater Kent ' Radio 
Agencies. 

Mr. McDowell took the position 
that although it was not the 
soprano's fault, something niust be 
done to relieve the auditory nerves 
of radio listeners against the lofty 
notes of sopranos, sometimes mis- 
taken for static, lie suggested that 
all station, managers get together 
and declare a "no soprano" week as 
one way out. of the difllculty^ 



Inside Stuff^Husic 



No Big Symphonic Orchestras 

Advertising matter and announcements mentioning symphony or- 
chestras of 75 to 110 pieces In film synchronization work is baloney, ac- 
cording to musicians. The number of musicians ordinarily employed, 
for canned accompaniment is, 24, with SO a maximum. 

Apart from the economic factor the employment of more than 30 In- 
struments is mechanically unsuccessful. Wh6n over SO pieces are u.sed 
for recording the emulsion Is linable to' register the overtones, partiala 
and harmonlacs thus created, 

AVhlle the\ general public will accept at face value announcements 
of llO-plece symphony orchestras the -trained ears will easily detect 
the exaggeration. Several of the original early Vltaphone i-ecordihga 
were of large philharmonic and symphony organizations. In these 
instances the musicians were actually before the camera. It was found 
that violins and high-pitched instruments such aa flutes and piccolos 
do not register well while the percussions (drums) and basses are 
"natural.". ' * . . . 



Mes. Lindsay Slain 

, Albarm-, N, Y., July 17. . 
. Mrs. Martha Lindsay, 23^, wife of 
Jack Lindsay, radio. entertainer, was 
shot to death by her admirer, 
Thomas Capparolla, 26, who also 
killed himself fn a Jay street room- 
ing house here last week. 

Coroner John J. Skelly rendered 
a verdict, of murder and siilclde. 

Tnr.V T.lr.floay, nrVin Ving Vtoipn jmpp)-- 



sonatlng Harry Lauder oyer WGY 
at Schenectady, reported his wife 
missing about a year ago. Lindsay 
began divorce suit three months 
ago. 



Clayton Tewksbury Dies 

Clayton Tev/^ksbury, 23, trumpet 
player with Johnny Hamp's Ken- 
tucky Serenaders at the Broadirioor 
fiotel, Colorado Springs, died. In 
that city of spinal menlnjgitis. 

Pronounced cured when In New 
York, young Tewksbury suffered a 
relapse while placing at the suni- 
mer resort. His widow survives. 



JQY'^WITH BEUNSWICK 

Kansas City, July. 17, 
• Jimmie Joy and his orchestra at 
the Plantation ■ grill rOonx p£ the 
Hotel Muehlebach haVe been signed 
as exclusive Brunswick \ recording 
artists. 

joy came in here for four weeks, 
succeeding Ted Weema and has 
been held over indef. 



PARISIAN RED HEADS 



America's Greatest Girl Band 

P«rinatient Address 
SB West Korth St., ladianntiolis. Ind. 



BERNIESIEGELrr MUSIC 



"ORCHESTRAS OF WISTINCTIOCN" 

Featured ixt 
^ ^^^""^t^ON I A" I N N^=^^ 



70 Woodbliie St. 



rrovidonco, R. I. 



B. A. ROLFE 



HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCI|Ii;STRA 

WEAF ARTISTS 

Edison Records 

ROLFE ORCHESTRAS, Inc. 
^00 W. 48th St.. New York City 
Phone Lack 6618 



PAUL WHiTEMAN 



And HIS GREATER ORCHESTRA 

1560 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. 
Dtrectioo WlUAAti MORRIS 



AABONSON AT SABATOQA 

Irving Aaronson and his Com 
manders open July 30 at the Club 
LIdb, Saratoga, N. Y., for the Au- 
gust racing season. Following this 
the band reopens with Irene Bor 
doni's 'Paris'' on Broadway. ' 

Aaronson. is vacationing until 
-July 23; reopening for a week at 
Lincoln, Trenton, N. J. 



DONALDSON'S "DAWN" 

Walter Donaldson is the isole 
writer of "Out of the Dawn," used 
thia week as the theme song fgr 
Parafnount's new. Bight and- souml 
picture, "Warming Up," with Rich- 
ard DIx, at the i?aramount. New 
York. 

Last week It was reported Wolfle 
Gilbert had colaborated with him iri 
the number. 

"Dawn'Ms being circulated by the 
Donaldson firm. , 



LANIN BOOKINGS 

Howard Lanin, Philadelphia mu 
sic purveyor, who has the stage band 
at the Logan, Ph illy, has four other 
units at summer resorts. . 

One is stationed at the Galdn Hall 
bote, Wernersville, Pa., another at 
.t li e— Ho teU--Flan d ersr-=OGean-^Gl W-r 
N, J., and others at Janssen's Gate- 
waVi Somers Point, N. J., and Mt. 
Klneo House, Mt. Klheo, Mc. 



Inside Stiiff-Vaudeville 



(Continued from page 38) 
people thereupon induced the Keith circuit to • give the team a route, 
with a certain amount to be deducted weekly froni its salary and for- 
warded to the N. y. A. for the team's credit. 

This team, the story says, needed no money, but did want the work. 
They figured upon the borrowing and paying off system as the surest 
way for a Keith route. /The same th(ng is claimed to have been prac- 
tised by others, with each made possible through the favoritism shown 
in money matters ^by the N. V. iA; execs. . 
Fred Stone is president of . the N, V. A. or thinks he is. 



Recently a vaudeville writer and. recognized as a leader in his claisa 
found that all of the special numbers written for a woman single had. 
been changed Asking the single how it had happened, she replied that 
while the songs were sending hex' across splendidly all over In the Keith 
houses, Oiie-bf the former Orpheum booking men had told her to discard 
them and alsO Instructed her what soiigs to replace therfi with. 

This would be an extraordinary act under any . circumstances. It be- 
conies more so In view of the desperate need at present of Keith's for 
all of the best vaudeville people In any line it can secure or . hold. 



Eva Tanguj^y, hearing that Mae West had written another play along 
underworld lines, suggested to Mae .that the latter permit her to play It, 
Though Miss West had written' the play with herself In mind as Its lead. 
Miss Tang\iay thought she could as well fit the role. 

After thinking it over Mae concluded that If her play is good enough 
for Eva' it is good enough for JVIae, That is probably the piece Miss West 
lii holding back In case there is a blow off with "Diamond Lll.'' — — - 



A picture, luminary, who came to New York fully Imbued with a de- 
sire to gain immediate recognition on ithe speaking stage was taken In 
to.w by a New York agent who acting as the representative framed a 
vaude turn. The story rides that the agent got $1,200 net for the act 
and the .film personage received $350. Another $350 was reported paid 
to a male entertainer placed with the turn. ' - 

The agent was protected by . his personal contract and there was uo 
chance of any court action. 



Waring's West Briefly 

Warlng's Ponnsylvanians go to 
Ralaban & Katz for four weeks in 
Chicago, starling next week. 

The band, recently back from 
abroad, return to New York follow- 
ing^ this engagement to start, re- 
hoor.sals with the Choos show. 



Cabaret BiDs 

NEW YORK 



Arrowhead Inn. 

Meyer Davis Orch 
John D'AIessandro 

Oastllllan Gnrdens 

.Harold Leonard Or 
Revue 

CMtlUiao Royal 

Eddie Elkins Or - 
N T O Rev , 

Chateau Madrid 

Harold Leonaid Or 
Keller Slsi & Lynch 
Don & Jerry 
Alice Rldnour 
Jack White 
Mary Lee 
Joey Wagatafl 

Club Honterej 

Bunny Weldon Rev 
Carol Boyd Orch 

Connle'a Inn 

Sam Mannlae Rev 
Leroy Tlbbs Orch 



Cvercladet 

iSarl Ljndaajr Rev 

Eddie Davis 
Alan Lane Or 

FrIvoUty 

N T O Rev 
Tom Tlpnothr Bd 

Harbor Inn 

Rockaway, N. T. 
Milton Splelman Or. 
Uelen Mor^on't 

Helen Morgan 
J Friedman Bd 

dotbrau 

C P Strickland Or 

Hot«l AmbasMdor 

Frances Mann 
Fred Carpenter 
Van der Zanden Or 

Hotel Blltmore 

Madl'ne Northway 



Geo Chllei , 
B Cummlnfe Or 

Hotel MsBcer 

Hal Kemp Orch 
Jardin Royal 

Carroll Dunlap Or 

lioverlch Towera 
Hotel 

% Brooklyn 
Mel Craig Orch 

Montinartre 

Emll Coleman Bd 

McAlpln' Hotel 
McAlpIneers' Orch 
<Kakland> Terrace 
Win Oakland 
Landau'a Bd 

ralala D'Or 

Van Steeden Or 



FavlUon Royal 

Meyer Davis Orch 
Pelliam Heath Ina 

Hal Hlxon 
Roy Mack's Rev 
Cass HiEiKen ' Or . 
Fenosyivanla Hotel 
Johnny Johnson Or 

St. Regis Hotel 

Vincent Lopez Or 
Roelta & Rumoa 

Baton Royal 
Texas Oulnan 
Tommy Lyman 
Blgelow & Ijee 

Silver Slipper 

N T G Rev 
Jimmy Carr 

SmnU'a Paradln 

Chas Johnson Bd 

Woodmanstea Inn 

Vincent Lopez. Or 



Alabam 

Dale Dyer 
Lew King 
Ralph Bart 

Ernie Adlor 
Eddie. South Bd 

Xhea-nerre 
Earl HoKman'a Or 

College Inn^ 

Slmmes & Babctte 
Oehmen 2 
Kate Smith 
Sherman Bd' 

Oriental-Davis 

lioomle. I 
Suzanne France 
Amilo & Juvlta 
<--Boila Steppers 
Rick & Snyder 
Abe Lyman Bd . 



iSol Wagner Bd 

Golden rumpliln 

Myrtle Lansing 
Irene George 
Mary King 
Texas Redheads 
Joe Martinez Bd 

Kelly's Stables 

King Jones 
Charley Alexander 
Johnny Dodds' Bd 

Lanteri^' Cafe , 

Freddy De Syrette 
George Taylor 
Betty Taacott 
Gladyco Kllday 
Harriet Smith 
Al Wagner Bd 

Samovar 

Olive O'Nell 



Carroll & Gorman 
Joffre Sis 
Fred Waito Bd 

Terrace Gardeu 

Ted Ledford 
LoUta ' Amlct 
Mary &. Bobby 
Spike Hamilton Bd 

. Turiflsh VUInge 

Harry Harris 
Pbll Murphy 
Margie Ryan 
Freddie Janie Bd 

Vanity Fair 

Larry Vincent 
Allcen LaMarr 
Marlon Kane 
Frank Sherman 
Leo Fox Bd • 



BOAD 
Delia 

Eddie Clifford 
Allan Snyder 
LaMarr &. Jbslne 
Coon Sanger's Bd 

Garden, of Allah 

Harry Moons . 
Josephine Taylor 
Rose- Wynn 
Hank Lishln Bd 

Villa Venice 

Victroff 
Angel l.ta 
Dooley 2 
Klrby Do Cape 
Al Bouche Kav 
James Wado Bd 



WASHINGTON 



Carlton 
Meyer Davis Orch 

-ehevyC-hase^Iaike 
Meyer Davis Orch 

Club Madrillon 

J O'Ddnnell Orch 



Club MIrador 

M Harmon Orch 

^-^^^ Jardin :r^IJdo 
E Dougherty Orch 

I^e raradls 
Root 

Me.ver Davis Orch 



J.<otDa 

Ijotus Orch 

=^^'^-" Rfay hower 
Sldn'j- Sldonm'n Or 

Towliatun Root 
J Slaufrhtcr Orch 



Roma Gardens 

Chas Wright Orch 

-^^--Wlllnrd Roof— 
Meyer .Davis Orch 

Wardmnn Park 

Meyer Da via Orch 



PHILADELPHIA 



Club Lido 

Broadway Follies 

Clab Madrid 

Chio Barryniore 
Velos Yolando 



Jean Wallln 
Jocely Lyle 
M.arcella Hardle ' 
Pauline Zenoa 
Buddy Truly 
.Toe Candullo Orch 



ricradlliy 

Al Wohlman 
Murray Sis 
Jean Gaynor 
Isabella Dwan 
Mattle Wynne 



•Al White 
Aveada Charkoute 
Abe Ballngcr's Rev 

Walton Roof 
LeRoy Smith Orch 
Fawn & Jardon 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



MUSIC-NIGHT CLUBS 



VARIETY 



55 



Crown Co., Music Jobber, Tbrown 
Into Bankruptcy by Publishers; 
Owes $215,000; Assets, $75,000 



Following, efforts to adjust the 
Crown Music Company's financial 
■ 41fflcultles, three music publishers 
Bled an Involuntary pietltipn . in 
tankruptcy against the niusic job- 
bing house . E. C. Mills, chairman 
of the Music Publishers' Protective 
. Association, wais appointed receiver 
under $10,000 bond by Judge Julian 
W. Mack. Liabilities total about 
$215,000; assets are $75,000. 

The three petitioning creditors 
are G. Schirmer, Inc., with a claim 
. «f $1,405 : Harms, Inc., $li9,486 ; De- 
Sylva, Brown .& Henderson, Inc., 
$12,176. The publishers are. the 
biggest creditors. 

One of the most prominent music 
^ Jobbing houses in Ne\v York, Crown 
Music Co. is headed by Herman F. 
Snyder. When in financial straits 
with the music publishers the lat- 
ter attempted to straighten out the 
mess and avoid a crisis. 

Snyder's success in the . ijast 
.which prompted him to almost 
Wholly abandoh bis business in fa- 
vor of other interests Is ascribed 
as the cause for the present sit- 
uation, combined with a blind bit- 
terness against Walter Kane, an- 
other New York music jobber. As 
Kane, Inc., the former, employee- of 
the Crown Co. entered Into the Job- 
.bing business on a price-slashing 
basis of . under-pricing his com- 
petitors. 

The- other standard Jobbers like 
the Plaza and the Richmond Music 
Eupply continue'd their usual con^ 
aervative business careers, but 
Bnyder, in bitter antagonism 
against his former employee, at- 
tempted to outdo the Kane com. 



Bill," which were hon -copyrights, 
and enter Into competition with al- 
ready established music publishers 
Whose special copyrighted ai,'range- 
ments had done niuch to foster the 
popularity of these non-bppyrights. 

Snyder got away witb all this 
'murder" and moi'e. Other pub- 
lishers had no alternative, but to 
stand, for It in view of the Crown's 
importance and prestige in the mu- 
sic busines.s. 

In connection with being his own 
music p,ublisher» Snyder converted 
the top floor of his building into a 
print shopj sinking beaucoup wam- 
pum Into a inultl-color press which 
was not necessary and proved an 
early liability. 



pany In the matter of cut-prices 
at wholesale for niusic ^and music 
supplies, even unto prepaying post- 
age, shipping costs, etc, , 
■ This soon told on Snyder's Crown 
Muislc Co.i eating Into whatever 
. surplus the corporation had with 
trhlch was complicated a condition 
of Snyder being property poor 
through . realty investments in Long 
Beach, Including some shore front 
property and a resort hotel. 

The music, publishers have many 
thousands of dollars due them in- 
cluding $19,000 to Harms; $16,000 to 
Berlin, Inc.; $30,000 to Feist, et al. 

Berlin|i5 Feuds 
ThiB Berlin, Inc., firm was the 
6nly one to start suit to recover, 
Saul H. Bornsteln, vice-president 
knd general manager of Berlin's; re_-. 
fused to sell Crown even for caSh,. 
The others like Feist and Harms, 
sold the Jobber for cash only. 
Crown got publications needed 
through a third party. 
Bernstein's bitterness , Is alleged 
• to be predicated on another feud 
with Henry Watersori, head of 
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. 

Waterson, . according to rumor, 
was said to be financially Interested 
with . Snyder in the Crown music 
. Jobbing business and because of 
Bomsteln's objections to Waterson 
having re-issued the old Irving 
Berlin, song hits— which copyx'ights 
mr rest In the W-B-S Co. firm name— 
^ Berlin, Inc., is believed to have 
■tarted eait af alhM Cro-wn ' as^^^^ 
did: agj,lnst, the Waterson firm for 
moneys due. Waterson, operating 
his Own chain of retail music 
■tores, was sued by Berlin, Inc., for 
ttierchandlse sold and delivered. 

The Dreyfus brothers (Harms, 
Inc.) are known to 'haVe offered a 
•60,000 mortgage; on Snyder's hotel 
property at Long Beach on con 
flitlon their indebtedness be first 
•atlsfled; Snyder balked at that 
proffer on the ground it would leave 
him little difference to satisfy the 
other creditors. 

Started Publishing 

• Snyder's difllcultles are the direct 
result of an enmity he built lip in 
the music business at a time when 
his Jobbing firm was In power, 
Enyder'a high-handed business tac- 
tics were well known. Despite his 
lackadaisical interest In his Jobbing 
enterprise, he prospered beyond ex 
.J?£*9'ii?n5^ajii^Jro3n^^.ihat^.ii^^^ 
to engage In music publishing ^on 



bis 



own and attempt to force the 



fttles of )ils publications througl 
his Jobbing outlet. 

The Jack Snyder Music Co., of 
which Herman F. Snyder's son wa.s 
m, 4 ® ostensible head, was organized 
«> publish the son's original works. 
That died in short order. The same 
nrm was utilized to print up cer- 
w-ln .«!tandard publications like "La 
^londrina," "La Paloma," "EiH 



Am/ Society Reclassifies 
45 Veteran Songwriters 

Some 45 members of the Ameri- 
can Society of Composers, Authors 

and Publishers have ' been placed 
into . permanent classifications for 
annual Incomes of $3,000, $1,500 and 
$750 each, according to the three 
special classifications. These are 
for past prolific songwriters whose 
output recently have not been im- 
portant but whose past perform- 
ances merit the special compensa- 
tion. 

Their claim to the $900 quarterly, 
or half that amount, or half again 
the Class B dividend, is computed 
On their average song catalog of 
pac t oroatod product. 



Should these, 'specially classified 
songsmiths become active once 
again, and produce some Impor- 
tant songs, they will receive the 
full division of the royalty melons 
along with the contemporary 
writers. 

The writers believe that this 
automatically answers the mal- 
contents In the organization. It 
gives consideration to those old- 
timers who have been displaced by 
the new school of song creaitors, 
and establishes the latter's claim to 
Impbrtaint attention because they 
are of the moment. 



Remove Sales Resistance 
With Coon-Sanders Music 

ChlicagtD, July 17. 
Employing and exploiting a name 
band as a draw for an automobile 
show was tried isuccessfully here 
by the Chrysler saJes staff at open- 
ing of their display In the Coliseum 
July 6. 

Coon-Sanders Night Hawks' ac- 
companied the sales ditties through- 
out the evening, with customers 
signing on the dotted line for $250,- 
000 worth of Chryslers. 

The band was credited with draw- 
ing and Inducing half the sales. 



Remick's Theme Song 

Harry Bloom ,o_f_Remick's has ar- 
ranged with Eirnll 'Jensen,'- geheraT 
sales manager for Joseph M. 
Schenck and Inspiration, to tie up 
a song to be called "Revenge," to 
be published In advanceof and as 
a plug for a picture of similar title 
starring Dolores Del Rio on the 
United Artists releaise schedule for 
October." 

The idea -lis to follow the 
"Ramona" plan which waia a tie-up 
between United Artists and Felet's^ 
Remlck's has commissioned Sam 
Lewis, Joe Young and Harry Askt, 
the trio responsible for "Laugh, 
Clown, Laugh," to compose the 
"Revenge" ditty. 



700 "Advance" Hours 



A record high for advance . 
bookings are the 70Q-odd pro- 
grams the ISfational Broadcast- 
ing Co. always has in prepara- 
tion. Every hour is booked solid 
at least four weeks in advance,' 
hence the. more than 700 pro- 
grams which are on the books 
in advance. . 

Should an emergency topical 
event .arise, the "sustaining" 
Interludes are curtailed and the 
commercials switched to suit;. 



Disk Reviews 



By Abel 



. Paul Whiteman - . 

The Whiteman addicts, and they 
are legion, will go strong for the 
jazz king's first catalog on the Co- 
lumbia, schedule. Whiteman recent- 
ly shifted froni Victor to Columbia 
as the ace recording artist iand has 
produced three 1.2 -in civ , concert 
riumbers, popularly priced at ,$1 as 
against the usual $1.25 tariff for 
the 12-inchers. The dance numbers 
on the 10-Inch: sizisi- are still 7Gc, 
. "La Paildma" " aiid "La Golbn- 
drina" Is ohe standard concert 
couplet; "The Merry Widow" and 
"My Hero" ("Chocolate Soldier") 
waltzes, another; and a salon 
couplet comprises Gershwin's "T*he 
Man I Love!' and "My Melancholy 
Baby." The latter three, numbers 
all have vocal, refrains and are in 
the brilliant Whiteman manner. » 

In the dance series, "Last Night 
i Dreamed You Kissed Me", and 
"Evening Star" are one couplet, and 
"Constantinople" and "Get Out and 
Get "Under the Moon/' another. All 
are tremendous sellersj . Issued by 
Coluinbia with a special White- 
man -head label and jacket. 



Andy Sannella 

Onie of the most popular of saxo- 
phone-soloists-on the radin, Sanella 



MALAFRONTE DROWNED 



Trumpeter Couldn't Swim — Boat 
Turned Over 

Joseph M:ilafronto, 20, trumpet 
player with John C.'ivallaro's or- 
chestra 0.1: Xew llavcn, playing for 
the summer at the Music Box, Ban- 
tam Lake, Conn., drowned in 20 
feet of water when the row boat in 
which wore he .itid five companions 
capsized tUrotigh. the latt(M-'s diving 
off. Malafrontc, . non-swinunol:, was 
left In the. boat, which tui-Tiod over 
from the Impetus of the others leav- 
ing .It. 

Campers from nearby rosorts re- 
covered. thc body an hour .la ter ,\vit3a 
grappling Iron.s. Three doctors who 
were councillors at the varioiis 
camps worked on the victim of the 
accident for over three hours. 



Waltz s Strong Comeback, 
Now of 4 Best Sellers 



The comeback of the waltz, at 
least the waltz song, is Illustrated 
by. the terrific success of "Ramona," 
'■'Laugh, Clown, Laugh;" "Together,'' 
"Girl of My Dreams"— these four 
the current best sellers — along 
with . such popular hits as "Cbar- 
maine/' "Diane," ef ali 

Better ^than bne-for-ohe has been 
the gz-ip of the, waltz ballad on the 
public of recent months. There 
have been .such successful fox-trot 
ballad hits as "Among M!y Souve- 
nirs," "My Blue Heaven," et all, but 
the waltz songs have held sway 
more successfully. 

It is after the waltzes dick that 
they are syncopated in fox-trot 
tempo for dance purposes, but for 
selling purposes the sentimiental 
strains seem to register with the 
ma.'Sses. '■ . ■ . 



registered on the wax as effectively 
as the ether. "Jack and- Jill" and 
"Aileen" are original compositions 
a-nd Intricately effective seed solos. 
Columbia No, 1414. 



Johnson-Harkness-Hamp 

On Victor No. 21391, Eddie Hark- 
ness' orchestra, west coast stand- 
ards, and well known at Tait's 
Beach, San -Francisco, is backed up 
with Johnny Hamp's Kentucky 
Serenaders, In a walzt and fox-trot 
couplet, "The Waltz of Love". 
(Hamp) and "Anything, to Make 
You Happy" (Harkness). 

On Victor No. 21498, . Harkhess 
again clicks with a smooth melody 
f-t, "There's Something About a 
Rose*' and Johnny Johnson's Stat- 
ler Pennsylvanlahs register with 
"Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed 
Me." 



Rudy Wiedoeft Guardian 

Los Angeles, July 17. 
Rudolph Wiedoeft, sax wiz, and 
brother of the late Herb Wiedoeft, 
orchestra leader was appointed by 
Judge --Crail as guardian .of .little 
Herbert, Jr.i'^hTs ne'phew. Tbe boy 
will share equally with his step- 
mother, Mrs. Esther Wiedoeft, In 
the estate valued at $10,000. 

M. C. A. Publishing 

Music Corp. of America, orches- 
tra booker.«5, has gone Into the music 
publishing business. 

,George D. Lottman ha-s this de- 
partment in charge. 



George Olsen 

"American Tune" and "I'm on the 
Crest of a Wave," from "Scandals" 
are George Olsen's tiAsignments on 
Victor No. 21500. Sonie snappy, 
stuff Included In these offerings, the 
trio coming to the fore again on 
one side. 



Fredric Fradkin 

This violin soloist, with orches- 
tral accompaniment, features melo-. 
dies from "Madam Butterfiy" and 
"Tosca" on Brunswick No. 3372. 
It's an Instrumental classic In more 
thaii one way, the Fradkin tech- 
nique coupled with the Puccini 
compositions blending "beautifully, ' 

Frank Black 

' Oscar Levant plays the piano solo 
passages In Black's concert orches- 
tra transcription of Gershwin's 
"Rhapsodle Irt Blue." Levant Is one 
of our representative exponents of 
modernistic music and has often 
edified audiences with his Interpre- 
tations of the Gershwin classic. 
Against the superb bacl^grpund of 
Frank Black's orchestra Levant Is 
even more effective. Brunswick No. 
20058. . 



Joa Venuti 

This hyper- modernistic Jazz ex- 
ponent, with his own orchestra, 
does tricks with tw.o of Waiter 
Donaldson's newest ditties, "Melody 
Out of the Sky" and "Because My 
Baby Don't Mean Maybe." Okeh 
No. 41056. 



Sophie Tucker 

Soph feels "Low Down" on Okeh 
No, 41058, according to one song 
title and "Oh! You Have No Idea" 
Is the back-up to Ted Shapiro's 
trick ivory tickling accompaniment, 
Soph-does-her-stuff «i3-only^she^can 
and does. 



Leo Reisman 

Relsman Is Boston's local White- 
man. He Is now In New York at 
the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria roof as 
a special musical Importation 
Reisman takes his Jazz seriously 
and delivers It sweetly as witness 
"Foolln* Time" and "When the 
Moon Comes Peeping Through," 
both fox- trots with vocal refrains 
Columbia No. 1416. 



Stools Taken for Ride 



Los Angelus, July 17. 



Los Angeles bootleggers ■ are 
starting to make it pretty tough 
for squealers, in the opinion of the 
Los Angeleg police. About a week 
ago William Jv Cassidy, 65, . was 
taken for a ride and his body, rid- 
dled with bullets, "Was found ijcside 
the road on the outskirts of Pasa- 
dena. A few days later a young 
Japanese girl, about 17, who. an- 
swered, the description of a girl who 
had appealed to the police for pro- 
tection against alleged bootleggers 
a few days before that, was shot to 
death on a lonely road near 
Downey. 

Cassidy and the Japanese girl 
are believed to have squealed on 
bootlegger activity^ Cassidy, It Is 
known, had frequently tipped off 
operations of local rum runners 
and distributors and police are con- 
vinced that • gangland vented Its 
vengeance along the lines for which 
they are noted. The Japanese girl 
is believed to have been, killed fol- 
lowing the arrest of three boot- 
leggers with whom she Is known to. 
ha;ve been acquainted. 



In New Times Sq. Hotels 

Melville Morris and his orchestra 
are the music attraction at the new 
Piccadilly hotel In Times square. 
Morris Is Paul Whlteman's orches- 
tra booking manager. He will head 
his own nine men for the local en- 
gragemerit. In addition a string trio 
will furnish the coiacef t ' mu 
noon. 

By coincidence, Morris' chief band 
unit Is known a.s the Piccadilly 
Players, which name Morris used on 
the Edison records long before the 
Piccadilly Hotel came into exist- 
ence. ■ 

At another new mid-town hptel. 
Paramount, Nahan Franko Is the 
mae.stro. The Paramount features 
Fr-anko as converted to Jazz be- 
cause of his past performances with 
the . Metropolitan opera house, al- 
though Franko on a previous occa- 
sion conducted a jazz orchestra at 
the Hotel McAlpin, New York. 



Bar Maid Companionship 
New Hostess Racket 



MimK*;ii>t)lis, July .17. 
Renting feminine "conip.'i.nionship" 
to lonesome males i.s the newest 
amusomont racket here, judging 
from testimony before the city 
council health and hc^spital commit- 
tee. It is profitable. 

The companionship is provided by 
bar-mauls in soft drink parlors. The 
city council has tried In v.ain to 
drive, the barmaids out. When It 
revoked the soft drink, and cigaret 
licenses of the establishments in the 
old red-light districti the places cbn- 
tlnuod in operation just the same. 
Instead of selling soft drinks and 
cigarets, the barmaids gave away 
water free and dispensed cigars. No 
city license Is - required for cigars. 

iPolice department officials in-, 
formed the council they were pow- 
erless to drive out the barmaids 
from their buildings, Inasmuch, as 
they apparently obey the law. These 
officials stated . that the erstwhile 
soft drink parlors now are being 
turned into men's funilshlng goods 
stores, with; the barmaids remaining 
on the job and dealing in men's ties 
and sockis instead. 

Alderman C. R, Rosand.er, chair- 
man of the council's committee. In-, 
quired - of one of the .proprietors 
how 42 such establishments "bunch- 
ed together In the space of a few 
blodks" . could make expenses- by 
selling near beeri pop and 
cigarets. ' - 

"The .customers are lonesome men 
who come In to enjoy feminine com- 
panionship and not to drink near 
tfeer and pop," she replied frankly. 
"One customer will spend as much 
as $50. He is served only a few. 
drops per drink and buys any num- 
ber of drinks at $1 and $2 each 
not only for himself but also for 
the barmaids. He also may sta.nd 
treat for others who happen to be 
in the place." 

Council members suspect that the 
"barmaids" make "dates", with cus- 



tomers to meet them after business 
hours. The ppllce department of- 
ficials aver that they have no evi- 
dence to show this and they doubt 
If anything could be done even If 
it were proven that such Is the 
case. 



Forbstein at Warners 

Los Angclcg, July 17. 
Leo Forbstein, for many years 
musical director with West Coast 
Theatres, is now at Warner Broth- 
ers^ Jlql|y w oojl jb^eatre as or cheat r a 
leader. ''Forbst'cin succeedcdT Coii- 
stantln Bakaleinikoff, whose agree- 
ment with Warners expired. 



180-WEEK KUN 

Coral Gable.s, July 17. 

Hotel Antilla has closed for re 
decorating. 

Jo Astoria and orchestra con- 
cluded a consecutive run of 180 
week.s at the Antilla. 



Musicians Warned Not to 
Lay Down jUter "Notice" 

On complaint of Charley :Thcd- 
feld, clarinet player at the Capitol, 
New York, and the official "con- 
tractor" of the orchestra, Eddie 
Canavan of the Musicians Local is- 
sued a warning . to five members 
of the orchestra that heavy fines 
and discipline would follow any fur- 
ther complaint that the men were 
not fulfilling thelr..obligatIons, while 
working out their two weeks' no- 
tice. 

The men were fired when con- 
tinually reporting late . for rehear- 
sals. They then adopted a lax atti- 
tude with one musician missing the 
Important Saturday rehearsal alto- 
gether. 

Of six former Paul Whiteman 
men vrho joined the stage band 
when organized last winter, but 
one, John Spertzell, now remains. 
Tommy Dorsey and Max Farley 
were among the five given notice 
last week. Jimmy Dorsey quit for 
another job some tinie ago. ""iia-p- 
py ' TiicXane die3 >^^^ 
received . notice. 



HERE AND THERE 

Following closing of the Granada 
cafe, Chicago, Katz and His Kit- 
tens opened at the Adolphus hotel, 
Dallas, Tex., July 13 for an Indefi- 
nite engagement. 



Waddy Wadswcirth and his or- 
cheistra opened at the Drake Hotel, 
Chicago, July 14, for the summer. 



. Joe Moss, Meyer Davis' New Taric 
m-^nager, has booked units lato thep« 
Ambassador Inn, Quogue, L. I., di- 
rected by Harry Moss (no relation), 
and at the Champlaln Hotel, Cham- 
plain, N. Y. 

George Hall succeeds Hal Kemp 
at the Hotel Manger, New York, for 
the summer. 



Yellow Peril Swallows Roof 



The Strand Roof, one of the old- 
est popular price cabaret land- 
marks on Broadway, has gone 
blooey. 

The Yellow Peril has absorbed 
the Moycrowitz restaurant, a Chi- 
nese syndicate taking it over. 



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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



Bands and Orchestras 



Routes for Next Week (July 23) 

Permanent addresses of bands or orchestras will bs published 
without charge. 

No charge is made for listing in this department. 

For reference guidance, initials represent: H— hotel, T— rtheatre, 
P— park/ C-T-cafe, D H— dance hall, B— ballroom, R— restaurant. 

As far as possible, street addresses in larger cities are also 
included. . — 



I 



Aiironson. Irvlnp. I^inpoln T., Trenton. 
. AgoBtlnl; Ceo,, Valaeo T., Montreal. 

Albert, Harry, Lldo-Vcnlce, Venice, Italy. 

Albert, Don, Penn T., Pittsburgh. 

Albln, Jacit, nossert H., Droolclyn. 

Aldrlch, Bob, Oiion. Hotel, Syracuae, N. T. 

AlfldorC, tl. J., 03 Liberty St., Newburgh. 

Almare, Joe» New Bamboo Inn, Chicago. 

Amidon, A.. Oil2 E. 8th St.. Flint, Mich. 

Appei. Oscar, The Cnthay. Baltimore. • 

Arml>ru3ter. J. L.. B. A. C., Buftalo. 

Arcartlana, Greyatone B., Da;yton,. O. 

Arcadia Syncopatora (C. EOgorton), 2004 
AddL-ion. St.. Phlla. 

Arnheim, aus, Anibassndor H., L. A. 

Ash. Paul; Paramount T.. N. Y. C. _ 

A.storla, Jo, P.. O. Box 31)8, Coral Gables, 
Fla. 

AtklTis, A. P.. 3614 eth Ave.. Dcs Moines. 
Austin, S., Davis Is. Country. C, Tampa. 



B 



'Ba«r, Moe, Sherry's, Baltimore. 
Bailey, R., 520 So. B* way. Los Angeles. 
BBlsden, H„ Mlramar IL. Sauta Monica, 
■C»l. ■ . ■ • 

■ Baldwin, P., Frontenac, Quebec, Can. 
Bard,- Jos., Golden Peasant R,, Balto. 
Barnard, B., 330 W. Morrell St., Jackson, 

*^:RnTlriger, Don, Calico Cat B., Miami. 
Uanett, II., Seneca H.. Rochester, N. T. 
Bartlett, O,, Book^adlUflC. Detroit. 
Barzley, Beonar, Montauk Point, MontauK, 

^Baslle,. Joe. C3 No. 14th St.. Newark, N. I. 

Bastlan. "Walt., State T.. Detroit. 

Bauduc. J., 1101 N. White St., New 
Orleans. w . 

Bauer, F. J., 67 Ormond St., Rochester, 
N "T ■ ■ 

Bau'm, Babe, 226 Rose St„ Reading, P*. 

Bay State Aces (Al Relyea), 8 . Mohawk 
■t., Cohoes, N. T. . . ^ ^ . 

. Beale. Bob, Athens Club, Oakland, Cal. 

Beckley. T , 102 B. 8th St.. Wilmington, 
Del. 

Belasco, Al. Senate T., Chicago, 
Benal r a, Sam, CapUo l-TTT-Dgtrtytt 



Dantelg,- E. J., 813 Putnam Ave., B'klyn. 
D'Artrl's Orch., 01 14th St., Norwich^ 
Conn. 

Davidson, )„ W., Norshore T,, Chloato. 
Davis, C, Indiana T., Indianapolis. 
Davis, Doc, Drake Hi. Chicago. 
Divis, Kildlc, lyinixlne Hotel, N. T, C. 
Davis, Meyer. Belleyue-Strattord, Phila- 
delphia. 

Davia, Meyer, ICOO Broadway, N, T. C. 
Davison, W.. Rainbow Gardens, Louis- 
ville. ■ 

Davlion. Walt.- Malnstreet T.. K. C. 
Dflbrldge. Del., Mich, T., Detroit, . 
DeLuca. J., 331 St. Mark's Ave., Bklyn, 

N. Y. . ■ .■ •■ ■ 

Denny. Jack, M-t. Royal, Montreal. 

Deteiich, Roy, Avalori T., Chicago. 

Dexter. F., Wisconsin Hoo<, Milwaukee. 

Doerr, CIvde. WBAF. N. Y. C. 

Domino Grch., 22 4th St., Troy, N. T. 

Donnelly. W. H.. 2.10 Glenwood Ave., E. 

Donnelly. H., Parody C, N. T, C. 
Oranfre^ N. J. 

Dodas. John, Kollys Stables G., Chi; 

Dornbcrger,: Chas., . QreeTiwlch- Coliseum, 
Taconla. 

-Dumont,-- A-.-^Paramouhtr-N." -T:- C; -t^ — 
r>ougherty, DoC, Lido C Washington. 
Dytch. H.. 400 S, First St.. Daytona. Fla. 



Elsenbourg. - Dok, ehepard-CoIonlal R.; 
Boston. 

Elinor, Carle, Cartbey Circle, Los An- 
geles. 

Elklns, Ed.i Castllllah Royal, Pelham, 
N. V. 

Ellard. Jim, Riviera T., Omaha. 
Ellis. F., St. Francis H.. S. F. 
Ellington, Duke, Cotton Club. N. T. C, 
Blmwood Band, 373 Van Nostrand Ave., 
Jersey City, _ 

Emerson, It., 11- A S. Elliott Place. 
Brooklyn, N. 'Y. . 
Engelhart, Jos., McVlcktrs T., Cht. 
Eppel. B73ff N. 7th St.. Philadelphia. 
Erdody, Leo, IM W. 48th St.. N. Y. C. 
Eisslg, Abe. 1090 St. Nicholas ;- Ave., 
N. Y. C. 

Eubank. PhtMp Lee. Harllngen, Tes. 



Berge, W. E.. 6T Grand Ave., Englewood, 
N. J. ■ 

Berget, Paul, Rice, Houston, Tex, 
Berger, W. J., {1440 Penn Ave., PltUburg. 
Berget. Herb, Chase H., St. L, _ 
Bergman. Al.. 41 Harvard PI., Buffalo. 
Bergman. D., Webster Hall, Pittsburgh. 
Bernle, Ben. 745 7th Ave., N. Y. C.^ 
Bernle, Dave, 745 7th Aye., N. T. C. 
Borshad, Bob. Club Lido. N. Y. C. 
Bestor, D., Bchroeder H., Milwaukee. 
Blaglnl. H., Casa Lome Tl.. Toronto. 
Blnghata, T, W., 18 S. Ryan St., Bufta o. 
Blssette Maclean, Casino, Grand Lake, 

Ont. . 
Block, X., 7237 E. Jefferson Ave., De- 
Bloom. Leon. United Artists T.. Cht. 
Blumenthal'a Orch., Sovereign Hotel, 

Chicago. ^ 
Bobbltt, F. O., Varsity Inn, Van Wert, O 
Boutelle Brothers, WInchendon, Mass. 
Boyle, Billy, Copley-Plaza, Boston. 
Bradneld. E. Max, T, & D. T.. Oakland, 

Cal. 

Srailnsdorf Orch., Oil 22d St.. Galveston 
Breeskln, Daniel. Earle T,. Washington 
B'way Collegians, Walled Lake B., De- 

B'way Melody Boys, Rose Gardens, 
Wilmington, Del. 
Broudy, Dave, Grant T., Pittsburgh. 
Brow, Sam, Dance Box, Philadelphia. 
Brower. Jay, California T>. San Jose. Gal 
Brownagle, T., 922 9th St.. Harrlsburgh, 

Bryant. W. H.. 1526 S. 6th St., Terre 

Haute. Ind. 
Buck, Verne. Sheridan T., Chicago. 
Buckeye Wonders. 645 So. Main . 8t 

Akron. O. 
BuRano. Jules, Publlx T., Seattle., 
BuloswWes Califs.. Eagle B.. Milwaukee. 
Burk, Mllo, Brockton, Mass: 
Burke, Chick, Amesbury. Mass, 
Burke, F,. LIndo Inn, Chicago. 
Burtnett. E.. JJIltmore H., Los Angeles, 
Busae, Henry, Clarldge H.. N. Y. C, 
Butler, Mel. Davenport, Spokane. 



Caperoon, Fred, 401 ^B' way, Camden, 
H. J. . 

Carlln, BUI; "AdolphUB H., Dallas. 

Carpenter. E. J.,- Bl'ltmore, Miami. 

Carr, Jimmy, Silver Slipper. N. T. C. 

Carter: F.. Miijeatlc, Long Beach. Cal 
. Caruso Service Ore. 1068 B'way. N. T. C. 

Casale, M., J40 Pine- St., WllUamsport, 
Ps. 

Cattle, Ffank. President. 8. F. 

Cau.ser. Bob, Ithaca H., Tlhacai, N,.T. 

Cavallaro, John, 20 Irving St., New 
Haven. i 
' Cavato, Etx, Flotilla Club. Pittsburgh. 

Cerny, John, .Belmont. Chicago. 

Cervone. Izzy, D03 Blackstone . BlAg., 
rittsburgh. , 

Chnetlnn, Tommy, ^Forrest H., N. T. C 

Christie, H. J., 1831 N. Orinsby Ave. 
X/OUlsvllle. 

Claire, Ted, Met. T., Houston. 

Clay, Barry. Lido C, Chicago. 

Coe, F., 262 W. Dopglas St^, Reading, 
Pa. 

Cohen, Richard. Vanderbllt- H.. N. T. C, 

Cole, H., Rwanee Club. N. Y. C. 

Coleman, Emll, 622 W. 137th St., N. T. C. 

Collegian Serenaders, .Far East R , Cleve; 

Commahders, Lincoln T., Trenton, N. .' 

Condelorl, A., Adelphl H., Philadelphia. 

Onnfrpy. 7<pz, cfire M. 0. A., N. Y, C. 

Conklln, Richard, Lotos Cli*. Wash. 

Connelly, 11. R., 480 Central A^*- 
Bridgeport. Oonn. 

Conrad, H.. 1088 Park Ave,, N. T. C, 

Cooley, Fritz. Maple View, Plttelleld 
Blass. 

j^C.aonB..=:Dfil. =j:f flt^njiJ^nsu Q. . Detroit. ,.. 

Coon Sanders, The Dolls, Chi. 

CoDp, Pythian Temple,. Brockton, Mass. 

Cornwell. F., Locw'a Syracuse, . N. Y. 

Coyle, L. H.. 219 S. 10th St.. Easton. P*. 

Craig, Francis, Hermitage H., Nashville 

Craig, Mel,. Leverlch Towers H., Brook 
ija. N. t, . . 

Crescent Ordi., Armory. Mlddletown 
M. T. 

Crumley, Geo., Broad Manor, Columbus 
Crawfoni, "Butx," ai:tl New York Ave. 

N. W., Washington. . 
Crawford, Ja<ilc, Steel Pier, Atlantic City, 
Crawford, Thomas L., Wl^hltl, Kan. 
CuUen, B. n., 814 X. Bth St, South Bos* 

Ion. 

Cummins, Bernle. Blltmore H., N. T. C 
Onrne, Harry, Seelbach. LoulhvllU. 



. Heldt, Horace, Oraud-Lake T.. Oakland. 
Csl. , , ' . 

Helberger, Emll, Bond H., Hartford. 

Henderson, F.. 228 W. 189th St., N. T. C, 

Hendorson. H,. Savoy B., N. Y. C. 

Henkel, Ted., Variety, Los Angeles. 

Henshell, J.. State-I.ake H.. Chicago. 

Herberveaux, J.. NBC, 180 N. Mich. 
Ave.. Chicago. 

Hllbloom. M., Stratford T.. Chicago. ^ 

nirabak. A., 1123 Goettman St.. Pitts- 
burgh. • . 

Hofer. John; 1608 Elizabeth PI;, Cincin- 
nati. . ■ . ■ 
: Hoffman, Earl, Ches Pierre, Chicago 

Hoffman, L, O., 78 Ernst St., Buffalo. 

Hollowell, B.. Strand D. H.. Wilming- 
ton. Del. 

. Holmes. .Scotty. Adams Hou.se, Bostwr. 
Holmes, Wright, Martinique H., N. Y. C. 
Hunlley, Lloyd, Ten Eyck H,. Albany. 
H>'dc, Alex,. Minnesota T.. Minneopolls: 

Irving. B,, Lyceum T., New Britain. 

Conn.- ■ •• •_ • - - , I 

Irwlh. Victor, .Stadium T.i : Woon»>cket, 

I niperal . Marimba, American House, Bos- 
ton. 

Indiana Five. Wlsebnsln H.. Mllwankee. 
Ipana Troubadours. WEAF. N. Y. C. 
lula, Robert P., Southern H..- Baltimore, 
lula. Felice. Rlvoll T.. Raltlmore, 
lulpi, Rumno, City Park Bd.. Baltimore. 



Jackson, Harry. 74 West 99th St., N.Y C. 

Jackson, J., Rainbow Gardens, Miami. 

Jackson's Jaxs, IS Chestnut St., Glovers- 
vllle. N. Y. 

Jnnis, Fred, Turkish Village C Chi. ^ 

Janover. A. L.. 1255 Grant Ave., N. Y. G. 

Jedel, H. 475 Hawthorne Ave., Newark, 
■N. J. . ■ „ • , , 

Jelile, John, 76 Driggs Ave., Brooklyn. 

Jcnks, Fr., Met. T., L. A. 

Jockers, M. M.. 409 West 102d St., -L. A. 

JolinHiin. Arnold, Ajibllo ThPiitve. N. Y. 

Johnson, C Small's Paradise. N. Y, C. 

jDhiijJon, Johnny, Pennsyl. H.. N. Y. C. 

Johnstoo, 0-JV.,_48:.OroYe.^ve.. OLta-wa^ 

Johnstone, Jack, Alamp C Chi. 

Jones, Isham, Congress H.i Chlcapp. . 

Jordan, Art, 6241 Norwood St., Phil*. 

Jorgcnsen, Ruth, 1235 . Sheldon St., Jack- 
son, Mloh. 

Joy. Jim. MueWebach H., TC. 0. 

Joyce. Ted, Loew'a.SUte T.. St. L. 



Kahn, Art, Harding T., Chi. 

Kahn, Herman, TlvoU T., Newark, N. *. 

Kails, H.. Udo Venice C, Boston.- 

Kalcy, Chaa., Granada T., Chicago. 

Kamas, Al, Swanee B, R., Washington. 

Kaplan, F. ^ J.. Bamboo Inn., 3222 W. 
Madison St., Chicago. 

Katz, Al. 40 E. Front 9t„ Newport, Ky. 

Kat«' Kittens, cars of M, C. A.,. N, Y. C. 

Katzman, Louts, 393 Audubon Ave.; 
N. Y. C. ■ . . • 

Kaufman, W., 28 N. 10th St., Lebanon, 
Pa. 

Kay, Geo., Olympla T., New Haven. 
Kavser. Joe, Midland T., K. C. Mo. 
Keegan. Ross E., 22 GoM St., Freeport, 

tST^r ■ 



Fttbello. P.. Loew'e 7th. Ave.. N. Y. C. 
Farrell. F„ Inn, 4 Sheridan Sq., N. Y; C 
Fay, Bernard. Fay's. Pjovlaence.: . 
Feeney. J. M., 226 E. 11th St.. Oakland. 
Cal. 

Fenn, F. ' G., 1745 Caton Ave., B'klyn, 
N.'Y. 

Fenton, Carl, 1874 B'way, N. Y. C. 

Feyl, J. W., 878 River St., Troy. N. T. 

PlOTltO, Ted. Edge water Beach H., Chi. 

Fischer, Carl. Majestic, D, H.. Detroit. 

Fischer. C. L., 014 So. Weetnedge EC, 
Kalamazoo. Mich. . - 

Fisher. M«x, M.-vyan T.. L. A. 

Fisher, Mark, Variety. Chicago. 

Fogg, A. M., 174 Beacon St., Portland, 
Me. 

Foota, R., Brown's Club, French Lick, 
Ihd. 

Forbes. Lpu, Denver T., Denver. 
Franclscl, Ivan, Cleveland H.. - Cleveland. 
Franko, Na-han.' Paramount- H., N. Y. C. 
Freed, Carl. 20 S. Orange Ave., Newark. 
Friary, George. Rockland. Mass. 
Frldkln, Bob, Roseland B, R., N. Y. C. 
Frledberg, Theodore, Majestic H., N. Y. C. 
Friedman. Al, Mayflower R., N. Y. C. 
Friedman, J., Morgan Club, W. 62d St., 
N, Y, C 

Friedman, L. F., St. Louis T., St. Louis. 
Frtese. J. F., Strand T., Stamford, Conn. 
Fry. C. M., 6233 Roosevelt Blvd., Phila- 
delpbla. 

Funda, Frank, Ten Eyck H., Albany. 



Galvln, 1. J.. Plaxa T., Worcester. Mass 

Galllccchlo, Jo.. 6200 ^hertdad Rd., ChL 
Garber. Jan., 1587 B'way, N. Y. C. 
Gardner, C. C, 1B27 N. 24th St., Lin 
coin, Neb. 

Gasparre, Dick, Pavilion Royal, Valley 
Stream, L. I. 
Gaul, Geo.. 2116 Madison Ave., Baltimore. 
Gay. Ira, 845 Bo. B'way, L. A. 
Oegna Mlsha. Forum .Theatre. L. A. 
Geldt, Al, IIT S. N. J. Ave., Atlantic 

citr. ■■ 

Gorunovltch, Tom, Root Garden, B, R., 
S -F 

'Oili, Jos, Congress H., St. Li. 

Gill, E., Bamboo Gardens, _ Cleveland. 
OlUlgan's Orch,, Grand Dansant, Cin- 
cinnati. 

Giants Nathan, 145 W. 45th St,.. N.Y.C 

Olaser, Hfn, .\rrowhPad Inn, N. Y. C. 

Ooff, Mark, Briggs R.. Detroit. 

Golfleii. Ernie, Variety. N. Y. 

Goldberg, Geo., Celestial R., Bay Shore 
Park. Baltimore, Md. 

Goldkette, Jean. Book Tower, Detroit; 

Goldkette, J., Pla-Mor B, R., K. C. 

Gonzales, B. N., 310, B. 4th St., Santa 
Ana.- Cal: 

Goodrich Sllvertown Cord, Goodrich Bidf. 
N. Y. C. 

Gordon, Herb, Adelphia H., Phlla. 
Gorman, Ross, 1676 B'way, N. Y. C. 
Gorrell, Ray, care Goldkette, Detroit. 
GoU. Tom, Astor H., N. Y. C. 
Green, A. J., 840 West eSd St., L. A. 
Green, Jacques, Rlts Towers, N. Y. C. 
Qreystone Orch., Greyatone H., Dayton. 
Grosao. 31 St. James SI,, Elmhurat. L. I 
Guenette, Lou. 16 St. Angela St.. Quebec 
Gumlck. Ed, 88 Reynolds Ave., Frovl 
denee. 

Ounzendorfer, W., Whlteomb H.. B. F. 
Guterson, Wald.. Solomon's D. H., L. A 
Outterson, M., Valencia T., Baltimore. 

H 

Hagen, Cass, Felham Heath Inn, Pel 
ham, N. Y, 

Ilall, George, Variety. N. Y. C. 

Hall, Sleepy, Venetian Garden, Montreal 
^"H^nT*ti;nTaIr2W"E83ex"^SF7r5ai;SWmra 

-Hammond, Jean, Sky Room, Milwaukee. 

Hamilton, Spike, Terrace Garden. Chi. 

Hamm. Fred, care of M. C. A., N. Y. C 

Ilamp, Johnny, Westohester-Ulltmore/ 
N. Y. C. 

Handler, Al, Lincoln Tavern, Chi. 

Hand, Armln, Piccadilly T., Chi. 

Haring, Bob, 200 W. 67th St., N. Y, C 

Harknesa, Eddie, 2020 Franklin St., B. F. 

Harmon. U., Club Mirador, Washtngton; 

Harris, Sid. Wardman Park H., WaiSi. 

Harrison, J., Rendesvous, Toronto, . 
' Hart, -Ronnie, 262 Mt. Pleasant Ars. 
Lcndon, ' Ont., Canada. 

Harvey, Cope, Cinderella B., Ohlcago. 

Hayes. Ed. Alhambra T., N. Y, C. 
lieaid, H., Calvlo, Nortbsmpton, Man. 



Uelson, Chas., Stanley T., J«w«y PIty 
Memphlsonlans. 02 S. Main St., Memphis. 
Menge, M., El P*t|o B., L. A, 
Meaienger, Al, Roseland. Taunton, Mass. 
Meroff, Ben. Granada T., Chicago. 
Meyer, M. F.. 020 firoadway, B'klyn, 
NY. 

Meyer, Oscar. 4529 N. Camac St.. Phila- 
rlpnia. , „. ■ 

Meyer, SIg, White Clly B., Chicago. 
Merer, Vic, Butler H., Seattle, 
Meyers. A 1, 0200 Glrard Ave,, Phlla. 
Meyers, Lciu la, Horn's D. H., L. A, 
Miami Syn., Miami H., Dayton, O. 
Mich. Ramblers,. Country Club. Forest 

Lake, Mich _ , , . 

Michaels,, v., Perr.v's, Coney lalanA. 
Miller, J. Franz, Stntler H., Detroit, 
Miller, Jack, Press Club. MontreaL^ . 
Miller, N., 121 . WllllamB St., Chelsea, 

Mass. 

Miller Ray, Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati. 
Miller", Vic, Loew's State. Syracuse. 
Miller. W.. RItz Carl. H.. Phlla, ^ 
Mlner-Doyle, 1192 Mlddleaeix St., Lowell, 

**Mllis, Floyd, 786 Fayette St., Cumber- 
iaed, ^Md. 

MItchel, Al.; Olympla T,, Now Haven. 
Moore, Dlnty. Variety, N. Y. C.^ 
Morey, Al, Worth T., Ft. Worth. 
Morris, Glen, Sliver Slipper, Baltimora. 
Morris, Mel, I'iocadllly li., N. Y. C. 
Morgan, Gene. Loew's State. L.- A. . 
Mosher. v., 3137 10th Ave., S. Minneap. 
Murphy's Skippers; Majestic H.^ Tama- 
qua. Fi». • . . 

Muslal, Fred, Oriental T., Dotroit. 

,. „ N. 

Naylor, Oliver, 1650 Broadway, N, Y. C. 
Neff, Art, 622i3 Spruce St., Philadelphia, 
New Orieans Owls, Xl. Roosevelt. N. O. 
Novak, F, J.. 125 S. .E, l*Ave„ Miami. 
Novlt, Jules, Parody, Chicago, 



Octavet Ore., 35 Duftleld St., Bklyn, N. Y. 
O'Hare, H., 20 W; Jackson Blvd., Chi. 
O'Hearn. Trave, LeClair H., Mollne, 111. 
OKsen, Georgn, 20. \V.. -iitcl St.. N. Y. C. 
Oppenheimr W— BenJ—Frankl In HT^-^PhilaT 
Original Georgia 5, Danceland, Jamaica, 
L. I. 

Orlando, Nick, Plaza H., N. Y. C. 
Owens, H:. Mayfair H„ L. A. 
Owen, Dale, Capitol; T,. Flint, Mich. 



Pace, George C RosevIUe, O. 

Paleman, Dan, Blark Cat R., N; Y. C. 

Panico, Lou, paradlae B. R., Chicago. 

Parisian Red Heads, 28 W, Noith St,, 
Indianapolis. - 

Pasternacki, Steve, Lulgl'a R., Detroit. 

Payne, Al, 400 Meigs St., Rochester. 

Peabody, Eddie, Loew's Slate, L. A. 

Pearl, Morey. 203 Hunting Ave., Boston. 

Peerless Orch., Monmouth St., Newport, 
Ky. ■ 

Perluda, Abe, Rose Room, Los Angeles. 

Peterson, B. TlVoli T.. Michigan City, 
Ind. ' 

Ptelffer's Orch.. 1348 Palmetto Ave., To. 
ledo. ■ ■ 

Plcclno, A.. 860 N. 8th St., Reading, Pa. 

PIpp 's Orc h.. Sullivan's. ' Edmonton. Can. 



Kemp, Hal. Manger H.. N. Y. C. 
Kentner, H.. Benj. Franklin, H., Phlla. 
Kenln, H.. Multonomah H„ Portland. Ore, 
Keystone Serenaders, Od. RlVlera T., De- 
troit; 

King, Hermio, Bth Ave. T., Seattle. 

King, Ted, Variety, N. Y. 

King, Monty. Blrkhtmers D., Columbus. 

King, Wayne, Abagon B. R., Chi. 

Kings Melody, 68 Mueller St., Blnghanq 
ton, K. Y. ^ ^ ■ 

Klrkeby, Ed, McAIpin H., N. Y. C. 

Kerr, Chas., Golden Dragon, Phlla. 

Kline, M.. 0458 Sprues St., Philadelphia. 

Knecht, Jos,, Variety, N. Y. C. . 

Knelsel. B-, Blltmore JI„ Atlanta. 

Knutson, Brllng, President H,. K. C. 

Kosarln, H.. Rua do Ouvldor, 153, Rto de 
Janeiro. 

Kosloff, Lou, Ohtca«ro T., Chi. 
Kraus, Arthur, 148S Broadway, M. Y. C, 
Krautsgrill. Walt, BaIc6nadeB D. H,, S. :P, 
Krans, Bil, Ansonia C, Ohlcago. 
Krueger, Art. WUconsIn H., Milwaukee. 
Krueger. Bennle. Uptown "T.. Chicago. 
Krumhols, O., P O Box 404, New Bed- 
ford, Mass. 
Kvale, Al.. Oriental T., Chi. 



Lagaase, F.. 018 Merrimack St., Lowell, 
Mass. ' 

Lange, Harry, Baker H.. Dallas. 

Lampe, Dell, Capitol T., Chicago. 

Lampe, Del, Terrace Garden. B.. Chicago. 

Landau, Mike, Oakland's Terrace. DOth 
«, & Broadway, N. Y. C. 

Lange, J. Y., 27 Abbott St., Lowell, Mass. 

Lahln, H.. 2000 W. GIrard Ave., Phlla. 

Lanlh. Sam, WBAF, 195 B'way, N. Y. C 

Legler, J. Ed.. 1023 . Mono St., Fresno, 
Cai; 

Lentt, ■ Al., 10» President St., Brook 
lyn, N. Y.. 
Lenzberg, Julias, Hippodrome T.. N.Y.C. 
Leonard, Harold. Castillian Gardens, Lyn- 
brook, L. I. 

Leonard, Harald, Chateau Madrid, N 
Y. C. 

Levin. Al. 478 Whalley Ave., New Haven, 
Levlne. Jack^ Cinderella B., Long Beach, 
Cal. 

Levttow, Bernard. Commodore H.. N.Y.C, 
L,evy. Ri H., 181 Elmer Ave., Schenec- 
tady. N. Y. • 
Light, Enoch, Oaument Palace, Paris. 
Llllenfeld, Louis, Blltmore, H., N. Y. C 
Ltpaey. M., 1781 Humboldt Blvd.. Chi- 
cago.- 

Lombardo, Guy. Granada C, Chicago. 
Long, Dick. Curtis H., Minneapolis. 
l«pes, Vincent, 1693 Broadway. N. T. C, 
Lowe, Burt. BUtler H., Boston. 
Lowry. Ed. Ambassador T., St. L. 
Lyman. Abe. Selwyn T.. Chicago. 
Lynn, Al, Kings Garden R., Brooklyn 

Lynn; Sammy. 2008 Wichita St., Dallas 
Lyons, Al. GalK; T., San Diego. 

M 

MacdohaUt, Re*, Coliseum, St. Petersburg. 

Mack, Austin, Golden Pumpkin C, ,Chl. 

Maitland, J., Garden B.. 3136 Sheffield 
Ave., Chicago. 

Major, F. J.i QOOT 8d St., Ocean Park, 
Cal. 

Maloney, R. B.. 808 Elinor St., Knoxville 
Tenn. 

MantT, Gell, 76 E. SOth St., N; Y. C. 

Marburger. H., 346 Knight St., Reading, 
Pa. ■ .. • ■ 

Marsh. Chas,. Ft. Pitt H., Pittsburgh. 

Markey, R., Palais ds Dance, HMl St, A 
6th, L. A. 

Marks, Gerald, Tuller H., Detroit. 

Mason, . Bobble (Miss), . New China R 
YoujiKstowri, Ohio. 

"=TIaiteS;-=TfanIfrTTpt6Wfi-"T.'rCKIdK««7^ 
May, Cliff, Beach H., Coronado Beach, 

Cal. ■ _ 
May, Hugh, Tacoma P„ Covington, Ky, 
McAlplneera, Hotel HcAIpIc, N,, Y. C. 
McEnelly, B. 86 Sylvan St., Spring- 

fleld: Mass. 
McGay, I., Detroit County Club. Detroit, 
McGowan, H., Rice H., Houston. 
Mclntyre, James, Chateau Lautier, Of 

tawa. 

McKlnney*s, Bdgewater B., Detroit^ 

McMurphey, Geo., Balbo* Pavdlon, Bal- 
boa Reach, Calif, 

McVee, I. B., 1231 H. 83d St. L. A. 

Meeker, Boh, Palmer House, Chicago. 

Mella. Wm.. M Bdwia St., Ridgefleld 
Park, N. J. 



Pollock. Ben, Million Dollar . pier, a. <j. 
Pollock, Ralph, Loew's State, Syracuse. . 
Prado, Fred, American House, Boston.-. 
Prevln, Chas., Roxy Theatre, N. Y.. C. 
Prince, G., King War Lo R.. Detroit, 
Pulten, R. E., 1365 Sellers St., Franlc- 
ford, Phlla. . 



Raltano, A., 6417 New Utrecht Ave,, 
Brooklyn. 

Randall, A«t, Fontenelle H.^ Omaha.. 

Rapp, B.f Arcadia, West Haven, Conn. 

Raamussen, F., 143 Graham Ave,, Council 
Bluffs, .la. 

Rawden, ' Bill, Palace H., 8. F. 

Reed. J; H., I493 lat St., Rensselaer, 
N, Y. . ■ 

Relsman, ' Leo, Waldorf-Astoria H., 
N. Y. C. . • ■ 

Renard, Jacques, Cocoanut Grove, Boston. 

Reser, Harry. 148 W. 40th St., N. Y. C. 

Rythm Roamers, Variety, Detroit. 
Rlcci, Aldo, RItz-Carlton 11., N. Y. C. 

Rich. Fred. Variety. N. Y. C. . 

RickltU.. J: C.i KosciuskOi Miss. 

Rlnes, Joe, Elks H., Boston. 

Rittenbaud, J., W. Artists T., Dotroit. 

Rlzzo. Vincent, Sylvania H., Phila. 

Rodemich. Gene, Metropolitan T., Boston. 

Roesner, Walt. Capitol T., N. Y. C. 

Rohde, Karl, Loew's Orpheum, Boston. 

Roky, Leon, Syracuse H., Syracuse. 

Rolfe, B. A., Palais D'Or. 48th Bt., 
N. Y. C. 

Rbmanelli, I., King Edward H., Toronto. 
Romano, P., DeWltt Clinton H„ Albany 
Rose, Irv, Statler H., St. L. 
Rose-Taylor, Montmartre, Hollywood, 
L. A. 

Roaebrook, Shad, Pantages T.; S. F. 
Rosen, Paul, Bamboo Inn, Chicago. 
Rosenthal, Harry, Stelnway Hall, 
N. Y. C. 

Rothschild, Leo, 806 W. 14th St., N. Y. C. 
Royal Novelty Six, 2333 N. 22d St., Phlla. 
RupoU, Carl, Rivervlew B.. Chicago. 
Russell, B., King Cotton H., Greensboro. 



Sanborn, Ed, Loew's T., Montreal. 
Sands, P., 216 RIdgewood Ave., B'klyn. 
Sears, Jerry, Strand T., N. Y. C. : 
Bchmltt, Fred, Rlalto T., Denver. 
Schooler, Dave, RIvcrdnle, N. Y. ' 
Schwartz, U. J.. 819 Court St., Fremont, 
Ohio. . 

Scott. I* W„ 000 Dllbert Ave., Sprtng- 
fleld, O. 

Scotti, v.. Park Central H., N. Y. C. 
Seldel, tJmll, Loew's Palace T.. Indian- 
apolis. 

Seidenman. Sid. Mayflower H., Wash. 

Salinger, Abe, President H.,. A. C. - 
Selllnger,' Henry. Drake H., Chicago. - 
Selvin, Ben, Columbia. 1810 B'Way, N: Y. 
Setaro. A., Granada T.. S. F.. 
Seven Aces,. Baker H., .Dallas. 
Severi. GIno. California ;T., S. F. 
Sheffers, H. C, Wilbur's, Taunton, Mass. 
Shelton, Geo.. Olympic H., Seattle: 
Sherman. Maurle, Sherman H.. Chicago'. 
Silverman, D., Missouri T., St. Ix>ula. 
Simons. Seymour, IflOl Broadway, Detroit. 
Sims. Wm., Recreation B. R., Toledo. 
Sinai; J^. Calif. T., San Jose. Cal. 
Smith, I>eR., Walton Roof, Phlla. 
Smith, Harl, Blossom Heath Inn, Detroit. 
Smith, M., Venetian Gardens, Palm 
Beach. 

Smolln, S,. lOO W. Buchtel Ave, Akron, O, 

Souders, Jackie, Olympla H., Seattle. 

Specht, Paul. 1583 Broadway, N. Y. C. 

Splelman, M., Harbor Inn, Rockaway, 
N. Y, . 

Spltalny, Phil, Stanley T., Pittsburgh. 

Spltalny, H. Leopold, Chicago T„ Chi. 

Spltalny,' M,. Statler II., Cleveland. 
"-cin'iffr«i'rLTOT7'i;H"Liviri)f!itorf"St;~B'klj'«rf 

St. Clnlr Jesters, Prince Edward H., 
Windsor, Canada. 

St. I.«uis Kings, 1383 E. O.tth St., B'klyn. 

Stafford, H., 911 Sumner St., Lincoln. 
Nebr. ■ • 

Staltl, Winy, Strand T., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Stark, Ferdinand, Curran T., S. F. 

Stnvens, Lfrs, Loew'e Mclba T., Bklyn, 
N. Y. , 

Stock. B., Moonlight B. R.. Canton, O. 

Straub, Herb, Buffalo T., Buffalo. 

Strlssoff. Vanderbllt H.. N. Y. C. 

Steele. Blue, Peabody H., Memphis. 

Stoddard, Harry, Friars' Club, N. T. C. 

Straight, Chas,, Frolics, Chicago. , 

fitrlckland, C, Janssen's Hofbrau, 

N, T. C. 



Sunnybrook Ore, Hollywood T., Detroit, 
Sutherland, Lee, Fior D'Uallo C, S. F. 
Sweet, Al, 20 Qulncy St., Chicago. 
Sweeten. Claude, Golden Gate T.. S. F. 



Taylor, H., 1015 Chestnut St., Phlla. 
Teppas, J. J., 538 Glenwood Ave., Uuffale, 
Terry, Thelma, Ft. Worth Amus. Co., Ft, 
Worth; 

I'havlv, 1730 Strous Bldg., Chicago. , 

TIbbs, LcRoy, Connie's Inn, N. Y. 

Tlernisy Five, Rlltonhouse II., Phlla. 

Timothy, Tom, Frivolity Club, N. Y. O. 

Tlpaldl, Andy. Rltz-Ciirlton, Montreal. 
, "frncy-Brown, . Ad Soil R.. Omaha. ■ 
. Turcotte, Giso., 90 Orange .St,, Mancheso 
ter. N. H. - 



Vugabonds, Oriole Terruce.- Dotroit. 
Vailee. Rudy, caro B, I^own. 1U08 li'way. 
N. Y. C. 

Van Surdam, H. E., Statler II,, Buffalo. . 
Van der Zand'on, Ambassador H., N. Y. 
Veo, Harv^ld, Arrowhetkd Inn, N, Y. C. . 
Vescey: At-mand, Rltz-Carlt6n ri„ N.Y.C. 
Voorhees. Don, 328 W. 46th St., N. Y. 



W 

WadBWorth, W,, Rainbow Gardens, Chi, 
Walte, Fred, Samovar, Chicago. 
Walker. C. E., Flortdlun H., Miami, 
Walker, Ray, 466 Washington Ave.^ 

Brooklyn, N. Y, . 
Wagner. Sol., Davis 11.. Chicago. 
Warner, D., Egyptian B.. Oce.in Pk., Cal. 
Warehauer, Frank. Wnld. -Astoria, N, Y, 
Walsh, W., 212 E. Tremont . Ave;. 

N. Y. C. 

Warden. "Tick," Wardell'a, Asbury P'k, 
N. J. 

Warlng's Penn., Variety, N. Y. C. . 
Watson, Monk. Gd. Rlvierii T., Detroit. 
Webater. Claude, Tearle Bldg., San Diego. 
Weedc- Meyer Ore., Wrlghtsvllle Beach. 
N. C. 

Weeks, Anson, Mark Hopkins H.. S. T. 
Weems, Ted, Miiehlobaoh H. , K. Ci 
Werner; Ed, Michigan T.* Detroit. 

Wesley, Jos ., 317 12 th Ave. , Al ll waukee. 

'West; "S.'."''Ambassado"f'TI.,""Lr~A; " 

Whldden, Ed, 125 Dlkeman St;, B'klyn, 
Whiteman, Paul. 1300 B'way, N; Y. C. 
Whitman, Ken, Palace T., Dallas. 
Williams. Ra., Frolics. C, Chicago. 
Williams, F., Regal T,, Chicago. 
Wilson Billy. Du Pont H.. Wllmlngton.- 
Wllson; Charles. Castle Inn. N. Y. C. 
Wilson. Clare, Madison Gardens, Toledo. 
Wilson, D., Grand Lake T., Oakland, Cal, 
Wilson. F.. Marcell Country Club. Pasa- 
dena. 

Wlnebrenner, W- S-. 267 Frederick. 6t.« 
Hanover, Pa. 
Wintz. Julie. Kn1ck»»rbockcr Grill, N. Y. C. 
Wlttsteln, Eddie, New Haven. 
Wolf, Rube, Warflcld T.. S. F. 
Wolfe, Leo. Vanity Fair. Chlcogo. 
Wolahon. J.. El Patio B. R.. S. F. . 
Wunderllrh, F.. 1009 Ooean Ave., Bklyn. 
Wylle. Aliister. Coronado H., St. L. 



Yates. Danny, Windsor H.i Montreal. 
Yoder, A., Blltmore H.. Coral Gab.lest 
■Fla.; 



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Yellman, Diike, Mah Jongg Inn, 96th Bt. 
*. Broadway, N. Y. C. ._. 
Young, L., 185C Prospect PI., Bklyn, N. T. 
Youngman, H., 882 6lBt St., B'klyn. N.T. 



ILL AND INJURED 

Sid Schuster, fllm salesman for 
Warner Brothers In northern tlUr 
nols, is laid up by a spralnpd ankle. 

Jack Magee, vaudevillian, Is re- 
covering from . a serious auto acci- 
dent in a hospltal in Newmah, Cal. 
Magee was found unconscious 
alongside the road by a dentist who 
made a tournlQuet and saved Ma- 
gee's rlglit arm. 

Jane . Green, taken ill with laryn- 
gitis while playing the Strand, Long 
Beach, Cal., and replace^ on bill 
hy "Walter Weems. 

Joe Jackaon, in Minneapolis Wed- 
nesday to open In a Publix unit Sat- 
urday, was struck by a truck. He 
was taken to the Central Hospital 
with a hip dislocation. 

Ray Wallace, Alliance, O., man- 
ager for Schlne Enterprise.^, minor 
operation. 

Max Obendorf, vaude agent, ia 
back at his New York omce, im- 
proved in health. 

Anna Lafell and Arthur N. Green 
(Green and Lafell) were injured 
when their Ford was hit by a Mack 
truck at Northwoo(i, N. J. Miss 
Lafell suffered a broken ankle and 
her husband scalp woiinds. Both 
were taken to- the Mountainside 
Hospital, Montclair. 



Coast Couvert Food 

Los Arigeies, July 17. 

Pom Pom, on Santa Monica boule- 
vard, dpened a new summer revue, 
on its ilior, produced by William 
Meiklejohn. Members are Ruby 
Barry, Cherie O'Day, Harry Bell and 
Freddy Coates, Peggy Vick and 12 
gals. Show goes on twice nightly at 
a $3 gate, including food or drinks 
to that amount. 

Place la operated by Hale 'Hug- 
gina and Ralph Arnold. 



formerly a chop suey, has been com- 
pletely remodeled and decoratpd. 

Curly Ross, Roy Mack ofTice book- 
ing. 



"Mandarin" Opens 

Chicago, July 17. 
Ralph Gallet and M, J. Fritzel 
opened their new cafe, the Club 
Royale, in the old Mandarin Inn 
u)n^J^ly^^l2.^TJie^^-es.tabUaliment,_ 



Cliff Friend— Victor 
Cliff Friend la a now Victor re- 
cording artist. 

The songwriter haa "canned" a 
series of "Dafty Ditties" and may 
carry the doggerpls on indef. 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



NIGHT CLUBS 



VARIETY 



57 



Night Club Reviews 



PELHAM HEATH INN 

(PELHiSsiy)) 

, New York; July 13. 

Tliivty or more naked woinen 
out iii the country; Jn road houses 
across the ijtreet from one another, 
make the cops; any.wjiy, take no- 
tice, ilow long the wiiiimin can 
coiitinue their Annapolis display 
•with tho .' c.'oppei's lookih}? .through 
the windows is a matter of nuVch in- 
■ terest to tho.sc mostly concerned, 
jnoludlng the damep, on the Polham 
■road. . .' - . 

David Bi'ohstcin has resumed 
dirocLlon of his Telham Heath Inn. 
on the fir.Mt corner going east' after 
the subway on the Pelham road 
iEveiT oncie In a while Dave sells 
the Pelham Heath. Then' makes It 
a hang out for himself and friends 
until tho new owner blows. They 
blow regularly on Dave. Often they 
blow when he's not looking and the 
cash' on hand goes along. The last 
time, besides the doucrh, the guy 
took some silverware.. Dave thought 
that silverware tiling was a rotten 
trick. 

So Dave's back, again, bucking 
his old-time ppposish, Castillian 
Garden, on the other corner. Over 
there is the senior of the Crying 
' Goldmans, Jack; When Jack 
hooked up with Bill Diiffy, on a 
-SO-fiO-ba^ls -WIt^hout Bill-putting .lip- 
muchi cash, the , two decided that a 
Silver Slipper type of blow-off 
show should be the thing on the 
road' It went in there; as pre- 
viously related, and the. naked 
dames commenced to pull business. 
Jack had about 18 girls at first, but 
you know that business, one less 
every week. 

So when Dave caught the Pelham 
on the rebbimd from the duster, he 
.said- gals, too. and plenty, bare. 
But Dave held 'em down to 10. It 
wasn't Dave exactly. , Really it. was. 
Boy Mack, a sort of prodiacer for 
cafes and the small time in the 
middle west Macic. . seerna . to be 
the kind of producer who believes 
he can turn a chorus girl into a 
principal- by lotting her go out 
alone. That's why the floor show 
at tKg~PgnTTtnT~ Hc'!).tli duebii ' t mean 
a thing outside of What you can 
see on the inside. 

About the. best of Dave's recent 
moves seems to be CaSs Hagaii and 
his orchestra from downtown. Be- 
sides Cas.s' per.sonal connections, 
he's a likablo chap and has a band 
of. funny fellows who can do things 
besides the music. Cft.ss' 10 pieces 
for. the road sends the pelham 
alongside of I..ope7.'s 14 at . Wood - 
mansten* while Kddie Elkins, at 
Castillian, is making a dandy show 
ing, held dowti to but six men and 
himself. 

. With naked, wjmmin, anyway you 
look on the two corners, the copa 
commenced to " di-op in. It must 



have been liinted to cover up .some, 
although the On.stillian has done 
more covering up. so far Uiun Pel- 
ham. Perhaps because the Pelham 
show had" been running only four 
days. "While the Mack bunch is 
terribly shy on talent; it ha:s. some 
nice, clothes; even if not: much of 
any. The; chief nude of the Mack 
troui>e is a good looking blonde, 
who mainly ^wear.s a star. The .star 
makeg. it noticeable that she is at 
least wearing that. . 

.Up Pelham way and in Dave's 
back yard along with the assistance 
of two smart head ' waiters from 
downtown, they know the Mack 
floor show isn't right oh entertain- 
ment. A chorus girl at ?30 is doing 
enough when she takes Off hef 
clothes, and for that money need 
not be a principal. Though none 
of thes« girls would principal ai 
more money. So there is. going to 
be inserted in the Dave-Mack show 
some principals ' Who are. . 

In man power the show has Hal 
Hixon for m. c, and Eddie Meyers 
will be added. l-Mdie may have 
been by this time. At Pelham Eddie 
sang "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" as a 
sample and they went for it, so he's 
in^ Making tw» m. c'.s. In one'road 
iiouse. That won't last long. 

But down at the Club Madrid on 
54th .street; Jack White also is sing- 
ing "Laug h, Cl own, Lgugh^" The 
"difference Is tnat Jack'"l§'U"giiTg~"mi'' 
own version" and it's a funny one. 
parody and a . panic. Just why 
Jack "WTiite hasn't made the picture 
houses on th6.m, c. i-oute must be 
his own fault. It's the picture house 
loss. 

Well, \vhen the cops came around 
to see what the girls Were .showing', 
and saw, the panic was on, Noiy In 
the Castillian if a dame cOimcs 
down.stairs In .-a bath robe she's 
bawled,, although no fault found If 
going on the floor naked. . 

There must be a choice in sha.pes 
in the nude on the two corners, and 
the girls should be paralleled in -a 
figure contest. If that blonde wUh 
a star ever drops it, she'll sure win 
for her side. 

Any guy unescorted can .spend 
thpi pivfning and soma money lu-'^^t 



knots on the floor. Hei- contortive 
work is great for a cafe. She tops 
this with a wow of a comedy nov- 
>Uy with White, both bui'lesquing 
he preceding adagioists. 

There is also Alice Ridnour, now 
a 51th St, institution, with her s. 
and d., and an English songstress, 
oan Somothing-or-other, was an 
yoful if nothing else. She did one 
pecial number, apologizing for her 
unfamillarity with the lyric. She 
niivnaped through it fairly well but 
qxilogy oiit of order for a profes- 
.sional entertainer who should re- 
tain more • familiar material imtil 
woH rehearsed with the new num- 
bers. > 

Keller Sisters and Lynch, out- 
stiinding harmony act,.and nite club 
staples, are as popular as ever. .with 
heir brand of entertainment. 

Leonard has a septet of clean-cut 
dance purveyors whose personalities 
alone distinguish them, not to men- 
tion their high-grade syncopation. 
Leonard, as ever, plays a wicked 
violin. Leonard is doubling, switch - 
ng from a roadhouse, the Castillian 
Gardens, where he plays for dinner, 
nto the nite club. Lopez first opens 
at the St. Regis hotel roof and then- 
winds up at his Woodman.sten Inn 
oadhouse. . 
The Chateau Madrid is on its best 
behavior; with ^no sculling,, and it 
makes for a pleasant spot in the 
heart of the Square. The open air 
roof which is readily clo.sed o^ oc- 
casion such , as the Keller Si.sters 
and Lynch's vocalizing and other 
'quiet'jjturhs, Is the ace-lh-the-hole 
for' cdmfoft.able temp"e^r 




A CHOP HOUSE 
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERn 

1B6-8 WESt 48TH STREET 

E«»t «f Broadway / 



BANJO ACE 

Featuring B&P 

''SILVER BELL" 

BANJOS 

HAL CHASE 



OF 



Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Sere- 
naders-^Victor Recording Artists 



IlluniralPd Cafalog Fro« 



THE BACON BANJO CO., 

laoorporated 
GROTOM, CONN., U. S. A. 



busting in the two road joints, 
looking over the" dames, and making 
up his mind which place to pick 
permanently. That will probably 
mean two or -three trips before 
reaching a decision, But as the 
girls can mix if they want to a:hd 
most of them seem to want to, the 
two or three evenings will be. well 
spent. And those road houses need 
trade. 

Foe boy, those dames must be 
fed, even on a wet night! They go 
to the feed bag twice nightly. And 
the . boys in the band, too. That's 
probably 70 people eating twice 
nightly on the house. And on a 
wet night, with each place having 
maybe four tables busy, while those 
70 are eating, and at the second 
free lunch, no one Jlrourid except 
the bosses, that's the road house 
headache. 

Nice dames, though.. Most of 
them those N. t. G. discovered 
Perhaps some of tile others were 
brought east by Mack; If Mack 
wants to make a rep around here 
putting on floor shows he had bet- 
ter lay off the cheaters. His first 
attempt looks like an $800 death 
according to report. Not including 
the bare skin, of course. That naval 
stuff should be good right through, 
though one girl carelessly did let 
a side of her brassiere droop. If 
that gets over as expected perhaps 
they will take 'em all off. It would 
save production cost. 

And on top of all that, the over 
head on each corner! Boy, thats 
Campbell's, pos-i-tiv. : 

CHATEAU MADRID 

(NEW YORK) 

New York,. July; 11. 

The Chateau Madrid atop the 54th 
St. Club Is one of the ha,ndful of 
midtown nite dubs that are doing 
;iny trade thcsie day.s., Texas Guinan 
has the bulk of' it and Helen Mor- 
gan has slipped h6cau.se of the en- 
forcement squad's raid notoriety. 
The Madrid, a Louis Schwartz en- 
terprise. Is about the only other spot 
in the money. ^ 

Schwartz gives them good value 
for the $3. and $4 couvert, the latter 
on week-ends. He ho:s a good show 
paced by Jack White, an m. c. with 
a sense of comedy values. Harold 
Leonard di.shes forth unu.sua.lly 
brisk dansapation which would 
show up even better In a class room. 

Joseph Wag.staff, last in "Queen 
High." Is an unusual type of cafe 
songster. A Barlhelmess type, only 
younger and with even greater ap- 
peal, the performer is a bet for 
"tJi7'tTnn?.<fr"Bpsides=^all-of--w-hioh=WaR~ 
staff is a song Interpreter of no 
small quality. 

Don and Jerry fDon and Mae pre- 
viou.sly?) are an unusual adagio- 
team. Their routine is a succession 
of pyramiding feature tricks, al- 
most any of which impresses as the 
final kingpin only to be topped in 
succession by something new and 
more sen.sational, assuming that 
there Is relativity in sensationalism, 

Mary T^ee is a kldlet of about 17 
or so who ties her.self into pretzel 



HOTEL ST. REGIS 

(NEW YORK) 

■ New York, July 11.. 
The. iiew Hotel St. Regis roof is 
the cla.ss spot of New York for a 
conservative evening. A Jo.sef Ur- 
ban decorative achievement, the 
smart Fifth avenue hotel has Vin- 
cent Lopez and his orchestra, and 
Ramon and Roslta, the dancers, as 
thie featured attractions to a $1.50 
and $2 couvert, islated for a tilt to 
$2 and $2.50. 

A strictly formal room — those who 
are admitted in mufti on the hot 
nights are not permitted on the 
dance floor— the smooth Lopez, dan- 
■sapatio i i and tlie -cla;S»4eFfiHteh<H'ean- 



creations of Ramqh and Rosita fit 
the atmosphere perfectly. 

'rhe dancers do three numbers at 
midnight and 12:30, the; latter being 
the featured L'Amour Tragico, a 
dance origination which Ramon and 
Roslta can and probably will take 
with them into the new Schwiib and 
Mandel operetta, "The New Moon." 

The striking Castillian person- 
alities of the team, although Rosita 
is actually more Gaelic than Span- 
ish, blend beautifully with the 
charm and the subdued beauty of 
the St. Regis' physical design. 

Lopez, who only mo^kes a per- 
.sOnal appearance for a couple of 
hours until 9 p. m., has an unusual 
in.strumentatlon for a Lopez type 
of band although great for this 
room. It Is smooth and brass -less; 
relying on .the strings, piano ac- 
cordion iand piano for the rhythm. 
It Is altogether a dance-ln.splring 
combination, iand a happy idea for 
this room. 

Lopez is in on a guarantee and 
percentage of all converts ; Ramon 
and Rosita on a guarantee against 
all the couverts above the first 1,000. 
Thus, with the. place averaging 
about 1.900 couverts on the week, 
the dancers get the 900 above the 
first 1,000. This mea:ns that the 
management must pay Lopez out of 
ite own pocket to make good his 
percentage. computation of the cou- 
verts which Ramon and Rosita keep 
wholly. 

The St. Regis never before had 
a roof garden. Urban was given 
carte blanche to convert the ordi- 
nary roof into a dining jroom and 
he has ^6h"e''hlihs'clf p^^^^ isr 
22 stories above quiet Fifth avenue; 
a hot woathor treat and retreat. 

Abel. 



Tex Guinan AD Fussed 
Up Over Worthington 



Texas Guinan will be starved in 
a picture called <'Qucen of the Un- 
derworld" to be produced by Mal- 
colm Strauss. Tex was parked In 
a green sedan in front of the Sardl 
building discussing her latest, dilll- 
culties with a number of friends, 
when a Variety reporter asked a 
lot of fresh questions, 

Tex was upbraiding Paul Ash as 
responsible for the latest vice cru- 
sade, saying that since Paul and 
his. sex. appeal had come to town- 
all the vice crusaders had gotten 
busy. 

"Yes, I am going to bo in a pic- 
ture as 'Queen or the Underworld' 
and I. wonder if; Mi-. Worthington 
will approve of that," said Tex. 
She continucdi^ talldng; about her 
piGture as she di-Ove up Broadwayr. 

"It's one great story," sald 'TCx, 
"At one point 1 have stolen a pile 
of jewels and to make my getaway 
I pretend I have killed myself, stage 
a fake funeral, hide the boodle in 
my tomb and escape.". 
Here Tex exclaimed: 
."My. God, i have been driving 
all up liroadway with my emergency 
brake on. Well, that's what- has 
hairp^'ned "to :me:-siTTcc-r7net-irp with- 
Worthington. 

"By the way. someone ought to 
tell that guy AVorthington, 'You've 
got the .gun why don't you shoot?' 
Why doesn't he come out in the 
open,? He is just like the writer 
of anonymous letters." . 

Tex started to turn on the wrong 
side of a cop.' "Can't be. helped, of- 
ficer," she said. "I am just one of 
those vice girls, spelled with a V 
instead of an . N." 

VWhy don't you come up to the 
cliib and I'll give you a story about 
my little girls," Tex said. "My club 
is just full of mammy songs from 
heart broken Mammas- since Worth- 
ington descended on us." 
— TamtuA-ny— 3g^ing— i s to he w i th 
Tex in. "Queen of the Underworld," 
and probably a niimber of the little 
girls will also appear If their heart 
broken mammas or the Committee 
of 14 will, allow them. 

Helen Morgan peeved Tex by her 
high hat attitude In reference to 
nite club hostesses. Helen declared 
she is not. a hostess like Tex, but 
an entertainer. Tex says Helen is 
a hostess. Tex also In.sinuated that 
she could spill ai lot of dirt about 
Helen if she .wanted to, but indi- 
cated her attitude toward Helen by 
saylng, . ' 

"Say, listen, I was on the stage 
when .she was trimming nails." 
"Sui*e •' she was a rhanlcurist," said 
Tex. 



MINNE'S DRIVE 
ON CLUBS AND 
DANCEHALLS 



Road House Biz 



California Ramblers Inn 

/ (PELHAM, N. Y.) 

Pelham, Bronx. July U. 
; This Pelham roadhouse, at one 
time attracting a truly nice young 
Westchestfer bunch, has been slip- 
ping the pa.st season or so. Ed 
Kirkeby has determliied to resur- 
rect the room with suitable dansa- 
pation to draw the younger ele- 
ment. 

Right now they're playing to ,a 
conservative" middle-aged bunch 
which Isn't fussy about the dance 
music, with the result the young 
steppers have gone Woodnianston 
or Post Lodge In that neck of the 
road. : . 

Still one of the coziest, atmos- 
pheric roadhouse restaurants around 
-New^Yorkr=ov-crlooklng^rAh.eu.Bfainxl,= 
the California Ramblers Inn has a 
good chance with its relatively 
moderate .scale. That they're not 
doing better with those $2.^0 shore 
dinners and other club combina- 
tions Is probably solely the fault 
of public prejudice against road- 
houses and nite clubs. Thr* road 
restaurants arc alway.s cheaper than 
any midtown. cafe, with the public 
so fed up on the nite club thing 
it Is su.spifious of any gesture to- 
ward economic conferva ti.'-in when- 



Van and Scherick wind up for 
John and Christo at the Pavilion 
Royal, Merrick Road, Long Island, 
this week, going to Saratoga in 
August. In between the team will 
fill In at Asbury Park for Harry I. 
Su.ssklnd at his King.sley Arms roof 
garden, opening- Friday. 

Biz has not been so stirong down 
Merrick road, nono of the places 
getting a jilay. Van and Schenck did 
the bulk of the trade but not up 
to last year's draw. 

In roadhouse activity around New 
-York/ -it -Is -conceded that,, the . two 
places on Pelham road, opposite one 
another, the Castillian Royal and 
the Pelham Heath Inn, are bound 
to kill one another off. Both have 
gone \»ild oii talent and -.salaries, 
each trying to get whiit is left over 
from. : V i.nccnt Lopez' . heavy play 
at Wt/odmahsten Inn.' 



' . Minneapolis, July 17. 
'The city council hero ha.s- hjvinchcd 
a drive, agaih-st. local high t clubs, 
hotels and diincohalls wliero ';im- 
moral" dahcing arjd liquor i,s per- ' 
mittcd and where girls are employed 
;\s dahcing partners. ..The council 
has already revoked the duiice hall 
license of one leading loop cafe be- 
cause of compKaints, that patrons 
were" seen .on the floor dahcing in 
an imiiioral fashion. Such dancing 
was described as ".suggestive wig- 
gling and iDody contortion.*;," ; 

In opposing a per.s6nal investiga-. 
tioh of the cafes, night clubs, hotels 
and dancehalls , in the city. Alder- 
man A. G. ,.Bastis vigorotLsly de- 
nounced "hypocritical reformers and 
social parasites" at tlie last council 
meeting. 

"These iVy pbcrTticaV^' T 
want to stop others from enjoying 
the same pleasures which they 
themselves, indulge, in and their 
present purpose Is to ellrninate all 
the city's, night life and make Min- 
neapolis a .village," declared Alder- 
inan Bastis, "no wonder we aren't 
getting any transients her^ and. the 
merchants are all complaining about 
bu.siness. Who wants to come 
to a dead town? 

"At the recent dance marathon 
at the Armory the federal prohi- 
bition agents, the men who are 
supposed to enforce the dry laws, 
were the ones who were drinking 
and carrying on. Moreover, after 
these federal prohibition agents had 
een . arr.^Bted for di iinkemtetis and 
disorderly conduct the head of the 
division here (Andrew J- Volstead, 
sponsor of the Volstead. law) upheld 
his subordlnateis In their disorderly 
actions." 

Despite the protests of Alderman 
Bastis the council ordered the police 
department to make the personal 
investigation of all dancing estab- 
lishments. Unannounced, these of-^ 
ficlals will pay a dozen visits to . 
every place on the look-out for iriiT 
moral dancing ani; drinking. 

Results of their findings will be 
embodied In an elaborate Individual 
report on every dancchall, cafe and 
night club in the city. Special fOrms 
iiave been prepjired for the officials 
to fill out and rieturn to the council 
license committee which will decide 
what punishment to recommend for 
offenders. 



Kl N G 



for a 




ever manifested by a roadhouse 

A roadhoiise has nothing but food 
and a dance band to offer and if 
both are not good, all the floor 
show or revue talent in the world 
won't make any difference. 

The pick-up band at California 
Ramblers Inn is by no means good. 
It i not the Calilornia Ramblers 
combinatlpn which is downtown ai 
the IIot<!l McAlpin roof garden un- 
der the .soubriquet of the McAlpInr 
eers. For the roadhouse, Kirkeby 
fwho is of thp original combination 
with Arthur Hand, who has since 
.rfi tirf-'d. -prC'fes.slo n a lly„an d j is. living, 
on his inheritance) has assembled 
a makeshift combo, but is bringing 
nj) the Mayhew Krotl/ers with most 
of thc men from Fi-eddie Hich's for- 
mer Hotel Astor orche.stra who 
should pan out tnueh better. 

Kirkeby and IV-te -Wianlcy .. e 
running the R. Inn and deserve a 
belter b <-ak ev<-i under their pres- 
ent .seh;'me of (Inrigs. '-ousldering 
the moder.'ite tolls and the atmo.s- 
I.iierie ti imnuor.':-: 'I'he new band 
.-ho'ild I elp I iili.'v. Abrl. 




"Sweet Ella May" 

Another "Mary Lou" 
Watch It Grow 



KpBBiNs Music Coaforation 



799 S^y"'^^'*'™^'^''***^'"*- 




.The Rntuin of 

Mrs. James Thornton 

l-'.-iinou.i for )i'-r iioiliil diDtiers 
nt 

The Little Green Room 

03 W. 4HtIi Street 
;|.(-. i;. 'rilnj; In A ftftr-ThOntr© Dlnner.i 



VARIETY 



OUTDOORS— BURLESQUE 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



N. Y. Auspices for 101 



Miller Brothers' 101 Ranch show 
starts a 15 -day engagement near 
tho Yankee Stadium In New York 
next Sunday (July 22), under the 
auspices of Mrs. Wi R. Hearst's 
MUk Fund. 

Mrs. Hearst has sponsored many 
outdoor and indoor events for the 
fund. It usually gains In winter 
season the social support of Mrs. 
Hearst's set.: 

Other than the Ripgling-Rarnum 
show's engagement at Madison 
Square Garden, around three weeks 
each spring, lOl's stay will, be the 
longest in New York in years of 
. any regular travelling outdoor at- 
traction.- 



TORONTO PARK'S $55,000 

Record Week Chalked Up By San- 
- nyside Beach ' . 



Toronto, July 17, 
Sunnyside Beach, outside amuse- 
ment park, is showing bigger grosis 
turnovers than ever before, with 
better, than $55,000 for the week- 
end 4it Dominion i>ay. Joe Hay, 
former publicity chief for . the 
eanadian National Exhibition, is 
_doing^:gaQd_.publicity--w.orlc. , 




Mrs. Gunn Paralyzed 

Chicago, July 17. 

Mrs. Bessie. B. Guhn, iron -jaw 
aerlaliste of Bobbins brothers cir- 
cus suffered four fractures of, the 
ispine,. one of the right arni, and 
several broken ribs on July 8 when 
two of her teeth loosened and broke 
oft while attendants were pulling 
at the swing Vopes. 

Physicians said complete paraly- 
sis had set in and there was little 
hope for recovery. , She is in St. 
Joseph hospital at Elgin, 111. 



Plot fo Roh SKow 



Peoria, 111., July 17. 

Plot to overpower Ernest. Terges, 
of the Royal American shows, play- 
ing here last week, doubling at 
night as "watchdog" of the carnival 
cash, was revealed to police. Carni- 
val officials appeared to prosecute 
Ralph Bramhall, a roustabout, who 
had been flred two nights earlier. 

During the night Tergesi was 
awakened by. noise and as he raised 
his hiead vas struck over thei tem- 
ple. It failed to fell him and he 
rushed out pf the . wagon, claiming 
that he recognized Bramhall. 

A small hole had been bored 
through the wagon side and a ball 
of cotton, saturated with ether, was 
found nearby, the scheme evidently 
being to put Terges to sleei>. 



Old Burlesque Chorus 
Girls Get Usual Edge 



Tlie old burlesque battle cry 
is on the air again: "The old 
burlesque gal mu.st go!" Yet 
when the new .season comes 
around and reheavsals are 
called the new gals .report on 
time, but Ju.st before the shc>y>- 
opens the old girls drop in for 
: a brief warming up prior to 
her skecnteenth season, 

The older girls, may be a 
little bit hpfty on the neck 
lines, miiy' be Whjlt the boys 
call a little cornfed around the 
waist and .a little beefy; at the 
ankles, but they are seasoned 
and cart stand the wear and 
tear of burlesque travel. 

And the; Mutual Wheel does 
not have to pass out an aflfi- 
davit of ; the ages of its chorus 
personnel. 



So. Tier Carnival Held Up, 
Settles Legion*s Claim 

Rochester^ July 17. 
• After the autiiori ties had stepped 
in to, settle dimculties between the 
Sou th ern-T-i er-^ho ws an d- Ar-th u r-H.: 
CCinningham Post, American Le- 
gion, Hoiriell, N. Y., the shows were 
allowed: to move over to Batavia to 
put oh a carnival for Majestic 
Lodge, I. O. !o. F. 

Contract provided the carhivar 
was to play a week, with the Legion 
to get $1,000 and the Southern Tier 
Shows were to contribute $200 to- 
ward nightly fire\yorks. 

According to Legion officials, th6: 
cai-nival company offered $700 In 
settlement, alleging the Legion had 
violated the contract in not f urnisli- 
ing ticket- takers and in selling 
seats to the. grandstand for the fire- 
works. County Judge Edwin S. 
Brown Issued a writ of attachment, 
served just jpef ore thfe carnival V{aa 
tb leave town. Legion officials fln- 
ally settled their claim of $1,200 for 
$900. 



New Wheel and Stocks 



A rift of talk reaching New York 
of late says there may be an at- 
tempt to flaunt another burlesque 
wheel. None of the propaganda has 
been given serlouia . consideration by 
any of the local burlesquers. 

The -elimination of the Coliinibla 
wheel swallowed In mldseason by 
the Mutual hai brought about more 
stock burlesque activity thain ever 
before, ^specially In the east. 

At this time it looks almost a 
certainty stock will be op/grated in 
the Paliace,. Baltimore,^ under Mu- 
tual suiperylislon or else leased to 
some former Mutual man with that 
sole policy In mind. The Palace 
tried stock earlier this sunimer and 
it didn't click. 

Charles H. Waldroh, fornier. Co- 
lumbia executive, w;ho owns the 
Casino in Boston, Is reported In- 
stiilling two stocks. 

A new stock goes In the. Casino, 
Brooklyn, Aug. 16, and will staiy 
there all winter if. the. going per- 
mits. ' . 

Mutual will' play two houses In 
Brooklyn, the Star and the Gayety. 

Away from the east are stock 
plrdsiiects announced In a number 
of . western and northwestern spots. 
.-^ Tom.JEhillin3jjcame 
this week' to line up a new stock 
for Syraquse; 



SWIM "NAMES". FOR POOLS 

Competition Is keen among the 
New York swimming pools which 
were Increased this summer up- 
town. Many have engaged women 
swimmers as summer feature. 

One. park engaged Mrs. Mllle 
Gade Corson, the Channel swimmer. 
Another hired Lottie Moore Scho- 
emmel. Still another had Mrs. 
Myrtle Huddleston, Chicago, holder 
of the world's endurance swimming 
record. Ethel Hertle, another ex- 
pert, also a pool card. 



COIOBADO PAGEANT 

. .. .■ .:.:.^._I)enyer, July n. 
Some 300 people will take part In 
th© Colorado pageant, "The Sun 
Bird," Including Indians, cowboys 
and soldiers, at the natural stmphl- 
theatre, Stonecrest, Indian Hills, on 
July 28. 

The theme; "Colorado, a mile 
hearer God/* tells In allegorical dis- 
play the founding of Colorado and 
its subsequent hlstdry. . 



TEYING FALLS AGAIN 

Jean A. Lussler, the Springfield, 
Mass., man who rode the Horse- 
shoe Falls at Niagara Falls, making 
ttlp perilous ride In a rubber ball, 
plans to repeat the stunt on next 
Labor Day, using a new contri- 
vance. 



JUABEZ BULL BING BURNED 

The old bull ring at Juarez, Mex 
Ico, Was destroyed by fire July 4. 
.. Besides Jbull fights, the Juarez 



ring was also used for big prize 
fights. 



BARNES-CARRUTHERS 

Fair Booking Ass'h, Inc. 
121 No. Clark St.. Cliloacro 

HIGH-CLASS OUTDOOR 
NOVELTY ACTS WANTED 
AT ALL TIMES 

J/nrgwi ruir Booking Agrency^ in Amcrtoa 



CARNIVALS 

. . (For cnrrent week, July 16, when , not 
otherwise Indicated.) . 

Alabama Am. Co., fair, Carrollton, Ky. 
Barkoot Bros., Munole, Ind. 
Benton Am. Co., Rensselaer, Ind. 
Bernardi Exp. Showa, liivlneaton, 
Mont, 

Brodbeck ' Bros., fair, Anthoiiy, Kant. 
Cetlln & WUson, Clifton Force. Va:.; 
23, Loean, W. Va. 

Coleman Bros.ri Rockvllle, Conn. 
Copping, Harry, Wheeling, W. V». 
Cronln, J. Li., Barberton, Oi. 
Crounse . United, Barre. Vt. 
DeKreko Bros., Pleasant Hill, Mo. 
Delmar Quality, Freeport, . Tex; ; 3t, 
West Columbia, Tex. 

Dodsori's EIxpo., Portn.|r.e, Wl«. 
Eddies' Hides, Reyno, Ark, 
Edwards, J. R., Wooster, O. 
Florida Expo,, Arvonla, .Va, 
Florida Shows, Somerset, Pa, 
Foley •& Burk, Salinas, Calif. 
Cloth's Greater, N.orthfleld, N, J. 
Gold Medal, Sprlngfleld, Mo. 
•Gold Nugffet, Daniels. W, Va. 
Heth, li, T,, Lancaster, Ol 
HoRner Am. Co., Pekin, HI. • 
Howard Bros., Newcomerstown,- O, 
Isler Greater, Glenwood, la.; 23, Red 
Oak, la. ; 30, Fair HamJaurg, lia. ' 
Johnny J. Jones, Edmonton, Alt., Can. 
Kline, Abner K„ Bremerton, Wash, 
Laclare Am. : Co., Rosetowh, Saak., 
Can.; 20, Klndersley, Sask., Qan. 
Llppa Am. Co., Manlstlque, Mlcb. 
Little's Expo,, Winchester, O. 
McCIellan, J, T., Fremont, Neb. 
McGresor, Donald, Iredell, Tex. 
Martin & Koe, Greenville, 111, 
Metropolitan, Lykena, Pa,; 23,, Tower 
City, Pa. 

Midwest, fair, Langdon, N, D. . 
Morris & Bastle, Farko, N. D.; 23, 
Grand Forks, N. D. 

Murphy, D. D., '.Ann Arbor, Mich, ;. . 21, 
Grand Rapids, - Mlcb,; 3.0, Muskegon, 
Mich, 

Northwestern Shows, Shawano, Wla. - : 
Pearson, C; E., Dwlght, 111. 
Princess Olga, Bluffs, 111. 
Pollle Greater, Frankfort, Ky. 
Relss, Nat, North Adams, Mass. 
Rlce-Dorman, Boone, la. ; 23, Bedford, 
la.; 30, Clarlnda, la. 
Rock City, Paris, Ky. 
Royal American, Aurora;, ill. 
Itublh & Cherry Model, Neenah-Me- 
nasha, Wis.; 23, Racine, Wla. 
Rubin & Cherry, Olean, N. Y. 
Savldge, Walter, Am. Co.. Belle- 
Fourche. 3. D.; 2-6, ttapld City, S. D. 
Scott, George T., Boulder, Colo. 
Greater Snapp Bros. Showa^ Logana- 
port, Ind. ■ 

Swaneo Am. Co., Oakland. HI. 
Wado, R, L„. fair, Shawneetown, 111. 
W, G. Wade Show, South Bend, Ind. 
Wortham'a World's Best. Stevens 
Point, Wla 

Zarra's Manhattan, West Orange, N. J. 



CIRCUS ROUTES 

Hagenbeck- Wallace Circus 

July '18, Marinette, Wis.; 19, Ea- 
canaba, Mich,; 20, Ishpeming, Mich.; 
21, Calumet, Mich. ^ 

^ o H RTo bi hi 6 ri's'^C frc i]W 



Coloreil No Pay^Off 



Up In Harlem colored meriibers 
(3f the erstwhile "Afrlcania," show 
are looking forward to payday as 
the show closed without the man- 
agement ll<iuida;tlng. 

At first there was quite an uproar 
about the money as Earl Dancer, 
husband of Ethel Waters, was re- 
ported Having passed the salary 
buck to the theatre mailager,->FranK 
Shiffman, where the show closed. 

.Shiffmain In turn denied tlutt He 
wUsT^gp'OTtgfblg' ^ lth S hiiliuan say-' 
Ing His boxofflce had turned over 
sufficient money to^ cover the pay- 
off.- ■ . ■ 

There were some pretty sore peo- 
ple up around the Lafayette through 
the way the "Africana" season had 
wound up. 




CECIL OWEN 

Cecil Owen, 56, actor, casting di- 
rector and former stock' director, 
died suddenly of diphtheria July 15 
at hiB hom« In Rockvllle CiBliter, 
Long Island. 

He had been sick but tt week, 
taking to his bed the previous Sun- 
day with his condition at the time 
not alarming. 

Cecil O wen was English and-: sirico 
coming to. the United Stales had 
been .most Succeissful. When not 
acting he was either directing stocks 
over here or casting shows. He. 
also devoted much of his . tim© to 
play reading, associated with the 
Murray Phillips offices. For a year 
or so he was with the Paramount 
as casting director. 

Among some of his recent shows 
wor^ "Spooks," "Black Eyed Susan," 
and "Cradle Snatchers.!' Also he 
was with the .Eddie Dpwllng show, 
"Sidewalks of New York," In New 
York iind on the road, and upon 



Stock May Stick Over 
Summer at Columbia 

stock burlesque at the Columbia, 
N6w.' York, seemd . to b© sot for an' 
all summer run up to the tlm<9 the 
regular Mutual Wheel burlesque 
shows begin playing the house next 
season. 

If surviving, it wlU. han^ up a 
new record for a summer attraction 
at the house. "Lucky Sambo" holds 
the current record and la the only 
attraction that ever lasted' over the 
summer at the 47th street corner. 

The present policy la regular stock 
burlesque with a cast heavily, aug- 
mented as regards girls. Lobby wir- 
ing, sidewalk ballyhoo with seats 
sold at 60 cents, after the 9urte,ln 
has gone up, and Leblanglng. are' a 
few of the pull 'em In stunts In 
augurated at the house by Mike 
Joyce, for Walter Reade, Its new 
owner. 



July 18, Dayton, O,; 19, Wilming- 
ton, 0,j 20, Chillicothe, O.; 21, 
Portsmouth, C; 23, licclcley, W.Va. 
Sells-Floto Circus 
July 18, Falls City, Neb.; 19, 
Omaha, Neb,; 20, Kearney, ■ Neb.; 
21, North Platte, Neb, 



Pop Colored Chorister 

Alma Smith, of "Show Boat," 
copppd the New York to Paris trip 
as being the most popular show girl 
in New York c*r)lorod circles.. 



SCRIBNER SELLS GAYETY 

Toronto, July 17. 
The Gayety, -home of Columbia 
burlesque here,, was sold by Sam 
S. Scribner July 11 for $146,000 
and will be wrecked. S. E. Lyons, 
real estate broker, bbught the house 
for a- syndicate who will put up an 
dffice building. This means no. bur 
lesque for, Toronto next, season.. 



SCHENECTADY OPENS SEPT. 6 

Schenectady, N. T., July 17. 

Hudson theatre, home of stock 
for four seaaons, has a new con 
cem In the saddle, a combination, 
of Mutual and Farash. Mutual 
leased for five years^ Now It has 
formed a subsidiary company. C 
and M. Corp. (Columbia and Mu- 
tual), and ' in conjunction with 
Farash, will manage the house. 

Policy win be Mutual burlesque 
the last three days of the opening 
week, Sept. 6 and legit shows the 
first half. 



Girl Trapezist's Bad Fall 

Utica, July 17. 

Golda, girl trapeze, fell 35 feet 
Monday night while performing her 
act at Forest Park. She was hang 
Ing by her teeth from a rotating 
trapeze and descended with such 
force she crashed through platform 

She Is suffering from broken ribs 
and concussions, She Is a niece of 
A. M. B. Wlrth, bareback rider. 



TTN . TO Viir(J-ftn5niOKT - — - — 
of a' Devoted Husband and ' 
a Wonder Father 

J. J. ROSENTHAL 

. July 12, 1923 

Kathryn Osterman Bosenthal 
Jack Osterman 



art exhibitions In New York, Paris 
and Munich. . >> 

In 1882 Mr. Keller painted the 
classic muralis for the first asbestos 
art curtain of the thein new Chicago 
theatre. .■ , , . 

A widow, three daughters and a; 
son survive. The son is Harry Ed- 
win Keller, New York publicity 
agent. 

Interment In Greenfield cemetery, 
Hempstead, L. I. 



GEORGE HENSHALL 

George' Herishall, theatrical press 
agent; died July 15 at the Good Sa- 
maritan hospital, Lbs Angeles, as a 
result of a heart attack following a 
lengthy Illness. Henshall was 49. 

Besides his wife, with him during 
his long illness, Henshall is survived 
by two brotheirs, P. ; H. Henshall, 
Philadelphia, and IB. H. Henshall, 
Washington, b. C. Remains cre- 
mated and sent to Philadelpljlai for 
burial. . 

For many years Henshall handled 
publicity for Palisades- ■ Park, New 
Jersey;. ■■ 



his returii from that tour opened 
with Judith Aiiderson and Lou TeN 
legen' In "Anna" a€ the Lyceum. 

Mr. Owen was a prominent 
Mason. He Is Survived by his 
widow, Florence Owen, non-protes- 
slonal. 

Interment In Rockvllle Center. 



HERBERT BASHFORD 

_ ..Herhert . B.a:shf ord, —67. i.dIe(L_ oC , 
pneumonia at his . home in Pied- 
mont, Cal,»j;uly 13. He was a 
native of California and had been 
a playwright, noveilst. historian 
and poet. His best known plays 
were "Woman He Married" and 
"Light In the. Dark." His last work 
was a history on General Fremont. 
A widow survives. . 



UtOKUb HTGNlErr—— 
George stone. "38, . vaudevl.lllan, 
who With his wife, Dooley loleen, 
formed the team of Stone and lo- 
leen, died July 17 In his room In the 
Hot-el Somerset, New York, of pneu- 
monia. 

Stone had been 111 since the pre- 
vious Thursday, a severe cold de- 
veloping Into pneumonia. Just one 
week before his illness, the young 
man. had been In splendid health 
around the. hotel. 

The remains were taken to the 
Campbell Funeral Church where 
services will be held this evening 
(Wednesday), with the remains 
Shipped to his home In York. Pa.^ 
for interment. 

.Stone's real, name was Stone- 
seifer. His marriage to^Mlss loleien 
occurred June 30.. 1920. 

Prior to forming an. act with his 
wife. Stone had worked for a num- 
ber of years in vaude with Arch 
Hendricks.. Miss loleen was former- 
ly of the loleen Sisters. 

Besides the widow/ Stone's mother 
and two sisters survive.. 



NELLIE WHITE-MICHEL 

Nellie Whitej 64, actress, died July 
10 In the Home for Incurables In 
New York. In private life she was 
the wife, of Charles Michel, former 
vaudeville agent and manager for 
foreign acts, the latter going to 
France during the world war with 



JAMES LUTHER GEORGE : 

James Luther George, Si, veteran 
minstrel, died July 11 In Stiamford, 
Conn. George's principal stage con- 
nection was with the old Primrose 
and West minstrels as ah. end man. 

Owing to an acc^ldeht, he was 
compelled to give up the stiagei ajid 



Tf^ent to live with .Hi ,U. WIlsoiFTn 
Stamford. Two years a:go he was 
stricken blind. 

A daughter, living In Detroit, sur- 
vives. 



HELEN C. LEICHTER 

Helen C. Lelchter. wife of A\ 
Lelchter. of the Ous Sim office, De- 
troit, died July 13. 

Mrs. Leichter had been known aai 
the "Nize Baby" of the Milt Gross 
poems on station WCX, "Detroit 
Free Press" station. Ann Deahe, 
a sister of Mrs. Lelchter, was play* 



IN liOVINO MEMORY OF 
MT DEAB HUSBAND 

EDWARD L BLOOM 

Died Jaly 18, ms 

Wilahett Bloom 



ing with the "Rah, Rah, :GirIs" 
(vaude), In Pittsburgh, but reached 
her beside too late. Interment in 
Detroit. 



MABEL CLARK 

Mabel Clark, 40, vaudevIHIan, who, 
with her husband, John Crosby, 
formed the team Of Clark and 
Crosby, died In Belleviie Hospital, 
New York. July 12. from injuries 
received in a fall from the Mary- 
land Hotel. A news account of her 




His wife looking after his agency 
interests. 

Miss White years ago, started 
stage life as a chorus girl. Later 
she had a poslnjg act and In 1894 
appeared In Rice's "1492." She Had 
also appeared In Klralf y's "Queen 
of Sheba" and Ha,d been In a bur- 
lesque company with Weber and 
Fields companies. 

Interment In the Actor's Futid 
plot In Kensico cemetery, New York, 
under the auspices of the Actor's 
'Fund^^ ^ '■ - —^=^= ^^~-^ — '- . ^ 



CHARLES F. KELLER 

Charles Frederick Keller, painter, 
artist and theatre decorator, died of 
pneumonia July 10 at his New York 
home. Mr. Keller, graduate of the 
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of 
Munich, Germany, for 25 years had 
been a staff artist of the General 
Outdoor Advertising Co. During 
the past 50 years his paintings and 
sketches had won prizes In various 



dedth appears elsewhere In this Is- 
sue. 



Herbert Bashfordr author and 
playwright, died of pneumonia July 
13 in Oakland, Cal. 

His wife, Mrs. Kinnle C. Bashford, 
actress, survives. 



Don O. Noel, 52, newspaper man, 
died at the Chase sanitarium, Los 
Angeles, July 13. Noel ; was editor 
of the Butte "Miner" . and former 
magazine-=editor --TOf--^the==^Se.attle. 
"Post-Intelligencer.'' 



James Schloss, 68, stage doorman 
at the Royale, New Yoi'k, dropped 
dead July 13. A special midnight 
performance of "Diamond Lil" next 
week Is planned as a benefit. 



DEATHS ABROAD 

Paris, July 7. 
Saivatore Gallotti, 75, ItiUian com 
poser and organist, died at Milan. 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



FOREIGN 



VARIETY 



59 



Chatter in Nice 



^lame anybody lor, thinking . he'd 
gone native. 

: Cutts is murmutung about build- 
ing a studio of. .17 stages here, or 
about, 17 more than the present 
market demands. He plans to do 
fl^x pictures, and has his own re- 
leasing outfit. He' Isn't a bad esg 
i)ut then neither is Ingram. Still, 
they did a^iarrel about women, 

^- . English Going Nuts . . 

They're going nuts in England 
over "My Wife's Hiftband," which 
Harry Lachman is directing for 
Pritish International from a script 
by Rex Taylor. Lachihan is now 
In France on location using Paris, 
Biarritz and Nice for his exteriors; 
He has Monty Banks, Estelle Brbdy, 
Annette Benson and Jameson 
Thomas. This in England Is rated 
an all-star cast. 

John Maxwell, head of B, I., got 
back from the States a few days 
ago and with . a jury of his peers 
B^w vLa.chman's rough cut rushes, 
The vote was a hit. "I knew you 
. .could do it," said . MaxweH, "you 
must dp a serious drama next time:" 
It iLaeh rii an-Sr-fl ps t— f uilrr-l engt-h- 
plcture. 

That Birdf Lac.hman 

This iiachman,. incidentally, is the 
queerest bird who evef^khelt before 
the fleshpots of BeMille; I never 
.A tire of telling about him. He wais 
born in LaSalle, HI. At 19 he was 
making covers for the "Saturday 
Evening Post." At 30 he was the 
- foremost American . painter in 
Prance, idolized by eveiTbody. from 
the minister of Beaux Arts down. 
Four of his paintings went into the 
Liuxembourg Museum— the best rec- 
ord of any painter living or dead 
since Whistler. In fact he got so 
good ho couldn't sell. So he lived a 
JeyW-Hyde. existence as a fashion-r . 
able p it&te&-i^-phet^named--^Havi=ah^ 
half the year, and Harry Lachman', 
Legion of Honor painter, the other 

.. iiaif.;' . . ■ . ■ .■; ■ ] 

Three; years ago he renounced 
painting as a dead art and named 
movies its new-born successor. He 
started as a still photographer with 
Ingram. In three months he was 
manager. In two years he cut In- 
gram's extravagances in half wlth- 
ou taking out a single production 
value. He hAs proved the best bet 
in all Europe, a director who has a 
nicei balance between art and. busi- 
ness. 

With him in his first production 
• was Nina Wilcox Putnam, "Satur- 
day Evening Post" humorist, and 
. ' Aeros— a funny tumbler they both 
discovered In a one-night tent show. 
This triumvirate did a tWo-reeler 
and then L>achman left for England. 
Some British International scout 
had seen Lfachmah in action and 
decided he was for big time. 



(Continued from page 11) 



way, hasn't anytliing' 10 say on "The 
Strange Interlude" jam which cost 
him his job on '.'The AVorld," hot on 
the heels of Buoun's blue slip. . 

Juiin Les Pins is a nice placd in 
summer. Frank .Gould built the 
town, a casino and a swell hotel. 
Gould can't see how .any self-re- 
specting Anioriean : can invest at 
home until Prohibition, is kicked but 
on . its cracked ear. 

He has a good crowd about hini. 
Dudley l-'ield Maione,: E. Phillips 
Oppenheim, Frank Harris, Clayton 
Hamilton and Mary Garden are 
among tho.se you see regularly 
there. Last year F.. Soott Fitzger- 
ald, Max Eastman, Montague Glass, 
Mary Heaton Vorse, Lloyd Osborne 
and Isadora Duncan were always 
there or thereabouts. 



"Hot Lovers" in U. S. A, 

Jean Coux is near the end of 
"Loving Friends" or "Hot Lovers," 
whatever way you want to trans- 
late . "Ames Ardentcs," war picture. 



Made Good in "Big Bluff" 

During the production here of 
"The Big Bluff" Ruth Morring and 
-Harry- PielT inl-the- cast -took :^eacli 
other seriously enough to g^t mar- 
ried. 



PLAYS OOT-OF-TOWN 

(Continued from page. 52) 



Sam Slaming 

If you total 'em up there are 
really a lot of honest people In the 
'world, Sam Hellman, for Instance, 
speaking at the Negresco Plage here 
yesterday: "Saw a coupla columns 
of yours in Variety. Tou know, I 
subscribe to that sheet. Gives me 
a lot of my slang for 'The Poet' 
and 'Red Book'." . 

In the "Red Book" Sam has been 
getting off some pretty sapient 
slams On bur Kifieina;"n^^ 
Hollywood. They aren't of the sort 
to increase his fan mail from the 
Zukor-Mayer m'bb nor will they 
bring him any sub-titling graft, hut 
the stories make amusing reading, 

After five months here with the 
Mrs. and their two daughters, Sam 
leaves for Paris in three days. About 
September he'll be heading for 
home. 



Hellman's Wisecrack 

One of the Hellman brood broke 
Johnny Putnam, Nina Wilcox Put- 
ram's 11-year-old Adonis, In as a 
^ hoofer at a dance they threw before 
the Hellmans left, but another guest 
offset that by givi:jg the poor kid 
a limp leather volume of Shake 
, speare. 

"Give hini the Decameron next 
time," said Sam. 
"Bocaccio's tales are too sensual 
=i?l=J*ii^ren"=resp.Qruled_41ie.Jd^^ 
nrnmed uplifter. "He shouldn't be 
allowed to read them till he's 21." 
,^ 'By that time he'll be "writing 
>m." wisecracked ; Sam. 



Woollcott'8 Sandy Beach 

Alexander WooUcott Is nursing his 
wounds at Juan Les Pins, the place 
with a .«!andy beach about 10 miles 
we.st of Nice. The former "World 
."^how critic whose batting average 
'n V;jriety was the despair of Broad 



suiter holding the bag, and Doris, 
Poland the fight can all go tb hell. 

That's the story. It's planted and 
delved into immediately. AH plant, 
the first act, nevertheless, grips and 
is bright. There's some snap dialog 
by the two women, .when Paula in- 
forms that it takes a diploma to 
get in . her bed, and Doris says, 
"Yes, and an acrobat to get out." 
Which sounds kind of rough for a 
nice girl like Doris, b ut t he play's 
:e~Titrhg.~^fre-inrerthat is goiTigrto- 
get plenty of mouthing on Broad- 
way is worth quoting. - It is Doris' 
declaration . of love to her pug 
sweetheart "I love you so much that 
if I were twins, I'd cheat on each 
other." 

Act two is the party framed by 
Zelli to clinch Bobby's flop. Zelli 
is Paula's under-cover da.ddy, any- 
way, iso that's perfect, "riie fighter 
drinks enough to be quite in favor 
of Paula's obviously dirty intentions 
and agreeable enough In his stupor 
to accept ZelH's terms. As Peter 
and Doris crash in for the rescue 
Bobby Is plenty drunk. So much 
so that he falls to 'the floor after 
Peter's condemning speech, grabs 
the old bby's leg and asks th« 
count. A wham finish. 

Last act Is in two scenes'. First 
la Bobby's dressing room before the 
scrap. After a lot of talk, Bobby's 
decision is to turn square and fight 
It out, and there's a gun-shot end- 
ing with Peter shooting Zelli. "Call 
the police, Doris, and tell 'em Fll 
be in Bebby's corner." Hokey, but 
good. Final scene opens with the 
curtain down. The semi-final bout 
is coming in over the radio, not far 
away from Jack Conway's bit in 
"The Pushover," but herein detailed 
to an introductory position and with 
the house lights out. After a 
realistic broadcast, the rag rises to 
reveal the ring and a nifty replica 
of the Garden. The usual scanty 
number of newspaper men, judges., 
seconds and onwatchers. But the 
set is excellent. Someone does a 
Joe Humphries, even to the arm 
motion. Bobby ultimately wins, of 
course," " by the k. b. TOOte. The" 
finLsh is sudden. 

At present the play is incom- 
plete, breaking off with an anti- 
climax and leaving the audience un- 
decided as to whether it's all over 
or not. No one got up opening 
night for live minutes after it was 
all over. Some to applaud and 
some because they didn't know. The 
finish is being upholstered at this 
writing. It is the most glaring fault 
of the show, but affords divers op- 
portunities fbr a sure-sale punch 
finish. A bit more comedy might 
be inserted, especially in the second 

Richard Taber plays Bobby Mur- 
ray to the hilt. Dumber than 
dumb, impuL^lve and an uncon- 
scious bear with the dames. He 
looks the pug and plays it. How- 
ever, most superb contribution is 
Robert Gleckler's menacing Zelli. 
It was the standout piece of troUp- 
ing at the opening, if not Involving 
the standout role. John Meehdn'p 
Peter, a strong part,* is equally 
^goo(i:^"^"5Tarri«r^MacGibbOTr^l^ 
with "Broadway," looks her Doris 
and docs it acceptably, though half- 
toning her punch linos when caught. 
The Paula role is a pushover for 
Suzanne Caubaye, steamed up 
aplenty with Sue's French accent 
and looks. Another faithful m- 
tei'pretation is that of Joseph Crea- 
han as a friendly sports writer, al- 
though the role deviates from 
ont.hcntic'ity, 

"Rinff.«;ide" is fro7n the tri-pen of 
Edward Paramore, Hyatt Daab and 



OforKo Abbot, the lattor also listed 
as .sta^fr, l>aranu>re and Daab arc 
lilm nun. None of the trio nerds 
(li tailed introdvioiion, though it 
mivrlit bo timely to stale Daab was 
sports editor of the "Telegram': for 
yonra. 

(lone .Buck surprised his large, 
home to^yn following by Hllppinjr 
I hem a nou-miisical instoad of the 
expected revue. They were sur- 
prised, but not disappointed. It 
looks like Gene has a winner, i)ar- 
lioiilarly for >s'ew York. It's Broad- 
way, strictly, deliberately and on 
both sides. Bigc. 



Newport 



POSSESSION 

Atlantic City, July. 11. . 

■\Vith every ,'iridioation of being 
set to click in Manhattan in Sep- 
tember, Edgar Selwyn has taken 
the old eternal triangle aftt-r the 
bust and .built back through the 
stages of reconciliation, i-ather than 
telling how the triangle came about, 
He lets home and wife triumph. 

But not in the commonplace way. 
He ■ as the husband go back to tlie 
responsibilities created 25 years be- 
fore, but he goes back With the 
most expressive tag line with more 
moaning, and kick in it than any 
dozen otheV comedy dramas ever 
had. 

The husband has had the number 
of years mentioned with a w'ife who 
has taken pos-session of him from 
every angle. He finally breaks away 
and goes to the woman who under- 
stands,.---. . — ^- 

In the tolling the author has pre- 
sented both, skies of the matri- 
monial mixup, getting the wife's 
viewpoint across but not failing to 
clearly show why the man walked. 
Story contains just the xieht amount 
of drama; even to the extent of 
father stepping in between and 
catching a bullet meant for the son 
that was fired by a Jealous suitor 
for the girl's love. - 

It's that shot that brings the 
wife into the home of the other 
woman and into her boudoir w'here 
the .shooting took place. Then the 
flxirtg of everything including the 
ousting of the other wotnan from 
her own apartment. 

Through the story runs a girl 
delightfully done by Edna Hibbard, 
who conies in to steal the tell-tale 



^ Con I imiod.fr 
riiarriod^ r.loria Mor,£;aii, consider- 
ably yoimji'or, and Eiloon Kearney 
Dillinghanj married Julian Allen, 
al.so ybun.tfor. . 

Allen ha.s. two fashionable .slstoivs, 
Mrs, • Andre VaHliano .-I'nd Mrs. 
Goodhue Livingston, Jr. liis .mother 
was a Miss Stevens, daughter of the 
venerable Fredoiick Stevens, who 
died not lon.i^ ac:o. Almost two gen- 
erations af^o Frodorirk Stevens was 
divorced by liis first wifo, AUele 
Samp.son, who . inhori'tod groat 
wealth from' lior' father. She chose 
as her second husband the Marquis 
de Talleyrand, and later become 
Duchess de l>ino. Wearying of 
foreign titles, she preferred to be 
known, in hor latter years, as Mrs. 
.\dele Samp.son, 



A* Wealtny Widow ' 

There is an enormously rich 
widow at .N'owport this suhimer oc- 
cupying tlie splendid residence ishe 
bought last fall from the estate e;f 
Elbridpe T. Gerry, founder of the 
Gerry Society, which, in the 80's and 
90's, put ditllouities In tlie pathway 
of such juvenile actors as Wallace 
Eddinger, Irene Franklin and ELsIe 
Janis. Last summer Mrs. Edward 
V.-Iiartf ord -occupied a-i"ented-vHla,r 
but, backed by wealth estimated up 
to $40,000,000, she is now owner of 
a show-place. She is the widow of 
the founder of the Atlantic ana 
Pacific Tea Co. 



<im page 3) . 

ero.n Ohnroh. Jr. (former Muriel 
Vandorbilt) in entortainlhg several 
hundred miil.shipmpii w-lio were in 
Xcwport. . lie was in llouston for 
the Democratic- , convention. • 



The Young Idea . 

. Sonio,. Newport school teachers 
evidently believe in their small 
cliar.s^os gaining oxporionire. at an 
early ago. When the doors at the 
Strand (movie house) opened for 
the matlnOo ; one day recently the 
teacher headed a line of some 20 or 
more children, taking thom in to see 
John (Gilbert and. Jerthne Eagels in 
■'Man, Woman and Sin"l 



woman's letters for the boy IriendT 
a private detective. She's a miss 
of wise cracks but plenty of com- 
mon senise. 

Tough spots to come within the 
scope of possibility have been care- 
fully handled and gotten over with 
extreme cleverness. 

Laura Hope Crews as the wife 
gives a splendid performanee. Tou 
get her character the minute she 
makes the first entrance nd see it 
reproduced In the male gender In 
her brother, well done by George 
Graham. Robert W. Craig as the 
son plays well, as does Walter Con- 
nolly as the husband. 

In fact, for an early tryout, the 
cast is exeeptlonal, with Edgar Sel- 
wyn giving the production two 
tastefully selected and dressed sets. 
In doing this the producer-author 
looks to have f-ith and rightfully 
so, for the piece is well constructed, 
holds Interest without lagging, haiS 
plenty of real laughs plus careful 
character-building, plus plausibility. 

All of which would Indicate one 
of next season's products ready for 
the box office. MeaMn. 



GUILD TIES UP BROKERS 

(Continued from page 49) 



sales of different plays or block 
leases or plays or rights In plays 
by different authors shall be made 
by the agent, but a number of plays 
may be sold so long as a fixed price 
is niade" bli" §aeH: " "The aff efit ^shall 
net assign any rights or contracts 
without the assent of the author. 
In case of bankruptcy of, the agent 
the contract and rights shall not 
be subject to Judicial sale, but are 
to revert to the author. 

Committees 
, A committee representing the 
Guild composed of Channing Pol- 
lock, chairman, Arthur Rlchman, 
Samuel Shipman and Leroy Clemens 
have been at work on the new con- 
tract for the past three months. The 
pay brokers committee was com- 
posed of John Rumsey, chairman, 
Tom Kane, R. L. Giffen and H.arold 
Freedman, Play agencies represented 
are American Play Co., Century Play 
Co., Co-National Plays, Brandt and 
Brandt, Curtis Brown, James B. 
Pinker & Sons, R, L. Giffen, Alice 
Kauser and Samuel French. 

One point steaming up the au 
^hP. r^._,QrigJnany W^s .th e . ou tr i|;h t 
purchase^ "of rpia^^^ for ^^^^^^^ 
thought that plays bought outright 
re.sultcd in them being pushed up 
by the brokers, with others side- 
tracked. The agents replied that 
such a condition was over-empha 
.sized and if a rule against outright 
buys were made, there wa.s nothing 
to prevent the agent from securing 
the rights through a third party 
No re.strlntion of the kind was made 
part of the agreement. 



Common Seat Holders 

In addition to . the millionaires 
who have taken boxes at the Casino 
theatre for. the eight weeks season, 
subscribers to orchestra seats in- 
clude Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor, 
Mr, and Mrs. Ogden Livingston 
Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Napo- 
leon Bonaparte and Mr. and Mrs. 
l^Vederic , W. Rhinelander, to name 
a few out of many. . 

The cast .includes Walter; Klngs- 
fordvand • ArHsonH&radshaiVT-who-are- 
still honeymooning. Each has beien 
married before. Her father, John 
Bradshaw, was for many years a 
popular captain of the Red Star 
Line. Her bi'other, Leslie Brad- 
shaw, has tried producing. 



Seton's Rare Photos . 

This summer at Newport, as last, 
Harold Seton is privately showing 
some of his rare old photos at teas 
and receptions at the. homes of 
fashionable millionaires, family por- 
traits having been given him by 
Mrs. William Seward Webb, who 
was Lila Vanderbilt. He has gone 
over his files with. Mrs. Henry 
White, who was . Emily Vanderbilt, 
and has been aided In classifying 
his pictures by Mr, and Mrs. Her- 
bert L. Satterlee (Louisa Pierpont 
Morgan). The photos he is display- 
ing at Newport, as In London, Paris, 
Monte Carlo and Rome last winter, 
are from 500 society people of other 
years. In Paris he showed them at 
the home of Mrs. Harry Lehr, and 
at Newport at the home of Mrs. 
Lehr's sister, Mrs. Drexel Dahlgren. 
They have twice been Inspected by 
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Napoleon 
Bonaparte. But more than 7,500 of 
his portraits, eoUected during the 
past 16 years, are of stage and 
opera .stars of the last 50 years. 

The New York Hl,storical Society 
has given two exhibitions of Mr. 
Selqii's^gift of J20 ph 
presentation has now been in- 
creased to 230, for a third display 
there in the fall. He plans even- 
tually to exhibit 500 theatrical por- 
traits, showing the most famous 
personages of the AmeHcan play- 
house. The collection is insured for 
$25,000; 



Entertaining Players 
As prophosicd, the members of 
tlio Casino Theatre , cast are. to be 
entoftained this summer by William 
H. Vanderbilt, recently elected pres- 
ident of the company. Just as last 
summer they were entertained by 
his predecessor, the late Moses Tay- 
lor. Last Sunday night the rnem- 
bers of the . cast of "Peter Ibbetsen" 
were entertained, at tea' at Oakland 
Farm, the magnificent estate Wil- 
liam H. inherited froni his father, 
the late Alfred G. Vanderbilt. 
-- Tuesday — nightir -befbre: thie— pre- 
miere of "Ibbetsen," Mr. Vanderbilt 
gave a dinner party at hiis home for 
the players in the second week's 
bill, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," 
headed ijy , Ina Claire. After . the 
opening night Mr. Vanderbilt 
capped the climax by giving a sup- 
per for both the r'Ibbetaen" and 
"Cheyney" players, with a. tew per- 
sonal friends Included. 



Persistent Composer 

In the Newport notes Shaffer 
Howard was referred to as the au-. 
thbr of a short-lived comic opera* 
"Yankee Doodle." This member of 
the Casino Theatre board labo/ed for 
twenty-Odd years' ever this 111-fa.ted 
prnfliirtinn, hnt, wtiU restin g on hia 



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laurels, two years ago had the Ca- 
sino orchestra play selection9, and 
last summer, had Mme. Fely 
Clement sing some i^ongs from this 
work. (Mme. Clement Is now with 
the Casino cast singing incidental 
ditties In "Peter Ibbetsen.") Run- 
ning true to form, , Mr. Howard ar- 
ranged for the Symphony Orchestra, 
which is at the Casino this summer 
for the first time, to play "Yankee 
Doodle" on July 141 SbmethinBr to 
look forward to. Prophecy for th« 
seasons of 1929, 1930, 1931 — Casino 
orchestras playing "Yankee Doodle" 
by special request — of the composer! 



Newport's Popular Mayor 

New York may have its Mayor 
Jimmle Walker, but Newport has its 
Mayor Mortimer Sullivan, and the 
latter is quite as dapper and quite 
as witty as the former. Not Only 
popular with the all-year residents. 
Mayor Sullivan is persona grata 
with the' summer colony of fashlon-r 
able mlliionaires. Recently he co- 
operated with Mrs. Frederic Cam- 



Americans Abroad 

Paris, July 7. 
In Paris.— Lyn Harding, R. Each, 
TVris^^VrTjTfiuveltr^rsnveOT 
B. Allen, John F. Parker (New York 
artist); Fanny Hea.sllp Lea, au- 
thor; El.sie Law,son-, 'Walter Dam- 
ro.sch, Win.ston . Churchill, Raoul 
Fluischn>ah, ("New Yorker") ; Sam- 
uel Lazzaro (Joe Dundee), and his 
manager, Charles I>rlnce; Alfred 
Landucci, (Eastman Kod.T.k Co,) ; 
Travis B a n t o n, (Paramount) ; 
CJeorgo Jean Nathan, Ottis Skinner, 
Alex, WooUcott, Alice Duer Miller. 



Treating Musicians 

At the coming-out ball for Na» 
dejda de Braganza, debutante ' 
daughter of the Princess Miguel de 
Braganza, the 600 guests at . the 
Country Club danced to music sup- 
piled by Pancho's Orchestra front 
the Enibaasy Club in New York, al- 
ternating with Nlchol's Recording 
Orchestra. The Princess gave the 
party Jointly with her brother, Wil- 
liam Rhinelander iStewart, Jr., who 
paid court to Constance Talmadge 
before either of her marriages and 
divorces. 

The musicians were noi only gen- 
erously reimbursed, but were 
brought to Newport, housed at The 
■yiklng and transported In smart 
motor cars. 

Broadway is in serloUs danger of 
becoming, hlg.h-^hat.! . . . . J 



Nevyport'« Opening 

The opening last Tuesday night 
of the second season of plays at the 
Casino theatre was a most brilliant 
event. The millionaire colony has 
heartily endorsed the scheme, and 
the be'xes, which Cbhstltute the en- 
tire balcony of the 500-seat house, 
have all ben taken for the two 
nionths. 

"Peter Ibbetson,*' the opening bill, 
had Rollo Peters in the role ereated 
by John Barrymore, and Selena 
Royle was attractive and capable In 
the Constance Collier part. A per- 
sonal hit was made by France 
Bendetsen as an old man. Mme. 
Fely Clement, professional singer 
who has spent many summers at 
Newport, warbled somewhat off- 
key. The costuming, of the early- 
Victorian era, was elaborate. 

The stage is a small one, but the 
'Bcenes"-"w<n=6"^" €fr6TItlVcly^"handledr= 
Credit should be . given Lester 
Lonergan, the director, and Living- 
ston Platt, technical directo'r. 

The 9 o'clock curtain enabled the 
society people to linger over their 
dinners, but cau.so.d the play to run 
very late. 

Helen Wave was to have been In 
the cast, but went with the Fox 
talking picture staff, and Is now in 
Hollywood. 



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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



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. ' ~Palace ' 
■ AriiM-Mutuis iiiuisiKtily tough this, 
sunvrin'i' Uh' piciuics and ' vaude, 
Only cMio-ilurd of Uio ^Tulace or- 
cheslni was iH-oui)iod Sunday- nuxtir 
nee, uiul r>oo si<;its luive been cut to 
six bits Cm- wet'IvrdaV niritinoes." 

A.sid.e from tbe Four Crii'ton Girls, 
.opeiiins, it's a gents' bill. this. week. 
iLine-up . includes Wiliiam Boyd, 
Ken Murray, Cliarlos Irwin, Dave 
Apollon, Donald r.rian, Bert . ghep- 
hard, find Wallace and Cappo, Okay, 
lii runninj;-, and shouici' have been a 
local draw with all names known. 
•Only apparent fault was having 
Ken Murray and Irwin on the same 
bill, as both boys are m. c.'s. Irwin 
sacrificed,' and got about half what 
he usually receives when all over 
the bill. It was a mopup for Mur- 
ray. gaRgin?: a little staggier than 
usual to egg on the small knot of 
custoiher.s, and cashing in heavily 
with . a goofy panned assistant 
comic aiid a swell built dancjng gal 
he carries, for the next- to-closing 
spot. . He also appeared in closing 
.witli BorL Shephard, whip manipu- 
lator. •Joe Frisco used- to work with 
Sheph ard before billing : himself 

"Mister. . ^ : — -■ :-- 

Strongest entrrin.t in the first half 
was Apollon,. who has been clean- 
ing Up in tiro big houses for quite 
a few yoar.s as 'a versatile combina- 
tion of musician and dancer. . He 
carries a good seven-piece Manila 
string orchestra, and two dancing 
girls. Apollon is and alWays has. 
•been a forte bet for picture houses, 
but has remained on the other side. 
"William Boyd has a meaty and tight 
little dramatic number for vaude- 
villie in "One of the Finest." Mt's 
been played before by others. Short, 
strong, and with no slack spots. 
Boyd is okay and John T. AVray, 
who authored, plays the crook well- 
Donald Brian opened the second 
hailf with his usual song turn and 
also i^alized with spotless stories. 
A little tap dancing brought re 



sponse from the oid-tin\e aduiiierwr 
Harry De Costa accompanied at the 
piano and tried some comedy talk 
that was without luck. 

Wallace and Cappo. deuce, are 
hoofers with plenty of their own 
stuff, good for picture houses and 
revues as. well as vaude. Went over 
easily here; Girtpn Girls, opening, 
roustabout Australian bike quartet, 
paclcing a fast punch for the early 
spot, Loop. 



the . usual .song in.troduction. Boy 
at piano, plays well, while two boys 
and girls do averaf^e stepping. 
Comic mile banjo duo here, regr 
ist<?ring as fair. Two girls, follow- 
ing piano solo, do a classic, dance of 
mild merits. Two men and a gii-l, 
in a vocal specialty, are- tolerable. 
One miss does a good bit of con- 
tortionistic dancing, fdllowod by a 
jiheiky youngster in a varsity drag^ 
Finale finds entire company of 5ix 
seconding this dance, Girls, in flash 
red costume.s, abbreviated, could 
have been featured in these cos- 
tumes and dances earlier in the act, 
and to much better advantage.. 

13dwards and Sarjford. one of ithe 
standouts with Mi.'^s Sanford. an 
attractive gii'l. Stor\ ha.s to do^ with 
a. stranded vaude aotor aiid a omin- 
try girl who is sta.iire struck. "Wind 
up by goitig to Now Yi^rk . where 
they put on a Duhoan listers act, 
with man doi!ig comedy version .of 
Tp'psy.Miss Sanford is quite a wow 
.IS a blonde, in soine real rags.. For 
finale thej; have doped out. a fair 
little, speech, and a number on the 
piano - nccordion by . .the girl. This 
should be used, ag a .Ov-'mp'ote ni:n\- 
"her ratli'er^ ffiaii h.ave the man da'ni?^ 
ihg accomponime.r.t. The. orch.estra 
drowns the accordion as it increases 
in volume. 

Show stoppers for the week are 
Brown. McGraw , and band. Col- 
ored boy and girl .dance team, fast 
and good steppers, with a nine- 
piece colored band in a plantation 
setting. Good .^attraction for any 
house short of the t^alace. and may- 
be even that. .Several heat spe- 
cialties, and the boy has some new 
solo steps, '.Girl is. cute, and the 
ensemble: great. 

• Baron ' Emmerson, and ' Count 
Baldwin, are opening, with a comic 
illusionist .skit, and closing' with, 
some guggling of balls, and Indian 
clubs. A strong hokum act. Mer- 
rill Brothers and Si.^^ter, cl'o.sing. 
Pole — balar.cint;,. slaok ', ^ii ' e, . acius T 



Dad play one week each at the 
Chicago and Uptown theatres here, 
opening July 23 at the Chidago. 

. Harold Murphy, former publicity 
director, Cooney Bros,* circuit, has 
gone to New York to make a new 
connection, ' . . 



B, .& k. open, their new Paradise 
theatre . Labor Day. The house Is 
to be wired for the talkers. 



A new theatre' will be built on 
the" site of the Capitol tlieatre, Pe- 
kin, 111,, and will open in late Sep- 
tember. 



J. B. Koppol. general manager of 
Louis I/jieinmie'a Chicajcfo theatres, 
and Henry Kruse, theatre supply 
man, have purchased the Janet 'the- 
atre .It 617 Ww North avenue and 
open with A grind picture policy 
next' week. 



James Mills, who owns several 
j Ohio festaurants, also the LaSalle 
theatre, opens the latter with pop 
priced pictures. 



half); "The. Thirteenth Jur^r" (2d 



half). 
Grand- 



"The Road to Ruin/' 



The Minnesota thejatre has a tie* 
up with , the Tribune, local daily, 
on an "opportunity week" contest 
to discover feminine talent for- Pub- 
lic unit shows. The winner will re^- 
ceive a contract for J75 a week. with 
a unit show. ■ . 



Installation of Vltaphone, Movie- 
tone, and Firntone has been com- 
pleted at the Minnesota theatre. 
"Warming Up" will be the first 
sound picture, opening week of July 
23. The State has been wired for 
VJtaphone for more than a year. 



Local newspapers carried stories 
last week . that the advent of Jo- 
seph P. Kennedy in vaudeville fore- 
casts a. return of the former two- 
a-day policy at the Hennepin-Or- 
pheum here:. 



---Har.?y-'^ornt<)nv-ot-W-.—W-.- -Watts 
theiure? at Springfield; is In Chi- 
cago booking pictures for his 
liouses. ^ 



Ohio theatre, Indianapolis, closed 
for two 'months; reopens August 25 
with talker equipment. installed. 



Ad Carter, Hearst cartoonist do- 



iNDlANAPOLIS 

By EDWIN V. O'NEEL 

English's— "The Seventh Guest" 

(Berkell-stock).- • 

, Keith's— "The Baby. Cyclone" 
(Walker stock). . 

Circle— "Hold 'Em Yale." 

Indiana— "Half a :$ride." 

Loew's Palace— 'The Cossacks." 

Apoflo— 'The , Lion and the 
Mouse." 



Charles Berkell closes his stock 



I etc'. .. '.•A -safe ; bet to close . average 
house :h.\U. 



Majestic 

Poorly wound film made this 
week's* feature picture at the . Ma- 
jestic difficult ■ to sit through, 
"Lingerie," war picture. The pic- 
tyre, starring Alice White, rather 
good, but projection here terrible. 
Business improved with the sec- 
ond show, 

Chrissie and Daley satisfactory 
as openers at . this house, and will 
do well any place. Man enters in 
fiery red wig and a tight-fitting 
ensemble of black; girl in rag-doll, 
dress, with a huge prop head. Man, 
dancing grotesquely, puts her 
through various loose-joined man- 
euvers. Later, girl, wears pink 
rompers and instructs man, in prop 
dog costume, good. Several other 
prop effects used to advantage. 
. Finale finds both on pogo ponies. 
Novel. Delten and Dawe, two boys, 
one of whom opens act as comedy 
m. c. They offer a comic improvi- 
sation of "Among My Souvenirs," 
one playing a guitar, the other sing- 
ing. Then a banjo, handled by one, 
en-solo, good. Their "walking back" 
. stunt.^y.^ing a; bench _p.s_ the flivver 
seiit, Fs cheap lioTcum and registers 
strictly on that basis. 
^Blue Bonnet Revue, next up, with 



Engiewdod 

The prolonged heaz wive. Which 
had been m-ardering n-:'n-re-irigerat- 
ed business, broke ic mr-d-wee'K, By 
Thursday night the Englewood had 
c-ome bac^i "With a iull i£k:n floor. 
1 Openers. Min^TT-ir.j- and Izetta, 
- have a smallish m-^l-ra: routine that 
-•lives by of plr^rap Iz-r-: la's buxom 
• ballad voice, ilinervlnj is fair with 
Jsax and ciannet, and his partner is 
a little better w:t"n the accordion'. 
Bemi^^ci and Marsh, second, are a 
mixed eomedy team, with incidental 
fiddling by the man and piano ac- 
compianiment by the girl. The girl 
handles the answers and realizes 
suflScient for the deuce- 

A young re-vue titled "Sun Bon- 
nets" is providing good training for 
the two girls and two boys who work 
it. All are hoofer.s with their climax 
in the future, and their regulation 
revue specialties Will please In 
Ass'n houses. In next to closing 
Sully and. Mack. >vop comic and 
Irish straight, mopped up with a 
strong laugh turn. The straight's 
ballad spot drew an encore herfe, and 
the whole act is a cinch for this 
time. 

Van de Velda and Co., risley and 
balancing troupe featuring the girl's 
foot juggling, closed to heaviest ap- 
plause of. the evening. The act is 
well dressed and starts with a good 
although misleading violin duo. 

"The Blue Danube" (Pathe). 



When iri Chicago 
Visit heae Hit* 



CORT 



CijYDE Er.-L.IOTT 
Presents 



A Companionate 

Marriacr**** By Jean 
iriarnage Archibald 

"\ frank but clean play and tlie 
aniootli %vork of a sUllleil crnftjimnn." 
•Asliton Ktpvcnii. Clil. "Ufr-Kxum." 
. Xow Pluytng .Sfveiitli M'eok! 



BLACKSTONE '«" 

A. Iv, KrlansriT & Uarry .7. VowcrH. Men. 

WALTER HUSTON 

U» the CJporffe Corian-nini; I.urdner 
.\ni<Tloun Compdy 

jlmer fa faeaf 

SELWYN -Mats.- TJiura. ami .Sit. 
SCnWAB and .MANDEIj Hrlns You 
THE NKW COT.I.KOIAfli: 
MLSIC.\I. CO.HI.DX 

"GOOD NEWS" 

with an 

aJLf.-AMBKICAN TKAM OP PLAYEKS 

FOIITX FLAPPER IRK.SHIKS 
ABB I.VMAN (Hlni8«lf). A 1II9 OBCH. 



Nat Nazarro has been attached for 
$2;500 by ^Mishklh & Mishkin, attor- 
neys, who defended him last year in 
his wife's suit for divorce. 



Billy Glason has been booked to 
open at the Oriental July 29. 



Pauline Gaskins is leaving the 
Publix ''Gems'; unit at Dps MolneSi 
due to illness. She will be replaced 
by Maxine Hamilton. 



Miller and Lyles booked for the 
Regal theatre by the local "William 
Morris office. 



Iron & Cliimiige's ITaymarket the-, 
utre goes dark for five weeks. 



A dozen or more music stores 
combined to give Paul VVhiteman a 
full-page ad. in the Chicago "Ameri- 
can" fll'-ar.st) while he- was playing 
local B. & K. hou.ses. , 



I .TijSf^ph Allen ha.s replaced Hugh 
;>'.uncron with the (.'liicMgo company 
«<f "floofl News." 



I "Ori'f'nwich '\'ill;ig<'' l^"i)lli<>s"'3ot for 
I th(.' l''uur C.'uh.'ins .July 

I . On-at Stal<.-s thoiifrcs are'^nstall- 
ing new orfja^s in Iho Plum theatre 
i;it Sinv'tiT nnir lhf> Kmprrss at De- 
•f.itur. Th(( Lincoln Hquarf*. Great 
,Stati-« hou.qi', Dcc.'itur, clo.scd for al- 
, .^.•i"atir)ris, rp.fiijfns Aug. 10. 

m.'iMil T!i-i)S, takr- pii,ss'>ssliin of 
the l-'amous thcali-i' ;it 14 Chicago 
.-iVr-nu" Si'))tcml)i'r 'I, 

Jackie Co<<g:in nnd his hooflnff 



C ORR E S POND ENCE 



All matter in CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week 
otl7erwise indicated. 

. The cities uhcfer Co'rr«BponcI«nce in this issue of Variety 
follows and on Daoest 



ATLANTA 
BRONX .. 
DUrrALO 



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61 

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;INCINNATI V. 61 



C 
CI 

DETROIT ....... 60 

INDIANAPOLIS 60 

LOS ANGELES .; .......... .. 62 



MILWAUKEE 

MINNEAPOLIS 

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are as 

...... 63- 

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60 



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SEATTLE 

SYRACUSE 
TORONTO .... 
WASHINGTON 



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ing the "Just Kids" strip, Is to 
make personal appearances In local 
theatres. He will do cartoons on 
the stage. Included on the pro- 
grams, which will be shown free 
to children in the morning, will bo 
■'Our Gang" comedies and a com- 
plete stage show. 



The Capitol and 'Avalon, how op- 
erated in receivership by the Chi- 
cago Title & Trust Co.; are chang- 
ing from Monday to Saturday, open- 
ing- 



Rihgling clrcua opened in Grant 
Park Saturday for a nine, day stay. 



Jules Albert! and orchestra will 
repla<ie Art Caswell's aggrregation at 
the Southmoor Hotel July 23. 



Art Colony group is giving plays 
on Thtirsdays, Fridays and Satur- 
days. Current plays ard "The 
Colonel's Lady," -"Ten Nights in* a 
Bar Room'' and "Cocaine." 



The Capitol and Avalon theatres 
now make their weekly program 
changes Saturday instead of on 
Monday. 



Irene Skinner is directing the 
Children's .Civic theatre on the mu- 
nicipal Navy pier during the sum- 
mer. 



Leo "Wolff's orchestra is featured 
at Vanity Fair. . Acts included on 
the new bill are Rick and Snyder, 
Adele Walker, Larry Vincent, Jane 
McAllister and Patsy Snyder. . 



"The Jazz Singer" has been' re- 
hooked, for Warners' Orpheum next 
week, the third engagement in that 
first run loop house. 



Ted Leary returns as m. c. at the 
Stratford theatre on July ,22. 



Fred Hamm and orchestra opened 
July 13 for the summer at Garden 
of Allah (roadhouse). 



Henry Goldson, operating five in- 
dependent picture houses here, has 
purchased the Embassy for $50,000 
from Marks Bros. Ho t.ikes pos- 
session Aug, 6, using a 3traight plc- 
.ture_j>Ql jcy. .! 



MINNEAPOLIS 

Shub.ert— "The Cross of Honor" 
(Bainbridge stock). 

Hennepin-Orpheum — Vaudeville, 
"The Little Yellow House." 

Pantages — Vaudevvile, "Square 
Crooks." 

Minnesota — "Wheel of Chance," 
"Sun Shades" (Publix unit). 

State — "Forbidden Hours," stage 
.show. 

i Lyric — " Alias tb« Deacon" (1st 



season at English's Aug. 18, giving 
the Berkell playess a vacation be- 
fore opening, at Chicago Labor Day. 



— ■. 

Indiana theatre plans. the installa- 
tion of Vitaphone policy. It is like- 
ly that Skouras-Publix will main- 
tain stage band policy only at the 
Circle. 



"The Lion and the Mouse" (Vita- 
phone) was held over at the Apollo 
this week. 



The Colfax, new South Bend 
house, opens Aug. 4 with Movietone 
and Vitaphone. M. A. Baker, rep- 
resenting Publix Theatres and '.fiala- 
ban & Katz, . has taken over the 
Colfax from H. O. Chrlstmah Co., 
owners. 



.. Louise Closser Hale< actress, 
visiting her mother here, has sold 
her play, "Snare Drum," to James 
Gleason, who will produce it in New 
Torlc in September. 



Phototone installed at Strand, 
neighborhood house. 



Will Rogers scheduled at Winona 
Lake July 26. 



DETROIT 

Variety's Detroit Office 
Tuller Hotel 



Cass (Shubert-Stalr) — "Desert 
Song" (10th Week). 
'Garrick (Shuhert-Stalr) — "Ring- 
side" (2d week). 

L a f ay e 1 1 e (Shubert-Stalr) — 
"Madame X" (2d week). 

Shubert- Detroit (Nederlander- 
Shubert)— "Pearl of Great Price" 
(2d week). 

Bonstelle — "Hei- Cardboard Lover" 
(stock). 

Adams (Kunsky) — "The Cos- 
sacks" (2d week). 

Capitol (Kunsky) — "Michigan 
Kid" ; "Ride 'Em Cowboy" unit. 

Madison (Kunsky) — "Jazz Sing- 
er"-Vita (2d week). 

Michigan (Kunsky-Publix) — "The 
Racket"; "Seein' Things" unit. 

State (Kunsky)— "Lion and the 
Mouse"-Vita-Movietone (2d week). 

United Artists (U. A.)— "The 
=To i 1 ers-U(lst- W-cek) .^L^=.„^-^^^_^ 

Oriental — "Buck Prlvates"-vaude- 
ville. 

Stock burlesque downtown ' at 
Cadillac, Loop, National, Palace and 
Avenue .theatres. 



Bonstelle Playhouse will close 
July 21 tor the first time since its 
opening three and a half years ago, 
to remain dark until Sept. 3 when 
it will reopen as the Detroit Civic 
theatre. 

Julius Bell, 49 -year-old Negro, 
who caused a riot among colored 



people in the ICoppin theatre, local 
T. O. B. A. stand, is near death. 
Armed with a knife, Bell was Unins 
the audience up against a side wall 
of tho theatre when Detective- 
Sergeant William Fuller knocked 
him cold. 



Robert Corbin, assistant manager 
at the Capitol, and Dorothy Ray, 
non-pro of this city, were married 
Jiily 9 at city hall. . 

Del Delbridgei and Frank Beaston, 
regular m. c.'s at the two doWntown 
presentation 'theatres, Capitol and 
Michigan,, were both .absent last 
week. Delbridge going to Chicago 
where his wife is an expectant 
mother and Beaston the victim of 
a nervous breakdown. 

Beaston was stricken at the end 
of his second week as an - m; c. 
"Discovered" by Balaban & Ka;tx 
while playing Johnnie Dunn in "Ex- 
ciess Baggage" (legit) in Chicago, 
Beaston was installed in the per- 
sonality role at the Michigan, this 
town's class film house, without inc 
te'rmediary experience. • His break- 
down, w^as attributed to worry over 
his strenuous assignment and to 
JB._&;_.K. bringing him a long top 
fast. 



Without a single future booking 
in sight, biz bad and all four cur- 
rent shows hanging on sdlely for 
the Knights , Teriipar convention, 
likely Detroit will be without a legit 
attraction in two weeks. 



Karl Schneider will be manageir 
of the Book-Cadillac hotel begin- 
ning Aug. 1, supplanting M. S. 
Thompson Who has resigned. 



Col. Josiah A. West, 87, veteran 
actor and showman - who died at 
Wilmington, O., last weelc, was a 
resident of Detroit for 35 years. He 
returned to his home in Wilming- 
ton two yiears ago, four years after . 
retiring from the professio^n. . 



cus performer and owner for many 
years, later going on the stage in 
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." 



MONTREAL 

BY C. W L 

His Majesty's — "Queen Hlgh- 
(Muslcal stock). 

Orpheum — "Some. Girl" (stock). 

Capitol-^"No Other Woman." 

Palace — "The Hawk's Nest."* 

Loew's— "The Big Killing." 

Imperial — Vaudeville. 

Strand — "Broadway Daddies." 
"Vanishing Pioneer," "Three Ringed 
Jilarrlage," "Beybnd- London's Life." 



Plans to change the Palace into a 
vaude-film house on the same lines 
as Pahtage's are about completed. 
The theatre closes for several 
months and will give Montreal more 
vaude than it has had in many years 
with fewer first-run pictures. The 
Imperial reopened this week with 
an all-vaude' bill, and no films. 



His Majesty's Savoy Musical stock 
came through the hottest spell this 
year in good shape last week. While 
the matinees fell off some, the nights 
held up welL This $1.50 top experir 
ment with good musical stock, well 
put on, is having a big success in 
his town and Charles Emerson Coolc 
will be back here next year for a six 
months' run as compared with the 
16-week show now at this theatre. 
C. E. Cook, directing His MaJesty^s, 
plans to take his company on tour 
to Ottawa and Toronto in Septem- 
ber. 



~The -Empress, -recently opened 
second run house in west end, is 
trying out a first-run picture, "Snow 
Bound." 



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VARIETY 



61 



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By HARDIE MEAKIN 

N a t i o n a1 (Erlanger-Rapley) — 
gteve Cochran's stock in "Mrs. 
WiRgs of the Cabbage Patch." 

Belasco, Poll's and President— 

Parlt. . 

Pictures 

Columbia— "Skirls." ; 
Ea^le— "Wheel of Chance." 
Pox — ^"Husbands for Kent.'' 
Metropolitan— "A Texa.s Stcev." 
■Palace— "Telling the World." 
Rialto— D.ark. 



Mohawk Quiiiictto, a local com- 
bination, havi*, ))oon bonked by 
Meyer Davis lor his Chevy Chapo 
Lake. 

i:o-orotary of Labor I')avi.-f had thi> 
Wel.sh Glee Singers, laist week at. 
the Fox, out to hi.s Ma.ssaclnisott.s 
avenue home on the clo.«;ing day for 
a spocial dinner. Tlie Secretary is 
a, AVcLshman! 



Roland . Robbin.s, manager of 
Keith's, has been on the job here 
throughout the entire ' closed period 
of . the house, the first time it ha.s 
been clct^od in it.s..](i years of life. 



Rialto went dark on Friday night 
last with nothing yel announced as 
to reopening or policy of the future^ 
Ijease<l by XIniversal four, years ago 
from Tom Moore, a new agreement 
vas entered into last week between 
Universal and Moore abrogating the 
<• then existing contract with six years 
yet to go.. . New agreement calls for 
eight yeixrs at an annual rental of 
$504,000, this, replacing the sliding 
scale of the older document. House 
Js not a money maker. U takes a 
loss to have a first run in this 
territory. 



ATLANTA 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By E. H. GOODING 

Lyceum— "T.,ulu Delle" "(stock). 
Temple— "Just Relax" (stock). 
Rochester — "Kidy Raffles"-yauilo. 
Eastman — "HappiUi^ss Alu'ad." 
Regent-— "Godd Mi-rnini? Judijo." 
Piccadilly — "Magiiificent l-Mirt" • 
"JSkirls." 



Andrew Downie, owner Dowuie ! 
[brothers' circus, playing liis hi'mc ' 
tiAvn, Medina, .luly 30, has wirc.'d the i 
Mcilina Memorial Ilospital .the en- ! 
tire proceeds .from advance .sale .i>f r 
tickets. ■ , 



■ Bordvvell block, in Albion, wlu-n- 1 
for many years all theatri<.'al ,'<ho\\>> ; 
were pla>"ed, has l>eeii purt;h;iso(i by ] 
thc> .\lasuns for $.10,000. ' 



By ERNIE ROGERS 

Georgia— "The Raokei" arid vaude-. 

Capitol — "Hot }leels" and "Hits 
and Rits of 1928" cEvi-ston-Napier) 

Loew's — "Ijovelorn" and vaude. 

Howard— "Half a Rride" and Pub;- 
iix unit. 

■Rialto —."Hot. Now.s" and. Movie- 
tone and Vitaplione. 
. Metropolitan — ".I;i7z Singer" and-i 
Movietone and Vitaphone. ' 



A dance niitrathon may be' run; 
htfi'i' within the next five weeks by i 
O. C. Pyle and Milt Crahdall, hiif on j 
a diffi'rent pl;in than the recejit Xew. [ 
Yorlc contest. Crandall,- here last j 
week, aiinouneod he Avould li;>nd out . 
$-l.rj.i)0 in prize money if ilie dancers 
stiick. it out for 74 hours. 

S(>ii Breeze P.'irk <ind Xatarnium 
turned in a new record over tlio 
w(M^k end, with 5,000 paid admis- 
sions; 



nell demurred. O'Connell closes 
here Saturday to start rehearsals in 
"Giiulcnien of tlu' Press." 

JIal Rrown, for <.'ij;lu >(ari> char- 
aetfr man Willi loe.il siocl^s bore, is 
tingling for tlie TiMupk'. now dark, 
with a view of inst.-illing. stock. : 

Jim Culliu-iin. Herald i-olyvnuist, is 
oiit as p. a. for the Wilcox stock. Kd 
Veziiia, managvr, is writing lii.s 
own noti.ccs. 

Tlu' n(-w'MarU Strand theatre in 
rtifa, ni'iiriiig completion,, opens 
Sept. I. . ■ 

.Vpst.iti '.s iir.-:t. marathon dancing 
cont'.-st, stngi-d - ;u Madison l^ake, 
was Won by Dora liurdick, Solsville, 
and I'Mdie Kei-ne, VUea. Tlu? con- 
test, exieinlvd one week, and the two. 
Wiiinei'S drew $■";")' ;ipieee.- Mary 
Wheeler. ,OrisU;niy rails, who wore 
■out tiiree partner-^, linishi.il with 
T.ester Marris and w<iii second prize. 
Darrcll ami .l>.\ra . .Me Arih\ir, bnuher 
and sister, of iliis' city, took, third 
moju-y. 



tlmate Playhouse, former art the- 
atre, trying to frame a policy of 
art films and arty one-aeters for 
next season. Stavrof will ad in. as 
Will as direct the venture. 



Silas V: .I'k is out as -i.^-i-^'ant 
mimagi-r at the I'arK Pl,iza. .M>>ve 
is part of siinjni.er iiolicy m cut 
down . ov(M-h(>ad. 



When Meyer Davis's family re- 
turns to Philadi3lphia- from James- 
- — -towir,-R. T-j- this -fall,--a— Rolls-Royce 



ON AND AFTKR AUGUST 1 

DRv J. BERNSTEIN 
Dentist 

formerly at Hotel Portland, 132 West 
47th St., . will be located in the new 

HOTEL VICTORIA 

7th Avenue at 51st Street 



Persi.stent rumors that Loew is to 
4j£i_int6-tiLa--Cii.pitoL_(-Uni.v£raal>; Jjut. 
everybody concerned shies from con- 
firmation. . Capitol stage crew has 
received two weeks' notice, but this 
is .explained as necessary to sign 
new contracts, as house has changed 
policy from vaudeville to musical 
comeds' stock.. 




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Lew Haase,. inanager of the Er- ' 
langer, aiuiounccs loctil house and 
Jefferson in liirinihgliam has begin- 
ning of road shoAv .chain in south t.ij 
be .operated by ICrlangcr.' ■ 



Record rainl'all first half of week 
ruined. business everywhere. 



Bill, 



Capitol . flinging bathing beauty 
racket, using six of the gals who 
also ran at Galveston. 



Wiring ha-s been completed at 
Howard for talkers, and first sound 
bill will be pvesented next week, July 
23, Capitol Loew's and Keith's 
Georgia also have beien measured for 
the sound Btuffi 

— Metpope litah led the .w^ay lo caUy- 
by grabbing Vitaphone quite some 
time ago. Rialto was next* tidding 
Movietone news and features. Met 
added Movietone meantime. 

Local stage bands and musicians 
are viewing the situation with 
alarm, but as yet no gesture has 
been made other than withdrawal of 
projection men from the Metropoli- 
tan, when the house dismissed or- 
chestra and organists several 
months ago. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

BY GHESTER B. BAHN 

. Wieting: — ""\Vhat Anne . i^rought 
lloiiie" cKrank Wilcox stoc.'k).. 

B, F. Keith's— Vaudeville- j)ic- 
tmies. ._, ' ' • 

Loew's State— ''Steamboat 
Jr."— "Xylophonia.'* 

Strand — "The Hawk's Nest"— 
Vitaphone-Movietone. 

Empire— "No Other Woma-n." 

Eckel — "The-'LIon and. the Mouse" 
— Vitaphone. 

Syracuse — Independent vaudeville 
— pictures. 

Regent — "The Port of Missing 
Girls"— "College." 

Harvard — "Two Arabian Knight.s. 

Swan — "Love" — "The Arizona 
Beascat." 

Palace^"The Wife's Relations." 



The Savoy, dark for the summer, 
reopens with stock burlesque policy 
Aug. 25. Tom PhUllps,; who repre- 
sented Dewey ' Michaels, Buffalo, Ss 
producer and manager last season, 
ako a th e hmis e oh h ls-c^wi 



Ruth Abbott, Syracuse stock lead; 
opened a seven weeks' engagement 
with the Colonial Players at the 
Colonial, Pittsfield, Mass., Monday 



The Wilcox stock at the Wieting 
again has "The Old Soak" Under- 
lined. The price was' originally 
slated to niark the return of Hugo 
O'Connell but was dropped ;.for "The 
Song and Dance Man" when O'Con 



BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON . 

. Erianger ( stock.) • •'The Motintain 
.Miin," 

BuffaIo--"T(irinK Uie World:" 
Hipp— '"ri^e Wiiei-l of Chance." 
Great Lakes- -'The Escape." . 
Court ..Street . Cstock) — " ("Irau- 
stark." , 

All four of the l(je;il. She.T,-Publi.c 
thf.<ii-tres -^vi7,>-^bHni?^: w-iredr^fo.r- talk^ 
er.s. Instaliation at Shea".'?. IVuffalo 
will be CMihplftod Augiist 1, others 
the first of Sei)tember. 



CINCINNATI 

. By. JOE KOLLING 

Taft Auditorium-— '"Tlie l-'ii el-i ;i iid" 
(Stuart VV.ilker ); ' 

Albee -;'.lfalC ji WriiU-" atul • .,ude.. 

Palace — "l-ejiioivalrcs in I' iris" 
and vauiie. • 

Capitol- "Lady lU- tb'nl ".. \'jt;i 
Ivho.no. ■ 

Lyric---"]-es ."Misivable.v." 

Keith's-- ■ 'lU iiuond PlaiubMif:'.-." 

Strand ".\ Thief .n the n.-irl;. " 



': Aftel'. nine weeks at tile ';i;md 
Opera Ib'Use the StUiirt W.ilUer 
company bus shitted to Taft .Vudi- 
loriuni. in new . .Masonic 'IVinplo, to 
liiiisli its sumiuer stock sea^!on. 

Suspension of the "padkuk" in- 
junctioii on t'astlc Favin, suburban 
ca;'e, Wliich was. issued last l''<'bru- 
ary, announci'd by. l'\'der:il .lodge 
I.Tickenloopor. 

Johanna (irosso, organist,, bus 
moved from Keith's to Albce, which 
i'CcentlS" ohang<'d. from presentalitm 
policy to jtoj) Vayde "and jilm's, the 
:Drch"ef^tTTr-batng:nTt~to .T^tewnTrrces 
and Hy C. Ciei."?, featured organist, 
let out. 



Fox's Groat Lakes here will begin 
.showing talking pictures Aug. 5. All 
of the X"'ox product for the coming 
year will be shown at tire house 
as >>ell .""s tlie complete Warnei' 
Bro.s. talking line. Hou.ses are 
using dotible advertising spreads. 



Former Loew's, Buffalo, rented by 
the Fitzer interests of Syracu.se will 
be renamed the Century instead of 
the Hollywood. 



BRONX, N. Y. C. 

Renovations to I^erihelm. JuItuH 
Joel.son house, almost completed, 
and house will reopen next month. 




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over to Hurtig and Seamen's Music 
Hall next season, may become col- 
ored musical comedy and tab Tiduse. 
If the deal goes through, the house 
will be In opposition to Aihambra:. 



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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 




VARIEH^S LOS ANGELES OFFICE 

ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge 
Loew'i State Bldg., STiite 1221-22 
707 So. Broadway, Trinity 3711-3712 




ANGELES 



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Orpheutn ^ 

About the only edge the cash cus- 
tomers received at the Orpheum 
last week was the break on the ad- 
mission tax— how no more. Other 
Wise it was just another bill; 

Headlining split three ways with 
Sessue Hayakawa, Eddie BOrden 
and Bert "Wheeler held over. The 
register was Ken Howell's Colle- 
gians. A youthful and versatile ag- 
gregation of musicians; copped 
easily, 

Bert Wheeler, wjth, his two as- 
sistants, Bernice Spear and Al 
Clair, romped through his period 
with very much the same stuff as 
the previous week. They probably 
expected at least- a few items dif- 
ferent from Wheeler, The Spear 
gal was again the outstander *n 
the turn and clicked from all angles. 
Hayakawa and his company closed 
the .first half with the sketch he's 
been doing around for several sea 
sons. Supporting cast Includes Lu- 
cllle Lortel, Omar Glover and Wa,l- 
ter Nelson, I.iatter is on but a few 
minutes. 

After sonie of the gag men from 
Hollywood got through taking down 
quips from Topics of- the tJay, the 



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show resumed with C!uy and Pearl 
Magley, ballroom dancers, sur- 
rounded by a revue holding the 
Bower Sisters and Peggy Ward and 
Jose Reyes. . The Magleys were 
standard with their pirouetting, 
while the . sister team was not so 
much. More steppiikg and less har- 
monixing would help thes6 kids. 
The Ward gal is a neat little acro- 
contortionist, while Reyes accom- 
panies at tiio IvorieSi : 

Eddio Borden in his "Non Plus, 
Revue" with Arthur Van and Dot 
Brown, held off for the punch in 
next to shut, Borden Is familiar 
around towTi and so is his material. 
Upholding the theory that hokuni 
presented in style is sure fire, Bor- 
den and his accomplices went about 
their business to cinch that balltf. 
GagsS, bits and blackouts about de- 
scribe Borden's turn, A lot of it 
l3 legitimately funny and what is 
not is made up bj' Borden's ad 
libblng. Miss Brown Is classy with 
plenty of that "It" business about 
her. Sure fire oh Ifioks, Besides 
a capable manipulator of the ac- 
cordion. 

Paul Gordon In a nonsensical rou- 
tine leading up to trick- bike riding 
-openedr-and-was^ollow-cd-by^-orr- 
berto Ardelli, billed as. Mtalian- 
Amerlcari tenor. About all In Ar- 
deili's favor is a strong oalr of 
pipes and those not .yet set. His 
selection of numbers was unsatis- 
factory. 

Lorraine Wallace and her. Hons 
called it an evening's entertainment. 

Pit orchestra struggled through 
a heavy overture that might have 
been ipassed up with no squawks. 
Alton at the organ whlled away 
some superfiuous moments with pop 
numbers, . • 
Biz not so good Sunday night. • 

Pantages 

Fairly evenly balanced layout last 
week. Despite torrid, weather and 
the house minus a Cooling system, 
fair tra de 



president, with H. B. McCroskey 
vice-president. Treasureship went 
to Fra»k Richardson, and WUma 
Wilson was named secretary. 

Gore Brothers, Abe and Mike, 
bought some 160 acres of land alone 
Topango Canyon drive for a re- 
?oitSrlce of over ?100.000- T^.^^ 
Intend to establish a resort on the 

site. . ■ , 

Adelaide Hellbron ls^ writing^ for 

Patho a stor,y f^"^ f ^^Ck 
based on title "OITlce Scandal.' J,ack 
jSngmeyer is Writing "The^ Flying 
Foor for William Boyd., to be made 
at the same studio. 

'Cunningham and Bennett ^11^^' 
make a Vitaphone record; this weeK. 
The -team l3%laying, for Pantages 
Another to can for Vita Is .Tex Mc 
LeodT monologist, on the .Orpheum 
circuit. . 

Don and Iris Wilklng opened July 
13 at the Colorado theatre, Pasa- 
dena (West Coast Theatres). ^Don 
is m. c., with Iris (his wife) at the 
organ. 



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etc. Eyebrows and laihcs sliaped and darK- 
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Coleura with InstnictloPi, $1.25 poitpald. 

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THEATRE SITE 

Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Only available location in heart of busl- 
.nes9 and movie district. Corner property 
62 H f«8t front by 210 feet deep, Lone 
term lease. For particulars address box 
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The vaude spread held the usual 
six turns, with no one in . particular 
top lining, but a good all around 
show, , Openers were the Three 
Orantos, equilibrlstic. Fast opener, 
good for that spot on any bill; Next 
followed Hotllton and Whiting, 
mixed comedy chatter arid warbling 
team, with the gal getting the edge. 
Their line of material, whHie not 
new. Is delivered in- good taste and 
diction: Particularly the latter. 

6aby du Yalles, high powered so- 
prano, is a cinch to click anywhere. 
That goes for concert or stage. This 
gal has a brilliant range In her voice 
and plenty behind it. All but one 
of her songs are in foreign language 
but get over Just the same. 

Tracy and Elwobd, another mixed 
comedy team, dished out enough. In 
the way of "hoke" and otherwise to 
stop the show cold. They were the 
first and only show stoppers. The 
femme, blonde, is sure fife. Her 
partner is the foil, A neat and per- 
sonable chap who knows comedy 
value. 

Next to closing were the Empire 
Comedy Four, harmony funsters 
seen around for years and still 
eyoklng laughs. 

Closing were Spoor and Parsons, 
mediocre song and dahce team, ma- 
terially aided by Solos Bros, Ma- 
rimba band, probably one of the 
best outfits of the kind in the busi- 
ness. The band holds up whatever 
there Is In this turn. 

Screen feature, "Why Sailors Go 
Wrong" (Fox). 



Boh. Zicgler, pianist, ha3 "been 
added to the Eddie Peabody I'an- 
chon and Marco unit. 

Three and a half weeks of indif- 
ferent business was enough for tne 
Belmont, closed after, stock and pic- 
tures, John P. Goring and David 
Torf managing. West Coast The- 
atres again took possession of tne 
house when rent was not paid. 

Goring stepped out after the first 
week, leaving the house to Torf, who 
Is understood to have .sunk J8,000. 
With the closing, the 10-year lease 
on the house held by Dr. Archibald 
and Ruth Helen Davis automatic-- 
ally was cancelled. Goring and Torf 
had subleased the house when they 
came in. The house will probably 
rprhnin dfl.rk indefinitely as West 



Coast Theatre's baa no immediate 
plans for it. 

Here's how one press agent, Ray 
Coffln, introduced Mayor James 
Walker to a body of press agents, 
the Wampas: 

"There has been laid apon me the 
great honor of presenting to you 
our distinguished guest, probably 
the most distinguished guest ever 
presented to this body. I have ac- 
cepted this duty in spite of the 
grave disparity, the paucity, in com- 
parative vocabulary under which 
most consciously I am now speak- 
ing, and ask you to jneet and greet 
America's Prince of' Wales, King of 
regular fellows, the greatest mayor 
ever elected by the greatest city in 
the world, and probably the only 
man in the Ualted States who needs 
nq Introduction — the Honorable 
Jimmie Walker." i 



William Wellman returned to the 
Paramount studios after a brief visit 
in Boston. His next production is 
"Dirigible," being adapted for the 
screen by Oliver Garrett, Wellman 
will direct, ... 

A rostavrant close to Film Row 
and West coast Theatres executive 
ofllces ©n Vermont street has Iniro- 
vated a daily luncheon service for 
ladies only, in addition to its regular 
bill of fare. This "Ladies' Special 
Lunch" is priced at 35 cents and is 
not available to male patrons. Its a 
new racket around these parts. 

Annual Holiywiobd \ Exposition, 
sponsored by Holly wood Businoss 
Men's association,, is being held this 
week on the old Paramount lot on 
Vine street. Besides the various 
commercial booths arid concessions 
there is a one-ring circus provided 
by Al Copeland. 

City Council tentatively approved 
the proposed riew Are ordinance for 
theatres recomriiended by Fire Chief 
Ralph Scotti- Further-aetidn-w-ill be 
taken by the council this week, 
Chief Scott said that the larger the - 
atres. had nothing to fear from the 
ordinance, which is directed to drive 
the honky tonka out of business. 
Under terms of the ordinance it will 
be necessary for all. theatres to ob- 
tain operation permits from the Fire 
Commission. 

Christian De Rode, 60, seaman on 
the schooner "Irene," owned by the 
United Artists, was killed in a fall 
down the companionway of the boat 
while the craft wias anchored off 
Santa Cruz Island. De Rode , died in 
the St. Francis Hospital, Santa Bar- 
bara, from a fractured skull. The 
ship was being used in the filming 
of "The Rescue," Herbert Brenon 
production, starrliig Ronald Colman. 



Profeisionals h«v« the fret use of Variety's 

Lot Angeles Office for information. Mail 
may ba addressed care Variety, Leew's Stats 
BIdfl, Suite 1221-22, Los Angeles. It will be 
held subject to cajl or forwarded", or advor- 
tised in Variety's Letter List. 



the Loew's State band, whore he is 
being groomed for m. c. Corcoran is 
a ban joist. 

Frieda Berlcoff, sister and dancing 
partner of Louis Berkoff, has gone 
to New York to rejoin her brother's 
act in a tour around the world. Miss 
Berkoff left the act a few months 
ago to stay On the . coast. She had 
beeri teaching in a dancing school. 



Hollywood Association of Foreign 
CorrCspondenta (IIAFCQ) vv^Ill hold 
a ik-olic at the Roosevelt hotel Aui^. 
1.* 



Rupert . Hughes,, in an oration de- 
livered before the Music Teachers' 
Association of California, said tliat 
American music is being ignored by 
American musicians and that jazz 
should have the attention of the 
music teachers. , 



Bert Simmons of the local Lyons 
and Lyons office ia leaving here this 
week to go with the L. & L. Chicago 
office. 



Nick Harris, operatirig a private 
detective agency here, addressed a 
morninga boys' matinee at the Metr 
ropolitan, speaking on "Crime Does. 
Not Pay." : 



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and DRAPERIES 

SCHBLL SCENIC STCPIO. Coltiinbns, O. 



Following the work of retailing 
scenes for "The Mating Call," now 
being produced by Caddo and di- 
rected by James Cruze, Thomas 
Melghan will leave for Rye, N. T., 
to sp,end the summer. 

At the -Mratlon of a leng i-est, 
Meighari will decide whether he will 
remain in films or retire. 



NaA Farnum in charge of West 
Goslst -Theatres, club and. private en- 
tertainment booking department has 
returned from a five-week eastern 
and Canadian visit. . . He was acr 
companled by Mrs. Farnum.. 

Paramount Studio Club elected 
new officefs for the ensuing year: 
J. A, Souter was unanimously made 



PAUL 



NOTE NEW AOVRESS 

FOR 



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& SON 

steamship Accomodations Arranged on All Lines at Lowest Rates 
Foreign Bxchange Also TakcTi Care of. Bought and Sold 
Oldest Agency, in U. S. Specializing oh Theatrical Travel 
EUKOPiEAN CONNECTIONS — PuHango Taken Care of IJoth Ways 

TIMES SQCJARE TRAVEL BUREAU 

PAUL TAUSIG & SON Management 

Seventh l>Lve:^^ 

rilONE I'ENN. 2800 



' INSTITUTION INTERNATIONALK 

Shoes for the S^age and St^^^t 

MiT SHOWFOLK'S SHOESHOP-1S5 2 BROADWA.Y 



The Wampas credentials com 
mittee went on record as nipping 
another racket, in the bud when a 
man from Memphis solicited one of 
the studios on the coast for use of 
the original costumes worn in one 
of their pictures. To qualify this 
request, he .claimed to Jiave been 
s tag! n g a riio tiori" picture ball iri 
Memphis under the auspices of Its 
leading newspaper. The press agent 
to whom this request was ad- 
dressed turned the riiatter bver to 
the committee and after wiring to 
the newspaper referred as sponsor- 
ing the bail, received a reply to the 
effect that they had never heard 
of the man requesting thp costumes 
or did they know of any pkture ball 
planned for the city. 



The chorus of "Good New^" (24> 
has been engaged by the Christie 
Filriti Co. to dance the varsity drag 
number, in a sequence for "The Con- 
fessions of a Chorus Girl" series. 

Carl and Lll Muller, former vaude- 
villians conducting Muller'a Coffee 
Shap on Hill street, celebrated their 
20.fh wedding anniversary last week. 

Mrs. H. A. Everett was elected 
president of the Pasadena Commu- 
nity Playhouse Association. 

Ai-thiir -Hadley and Georgie Raft 
have been signed, by Fanchon and 
Marco for a route over West Coast 
Theatres. William Perlberg, of local 
William Morris office, 'booked. Lat- 
ter also placed Duffln and. Draper on. 
a William Morris contract and is 
sending the team oast, 

Warner Brothers signed acta last 
week to record for, Vitaphone sub- 
jects. Chaz Chase, eccentric comic; 
The Rangers, male harmony octet, 
and Herb Wiedoeft'a Brunswick re- 
cording., orchestra, now being di- 
rected by Jess Stafford. Of these 
only Chase haa completed canning. 
The othera will be made within a 
few weeka. Chase and The Rangers 
were booked through the local Mor- 
ris office. ' , . ' 



TAYLOR TRUNKS 

XX PROFESSIONAL J^75 
T R U N K ............. 

Our consclentloui obscrrahre ol 
osscnUal dcuils of manu(actur» 
lias pieasod Ui« profesiloD to* 
more thao 69 rears. 

TATliOR TRUNKS ara depend- 
abla and 8erTlcoable; Uie Bland- 
art! of Uie proresston. Oil} 
direot from the manufacturer. 
TAYLOR TRUNKS are sold onlj 
at our atoroa. 

The Ploneeri ef Tlieatrloal Trunks . 
itii 'il er H ie la iiie ' iii a nap»ineBt-ilnc»465>- 

TAYLOR'S 

MS West 45tl| St.. NEW YORK 
28 Eart Randolph 8L, CHICAGO 



Fanchon and Marco have brought 
"Red" Corcoran, comic, from the 
northwest and installed him with 



MOST OBIOINAI. 

COFFEE SHOP 

In the Golden West 

Carl— MULLER»S— LiU 

"TW« OLD TIMERS" 
Direct from Train or Theatr* 
Yon Are Welcome 
724 So. Hill St., Los Angeles 





GuerrTni & Co. 
The Leadlni Mi 

Largest 
ACCORDION 
FACTORY 
in the United Statei 
The onlj Factory 
that makca any set 
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Free Catalopiet 




The practice of studios employing 
their own staff portrait artists, 
coupled with the poor summer trade 
ifl making it tough for the Boule- 
vard photographers and other rec- 
ognized commercial portrait artists. 



Hollywood acting schools are re- 
sorting to radio broadcasting for 
cliont.s, promlwSing/free screen tests 
and elaborating on the future po.ssl- 
bllities the screen holds for people 
with pood voices. The llstenors-in 
are told that there are no strings 
nt tTif ii?;d to- the^f ree £r«^en "^^^^ 
should the pre.spect apply at the 
studio, thpy will be told whether 
they are suitable for screen work 
or not.. TMr is generally gauged by 
the size of the bank roll the appli- 
cant pos.sGf-'ses and not the ability 
to conform with the screen's re- 
quirements. 



Malcolm S. Boylan, supervising 
editor of Fox productions, haa added 
Lesley Mason and Edith Tlristr)!, 




STRICTLY UNION MADE 




Hartmann, Oshkosli 4 Mendel Tmnki 

ALL MODELS— ALL SIZES ON HAND 
AT GREATLY REDUCED rillCES 

ALSO 1.000 USED TRUNKS OF EVERY OESCRIPtlON 

WB DO REPAIRING. WRITE FOR OAT AIX)0. 

SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. 

568 Seventh Avenue, between 40th and 4l8t Streets, New York Citv 

SOLE AOKNTS FOR H & M TRUNKS IN THE EAST 
riiones ; I..onKacre 0197, I'enimylvimia 0004 




HOTEL CHRISTIE 



Hollywood, 
Calif. 



It. J. MATIIESON, T.09SCC Manager 
HOLLYWOOD'S HAVEN OF HOSPITALITY 
A "HOME" IN THE HEART OF FILMLAND 

"CLOSE TO EVERYTHING" 

Meittt<m^"Variety*^for rSpeci^^ 



FANCHON and MARCO COSTUME CO. 

Designers and Creators of Special Show Girl and Chorus Costumes 
for many of the motion picture producers and all Fanchon ai^^ 
Marco West Coast presentations. These costumes for rent to respon- 
sible musical stock and tab show companies at reasonable prices, 
FANCHON and MARCO COSTUME CO. 

643 So. Olive street LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



Wednesday, July 18, 1928 



VARIETY 



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HOTELS FOR SHOW PEOPLE 



HOTEL HUDSON 

ALL NEWLY DECORATED 

8 and Up Single 
$12 and Up Doyble 

Hot and Cold Water and 
Telephone Id Each Room 

102 WEST 44th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
thone: BRYANT 7228-29 



HOTEL FULTON 

(U) the llcart ot New Xork) 
$.9 and Up Single 
$14 and Up Double 

shower Saths, Hot and Cold 
Water and Telepnone 

Klcctric Fan In eiicli room 
264-268 WEST 46th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Flkone: l^acUawniina C990-1 
Opposite N. V. A. 



Reduction in Rates 

Large Room Private Bath 
. $16.50 Week 
TWO-fEUSONS 
8lti;;le Room,. JBot , and Cold tftl O-nfl 

Hotel America 

165 Went 471h St., New lorU City 
riione Brytint 0094 > 



LORRAINE 

SINGLE ROUM, BATU, $2.00 CP 
OOVBLK ROOM, BATH. $17.60 AND $21.00 WKEKLT 
DOUBLE WlfliOCT BATIl. $14.00 WEEKLY 
LEONARD niCKS. rresident 



GRANT 

SINGLJC BOOM WITIUTCT HATH. $1.35 AM> $1.50 I'Kli DAS 
i^lNGI.IO KOOM, KATII. $.;.00 i'Klt DAV 
DOCRLK ItOO.M WlTIIOl"! B.VTII. $14.00 I'KK WKKK 
DOi:BLli ROOM WITH BATH $17.50 AND $21.00 WEEKLX 



NEW HOTEL 

100 Rooms 
100 Showers 

and Tubs ; 
Double Rooms 

$3— $4— $5 . 
Single Rooms 
$2.50 and $3.00 



HOTEL KILKEARY, Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH'S HOTEL FOR THE PROFESSION 
Conveniently .Located Within Five Miriutiss of All 
DOWNTOWN THEATRES 
Announcing the Opening of New Restaurant and Coffee Shop 

THE FAYETTE 

In Connection with the Hotel— Something Diffet'ent, Good Food, , Reasonable Prices 



Absolutely 
Firijproof 
Artistic Steel 
Furniture 

J. F. KILKEARY 
Proprietor 

NINTH ST. and 
PENN AVE. 



RUAKOArAMNENTS 

SOO Eighth Ave. (49th St.) 

CIIICKERING S.'S.'iO 
2-3 Rooms, Balli ami Kitchenette. 
Aerommodate 3-5' Persons. Complete 
Hotel Service. Attractively Furnielied. 
Under "New Munasrement 
REDCCED R-ENTALS 



LOU HOLTZ'S 



241 WEST 43D STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
PHONE LACKAWANNA 7740 

Low Summer One and Three Rooms, Bath, Kitchen 

Completely Furnished 
In the Heart of Times Squai-e 



Rates 

Now Effective 



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104 W. 49th St., New York City— Ownership Management 



Larfce Roomfl. 
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CourtcoDfl Treatment ' 
Newly FnrnUtaed . a day 
Bpcolal Weekly Bates and np 



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Phone: LONGACRE 680S 



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APARTMENT HOTEL 
Drymmond Street 

Special weekly rates to the profesBloo 
Restanrant In connecMon 



GRENCORT APTS. 

200 West 50th Street 
NEW YORK CITY 

1 and 2 Roont> Suites with Bath 
$17.50 Up Full Hotel Service 



THE BERTHA 

COMI'I.ETK FOR HOUSEKEEPING. CLEAN AND AIRY. 

325 West 43rd Street NEW YORK CITY 

Private Bath. 3-4 Rooms.' Catering . to the iDomfort and* convenience •! 

the profession. 

STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT- - - - - $16.00 UP 




TORONTO 

1j. Kcscnbaum. Sturgeon Falls, 
Ont., announces the new Capitol 
being built by FP in North Bay 
will open in December. The Ava- 
lon, new Ottawa neighborhood 
bouse, opens in September. 

* ■ — : 

Programs were suspended in three 
bouses last week due to electrical 
breakdowns in storms. Loew's, 
Tivoli and Hippodrome were all af- 
fected. Ten persons were killed by 
lightning in Ontario and Quebec 
diiring the week. 

The combiriatij.. of pict\)res and 
(Stock is being tried at the Play- 
horse. n>w $600,000 theatre in V/in- 
■nipeg. ^r. Gralinm, Ilegina, is in 
clLirge. • 

Sam Weiner, who has rented the 
liegent. .main stem Winnipeg flicker 
liou.-se for five years, has bought it 
from ]Mrs. K. Klc'iard.son. Weiner 
;il.<!o . own.s tlif Columbia. 



SEATTLE 

By DAVE TREPP 

President--"Rejuvenation of Aunt 

M.ny" (f-tock). ^ , 

•Orpheum— "Sally.of the Scandals - 

A'.'uule. . ,,,, . 

Pantages--"My I-idy of AMnm.s - 

v'JudP. „ . ., 

Columbia— 'Flymir Rc'nu'os. 

Winter Garden -"Czar Ivan."' 
Blue Mouse— "IJon find .AlMU.<-f - 
\i*r\ (Ath wirlO. 

United Artists— "Thifi ^mncvp. 

.T.ilin Tl.inirirks niwf.'^t Im.iUSo 
'.Music I'.nx." (.;>ens Ai)'-'. .2 with 
■'ClnVh.us i;-. i.-y ii.r a run. \ ita, 
in(«v)i t'niK n-nd pictu'-o iit ^.dc. . i." n/-. 
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— cold w.itcr. trlcpliones, sboireri. 

— $12 ror ^ngle Room 
~ $15-$17 for Double Room 
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— (with Private Bath) 

— Summer Concessions 

^ This 1b the Ideal hotel for Ihe 
I profession -In the hejirt of the 
— — — theatrical sn'tlon 

Phones Itrjant 0573-4-5 "~ 



ahead of the Abrier K. Kline shows, 
are in Seattle this week. The show 
opens here at I2th and Tesler in a 
few days for a week stand. Business 
very good, the boyS' report. 

I^aAitt. Brown & Huggins, oper- 
ating a carnival, have found the play 
improved thi.s season in northwest- 
ern towns. A three-ring stand-up 
circus is their newest wrinkle. 




^Txiuis .I^azar (Piiblix) has gone. to 
the hojne oflice in New York. He 
was here a month helping whip the 
new Seattle and Portland theatres 
into line. 

Elmer J. Walters, recently in 
Grand Rapids, Mich., in the new 
manager of. the President - theatre 
(Duffy Players). Arthtir Frahni, for- 
mer manager, and Mrs. Frahm have, 
returned to San Francisco, . to be 
with the Duffy organization there.. 



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Single, $10-914 weeklj 
Double . . .. $3 extra 
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Uodemly famished. Transients, $2 



Hotel Winthrop 

TACOMA, WASH. 

Rlfrht Aerom the Street ' from 
Pantaires and Broadway Theatres 
Flreproot and Real Reds 
Rates Reasonable 
liAT W. CLARK, Manager. 



Harry Singer, west coast manager 
Orpheum Circuit, inspected Orpheum 
here and in A'ancouver, B. C, com- 
ing up from I..OS ■ Angeles to help 
inaugurate the two-a-day policy. 



Herschel Stuart is back from Mon- 
tana, where he arr.inged for Fnn- 
chon <t Marco shows to open T^alwr 
day in Great Kails. F. & M. will 
play week in Montana — one day in 
Lewistown, two in fire;it Falls and 
tliree in liufte. Cloing into Grand in 
fJrcat Falls and Parkway, Ihitte. 
Vita and movietone j-f-ady to open in 
=;! t{ (litlTr^ lie^'istriwn r^biberty,- Great 
r-'all.'!, at any d.nte. 



MILWAUKEE 

By HERB ISRAEL 

Davidson— "Abie's Irish Rose" 
(Worth stock). 

Alhambra— "Jazz Mad" (stage 
show). 

i Garden — -"Lion and the Mouse" 
(Vita-Movietone). 

Merrill — "The Cossacks" (2d 
week). 

Palace— Vaude-"The Wall Flow- 
er," 

Riverside — ^\'aude-"Thief In the 
Dark." 

Strand — "The Dragnet." 

Wisconsin — "Fifty-fifty Girl"- 
stage band. 



The Gayety (burlesque) closo.1 
last Saturday night after about five 
Weeks of stock. Grind pictures go 
in for the balance of the summer. 



Ned and Lew Fine have taken a 
tab^-show-^th rough"the=nor-ther-n -see^ 
tion of the state, playing summer 
resorts. 



Til'" .-iratih' is nady for movie- 
io.u< , in^tallm' iit conii>;''-t<'d. 

Ral' iuii, fonnf r nr.ui-iK'T of tlii' 
(■'oli.'-f tim h( n-. i.'-- now West f.'o.'is: 
:n,.i'ii!^'-i- .for Olympia houses. 

IU-|i(.i'li d lit re Louis L;.zar. wh-i 
has jiist rftiuiied to New York, i." 
((. 1.^ a.->-Jsta'it t' ITnrry Marx of 
I'lii.li.x Thffitrf'--. 



I Kiehard White,. I^^ S. niarslutl. for 
j 14 years judge of harness racing ;u 
I the VVi.'-eonsin state fair, died July 
' 10 of apoplexy. 



I Mo\ ietone opened 
i horlioods of the 
j fliain Sunday. The 
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VOL, XCII. No. 2 



NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1928 



64 PAGES 




CRAZIEST 




Otto Kahn Is Liberal Donater, 
But Banker's System 50-50 on Year 




From one close to Otto H. Kahn 
cbmejs the information that the 
banker always shows a profit oh 
hUa financial assistance to ventures 
coneerning the arts. Kahn never 
donates . any money for such enter- 
prises; hei "lends" it and is. given 

table firta rrotot inte r cat in tt\e- - 
vehtiire. * 

Willie ihany of such Kahn- 
fiinanced undertakings prove almost 
total losses/ the law of iiverases 
protects the' flTianfcler, sio that in 
the lonef run his annuar statement 
invariably ahows a credit balance 
on his year's activities. 

a' separate "charitable" branch 
In tlie Kuhn, Loeb & Co. office takes 
care,.of Kahn's endowments, but the 
banlcer must be personally sold on 
the i worthiness and merit of th^ 
enterprise before he aythorizes any 
monetary succor; The same de- 
partment also takes care of the 
out-and-out charity donations to 
(Continued on page 43) 



Option on Wife 

Al. Boasberg, the gag writer, 
who has tried out ?natrimony 
and likes it, 'is said to have 
taken an option on his wife 
tor another y^aK ^ 

This comes after the way 
the word "option" has been 
done to death in Hollywood. 



Republicans Using 

Radio for Hoover 






FROM lADDEII" 



Sinking Tons of Money in 
Play That Can't Draw 100 
People in 8. Performances 
— If Object Is to Keep 
Cast Working, Better 
Throw Money Into Actors* 




Columbia Broadcasting Re] 
Selling Network of 16 for $15,000,000 



Fund, Broadway Say 
Show Costs Angel $10,000 
Weekly 

$300 GROSS LAST WEEK 



Feelers— Next 



George Kaufman, discussing 
talking pictures, said he is 
certain that the sound stuff Is 
but one new stage of the in- 



dustry's development. 

"They'll never stop at just 
talkers," he said. "The next 
step will be feelers. And look 
at the slogafi: 

" 'See, hear and feel your fa- 
vorite star.' " 



A deal is . reported pending for 
the sale of the Columbia Broadcast- 
ing Company, including a network 
of 16 radio stations with WOR. 
Newark, the ace spot, for a new 
high price, ranging between $15,- 
000,000 and |25,000,000. • , 
43olumbia,: — the second largest 



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Racketeers Are Kept 
• Out of Film Trade 

Sti-ay racketeers, promoters with 
heavy bankrolls, accumulated in 
more or less questionable enter- 
prises, are floating along Broadway 
In tlfe guise of prospective "angels." 
anxious , and willing to break into 
show business, but unable to crash 
what was once the open game, the 
picture business. 

In years gone by, with the legiti- 
mates high-hatting everything else 
In the business, the first thought of 
the • nimble-witted promoter was 
pictures. In that unexplored, un- 
charted and ' pfactlcally unknown 
field the promoter felt reasonably 
Bafe. Films offered abundant op- 
- portunities for quick stock flota- 
tions^ easy money and comparative- 
ly- simple getaways without very 
effective legal retribution owing to 
■ (Continued on page 43) 

BOOM ON SWIMMING < 
POOLS IN NEW YORK 

1 ■ ■ — ^ — 
Unprecedented bu.sincss of the 
neighborhood swimming pools in 
New York within the past three 
weeks 'wilV unquestionably sponsor 
Increased pool activity next year. 
A number of sites have already 
been taken over, both in Manhat- 
tan and Brooklyn, with the men in- 
terested planning pools with artifl- 
--clal=--sand-=J3£atb£a^ .Md^.. Jan^^^ 
pavilions. 

The prosent pools are now offer 
ing music and special, attractions 
but with tlie recent excessive heat 
there has been no need for the ad- 
ditional allurements. Tjie tanks 
have been doing turnaway biisinesa 
with lr>ng lines waiting for hours; 

While the COHt is regarded as 
chcap.T Mtul fldser to homo, the 
pools !i,i'> .u-uunri from t\w in- 

(Hvidu.'il swiinmt'r. 



Radio as an exploitation medium 
for Presidents comes into commer 
clal use by the Republican National 
Committee and Julius Tannen. 

The comedian is set for a series 
of 25 cojisecutive nightly "appear- 
ances" over WRNY in which he 
will do an m.c. simulating Herbert 
Hoover's voice and address, much 
as Win Rogers did with President 
Coolidge during the course of the 
Dodge Brothers' Victory Hour Jan. 1. 

Tannen will receive |1,000 an ap- 
pearance for the 25 dates. 



He-Meii vs. Pretty Boys 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 24. 

Harry Carey is thinking of going 
back Into the movies, now that the 
talkers are taking hold. He feels 
that sotfnd will bring the ' he-men 
back to the screen. 

According to Carey he quit the 
movies because of imported pretty 
face boys. ■ ■ " 

"It got 30 experience didn't count 
and all the world wanted was sex 
appeal," says Carey. 

Uiraveyard Setting 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Laurel and Hardy are making a 
Hal Roach comedy entirely at night 
in a graveyard. 

The company is composed entirely 
of whites, else this could not have 
been written. 



Broadway's craziest angel is the 
title slipped onto Edgar B. Davis, 
muiti>-millionair>e and owner of the 
world's greatest flop, "The Ladder." 
Last week it played to a total gross 
of $300 at the Cort, New York, fail- 
ing to draw 100 paying people into 
the theatre during its eight per- 
formances. 

To date "The Ladder"- has cost 
Davis $1,150,000.. It is running up 
at the rate of $10,000 weekly, the 
show's overhead.. Along with the 
low gross and the high heat, Davis 
started on a trip around the earth, 
if ncorders are received back from 
him, thfi show must go until his 
return, in the fall. 

Recently "The Ladder's" backer 
decided the present version of th^ 
(Continued on page 42) 

CARROLL'S SHOW GALS 
AND ZIEGGY DESERTERS 



Increased Request to 
.Look dver: Coast Studios 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Studios report an unprecedented 
demand for admission unfortified by 
"Ihtroaucnons- b^arlflg^^n 
command producer respect. 

The coming of synchronized pro- 
ductions apparently has redoubled 
public curiosity as to the inside of 
the work'^. 

■ "Publicity men say if they re- 
sponded favorably to the request 
made on behalf of "tourlst.s who 
shortly are returning hom«" there 
would Uo no ro'im on the stages 
lor player.-^. 



All of the show girls In Earl Gar- 
roll's "Vanities" say en item la 
Variety stating they only get about 
$35 or $45 a week is boloney. They 
refuse to state the actual - amount 
but they want the world In general 
to know that their pay checks are 
simply staggering: more than show 
girls ever before received. 

Earl Carroll has done It for them 
(Continued on page 43) 

Stars in Talkers 

Paramount, through Monta Bell, 
now in charge of talkers at the 
Long Island studio, has signed 
Jeanne Eagels, Florence Reed, 
Helen Menken and Fay Balnter for 
talking shorts. They will not do 
any shooting until after the first of 
the year. 

It is believed that the I>iuity ban 
on Eagles does not affect this sit 
uation. 



Colored Flyer Intends^ 

Non-Stop to Rome 

Detroit. July 24. 

Backed by a group of the ndost 
prominent and influential colored 
people in America, a representative 
of the Negro race, Hubert Julian, Is 
shortly to attempt to fly across the 
Atlantic ocean to Rome, a non-stop 
flight. In art endeavor to show the 
world that the colored man is the 
equal of the white In ingenuity, dar 
ing, courage and resourcefulness. 

Julian Is a university graduate; is 
said to be a scientific flyer and has 
had considerable experience in vari- 
ous flights. Plans for the flight 
were kept under cover until recently 
when Julian appeared in New York 
Julian is expected in Detroit today 
or tomorrow, Thursday, to discuss 
plans with the colored citizens com- 
mittee here promoting the flight. 
The head of the committee is Wil 
Ham Robinson, editor of the "Detroit 
Independent," colored dally. 

No date for the hop has yet been 
set. .It. is unaerstood a Belianca 
monoplane is to be used. 



Norma Talmadge in Reno 

Reno, Nev., July 24, 
Norma Talmadge arrived here this 
week from Hollywood. She was ac- 
companied by her mother, Mrs, Peg 
Talmadgei 

Miss TalmsuJge's husband, Joseph 
M. Schenck, is at present in Europe 



FAEINA'S ACCENT 

. Los Angeles, July 24. 

In making sound tests of the "Our 
Gang Comedy" nieml;ers at the llal 
Roach studios, it w;is dl.seovered 
Farin.a, colored, did not respond 
with, the Ethiopian accent expected. 

She has a mixtfflre Of Ho.stonian 
accent, inherited from her parents, 
natives of Boston. 



Show's Coast Peaches 

The special Importation of 24 
California peaches for an entire 
chorus ensemble la, Schwa^ & Man 
dcJ's stunt for "The New Moon. 

It was on Rufus Le Mairc's sug 
gestion that the west coast was 
verdant with lookers that Fnink 

firm's p. 'a., looked the field over. 

Raiffon is chaperoning the gals 
IJrorul way ward. 



radio network next to Jl. B. C, is 
reputed to b;e rated at the above 
flgure owing to the recent govern- 
ment legislation restricting wildcat 
radio .stations 'from operating. 

The a.pproaching pollticaj battle 
for the presidency is said to . have 
a bearing on the sale also, in a4<ll- 
tion to the gigantic growth of the 
radio fleld as a means of dispensing 
entertainment and the tremendouji 
adyertisihg and exploitation possl^ 
bilitles following. " 

The intended sal0 of O. B. C. at 
a flgure which could buy sottd of. 
the large picture producing com- 
panies, indicates that . the political" 
angle merely hastened a sale which 
seemed likely to follow later. 

The v^ue of the radio network 
may be j'udged more fully when it 
is considered that C. B. C. does not 
own any of the stations, , merely 
having a leasing arrangement with 
cach^statlon whereby programs can 
be brojidcast generally. 



Marked Card Equipment 

Danville, III., July 24. 

Making, whoopee here last week 
with a b. r. of nearly $1,000 in $20. 
$10 and $5, Otto Weise and T. k. 
Byrne, ChlcagOans, were hailed as 
counterfeiters. Local cops couldn't 
believe any two men could have that 
much real money. After bank offl- 
clals said the paper was O. K. police 
quizzed their suspects further and 
they cheerfully admitted they wero 
card sharks and the dye, brushes, 
printing press, soft paper strips, the 
size of a bill, sponges and blotters 
were part of tlielr marked card 
equipment. 

The men were held for intoxica- 
tion '^nd disturbing the peace. 



McCormack on Shorts 

M-G-M is reported hnvim; slk'tied 
with John McCormack to do a spe- 
cial sound picture. The tenor will 
proli.'ihly h" feii.tureil in a filrn l>iiilr. 
'around his bunt known sonu.-<. 



Sample Talking Short 

San Francisco, July 24. 

Paramount will produce , a nov- 
elLy picture made up of sound ef- 
fects and dialog including' its own 
stars and featured playcr.s. . 

The picture will be released gen- 
erally for the purpo.se. of giving 
picture house fans an Idea of how 
their favorite will register in talk- 
ers. 



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Rep. So] Bloom Warns Showmen 

. CM 

Of Foreign Copyr^ht Menace 



Cpiiprr;!5sman Sol Bloom, loader in 
copyright legislation and champion 
of the theatre in Congress, returned 
last week from the International 
.conference in Rome for the Protec- 
tion of Literary and Artistic Works, 
with his ideas of copyright entirely 
revised. ' 

He has shaped a. new legislative 
program for the coming session and 
will present a new bill calling foir 
the membership of the United 
ir!ta,te3 in the Berne Union, the 
"ssence of , which is recognition of 
property rights of the creator of 
nrtistlc . works ;R'ithout . ,c6t)yright 
formalities. : . - . . 
1^ Mr. Bloom at his New York of- 
fice, prefaced his account of his 
mission to Rorne as. the Pi'esidenf's 
spectal delegate to the conference,- 
with the declaration that if the 
United States does not take mem- 
bership in !t;he. Berne conference by 
1031 set as a limit, in a ' few yeats 
._ilie_>^ue^f A merican p Iays,.jbooks. 
pictures" arid other materiar~wTir 
he worthless beyorid the borders of 
ihe home country. 

Showmen Apathetic 

" ' He adde'd that so far as he had 
been able to obsoirve in the few 
iiays since . his return, picture- pro- 
•lucers and the important theatre 
interests were <?howing- their bid 
•ndifference to the. whole subject, 
ind unless they quickly became 
.ware of the importance of the. 
subject, there- would be a sad awak- 
ening. 

"From the very oiTtset," he^ said, 
"I have, had to struggle against 
utter ignorance of the copyHght 
subject, oh the p^rt of . showmen, 
vhP rnvernment ag encies an^ rri y- 
self — for since i' have seen the world 
•ispect of the subject, I haye real- 
: izied that, in ispite of years of stuidy 
of the matter in Aijaerica, 1. didn't 
.ictully know what it was all about 
myself. ' ' 

"Last April I addressed an in- 
iiuii-y to the State Department 
about the Rome conference. The 
i-eply in substance was that such a 
conference was to be held and per- 
haps the Librarian of Congress 
night know something about It. , . 

"Instea,d, I carried the irtatter to 
the President himself and upon hils 
investigation of the situation, he 
appointed me the United States 
delegate to the Rome conference, 
Vlth thei stipulation upon my part, 
however, that all expenses were to 
be borne by me and the Govem- 
ment was not to contribute a cent. 
[ didn't want the thing to have any 
appearance of a junket, because I 
was anxious to enlist the sjupport of 
the theatre and its associated arts.' 

"I left April 25, so late that tt 
he in tinie, in Rome, I had to hire a 
•ug to take me a'shore at Milan. 
On<? bill for translations alone (pro- 
.oedings were in French) amounts 
>o $700.. 

"In return for my efforts, I can't 
"ven get an important theatre pro- 
• lucer to answer the telephone and 
ibt one will even give me the time 
o explain :'-is Important subject. 
Protection By Proxie 

"Every bit of legislation hostile 
J theatre :interests has been en- 
(.•ted by virtue of the apathy of 
verybody connected with the stage, 

ou'd think that" men ho have be- 
ome rich in the theatre bejjpnd 
heir wildest dreams would take 
ome interest in the well being of 
lat. institution, if for no other 
.lotive than pride. 

"Legislation for foreign protec- 
i.ori of American writers and bthei; 
reatoirs . will be initiated at the 
oming session of the Congress, and 
■riless the theatre interests give us 
■ ponsors . of legislative proposals 
heir support, the move may die as 
ther efforts of the same kind have 
lied. Merely national ideas of 
opyright are inadeauate. . 

"The United States now enjoys 
he protection of the Berne Cpn- 
/ention, but it enjoys it by sneak- 
ng in at the back door. By a spe- 
ial treaty with Great lirKaln, 
American property rights are 
'Tua¥^Mn>y''tl5ff""Bprne"agreement-of= 
h<J nations to which Great Britaift 
s a signatory, But now, a limit has 
,Gen put to such privileges by non- 
iiertiber nations,- and it expires in 

931. 

"After that American copyright 
•vill be good only in our own juris- 



diction. Don't suppose foreign na- 
tions will respect American copy- 
right for moral or ethical reasons, 
because the United States la no- 
torious the world oyer as an un- 
scrupulous pirate of foreign works 
of, art. , 

l&nore "Copyright" 

"With the nfew foreign conception 
of the subject, I avoid the use of 
the word copyright. Copyright in 
the country means that if the cre- 
iator of an artistic work complies 
with a number of formalities, . the 
work 'is his.. Otherwise, he has no 
property rights . whatever. The 
Berne conception is that if he puts 
pen to paper or brvsh to canva,s, the 
output is irrevocably his, and it 
does not require any formality at 
all. to establi.sh him in his rights. . 

"I picXup this book from my desk. 
It's a good bobk. Suppose I say, 'I'll 
steal this book." If the author, has 
failed to- comply with atiy of the 
.X^ORyri^t_f ormaJiUes, such _as . de- 



positing two copies with the libtdxy 
of Congress, or ptiyihg fees,.or any- 
thing else, I can do so with safety, 

"Why should copyright- be necesr 
sary in tlie -first. - place?-. Suppose, 
instead of the book, i walk past a 
vacant lot on 6th a-venue. There is 
nbwhere in sight a sign to declare 
somebody's ownership. But 1 
wouldn't think of trying to use it 
for a house. 

"For 20 years all our legislation 
has been based on an ideal of 'in- 
ternational copyright union,' where-^ 
as there is no such thing as inter- 
national copyright as an organiza- 
tion or as a term. The Berne Union 
ignoveg the formality of copyright 
going back of all . copyrig ht prpced - 
ure to fundamental reognltiOA oTthe" 
intrinsic right of the art creator 
in his work." 




GEORGIE WOOD 

At present playing in "Follies of 
1928," a Julian Wylie musical show 
at the Coliseum, Douglas, Isle of 
Man, for a three months' season of 
ONLY SIX PERFORMANCES A 
WEEK. ■ Principal provincial cities 
will be- visited with this show in 
the F^all. By the way, Douglas Isle 
jof-Maji^JisLiaji . Atlafltic^Cily_liua_ 
Catalina Island setting. 

Address 17, Tring Avenue, Ealihgi 
London, Eng. 



Chatter in London 




This is a great season for show 
people at Newport When the 
Princess Miig^l de Braganza ga-ve 
a ball for 500^uests, for the debut 
of her daughter, the guests in- 
cluded Plo Ziegfeld and Blllie 
Burke, briefly visiting on +heir 
yacht, "Connawaga." When Zieg- 
feM vraw mflrtlpt^ t/i Anna TT«.lfi, Vii> 
knew his Broadway, but wot not of 
Ne-wporf 



London, July 16. 

Despite Frank Van Ho ven's ab- 
sence froni England . for nearly 
seven years "he has not been for- 
gotten. Opening at Brighton re- 
cently, he was met by a government 
representative, who expressed de- 
light at Frank's return, and, hand- 
ing him an income tax demand note, 
stated his department will now .be 
able to balance its books, left open 
since . Hoven's depiarture for 
America. 

At the Holborn Empire aii agent 
called to collect commission; -It ap- 
pears he booked Frank In an Indfe- 
pendent house in Scotland, where 
the customers have a habit of 
throwing souvenirs at the artists 
Instead of handing them over, and 
they think' nothing of throwing a 
bar of iron at any act that makes 
an Impression on them. That Is why 
'Frankie didn't play the date, but the 
agent thought he was entitled to his 
commission, nevertheless, claiming 
his -life was worth more than that. 
Frank looked upon this as a sound 
argument. 

. Since then .Van Hpyen has ar-^^ 
ranged with the stage doorkeeper at 
every house he plays it anyone calls 
to see him to a.sk him "how much 
he -wants, and what h^ will take in 
settlement." 



Owen Nares . paid a return visit 
to the Coliseum, last week, before 
going oiit on tour with the farce, 
"Two White Arms." His is a dra- 
matic all-male sketch by Roland 
Pertwee called a "A Voice Said 
.Good-night." On the same bill was 
Syd Howard, returning to vaude- 
ville after his suc<^e.ssful appearance 
as chief comedian in "Hit the Deck" 
at the Hippodrome. 



The first production marking 
Andre Chariot's return to manage- 
ment will be Channing Pollock's 
"The Enemy/' due this month at 
the Strand. Rcsalindo Fuller, Sam 
Lives^'y and Horace Hodges head 
thccast. 



Miller's New Plays 

Gilbert Miller has two new plays 
for. pi'oduction in New York. One 
l.s' a strong drama, by Somer.sct 
Maugham; the ether a new play by 
(Continued on page 63) 



Social-Stage Prospects 

A show-wise visitor to Ne-wport 
declares that after viewing the 
smart set at close range, there are 
not a dozen girls in the colony 
pretty enough to grace tlie chorus 
of a Broadway revue, nor half a 
dozen men, handsome enough to 
serve as xriovie extras! Though 
there are any number of both sexes 
who might make a hit- as eccentric 
character types* without make-up! 

Vera Leightmer's Past 

Vera "Kittens" Leigh tmer has 
been suing jefferson Selig;man, the 
banker, for 136,000, alleged to have 
been promised her. She was once 
reported engaged to Henry Clews, 
Jr., though certain persons scoffed 
at the rumor. Clews was often 
encountered with Vera, but Bar^ 
Willy von Knoblock -was al-vvays 
along. • 

Later Vera went to Paris, and, 
after being heaten up by Ellas 
Brody, Hungarian artist, shie mar- 
ried him. At Newport, Henry, J •., 
visited his . grandmother, • Mrs. 
Clews, at her exclusive residence, 
and recited poems and spouted 
from plays. He is not with her this 
summer. The Baron was later Ukeh 
ill, and cared for by Francis Bru- 
guiere, the New York photographer. 
Bruguiere is married to Rosalind 
Fuller, whx> pIuyed"Oi)helia to John 
Ban-ymore's Hamlet. 

Henry Clews, Jr., is a first cousin 
of Craig Biddle, Jr., who suped .In 
pictures, ran an etiquette column in 
the Daily Mirror and failed as pror 
ducer of a show called " Poor Rich- 
ard," and of George . Drexel Biddle, 
with William C. DeMille. Stage 
and society are much entwined 
nowadays! 

Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, who 
has published her memoirs, is visit- 
ing her daughtert the ^divorced 'irs. 
Harriman Russell, at Newport. Her 
nephew, J. Borden Harriman. son 
of Oliver Harriman,. has become a 
prof<*sslonal. actor and appeared on 
Broadway In several productions. 
Mrs. Harrlman's aunt, Mrs. Ada 
Jaffray McVickar, when the mother 
of scve;-al grown-up sons, married 
Herman Patrick Tappe, the milli- 
ner. She divorced him, and died. 
Then he married Anna, formerly in 
his -empl oyi=-- After =^separating=^om-^ 
Herman, Anna opened a shop of her 
own. Mrs. Harriman Russell con- 
tinued to patronize the establish- 
ment presided over by her great 
unele. 



London as It Loob 

By Hartnen Swaffer 



I^ondpn, July -13. . 

Japan's best known actor called on ipe and asked me ^yhat he ought 
to see in London. 

Now, when an Oriental artist, whose ancestors have been the" Irving? 
of Japan for 400 years, calls oh me, I . try and find something for him 
that is worth while. 

"There is nothing in London worth your seeing," I said,, "«ffcept 'The 
Trial of Mary Dugan,' and that is an American play." 



Edgar Wallace Gives It Up 

Then I promised him 1 would try and arrange a supper patty at which 
he -would meit the best-known actors and actresses in London. I asked 
Edgar Wallace to' arrange it— to Save myself the expense. - 

Finally, after a week, Edgar wrote to me and said, "I do not know 
any actor wbrth asking, except Charles Laughton." 

Then, this week, a dramatic critic called on me from Copenhagen to 
ask me what new dramatist we had. 

"None," I replied. "The only promising ones are thie "o'nes who are 
promising not to write any more, plays." 



Cochran Discovers Some Rising Talent 
No, all that happens is that London managers go over to' America and 
bring back more American plays. - 

Charles Cochran is the latest*, for, after hosing a,round Broadway, he 
has discovered "Porgy" and "Coquette." More than that, he told the 
Observer last Sunday, in a story which they put on their poster.s all over 
London, that he was bringing over the' Theatre Guild next summer, for 
a six-w eeks season, to do"Strangie Interlude,'' "Vplpbne" and"St. Jodn." 



"According to Equity" 
Very politely, I ventured soma criticism of thiB' proposal, for, frankly, 
I do not. see how it is worth while the Theatre Guild cotaing; over here 
for six weekSTwhen-'they are fed up with acting, for 1.0 months Ih Ne-wr 
York; especially aS, if what Equity says, is true, they wouldn't be al- 
lowed to land. According to Equity, they would have to prove that their 
parts could not be played by English actors and; as "St. Joan" has 
already been, acted here by English actors, I cannot see how,, jf Equity 
is right, that they would be allowed tp 'come at all. 

As for "V.olpone," * always, understood it Avas of English origin, 
80 surely that would not heed an American cast. 

America, the Land of Hope 

One of the principal founders of the Theatre Guild was a young Engr 
lishman who haid a hard, time in Bloomsbury. He had to go. to AmericjC 
to get his chance and then, when having found clever assoeiates, he 
has dohe something, all London can do, I suppose, is to bring him back 
a gain. . 

They are aiw ayS doing 11 with ni uaieai-ceme dy.. Why shouldn't they 



DAVID STURGIS 

The Hollywood, 7 Rue Daunou, Paris 



THE UNIVERSAL THEATRE 
VARIETY 

Telephone Louvre 03- HI 



In Newport to see Selena Royle 
^as leading lady in the opening bill 
. at the Casino were hor father, Mil- 
j ton Royle, the dr!hnatist, author 
I of "The Squaw AJan" and other suc- 
I coi^^et*. the mother, Selena Fetter, 
I (Continued on page 58) 



do it with Ben Jonson and Bernard Shaw? « . 

When I pointed out that it vtbls no good bringing a Theatre Guild pro- 
duction of "St. Joan," because, according to Shaw himself , . o"ur produc- 
tion was much better, Cochran immediately qualified his original Stater 
ment by saying " 'St. Joan' may or niay not be given." • 



Giving Young America a Chance 

When I pointed Out that the American St. Joan had left the Theatr© 
Guild long ago, he replied, "There are several excellent potential St, 
Joans in the Guild dying for a chance to play It." 

Now, why on earth should these unknown St. Joans of Broadway have 
to try their stuff on us? Frankly, I cannot take all this .seriously. 

If young actresses who' are crying their eyes put to play St. Joan 
should be given a chance in London, surely it should be some English 
ones. No! No! No! It is not showmanship to bring o-ver the The- 
atre Guild. It would be showmd.nship to start ohe. here. . 



. More Bunk By Equity 

All this brings me back to Equity. Frank Gillmore writes, to the 
Stage this week, in defence of the new Equity rules, saying that"Ernest 
Truex has testified <that he has to convince the authorities each time 
that he was playing parts which could not be played by an Englishmait" 

Surely something has gone wrohg there. 

"Good Morning, Bill," in which Tniex scored his biggest London suc- 
cess, could have been played by an Englishman as it was an English 
part. If Truex convinced the authorities that it .could not be played 
by anybody but an American, h^ was all wrong. 

. Then as for his next plai.y, ""Tell Me Georges,'' Truex played the part 
of a Belgian count, which sUrely would best be played by one. ot 
Voronbff's gorillas. 

Ail Truex reMly did, so terrible was his failure, was to ...convince, not 
the authorities, but the public that the part could not be played by an 
America,n. I mean himself. 

If the great heart of America is swayed by . the silly little Instances 
It quotes— Miss Alden Gay, for instance — it makes me despair of Amer- 
ican intelligence. Equity, no doubt, has a case, but, how badly it puts it. 

I bear a personal grudge against Equity for the reason that I dread the 
return to Xohdp actors who have: 

become popular, for. some unknown, reason, on' your side. You like 
strange things. 



Tom Webster's Dictionary 

Tom Webster sails on the boat that brings this article. Tom, but 
for the Prince of Wales, is the mp'St popular figure in England. He is 
a .sporting cartoonist who slept on the Embankment a few years ago, 
and now is a great newspaper humorist, although when he wrote a 
revue, the other year, it was booed and ran about two weeks. 

Please do' not make a fuss of him. Top many people come back from 
America suffering, from indigestion arid hooch, . . 

The last time Tom Avas oyier your side wais for the Dempsey-Firpo 
fight, I believe. Don't let Tex Guinan see him, or Lew Leslie, "or Sam 
Shipman, or Jake Shubert. 



All That the Managers . Fou.nd 

The poor little town of London produced, this week, nearly a weak 
comedy for Marie Tempest. There are 40,000,000 of people here. Yet 
this was the best we could do, one of those fatuous things about a 
woman who wants a: divorce and then doesn't. 

The style of iiumor is best typified by the line, "Let's go and sec Ivor 
In his new picture." Ivor, who was there, laughed. SwafCor, who was 
-.thcrc,^did^:n.o.tJ[augl)^._:,^^-.^A.^=i^^^ 

Now, if this is the best that all London's managers"^Th~fi^iS""fopSraV)^^^ 
Tempest, perhaps Cochran is right about that Theatre Guild. 



Spain's Dept. Stores' Local 

Washington, July 24. 

Department stores, of Barcelona, 
Spain, are utilizing motion pictures 
for street shots and bringing the 
customers into th6 stores to see 
themselves 

This report is to the Department 
of Commerce. 



HENRY CARSON AGCY. 

Intornntloniit 'Variety, rictiiro rinyers 
and Tlirntrlonl I{<>|ircNen4ativ«N 

78, Avenue des Champs Elysees 

PARIS 

CaMcs: BooUlnR, Paris 
rhoiie: Klyspo 00-19 
"Cood nots nlivnyH np-oded" 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



FOREIGN 



VARIETY 



Atemal Heat in London, Paris 
Paralyzes Legit Show Business 



London, July 24. 
Heat wave, no\v In Its third •neejc, 
ias almost annihilated every show 
tn towh with the exception of those 
which have library (ticket aeenicy) 
deals. For these attractions. It _J8^ 
tmpossibl^ to purchiasie seats. 
Average temperature the past 
. fortnight has been 79 , in the shetde, 
•Qulvalent to .90 in New York. 

Included on the fortunate list are 
Trial of Mary Dugan," "Clowns in 
Clover,'' "Show B|fct," "That's a 
Good Girl" and Wi'his Tear of 
Gracfe." The only l^her shows do- 
ing reasonably weir are "Plunder," 
-Young -vyoodley" and Alibi," this 
attraction moving to the Haymar- 
' ket Aug. 20. 



Paris, July 24. 
Paris' hottest week on record, the 
thermometer hovering around 100. 
It has driven thousands into the 
Seine and t« the . seaside resorts 
jDeauyille , has been crowded to ca- 
pacity. 



Comedy Fire Dept. 



Paris, July 24. 

Investigation into th© Salle 
Pleyel fire, which desti'oyed' the 
big concert haU, considered to 
have the finest acoustics In 
the world, reveals that it took 
the fir© department half an 
hour to reach the building.. 
. Cause of the blaze is a mys- 
tery, it first being thought a 
short- circuit starte dthe fire, 
but this would not have caused 
the complete devastation orf 
the vast structure. 

It will be rebuilt. 



MARION HARRIS CANCELS 

Couldn't Recover: From Cold. Before 
Catching "Majestic" 



JLondoJi,-. J_vUy_. 24.._ 



Jap Opera Co. Imported 

>t — . ■ 

; .: .yajjcouver, July 24. 

P. Ray Comstock, arriving here 
yesterday from Japan, says he hais 
engaged the entire personnel of the 
Takara Opera Company for over 
here next season. It's a Comstock 
& Gest importation and will be 
handled for the Nfiw Yortc opening 
much like Morris Gest did. his 
"Chanve-Sourls," 

There are 66 Jap girls and several 
male artists, in the troupe.. All are 
jiantomimists or dancers. 

Comstock & Gest also will pilot 
the Shakespearean players from 



Marion Harris sails on the "Wta- 
jestiC" tomorrow (Wednesday) 
without having appeared here. 

Rumors of cold feet were denied 
by Miss Harris, who said she caught 
cold two days before landing, ind 
developed laryngitis, besides which 
her piano accompani.st failed to sail, 
Sophie Tucker offered to loan Miss 
Harris her pianist, Ted Shapiro, 
but Marion said she could not re- 
cover her voice. 



England through Canada next-.sea- 
son, it is said, before taking them 
Into the States. 



flLUAMSON AND C-W 
TAKE WEST END SITE 



Preparing 1,800-Seater Ad- 
joining Alhambra^Another 
to Be Across Street 



Stoll Proposes to Capitalize All 
Ventures in One at $10,000,000 



Paris Divorce Probe 

iWay Wind Up Graft 



London, July 24. 
Information obtained here reveals 
practical corhpletion of the pur- 
chase of 28-30 Leicester Square, a 
corner site which extends . into and 
includes Charing Cross Road, 

for the erection oi! an 1,800 seat legi- 
timate theatre to be adaptable for 
the showing of pictures. 

Property adjoins the Alhambra 
theatre in the heart of the West End 
area. Purchase price, including the 
various leases, is around J900,p00 
which, plus the cost of construction, 
brings the figure of the entire proj- 
ect up to $1,500,000. 

Understanding la that the new 
theatre will be under the manage- 
ment of Clayton and Waller, with 
the Williamson Australian group 
financially Interested and repre- 
sented on the C-W directorate. 

Millar, Son and Co., in old and 
established firm of real estate 
a_gents, is said to be responsible for 
bringing^ tSe deal abdttt with Eh- A.- 
Stone, architect, who built the As- 
toria and Piccadilly theatres, acting 
on behalf of the purchasers. Stone 
will design , the new house, one 6f 
the largest in the theatre diiatrict. 
Demolition and building operations 
are scheduled to commence early In 
1929. 

Some years ago these properties 
were owned by the Sir Oswald Stoll 
group, but were disposed of to sev- 
eral owners at a handsome profit. 

Another legitimate theatre to be 
erected is spotted directly opposlt^, 
on the side of the Shakespeare 
house, and Is to seat 2,000. Bertie 
Crewe is named as the architect for 
the latter building program. 



Ever Old and New 



Three ' Englishmen gazing 
out of the. window of a London 
club. A beautifully colored 
motor car passed. 

One remarked, "That's a 
spifCy Packard." 

Half hour later, the second 
said, "I don't think that was 
a Packard, it looked like a. 
Rolls." 

The third spoke up, "If you 
two chappies don't stop fight- 
ing, I'll have to leave!" 



SUFFOCATED IN FIRE 

Oliver Danton, Pianist, Trapped in 
Salle Pleyel Blaze 



Duncans Can't Agree 

London, July 24. 

With the removal of "Blue Eyes" 
toy Daly's the Piccadilly theatre is 
left without an incoming successor. 

Negoti.ltions for the Duncan Sis- 
ters* "Topsy and Eva" for this 
house have fallen through, due to 
a disagreement over terms. 

The show is set to open at the 
Lewishon Hippodrome Aug, .20, folr 
lowed by Goldersgrecn, 



■ Paris, July 24. 

Oliver Danton, New York pianist, 
was trapped, suffocated and died 
in the fire whicl destroyed the Salle 
Playel - las^Tlvursday- . ( Jiily. 19X 
ternoon. Danton had . but arrived 
here recently and had rented a. 
practise room in the building. 

Salle ^Playel was Paris' largest 
lefa'ltimate concert hall and was only 
opened last year. 



British Show Girl 

Fights Deportation 

Boston, July 24. 
Izzy M. Moore, British show girl, 
known, also as Betty Hamilton arid 
"Peewee' Daly, . off . and on the 
stage,- has filed a petition in the 
■fedegal-^urt askint^ fnr n. writ ot 



"GOOD NEWS" SEPT, 14 

London, July 24. 
" "Wings," Paramount's air picture, 
closes at the Carlton Aug. 23 to per- 
mit Clayton and Waller's version of 
"Grood News" to enter. 

The collegiate musical breaks in 
at Manchester Sept. 6, with the 
Carlton remaining dark three weeks 
or until the show comes in, Sept. 14. 

TAKE MOULIN ROUGE 

Paris, July 24> 
Defrcnne and Varna, directors of 
the Palace, Empire and Concert 
Mayol, are taking over the Moulin 
.Rouge with Chimine and Paul 
Franck. 

Paul Franck, general manager of 
: the Olympia, switches ove r to the 
Mayol. 



Paris, July 24. 

if the Investigation Int6 local di- 
vorce proceedings is not halted It 
Win assuredly end Paris divorces 
for Americans. Not only has the 
inquiry brought out that process 
servers and lawyers have accepted 
graft, . but they now seek to prove 
that the judg'es ar6 in on a split. 

AH Anierlcan lawyers here are 
plenty worried. 

Two Shows Closing 

London, July 24. 
Two closings are listed for Au- 
gust with "The Girl Friend," the 
first to depart Aug. 11. 

This show leaves the Palace to 
make way. for the Johnson jungle 
picture, "Slmba," which will remain 
at the house until Clayton and Wal- 
ler are ready with their new Eng- 
lish musical. 

The othe. closing is "The Fourth 
WaU," which leaves the Haymarket 
Aug. 18. "Alibi," transferring from 
the Prince of Wales, will be the re- 
placement at the Haymarket, the 
Rrst time in many years this thea- 
tre has had to resort to another 
firm's productions. 



2 Premieres Short of 
Box Office Strength 

London, July 24. 

Two openings last week, neither 
of which is deemed •?commerciail." 

"Mischief,'' at the Fortune, is by 
Ben Travers and a crude comedy 
for which Yvonne. Arhaud war en- 
gaged in New York by cable with- 
out knowing anything about the 
show. Her brilliant wbrk was the 
one redeeming feature in an other- 
wise clumsy play. 

"Many Waters," now at the Am 
bassador, unfolds aa an episodic 
planatlon of why most people dls 
like serious plays. It has been deft 
ly written and is most interesting, 
but it's hardly boxofflce. 

Play opens in a theatrical mana 
ger's office where the author learns 
from two average playgoers that 
they prefer musical comedy. Then 
comes the reason in a series of nine 
flashbacks which reveal the sordid 
side of an ordinary English home|. 



habeas corpus to prevent her being 
deported to England. She is 
charged with being an immoral per- 
son. The case conies up for hear- 
li\g thl3_ afternoon before Judge 
James A. Lowell of the Federal 
District. Court. 

U. S. Assistant District Attorney 
John Schenck, representing the Im- 
migration Department, stated that 
in the woman's sworn statement 
she admits she Is immoral. Her 
counsel claims his client will deny 
the allegations or admissions in the 
sworn statement, and will fight the 
order to send hter back to England. 

Miss Moore Is 22: She was com- 
mitted to the Sherburn Reforma- 
tory for Girls two years ago, but 
she was released after the expira- 
tion of half the sentence. 

According to the Immigration au- 
thorities, Mise Moore came from 
Canada, prior to her entrance to 
this country. In October, 1922, as a 
theatrical perfotmcr. Since that 
time she has worked in cafes of the 
downtown district of this city. 



London, July 24. 
Sir Oswald Stoll haa put up a 
proposition to the storkholdera in 
all Stoll enterprises to consolidate 
Into one company with a capital of 
over $10,000,000. 

. Idea Is to have 2,090,000 $6 shares 
of common stock and 100,000 $5 
shares bf miahagernent stock. Coli- 
seum theatre Is to give" four new 
shares for each one, now held by 
stockholders, the Alhambra to give 
three and a quarter for one, and 
the Manchester Hackney, Leicester, 
Bristol and Chatham companies re-. 
Issuing at two for one. Stoll Pro- 
ductions Oompany will give three 
for four. 

Sir Oswald plans to take 63,000 
shares In common stock for his In- 
terest In the Liverpool site and letiSe 
of the Tyne theatre, Newcastle, and 
all management stock for his hold- 
ings In tiie Chlswlck and Wood- 
green theatres. The management 
stock is. not to rank for dividend 
until six and: three-quarters per 
aent._iiaa. J)i?eri_pald..-on JUbLe_com-r _ 
mon. . ■ ' ' 

The City Is In favor of the pro- 
posal .which Is certain to go 
throtigh and then expand along the 
lines of Stoll's proposal of co-opera- 
tive . booking schteme for acts and 
pictures. 

**Enemy" in Rosy Start 
But Looks Not So Good 

London, July 24.. 
Channiag Pollack's "Tke Enemy," 
carefully cast and produced by 
Andre Chariot, was politely and 
encouragingly received at the 
Strand last; night by a friendly and 
t e lcrant audienc e; — But the play o f - 



fers nothing, new, and It Is doubtful 
if It will survive the heat, despite 
the big publicity for Its premiere. 

Leading politicians and church 
dignitraies were present. Including 
the Archbishop of Canterbury, 
Bishop of London, Mrs., Stanley 
Baldwin, wife of England's pre- 
mier; Sir William Joynson Hicks. 
Britain's home secretary, and many 
others. 



Cabaret. Girl for New York 

London, July 2-1.. 

Queeriie Leonard, former Picca- 
dilly (hotel) cabaret felrl, haS been 
engagv'd by C. . B. Cochran for his 
American vevue to be presented In 
New York this fall. 

Phyllis Harding, formerly of the 
Metiropole cabaret, is another floor 
girl engaged by Cochran for this 
show in which the dance numbers 
will be staged by .Max Rivers. 

Paris Visitors 

Paris, July 24. 
Recent arrivals here include 
Francino Larrimore, Ruth Gordon, 
Mitzi, Frieda Hempel and Lee 
Shubcrt, 

First English Showing 

France;.'; and Wally made their 
Initial appearance in England at 
iie Vic Palace (vaudeville) yostcr- 
Pay and pleased with comedy danc- 
ing. 



Herb Williams and 
Duncans in London Shows 

London, July 24. 

Herb Williams went into Archie 
DcBear's. typically ...English revue 
last night at the Duke of York's, 
and the Duncan Sisters made their 
bow in "Clowns in Glover" at the 
Adelphi. Both got over. 

Williartis, scheduled to come in 
this Thursday, advaticcd to Mon- 
day. He submitted his' act in two 
Bections, one in each half of the 
show, and proved a, laughing novel- 
ty. • 

Inclusion of the Duncans filled the 
Adelphi and the girls tied up the 
.show, despite Jtosetta forgetting the 
words to a song. She does that so 
often it is now a st6ck bit. They 
went to an encore after doing 28 
ni In ujos -in practically the^sanie^ act 
as done .at the l^'ilace, "is'ew Ybr^^^^ 
Thi.s routine doesn't impress as suf- 
ficiently classy, but audiences at 
both the matin<^e and night shows 
undoubtedly thought otherwise. 



Eflen Terry Dies 

London, July 24. 

Dame Ellen Terry died Saturday 
CJuly_21)„ after a prolonged^ 11^^^^ 
Britain's senior actress made her 
last appearance in America with 
Sir Henry Irving some years ago. 

Besides the stage. Dame Terry 
had also appeared . In pictures, 
among these being "The Bohe- 
mian Girl," with Constance Collier 
and Ivor . Novello, and. her final 
film, "Land of Hope and Glory," 
made last year with Harley Knoles 
directing. 



Gyp Booze Prices 



Pari-s, July 24. 
Liquor consumption here has 
fallen 'way off,, due to the bars 
Charging New York prices. 

Result Is that people can't afford 

more than one or two drinks, 

French Treasury report .shows a 
decided decrease in alcohol revenue. 



Palladium Stalking Pola 

London, July 24. 
Pola Negri Is the latest "name" 
being sought as the headline at 
traction for the Palladium. 

House reverts to vaudeville 
Sept. 3. 



Bostock's Circus in Paris 

Paris, July 24. 

^BS^ato^k's "^ireuX"=a.Ba=^lHei^ 
inaugurated the Luna Park man- 
agement of Leon Volterra laist Sat- 
urday (July 21) and was well ad 
vertlsed. .. . 



Awrin AMFRIfAN NFWS STORE ZT\T^irr^.^u^l'^^^^^^^^^ 



mallotl to nny n'''''^^^- ' i niaenzlnos. . I.ihralrie <:»ni\u 



^VSrTe <;;n;rnta.e."-37- W.Uon '^oau" (V.ctoHa Rtat.on)- London. | 
1^""^^^.'^'^ V,'r"mi,ron Road. S. W. 1, Telephone Slowie r79i. ■ 



Chris Richards Lost Out 
On Darling's Promise 

London, July 34. 

Chris Richards listened to Eddie 
Darling and Is how out a 26-week 
Keith route and a role In "Show 
Boat" here. 

Promised confirmation of the 25 
weeks . by - Darling at the time the 
former Keith booker would arrive 
here, Richards was told to see 
Reeves & Lamport, agents, and re- 
fused the "Showr Boat" part. • 

He was. unable[ to see Darling 
while the latter was In town and 
the finish had the agency telling him 
the American engagement was off. 



Pyle*s Chump Opinion 
Of Paris for Dancing 

■ Paris,' July ii. 
C. C. Pyle, and after looking over 
the general situation, ha.s depided to 
throw a marathon dance cohtest in 
Paris. He will , have a number of 
American' couples competing 
against French lioofers! 

Pyle's idea is that the French are 
even more nutty about freak danc- 
ing than Americans. 



Start Rehearsing Aug^ 20 

London, July 24. 
"Funny Face," with the Astaires 
goes into rehearsal here Aug. 20. 



SAILINGS 



Aug. 1 (New York to London) 
James F. Fltzpatrick (Aquitania) 

July 25 (London to' New York) 
Kouns Sisters. (Paris). 

June 25 (New York to* London) 
Edgar B. Davis (Mauretanin). 

July 26 (London to New York) 
Marlon Harris (Majestic). 

July 21 ("London to New York) 
Elena Cerhardt, Tito Schipr\. Mme 
Dal Buell (Aquitania). . 



INDEX 



Foreign , 2-3-58 

Pictures V. 4-30 

Piclur-e' RevicWST ; ; . 7.^V 

Film House Reviews . ..... 40 

Vaudeville ...... . ,31-37 

t 

New Acts .V. . 41 

Bills .44.-45 

Times Square . . . ......... . 46r.47 

Editorial . . i .............. . 48 

Women's Page. . ... . 43 

Legitimate . .49-53 

Music 54-56 

Outdoors i.. ... 57 

Obituary 57 

Correspondence .......... 59-62 

Letter List.................. 62 

Inside — Pictures" ......... 48 

Sports , 46-47 

Talking Shorts.. 14 

Literati .r. • 25 

News of Dailies. ...... . .» 39 

Burlesque 38 

Inside Vaude. .. '. • • 48 



The TiOer Dancing Schools 

of America, Inc. 

226 West 72d Street, NEW YORK 

MART nE.\b. President 
Phonr Bndlcott 821S-i 

Nmv CInnfivs Now Forming 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Talker Projectionist Now Most 
Important-Study of Talkers 
Necessary for Operators' 




The jidvcnt of taiking: pictures 
has transformed, the - projectionist 
into an electrical engineer. 

Surroiimled/by a mass of intri- 
cate mechanism equivalent to that 
found in the Interior of a subma- 
rine,, the projectionists at the Rivoli, 
New A'ork; were alertly at work, 
twisting this gadget or turning that 
gadget, giving clipped commands to 
each other as to the next moysi for 
all the world like submarine opera- 
tors when the order to dive has 
been issued. 

There are three operators in the 
projection room of the Rivoli— 
Edwa,rd Gullens, William Paster 
and Howard Paxton. Paxton has 
been connected with sound pictures 
since they first started. It was he 
-'\vho-showod- a-^ar-iety -reporter .the. 

two sets of batteries, the amiplifyr 
. irig board, and demonstrated the 
working of the three machines, 
which are rigged for either Movie- 
tone "or Vitaphone, on the "King of 
Kings" sound showing. 

Only two of the machines are 
uged at the same time, the third 
. held in reserve In case of emer- 
gency. Two thousand feet of film, 
the most a machine can hold, start 
working on the. first machine. 
When this has been ruh off, the 
secoAd 2,000 feet start on the sec- 
ond machine, the sound . being 
switched to the second machine by 
means of the fader^ a gadget that 
(Continued on page 37) 



AH Front Seats 



It is claimed for the added 
value of a talking short, as 
compared with a vaudevlUe.act, 
that it gives everyone present 
a front seat. 

This means that. through the 
screen, the figures and voices 
on the short are as easily seen 
and heard in any. part of a the-, 
atx-e as in front rows. With 
acts in person, the small or fine 
matter In a performance may 
be lost'in a large house and 
the human voice oh the stiage 
does not always carry. 



4 U Sound Stages Now 

LOS Angeles, July 24. 
Twenty-four hours following the. 
breaking of ground for Uniyersal's 
first sound sta:ge unit, Carl Laemmle 
increased the order to two units, 
allowing for four stages 60 x 100, 
two Montlor rooms 35 x 50, and two 
apparatus sections 73 x 53. This 
will take care of Universal's sight 
and sound pictures for at least a 
year. 

The stages ^111 be of the truss 
type with walls built of sound in- 
sulating material and the floors 
separate from, the balance of the 
building to obviate ground noises, 
such as passing motor trucks. The 
ceilings are designed to prevent 
overhead sounds and a sound-proof 
vestibule will permit the unloading 
of props without interfering with 
sound recording Inside. 



flajms Pgrlabfe^ 

Among Other Things 

Loa Angeles, July 24 
Henshaw Pictures, holding ex- 
clusive feature rights for the pro-, 
duction and distribution of pictures 
to be made for showing on the 
Hanaphone talking device, has 
taken quarters in the Producers 
and Distributors' Laboratory in Se- 
ward street, Hollywood, pending 
construction of a studio in Victory 
boulevard, near, the Burbank- 
Lankershim line. 

ake 



Denying Sheehan Rumor 

Fox publicists have been concen- 
tiratlng their efforts of the past few 
days In denying the published ru- 
mor of Janet Gaynor's engagement 
to Winifred Sheehan. 

"Why Miss Gaynor didn't evem 
see Sheehan in New York. : She 
talked to him, yes, but over the 
-phone. : L . — — 

"What we can't figure but is: 
Who had the dream?" say the Fox 
inen. 



Hays Answer in Gov t Film Board 
Suit Discredits Indie Exliibs 



Rolls Royce Evidence 



Los Angeles, July 24. 
. Jiacking up denial by Joseph 
P. Kennedy that FBO planned 
to make cheaper pictures, three 
nnite witnesses stoiOd in a row 
on the' Gower street lot last 
week. 

That number of Rolls Royces 
were undergoing the o. 6. of 
the horse opera artists under 
big hats. Tom Mix, Eatelle 
Taylor and Gloria Swanson 
were the car owners. 



The 



^an Francisco;-July-24r— 
Janet Gaynor, picture star, came 
to to'wn via the air route last week 
and soon after her arrival rumors 
began to circulate that she was to 
wed a young San Francisco busi- 
ness man, Lydell Peck. 

Miss Gaynor denied the report 
but It still persists, particularly as 
she and Peck have been reported 
inseparable and much In evidence 
in public places; 



Rapf in N. Y. for Talent 

San Francisco. July 24. 
•Harry Rapf, associate producer 
ifor M-G-M, is leaving for New York 
to line up talent for sight and sound 
pictures. 

Vita for "Lilac Time" 

"Lilac Time" (F. N.) is being 
•quickly re~so\ma67i--^th— We&terri 
Electric's Vitaphone method, since 
all plans for its New York premiere 
in Photophone have been aban- 
doned. 

The false register d Colleen 
Moore's voice In the final reel at the 
-western premiere necessitated the 
. ..Garthay Circle orchestra being hur- 
riedly mustered to replace, the 
talker dialog is given as the main 
reason for switch. 



co mpan y say. s it will m 
one feature: a month for a year, 
eight features with sound effects 
and dialog and singing, arid four 
specials with complete synchron- 
ized scores, dialog and songS. For 
the specials it is designed to employ 
name singing stars. The first will 
be "The Expensive Sex," slated for 
release about Sept. 1. 

It Is stated exhibitor equipment 
may be installed . in less than an 
hour, so that it will be feasible to 
roadshow the features or make 
-tHmpurary^exhibitipn-ar-rangements.- 
Dale Henshaw said the manufac- 
turing company, with hea;dquarters 
in Philadelphia, can turn out 400 
equipments a month, with 600 when 
the peak Is reached. 



-Colleen Moore's Cruise 



M-G'M Making Picture 
Talkers in N. Y. 1st Time 

Motro-Gbldwyn-Mayer has taken 
a long term lease on the Cpsmopoli- 
tan-Studioa (-Hearst)--in-N6W--Tork 
to synchronize scores for its pictures 
and also produce there . those films 
Which- will necessitate the use of 
-act-ops^-rom-t-he:-leg4t-imate, — r 

It's- the first time , M-G-M has 
produced in the east with the com- 
pany probably takiijg possession for 
work within, the next month. No 
head has been named as yet for 
the eastern ^tudio. 

Pictures sent on to the. New York 
studio from the coast will be" syn- 
chronized on a record, but where 
the studio actually shoots sound the 
process will be on the film. 

It's more than possible that 
"Trial of Mary DUgah" will be shot 
on the New York end. 



In answer to the charges In a suit 
filed by the government April 27 
against the credit committees oper^. 
ated by the 32 film boards oi! trade, 
a formal reply was filed in the U. 
S. District Court for Southern N6W 
York July 20. 

The suit undertaken by the go v- 
erhmeht was filed under the ,Sher-> 
man anti-trust law and cinarged 
the credit committees operated In 
restraint of tj»de. In the answer 
the defendants contended that 3,000 
changes of ownership take place in 
22,000 picture' houses every year and 
it was necessaJ'y for the. distributor 
to have facts regarding the relia- 
bility of the new owners, and the 
circumstancea* under which the 
transfers occur, readily available. 

The distributors claimed that in 
1927 approximately 3,950 theatres; 
changed ownei-shlp, Involving out- 
standing uncompleted contracts 
with distriloUtors totaling $8,000,000. 

Film boards claimed thiat no . ex- 
hibitor, "except one looking for an 
unfair nr dishonest advanta ge, or 
with a bad financia,! condition or a 
fraudulent transfer to conceal, has 
cause to dbject to the fu]es and reg- 
ulations. 



Hoyt's 18 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Quarters for Harry O. Hoyt Pro- 
ductions have been taken at Ttec-Art 
studios; 18 subjects will be made 
for Excellent Pictures. 

Harry O. Hoyt will direct the first 
production, "The Passion Song." 
Gertrude Olmstcad starred. In sup- 
port are Noah Beery and Gordon 
Elliott. . . 

Another director ^wHl be employed 
on the remainder of the program, 
Hoyt offl.ciatlh^ as supervisor. 

Spence's Title. Reels 

•. : Los Angeleq, July 24, 
.Lewis" Lewln. will produce' a se- 
ries of 26 half reel subjects of wis<^ 
cracks written by Ralph Spence, 
titled "Radiograms," released by 
Columbia. 

The series will be on the order 
of "Topics of the Day" and confined 
to titles. 



Los Angeles, July 24. 
Colleen Moore and John McCor- 
niick will leave on a yachting cruise 
following editing and titling of "Oh, 
Kay," in another week. 

On the big schooner "Almee" they 
will sail south, possibly going as far 
as Panama, stopping at southern 
Callfornian and Central American 
porta. The McCoirmicks will be ac- 
companied by Cleve Moore, brother 
of the star, and Jack Stone, his 
chum. 

— :Dur-ing-their_absence-preparatipns_ 
will go forward for Miss Moore's 
next subject, "Synthetic Sin." Ten 
days after the "Almee's" return the 
picture can start. 



Weather Forecast 



Washington, July 24. 

At request of Variety, the weather 
bureau furnished the following out- 
look for the week beginning to- 
morrow (25) for the country east of 
■til© Mississippi: . 

Mostly fair weather next several 
days. Slightly cooler Thursday 
(26); warmer by Saturday with 
some risk of showers about Satur- 
day night or Sunday. 



"EITZIE EOSIE*' FIRST 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Mervyn Leroy will direct "Ritzle 
Rosie" for First National instead of 
"Bluffers." 

Alfce White -will be: featured. 

Tom Geraghty is doing the adap 
tation and continuity. 



Photophone on 80 mm. - 
To Run in AH Houses 



RCA Photophone-General Elec- 
tric intends to reduce the size. of Its 
film for talking film production from 
100 mm. to 80 mm. in order to fit 
the Movietone, Western Electric, In- 
stallation. 

"King of . Kings" may be re- 
-sovmded - with— t-he— new— Photophone 
width. 



Ben Glazer's Plays 

■ Lbs Angeles, j'uly 24. 

Benjamin Glaizer, scenarist, who 
completed his Paramount contract 
this week, is en route to New York 
to sail for Europe where he will 
vacation for 10 weeks. 

While abroad Glazer will aid in 
the preparation of two plays he has 
written for London presentation. 



"^'in the coUVse ofea-eK^yoar there- 
are numerous transfers of theatres 
made for the purpose of avoiding 
existing contracts. An improvident 
or unscrupulous exhibitor finds h6 
has signed contracts for more pic- 
tures than he has available play 
dates in the season -within which 
to show them; or declines that there 
are other pictures more desirable 
than those he has contracted for. 

"Instead of negotiating an honest 
settlement or adjustment of his con- 
tracts he sells or transfers the the- 
■ atro to a r e l atiA: e o r dummy who 



notifies the distributors that he has 
acquired the theatre and thereupon 
solicits new contracts for pictures 
in total disregard of the existing 
obligations of the real owner of the 
theatre." 

From the wording of the answer 
It seems as If the entire mechani-' 
cal process of the Investigation was 
Invited by the Hays oi^ganlzation 
as a means of throwing the .Inde- 
pendent exhibitors into general dis- 
repute with the federal authorities 
In retal:IatIon-for---the--ie^ei:a.l--in=- 
vestigalion of the moticTn picture 
business. 



50,000 Picture Theatres Now; 



Shea Handling "Girl" 

Joe Shea -will worli directly under 
John Flinn in handling the national 
publicity campaign ' on "The God- 
less Girl." : 



..=-jCr.uze-_Dii-eclLng^/'.M|^^ 

Los Angclos, July 24. 
James Cruz.e ' will direct "A 
Man's Man" from tlie play by 
Patrick Kearnoy for MrG-M.. For- 
rest Ilalsey is making the adaption. 

Sandrich's 1st Feature 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
Marlv Sandrich, former director of 
Phort coniodleK, signed by Columbia 
to direct his first feature length 
pirt)ire, titled "Runaway Girls," an 
original by DorotTiy Ilowells. 



—Geo. Stewart 111 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

George Stewart, film extra and 
brother of Anita Stewart, is serious- 
ly ill in Hollywood. 

Stewart was to have married 
Marie Callahan, New.York stage ac- 
tress, but illness interfered. - 



Jack Pickf ord by Air 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Jack Pickf ord, Just recovered from 
a heart attack, has left for an all-air 
ti-Ip to Now York.: 



200,000 Mies of Picture Film 



M-G-M Lands Mabel Wayne 



Mabel Wayne, the flapper com- 
poser, has signed with M-G-M to 
write and sing her own stuff for 
talkers. Salary Is reported to be 
$1,750. 

Miss Wayne Is composer of "In 
a Little Spanish Town," "Ramona," 
"Chiquita" and several other hits, 
published by Feist. 

She Is an unusually attractive 
girl and has a big personal fol- 
lowing through plugging her stuff 
over the air. 



Grainger Hopping 'Round 



Chaney's "Willow Walk" 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

"The Willow Walk," by Sinclair 
Lewis, is being adapted by Monte 
Katterpohn for M-G-M. 

Lon Chancy to be starred. 



Though it is but 32 years since 
the first motion picture, a 40-foot 
strip of film, was shown in a thea;tre 
as a form of entertainment, there 
are over 50,000 picture houses in the 
-\v-orld . today. Of these, approxi- 
mately 20,500 aue ' located in the 
United States; .19,775 are in Eu- 
rope; 3,700 in tiie Far Ea;st; about 
2,000 in Canada; 490 In Africa, and 
75 in the Near East. 

Upwards of 1,500 feature films 
and thousands of reels of short sub- 
jects are required to furnish the 
world with film fare. 

Of the daily patrons, three-quar- 
ters are adults, according to com- 
putations made by experts. Over 
200,000 miles of. motion pict«re film 
are manufactured annually in the 
United States. 



TALK IN "CONdUEST"' 

Los Angeles, July 21. 

Monte I^lue stnrt.s ■ July. 30 on 
"Conquest" for Warner r.rns. . 

Picture has plenty of tnlk. .nnd 
sound. 



Adapting "Perfecto" 

Loa Angeles, July 24. 
Kate Corbalcy is writiriK' I'l'- 
adaption of "Porfecto," by Gou- 
vcrneur Morris, for M-G-M. 



Thomas Meighan. 
J. E. Chadwick. 
Will Rogers. .. 
l<'red Stone. 
Mayor James Wnllscr. 
Hal Roach. 



N. Y. to L. A. 



Lloyed Corrigan. 
Louise Brooks. 
Tom Barry. 
Dave Stamper. 



"Hell's Angels" With 

Sound and Color 

Los Angeles, July 24, 
Howard Hughes, oil man, who has 
turned picture producer to keep 
from idleness, will probably run the 
cost of ''Hell's Angels," an air pic- 
tiire he is making at the Metro- 
politan studios, to around ?2, 000, 000 
by the addition of natural color se- 
quences and fsound effects. 

The. color sequences will, bo used 
in the latter part of the picture, 
all for outdoor aviation scenes, and 
will be einbpllishod thi'ough the use 
of sound and the injection of the 
voice for what Hughes figures will 
:Ue=.u«=thrillinff^.-_climax.^w.^v=i:^;=-_^.=..w^.;^=. 

Musical effocts will also be ii.scd 
v.-lth tho entire score canned undrr 
the 'Supervision of Hugo Rcison- 
I'old. 

Th«' pii'liii-c,' more than a year in 
the making, is t-xpcctod to be ready 
for '.'(.'lease in November, as a road 
show in Xcw York. The production 
budget during the making jumped 
from an original $750,000 at tho 
stiirt to do.so to $2,000,000. 

Hughes and Luther Reed handled 
the megaphone. 



.jJinimy Grainger leaves New Yotk. 
Friday, bound for the coast, which 
he will, make In a series of hops. 
The Fox sales head will be away five 
weeks., spending a fortnight In Los 
Angeles, after which he returns by 
-way of Vancouver, Calgary, Winni- 
peg aiid, other Canadian, cities. . 

Going out, Grainger is due to stop 
over in Chicago, Minneapolis, Oma- 
ha, St. Louis, Salt . Lake City and. 
San Francisco. A^Hiile in L. A. he 
will join the boys in looking at 
"Four Devils," with a decision to 
follow as to when it is to be released 
and how. 



U Film in U. A. House 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

"Tho Man Who Laughs" will fol- 
low "The Tempest" into tho United 
Artists theatre instead of "Two 
I-jOy oi:.^.!'-or i.gi.n a 11 y ..soli_od ii] (.'_(L,-. J-^olay . 
for tho showing of tho noldwyn film 
is said to be on ai'Oount of syn- 
chronization. 

"Mim Who . Laughs'' u ill Vio the 
sf'cund cutsido i)ictiir" in ihis house 
siuoo its opening In.st 1 loci'mlicr. 



3-Year Option Lapses 

San Francisoo, July 24. 

M-G-M has not tak<jn up tho 
three-year option on Marceline 
Day's contract. 



4 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



PIC T U R E S 



VARIETY 



5 








''Gang" Tie-up Expensive, but Looks 
Worth It from Early Interest Seen 



A lot of money will be spent in 
the "Gur Gang?' tieiip that Hal 
Roach has made with the Marcus 
lioew theatres. It includes the pick- 
ing of a complete "Gang" unit from 
«at!h theatre, on the circuit and the 
making of a neighborhood or local 
sang fllnni by four , crews sent on 
from the Roach studios may even 
run into a larger sum than now es- 
timated to make it a success. 

Roach 1.^ due in New York to-, 
morrow (Thursday) to go into con- 
ference with the Loew. executives 
_jand-pa pticirlaTly with-Terry-Tur her,- 
Loew's theatres publicity head, who 
Is handling the exploitation for the 
circuit, also assigning different men 



i:<j~handle the "Gang" tieup. 

The arrival q£ Roach is expected 
to make definite the actual cost* 
fund for the combined interests as 
the Loew offices are expected to 
have full charge of the circuit ad- 
. vertisipg and publicity. It will run 
Into money, where special billboard 
paper, trailers, local . newspaper 
flashes and the like are all disbursed 
by the Loew theatres. 

The studio crews, comprising di- 

rectors" and cameramen, will start 

out on their circuit travels from 
Newr York week Aug. 6. with 65 the- 
atres In New. York and vicinity 
alone to go in heavy for the "Our 
Gang" tieup. 

Procedure 

The procedure for each theatre 
talis for a special night for the se- 
lection of caich Gang kid, one night 
being a Joe Cobb night when a 
counterpart of Fatty will be chosen; 
another Harry Spear night when a 



Upside Down Paper 



In the New York suburbs is 
"Lilac Time" p^.per, with the 
title printed upside down. One 
line only on, the remainder of 
the sheet is printed right. 

At first glance the impres- 
sion is the bin poster inadver- 
tently or otherwise erred in 
pasting the paper. But with 
repeated billing in the same 
style, the upside down scheme 
forces itself as premeditated. 

Paper is attractive. It has 
-ia.._Jlecoi-a.tive -scheme - of- alrj-_ 
planes, the. base of the Colleen 
MOore latest, due at the Cen- 
tral, Niew York, Aug. 3 on "i 
run. 



Joe Kennedy Wants 

No Puff Interviews 



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Of 15 Producing Companies, 
M-G-M Heads With Most 
Contracted Directors and 
Actors Having Had Per- 
vious Stage Training — - 
157 Directors and 286 
Actors, W i t h -S t a g e 
Trained Percentage of 
Total, 44.07 








TALKERS PROTECTED? 



jUST A NAME 



Los Angeles, July 24. 
Joseph P. Kennedy, here for over 
a week straightening out the af- 
fairs of FBO-Pathe and First Na- 
tional, had the newspaper boys and 
girls much agitated by refusing to 

gpo any nf t1 



interview. 

He sent out word' he had nothing 
to tja^lk about whenever they called 
ancT consequently, saw no reason 
why he should take up tljelr time 
in discussing weather conditions. 



Studio's Movietone Pass 



Los Angeles, July 24 
On the day following the return 
Ereckles-w ill be-selec ted^an d--SO-Qn^LQ^jj^j^-— J^^^^^^^^J^Q-^^^p-^ a uu n f er- 



boys and girls, including , a colored Qngg .^,jsit |.o New York a fence was 
Farina night. erected around that part of the Fox 

Just how the Gang selections will lot known as Park Row, fronting on 
be made is to be decided this week, which Is the building containing 
It may be left to audience acclaim, Jacksen's office, 
or a group of judges. To .enter the very substantial 

It is considered one of Uie most gate now barring the visitor It Is 
amazing of all film tieups especial- necessary to present a Movietone 
ly from the number of applications pass, something new on the Fox lot 
received from the neighborhoods. 



Already trailers and special lobby 
displays calling attention to the 
"Our Gan6"-L0ew . theatres . tIeup 
have been paving the way for the 
launching of the real picking of 
kids comuiencing the second week 
in August. 

It may cost heavily but from the 
Interest shown by the neighbor 
hoods and the newspapers the ex- 
ploitation for both parties is said 
to be well worth the investment. 



The action follows by about a week 
a similar move at Paramount. 



Los AVigeles, July 24. 
A census, of screen players and 
di rectors— now- under .terjn_contiiac.t^ 
to the various studios on the coast 
who have had stage experience, 
prior to engaging in the silent 
drama, shoves that of 157 directors 
under contract, 70 have had previous 
stage experience either as actors or 
directors. 

Among the 286 players under con 
tract, 146 have had stage experience 
in an acting capacity. 

Of the 15 producing organizations 
involved in this census, Metro 
Goldwyn-Mayer ranks first as hav- 
ing the largest percentage of con 
t peuple w4 t h prevlou c d tagc C3 & 
perience. Among its 16 directors un^ 
der contrafct, 12 are reported to have 
had stage experience, Hairy Beau- 
mont; Tod Browning, Jack Conway 
Fred Niblo, William Nigh, Ed Sedg- 
wick, Hobart Henley, W, S. Van 
Dyke, Victor Seastrom, Sam Wood, 
Robert . Z. Leonard and Edmund 
Goulding. 

Out of the 34 players under con 
tract, 23 have had stage experience 
Lon Chaney; . Marion . Daivles, Ra- 
mon Novarro, Renee Adoree, Ed- 
t ynr/^ riAnn ftiiv, Joan Crawford 
Polly Moran, Edward Nugent, Bert 
Roach, Dorothy Sebastian, Greta 
Garbo, John Gilbert, Buster Keaton 
Tim McCoy, George K. Arthur 
Lionel Barrymore, Lew Cody, Ralph 
Forbes, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee, 
Conrad Nagcl, Nils Asther and Al 
leen Pringle. 

Paramount ranks next with 17 
directors' under "contract and eight 
with stage experience: Ludwlg Ber- 
(Continued on page 17) 



Although there are many 
Strand, Capitol, RivoU and 
Rialto-named theatres In New 
England, the leading picture 
houisc in Madison, Conn., has 
as its moniker the Memanun- 
katunk th.eatrc. ■ 

It's chiseled in storle across 
the top of the theatre building. 



Jimmy Walker Corrects 
- And Mentions 1^ 



San l^rancisco, July 24. 
Mayor Jimmie . Walker, Who ar- 
rived here after a long visit in Los 
Angeles, issued a denial tha.t he had 
asserted that "the motion picture 
industry had been taken Into camp 
by one of the major political 
parties."; 

Hizzoner said that his statement 
had been slightly twl.sted. He had 
been informed, he said, that Louis 
B. Mayer had announced at the 
Kansas — City cnnventinn that he 



It is reported experiments with 
Television are now being carried on 
for the constr'uotion of equipment 
through which it will be possible to 
project pictures and stage show* 
from a central point into theatres 
within a radius oC 200 miles. Devel- 
opments- in television and In talk- 
ing picture equipment indicate that 
the application of i.ew devices may 
result in great changes in style of 

tJieatri.caL.cpjLstiiucXip^^ ; .. 

, The principle of a central project- 
ing station is based on the practl^ 
cally finished plans for nation-wide 
pi'O jec tfoh of' enterfalnment" tox~ 
home use via Television. 

Radio Corporation of America, 
with General Electric, is said to be 
lining up talent for production in 
Television. Cor, non-theatrical or 
home use. It is also reported that 
RCA Is negotiating for open air 
arenas, to be used In addition to 
closed ". studios, for- production of 
shows- Which are better transmitted 
if staged outdoors. 



(Mayer) would deliver ' the motion 
picture Industry to the Republican 
party, or its candidate. Hoover. 

"I want to say," said Mayor. Jim- 
mie; ."that no producer or group of 
producers can do that; they dp not 
own the screen." 



Mayer Greets Hoover 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
Louis B. Mayer and Pete Smith, 
publicity director for M-G-M, 
headed a party of Los Angeles busl- 
-ness— men who fl e w , t i? San Fran 



Cisco to greet Herbert Hoover on 
his arrival from the east. 



Mary Pickford's Grown-Up 



Los Angeles, July 24. 
Mary PIckford's next will be a 
straight grown-up dramatic tale, as 
yet untitled. 
Working with her are Sam Taylor, 



Christie's First Talker 

Christie's first comedy talker will 
make its bow at the Bialtb, New 
York, Aug. 4.. It Is a Billy Dooley 
offering with music and dallog in 
the sound effects. 

The. title Is "Dizzy Diver." 



director, and Allan McNeil and John 
Among the Roach crank operators | Gray, writers, 
are OUie Leach, Buddy Harris, Sam 



BPtfwning- and Lester Lang. - Hal's 
brother. Jack Roach., will direct one 
of the crews. 

It is the first big expensive break 
the neighborhood kids really get 
and one that apparently can't miss 
through the Juvenile aspect and 
with the kids all interested the par- 
ents must take a similar interest. 

The final selections for our "Gang' 
will be made Aug. 6 at Palisades 

.Each of the entire 65 chosen 
groups from all the theatres will 
pass in separate review before Hal 
Roach, who will personally choose 
the winning outfit, 

Roach expects to start the first 
"Our Gansr" picture of the final 
grou(> Aug. 7. 



No Dialog Sjpecialties 



!4r 



~. f,i)S AngelesT 

F' uMini.uiil will (U'le.!;;ite no indl- 
viili:al u-rit.Ts ;is specinlisls on dia- 

Willie tluv company accepts that 
wri.lin^' of dialog is a. thing apart, it 
believes it ha.s a sulUcient number 
of nu-n p.)s.s(>.^.^ing the "trick" to en- 
able it Id an.siurn individuals where 
they l>c>t will lit as (he situation 
mav de\>'liip. 



Firnatohe Chosen to 

Replace Photophone 

Lo3 Angeles, July 24. 

Photophone will be out at the end 
of this week as the sound and efiect 
accompaniment for "Lilac Time'' at 
the Carthiay Circle with Firnatone 
substituted. 

There was more than a week of 
experimentation In trying to perfect 
the former device, with this Colleen 
Moore picture before it was decided 
to eliminate Its use. 

Firnatone was originally selected 
by First National as Its sound apd 
effect accompaniment, being pro- 
cured through General Electric. 
Photophone is also a General Elec- 
tric product. 

Curtiz' Illness 

— ^---===-=Los"^ngelesv-J uly- 24^--- 
Roy Del Kuth completed direct- 
ing the final Vitaphone sequences 
for "Noah's Ark""owing to the sud- 
den illness of- Michael Curtiz, now 
in tho hospital. Curtiz Is expected 
to remain in the hospital for sev- 
eral weeks, leaving Warner Broth- 
ers to assign Del Ruth to direct 
"Conquest,", scheduled to go into 
production this week with Curtiz 
at the megaphone. 



9 Out of 10 Hand-Picked College 
Boys Flop Out of FOm Colony 



Los Angeles, July 24. 
" Ohl jf one ""Of "the- 10" college boys 
bro'ught to the coast a year a.go by 
First National has remained in. pic- 
tures, making progress as a screen 
actor. The others . have picked 
other lines of work or returned to 
college. 

John Westwood elected, unani- 
mously as the ideal type for the 
screen from many thousands o'f 
tests made of students throughout 
the major colleges was given a 
summer contract by First National. 
After working in several pictures 
he turned to the free lance field 
when his contract expired and at 
present Is playing the juvenile lead 
in "Patience," starring Belle Ben- 
nett for Tiffany-Stahl. Westwood 
was a student of Princeton, 

Richard Miles Glendo'non of Unir 
versity of California, selected sec- 
ond in the final eliminations, con- 
vinced both himself and the pro- 
d u ce r 3 Ji e . was, not -C u t , o ut to be an 
actor and preferred to take a job 
in the wardrobe department at the 
First National studios, 

Leland S. .Wilcox, Univcr.'^Uy o'f 
Michigan; John Van Clove of Pur- 
due, Walter Graham Smoot and 
Edward E. Karges, both of North- 
western, and Thomas Kclsey Den- 
ton of Saginaw, returned to their 
schools after the .summer vacation 
was .spent in Hollywood, appearing 



RCA, with an unlimited field, • I* 
reported contemplating a vast or- 
ganization of stage material for. this 
purpose. With two or three million 
homes, which may be equipped on 
a naonthly rental basis, there seems 
to be no limitation regarding the 
cost or type of shows that producers 
may want to put on. • 

» Ready to CommercialiM 
The proximity of this new de- 



In atmo.sphere parts for First Na- 
tional pictures. — 

Cassidy on . Farm 

Dan Cassidy of Georgia Teqh ac- 
cepted the trip to Hollywood but 
preferred to look, upon the picture 
business and its people through 
smoke colored glasses. After he had 
filled his obligation, he married a 
non-professional and settled down 
to the more quitft life »n a Ca,iifor- 
nla farm-, : 

John . Howland Stambaugh of 
Chicago did not make much of. an 
impression before the camera. He 
turned to the stage here where he 
played a small part In "Women Go 
On Forever." When this show 
closed he n'mained with the thea-. 
tre as assistant stage director. 

After playing .small parts before 
his contract expired, Stuart Clay- 
ton Knox of Yale found no perma- 
nent provision made for his future 
as .a srroon jictor^a 
"rhercial.' IX^ is~now assi-sfahX 
the PuUlir Rf.-lations Department of 
the South orn California Edison 
company. 

Seeing the failure of nine out 6£ 
ten boys selected from some 20,000 
or more college students aspiring 
for screen fame, producers are con- 
vinced thoy cannot expcf't nnich in 
the way of .screen actors cniiu'riii: 
from the bolle^'es. 



velopment in the entertainment 
field is Indicated in the admission 
by Western Electric it Is possible 
to transmit moving pictures over 
the air clearly. Wectarn Electric has 
been reticent in regard to Televi- 
sion, minimizing the present pos- 
sibility of its adaptation for com- 
mercial purposes. General Electric, 
with RCA, has been more willing to 
establish at least an undercurrent 
tending to show that the project 
will soon be feaslblie. 

Western Electric still setms to 
doubt the practicability of trans- 
mitting sound or speech in conjunc- 
tion with pictures while reports re- 
garding RCA activities seem to say 
General Electric has practically 
completed experimental work and 
is set to commercialize its product; 

Willie it is possible to transmit 
moving pictures of an event or .a 
3taged production, .it is said it Is 
hot yet possiTjle " to catch pictures 
n6t in focus froni an. esta.bllshed 
point. Races cannot be filmed for 
Television at the present stage but 
It Is admitted 'that prize fights can 
be filmed and projected under prop- 
er lighting effects. 



K. HARLAN ON STAGE 



Motoring East with Former Wife, 
Mary Prevost 



T.fts Angeles, July 24. 

Kenneth HarlJxn, film actor, . tak- 
ing flyers on tlie stage recently, has 
been slgnied for "Tamiiico," next. 
Jones and Green stage show to bo 
produced in Now York. Booking 
w'as made by William Rowland', of 
local Tjyons and Lyon.s olllcc. 

IlUrland will motor east next 
week, accompanied by Marie Pre- 
"V0.sfriVis="(>x-wire 

said to have become reconciled; It 
is likely I hey will remarry. 



Lloyd Hughes Opposite 

Angeres, July 24.: 
LloyJ Hughes is entjaged by WIl- 
liaiu l^'ox to pliy opposite Mary As- 
tur Ml Tlio Womari." 
l)i(<'cled. by Irviny Cumminffs. 



VARIETY 



P I C T U RES 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



British Film Field 

Ky FmnTc TiUey - - 



Lbnddn, July 13. 
No soonei^ lind Britain Instruc- 
tional anhcninced they were giving 
their first . two pre-views through 
Iheir . (3i.strib\itlng unit, Pro . Patrla, 
litd. (hpti being A, B. Bundy's 
companlejj), at Lauriliard's new 
■Plocadilly theatre than W. H. 
Evans, hoad of the Provincial Cine- 
matofrraph Theatres, stated he 
would ./not book the ,t vo fi.Uns con- 
cern od, ••Underground," directed by 
-Anthony Asquith, and "Bolibar," 
made by Walter Summers, unless 
the pre-views were held at "a rec- 
' ocrnlzed house . for the holding of 
trade ~ sliows in the West End of 
3-ondon." 

A. large number of pre-views are 
iield at P.. C. T.'s West End house, 
the New Gallery Kinema, and It has 
been the custom ;for some time to 
use the Palace theatre, Hippodrome, 
London Pavil'on rnd occasionally 
the . lhambra for/ these once- 
overs, as well as giving them at the 
key picture theatres. What basis 
Evans has for appointing himself 
judge of what is a .''legitirnate trade 
show house" does not appiear. But 



Olympic Film Boycott 

Wa^hln£tpn,_Jul,y__24^^ 

Refusal of the committee In . 
charge to grant the Dutch company, 
Nederlandsche Bioscop-Bond, rights, 
to shoot the Olympic games and 
ing'beon largely responsibie for granting that right to an, 

making of .amendments in the. Film Italian company, organized for the 
Bill while' it was In. committee in purpose, has resulted in a boycott 
the House of. Commons, which made pictures taken in the the- 

it a better measure from the ex- | atres of, Holland. 

Dutch company asked German 
brganizatipn to place a like boy- 
cott, but this was. refused because 
of 'the fear of comiplications with 



three men concerned, Ormistdn hav- 



hibitors' angle. 



More Talkers. 

British Phototone Company, an 
offshoot of British Brunswick Coni- . 
pany, goes, to the public July 16 . for Italy on the part, of the German 
$1,500,000. As originally schemed, Spitzenorgahizatlon; says a report 



this concern was to have had F. E. 
Enders, managing director of iBrit- 
ish F. B. O., on the board of cllrec- 
tors, but he pulled out for reasons 
not disclosed. 

A. George Smith, head of Pro 
ducers 



to the. Department of Commerce. 



few, if any, distributors will delib- 
*i'ately run the risk of being., at 
o\us : with any of the big circuits; 
. and as P. C. T. has obtained a cer- 
■T^^ain-^hiouat-^f— support-^f<w--k^3— at-^ 
titude it looks as if pre-vlews will 
in f uture be confined . .to theatres at 
which tht-y are generally held. 

Though it is liow being asked 
What will happen if P. C. T.. takfes 
• the same attltiide on any pf the 
legit houses where pre-views are 
customary. it is not considered 
likely P. C, T. would refuse to book 
a real box office film just because 
their opinion as to. where it shpuld 
he pre-yiewed was not agreed to by 
the diST;ri»3utprs. 

A. E. Bundy's attitude Is first he 
dpitifeh't care where he gives pre- 
'" views, secoridly. he objects to being 
dictated ,;to, and lastly (and most 
reasonaMy) that Evans could have 
communicated with him and put his 
attitude on record instead of makr 
Ing a broadcast threat without any 
hint of P. C. T.'s objection halving 
heen made to the distributors con; 
cerned. 

An intriguing situation Will arise 
if anyone decides to hold a pre-view 
at the Palladium. It has not been 
"customary" to use this house, but 
— -It-lias-been-ar-pieture-theat-rer-if-only- 
for a little while. Evans would be 
between the devil and the deep blue 
in that case, for his plea of custom 
would hold and his Idea that money 
Bhould not be allowed to go outside 
the film trade would not, seeing the 
■ Palladium belongs to the Genex-al 
Theatres Corporation, which is as 
much a film theatre circuit as it is 
vaude. Or more. 



sand dollars. Part of the operation 
has been a campaign of "knocking" 

DiltHbuting ""corporation I the quota system and., telling how 

here iis- chairman pf the new com- it would never work out. .This, and 
SaS. and P D C will dLstribute. 'the all-round dullness in ^mosv "»^r 
12 three-reel song pictures a year, kets, has produced a set^af " 
Tii'pcA wni C5prve as P D C '3 auota prices, some of which, while atiu 
Sdir Se^TamvS-e to be.made. .It a^ p^^^^^ have slid well. away 
by the Blattner Corporation, which from their^ previous best_ .^ ^ ^ 
gets a large slice of cash from the . Among the 4rops are Gaumont 
Phototone Company . when floated British/ from aroimd^$9 to $6.50 
r -cc^: Of the production work. |i,ShS fSsS^^^^ S^c; 

xo DC aune. I British & Dominion deferre<l. from 

-o 1 r.i^se I 75c to 23c; Doriiinion Theatres de 
In addiUon to 17 British Olms. 'P^^'^ from 45c to 20c, and Den. 
now in production^four more, units \ 7 p^r fiP.nt debentures frdm 
r^ave7~staTtO-d- ThTr-wrete-^a^ncs- 1-^ . _ . . 



bprough. Pictures (allied wi^h G^^J- I '^^hese^^^'bear" operations ,: have' 
mbht-British) yegan • Jhe i ^ of feeling here. So 

Wrecker," Arnold Ridley s Pl^y. j^^j. t^ere has been little effort on 
This is heing directed by a Gcrmaji.J_y^^_^_^jLAmei-i,c^nJ^m^^^ 
G^QrerBolyaryraiid--1s-berag-made-^ ^^^^ ^j^^ quota,' though the iiFr 
a sound picture, with eff<?cts i-angements some of them have 
the British acoustic system. made for complying with the law 

British Screen productions jnade bare letter only. . But 

a start on '-'Three. Men in a Cait, \ depressing of stock, apart from 
a series o^s;x two-rcelers di^^^^^^^^^ j^. money they are making by do- 
by Arthur Phillips, and isettlefold ^ felt to be not so much a 
Proauotions .(a. company Anancpd financial operation as an attempt to 
by Arch bald ^ettlefold. the Jegit ^^^^^^.^^^g^ p 

producer), began shooting ,T*1^ Si" gard to finance and further flota- 
lent House," Walter Forde directing . . 

and Mabel Poulton starring. As the position is becoming more 

A commencement was also made l^j^^ ^^^^ that the American dis- 
on .Warner Brothers , first Quota ^rj,,ytQj,g ^^.^ regarded as-beiiig here 
film, "Sir or Madam, directed by Uvithout invitation, their actions tend 
the German, Carl Boese, with Percy toward a situation which may riesult 
Marmpnt , An net-te-Bo^ on a n d O ssi fl^ ■ ^J(^ t^pt;n tjoYunierclal anta geni 



Oswalda In the cajst. and later (as there are some big. 

Additionally to these, there . are financiers now behind the British 
20 native-made productions await- industry who have a strong political 
ing pre-vieWj some of which have I pull) in miore legipla,tion for thei pro- 
been finished several months. :Kea- tection of British . fllni interests 
son for holding them up is this is which will make the position of 
a bad time to get bookings. Also Ameripan and other foreign dlstrib- 
several of the newly promoted' com- | utors working in this market less 



European Natives, Clainung 

on 

Holding Back 






European Nations Aro 

Talking talkers 

Washlngcon, Jtily 24, 
Europe is readying for the talk- 
ers, reports George Canty, motion 
picture, trade commissioner, in a 
discussion of the po.ss.ibillty of the 
introduction of Amerlcati-mad-' 
equipfnent, to the Department of 
Commerce. 

Canty states reports coming 
through of the manner, in which^ the 
new development has been received 
in the U. S. has created great in-r 
terest in the larger countries 
a;broad. British, German and French 
film trade; .papers are devoting much 
space to the talkers, it Is aidded. 

England offers the best opportu- 
•nity for the Ijitrpductioh of Amcrl- 
ciin talkers, says Canty. This be- 
C£nise~^ri;K6"saTnelanguage-and-the-- 
houses of sufficient ciapacity to bear 
the added expense of installation. 
Germany is second in prominence 
as .^to-^poaaibilities. be cause of th e. 
Ijarge number of ho\ises and the 
scales charged which would justify 
the expense of installation, 

France, adds Canty, miist be con- 
sidered ias only a romotely potiential 
market. House scales are low as 
compared with England and Ger-' 
many. Industry acks' credit and is 
riot Inclined to. borrow for the fu- 
ture. Prance should be classed with, 
the small European countries wheri 
it comes to the installation of talk- 
ing equijiment. . Iii fact, says Canty, 
interest In France has only reached 
usfiioB— &tage.ii 



panics are sitting on the fence to 
see what the other fellow's stuff is 
like before they show theirs. 

Here's how the quota arrange- 
ments of the major American dis- 
tril^utors now stand- 
Paramount— "Sexton Blake" two- 



easy than it now is: 

Educational Movement' 

There is being formed; somewhat 
quietly, a British Film Services 
Board. . Claiming' to have been in- 
fluencecl by suggestions from H.. G. 
Wells, Arnold Bennett, G.. K. Che-s 



-Twlers-^nd— ^he— Burgoma*tei--<>f--ter-ton--a,nd--otheFs;-thi3_bo 
^ Im^^^Sie? his . Sir John to set up^centers in every borough pf 

f^d1^"B?th^ISrfs"^^ 

leads.. Both shorts and featui e mad© | ^^^^^^^^ ^^d historical interest." 



C. E. A. Resignations 

Following the general council 
meeting early in June at Cardiff, T 
Ormiston, A. J. Gale and W 
Blake, all past presidents of the Ex 
hibitors' As-sociation, sent their res 
igriations from the Board of Trade 
Advisory pompilttee to Sir Phillip 
CunlifCe-LIstcr. . At the time all 
three declared they would resign 
from the association' also if their 
rt-signations from the advisory 
committee were accepted. 

Well,, they ha ve^, been accepted,, 
and at this week's general council 
jiiceiirig held Wednesday but not 
yet made, public, Ormiston resigned 
entirely from the association, and 
■fjale and Blake throw up th6 trus- 
teeship and the pcist of treasurer 
j;f^«pectively. 

All this has arisen from, an objec- 
tion on. the part of the majority of 
the association's rnembers to ex- 
hibitors v.-Ith multiple interests be- 
ing on Ihie Board of Trade's Ad- 
visory Committee. First they ob- 
jected to any member of the asso- 
ciation having distributing or pro- 
ducing interests, and so far back as 
1923 there were violent agitations 
on this score directed again.st Or- 
jiii.ston, who had- at one time rep- 
resented Sir William Jury's dis- 
tributing interests in Scotland. 

Nothing happened on the point 
of niembeiis with other Interests, 
but after the Film Bill was passed, 
and more especially after thc^groupr 
nng'^i'~"ffie^S:trVs""by~the r'Gaiiinom^ 



British Corporation was effected, 
1 he trouble broke out again fropi 
another angle. Objections wore reg- 
istert'd to' Ormiston and Gale being 
on the advisory committee as ex- 
hibitor representatives because they 
were on the board of the Denman 
Picture Houses Company, and to 
Blake because he was on the board 
of Briti.sh Screen Productions, This 
despite the fact that no one in 
the p:xhibilors' Association has 
given more service to it than the 



by British Filmcraft Company 

Fox— Tied up with British In- 
structionar Company. 

Allied' ArtLsts (United Artists)— No 
present arrangements. 

Producers' Distributing Corpora- 
tion — Three-reel Phototone song 
films. 

First National — Own product, 
completed for first year's needs. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — "Yellow 
Stockings," directed by Theodore 
Komi.<3arjevsky,. with Percy Mar- 
mont and Enid Stamp-Taylor. Pro- 
duced by Welsh -Pearson -Elder 
Company. .Three other features to 
come from same producers. 

Warner Brothers^"Sir or Ma- 
dr \," directed by Carl Boese; An- 
nette Benson, Percy Marmont and 
Ossi Oswalda leads. Own produc- 
tion. / 

Production iWethods 

Couple of fellows, ' both British 
but back home- -from Hollywood, 
got contracts for .six weeks' work 
in a film now in production here. 
Did nothing but draw their pay for 
first two weeks, then played in 
about three sets, all of which had 
to be taken over owing to lighting 
being on the blink. This wasn't dis.- 
covered . f or a couple. of weeks, as 
the company doesn't seem to have 
"rushes" made. . 

So comes the end of the six 
weeks' contract, and one of the two 
has a film to do for someone else. 
So this company has to keep him 
on salary on another six weeks' 
contract tp stop him from quitting, 
and u.se him when they can get 
him. The other fellow also gets six 
weeks more, which so far consists 
in drawing salary. And up to now 
throe cameramen have succeeded 
ea(?h other on the film. 

Got an idea, this company had, 
they'd use a how lighting method. 
Didn't make tests or experiments, 
biit just .sot it up and shot. Then 
found they'd got it all wrong. As 
tlToy'WiH'C told"thT>y="haxl= Ijrf orcM;h ey- 
started shooting, but wouldn't 
li.ston. 

It's the piiblicls monoy, po what 
doe.s^ it matter ? 

Wild and Wooly Bears 
Lately there has boon rather, a 
slot of "boa,r" operation by Amor- 
loan distiubutors' roprosontat>ves on 
British film arid picture theatre 
slock, but especinlly on Jho former. 
At least one man, now becoming 
identified with a British company, 
has mnde .some hundreds of thou- 



Erigland already has three or four 
sound devices with some few houses 
alrejidy equipped tvith the home 
product. ^ 



, Gov't's 1st Prosecution 

London, July 24. 

Government" Is starting Its first 
prosecution under .the Films Act 
against a concern calling itself Fa- 
mPus Films, small territorial dis? 
tributors. 

Tne~a;ctTon -i s the r esul t of th e- 



European exhibition of talking 
pictures has been restricted for oVer 
two years, and may be withheld for 
an Indefinite period further, on ac- 
count of a long drawn legal fight 
between, the., electric companies, 
manufacturing equliiment and Eu- 
ropean, governments with regard to 
pii-tent rights. 

For about two years Western 
Electric, and probably G. B. also, .. 
have been fighting for a clear; patent 
to their equipment abroad. Millions 
of . dollars have been spent, In al- 
most every country on the Conti- 
nent are patent holders, each claim-, 
ing first rights to talking equip- 
ment and threatening to stop the 
American conipanies from sending: 
equipnient in. 

American producers and theatre 
owners abroad have been reluctant, 
so far, to install equipment for fear 
of an ensuing battlie. 
- -Fxom a acauj3ts.4he_eliLCJ:xi.c3_iiaj^ 
had corisiderable opposition to cpn- 
lor.d with from European govern- 
mental sources favoring native in- 
ventors and on general principles, 
"ai6inclihea~"to' -permit— the* advance - 
pf an American film enterprise of 
any kind. 

li;dlcatlons are that the European 
trip planned by J. E. Otterson, head 
of the W. B. Movietone department, 
sliows that tension has been les- 
sened and that , some arrangement 
is under way which will protect the 
equipment manufacturers as well as 
the exhibitors froni claims. 

Another bar to foreign exhibition 
is shown in a report that damage 
actions totaling over $500,000 have' 
y^e-t^n inrnrrod by Ame rican pro- ; 
jdiicers through alleged infrlnge- 
■^ments of foreign musical rights by 
us© of music in sound pictures so 
far- shown abroad. In almost every 
Instance, it is understood, the picture 
meri found themselves on t^e "Wrong 
end and were obliged to settle. As 
a result producers are seeking, 
original music froni composers with, 
protection for the world market. 



One of its objects Is to dissemi- 
nate "our true national culture- and 
ideals, spread and insinuate national 
and industrial propaganda, and en- 
courage empire trade and com- 
merce." 

Its directorate includes Command- 
er Maxse, Colonel Mastermari,- Sir 
Arthur Holbrook/ M. P.; Waldron 
Smlthers, M. P.; Austin Small, Her- 
bert Norris, Jariieson Thomas and 
Stewart Rome, The latter are both 
movie actors.. 

Williams Goes Back 
J. D. Williams left again for New 
York July 12 with Earle Hammons 
on the Olympic, and will be away 
from here indefinitely. He is. open- 
ing an office for World Wide Films, 
Inc., in New York for the sale and 
distributipn of British pictures. 
People and Things 
Hunt Stromberg arrived this week. 
Scott Sydriey, Christie Comedy di- 
rector, is. here" preparing to work at 
Elstree. ' . 

The piroposed revi.sion in. the ad- 
mission tax was killed in the HPuse 
of Commons last week on the second 
reading by 229 votes to 131. 

A. Sz.-irka.. director Of the Hoyt 
Australian Circuit, Is here on vaca- 
tion. 

Gainsborough Pictures. Ltd., unit 
of the Gamont-Brltish combine, ha.3 
made an exchange of product agree- 
ment for France and this . country 
With Louis Nalpas. 

Arthur Kelly. Maurice Silverstpne 
and Jerome .Jackson, all of United 
ArtistSi got in this week. Jos: M. 
Schenck ha.s gone on to Paris and 
comes to London laten after having, 
been to Nice to look over Ingram's 
current production, for United, "The 
Three Passions." , 

The stork has visited A. J. Hitch- 
cock's wife for the .first time, and 
thoy how have a daughter. . Mother 
Is scenarist, known as Alma RovlUe. 

Charles E. Whittaker has joined 
the Blattner Corp.. on the prbduction 
advis(n''y board. . 

, .. .Folk.s- - flnan.c iolIy-..- i ntei-03tc(l— -in. 



showing, of -'Two Little Drummer 
Boys,', starring Wee Georgle Wopd 
before the picture had been regis- 
tered. 



Scott Sidney Dead 

London, July 24. 

Scott Sidney, 60, former director 
for Christie, dropped dead of heart 
disease in the Elstree studio on PVl- 
day, July 20. 

Sidney was over here to make a 
full length comedy for British In- 
ternational featuring two Dani.sh 
comediari.s known as Pat arid Pata- 
chon. ; 



FRENCH SYNDICATE OFFICERS 

, Paris, July 15. 

At the annual meeting of the 
French Syndlca,te of Cinema Indus- 
try Charles Delac was elected presi- 
dent f or f h e p recent "fiscal "yeSf , 'f 
plaicing Louis Aubert, who declined 
being, listed. 

Vice-presidents of the/ chamber 
for the exercise '28-'29 are Charles 
Jourjon, E. Costil (Gaumont) and 
Adolphe Osso (Paramount). Chas. 
Gallo and Roger Weil were . elected, 
secretaries, and Natan, treasurer. 



English B ookin g Slump 
Is Looked for Shortly 



London, July 24. 

With closer relea:se 4ates due Oct. 
1 under the Films Act. distributors 
expect a heavy slump In bookings. 
They are already trying to persuade 
the board of trade that exhibitors 
are squawking against the operation 
of the act, biit the board is wise to 
the situation. 

Distributors who operate on the 
block, hooking idea now find they 
are in a jam. They cannPt sell the 
bulk of their product ahead and put 
on the rap for future mediocre ma- 
terial, and have to compete for 
dates on product merit. This ia 
working out badly for some of the 
big British independent distributors 
wiio formerly fiogged the exhiba. 



tiaiuhonl 



BELGIUM HOUSES STAY OPEN 

Paris, -July 24. 

Melro-Gbldwyn-Mayer houses In 
Belgium are remaining open for the 
summei-, despite local reports, to the 
contrary. 

Only a. few theatres ai*e closed, 
and those for repairs. 



non-flam .film stock aro having ques- 
tions rrti.sod In the Hou.so of. Com- 
mons as to whc^thor the govcrnmont 
will not prohibit tho u.so of ordinary 
inflammable film. So far they have 
drawn a blank, 

Talkers at Wembley 
Plans have boon switched a;round 
again for the Wembley proposition, 
and the dope now is Tictor Sheri- 
dan will equip four stagos for talk- 
ers. In tho meantime arr.angomonts 
are being made to float Allied Briti.sh 
(Continued on page 56) 



Theatres in Hungary 

Wa.shlngton, July 24. . 
. Revised list of tlie motion picture 
houses in Hungary may now be se- 
curcd^ frqm ._the_ . Division _of _Co m 



London, July 24. 

British-Gaumont, which bought 
the ordinary shares in General The- 
atres Corp.j will hold a meeting next 
'week and probably vote tp eliminate 
executive ppsltlpns pf S^eral high 
posts in General Theatres. 

Some of the men holding these 
posts and contracts will be paid ofT 
after which negotiations will be. re^ 
sumed in the deal ■whereby CSenerai 
Theatres will got Paramount pic- 
tures. 



niorcial InetlUgonce, Department Of 
Commerce. Li.st will be forwarded 
upon request, which ."Should refer to 
the code number: EUR-53S0- 



Bryson's Coast Conferences 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
James "V. Bryson, English picture 
producer, is en route to New York 
after spending a week conferring 
with Carl Laommle, head of Uni- 
vor.sal. 



GERMAN EXHIB'S VISIT 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
Georg dalewskl, n prominent 
momhcr of the German exhibitors' 
association, has been four day.s n 
guost of United Artists. ,. 
.^Hi -j ou r ney-^pi==Holly Avood^wa s=- rr= 
side trip, his objective h.'iving. boon 
more to ."itudy oxhibitipn from th> 
American viewpoint. 



FBO IN CUBA 

The Cuban Amcrioan Film Com- 
pany of Havana will handle the dis- 
tribution of FBO product in Cuba, 
according to a deal closed this week 
by Ambrose Dowling, manager of 
tho company's export intorosts. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



PI C T U R E S 



VARIETY 




With one sound-proof stage com- 
pleted, Monta; Bell began taking 
tests and experimenting on sound 
and dialog at the Paramount Long 
Island studios this week. The new 
sound stage Is In the second sub- 
basement of the studios and has 
floor space approximately 40x80; 

Two booths are equipped with 
cameras on th© set and three 
microphones to catch the sound. 
Bell expects to get under way with 
the first feature-length picture 
early In November, at which time 
the coast studios ar© also to start 
work on its initial all-talker. ThW" 
latter may be "Burlesque," under- 
stood -to be-Goastvproducedr:;: v . 

When two more of the sound 
stages and the miniature . theatre 
are completed, in the early, part of 
September, a portion of the studio 
will be turned Over "for ' th© cahriirig 
of Publix stage units. These Ainlts, 
after finishing their engagement of 
on© week at the Paramount In New 
York, are to be brought intact to 
the studio, scenery and all. • It is 
expected that th© canning of the 
routine as it is don© on the Para- 
mount stage In New York can be 
completed in from four to six days. 
Stagers Directing 
B/jU will have a general super- 
. visipn over the making of these pic- 
t ures. but the produ cers who^readied 
them for the stage will be on hand 
to direct them for the talking 
shorts in conjunction with a regula.r 
cinema director who will slniply • a.d 
vise of the ca.mera and sound pos- 
sibilities, as well . as of tempo and 
timing of work. It Is likely that 
Kobert Florey, known as "the $97 
director" on the Coa,st, will be the 
first director to com© east for this 
style of work. Florey Is a proficient 
camera man besides being a direc 
tor, having functioned on both ends 
of the canaera. 

No staff as yet has been selected 
for the Long Island studio, nor Is 
It Intended to have a general 
one On hand at all times. It is the 
plan , of Walter Wanger, general 
production manager of Paramount 
to engage writers, directors and 
others required in the executive and 
technical end of production only as 
the occasion requires. Many Broad 
way names; as far as playwrighting 
Is concerned, may be pressed into 
service for the preparation of the 
talkie scripts, with a silent script 
man on hand to point out posisi 
bilities and haftdicaps. 

It is flgurod that it will take ha:lf 
as long again to shoot the talker 
features as it does the silent stories 
and that cost will be in accordance. 

Until the L. I. studio is ready to 
handle the feature productions Bell 
will devote most of his time to 
making tests and experimenting 
" With the sound- and effect devices, 
it is likely that during this experi- 
mentation a number of short sub- 
ject talkers will be turned out with 
Broadway stars used. 



Deaf No Like 



Totally or partially deaf peo- 
ple who have found a haven in 
the "silent" drama resent the 
new vogue fpr talking pictures. 
One hard -of- hearing man says 
that although he could hear 
sounds and voices, he could not 
tell what H was about and tha^^ 
acfordlngly, it depressed him^ 
Of all the talking shorts he 
had seen he designated Anna 
Case as the only one he could 
really hear or er>joy. 

That faulty hearing Is com- " 
mon is"" known to, every bdx 
office man. Among the legits, 
the Theatre Guild has dealt 
with the situation by setting 
aside an entire row specially 
equipped with ear-phones for 
the comfort of the deaf trade. ' 



OF ANY KEY CITY 



I Few Theatres Classed as 
Money Makers — Down- 
town Houses Killing Off 
Neighborhoods - — F o u r 
More Houses Under Con- 
struction Adding : 7»500 
Seats — Seattle 50c Town 



Talkers Monthly, Demand 
For Paramount by Sidney Kent 



purchasing in the stores earlier and 
wanted «omewhere to idle before 
cooking dinner. 

After the plan was introduced at 
the Fifth Aveniio, all of the down- 
town houses, which in the past had 
charged 35-50 for the afternoon, ses- 
sions, adopted the same policy; Ayith 
the neighborhood houses compelled 
to abandon their daily mats. 

They have been further affected, 
as the women who had seen the 
stage shows and pictures at bar 



Los Angeles, July 24. 
Four talkers a month Is the pro- , 
duction demands made upon Para- 
mount's Kast and West Coast stuf 
dios by Sydney Kent, general, sales 
manage/, according to reports fol- 
lowing a conference of Paramount 
associate producers, called by Ben: 
Schulbcrg, last week. 

The quota, of talkers Is to be In- 
creased later, If. Kent's demands are 
to be met by Paramount, which will 



ONE-HALF ON CHAINS 



Promoter Operating "Sick" 



Seattle, July 24. 
With a drawing population of 
around 450,000 people, this city has 
70 theatres, seating 52,025, devoted 
to picture and stage entertainment. 
It is approximately one seat for 
every nine persons, whether or not 
they are of age to go to the temple 
of amusement. 

Seattle comparatively in popula 



gain prices stayed away from the require speeding up of installation 
home houses with pictures that they, on the West Coast as that studio 
had seen downtown a few weeks or Is not at present prepared to In 
so before. This also kept the male stall sound 
away, with the result the neighbor- "Interference," which is. now In 
hood houses have been compelled Production at Hollywood, will bo 
to lower their admission prices and I rushed east for sound synchroniza. 



struggle for earlier releases to try 
and combat downtown opposition. 

Seattle, though fairly prosperous, 
has never been known to be any- 
thing more than a 50-<ient top town. 
When prices are. jacked up for spe- 



tipn. 

Schulberg's annOuncennent Is said 
to have panicked actors, directors 
and. writers who have had no stage 
experience. Actors with speaklngr 
stage experience in the slimest of 



cial features or shows beyond that minor parts, even one line parts, 
figure, there is a local squawk . as ar© loudly recalling their stage 
well as reprisal on the. part of the training and former legits who have 
amusement seekers toward the | been getting the go by and cold 



Houses on iCrCentagC^'"'**'''''*" for any Key city, 

' Ever since Jensen and Vpn Her- 
berg found Seattle an amusement 
Chicago, July 24. I gold mine, other theatre operators 
A corporation for financing a,nd have come, into th© town during the 
operating Indepen.dent picture Past five years and built houses 
houses, undergoing financial .troubles enough to handle business for. two 
is reported formed by Roy W. Alex- generations io come, 
ander, former Chicago representa- With v the one-to-nine seating 
five of Universal. basis and three-fOurths* of the 

Alexander is. said to have secured h^PUses operated in the downtown 
backing to the extent- "of $250,000, area, trade has only been lucrative 
with 16 local houses believed will- In a few spots, with ^the majority 
ing to let him operate for a gross of the exhibitors Just getting by or 
percentage or commission; taking it on the chin weekly. 

Alexander's corporation is report- The 40 neighborhood houses have 
ed agreeing to turn the houses back done no business to brag about dur- 
to their owners whenever th© latter ing this period. Five houses, with 



tion and theatres may be used as a | manager who tries to raiise the arit©, shoulder on the lots, are now de- 



so desire. 



Sennett's System Works 



I an approximate seating capacity of 
2,600 seatSi have been either closed 
temporarily or dismantled. At the 
present time four more houses Are 
being constructed In the city, which 
I will give it another 7,500 seats. 
Neighborhoods 
Neighborhood houses have suf- 
more than the downtown 



At Hollywood 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Paramount has deferred produc- 
tion on sound and talkers until next 
January at th© local studios. It is 
planned to continue experimenting 
on sound and effect for several 
months yet, with, an occasional 
synchronization iadded to current 
productions. 

The studio executives are quite 
frank in declaring that It will be 
another six months before it will 
be practical to start on the first of 
the dialog talkers, "Burlesque." 



$750,OOOJo]ind Emofing 



Los Angeles, July 24. 

August 25 is the approximate date 
set for the completion of M-G-M's 
sound stage buildings. Th© estl 
mate for cost of equipment and 
construction runs close to $750,000 

An appreciable part of this 
amount Is due to the unusually sub- 
stantia! structure, designed to elimi- 
nate vibration. 



The rigid schedule established at 
the Sennett studio to govern the I f ered 
making of its initial program >t 18 houses, on account of stiff competl 
comedies has worked so success- tion and bargain matinees, .This 
fully the plan will be applied to suffering has been going on for 
the production of the main program three years, or since the opening 
for the year. Word of the exact of the! Fifth Avenue with a picture 
number .of comedies to go into the and presentation policy and charg 
niain schedule has not reached the ing 25 cents for matinees every day 
studio here, but it is expected to be b©fore on© in th© afternoon 
close to one a week. This bait brought heavy trade to 

These will , fae accompanied by the house, which always enjoyed 
synchronization, securing of the .capa.city while , the cheap scale .was 
equipment for which is responsible on, with most of the customers be- 
for the presence in New York of | iiig shoppers who had done their 
Mack Sennett. The latter is await- 
ing completion of the recording ma- 
chinery, . which will be Photophone, 
Plans for the first sound struc 
ture provide for a 70 by 120 foot 
building, designed according to 
Western Electric SpecificatioriSi . ■ 

Other comedy studios have been 
following closely the experiment at 
the Sennett plant of starting a sub^ 
ject In ea:Ch series every Monday 
morning. One already is employing 
Si mo<|iflcation of it. No secret Is 
made kt the Sennett studio that the 
trick is In the preparjitlpn. 



32,000 Seats Downtown 

Of the seats In the town, more 
than 32,000 ar© In the downtown 
area and the balance in the. neigh- 
borhood sections. 
Many of the downtown and neigh- 



manding that they be starred in the 
I talkers. 

Writers are proclaiming their 
I contributions to dialogue In. the dim 
past, and those who. have no chance 
or background to hting any -such 



borhpod houses .are of the obsolete clainis on, are walking arpuiid with 
type. It Is quit© likely about 15 worried expressions, 
will disappear within the next year Directors are In about Ao same 
or two on account of stiff compe- boat. Those whio grraduated. firom 
titioh . offered by the better class the footlights to the .Kleigs are slt- 
theatres and the new ones that are ting on top of th^ world, while the 
being constructed. others are waiting fearfully for th«. 

Of the entire number in this city, | promised Influx of stage directors, 
less than one-half the houses are 
being operated by the chains. West 

Coast circuit a:nd Univer^l have | ported a heavy loser weekly sine* 
about an, equal number of houses, opening last March, 
but the former concern: has the ' 



larger . and newer houses. John 
Hamrlck operates several houses, 
all of which are wired; The West 
Coast houses are also being wired, 
with a number of the outlying in- 



Theatres and Cajiacitiea 

Anierican 
Arabian . 
Atlas . . , . 
Bagdad . . 
Ballard 



>4 • ••••• • m' m'l 



equipment 

Tough for Vaude 

Pantages arid Ofpheum circuit 
have had a hard road to travel as 
a result of the stiff competition 
given them by the New Seattle, 



400 
680 
490 
900 
200 
800 
600 
600 



FBO'S For Moore-Beery 

. Los Angel.es, July 24. 

FBO has Tom Moore and Noah 
Beery for two pictures each. First 
of the Moore series Will be "The 
Laat Gal," with Seena Ow6h oppo- 
site, aind ^Marsiiall Nlelan to direct. 
The second will be "The Yellow 
Back," taken from the James Oliver 
Curwood story. 

First o'f the Beery series is "Th£ 
Red' Sword" and "LOve in the Des- 
ert," latter tp be directed by George 
Melford. •„ ■ : , ; _ ^. 



Talking Court Scene 

Los Angele.% July 24. 

First National will put into full 
diaJog throe consecutive reels of 
"Changeling," by Donn Byrne and 
featuring Dorothy Mackaill. 

The spoken section is a courtroom 
sequence. George Fitzmaurice will 
direct the talker. 



No New Wiring Until Spring, Say 



dependent theatres having the sound | gjyg Mouse'. '. *. '. '. '. '. * *. '. * *. '. * * ■ 

Cherlo .................. 

Colonial 700 

Columbia 1,000 

Columbian......... 292 

Egyptian 1,300 

Fifth Avenue and Hamrick's Blue I ^"J^^f 1,000 

Mouse. Tho Orpheum, new house ^J^r^ss 300 

and seating around a»900, has been Avenue! ■!*.'.!*.."!!!!'.!!!*. 2,500 

going into the red for the past year, Florence 400 

while the Pantages houses is said Qalla . . . . ] ! '.. '. .!!!!!!!!!!'. 300 
to be In and out of ;th© red regru- Garden Court................ 750 

larly.- Th©. New Seattle, built by Gem ........ ............. 312 

Publlx and being operated jointly Good Luck. 450 

by West Co'ast-Publlx-LoeW, is re- G»"anada ..... ........... 1,000 

Green Lake 250 

Grey Goose 500 

Hamrick's Uptown 700 

Hollywood 480 




Milwaukee, July 24. 
Yells of "steamroller" resounded 
through the halls of the Hotel Wis- 
consin when th© Wisconsin Motion 
Picture Theatre. Owners' associa- 
tion closed its annual convention 
last week. . . 

Thd ooriventiPn marked the pass- 
ing of th© old regiriie with an en- 
tirely new slat© 'of officers and ai 
new arbitration board. ^ 

The big thing at the session was 
the discussion of talkers wdth rep- 
resentatives here f)^m R, C. A., 
Electrical Reseairch and th© others. 
After getting the exhlbs all hopped 
up on the talker stuff the Eleotrical 
Research , man threw a wet blanket 
on . the party by announcing that no 
=inst^illations^(-wlring).^can_,be madft. 
before March or Aprlh'* 

Th© cxhibs couldn't get wise to 
the talker salesmen either. After 
tears of boloney from film sales- 
men they expected to hear a bunch 
of high pressure salesmen^ Instead 
a mild mannered group of talker 
m,en were- on hand and said quite 
bluntly: 

"We are here to .serve yoo. We 
want to give you talkers as soon as 



Home 

Jackson ......... 

Lakeside ........ 

Liberty ........... 

Madison 

Madrpna Garden. . 
Majestic . . . ... . . . 

Market 

Meridian , . , 
Metropolitan 



• • • • • • • I 



possible but If you expect us to Mission 
take you out to dinner or buy you Neptyn.e . 
cigars tO put Our proposition acroias, |,01ympia 
you're mistaken. We don't do busi- 
ness that way. We'll sell you talk- 
ers and deliver when w© can.' 

The new sla,t© of officials taking 
ofllce are: Stey© Bauer,, president; 
Fred Seegert, vice-president; Er- 
nie Ijangemac,* treasurer; Ma.x 
Krofta, secretary; George Beyer, 
sergeant at arms^ 



> * ^ • • « * « < 



325 
652 
£00 
1,900 
410 
500 
450 
300 
200 
1,400 
500 
.1.000 
■ 500 

Orpheum .2,900 

Palace . . ; 260 

Palace Hip................... 1,600 

Palm 500 

Pantages . 1,500 

Pariamount 600 

Portola^ , . 300 

President 1,600 

Queen Anne... 435 

Rialto 400 



I • • • • • I 



George Fisher is member of th© | Rldgemont .................. 498 

ROyal 300 

Roycroft 600 

Society .... . 400 

South Park 250 

Star 350 

State-Madl.son . .. 500 

Strand. 1.200 

='Ph1rd^^'Avrnue T'rv'i^^i^; vir^^^^^ 

Top Notch 485 

Uptown 800 

United Arti.Mls 2,100 



executive board for five yeatrs and 
F. J. McWUliams for three. Arbl 
tratlOn board members, are: A. 
Rpbarge,^^ chairman; A. B.erkholtz 
and B. Fisher. Alternates on tho 
board are:. J. Soden, Ed, Berth, 
J5flyiliam.^_Jacflb.s,^.Charles^=Washir. 
check. 

About 60 exhibs attended. It was 
remarked that more ro.solutlons 
were adopted at this seS.sion than 
ever before at which one exhib said: 

"Boys, we have pa.sscd more reso- 
lutions than ever before in the his- 
tory of the organization. Now you 
can go home and break more ro«o- 
lutions than you ever broke in your 
whole life." 



Winter Garden,...;.-..... 

Woodland 

l<*>si..r 

Hcnttle ,. 

Mayflower (oon.struotlon) 

Vf-nf'lian 

Green parrot. 

Tc.lMl , 



SOO 
. 616 
, 300 
, 3,100 
. 2,500 
. GOO 
. 450 

,52,025 



VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Jazz hmger 
at 




Visiting Stock Blew $2,000 





in Loop; And Out of Denver in Wk. 

and Held Over 



Street Angel" and "Sunrise" Also Make Showings- 
Ghicagb Off to $42,000 With "B. & E. Man" 



Chicago, July 24. 
, Weather: Unsettled. . ' ' 
.Weoki'nd . business in. Loop the- 
atres is at low tide this sumnler. 
Squuwkis on local humidity once^ 
vcro fuihiahcd mainly by legit and 
vaudG nianagbrs, but the film em - 
pdriums as \yeU have complained 
during the current hot spell. . 

When a manager has a draw pic- 
ture, he keeps in good dough by aid 
of lorte weekday piatronage. One 
instance is "Street Angel," at Mc- 
yickers, which collected |25,000 in 
'its third week and is Iveld over 
for at least a fourth. Another 
Fox synchronized picture, "Sun- 
rise," opened in the snialler Roose- 
velt to a high $19,000. It was 
given an. important press sendpfl. 
This is the Roosevelt's first wired 
program. • ■ 

All Loop first-runs but the Keith 
State-Lake will be ready for talk- 
ers shortly. The Orpheum, pioneer 
in this line,, brought back "Jazz 
Siii gter" for a week, after it had 
P|layed. there and in the Gari-ick for 
a total of 19 weeks. An unexpected 
|10,000 on the return week cancelled 
the "only one week" advertising in 
favor of holdover announcements. 
■ United. Artists is dillylng until 
wiring Is completed Aug. 3, "Drums 
of Love," in for two weieks. start- 
ed .with a minor $22,500. Weekday 
business was fairly . healthy* but 
holidays cost the film any . possible 
.impressive showing.' "Garden of 
Eden" will follow for one week, ahd 
then "King of Kings," synchronized. 

The Chicago rated first on the 
week with $42,000 for "The Butter 
and Egg Man," an average gross 
and, a drop "of $4,000 under "Wheel 



"Cossacks" Got $28,000; 
(k>od Tops in Fris^^^ 



bt Chance." No stilge .draw. — Ori- 
ental iikeiwise slid a trifle, although 
still high at $39,000, with Al Kvttle 
on stage as foremost draw and 
"Forbidden Hours", on screen. 

Playhouse, sure seater, climbed a 
. few. hundred with tri^film bill, and 
"The Head Man" held average at 
the State-Lake. . 

Estimates for Last Week 
Chicago (Publix) "The* Butter 
and Egg Man" (F. N.) (4,200; 50 
75). Slipped to $42,000, average, 
after run of strong weeks; no draw 
on stage to iassist, as has been cus- 
tomary; "Rah! Rah! Rah!" unit. 

McVicker's (Pubiix)— "Street An- 
gel" (Pox) (2,200 ; 50-75). Strong 
est comparative attraction in Loop 
holding, to $25,000 in its third week 
$97,300. so far; Movietone and Vita 
subjects 

Oriental (Pubiix) — "Forbidden 
HouDS" (M-G-M) (3,200; 35-75). 
, Comments on filin quietly tayoi-able. 
Al Kvale heavy draw as m.c. on 
stage; down a little, but good at 
$3!),0.00. 

Orpheum (Warner)— "Jazz Sing- 
er" (W. B.) (760; 50). Back for re- 
peat after 19 weeks in Loop. Held 
oyer because of strong $10,000; Vita 
subjects. : . ' 

Playhouse (Mindlin) — "Marriage 
Circle" (F: N.) ; "Germany's Side of 
War" (Mindlin); ."Life of Hinden- 
borg" (Ufa) (COO; , 50-75). "Three 
films all week and climbed from 
. $2,700 to. $3,300. . 

Roosevelt (Pubiix) — "Sunrise" 
(Pox) (1,700; 50-75); Opened very 
well at $19,000, inaugurating the 
house's synchronised film policy; 
inoRt important entrant of week. 
- -State-Lake (Keith)— "The Head 
Man" (F. N.) (2,50(); 50-75). Charles 
Murray comedy and Keith vaude; 
around $17,500; fair notices oh pic- 
ture^ ■ . ■■ 

United Artists (U. A.)— "Drums 
of Love" : (U. A.) (1,702; 35-75). 
Rather di.sappoinfing start with 
$22,500, diift to unimportant .week- 
<>nd money; in for two weeks. 



San Francisco, July 24. 
Honors >verei pretty close among 
the first run houses along the main 
stem here last week, although the 
Warfield oarly took a slight lead 
and held it, with the St. Francis a 
close second. San Francisco is one 
of the coolest summer spots in the 
country. 

With "The Cossacks" the Warfield 
dragged them in stronger than ex- 
pected. The fans liked the picture 
and they fell strong for ,Fa,nchon 
and Mirco's stage act with the 
clowning Rube Wolf. This lad con- 
tinues to bowl ihem over week after 

"The ' Street Anigel," at the St. 
Francis; ran the box office far. ahead 
of the average feature. 

Embassy, with "Glorious Betsy,' 
talker, in last week, held up sur- 
prisingly well. ^ 

Estimates 'or Last Week. 
Warfield — "Tiie Cossacks" and 
Fanchon and Marco stage act 
(2,672; 35-50-90). Liked this one 
and particularly stage show, with 
Rube Wolf, growing favorite. Busi- 
ness got off great from the jump 
and stayed there. Not far from 
$28,000. 

Granada— "The Racket" and Pub- 
iix .stage show (2.785; 35-50-65-90). 
Recent showing here of stage ver- 
sion of "The Racket" helped this 
one a lot. Start little slow, but soon 
picked up and had them coming 
heavy at close. Around $21,000. 
E m b a s a V — " <f}°J}S^^^ ^ ^f^f^." 



■ Denver, July 24. 
( Drawing Pop., 400,000) 
Weather: Warm 

Excessively hot weather eased 
up here last week. With- Intermit- 
tent shows cooling things off, thea- 
tre men enjoyed a summer wePK 
generaly above par.. Ice-cooled 
houses are few here, majority of the 
flicker places depei^ding upon elec- 
tric fans. 

Orpheum opened Saturday, with 
Naziimova featured. This vaude re- 
treat Is following the same policy 
a.^, last season — continuous, pictures 
and bargain priceis. 

A company of players from Pasa- 
dena, headed by Victor Jory and 
Jean Inness, moved into the Broad- 
way for a summer season and blew 
up at the end of the first vveek, pre- 
senting "They Knew What They 
Wanted. Business terrible. The 
Denver Theatre Guild, ambitious 
amateur organization, brought the 
Pasadenans here, taking it on the 
nose for more than two grand. 

Empress, former musical, comedy 
headquarters, did brisk trade with 
heavy bill of fight pictures, all for 
two bits, night or day. Bill held up 
for wreek and closed strong. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Aladdin (Ihde) (1,500; 35-50-75)— 
"Glorious Betsy" (War-Vita) ended 
second week around $6,000. Heavy 
plugging of Vltaphone and- Movie- 
tone shorts holds up every program 
at this suburban first-run. 

America (fnde) (1,500; 20-35-50)— 
"Girl from Chicago (War.). Drew 
nice biz in spite of general poor 
opinion. About $4,800. with Movie- 
tone and Vita shorts. America and 
Aladdin, both owned by Harry Huff- 
man, are wired houses. Isis (Fox) 
has Movietone, but contract forbids 
Its use except for newsreel and 
shorts. 

Broadway (Inde) (1,575; 50-75-$l- 
$1.50) — "They Knew What They 
Wanted" as presented by Pasadena 
Players — not representing Pasadena 
Community Playhouse, although 
they have appeared there — got noth- 
ing but abuse. Week, with three 
rnyifa , ^lo.sed at $2.300. Company. 




A SOLID. FOUNDATION 



GROWING! 



For fifteen yea:rs Meyer Davis hq,a 
beert building his organization up6n 
a, firm foundation, avoiding the 
spectacular in his business, but pro- 
moting It In the performance of his 
orchestras. , * 

Recent, additions to his prominent 
Nevir York clientele include the 
Astor Hotel iRoof and GrlW; Nassau 
Hotel, Long Beach ; Ben Riley s 
Arrowhead Inn; MoritaUk Manor, 
Long Island; Ambassdor Hotel; 
Hotel Champlain, Lake Champlain; 
Ambassador Inn at Quogue. 



$28^0"Chance" k 
Hot Week at Mnin. 



Minneapolis, July 24; ^ 
(Drawing Population 470,000) 
Weather Hot 

The Minnesota continues to travel 
along at a. remarkable clip, piling 
up big grosses week after week and 
confounding those who . predicted 
its vogue would decline as its new- 
ness wore off. . 



Hlfheel of Chance/ 
5th Ave., Seattle, 
Big at $17,700 



Seattle, July 24. 
(Drawing Pop„ 500,000) 
Weather: Warm, coot nights 

Sailors beginning to swarm into 
Seattle, Before the next week is 
over there will be 35,000 here, the 
occasioh the American fleet for 
about six weeks' maneuvering in 
Puget Sound. Cheaper grinds and 
musical tabs will profit most. 

Last week slow, the best record 
being turned in by Fifth Avenue, 
with the pictuie the draw. The 
Seattle fell off. as Its picture lacked 
^ra^^, while the stage show was 
very good. But stnge shows by 
themselves do not pack 'em in. 
* Blue Mouse had fair fourth week 
with "Lion and Mouse." Columbia 
holding up with Jan Sofer as musi- 
cal director, succeeding- Fr'ancesco 
Longo, pianist, now musical dir'ector 
at KFR, one of the big Jpc?il .broad- 
caatlhg stations. Longo made a 
g^reat record at Columbia, where he 
wa« over two years. 

Next week is fihal for Jack Bam 
at Seattle as m. c. Bain there six 
weeks and pleased, (especially with 
his warbling. Gene Morgan replaces 
him. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Seattle (KC-Pub.-L) (3,100; 25-60) 
—"Something Always Happens" 
(Par). Nothing much happened at 
box office. Ethel Ralston barely 
mentioned, in advertising. Stiage 
show hit; $14,000. 

Fifth Ave. (WC) (2.700; 25-60)— 
"Wheel of Chance" (FN). Real 
draw in this picture. Some clever 
numbers oh "Radio Television" idea 
of Fanchon and Marco, but effect 
hurt by adhering to title theme; still 
novelty o. k.; $17,700. 

United Artists (WC-U.A.) (1,700; 
25)— "Three Sinners" (Par). Best 
picture for Pola Negri in long time. 
Billy Hartford's house made some 
profit, having best week under twor 



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Met, Boston, $28,100 



BcsLon, July 24. 
(Drawing Population. 850,000) 
Weather: Warm 
Business last week was Just about 
normal for summer. Weather more 
fitted to the beaches and park.s than 
.for indoor entertainment. 

Estimates for Last week 
Metropolitan (4,000; .=i0-65)— "Hot 
News" (Par), Pubiix unit, "Harem 
Scarem." Weak compar(>rt to aver- 
age, but fair hot-weather gross. 
$28,100. 

^Sfatrr^;O^F; o^IJ^fH— "Tire=A^^tt^ 
(M-G). Light tL. $13,700. 

Fenway and the two Olympias 
still running talkers. "Lion and thft 
Afouse," and doing exceptionally 
well, <jven if considered to be more 
or less a novelty draw. 



(talker) final week (1,367; 50-()b-»0}. 
Held up to consistent business 
Closed to $12,700, 

St. Francis — "Strieet Angel" and 
Movietone (1,375; 35-65-90). Hold 
ing up very big; $15,000. 

Earie, Wash., Gives Notice 
Keith's Vaude Next? 

Washington, July U- 
(Est. White Pop., 450,000) 
Weather, Hot ■ . 

Plenty of shifts last week. Law- 
rence Beatus, for 13 years n^anagcr 
.of Loew's two bouses here, ha,s be^n 
transferred to the executive offices 
in New York. Switch came without 
notice and is a promotion for BiSa- 
tus. He has been with the firm 
.since 1912. ' Colby Harriman, pro- 
duction manager for this district, is 
handling the house temporarily. • 

Another chinge came at the Earle 
with the two-week notice hSnderl 
the stage crew, stage and pit or- 
chestras and booth operators with 
everybody sitting tight as to what 
the future of the house will be. Re- 
port persists, Kaith vaudeville will 
go in in Augu.st. Le Roy Shei-man 
will routine and light the .show. 
With the increased . takings at 
Earle's somesuri)ris'e was ^expressed 
at the move to change the poJicy. 

The Palace got the . break.s o:i 
the week with "Tellin.g the WoiMd" 
plus Wesley Eddy, house ni. c, hav- 
ing had "Ocean Blues" (Loew-Pub- 
lix unit) ( hanged . into '-Vacttion 
Days." 

Earle held to around the new 
level with "Wheel of Chance" and 
"A Gardeii Pur ly" TfHi f on tire stage. 

Fox had a weak sister in "Hus- 
bands for Rent," but got by with A 
good stage show. Columbia not sn 
forte with Syd Chaplin . in "Skirts." 
Estimates for Last Week 
Columbia (Loew)— "Skirts" (M- 
G-M) (1,232: 35-50). With a smash 
picture they'll go to this ojd-time 
hou.se. This picture i.sn't. Only 
$5,000. 

Earle (Stanley-Crandall)— "Whefl 
of Chance" (F. N.) and Stanley 
unit, "Garden P-arty." (2,244; 35-50). 
Notice went to everybody Friday 
with new policy corning. , Business 
hanging around new level; $10,500. 

Fdx (Fox)— "Husbands for Rent" 
(Warner) and Stebbbins stage show 
(3,434; 35-50-75). Weathering hoi 
spell well, in spite of bad break in 
pictnre.s. $rs,000. • . 

Met (f?tanley-Crandall) — "Texaa 
Steer) (K. .V.). [>'ilm waiting Ion;; 
time iil'ter iniblieity spre.ad before 
.getting loeal showing; "firouhd 
$8,000." 

Palace • (T^oew) — "Telling . tlio 
•"WirAMiV^"^rrnrt'"--^rvoT^'-rMibV 
"Ocean T'.hios" with We.sVey Eddy, 
m. 0, (2,. TO.'); 3.")-r)0). Comibination 
of Haines and Eddy aceounted for 
box office spurt after previini.s low 
week: ' healthy $16,000. 



disgustetj, refused to . fill one-day 
stand at Colorado Springs, where 
house; had been sold ou^ jn ad vance 
by subscription talcers. . . 

•Colorado (Inde) (2,450; 30t40-50) 
—"Home, James" (U.) second Uni- 
versal to play here In the home of 
P. N. flickers. Weak in draw. Gross 
may have hit $5,000, but doubtful. 
Oliver Albertl, former Fanchon and 
Marco m. C, offered stage presenta- 
tion. Albertl, pleasing fellow • and 
good musician, hasn't produced any 
real stuff yet. House, under niah- 
agement of Fred Greene, P., n; ex 
ploitatlonlst, gradually beginning tp 
pick up. 

Denver (Pubiix). (2,450; 25-40-60) 
—"The Backet" (Caddo-Par.). Pop- 
ular, after Melghan'g long absence 
from screen. (Conceded Meighan's 
best in several years. With Pubiix 
stage show, m. c.'d by Jimmie Ellard, 
got easily $11,500. 

Empresa (Inde) (1,860; -25 )— Big- 
gest carnival of fight films ever un- 
reeled on one program in this town 
brought men, . women and children 
to Curtis street last week. Consid- 
ering low , admi.s.sion, $3,000 gfiod 
figure. 

El itch Gardens (Ihde .summer 
stock) (1,400; 75-$l-$l. 25)— "Night- 
stick" pleased Elitch patrons, who 
didn't fall for "Behold the Bride- 
groom" week before. Albert Hack- 
ett, . C. Henry ■ Gordon, Frederic 
March and Sylvia Sidney,," all New. 
York cast, appeared in principal 
roles. $(u2.00. 

Orpheum (Keith's) — Opened Sat- 
urday. Vaudfilm, continuous. 

Rialto (Pubiix) (1,050; 25-30-40)— 
"Steamboat Bill, Jr."- (U. A.). Fair 
at $3,200. . 
_ Victory (Pubiix) (l,l40; 15-25-30) 
—"Thanks for Bugg.v Ride" (U) last 
half, did sQore. It did slow up trade 
ifor Colorado, much classier house, 
with "Home, .Tafne.s." . Probable 
grand- for split-week run. 



Roland Ashei* Moves Over 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
Roland A.shef under contract to 
First National as a staff writer for 
a number of year.s is with the Fox 
writing staff. 



f AR'S 'VARSITY' WITH DIALOG 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

l'aramounL'.>* fir.'<t pieture with 
dialog will be ' Var.sity," starring 
Charles Ilogrrs; 

Well.s Hi'Vil .!.'■■ writing the dialog. 



Dark Houses Stand Off 
Heat for Biz in Topeka 

' " Topeka, July 24. 
(Drawing Pop., 85,000) . 
Weather: Warm, showers 

. Plenty heat last week, but not so 
much effect on the thea,tre3. Prob- 
ably good bookings had something 
to do with It. 

It was closing week at the Nov- 
elty, where the Higglns tab has been 
for three monthS. Novelty reopens 
Aug'. 20 with vaudfilm. 

"This makes four hou.ses now dark 
in Topeka, with ' pr6sn>ects of an- 
other shortly. fJome of the increased 
business credited to the dark houses. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Jayhawk (1,500; 40) (Jayhawk)— 
■ ' 'THr 6"e" ' 'Sri i lifeVs"'''" T.^'t~ Ti^^^^^^ 

Pola's wor.st. ^Telling the World," 

2d half, brought gros.s to $2,600. 
Orpheum (1,200; 40) (National) — 

"Student Prince" got knocks and 

boosts. $1,600. 

Novelty (1,100; 25) (Crawford)— 

Closing week for Higgins tabloid. 

$1,800. 

Cozy (400; 25) (Lawrence)— '"Love 
Hungry" 1st half and "Diamond 
Handcuffs" la-st half. Latter got the 
breaks, but only $600. 

Best (550; 20) (Lawrence) — Mey- 
er.s tabloid, average biKsine-^s; $900. 



A strong screen attraction, "Wheel 
of Chance,'' enabled the new house 
to do even better last week than 
the week before. This, too, despite 
the intense heat; The Pubiix stage 
show, "Sun Shades," moderately 
pleasing, but the program as a 
whole gave excellent Batisfaction. 

"Forbidden Hours" only in the 
State for six days as a ..policy 
change had the new show for the 
ensuing week open on Friday in- 
stead of Saturday. Didn't arouse 
much enthusias:m. 

"Aliais the Deacon" and "The 
Thirteenth Juror," dividing the week 
at the Lyric, no magnets. "Road to 
Ruin," after a fortnight run at the 
Strand to big business, returned 
to the loop, for a second run at the 
Grand and again demonstrated 
drawing power. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Minnesota (F. & R.-Publix) (4,- 
100; 65) "Wheel of Chance" (FN) 
and "Sun Shades," Pubiix stage 
show. Barthclmess picture won 
unanimous approval. Stage show 
fair. Program as whole well liked. 
$28,400. Very good. 

State (F. & R.-rublix) (2,500; 60) 
"Forbidden Hoiirs" (M-G-M) and 
"In Persian Slave Mart," stage show. 
Picture met with lukewarm regcp- 
tion, although hot love scenes went 
well with feminine fans. Local pub- 
lic wants stronger stories for No- 
varro. About $11,000 for six days. 
Fair. 

Hennepin - Orpheum (Orpheum) 
(2,890; 50). "Littie Yellow House" 
(FBO) and vtiude. Picture only 
fair- but- vaudeville pleased - and 
aided gross. Around $9,600. About 
same as receht weeks. 'Mediocre. 

Pantages (Pantages) (1,600; 25-^ 
50) "Square Crooks" and vaude. 
Just another picture and no high 
lights to vaudeville, although bill 
measured up to good standard a.nd 
gjaye satisfaction. Arouiid $4i700.. 
Fair. ' ' 

Lycic (P. & R.-Publix) (1,300; 
35) "Alias the Deacon" (U) 1st half; 
"13th Juror" (U) 2d half. Neither 
picture pulled. Around $1,700, bad. 

Grand (F. & R ) (1,200; 25). "Road 
to Ruin." Second loop run after 
fortnight at Strand; Abour $800. 
Good. 



bit policy; $4,000. 

Columbia (U) (1,000; 25-50)— 
"After the Storm'' (Col>. Music con- 
tinues feature at Uiis ace U .house 
(exploltqjion). Jan Sofer now. head- 
ing orchestra; $4,000. 
■ Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (950; 50- — 
75)— "Lion and Mouse" and Vita 
(WB). Good fourth week; $7,500. 

Winter Garden (U chain) (850; 
15-25)^"Drums of Love" (UA). 
Rather draggy picture, but held to. 
fair intake; $2,500. 

Pantages .(1,50.0: 25-50) — "Home, 
James" (U). Laura La Plante 
helped, but draw was Mexican Mo- 
torcycle Cossacks, who got into blif 
electric lights. Manager Dearth had 
cyclists give outdoor free exhibition 
at Lincoln Playfleld. Attracted big- 
ger icrowds than ball game or track 
meet. Biz up; $10,400. Splendid. . 

Orjsheum (2,700; 25-$!)- "Thanks 
for Buggy Ride" (U). Laura La 
Plante playing opposish to herself 
at vaude houses. Roslta big vaude 
noise. Clever Spanish mis.s. Biz 
fair; $9,800. 

President (Duffy) (1,800; 25-$1.25) 
— "Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary" 
(Ddffy Players). May Robson ad 
guest star. Play hit, starting fair 
and growing stronger, to end with 
capacity business. Mi.ss Rob.son 
liked.; $5,100, very :-big. , . ' 



"Roadhouse," Philly, Cut 



Philadelphia, July 24. 
The Pennsylvania State Board of 
Film censors has been particularly 
strict here during the pa.st few 
weeks. Four picmreig have "beien 
entirely banned. The most recent 
was ''Roadhou.se," a Fox film. With 
all the elimlnations there would not 
have been over 2,000 feet left, it is 
reported; , 

. "ilellship Bronson" was ilie. film 
substituted at .Pox's. 

Harry Knapp, dramatic editox' of 
the "Inquirer," arid Starr. Richard- 
son, owner and editor- of the Phila- 
delphia "Star," are members, of the 
board.. 



CHADWICK IN N. Y. ' 

Los Angeles, July 24.' 
I. E. Chadwick, independent pro- 
ducer, has gone to New York, He 
will be away from the west, coast 
for two months on a busine.ss trip 
and general, survey.. ■ E., W-- .ROte :-is 



in charge of the studio during Ohad- 
wick's absence. 



JIAY McAVOY'S NEXT CHANGE 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Warner Brothers are going to give 
May McAvoy another chance in a 
talker, featuring her in . "Stolen 
Kisses," with dialog. 

Story by Fran? Suppe. Ray En- 
right will direct. 



Sebastian's Pictures 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

A. H. Sebastian, former theatre 
operator and picture producer, re- 
turned to Hollywood, where he will 
engage in making a series of fea- 
ture pictures for Excellent release, 
with hoadquartors at Tec-.-Vrt stu- 
dios. , ■ 

First picture to go into produc- 
ti0n-^Avi)T=-be--"-The-^Pas9ion-- Song,'*^ 
with Gertrude Olmsted, • Gordon 
! Elliott and Noah Beery in the east. 

Harry Hoyt will act as associate 
producer and supervisor of stories. 



Ray Rockett Back to Europe 
Los Angeles, July 24. 
Ray Rockett is returning to Ger- 
rnany, after three weeks in Holly- 
wood, to resume production as 
head of Ist National's foreign de- 
partment. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



PICTURE GROSSES 



VARIETY 



9 



"Street Angel" Sent Roxy to 
Par s First Sounder Does 




Heavy B*way Grosses for Mid-Summer— ^apitol, 
$61 ,600V Strand, $38,900— "AngeFs" 3d Week 



: Broadway shook oft a torrid 
sti'etch last week and did it excep- 
tionally w«.ll. -Reason is obvious as 
the tour biff houses held b; p. pic- 
tures. A dainp Saturday even, 
pushed , the tvi'ice-daily lilms ahead 
of the previous week, althpugrh thiy 
was the detachment vi'hich felt the 
heat to the greatest extent. A 20 
degree break In the weather Friday 
evening also helped. 
. "Street Angel," in- its first week, 
jumped the Roxy $50,000 by doing 
$126,000 after a $52,000 opening 
week end, and "Warming Up,!' with 
its sound, tacked on $9,000 to the 
Paramoiint's previous week's total 
in doing $80,200. Allowing for the 
incroa.sod scale since the tax went 
off (Taramount's 99c top with tas 
now $1 Without tax) this Vs equiva- 
lent to about si; $72,000 gro.ss When 
the tax was on. Solid trade bat 
short of hysterioal. "Telling the 
World" accelerated the Capitol 
$6;600 for $61,600^ and "lii.trhts of 
New York" ran to $38,900 on Its sec 
orid Week at the Strand, a small 
drop of $6,000. not counting the re- 
served sipat midnight premier. 

These houses did the .bulk of the 
business while dueling with each 
other and which let "King of Kings' 
close a fortnight at the Rlvoli to 
$16,400. better than its Initial 
stanza; "Man Who Laughs" dupli 
cated the routine but finished short 
of $21,600. Cameo!s, double of 
•'Stark Wve" and "Moana" wag a 
frail combo at $3,900, althoiigh an 
Improvennient for the house over Its 
preceding bill. 

Specials 

- Regarding legit houses which 
have gone camera there will be ♦wo 
«.dditlons this week and another 



Heat and "Tiger Lady" 
Held Stanley to $23,50a 



TACOMA AVERAGE 



"Lion and Mouse" Finishes in 
.Fourth Week to $3,200 





Philadelphia, July 24. 
Another extremely torrid spell 
forced grosses in most of the houses 
down another notch last week. In 
some cases it was off -set by extra 
heavy advertising by the Stanley 
company: . NeAv pictures, including 
a . number of sound draws, also 
helped- 

The Stanley had ia. good all- 
around bill with "His Tiger Lily" 
on the screen and a stage . show. 
Gross of $23,500 satisfactory, con- 
sidering, 

""The Cossacks" also overcame the 
heat handicap in good style at the 
Stanton, holding over . for third 
week. Gross last week , of $10,000 
conipafes. favorably to winter. 

"The Lion and the Mouse." at the 
Aldine; grossed around $13,000.. No 
great stress laid . on the fact this is 
a talking picture. It looks as if 
"The Lion" could round out three 
weeks here oh its novelty. 

Fox had to switch . its bill at the 
last moment, due to the censors' 
rejection of "Roadhouse." Substi- 
tuted "Hell Ship Bronson" with 
surrounding stage- program. About 
$20,000. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Stanley (4.000; 35-50-.75)— "His 
Tiger . Lily" (Par). Adolphe Men- 
Jou not aa strong here aa before, 
but picture well liked. Around $23,- 
500. , 

Stanton (1.700; 35-50-75)— '^he 
Cossacks" (M. G., 2d week). Picture 
"big hit, holding . over third week. 
$10,000. 



Tacoma, July 24. 
(Drawing Pop., 125,000) 
Weather: Cool 

Holding up,,, quite satisfactorily, 
summarizes summer, -show" biz 
thus far. Maylon Players are doing 
well at the Ileilig theatre with dra- 
m.atio stock. 

"Steamboat Bill, Jr.," maide Man- 
ager I'erutis's ace .house rock with 
laughter and biz. was fair. I'an- 
tages held up okay, while Blue 
Mou.se had its lirsst four- weeks' run. 
Manager Joiiri Hamrick trs'ing this 
as ah experiment. He was pleased 
with the result. Usually Tacoma is 
not considei-ed even a two-week 
town. But "The Lion aind the 
Mouse" went along to smooth .sail- 
ing for four weeks, the same as at 
Seattle and Portland. 

Colonial policy remains at two 
changes per week aiid low admis- 
sion prices. Broadway still dark. 
Estimates for Last Week 
Pantages (1.500; 25-50)— "Thanks 
for Buggy Ride" (U). Gockd; $6,000. 

Rialto (WO) (1.250;. 25-50)— 
"Steamboat- Bill, Jr." (U. A.). Not 
bad; $5,000; 

Blue Mouse. (Hamrick) (650; .50- 
75)— "Lion and Mouse" and Vita 
(WB),(. Fourth week; $3,200. ' 

Colonial (WC) (850; 15-25) — 
"Hold 'Em" Yale" (Pathe) and 
"Finders Keepers" (U) ; $1,400, 



"Lilac Time" Starts to Nearly 
Met and Warners Did $3P0^^ E^^^^ 

"Detectives" at State and ^Toilers" at U. A. Made 
Poor Showings in L. A* Last Week 



Aldine*(l,600; , 50 and ib)- "Lion 
and Mouse" (Warner-Vita phone, 1st 
week). Talking picture received 
mixed notices. Got by satisfac 
torily at $13,000. , 

Karlton (1.000;. 50-75)— '.'50-50 
Girl" (Par), Bebe Daniels' film just 
fair draw at $2i500 claimed. 

Arcadia (800; 50)— "The Irrosist 
ible Lover." Not so. hot at $2,000. 

Fox (3,000; 99)— "Hellship Bron- 
son" (Lumas). Shoved in hurriedly 
when "Roadhouse" barred by cen 
sors. Stage show. Little less than 
$20,000, ' Waters. 



MIDLAND VERY BIG 
WITH 'RAMONA' $27,000 



Kansas City, July 24. 
Weather: Hot 

The old saying, '-'Give .'em what 
they want and you'll get the busi- 
ness'- has prQV.en true for the past 
two weeks at Loew's Midland, After 
a dandy business with Clarisi Bow in 
"Ladies of the Mob," the lious.e 
came back with another big week 
with "Raniona." Sunda yV ^ith its 
advanced, prices, nearly equalled the 
opening, which jgave the house a 
great start for a big week. 

As usual, when : one downtown 
theatre does a heavy business, the 
others suffer, Lsist week was no 
exception, the Maihstreet holding 
up fairly well with "The Cop" and 
an entertaining stage show. 

Newman's try-out policy of sec^• 
ond runs hap not proved yery satj- 
isfactory, as many have seen the 
same pictures, togetSter with the big 
orchestra and stage shows, at the 
Midland, at the same prices. 
Estimates for Last Week 
Loew's Midland — "Raniona" 
(4,000; 25-35-50)— Dolores Del Rio 
has rapidly acquired big following 
here. Saturday and Sunday were 
capacity at. all performances and 
balance of week held strong. Stage 
show, "Swanee Moon," Loew-Pub- 
lix unit, good entertainment. Jack 
North is featured and the unit is 
just about as reviewed in the Para- 
mount, except, that Shfelvey and 
Landan, dancers, have replaced Cy 
Landry; $27,000. 

Mainstreet— "The Cop" (3,200; 25- 
50). Another underwortd alffair with 
William Boyd .starred. Stage pres- 
entation arranged by Al Laughlih; 
$16,000. 

Newman— "Forbidden Hours,"- 1st 
half, and "Laugh, Clown, Lau?h," 
2d part. (1.980; 25-35)w Neither pic- 
ture showed any strengths Little 
profit, if any. Talkers will soon be 
Installed here; $4,000. 

Pantages— "Fleetwing" (2,200; 25- 
50). This Arabian story features 
white horse. Story exciting in spots. 
S tage ; vaude ; $3.900 . 
Uptown ii ad "Xing 



'Hot News' at State, St L, 
Best in Town, $21,000 



St. Louis, July ^4.. 
(Drawing Pop., 1,000,000) . 
Weather: Hot 
Refrigerated motion picture pal- 
acos here refuse to give in when 
typical . St. Louis summer con^e.s 
around. Result: the main loss In 
patronage is at the matinee .shows 
downtowii and In the Grand Boule- 
vard theatrical district and also all 
performances in the non -Cooled 
neighborhood houses. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Ambassador (Skouras) (3,0pO; 35- 
G5 ) . ■ "Red Lips," collegiate ■ lilm, 
called by one reviewer "rather silly.'.' 
Kd Lowry's "Cameos," .stage show, 
pulled house through in splendid 
shape; $29,100. , ; 

.Grand-Central (Skouras) . (1,700; 
50-75). "Lights Of New Ybrk. All- 
talking Vita innovation got hearty 
reception first week; $19,600. . 

Loew's State . (3,300; 25-35-65). 
"The Cossack." Only thing worth 
while, all agreed, was the horses. 
Nat Nazarro, Jr.'s, stage show im- 
proving weekly. $19,000. 

Missouri (Skouras) (3,800; .35-65). 
"Hot News," Bebe Daniels picture, 
termed best, in town, especially for 
hot weather; $21,D00. 

St. Louis (4,280; 35-65). "Alias the 
Deacon." Vaude bill. 

Capitol (Skouras downtown band- 
box).— 'The Road to Ruin." Thifl 
"for men only" motion picturo will 
be Introduced to the ladies soon. 
Helen Fo,ster and the other players 
make the oreachment .film inter 



Los AiLViele-s, Jul.v 
(Drawing. f»bp.,1j350,O0O) . 
. Days Hot, Nights Cool 
With two addilipnUl houses ' in • 
(he dark list, ' not .mupii choice last 
week for tlio regulars. "The seven . 
first runs had their, up.s and downs. 
Some, of the tiouses that have been ' 
playing to big gry.secs were in .the ^ 
doldrums wliile. others tlVAt. ha.ve 
been hard l.iit of late took on nev\' 
leases of life. iScveral ■ surprises 
mai-kod tlie week. One was the 
poor showing by Loew's State with 
the Dane-Arthur coniedy, . "Detec- 
tives." It was an out and out flop. 

Metropolitan had oivc of Its big- . 
gest weeks of the auniinor with. 
"The Racket," and the hot after- 
noons didn't, seem to bother that ^ 
house. With a. br'eak in the weather, 
the Met probably would have 
handily passed $30,000, and that's 
big, considering what the house has- 
been drawing in of late. 

Another downtown . disappoint- 
ment w^as the world premiere showr 
lag at United Artists of ""The 
Toilers," It was .figured for a good 
play, but a meager, ten grand was 
all that could be rolled up. 

Carthay Circle, hoeing a tough 
row for many moons, got back in 
the money . currently wKh CoUeen 
Moore's newest, '.'Lilac Time." A $5^ 
opening Monday night helped swell 
the gross, and the balance of the 
week held remarkably strong. It's 
generally conceded out here that 
this is the best thins Miss Moore 
has ever done on the screen and 
the critics were, lavish In their 
praise.. Comment, on the picture 



itself varied; ■'but . the general opln= 
Ion seeming to be that while it is 
a high type of feature,^ nothing to .. 
get unduly excited about. First six 
days came extremely dd.'je to' $20^-. . 
000, and that figure hasn't been 
reached at the outlying house in 
months. 

Clara. Bow got credit fot a mon- 
ster week at Grauman's Egyptian. 
Her "Ladies of the Mob," coupled, 
with Benny Rubin's growing, popu- 
larity as a stage entertainer, spelled 
plenty of profit. Boulevard had one . 
of its biggest weeks in months, the 
neighborhood clliehtele evidently 
figuring they were getting value' on 
stag© and screen. Warner Bros, 
took a big jump on Initial week of 
Women They Talk About" and 
came close to thirty grand. It wa.<} 
highly profitable business. 
, Dark houses included Million Dol- 
lar, Grauman's • .Chinese, Criterion, 
and Bolmpnt. 

Estimates for Last Week . 
Boulevard (W. C.)— "Finders 
Keepers" (Unlv) (2,164; 25-75). Any 
time this house can pass $8,600 It's 
immense. That happened. Laura, 
LaPlante in screen feature- figured 
In draw. 

Carthay Circle (MlUor-W. C.) — 
"Lilac Time': (I'N) (1,500; 50-$1.50). 
With biggest. oi>enihg night on rec- . 
brd on the coast, "Lilac Tline'* got 
away to a whale of a start. At. $3 . 
per seat the initial performance 
garnered over $5;000. Business 
. pef)pod UP right from the start and 
the first six days slightly bettered 
$10,000, Presence of Mayor Jimmie 
Walker of New York at the pre- 
miere I'CBponsible for part of* the 
heavy: outpouring,: and a.n., outside 
"gallery" of curious nuifnbering 
cloae to $5,000 persons. Looks like 
"Lilac Time" may stay for some 
time, 

Egyptian (U. A.-W. O— "Ladies 
of the Mob" a'ar) (1,800; 25-75). 
Clara Bow continues to demon.strate 
.she is still big B. O.. .and Egyptlfl-n . 
fared healthily, Bii.sineijS up about^ 
$5,000 over normal; for Clofie to $12,- 
000. 

Loew's state (Loew-W. C.)— ''De- 
tectives'.' (M-G-/M) (2,200; .25-$!). 
Customers little intei-ostcd in this 
dbriiedy. despite Farichori &, Marco 
stage show Included O'Neill Kiddies 
of San Frnncisco. IToti.se lur-ky' to 
.reach $21,000.' Lowest In many 
months. 

Metropolitan (W, C.-PubllK) — 
"The Racket" (Par) (3, 595; 25-75). 
Wi.se hoys flcrnred this one for 
heavy draw and tlioy wore right. 
Bu.slne.'4s • pxeciilional and even 
warm aflernoDtis d rev/- 'em. Piihlixr 
stage unit good run. XHo.'^e to $;10.- 
000. 

lltiitr.a --Atltista — CU. - A.:>^ ' Tlie- 
Tojleiv."' rr.-S) (2,100; 25-$1). Kea- 
tui'C clrii^.-jr-d as inorliid. and with 
nothlTig pariienlarly to rerojnniend 
ft, rclleeted by less tiian $10,000. Not 
so good, 

Warner Bros. r\V. B.')— "Wonien 
Thr-y Talk Al.wjtit" (W. B.) ('J.756-; 
2r)-75). Confinties to f^ive this new 
Hollywood boulevard houpc biggest 
kind of play. The talkor.s and i>re.<?- 
r-nlation rate a" big value and busi- 
ne-^fl correspondingly big. Near $30,- 
(lOO. 



r 

r- 



next week. "Lost In the Ar«;tic" 
trips Into the Gaiety tonight 
(Wednesday), the .Tunney-Heen<^y 
pictures will be at the Eltinge, on 
42d street, at 50 cents starting Fx'i- 
day morning and "White Shadow;?" 
reopens the Astor on the last day of 
the month. 

"Arctic" will run out the F6X rub^ 
lea.se on. the Gaiety, due to expire 
the; latter part of next montli, at 
which time Pathe resumes oper:.- 
tlons for "The Godless Girl." With 
"Frail" in its seventh week. Gaiety 
bettered slightly and stayed the +wo 
. extra day.s to close last night (Tues- 
day), --'Red Dance" pushed the 
Globe up a notch or two, $10,1 00. 
and the Criterion hit $10,000 again 
for "Wings" on the strength of a 
surprising weekend which had 30 
people standing for the final per;- 
formahce of its 49th week, 

"Tempest" got Itself among the 
comebacks; by getting $7,400. up 
$1,300, and "Lion and the Mouse" 
was near $10,000 again. "The Ter- 
ror" Is due at Warner's Aug. 15. 

Estimates for Last >yeek 
Cameo— "Stark Love" (Par.); 
"Moana" (Par) (549; "50-75). Para- 
mount reissues put on an indifferent 
anti-heat campaign; couldn't entice 
more than $3,900, weak here. 

Capitol— "Telling the World" (M- 
G) (4,620; 35-50-75-$l-). Took pan- 
ning from dailies, but got $61,000, 
while completely surrounded by 
heavy opposition, load of humidity 
and^^ few thunder showers; figure 
no rave, but very good and better 
by $6,600 than previous week. 

Criterion- "Wings" (Par.) (836; 
_$l.-$2)-(50th- week). .. Nearing yearns 
run with "The Patriot'.* (Par.) .al- 
most certain to follow 'ilext month 
or in Septen'jher; Par's roadshow 
department .confident picture can 
hold to holidays if oxccf will let it 
stay; returned to $10,000 agam. 

Embassy— "Tempest'" . (LT. A.) 
(596; $1-$1.50) (10th week). Under- 
stood- having ■ .synchronized, score 
preparing, .along with "Two Lovers 
(IT, A.), both films due to play, the 
Rivoli and Rialto; picked up over 
$1,000, gathering $7,400. 
• Gaiety— "Fazil" and Movietone 
(Fox) (808- . $l-$2). Closed last 
night (Tuesday); finished .seventh 
week to mediocre gross; "Lost m 
Arctic^' hei-e tonight (Wednesday) 
to run out Fox sub-Iea.se on house. 
Pathe resumes end of next month 
with "The G6dlPss Girl." 

Globe— "Red Dance" and Movie- 
tone (Fox) (1,416; $l-$2) (oth 
Aveok). Took spurt to edge, over 
$10 000, due to good week-end; 
staying indetlnitoly with '■'Four 
Devils" (I-'ox) logical successor, al- 
though decision on (hi.s to he made 



estlng. 



Marion Da vies Sails 

Marlon . Davies with some of her 
immediate family ^iled from New 
York Saturday, for a visit on the 
other side. 

The Da vies will be away for the 
i-emainder of the summer. 



CRONE, T-S DIEECTOE 

Los Angeles, July 24, 
Tiffany-Stahl signed George Crone, 
formerly director for Douglas Mac- 
Lean, to direct "Floating College,^' 
with Buster Collier and Sally 
O'Neil featured. 



. Eberhapdt's Extra. Work. 

Walter Eberhardt, editor of First 
National's house organ, is also 
handling publicity and sales pro- 
motion during the vacation period. 



$1). Broke house week-end record 
at little ie.s^ " th.aT. IMTOCFO and "ffn- 
ished to $80,200; price increase Ic 
since tax was taken off 10 per cent, 
factor in gro-ss; substantial and 
healthy summer business, Para- 
riiount's first sound picture. 

Rialto— "Man Who Laughs" (U) 
(1,960; 35-50-'y5-$l). Dropped oft in 
second and final week' to $20,800: 
fair two-wock total of $47,300; 
house will be ready for sound this 
Saturday; "The Racket" (Par) cur 
rent. 

Rivoli— "King of Kings" and Pho 
tophorie (Pathe) . (2.200; 35-50-75 
$1), Improved first week's figure by 
doing $1(5.400; slim, fortnight at $31,- 
100 total; "Warming Up" (Par) 
current. 

Roxy— "Street Angel" (Fox) (6.- 
205; 50-75-$1.50) (2d week). Plunged 
through heat to smashing gross of 
$120,000, after opening week-end of 
$52,000; . second Sat-.Sun. reported 
very close to ineccding. figui-e; pic 
ture stays. third week. 

Strand — "Li.ghts of -New York 
and Vita (W.D.) (2,900; 35-50-65 



. Paramount- \\ at min^g ^ P , ^ ^„ ^ cspeeially last week in be 
Vitaphone (Pai) .(J,6bb, jo 7-. , ^^^^'^^^^j^^^,^^.'^ stacked atjainstlot 
rrrrrr ■ i of' opposition; !1"0 sends fort 

C/-k Ca rp rj M E S '■ niP^t total to $S7,'.'00. including re- 
%J ^ M. •-^ ^ S 1 .served seat premier; ran ahead o 

OR H I R Ej second week-end; "At 1 ale 

• ^ • (Pathe.). titled r-lianHed from "Hold 

'Km, Yale," next week. 

Warner's — "Lion and the Mouse 
;ind Vita (W.B.) (1,300; $l-$2) (6th 
week). leasing along and around 
$10,000 again; "The Terror" (W.B.) 
tentatively listed here for Aug. 15 



PRODTTCTIONS 
EXPLOITATIONS 
PR ES BNTATIONB 




ptown had "Lingerie," an^Cap- 
Itol reopened for special showing 
of "The Street of Forgotten 
Women.'' 



BVay, Portland, $13,500; 
Very Hot }n Northwest 

Portland. Ore.. July 24. 
Weather: Verv hot. 
Estimates for Last Week. 

Portland (Publix-W. C.) (3,500; 
35-60)— "ITappirie.ss Ahead" film 
feature. Thoroughly weak bill. Pub- 
lix stage unit. "Araby." Phil Lrfimp- 
kin and stagr- orchestra; $13/)00. 

Broadway (W. C.) (2,000; 35-60)— 
"Forbidden Hours" on screen. Trite 
and slow-moving picture. Fanchon 
and Marco's "Clreat White Way" 
stage show, ,P\)X Movietone News 
consistently interesting; $13,500. 

Pantages (Pan) (2;000; 35-50) — 
"My Lady of Whims," film fo.ature 
billed above .six acts. Fair to good 
program; $12,000. 

^"Oriental TTtn;inrftsrT2;70a;=^5-35r 
—"Lot 'Kr do, (jallagher" on screen, 
Fair film with fast action. Slage 
.show, "The Dubins," operetta; $7. CO. 

Columbia (TI:) (1,200; 3r,-50) — 
Second W(;ek "The Dove," film fea- 
ture. Did not do very well. Picture 
easily best .screen shown in town 
Laelis liox-o/Hce appeal; $1,000. 

Heilig— Il'-nry Duffy Players (2,- 
000; 25-$1.25). Second week of 
"Best People," with Marl(m Lord and 
Norman Hnekett gucat stars. Fair 
business; $5,000, 



Talking Film in 2d Week 
Beat Milwaukee Heat 



Milwaukee, July 24. 
(Drawing Pop., 650,000) 
Weather Hot 

Old Man Merc had his inning 
again last week and the tempera- 
tures here Up plenty. Grosses went 
down. When cool winds finally did 
blow, the damage was done. 

Richy Craig, at the Wisconsin, 
has not done any drawing since 
here, as m. c, and the picture, with 
Bebe Daniels starred, didn't help 
much. If the hoU.se got $14,000,. 
doubted; house is glven^ plenty 
break at that figure. " 

Alhambra spent plenty bringing 
in a 35-piece Scottish Kilties. band 
and ran "Jazz Mad": to no avail. 
No cooling system, and the trick- 
ling trade hardly paid the juice bill. 
Same can be said of the Strand for 
"Dragnet." 

The CJarde'n and Midwes.co's Mer- 
rill were a bit more fortunate.. 
'.'Lion and the Mou.sc" on Vita in 
its second week kept them . coming 
in nicely, and John Gilbe.rt'(i"Co'3- 
sack.s" did better for the Merrill 
its second week than the first. 
Estimates for Last Week 
Alhambra (U)— "Jazz Mad" (U) 
(1,800; 25-50). Royal Scotch High- 
landers on stage. No orchestra, 
but organist exclusively. House 
will close in another week for re- 
^modeling, -due to bum. ..business 
Lucky if it hit $5,000; probably did 
half of that: 

Garden (Brln) — ^"Lion and Mouse' 
(War.) .(1,20(\; 25-50'-75). Second 
'week, and kept the housb in the 
money. Maybe only one on street 
to got it. Also Vita and Movie- 
.tonft shorts. Over $7,000. 
. Merrill (Fox)-^"Thc CoS.^acks'' 
(M-G). Second week. JBettcr than 
first. Possibly due in measure to 
2.000 Lutheran League convcntion- 
ists in town. $6,200. 

Palace (Keith) — "Wallflowers" 
(Pathe) (2,400; 25-50-7D). Vaude. 
with I'^rances White as naine. Pic- 
ture side I.ssue: Cashed with $16,000. 

Riverside (Keith)— "Thief in the 
•D.ark" (Fox> .(3,000; 20-25-40) 
(Jrind vaude policy. High in money 
at $0,500. 

Strand (Fox)— "Dragnet" (Parj 
(1,2onv 25-50). Failed to. click, al- 
thouKli Bancroft usually does pretty 
weir here. Under $4;000. 

Wisconsin (Fox)— "50-50 Girls" 
(2.800; 25-.'15-50-60-75). Sta.ccp show 
:.co.st-^^pl en tyr^.b u t^-fai lcd^to^.d i-owt 
I'robably $14,000. 



^Wings" in Oakland 



San Francisco, July 24, 
"Wing.s." road .show, opened at the 
Twelfth Street, Oakland, to a gro.ss 
of $1,878 on ts.** opening night in the 
face of a house 'icaled for $1,762. 

"Wings" will bo at the Twclth 
Street ff)r two weeks and is fitun'ed 
to gross $35,000 on tihe enga^'"nierit, 



10 



VARIETY 




PICTURE GROSSES 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Musidans Leffi in Oily Two First 
Runs in 6alSo-'lai©rs Reason 



Good Showings at Bi 0. Last Week— Century Got 
$21,000^V*Ramoha" Gives Valencia Nice Push 



I 



:.! . PqilUmbre, . July 24. 
(Drawing Population 750,000) ; 
Weather Hot. 

Baltimore's first downtiown talkers- 
beg-an their spiel Saturdays rilglit 
at the reopened Rlvoli. With the 
uptown Metrppolitan — heretofore 
the town's only talking screen house 
:;-rM:losed for alterations,, the Rivoli 
ihas a brief monopoly on the not- 
ao-silent-drama. The Loew houses 
are no-^ wired but their talking 
Btunts will be confined to shorts 
•until the Metxo-Goldwyn and other; 
. Btudi.os turn put the big talkers.- 

Meanwhile there is no locaLl con 
•firmation as to the talker plans for 
.the big Stanley. There is a per- 
sistent rumor that negotiations 
.with Loew are. still on and that the 
deal for the latter interests to take 
over the management of the house 
hinges .on a cut in the St&nley- 
Crandall figures. The chances are 
that the Lioew-Pjibllx wheel units 
will go into tl>e Stanley and the re 
ceiitly wired , Century use short 
talkers to frame the big films, pro- 
vided the pending deal is consum-- 
znated. 

'. August 8 is the date given for 
the reopening of the New. The 
/ 'VV^hltehurst house has been wirisd. 
•' As the musicians' situation now 
•■ stands only two first run theiatres 

• are keeping ' them on the payroll — 
,the Century and Stanley. With both 
. regular legits dark and the Audi 
.torium proposing, to reopen with 

.' dramatic stock minus musical ac- 
icpmpahiment, the o nly other down 
tuvtfn Iro tt ses u s liig music on ij l r 
hoof are - the two combos. Garden 

'and Hip. President Mayer of. the 
Baltimore local, went tp New York 
last w;eek tp confer with National 

- President Webber about the ' sit- 
uation, and it is a situation. 

Tha;t the unemployment Situa- 
tion, felt keenly last winter, par- 
ticularly by tl>e combos, is still a 
situation, is evidenced by the ap- 

'•jpointment of Mayor' Broening of a 
'coijnrnittee tp study the problem 
Dr. Insley, State Commission^ of 

• -liabpr, states that employment Took 
I another drop In .June, the out-of- 

■workers topping the May number 
.■by 1.6 per cent. This is 6.2 less 
employed than for the correspond- 
ing month of 1927'. The number of 

: unemployed in the state Is now set 
at 40,000, as cphipared with a peak 

; of 75-000. 

The big news of the 'week was 

.the comeback, of :.the "Valencia. Its 

•figures for the past few months 

: have been- running sbmewbat un- 
der those .set during the earlier 

• months of the elevator theatre's ca- 
reer. With "Ramona" there was a 

. return to . th« old days, and with 
a vengeance. . 

The big Century downstairs also 
had an outstanding week, topping 
the previous week's ; excellent fig- 
ures by.at least a grand with "For- 
bidden Houris" as the reason. The 
Stanley was also up at least a thou- 
sand with "Wheel of Chance." The 
uptown Parkway somewhat off with 
"Steamboat Bill." The Rivoli open- 
ed Saturday with a turnaway at 
night that recalled the good, old 
days at this house. "Stat© Street 
Sadie," the theatre's first Vita, is 
the attraction. 

■ Estimates for Last Week 
Century (Loew) "Forbidden 
Hours" (3,200; 25-GO). First three 
days tremendous. Record heat w.ave 
got to . the b. o. somewhat after 
Wednesday, although- cool weather 
Saturday enabled the house to fmr 
Ish strong. Stage show to offset 
vacation week, of Ted Ciflire, the- 
atre's m. c. . Harold Ramsay, house 
organist, officiated as announcer, 
from the orchestra pit. Topped pre- 
■ vipus. week by grand, grossing $:il,- 
■^■000.^ 

Stanley (S t\L n 1 e y-Crandall) 
•^heel of Chance" (3,G00; 25-6.0). 
Voted best Barthelmess film in some 
time and pulled up business; mat- 
inee and night. Heat affected 
'rhur. day and Friday and kept gross 
down to about ^17,000, at least a 
thou.sand ahead of previous week 
but still not up proper pace for the 
big house. 

Valencia (Loew-U. A.) "Ramona" 
(1,500; 25-60). B. o. event of the 
:"Week,=^=-FGr----first-^ tlme-^in-^threc^br. 
four months house hagan clicking 
at old pace. Close to $14,000, big. 

Parkway (Loew-U. A.) "Steam- 
boat Bill" (.1,000; .25-35). Not so 
forte. Combination-, of circum- 
stances reagpn. House has selefiV 
uptown cllewtele now largely away, 
.tack of cooling 'system in theatre 
also hot weather drawback. About 
12,700. 

Rivoli .(Wilson Amusement Co.) 
"State Street Sadie" (2,000; 25-60). 
Turned on lights Saturday. Return 
of cool weather aided great turnout 
Saturday night. Holding over. 



Detroit Divided on 

Sight and Sound 



Detroit, July 24. 
Weather Hot 

. The^ four-day Knights Templar 
conciaVe, bringing about 150,000 
visitors to town, didn't help, grossfes. 

Michigan, with the strongest 
screening in a long, while, ""The 
Racket," received the. best out-of- 
town' play causing a good ''lift in 
the b. o. tptal. .. 

"Jazz Singer"-yita was a slight 
surprise in the second week of its 
return .to the Madison, getting a 
very good $13,500, sufficient to re- 
main for a third. 'Counting. the pre- 
vious run the Jolsbn pictui^ has 
a record of 12 pop- weeks in De- 
troit. ~ 

"Lion and the Mouse"-Vita at the 
all-sound State also is remaining 
fpr a third pn strength pf its last 
week's figure and has a chance at 
four iif the heat doesn't dp too much 
damage; 

"The Toilers" (t-S), in wprld 
premiere at the United Ai-tists, and 
a i^ilerit picture, seemed tp find the 
stage and sound opposish too much.. 
U. A. Considering closing until Aug. 



.17 wieii the talking apparatus is 
scheduled to debut. The street's 
second silent film, "The Cossacks," 
topped oflJ'a two-week stay at the 
Adams without reaching expecta- 
tions at any time, . "The Foreign 
L«gi6n" supplanting Saturday. 
. Capitol, with "Michigan Kid" and 
the stage unit, about normal, while 
the Oriental, screening "Buck Pri- 
vates," did Its usual, net so good, 

Neighborhpod business held up 
despite heat. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Adanrts (Kunsky) "The Cossacks" 
(M-G) (1,700; 60-65). Out after 
two weeks with, $9,000 final; weather 
and. competition;. ''.Foreign Legion," 
current. 

Capitol (Kunsky) "Michigan Kid" 
(U) and "Ride 'Em Cowboy" unit 
(3,448; 60-75). FIlip's localized title 
didn't hejp; program good in gen- 
eral, but grross about average at 
$24,300. . 

Madison (Kunsky) "Jazz Slnger"- 
Vlta (W. B.) (2d week) (1,976; 60- 
75). Jolson did $13,000 in seccnd 
week of rebound, and^stlcklng; fbiir 
weeks ppssible with "State Street 
Sadie" tP fpllpw. 

Michigian (Kunsky-Publix) "The 
Racket" (Par) and ^'Seeing Things',^ 
unit (4,100; 50-75). Big hpuse got 
best break from non-spending visi- 
tors; $47,000. 

Oriental — "Buck Privates" and 
vaud (2,950; 25-75). Grpss on par 
with show; $7,000. 

State (Kunsky) "Lion arid the 
Mouse'/jjVI^a (WB) and Movietone. 
(Fox)i^2d week) (3,000; 50-65). 
Elth^ife^elty hasn't yet worn off or 
'all-soSK-policy is in ; second week's 
$l7,50,jiHen'otes little drpp in in- 
terest; '"Lion" h. o.'ing. 

United Artists (UA) "The Toll- 
ers" (T-S) (2,000; 50-65). 'This si- 
Ifiiil straight film world premlereing 
in straight picture house up against 
a lot of things; not quite $10,000, 
opening with 'Vlta-'TPne artd "Tem- 
and put; "Perfect Crime" (FBO) 
this week, second successive out- 
sider at U. A. after pnly one pre- 
vipusly; hPUse may close until re- 
pest" Aug. 17. 



pmpdaL Montfeal. AM-M and 

at 






"No Other Woman" at Capitol With Del 
Wardrobe, Got $1 1,500— Loew's, $12,500 



Rib'i 



Montreal, July 24. 
(Drawing Pop., 600,000) 
Weather: wet, mostly 

Wet weather better part of week 
pulled grossies up quite a little, the 
film and vaude houses benefitting by 
what the amusement parkis lost. The 
reepenlng pf the Imperial was the 
theatre event, and Manager Conover 
put over a good show with good 
houses^ll week^ also thanking the 
opportune break, In the fine, hot 
weather. The city Is crowded with 
transients, who are of m'ore benefit 
to the amusement parks than the 
theatres. In a couple of weeks or 
so the Princess (leg'lt) and Gayety 
(burlesque) '.will reopen, and the 
worst of the summer will be over. 

"No Other Woman" at the Capitol 
owed a lot: to the . $20,000 wardrobe 

of Dolores del Rio. and the femmes 
swarmed In as the news got around. 
Result*was better than average mat- 
inees and good nights., Male end of 
audience got their reward when the 
news reel of the Putnam expedition 
to the Arctic was shown. This was 
'way over most of the news reels 
shown here and even rqused .au- 
diences to give it applause, s'ofhe- 
thing that only happens when the. 
Prince of Wales comes on In a shorts 
Harry ;S; Dahn caught up on some 
of . the recent weeks with gross 
around $11,500, godd: for time of 
year. 

.''The Hawk's Nest" at the Palace 
usual sort of meller, but Milton Sills, 
featured, popular in town, and the 
Palacei held tp sbinewhat above Its 
avcr.Tge. This house may close early 
In August until some time in Sep- 
tember. Gross this last week around 

lo.noo.- 

: Loew's scored with • "The Big 
Killing," which shaded th© vaude 
end of the bill. Latter was good, 
and clearly reopening of Imperial 
with an all-vaude bill jacked this 
house up. 'Vaude here used to be 
fair one week and mediocre the 
next- two, but ^latterly It has. been 
considerably good. Manager Adams, 
hit a bull's-eye for the time of ye.ar 
with $12,500, , ■ • 

Imperial, with 1,000 seats at $1 
top and a woll-hulancod program 
"hiceTy'-haliaiocT^b^^ 
m. c, gathorprt in about $11,000 for. 
Its first week. Sunday night was 
wot, which did a whole lot'for the 
•hoiise, but recoipt.s- .hold; up oven 
duinng the one'or twp fine, days, of 
the week. -« • • . 

Savoy musical stock at ills Maj- 
esty's put on "Queon High" for the 
fir.st time here and got away with 
a good week. Naturally, gross not 
holding tp the figures pf a month 
or two ago, but is still quite satis- 
factory for" July. Between' $7,500 
and $8,000.- 

Neighborhood houses are at their 



wprst Just npMfcjiWith ccmpetitlen pf 
amusement parks and outdoor 
sports.. This lait week they picked 
up a little on bad weather, but will 
net be at nprmal fpr- another menth 
at least. 

Estimates for Uast Week 
Capitol (FP) (2,700; 40-60). First 
run. "Np Other Wpman" (Fox). 
Dressy show that brought in good 
houses and well supported by an 
out-of-the-usual news reel. This 
house is cutting to bone and very 
little outside feature film shown. 
Stage ensemble put. GrpsS up last 
week tp $11,600. 

Palace (PP) (2,700 ; 40-60). First 
run. "Hawk's Nest" (FN). Below 
average film shown hei-e and little 
more than filler. Manager Rotsky 
got some good houses on popularity 
of Milton Sills. Gross around $97500, 
up from previous week and helped 
by weather. Palace orchestra best 
of its kind In town and also helped. 

Loew's (FP) (3,200; 45-75). Vaude- 
film. ^'-'The Big Killing" (Par). Went 
over big and would have made a 
killing lf_shown any other time but 
.high, summer. .Also .vaude aboyo 
average. Several good turns suited 
taste of Loew's fans; who are com- 
ing back^ again despite outdoor at- 
tractions. Weil - ventilated house 
and wet weather did the rest: 
$12,500; good. 

Strand — "Broadway ' Daddies" 
(Col); "Vanishing Pioneer" (Par): 
"Three-Ring Marriage"' (F. NO, and 
"Beyond London's Life" (F. B. O.) 
All together, $3,000. . 

Imperial (Keith's) (1,900; 35-$i) 
All vaude. Crowded 'em in at re- 
opening Sunday and held up well 
rest of week, . Dollar and 6bc. seats 
reserved and open to subscrlptidn, 
aiccording to Manager Conover. 
Gross no surprise at $11.0iOb. 

His Majesty's with Savoy musical 
stock ran along even keel and held 
to around $7,500. Has about six 
more weeks tp run. 

Neighborhoods below normal. 



Virginia Valli Replaced 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
^^^DorothytS'cbastla'nr^bnrruwefl^rprn 
M-G-M ' by Tiffany-Stahl for ' the 
star .part in "The Devil's Apijle 
Tree" was switched to replace Vir- 
ginia ■Valli in "The Rainbow," non- 
being directed by Reginald Llarker 
as a Tiffany-Stahl special. 

Others in cast are Lawronf'o Gray, 
S.am Ilardy^ I-Iarvey Clark, Gino 
Corrado and King Zaney. 

Prpductich pn "Devil's Anplc 
Tree" tp be directed by Elmer Clif- 
tpn, postponed until after Miss Se- 
bastian completes "The Rainbow." 



WARNERS SKYROfflETS TO 641/2; 
DRAWING ALL AMUSEMENTS UP 

Fox Gets I^ito Move Late on Poli Purchase, After 
Resisting Advance on Warner Sympathy 



Warner Bros. "A" stock . made a 
sensational advance beginning last 
week, reaching a peak yesterday at 
64%, an unbroken advance, from 41 
in less than. 10 .days. . At the same 
time the cpmpany's bpnds due for 
redemption in September made a 
new peak for all times at 135. These 
two price movements, which mon- 
oppllzed attention, seemed tp be 
clcsely related, inspiring the ccn- 
yictipn that a deal Is under way to 
convert the bonds into stock on the 
two-for-one basis. Nothing to this 
effect has been officiaMy intimated, 
but the. price movement would in- 
dicate seme such splutipn. 

That the ticker performance of 
Warners' applied to that concern 
alone and did not reflect anything 
fundamental Iji the film business, 
found support In the performance 
of Fox. That member of the amuse- 
ment, group was distinctly heavy 
during the whple campaign in War- 
ners', hanging^ within narrow range 
76%, 77. ■ 

If the move In Warnei^s had had 
any relation to broad developments 
in the talking pictut-e field, ticker 
readers figured that net pnly wpuld 
Fpx have been picked out! to move 
abreast of Warners', but as a mat- 
ter of Ipgic wculd have been the 
first stpck to be picked to discount 
talker profits. Fox itself advanced 
briskly yesterday to abpve 80, but 
that move was in response to the 
news that Fox had acquired by put-. 
right . purchase the • PpU theatr e 
chain.- Even then the nilner upturn 
did. not hold, pri<;fes irececKhg from 
80 tp around . 78 ^by o'clock. 



Well Timed 

The Warner campaign was well 
timed, . if the purpose is to mpve 
the stPck ■ up and then invite the 
bcndholders to convert. Bondhold- 
ers could convert now by selling 
the stock and cover by the prpcess 
pf delivering the stock on conver- 
slpn. The timeliness pf the meve 
cornes from the fact that the dull 
summer in', amusements approaches. 
Its end arid Interest, will presently 
turn to the theatre. 4 

Last week Paramount's "Warming 
Up," which h^ Vitaphone effects, 
was a big surprise draw at the 
Paramount where it was conspicu- 
ous for attendance and was much 
exploited in the newspapers. Final- 
ly the climax of the ticker cam- 
paign was reaehed yesterday coin- 
cidentally with the coming out of 
Warners' half year income report, 
showing record quarter's profits of 
$612,762, nearly five times the net 
for thC: same . period of 1927. Nine 
months net was $1,123,947, com- 
pared to an actual deficit of $99,966, 
for "the same period of 1927. The 9 

Summary for week ending Saturday, July 21 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



months to June represents $5,152 a 
share on the "A" stock (Curb — sold 
yesterday at 28 and bettet), after 
requirements of "A" stpck have been 
met.. 

Better Feeling 

Generally speaking, the amuse- 
ments did very well ever the week> 
participating generously in a better 
feeling that spread throughput the 
list. Parampynt was abPve 130 yes- 
terday fpr the first time -since the 
break pf early . June. Keith issues 
were distinctly strpng pn small 
transacticns. 

Loew was the only pne in the 
grpup that did not respend. One 
reason may be that the pool in Loew 
is standing aside for the .moment 
and the only demand for the stock 
appears to beseeming from cautious 
Investment buyers. l.oew has at- 
tracted a cpnslderable velume of 
this kind of buying lately, and it Is 
a very healthy sign.. 

Cpnservative brokerage houses 
are speaking •nrell of Parampunt 
alsp. The same hpuses that advised 
custemers tP shprt Parampunt abput 
this time a year agp, when trpuble 
was Ipoked for in the bank loan di- 
rection, now seem to be attracted 
tp the bullish view. Perhaps the 
split-up plan has changed their 
ideas on the stock. 

Pathe and Keith 

Pathe has turned dull and steady. 
It has taken almost no part In the 
advance pf Keith frpm 17- te yester- 
"35.73 .jump abcve — 2^17— Perh^ 
Path e's market spensprs dp npt 
care at this time- tp mpve the stpck 
tp a ppint where It will enceurage 
selling by shee-string players whP 
are hooked in above 20 on the re- 
cent move, and who would be glad 
to be out. A Ipt pf such ilquidatlpn 
would be probable in Pathe pre- 
ferred around 21 and 'a the com- 
mon around 7. -Common sold yes- 
terday close to 5, compared to Ipw 
pf last week at 

Even Shubert got Intp yesterday's 
mpve, advancing fircm 65 (Ipw pf 
year Is 54) tp 58. Another stock al- 
lied to the film grpup, Eastman, did 
very well, mpying up frpm arpund 
173 to above 183, or within fpur or 
five points of its peak for all time. 
•Enormous accumulation of cash and 
possibilities of a melpn account for 
the price mpvements in the Reches- 
ter film shares. 

Traders whp keep an eye pn in- 
vestment securities were watching 
Keith preferred and Keith bends. 
The senior stock dipped below 80 
Monday and recovered yesterday to 
80 flat, while the bonds tPuched a 
new low fpr the year at 92%. Pathe 
bonds were unchanged around 70. 



HlBh. 

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m\ 
77 

110%. 
2-> 

00 

34 

27J4 

11 
13176 
0'^ 

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100 

B714 



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2.1% 
4'9'/4. 

tOl 

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lot 

131! 



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. 2()i,«, 
23 
VVi. 

tin.Tt . . 

72 
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88 



Sale.i. Issue and rate. HIph. 

7,300 American; Seat (3) '30% 

4.200 Conaol. Film preC. (2).. 2i . 

7,800 En«lman . Kodak (8). 181% 

10,200 I>oe-w (.H). 52% 

.-.000.. _.r)o,pref. (0V4)... 101-% 

o.two Keith ^~.V7r.;:~"an%":- 

1.000 Do prpf. (7) fit 

8,700 Fox Cla.sa A (4) 77'/ 

3,flO0 Madl.son .Square Garden (2) 27% 

2.000 Met.-G.-M. pref. • (1.80) 2r>% 

2,000 irotlon Picture Cup 8 

lO.nOO Paramount-Famoua-Loaky (S)... 120-% 

3J,200 r>atho F.xchange. ■ .ife 

18% 

r^^ 

0016 . 
57'/j 

1.3% 
.3'.<, 
2(1% 
IR'-i 
401^ 

l« 
100 
101 
711A 

M> 

1321,4 



3,r,0O Pathe Clas.s A. 

I,(i00 Shubert. (5) ........ 

■ 10 Universal pref; (8). 

.1-10,800 Warner Pros 

CURB 

.1,100 con. Irilm Knt.... 

100 Film tti.Hpect.. . 

.34,100 Fox "Thpatrca t... 

, 200 I.ocw rights. 

72,100 Warner' Xiyas , 

BONDS 

4,000 Keith 6'.a, '40... > 

'20,000 Ivoow O's, '41 , 

.."■10,000 Do ex war... 

01,000 Pathe 7'a 



(J(1,(HK) Pnriimount-Fam.-La.sky, C's, '47. 

■">.0(IO Shubert C's 

.")7,000. Warner Uroa 



OVi's, '28...... 

ISSUES IN OTHER MARKETS 
All Quoted for Monday 
Over the Counter 

'Quoted In 1)1(1 anil asked 

r ■ -^.New.^ark. 



TjOW; 

23 
172 • 

.11% 
lOO'/j 

70 "A 



8 

12,-)% 
4 
10 

r>o 

41 

13% 
3><, 

m 

■ 84% 

02% 
107% 
100 

C9% 

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IL'.T 



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30% 

2-1 
180% 

ni% 
•lot 

^17% 
70% 
. 77 • 
2.'-.% 
2.-) 

■ 8 . 
128.% 
Ti 

18% 
57 

. 00% 
5.') 



■ . iri'A 

3% 
20 Vi 
15% 
,40% 

02H 
107-% 
101 

70 

08% 

RO 

132% 



Net 
Chge. 

- % 
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+ 7% 

- '% 

- % 

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+ ■ % 

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+ • % 
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+ 3% 

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+ 1 

-i 10% 



Hi<l. 


A.^Ked, 


27 


30 


28 


32 


Ti- 


' 0 


4 


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5'.'. 


.7 ' 


37% 


38% 



Rdxy Class X (3..10) . . . . , 

I'nlt do 

l.'nlt (In 

. De Forest I'hono. ; 

. ... Technicolor 

. .. . Schinc Ch. Th« (3) 

Philadelphia 

.■)S.-) Stanley Co. of Amorlea.. 

Chicago 

r.alaban & Kat2 : 

Los Angeles 
1 11 Roach, Inc 

St. Louis 



120 Fam. Play, 



Montreal 



'90 


38'i 


,3.":U 
(l.-i 




24 U 


23'.1 


' TMi 




43 


41 


43 


+ 2 


22 


22 


U2 


1 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



11 



Chatter m New York 



Lya de Putti has arrived in town, 
^ballns the newspaper photogra- 
phers by lugging 100 ppuhds of golf 
clubs through the Grand Central. 

Mrs. B.. T. ■Wilson's "secretary" 
pestered ihe papers las\. week to run 
pictures of h<?r daughter, Mrs. Da- 
vid Turnure, when the young ma- 
tron pulled the sensational stunt of 
sailing for Europe.' The p. a. ap- 
preached the papers f roni every 
angle but the advertising office. 

The singing daughters of an ex- 
governor, discovered by all the tabs 
"living in poverty" on ia barge, are 
planted with Tex Gulnan. 

Mordaunt HaM, of the "Times," is 
In Hollywood, taking serious in 
terest in the cinema. 

Nick Stuart, the movie newsreel 
hero, is in town, running, into. paSs-' 
port difficulties o^er his trip to Eu- 
rope for "Chasing Through Europe." 
Nick is . a Roumanian subject, his 
father's death , having lost him "s 
American citizenship. 

Absinthe is available every place 
these days. It's made put of Italian 
embalming fluid. 

Mliton Beecher is exploiting a 
bad., cold along with M-G-M . pic-, 
turos. 

/ .Steve llahnagan. Gene • Tunney.'s 
, p. a;, is re.=iponsible for the;, flying 
troin. Speculator controversy. .Steve 
also engineered Ihe mickeyfinn 
despatche; which made all thie 
dia,ilies» 

"The Mirror" shakeup has been 
postpo led, pending Hearst's re- 
sumption of official, ownership of 
the'shcet. Wivlter Howey is tp as- 
sume charge pn Aug; 1. Victor 
Watson going either tP Omaha or 
a new Brooklyn purchase. 

"Wiil Hays— Ignorant and Dis 
honest," by a California scribe, is 
the ' lead articles in the current 
Haldemjvn-Julius Monthly. 



sup- 



prize stake. The stunt is 
posed to hold on two weeks, 

Inciting and Controversial pub- 
licity is being held out unless the 
legit stuff doe.sn't click. 



One Jam in Two^W^eks- 

During the two-week run of 
"Lights of - Now York" at the 
Strandr showing from 10,45 a. m. 
to 1,30 a, m., the synchrpnizution 
only went bad once, Last^ Tues- 
day the music disk lost eight min- 
utes at one showing and the thing 
had to be run to the finish with 
speeches and sounds eight minutes 
behind the action. 

The fans took the accident good 
naturedly. 



Caesar's Bargain Photos 

Arthur Caesar wrote~ 'an " 
original for Gotham Pictures 
which got out a press book on 
its Famous Authors, repro- 
ducing the likenesses of gome., 
^V•. k. Writers. 

Caesar ; was ' asked for a 
photo. : Not having any he did 
business with the Photomaton 
at the rate. Of eight' snapshots, 
for 25c. .From one of these 
was developed an enlargement 
wUiich in size, if nothing else, 
etcepds the specially posed 
photography , portraits of the 
other authors. 



Novelty of Talkers Smothering and 
^ Outdrawing Silent Film Names 



Gravy in Paris 

For the first season, the scribbling 
gang Is returning from Paris with- 
out being stoney. The capital, is so 
.overrun with racketeering ex- 
professionals practically everything 
is coming free to American writers. 

Hat shops, gown shops, beauty 
parlors, hideaways and games all 
are American-owned by an element 
which uridersta.nds handouts. Any- 
body mtrodaced'.ias a writer pr 
newspaper scribbler gets the junk 
forced on hirrt. 



^— — Rouah Stuff on T ests — . ^ ■. ■ , 

An eastern studio official is get- 
ting a name among the Tirnes 
Square girls ..for rough stuff during 
screen tests. The girls resent his 
personal . : emarks and unnecessary 
handling. As all the tests now are 
being made in bathing suits, to reg 
Ister weight, the sub-offlclal s attl 
tude has been doubly offensive. 
' Taking mother along even, hasn't 
protected the sceen aspirants, as 
the exec demands a solitary session 
tor talker recording. 



Boatioad of Panners 

The Times Square niob; whether 
they liked pictures or not, .turned 
out in full force for the sho-wlng 
of the French made "Legion ^ of 
Honor" on the '.'lie de France" Thurs- 
day. Tlie gang loaded, up on capon 
in j^lly and other free delicacies 
and then sat atouhd panning the 
picture, the boat and the vint?Lge. 

The reporters and Arthur Caesar 
were admitted to cabin 2^3 fpr dis- 
cussion after the showing. The only 
angle on Which the gang agreed was 
that all foreign films should be 



shown on liners un.der dTplomatic 
auspices. 

Lacquered Scotch 

Lacquer thinner is the newest 
Scotch substitute. A still confis- 
cated in a Brooklyn hardware ware- 
house last week has been redistilling 
gallons of the banana oil and al- 
cohol stuff for the Broadway trade; 



1st Nad's 2 Important 
Posts Consofidating 

Two big Jobs at First National 
will be combined into one under the 
Rossheim regime. They are the 
posts of general manager and sales 
chief, which Ned Deplnet is now 

slated 'to fill Au^- 1. 

It has developed with the uncer^ 
taihty of Joseph P. Kennedy's act- 
ual relationship with the company 
that Depinet. favored by Rossheim, 
has cinched both titles, 

Richard Rowland during the past 
week has spent less time at his desk 
than . at any ..other time. Where 
Row^land had been the okay man pn 
many inter-office activities, Depi- 
nefs is the signature now sought, 

in the past few days Rowland is 
quoted as having told friends that 
he "will leave shortly on a vaca- 
tion." ■ 

De MiDe-Pathe Contract 

Off^ii Mille has signed another 



It id the opinion pt leading pic- 
ture nien, bajjed on reports avail- 
able, that sound and tallcing pic- 
tures will make almost every film 
name, stars and directors, worth- 
les.s as a sales angle for theatre 
owners and a draw with the public. 

In k^y cities where the talking 
pictures have been ahPwn, it is 
clSLirhed they have played against, 
some of the best known stars in 
pictures and theatres with the si- 
lent films suffering while the talkers 
have drawn real business. Other re- 
ports are that programs or talking 
shorts only, with second or third 
rate pictures without names, have 
done better than silent pictures' in 
the first runs With well known 
stars, for weeks at a stretch. 

While the talkers seem likely to 
cloud the value of picture names 
temporarily through the novelty of 
the new type of production a new 
crop of picture names is expected 
eventually to. spring up. ■ These 



new names may be peoplf with 
.spenking voices, with osLablished or 
newly JUsoovered stiige and picture 
talent. 

Tlvo value of names in pictures 
always has been questionable. The 
drawing power oif even the best 
known film stars is less than ten 
percent of the tutal attendance, it 
has been established in some localL- 
ties, • 

McCarth/s Prombtion 

Charles McCarthy* Paramount's 
publicity and advertising chieftain 
for 11 years, is slated for a big pro- 
motion; 

No one seems tp know what. 



Alic. White as "R&sie" 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
Alice White's secoiul starring role 
for First National will be in "Rosie 
the Rltz." 
Merwyn Leroy is directing. 



Week's Sliidio Survey 



Park Aye. Class Hideaway 

A bootlegger inside witW the Park 
avenue mob through previous career 
las a class club dancer, has evolved 
1 a profitable racket. A friendly 



Over-Talking 

A visiting picture executive has I " r--^ — —7 - . . ..^ 
topped Von Stroheim for porno talk client has given him the use of his 
to the sob-sisters. His stuff is im- foUr-story «f ^^^^^^^J^^,^"^^^ 
personal but he has been treating In the s.wanky east fifties. The spot 
.the ga-ga gals to vivid dfscriptlons Is operating this summer as a hide-, 
of depravity in Hollywood. Even away. t,„„vc o omitSlP is 

names are included. Because of its A ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.^^^^^ 
dynamic character, the stuff can't charged for entYtainment. ■ It in 

be cracked in print. But the hot -I'i^^'if Tnd' ^vTa and "sei^ ce '= 
fearful is gettinrajalk circulation. co^rdiaWnd ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

Another Chiselina Angle from the gay old boys, as it is dls- 

U6TSZS;::rt?e cpte nght creet,, --^^ J^^'^'t 

out in the open with their recipro- Food and "'l^ff. P^"^' 

cal system of "taking care of each the ^price Is satisfying 

other^ accounts." Like the society The owner ^^'j^/^^J^J'^^^,^ 

editors,. "the payoff gals exchange 1 and smtor m l.urope s understood 

write-ups and interviews for their to be in on th e rack et. 

•'"li^red. chatterers - the"coajt ^^^'^J^^ l:;^^i Broad- 
even send telegrams to their cronies The out 01 lown „ 

care of. so-and-so, ^^ho has ^ ^sked the hotel room clerk 

- - so -^sweet.^0: me. • . I tL^^ ^.^^ 

The understanding, is that a ti.adc wnere ^ .-TTiffh Hat Club." 

can be demanded. The arrangement given, a card to the ^'^""f't yuov 

be controlled by a single . kick- in Uiat^he v. a^^ before the gang 

to one. 4. s„ 

went in. 

Delayed News ' ' ' Running.up .the stairs he was told 

Twice l°t'^^^ "Sorters were by^ the^captan. 

-invited to the fifth floor of the Ro.xy side, the >' ^^^/'^f^f ^ J? 

to hear a sensational announcement unlabeled spl^ts- ^^"^ J'" J 

from William Fox, only to be told for each spht and tacked on »18 



.contract with. Palfhe to make ttwo 
more pictures for that conapany, acT- 
cordlng to advices received yester- 
day (Tuesday) In the hoihe pfflc^ 

Tirsl Kiss" New Cast 

Los Angeles, July 24, 
Paramount is making additional 
scenes for "The First Kiss,"'Ufter 
it was said to have been completed 
two weeks ago, 

A new cast, including Knute 
Erickson, Brandon . Hurst, Joseph P 
Franz, Tom S. Guise and Ralph 
Fitzimmons is engaged for the ad 
ditional scenes, 

Rowland V. Lee directing. 



Los Anegeles, July 24. 
Studio activity this week takes a 
no-se dive to 72 per . cent of normal 
production over that existing in 
1927, which reaches the lowest level 
since May 9, "vvhen a 67 per cent 
production was reported. 

A total of* 5 features, and 21 short 
subjects are found to be working 
at the 23 studios on the coast with 
one plant dark. 

Universal /tops the list for activity 
TUfith-t^r^unita-in^^vork : . They lncl Jid& 



including "Dry Martini," by Harry 
D'Arrast; "The River," by Frank 
Borzage; "Riley, the Cop," by John 
Ford; ^'The Woman," by Irving. 
Cummings, and "The Fpg," by 
Charles Klein. 

F. B. O. has four features in work,' 
Including "Singapore Mutiny." by 
Ralph Ince; "Sinners in Love," by 
George Melford ; "Vagabond Gub," 
by Louis Kine, and "Son of the 
Golden West," by Eugene Ford, ; 

M. G.. M. has but three feaJtureS, 
with "Mask of the Devil," by yic 



"Show Boat," dUtected by Harry 
PpUard; "Forbidden Love," by Wes 
ley Ruggles; "Girl on the Barge," 
by Edward SlCman; "The Shake- 
down." by William Wyler; ''Col- 
legians," by Nat Ross; "Horace of 
Hollywood," by Edward I. Luddy; 
"Mvstery Rider," by Jack Nelson; 
Rider of the Sierras," by Ray Tay- 
lor; "The Double Cross," by Waltier 
Fabian; "Born to the Saddle," by 
Joe Levigard, and "The Rag 
Doll," by Yac Rollins. 



tor Seastrom; "West or ;fianziDar," 
by Tod Browning, and '.'Aliaa Jimmy 
Valentine," by Jack Conway. 
Others 

Tiffany- Stahl has three features, 
including "The Rainbow," by Regi- ' 
nald Barker; "The Gun Runner," by 
Edgar Lewis, and "Patience,"„ by 
Wallace Worsley. 

Pathe Studios also hcLve thre.o 
features In work with "Marked 
Mor.ey," by Spencer Bennett; 
["Singapore Sal," by Howard Hlg- 



Fiawkins and Selznick 

So interested is the Hays organ! 
zation In Louis Selznick'.s attempt 
to stage a Come-bacK that they 
have "loaned" him one of their legal 
staff, Colonel Hawkins. .■ ■ ^ 

"1 hope Selznick makes : good," 
says Charhe Pettljohn. Hays has 
also .smiled approval upon Selznick's 
efforts for film rehabilitation, 

Hawkins, with Hays for over a 
year, is now through with the or- 
ganization so far as the. payroll is 
concerned. He says he is waiting 
for Selznick's first move before he 
makes any permanent alignment. 



This table shows a snmmary of weekly studio activity tor the 
past 23 weeks. Percentage of production is based on 106 
units working at 23 studios on the Coast, determined 
by the average normal working conditions 
during the year 1927: 



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that the Invitation was prematuifj 
and the sensational annpuncement 
wasn't ripe to break. City reporters 
a.g well as ipicture writers were 
called out' on bo,th tlie hoke .assign- 
ments. 

The boys and girls were salved 
with cats and refreshments when 
no mimeographed handouts wore 
available. It was about the Poll 
buy, "announced yesterday. 

The dance marathon In the 
Coney Island fight stadium is 
starting off mildly like the Garden-s, 
but making- a cordial play for the 
Bmart^ob with paper. The con- 
test is not being run tough. The 
kids can stall and sneak some un- 
dercover rest between three and 
six in the morning. ,^ 

As half the gang are paid pro- 
fcssionalH, the racket has a pretty 
heavv nut for its 5ftc. pato. Sev- 



for club membership dues 

A squawk over the gouge brought 
the information that the. place was 
a "club" • and the Tejcans were 
"members." The cowboys .set up 
such a yip they got out .without 
paiying. ^ 

Van Buskirk Broke 
Carl Van BUsklrU, artist in t,he 
Hotel Des Artistes, 2- West 67th 
•street, is broke to the extent, of 
je.QM. according to_his ba,n 
petition. N^^o assets. 



In a Furnished Flat 

• The three musketeers of Broad- 
way, Ward Morehouse, Willard 
Koefe and Mark Barron, have sub- 
let the East 57th .street studio 
apartment of Frances Goodrich, ac- 
tress and wife of Henrik Willem 
van Loon. The apartment Is fur- 
nl-shed with antiques. One of the 
buddies of the trio has been heard 



EAEL HAMMONS LAID UP , 

Earl Hammons, Educational's 
head, is recovering from, an attack 
of neurltii: which temporarily dis- 
abled one of his arms, at the Mackie 
Sanitarium, east 61st strreet, . New 

York. • • . . 

Hammons i.s expected back at. his 

ofl^ce this week. 

MATTISON WITH TEINITY 

Los Angeiesi July 24. 
Frank Mattison, directing for 
Trinity productions (not Quality 
productions as reported), has en- 
gaged Anna May Wong and Sojln 
for "A China Slaver." 

It goes into production late In 
September, 

Colvin Brown, acting for Pathe, 
has appointed Terry Ramsaye edi- 
tor in chief of Pathe eastern pro- 
ductiO'^s, 

Ramsaye's promotion followed his 
appointment as editor of Pathe Ite- 
vlew. 



Week 
Feb, 22 .. 
Feb. .29. . . 
March 7 



Features 
... 47 
... 39 
, .. 46 



March 14 49 

March 21 49 

March 28 ,...47 

April 4 ■ 63 

April 11 50 

April 18 62 



April 25 
May. 2 
May 9 



50 
52 
54 



May IG . , , 63 



May 23 . . , .' 

May 30 

7JTine~"6 "~. ,TT 
June 13 ... 
June 20 
June 27 
July 4. , 
July 11 
July 18 
July 25 



. -« • • • • 4 • '• * • 



66 
68 
65- 
77 
76 
64 
56 
64 
62 
56 



Shorts 
8 
9 

14 

16 

15 

17 

17 

19 

17 

17 

15 
17 
20 
21 

" 24. 
. 32- 
31 
31 
30 
25 
24 
24 
21 



Total 

55 

48 

54 

65 

64 

64 

70 
: 69 

69 

67 

67 
71 
83 
89 • 

,92 
--..97-. 

108 

107 
94 
81 
88 
86 
77 



Studios 
Dark 
6 
12 
9 
7- 
8 
6 
5 
8 
9 
6 

.7' 
4 
3 

2 - 
0 

0- . 
0 • 
0 
0 
0 

— 1 % 

■ 1 ■ 



Pet. 
.62 
.45 
.51 
.61 
.60 
.60 
.66 
.65 
.65 
,62, 
.62 
.67 
.77 
.64 
.87 
^ .90 

■ i.di 

1,01 
.89 
.76 
.83 
.81 

. .72 



hardly recognize her furniture when 
she rf'tnrns, it will be 80 much" more 
tii'Teiiuu-k liiat/Miss Gooddull .will 1 uutiiiue. 



Warners come next with five fea- 
tures and four Vitaphone units In 
work. The fe^ltures are "The Home-r 
towners," by Bryan Foy; "My Man," 
by Archie Mayo; "Conquest," by 
Michael Curtl2; "Outlaw Dog," by 
Kos.s Ledcrman, and "The Redeem- 
ing Sin," by^Moward Bretherton. 

Paramount his six features In 
work with "Sins of the Fathers," by 
Ludwig lierger; "Interference," by 
Lothar Mendez; "Docks of New 
York," by Josef von Sternberg; 
"Take Me Home," by Mar.shall 
Nielan : .''Moran of the -Murines /' b ^^^ 
Frank Strayor, and an untitlTd co- 
starring picture with Richard Arlen 
and Nanoy Carroll, with Dorothy 
Arzner directing. 

First National has . five features 
going with "Show Girl," by Al San- 
tell; "The Wrecking Boss," by Ed- 
die Cllne; ''Water Front," by Wil- 
liam A. Seiter; "Do Your Duty," by 
William IJaudine. and "The IIaunt«.'d 
Hous-v." by Benjamin Christonsen 



gin, and "Show Folks," by Paul 
Stein. 

Metropolitan, a leasing .studio, ha.s 
"Hell's Angels," by Howard 
Hughes, for United " Arti.sts ; a 
Charles Hutchinson feature, and a . 
Burton King picture for Excellent 
release. 

Tec-Art, another lousing plant, 
also has three fi-atures in work witii 
"Lief, the Lucky," for Tei-linieolor; 
a Harry Iloyt fi-aturtj for Htate- right 
release, and "Tlie Lookout (.!irl" for 
Quality productions. 
_ United Artists hJ^^e _t\vo '^-^"^ 
"GoTilSvy n~ piH u rt\w 
ing "The H'-scuf," by IIiTbert; 
Brenon. and "Tl>»' Awakening." by 
Victor Fleming. 

Studies with one feature each ariis 
Charles Chaplin, Columbia and 
Chiidwick. 

Studios engaged in making short 
comerllea .ire Roach. S«.^nnett, Edu- 
c.'itlonal, (.'lirl.-tic tind Stern, with 
tliri'i; units iMi'h. C-il-Art and 



Fos. aloo haa Ilvu £«aLui-cb iu woik, [Dailey. have unit each. 



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CCITCCB AL C€>iMENT 

THE EXHIBITORS DAILY REVIEW 

'^There isn't a doubt about the picture mal^ng 
money in most of the first and second run theatres," 

FILM DAILY 



*"Tijfany^Stahl is indulging in lusty shouts^ over 
it. It is one of the company's specials for next 
season. ''The Cavalier** is fast moving^ ^traight^ 
dway melgdrfimaj'* 



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Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Talking Shorts 



•-ON THE AIR" (4) . 
VITAPHONE No. 2275 
10 Mins. 

Clinton, New York 

An entertaining little playlet with 
a radio broadcasting room as a 
background and flash -.backs to 
lipmes of thos^ listening in. Plenty 
of sure-fire comedy. 

The outstanding skit is enacted 
by Hugh, Herbert, as a bulbous- 
nosed chief of police with tobacco 
in his left cheek, telling the citizens 
of the wonders accompliishedj by the 
force. A fiiash to the chief's home 
ehows a couple of yeggs lifting 
everything, Including the carjpet and 
the radio set, 

■ Another noteworthy contribution 
Is by John Maxwell, introduced, as a 
mixed operatic team, and handles 
the woman's vocal contribution In 
rare form. 

Fanny Rice; as the: little girl, 
Ringing In a baby voice, registers 
for laughs. Harry Downing plays 
the radio announcer. Opening num 
bier l3 a lecture on physical culture 
' by a boy who Is held up in front 
of the mike by everything except 
crutches. Mori. 



ADEL ROWLAND 
VITAPHONE No. — 
"Stories in Soiigs" 
10 Mins. . 
Warners, Hollywood. 

Bryan Foy hais directed a group 
of four sonars, catchy and well done 
One of the best Is "Too Shy of 
Shanghai," which, like ihb others In 
the quartet, -arries flip lyrics^. 

Miss Rowland vras cordially re 
ceived '^Are. 



'THE SONG OF THE BUILDER" 
PARAMOUNT 
Mins. 

Paramount, New York 

A symphony In no'se,. programmed 
as an "Edgar Guest scenic poem, 
scored and synchronized by the 
Par' mount- Publix Music Depart- 
ment." 

The noise's of .construction are 
heard throughout the short, with 
the Guest lyric recited by a voice 
from the screen. The voice, pre 
sumably on the same digc. Is clear 
and of excellent diction, with the 
synchronization perfectr 

In picture are seen skyscrapers 
going up, casements, riveters, 
moulders, puddlers, white and 
molten m<;tal, with the appropriate 
accompanying noises. It's the Guest 
poem of the builder, who creates 
sohriethlng that will endure, along 
side the idler who leav6s nothing 
for his monument. 

Not bad as a philosophical bit of 
talker, meaning Uttle, ho-wever, to 
the picture fan, with . the contlnuied 
noise of the 4i^ll and hammer per 
haps a . bit irritating to those with 
nerves who may prefer more dl 
verslty in sound. | 

Looks like an assembly to the poem 
and according:ly scored, neither d if 
flcult. Good enough for Paramount's 
first talking short, but not good 
enough to be featured or niore tliaii 
filler dependence given It. 



STOLL, FLYNN AND CO. 
VITAPHONE No. 2349 
10 Mins.; Band and Songs 
Clinton, New York 

A four-piece orchestra with 
Gfeorgle Stoll, violinist,, making a 
light effort at comedy, and Edythe 
Flynn delivering a few vocal num- 
bers. . ". 

M;iss Flynn Ifl a hot sketch for 
looks, but her songs fail to land. 
The fault may b© In the mechanical 
rieproductlon which, lu this number, 
is harsh and metallic. 

Orchestra nutoberd not very ef- 
fective, nor does Stoll's trick Ma- 
terial on a violin meet with any en- 
couraging; response. Mori. 



HOT NEWS 



Production on "Homesick" started 
at the Fox studios, with Sammy 
Cohen starring. and Harry iSweet in 
support. Balance of the cast will 
not be selected until after the pre 
limlnary scenes of a bicycle race are 
completed. Henry Liehrman direct- 
ing. : 



Pofamount production and releaa*. Di- 
rected by. Clarence Badger. Bcbe Daniels 
atorred and Nell Hamilton featured. 
Adapted by Lloyd Corrlgon and Grover 
Jones from orlRlnal Btory by Monte Brlce 
and Harlan Thompson. Screen play by 
Florence Ryierson. Titles by George Marlon, 
Jr. At ParaJhount, New York, week July 
SI. Running time 06 mlnute.9. _ . ; 
"Pat" Clancy. Hebe Da.nlois 
"Scoop" Morgan.. „.i. ...... Nell Hamilton 

James Clayton 

Michael Clancy....... .• • ■ ^ Alfred Allen 

"Spec" ; . "Spec" O'Donnell 

nonny, the camera, boy, .. . . . . .Bell Hau 

The Maharajah......... ...... ^Marlo Carillo 

Mrs, Van Vleck. Maude Turner Gordon 



JIMMY LYONS, 
VITAPHONE No. 2347> 
10 Mins.; 
Strand) Yonkera. 

Jimmy Liyons, Dutch comic, does 
most of his vaude monologue be- 
fore the listening camera. . Liyons, 
In his burlesque general's uniform, 
with his chest ° hidden under pie 
plates, discourses in sprained 
Dutch upon war. . 

Every laugh that liyon's gets In 
vaudeville is paralleled before the 
camera. He finishes with a patriotic 
recitation which sent him away, 
strongly. , Good number for any 
talker bllL Con. 



KAUFMAN BROS^ 
VITAPHONE No. 660 
7 Mins.; 

Park Plaza, N. Y. 

Irving and Jack Kaufman, of rec 
ord and vaudeville circles, are here 
in a three-song routine. . 

Tenor and baritone voices of the 
duo register pleasingly oh the disc. 
Record Is mildly entertaining. . Con. 



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words in the margin— and get the 
film that always carries quality 
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A lively story of 4,he news reel, 
with enough action and quite some 
comedy, both in situations and titles, 
makes this a good picture for Bebe 
Daniels and a better than average 
Paramount programmer. Its draw- 
ing power is confined to the Daniels 
name. 

In the key sections this picture, 
oh merit" may iattract more than it 
will do at the Paramount. An- 
alyzed, there, is much of action and 
creation, with a smooth running 
tale exceptionally balanced' to give 
the news reel slant plausible 
realism. 

Everyone connected with the film 
appears to have caught the spirit 
of it. That may have been because 
of the news reel and cameraman 
angle. Miss Daniels seemingly liked 
to turn the craiik even if using 
blanks, and Neil Haniilton mus^ 
have relished posing in the cam- 
eraman's outfit. He did it well. 
The story contains plenty of tricks, 
particularly in and around . the 
Statue of Liberty, and there aire 
some thrills in this. 

It's iHarlan ThomiDSon's first ifilni 
story. He's the dramatist who got 
the Mankie works and went west. 
This fells why Paramount wanted 
to sew him up. George Marion,. Jr., 
Is no little fun contributor with his 
always there captions. Clarence 
Badger, th6 director, made every- 
one Work and ipave. them , plenty to 
do. Ho wound up with the two 
principals aboard a bad man's yacht 
and the coast guard saving them at 
the last minute without a flag fly- 
ing, while It was here also that Mr. 
Pommeroy did some more work with 
the smoke screen, but it's all okay 
without any of it akay. Absence 
of- -aka-y-In-pict-ure-stor-ies-Is— worth- 
almost anything. 

Besides which. Miss Daniels as 
the newspaper owner's daughter Is 
the only woman In the cast or pic- 
ture. She does nicely with the role, 
better than usual, for her. She looks 
the part, ,,a pert girl who sets out to 
reduce the head of one Scoop Mor- 
gan, the star cameraman of two 
dailies. "Sun" and "Mercury." Each 
Is operating a news reel. Scoop has 
been sending "The Sun's'' so far 
ahead, he's being nursed along by 
ClaBcy, owner of the paper. 

Scoop blows •though When told by 
Clancy -he will have to break In. 
his daughter as a cameraman. Scoop 
says there's no skirt who can do 
his work and walks, going to "The 
Mercury," immediately leaving "The 
Sun's" service staiidirig still,. 

The, daughter With an earfvl of 
Scoop's self opinions tells Dad she 
Will go after it alone and becomes 
the pest of Scoop's newsreeling life, 
beating him out in any and all 
things. Her first meeting with 
Scoop on ..the road as both are 
headed to , take a wrecked boat off 
the coast Is quite humorous. Later 
the Liberty business to catch an 
ocean-crossing blimp and the Har- 
old Lloyd stuff around there, while 
later both slip into an estate to get 
exclusive pictures of an Indian 
rajah, with Miss Daniels and Ham- 
ilton made up as adagio dancers, 
doing their Apache on the stage, 
nicely adapted also from many an- 
other version. ComplicatTons here 
lead into the yacht kidnapping, that 
should make Columbia burn, and 
then the coast guard_. without the 
flag. " , ■ 

Whoever dug up the gag of using 
the unconscious crook with Ham- 
ilton putting his own arms through 
for deception, landed a familiar bit 
of business .for a long and loud 
laugh, nicely worked in and out. 



on his yearly night out with his of- 
ficers. The girl turns put to be the 
niece of the prime minister, the boy 
abdicates so that he can marry.- 
her" and the uncle and a cousiii 
(D'Afcy) scheme to sherN their king 
the girl In a compromising situation 
to quell his wild fervor. Persuading 
tlje girl to let herself be caught in 
a room with the cousin, who has 
no objections, In walks Michael to 
become disillusioned and to flnish 
the sequence by tossing her among 
his eiilisted men. Subsequent re- 
turn of the king to rescue her from, 
the common military leads to the 
weak ending of a.flight to the bor- 
der where the officer in command 
Informs the chauffeur the people 
want both their king and his sweet- 
heart back. 

Little or no Interest in the story 
after the first reel despite the sexy 
angle. The fresh flirtatious antics 
of .Novarro and Miss Adoree's re- 
adtlons, as B©aumont has handled 
them, knit the film together up to 
this point. Even so, the director 
has dragged out a* couple of love 
passages. Support cast Is compe- 
tent in limited roles and a! fair 
amount of. prodiuction value forms 
the background. Among the' dis- 
senting notes Is that Miss Adpree 
doesn't look so good opposite N6- 
varro. 

Apparently one of tho.se weak- 
lings M-G is glad to get oft the shelf 
in July, It's major point is that it 
won't hurt Novarro, personally, 
while fully demonstrating that he's 
no minor issue as a light comedian, 
flashes of which he hias shown in. 
previous pictures. Sid. . 



Ladies of Night Club 

Tlfffiny-Slahl production, and release. IM* 
reeled by George Arohalnbaud." Author, 
adapter and editor, not credited on main 
title, lllcardo' Cortez. Barbara .Loonard. 
l^ee Mbran, Douglas' Gorrnrd featured in 
bllllnp. At New York Hlppodmmo -weelc 
July 10, HUnnlng time, T5. minutes. 



Backstage story suggesting more 
than a little inspirajtion from "Ex- 
cess Baggage" and "Broadway." In 
the main, picture holds skillful 
treatment in sympathetic vein of the 
self-satisfied hick hoofer. In this 
character, the film Is a duplicate of 
Joe Lane of "Broadway," while at- 
mosphere is replica of "Baggage." 
— Here- the -denouement-ls-difCerently -- 
worked out, with a sort of "Laugh, 
Clown, Laugh," finale.. Subject-rriat- 
ter is surefire, while the success of 
the two other plays Is fresh in the 
public mind, and the picture is fairly 
well made. 

Lee Moran as the: hoofer walks 
away With the production. . Barbara 
Leonard Is rather an Insipid heroine, 
while Douglas Gerrard and Cissie 
JfitzGerald, only others of any con- 
sequence, are terribly stilted and 
artificial. Rlcardo Cortez gives his 
usual suave ..performance In the 
straight lead role. 

Picture has abundance of legs, iin- 
dreissed night club chorus girls, 
deftly exploited for the s. a. punch. 
Several subtle, iinder-thersurface . 
angles for the Insider . and a 
wealth of the flip argot of vaudeville 
backstage for good comedy effect in 
the . titles. A sample is the stag© 
manager's suggestion to the flop act 
on arriv.ai for Monday rehearsal, 
"Better not send the laundry out till 
after the first show." Wasted on 
the Hip mob. Good comedy values 
throughout, and titles are sparkling. 

Picture starts well with graphic 
charactej sketches ' of backstage 
types and incidents. Raggs- and Re- 
vere, mixed team of hoofers, open, 
and register 100 per cent flop, get- 
ting canceled on the first show. 
Night club director impressed with 
girl of act and offers her a job as a 
single. Hick man partner crashes 
on job, thanks to making good im- 
pression on woman club owner 
(character is made a Tex Guinan, of 
course). 

Girl Is a riot in the floor show and 
brassy partner rides along on his 
..- (Continued on page 26) 



FORBIDDEN HOURS 

Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer pioductlori and re- 
lease atHrrlng Ramon Novarro and jc.a- 
turlns Rence Adoree. Adapted from A. P. 
Tounger's original -with Harry Beaumont 
directing. Titles by John Colton and M. 
a. Gerstad cameraman. At- the Capitol, 
N. Y., wp.elc of Ji»ly 21. ' Running time, 
49 minutes. 

Mis Majesty, Michael IV.. Ramon Novarro 

Marie Manclnl ...Rence Adoree 

Queen Alexia Dorothy Gumming 

Prime Mlnl.ster Edward Connelly 

Nina , . ..Mlierta Vaughn 

Duke de KraspnofT. . : Roy D'Arey 

Light, frothy and inconsequential 
piece of work which Novarro's ex- 
cellent light comedy playing will 
never be able to hold up for more 
than m^dlpcr^ grosses. Tough brq.ak 
for the "star that he had to" waste 
such corking frivolous moments on 
such a yarn. Women will think 
he's just too cute and the men will 
not be unaware of his boyish appeal 
here, but it's one of those 49. minute 
[features disintegrating throughout 
the final 1,500 feet. One of the 
shortest screen leaders the house 
has held in monttis, with probably 
plenty cut out. 

Entertainment highlights are all 
concentrated on the flirtation be- 
tween Mlsg Adoree and Novarro as 
the young ruler of a small kingdom 



Al Morey 

S. L. and M. of G. 
Eight Consecutive Months, at the 

Worth Theatre (Publix) 
Now for New Fields to Conquer 

Opening the Howard 

ATLANTA, GA. 

WHOOPEE! 



KING 

for a 

DAY? 



I 4» 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



" VARIETY" 



15 



For FOX MOVIETONE 

An original story, especially written for talking picture production, 
and siipported by a new and unpublished hit song of the same title 



"FOOTSTEPS 



Contracted for by Mr. R. Sheehan, Vice-President and 
General Manager of Fox Film Corpbration, on hearing the 

theme song and story outline by 

EDDIED QWiING 



AND HIS ASSOCIATE 



JAMES F. HANLEY 



To Be Announced Soon 

Arrangements for the Production of the Two Current EDDIE DOWLING 

Stage Successes, with an Important Producer 

"HONEYMOON LANE" 

88 Weeks of Gontinuously Profitable Business 
to a Gross of More Than Two Million Dollars 

"SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK" 

A Year on Broadway- — A Season on the Road 
Packed with Possibilities for Talking Picture Uses 



Special Representative 

WALTER H. BROOKS 

729 7th Avenue Bryant 3572 



16 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 25, 1»Z8 




REMENDOUS 




1 




i 



Grossed More Than 

$40,000 



The PictuTe 

tUtet. CAST: .or.« ©-Jj^'j; 

; Janet GOT"**' 

The — • • — • •'bo4« »"'°* 

•The «W* . 



1 W5 •^IIZ— 

The V e»""^ed »e 

5! 2^es W '5^ « the .re- 




' is the .one pieture of a 
decade not to be tnissed.^^ 



Weather Note: "Most terrific heat ever experi- 
enced in Chicago during July." 

— from house manager^s report. 





USINESS 




WILLIAM FOX PRC^TENTy 

F. W. MURNAU'S 

SUNRISE 

^ JAN GT. G AYNOft 
GEORGE O'BRIEN 

Us Pictures 




^^G^ Rates 




^^^^ of Successes. 



SUNRISE/* 

f^duced by Pox 

^lao CAST. 

2?o Maid . Janet Gaynor 

^e ^««nV^«-ii-:^.;8odU 

^ne Barber . -Farrell >I»cDonald 

Obslrus^^e CeniiemVn "•V;;:''*"'^ ^^"toj 

*<J<Ji« BdJaod 

Mao Tineo 

This may not be thA c, • ' 

-orM ha= been ,::''7 
«"ainly one th. '"r but it 

."" and .hat":r,e:r "^^-"-.1 



the mind, """^"e'o^ i 

• Someof,heabS,I^'''''^^«""• 
''av•o declared •• si 
I s«ai«e Picture. be the 

' it had not ,.,„ : *"»"sh. 

«e„, or ,viU leo 
I a ffood, Jong ,vhile. P'-ebably. for 

i If real entcrtalnm»„. 
. are looking f„,. ^hat 

you, 

Jioth^g: else BUT r*'' -Roosevelt h ' 




has 5 other record - breaking 
sfiecials now playing to capac^ 
ity-Fazil, Street Angel, Mother 
Maehree and The Red Dance 





Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



O 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



17 



Film People Who Can Talk 



(Continued from page 6). 

ger, Rowland V. Lee, Lothar Men- 
dess, Ernst Lubitaph, Victor Schert- 
zlnger and Frank Tuttle. 

Producers are E, Liloyd Sheldon 
and Robert MUton. 

Amonir the 37. pjay^s under con- 
tract 30 have had stia.Be Experience: 
Bebe Daniels, JEatheir Ralston, 
George Bancroft, Wallace Beery, 
Richard Emll Janninga, 

Adolphe Meinjou, Charles Rogers, 
Baclanova, . EJvelyn Brent, Mary 
Brian, Louise Brooks, Nancy Car- 
roll^ Lucy Doraine, Rtith Elder, 
Doria Hill, Riith Taylor, William 
Austin, Glive Brook, Chester Conk- 
Un, John Cromwell, James Hall, Nell 
Hamilton, Jack. Holt, : Arnold Kent, 



ran, Farrell McDonald, Siimrny Co- 
hen and Nancy Cai-roll. 

F. N. List 

First National has seven of its 
nine directors with stage experience 
including .Morvyn Le Roy, John 
Francis Dijlon, Frank Lloyd and Ed- 
die Cline;, among the executives 
there are Al Rockett, Robert North 
and David H. Thdihpsoni 

Of the 22 players under contract 
seven have had stage experience: 
Richard Barthelmess, Billie Dove, 
Milton Sills, Charles Murray, Lai'ry 
Kent and Tola D'ArVil, 

Universal has five of 13 directors, 
Paul Lent, Fred Newmeyer, Harry 
Pollard, Edward Sloman and^Wes- 
ley Ruggles. Among the 21 players 



Many Talker inventions 
Listed in Patent Office 



This table shows, total number of directors iand players now 
under term contract to the various studios on the coast 
and the number having previous stage experience 
before entering picture work 



studios 

Fox .. . . ... . .. 

First National 
Paramount 
M. G. M, . 
Universal 
Warners . 
Pathe ; , . . . .,. . 

United Artists 
Tiffany -Stahl 
F. B. O.. 
Columbia 
Caddoi 

Christie 

Roa,ch . . ... ...... 

Educational ...... 

Estimate for com 
b i n e d indepen 
dent group. ., . , 



: Directors Directors . Player* 
Directors with prey- with no Players with 
under ious stage, stage under 



I t • • • • 



contract 
..20 
.. 9 

17 
16 
13 

a 

■ 8 .-' 
8 
8 
3 
1 
6 
8 
4 



25 



exp. 
4 

7 . 
8 

12 
. -S . 

3 

2 

&' 

6 

i 

. o< 

0 

0 

0 
2 



15 



exp. 

10 
2 
9 

4 . 
8- 
,3 
4 
3 

•> 

- U 

7 

3 

1 

5. 

8 

2 



10 



contract 

29 
22 
37 
34 
21 
17 
.12 
.14 
15 

6 
10 

6 
15 
15 

8 



25 



stage 
exp. 

10 

7 ■ . 
30 
23- 
10 

5 

5 

9 

5 

1 

2 

3 
10 

6 
. 5 • 



15 



Players 
with no 
stage 
exp. 

19 

15 
. 7 

11 
.11 

12 
7 
5 

10 
5 
8 
3 
5 
9 
3 



10 



Total 



.,157 



70 



87 



286. 



14C 



140 



Fred Kohler, Paul/ Lucas, William 
Powell, Maurice Chevalier and John 
lioder. 

Fox has four directors out. of Its 
20 under contract with previous 
stage experience: Irving Cummihgs, 
F. W. Mumata, David Butler and R. 
A. Walsh. 

Of the 29 players under Fox con- 
tract 10 have-jhad stage experience: 
Edmund Lowe, Madge Bellamy, 
Mary Duncan, Earl Foxe, Tyler 
Brooke, Charles Morton, Lois Mo- 




Strand 
Thfiutre 
Vanoonver, 
B. C. 



JACKIE 

ISOUKRS 

and his 

Orcliesti*a 



STANLEY and BIRNES 

I^arewell week In I^on Angeles. ^We 
will be buck Toesdny, tli»nklnr nobody 

* Voatared In a ' ^ 

FANCHON ANO MARCO IPEA 

"SPANGLES" 

Direction WM. MOBIUS AGBNCT 



EN6UND ONG 

CHINESE BLUES SINGER 

BKCOND CONSECCTIVE YEAR 
WITH FANCnON AND MARCO 
Thnnkn to Hairy Wallln 



A KUNSKT ENTERPRISE 

CO-OPERATIVE 
BOOKING OFFICES, Inc. 

Can Break Acts Juiiipa TOast or- West 

Vl'UlTE OR WIRIC 
nOWARO O. riKRCE LKW KANE 



HELENE HUGHES 
ROY SMOOT 

Ifpntured with 
FAN<'UON and MARCO 



under contract 10 h?ive ha.d the legit 
experience, Reginald Denny, Jean 
Hersholt, Conrad Veldt, Glenn 
Tryon, Kathryn* Crawfotd, Otis 
Harlan, Arthur Lake, Eddie Phil- 
lips, Mary Nolan and Beth Harol. 

Warners, specializing more than 
any other producer with sight and 
sound pictures, has the lowest num- 
ber of ontn.ct people with previ- 
ous stage experience. Of Its six 
directors under contract three have 
had stage training, Lloyd Bacon, 
Archie Mayo and Bryan • Foy.': 
Among the 17 players but five have 
had stag experience, Helen and 
Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel, 
MyiTia Loy and Louise Fazenc'a. 

Pathe has six directors and 12 
players u der contract. Its directors 
with stage experience are Paul L 
Stein and Cecil B, DeMillci Among 
the players are Robert rmstrong, 
Lina Bas luette, George Duryca, 
Alan Hale and Eddie Qulllan. 
U. A. Stage Trained 
United Artists have five directors 
out o£ eiyht, D. W. Griffith; Herbert 
Brenon, Henry King, Edwin Carewe 
and Roland West. Among the 14 
players, nine can boast of stage ex 
perierice, Lily Dimiti, John Barry 
more, Louis Wojhcim, Lupo Velez, 
Ronald Colman, Walter ByrOn, 
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford 
and Lillian Gish. 

" TiTCahy-Stahi ' haS : six ' dif 65ttTg 
put of eight, George Archairibaud, 
Tom Te'riss, Reginald Barker, Edgar 
Lewis, John M. Stahl and Sidney 
Algiers. Five of its 15 contract 
players have been on the stage, 
Barbara Leonard, Belle Bennett, 
Buster Collier, Malcolm .MacGregor 
and Clnire Windsor. 

F.B.O. has eight directors and 
six players "under term contracts, 
Of this group only two have -had 
previous stage experience, .J'omi Mix 
and Robert N. Bradbury. 

Columbia has three .directors arid 
10 players under conti'oct. Only 
two of the players have had stage 
experience, Ls'a De Putti and Doro- 
thy Revero. 

Caddo has. one director and six 
playeivs . under conti-act, with but 
three players of stage exporionce, 
Louis Wolheini, Raymond Grlfnth 
and Lucion I'rival. 

Christie lias flvt; directors and IT) 

players have had stasf experience, 
l.:ublvy Vernon, IJilly Dool.ey, Fran- 
ens Lee, Ncal Burns, Eddi«j Berry, 
Jaclc J>un!y, Joan ^Mjirkey, Lorraine 
tJddy,. Df>ugla.s MaeLean and Jin^my 
Morrison. 

Hal R(.);u'h li.is einht dirocLors and 
15 players, with but six players 
haying stage expcrlftncu, Max Da- 
vidson, Oliver Hardy, Cliarles 
Ch.'uso, Stan Laurel, ^ffuion Byrun 
and Ed Kennedy, 

Educational has four directors 



Wa.shington, July 24. 

Long list of patents covering taik^ 
Ing pictures has been further aug- 
mented in the new inventions just 
issued by the Patent ptflce. One of 
the talking devices has been as- 
signed to the Replitura Corp. of 
New Yoork City; second is held, by 
the inventor, while! the third, has 
been assigned to Western Electric. 

Detailed information on these, as 
well as , the other new patents af- 
fecting pictures, listed in the follow- 
ing may be secured by forwarding 
the name and number along with 
ton cents, , in each instance, to the 
Commissioner of Patents, Washing^ 
ton, p. C. 

Televlolon. H. E. Ives, Montclalr. N. J., 
assignor to Bell Telephone Laboriitorles; 
Now York City; Piled May 20. 1920. Ser. 
No. 110,379. Seven claims. 1,073,828. 

Color photoRTiiphy, W. D; Kelley, 
Jersey City. Piled Nov. 9. 1925. Ser. No.. 
07,73,'!. Nine claims. 1,674,175. 

Cineinatogniph Hbu (reinforced). A. 

H. Smith, BlrmlnBlram, 12nBlixnil. Filed 
June 18. 3926. Ser. No. 110,923, and In 
Gieat Mtaln, June 3, 1020. One claim. 

I, 074.528. 

Two-ply clneinntogrraph positive fllm. 

J, K. Thornton,- West Hampstead, London,' 
England. Filed May 4, 1920.. Ser. No. 
100.730. and in Great Britain, March 18. 
1920. Six claims. 1.074.810. 

Sound rcproduciiiK machine. A. D. 
Brlxey. Greenwich.. Gonn., assisnor to The 
Replitura. Corp., New York City. Filed 
Aijril B, lOl.'S. Ser. No, 19,172. Renewed 
Oct. 29. 1923. Five claims. 1.074i94C. 

Talking: motion plctiire Bp'paratns. J.. 
Merzoh, New York City. Filed Jan. 8, 
1927. Ser. No. 159,707. Four claims, . 
i;07vi,122. 

Camera focusthi; attachment. R. Chet- 
tovlUe, New York City. Filed April . 15. 
1927. Ser. No. 18^,170. Six claims. . 1,- 
C7r)..->98. 

Method and apparatus for conttu;tlng 
films. M. G; Youngr, North CambrldKe, 
Mass., assignor, by mesne assignments, to 
Technicolor Motion Picture Corp., .Boston, 
Mass. Filed May 27, 1927. Ser. No. 194,- 
042. Twelve Claim.s. 1.675,743. 

Method and apparatus for recordlnc 
and reprodnclnf; ' fH>and (hi coiuieotlon 
with photogi^hlo fllm). C. D. L.lnd- 
bridse, Montclalr, N. J., assignor to the. 
Western Electric Co., Inc., New York City. 
Piled June 20, 1924. Ser. No. 721,300. 
Twenty-nine claims. 1,676,894. 

.Tilm windlns machine. J. O. Jonea, 
Roche ster. N. Y,, assignor to Eastman 

TCoHsirT:or~Tr6<m«Bterr-rii«ir-ATrn-^rT^ 

Ser. No. 180,968. Four claims. 1,075,068... 



N-&N CHARGES SAPIRO BODY 
VIOLATES ANTI-TRUST LAWS 



Howard Swaine Sets Up Argument in Defense of 
Inde "Trust" Suit— Sapiro in N. Y. Court 1st Time 



Birminghain^Houston Pool 
By Loew's and Interstate? 

Birmingham, Ala., k.no'wn as the 
most, dlsastroiis show town on the 
American map, may be pooled be- 
tween Ixjew.'s and the Interstate 
Circuit. ' Each has a losing theatre 
there, with Publlx operating an- 
other loser. If there are any other 
theatres in Birmingham, they are 
also losers. 

Before over-seated Birmingham 
was pretty tough, theatrically. 
Since: its hew and large houses 
started it has been a calamity. 

In Houston Loew's has the prob- 
lem of ; the Melba theatre, a house 
taken over by Loew'S a few years 
ago. Has Since been a sore spot .on 
the circuit. The Interstate is also 
represented in Houston. 

It is said that if an understanding 
is reached between on the two 
towns, the Interstate will be the 
operator. 

Bob O'Donilell; general manager 
for Karl Hoblitzelle of the Inter- 
state, was in New York l^st week.. 

He is. said to have confeirred with 
E. V. Schiller of Loew's. 



Acker Promoting Circuit 



Al Acker several months ago sold 
his chain of 11 houses in Nova 
Scotia which he ran oh a Keith 
booking for 20 years. He Is now 
general manager of. a company 
backed by non-showmen incorporat- 
ing here to establish a. circuit of 
15 vaudefllm houses In Pennsyl- 
vania and New Jersey. 

The 1,500-seat Washburn in Ches- 
ter, Pa., has beea taken over and 
will open Aug. 13 on a split week 
policy of Ave acts and pictures. 
Negotiations are now underway for 
hou.ses in New Jersey. 

One of the leading angels is A, 
W. Warner, described by A;Cker as 
a capitalist of Garden City; L. I. 

Acker now in New Tork, says 
that he got out of Nova Scotia be- 
cause an industrial slump caused 
his province to lose 28,000 people In 
a year. 



Gregory Foreclosure 

Chicago, July 24, 
The Home Bank of Chicago has 
filed a foreclosure suit against S. 
J. Gregory and Ben Bemasek, 
operating the Palace Theatre 
Corporation, for $16,000 claimed due 
on a first mortgage. •■ — - 
Gregory and Bemasek operate a 
string, of picture houses in Illinois. 
They are reported making a settle- 
ment out of court; 



Borrows Wiring Equipment 
From Another U House 



With the closing, this week of 
Universal's Alhambra, for repairs, 
the only house oh which the lease 
carries the signature of Carl Laem- 
mle. liaehimle was asked to sign 
personally by the Ulhleins, owners 
of the Schlltz brewery and the Al- 
hambra property when the deal was 
made. It Is estimated that this 
house^ for which Laemmle .signed, 
lost about $150,000 in the last year. 
Under the present plans It is to re^ 
opened in September, wired. The 
wiring apparatus is being pulled 
flrom another house, new equipment 
not being available at the i>resent 
time. . 



Bad in Florida 

West Palm Beach, Fla., July 24. 

Because of deplorable business 
conditions In this city, where' bank 
failures have disrupted commercial 
life during the past two years, only 
one picture house will be left open 
after two weeks' notice given to all 
employees by the . Arcade and 
Kettler theatres expires Aug. 4. 

The Arcade has been operated for 
13 months l)y Consolidated Amuse- 
ments, by arrangement with Pub- 
lix, and the Kettler has been Pub- 
llx operated. 

Business conditions in this sec- 
tion of Florida and on the West 
Coast are so bad this sumnier that 
several other houses, heretofore 
6perated throughout the year< are 
scheduled to be' dark until the fall 
season opens. 



NEW BEDFORD MILL STRIKE 

New Bedford, Mass., Juiy 24. 

As a result of the long cbntinued 
strike of 30,000 employes of textile 
mills in this city, the theatres are 
hard hit. Empire, Publix film house, 
lias boon forced to close. 

Othrr theatres. throughout the city 
are playing to lean houses, but. in- 
a.smuch as citizens of the city are 
wholeheartedly back of the strike, 
cau.?ed by a cut in wages, the the- 
atre managers are" koprin.?" their 
hou.se.s open in an eftort to keep up 
the morale of those who are out of 
work. 



7m(l "eight" pl?ryer3 ~trnd'cr cohtnTct. 
l)ii-CiClors with stage exporii-nco arc 
Charles La Motte and Frank M»'r- 
tin. Players are Lupine L,ane, 
rnirnthy Dr^vorc. Monte Collins, 
George Davis and Al St. John. 

The total porcx^ntage of contract 
(liroftors with stage exprTicncc of 
s<»ne iJiifl is 44,07 pw cent, while 
the players run 51. 0.! per ront, ^t 
floos not warr.'uit rny grwit alarm 
for prosent acting matf;ri<'i.l to foim 
witli the nov devcloinnenL of tally- 
ing pictures. 



North Pole Picture 

Ix>s Angeles, July 24. 

Universal engaged Captain Ham- 
mer to a-sslst Paul iKohner and JT. 
Grubb Alexander in preparing an 
original story of Captain Amund- 
sen's life as an explorer of the 
North Pole. 

This will be produced In the arc- 
tic regions by Universal under the 
title of "Discovery of the North 
Pole." ^ 

Kohner will supervise the produc- 
tion. 



Aaron Sapiro's attempt to stop 
Motro-Goldwyn-Mayer from selling 
film to Meyer and Schneider or any 
other members oif the Independent 
Motion Picture Exhibitors Associa- 
tion by means of a court injunction 
was countered yesterday (Tuesday) 
by Howard Swaihe, for M-G-M, 
who charged that the Sapiro organ- 
ization was operating in restraint, of 
trade an^" violating the anti-trust 
laws. 

The case was argued before Jus- 
tice Henry Sherman, Sapiro making 
his first appearance in any New 
York State court on behalf of his 
own bi'ganization. Decision was re- 
served and may. be handed down 
following briefs to be. submitteii 
later this weelt. 

M-G-M seenis to l>e acting on be- 
iialf of, all the major producing and 
diistributihg interests, hoping to 
undermine the status or all iiuying; 
combinations throughout the coun- 
try if winning this case. 

M. & S. Backed Out 

From reports It seems that the 
M. & S. circuit stopped paying, dues 
to the Sapiro . organization - and 
agreed to join the producing inter- 
ests in the flight against Sapiro when, 
it was pointed out that the dlfflcul- 
ties expierlenced by the Sapiro or- 
gahization in getting pictures might, 
never be ironed out. 

M. & S. houses have been suffer- 
ing from general business depres- 
sion a nd might have foimd it more 
aoie .to piay with the p"roauc- 
ers so, at least, being assured of 
product. 

Sapiro, from the begtnnlAg, ex- 
pected a case of this kind and stated 
openly at a ineeting that In every 
instance hie has had to prove the 
legality of his organizations via a_ 
teat' casie, "He aVao stgited thaTlils" 
buying combines had been upheld 
in almost every case. 



Fights Inde P.oiol 
M-Q-M startjed to seU to houses 
in opposition to those in. the.L M. 
P. E. A. almost from' the. start of 
the Sapiro organization. Later, It 
is reported, even selling fiome of the 
exhibitors who were already niem- 
bers of the I, M. P. E. A. 

Sapiro charg.es M-G-M with con- 
spiracy in attempting to get M. & 
S. to break a contract regarding 
which M-G-M had knowledge of. 

Howard Swaine acted for Para- 
mount-Famous-Lasky - during the 
Federal Trade investigation. 




Senator 
Theatre 
Sacramento 



MAESTRO 



or 



CEREMONIES 

CHARLIE MELSON 



Master of Ceremonies 

WALT 

ROESNER 

CAPITOL, NEW YORK 




America's Vornnovt ll<HM)-SUipplne Dancer 



" 'Whitoy' Ilot)crl3 (aot- 
Inf; a.M .MiistiT oL ('<.'remiiu- 
li-s) in 1" jiiiiiuCcM .or com- 
ody .tml (I;inoinfr. \\':i.M'jibout 
thf .))c!>t ' !ict ever cotnlnpr 
ov-T <>'ir ciri'ult." — Pink 
.SI). K.'irdnUH Players o£ 



18 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Fox Announces Taking Over Poli 





Intends to Wire All of Them— Matter of Vaude 
Booking Remains Unsettled 



■William Fox made formal an- 
nouncement yesterday of th<» pur- 
chase of the. S. Z. Ppli Xew England 
theatres, playing vaudfilm. The 
Poll sale to Fox has, been variously 
reported for the past four months, 
fTaJohg with similar reports of 
Keith's, meanwhile,, dickering for it. 

Poll has a booking a.greement 
•with Keith's for all acts placed in 
the Poli theatres. That agreement 
wa.: executed when Poli went into 
Keith s some y<?ars ago, along with 
the late Percy G. Williams. Poll's 
agi-eem<?nt. with' Keith's at that time 
was that he would receive a full 
kick back of the 5 per cent com- 
mission charged by Keith's on' Poli- 
bdoked acts. Poll's general booking 



RUBE WOLF 




manager has been P. Alonzo,,a relar 
five. 

No positive consideration is 
named in the Fox announcement. 
It intimates that as 126,000,000 is 
the amount the Poll circuit has been 
appraised at, that that was the pur- 
chase price. The last reported price 
quoted as asked by Poli was $23,- 
000,000. Fox is said to have then 
offered 119,000,000. A compromise 
may have been reached at $21,000,- 
000.' 

liast November when Poll gave an 
option to buy his theatres to Max 
Shulman of Boston, who deposited 
$450,000 to secure the option, the 
purchase price vvas named as $22,- 
500,000. Schulrnan did ; not go 
through with his deal and Poli 
claimed the forfeit, which, had been . 
placed in, escraw. ■ 

The, Poli circuit is particularly 
clear of encumbrances. It is Said 
mortgages oh the entire Poli chain 
do not exceed $1,000,000. Poli was 
a self-builder, starting in the show 
business from a small store wax 
works exhibit some 30 years ago 
He is an Italian by birth. 

In the Fox announcement, it is 
stated that all of the Poli theatres 
wilf be immediately wired. 

Bookings 

Unless the Poll booking arrange- 
ment with Keith's is revocable with 
a feale, the act-booking question 
may arise. Fox has its own book- 
ing offices for acts and attraction. 



Reason for Good Show 



"THE MIRTH OF A NATION" 

Master of Ceremonies 

Warfield, San Francisco 

Has a New Stage "Idea" each ' 
Week , 

Conceived by Fanchon and Marco 



MASTER OF CEREMONIES 

HERNIE KING 

Direction of FANCHON and UABCO 

Fifth Ave. Theatre, Seattle 



KftDsas City, July 24, 
Several small grind picture 
houses operating with non- 
union men. in the booths are 
being picketed by the operat- 
ors' union. The pickets walk 
back and forth In front of the 
theatres wearing capes on 
Whicii the words "Unfair — 
This Theatre Does Not Elm-, 
ploy Union Opeirators." 

One of the houses in retalia- 
lion has a large sign ln front of 
the ticket window reading: 
"This Theatre Does Not Em- 
ploy Union Operators — That Is 
the Reason We Can Give Tou 
a Splendid Show for 10 Cents." . 



Censoring Talkers and No 
Protest from Exhibs 



Baltimore, July 24. 
The Maryland State Board of Mo- 
tion Picture Censors is using the 
shears on the talkers as well as the 
silent .Tolatlne strips, though D. 
George' Holler, chairma.n, admits 
that they have n definite power to 
do so. So far there has been no 
ob.i'^'^*-''^n by " - - 'libitors. "-■^i^ the 
censors Journeying to the theatres 
for the screenings because of lack 
of talker devices In the board's own 
sere n room. 



Tiffany Expectant of 3rd Dimension 
Films in Fall; Not Hot Over Sound 



6 

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AURIOLE 



CRAVEN 

FEATURED IN: 

"DANCING FEET" 

Now — Alabama, Birmingham 



It is believed Fox takes immediate 
possession of the PoJi properties. 
The booking agreement With Keith's 
is to Jan. 1, according to report. 
The theatres pass to the technical 
possession of the Fox Theatres Cor- 
poration, the curb-quoted Fox stock. 
Yesterday it was at_ about 28. . ■ 

The Poll buy by Fox follows its 
recent purchase of the West Coast 
Theatres . circuit on the Pacific 
slope, , one , of the largest single 
chains in the country, "With that 
purchase was included the Saxe 
theatres of Wisconsin. Fox's own 
de luxe picture and vaudeville the- 
atres ar^numerous In the east, with 
new Fox's under construction In 
Brooklyn, Detroit, St. Louis and San 
Francisco. 

■The Poll theatres are Capitol and 
Palace, Hartford; Hyperion, BijoU 
and Palace, New Haven; East Main 
and West Main, Meriden; Strand 
and Palace, , Waterbury; Palace, 
Poli, Majestic and Lyric, Bridge- 
port; Broadway, Norwich; Pala,ce, 
Springfield; Plaza, Poli and Palace, 
Worcester. 

No Changes 

No immediate change in the staff 
personnel of Poll's NeiK England 
houses Is a,Yiticlpated. 

A Fox executive fron) the New 
York theatre department will , be 
probably sent to assume general 
charge of that chain. Poli has an- 
nounced he Will retire. 

The Fox policy will be gradually 
worked - into the chain. It is not 
expected to be fully underway until 
late in the fall when several jobs 
may then shift hands. 



2 Chi Houses for Sale 

Cleveland, July 24. 

Chas. M. Collacott Co., of this 
city, realty brokers, is circularizing 
exhibitors by mail, offering for sale 
two picture theatres in Chicago. 

Name9 of houses or owners are 
not given. One Is stated to seat 
2,80C and the other .2,4.00. The 



At the New York offices of Tif- 
fany-Stahi It is stated that the pro- 
ducer's Third. Dimension Pictures, 
in experimentation for over a year, 
will be ready for production eerly 
in th(& new season. Enthusiasm is 
evident when a Tiff anynlte speaks 
of the new film, althdugm T-S hais 
said practically nothing for publica- 
tion regarding its Third Dimension 
development since first announcing 
It over a year ago. 

The experiments have been 
brought to the total approval point, 
it was stated, with the exception of 
a mlngr technical difficulty that is 
expected to be righted daily. No 
full picture production has yet been 
made, but short tests have been 
sufficient for T-S to predict Its 
Third Dimension will embody 
everything claimed for it. 

The T-S offices were asked if the 
Third Dimension pictures would be 
sounded or dialogued. "They an- 
swered no, not at least for a full 12 
months after being issued. The 
novelty of the third dimension film, 
much discussed, in the trade, would 
carry easily without accessories, 
they said. 

Colored Talkers 

Sound may be pliced, however, 
to. the Tiffany Colored Classics, a 
standard brand of picture shorts. 
To what extent the T-S people pre- 



ferred not to announce,"^ They saJd 
the Tiffany colored . shorts, Wltii 
sound oij. dialog,*the latter also con- 
sidered, would give a line on the 
prospective all-colored talking pic- 
ture some producers how are viS" 
uallzing as a follow-u|>, when re* 
qulred^for the current talking full 
length black and whites^ 

It is unlikely Tiffany will dialog 
its regular program releases, li 
may place sound to the T-S 10 
specl&.ls on its schedule for the new 
seasoh. The latter, however, 1« 
problematical. 

The Tiffa-ny people say that as an 
lndeperi(}ent producer, with the 
present limited field of wired the^ 
atres, and also to be limited for 
some time to. come from the esti- 
mates by the electrics of the 
number of houses they are capable 
of., wiring within, the next iS 
months,,, they fail to see where there 
Is .a proper Source of rental revenue 
for them, on the sound end alone. . 

Pursuing that theory T-S inay 
exercise ultra, con.spryatism in pro- 
ceeding with sound or dialog on 
their reguliar relea.ses. 



larger house. It is. said, was ap 
piialsed for $1,342,000, but can be 
now bought for $900,000. It has a 
first mortgage . bond Issue of $800,- 
000. The other is offered at $650,000 
with a mortpsige bond issue of $550,- 
000. 



"Shadows" at Ghihese 

. Los Angeles, July 24. 

Sid Grauman has changed his 
mind, about keeping thee Chinese 
dark for the summer. It reopens 
Aug. 3 with"White Shadows of the 
South Seas," M-G-M picture, pro 
duced at Papeete, Tahiti, 

It will have sound effects, together 
with a stage prolog Grauman will 
put on providing native color and 
atmosphere. 



Title Changes 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
Title changes Xor pictures now in 
production this week are . "The Man 
Higher Up," Gotham, to "Midilght 
Life"; "Rose of the Ritz," First Na- 
tional, to "Rosey Ritzy"; "Sequel to 
the Three Musketeers," Douglas 
Fairbanks, to "Thie Iron Mask"; 
"Soubrette," Paramount, to "The 
Shop Worn Angel." 



Changelings" as Talker 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
. Carey Wilson Is doing the con- 
tinuity of "Changelings." 

It will be the . first talking picture 
to be made by First National. 
George Fitzmaurice will direct. 



Saxe Crowd Left as 

Bag Holders in Wis. 



Milwaukee, July. 24. 
JWjQilam : Fox isn't interested in 



any more Siaaison no"triges,~it~iap- 
pears. He was asked to join In 
with Tom and» John Saxe, Oscar 
Brachmann and Solomon Leyltan, 
state treasurer, in the Capitol. The 
boys needed $1,000,000 to put the 
deal . over , but Fox-, withdrew and 
now the Saxe-Brachmann-Levltan 
gang et al. Is holding a nice sized 
sack. 

The house is rapidly losing money. 
Levitan, known as shrewd in the 
cheese business and as state treas- 
urer, admits he hever did know 
and' now knows less than ever about 
the show business. 



NATE BLUMBERG TAKES HOUSE 

, Chicago, July 24. 

Nathan ■ Jt Blum^>r"p. former Wis 
consi-^ manager for Universal, has 
. l-^.sed the; Van Der Vaart theatre, 
S' ' "vprn, WiSi, from John Van 
Der Vaart, and will remodel the 
house before reopening it in flep- 
tr ■ -r; 

The theatre has been closed since 
May, when fire damaged the Inte- 
rior. Elumberg has announced a 
vaudefilm policy. 




WALTER BRADBURY 

World's Greatest 
Legmania Dancer 

NOW WITH 

Fanchon and Marco 



MIX FINISHES FBO'S FIRST 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

With six pictures to make for 
FBO's 1928-29 program, Tom Mix 
completed his . first, "Son of the 
Golden West," after four weeks of 
actual time> ^ - 

Mix will not lay off in between 
pictures as long as he did when 
making, them for Fox. 



THE 



MAESTRO 



OF 



CEREMONIES 

CHARLIE MELSON 



JOHN and HARRIET 




Dancing: Specialties TIuh rerAonuUty 
Appreciation to Fanchon and Miircb 



Now in Their THIRD WEEK 



BERINOFF AND EULALIE 



at tha(M THEATRE,41ew4ork 



"ROXY" Says: "The Most Sensational Dance Team I Have Ever Seen." 

WATCH FOR THEIR ORIGINAL CHINESE OPIUM NUMBER WEEK JULY 28 

Thanks to ABE SAMUELS JACK NONNENBACHER, Personal Manager 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



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The level-headed showman won't be stampeded by the synchronization hysteria 
which rocks the motion picture industry today. He won't be herded like cattle 
nor will he give May to confusion and fright when his common-sense tells him 
to TAKE HIS TIME. He will investigate all synchronization propositions like 
any other good business man but will not forget for one instant THAT HE IS 
STILL IN THE MOTION PICTURE BUSINESS AM) THAT HE NEEDS GOOD 
BOX-OFFICE PICTURES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE TODAY, f/e u ill 
realize that Orders placed iS'Olf fttr sound device installations could not pOssibly 
be filled ivithin eight or ten months, so great is the task^ so numerous the proh- 
lems of production sK'hich confront the manufacturers. He will roaliz<'.....AND 

THIS HITS HIM IN THE POCKET.BOOK......lhat the mere addition of sound 

to a photoplay will not make it good screen enterlainmcnl... ...that ^lor^ value, 

cast and direction are still the factors which make or l)reak a production. 

FBO-has not forgotten its obligation to the exhibitor in the matter of soun<l 
pictures but FBO refuses to bloM- up like a rattled pitcher in a ball game under 
stress of synchronization hysteria. 

FBO HAS BEEN PREPARED, IS PRE- 
PARED TODAY AND WILL ALWAYS BE 
PREPARED TO HOLD ITS PLACE IN THE 
MOTION PICTURE MARCH OF PROGRESS. 

For those exhibitors who already ha. ye installations and are able to run syn- 
chronized pictuires, FBO is prepa^^ 

MERCHANDISE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY Such smash hits as 
"The Perfect Crime", ''Hit of the Show'% "Gang War'', 'The Circus Kid", 
"Blockade" and "Taxi 13" ieilher have been or shortly will be synchronized 
with music, sound e<reets and dialogue. These splendid allraclions, thus syn- 
chronized, may be riin on Photophone or Movietone machines, 

BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON! 

The public must have its entertainment on the screen. Now, more than ever, 
YOU NEED GOOD PICTURES. As usual FBO is ready to serve you. 



And remember this: 



on 



MORE NET PROFITS WITH FBO PICTURES 



90 



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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



PASTE THIS IN 
YOUR HAT TOO! 

—we'll lia4;c fKaf old chapcaM 
of yours looking like a row of 
[24'sheets, These are real tips I 



PASTE 
YOUR H 



"Our Dancing Daughters. " 
Widi Joaii Crawford and 
John Matk. Brown, Dorothy 
Sebastian, Anita Page. Story 
and scenario by Josebhine 
Lwett, A 'Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer Picture directed by. 
Harry Beaumont. A Co5- 
' mopolitan Production. 



^^^^^^^^ 



LEAPING LENA WHAT 
LINE UP! 





CLICKINGI 

BILL HAINES in "TELLING 
THE WORLD" is knocking 
'em dead from Coast to Coast. 

CLICKINGI 

JACK GILBERT in *THE 
COSSACKS" is standing 'em 
up Nonh, East, South, WeSt. 

CLICKINGI 

More big ones to beat the 
heat: GRETA GARBO in 
••THE MYSTERIOUS 
LADY"; MARION DAVIES 
in "THE CARDBOARD 
LOVER." 

By the Way 

You'll soon get JOHN 
GILBERT in "FOUR 
WALLS" and it's one of the best 
ive've ever made. Watch! 



ON the Coast everybody's positively 
RAVING about "Our Dancing Daughters'* 
A drama of flaming youth de luxe — 
IT will start all America talking ! 
IT will make box-office history ! 



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Baggage, 





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LON Chaney in "While The City Sleeps" 
"THE Bellamy TmV* (Mmm BelVs mystery sensdwnl) 
SEPTEIVIBER briiigs you 
ONE big M'G'M hit after another— 
THE big box-office news today 
THE big box-office news tomorrow is 



GOLDWYN-MAYER 

The Happiness Boys of the Industry 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



P I C T U RES 



VARIETY 



21 



Publix Reported Buying Out Blank 
Interest in Circuit for 




Immediate Saving of Blank's $100,000 Yearly as 
Operator of Blank CHain in Neb. and la. 



Des Moines, July 24. 

A report saya an arrangement 
lias been reached between Publix 
a,ncl A, H. Blank for the purchase 
of the latter's 50 per cent, interest 
tn the Blank chain of 20 houses 
operating under the Publix label In 
this section. Four of these are 
He luxe houses. It is understood 
the deal involves over $2,000,000, 
Blank getting about $1,000,000. Pub- 
lix paid Blank approximately 
(2,000,000 several years ago for a 
half interest in the chain, but the 
greneral slump in theatres recently 
has lowered the price for the blil- 
ance of Blank's interest. 

It Is understood Blank drew ap-. 
proximately $100,000 a year as oper - 
ator. Purchase of his interest in 
the chain automatically decreases 
the operating cost $5,000 a year on 
each house. 

In buying out Blank the f ircuit 
executives may estimate other cuts 
in operation which they cannot put 
Into force at the present time.. 

Blank expects to spend several 
yea.r3 in foreign travel with Mrs. 
Blank, . it is said. 



New Britain Off Again 
New Britain, Conn., July; 24. 
The ':hird attempt within . the past 
year to win permission for the 
showing of Sunday 'movies in this 
city has failed. 

This is tl>e only city in the state 
where Sunday pictures are not per- 
mitted. 



"Hardboiled Rose" in Film 

Lios Angeles, July 24. 
Warner Brothers will make 
"iHardboiled Rose," by Melville 
Crosman. Robert Ix)rd is writing 
the scinaHo. Ray Enrlght will 
direct. 

Myrn.v Loy is the only player so 
far selected. 



Receivership Asked for 
National's lO Houses 



Chicago,. July 24. 
A petition has been fiied against 
National Playhouses, Inc., circuit of 
10 picture houses being operated In 
receivership by the Chicago Title 
& Trust Co., to throw the circuit 
into bankruptcy. 

Meeker, Magner Co. & Evans, 
creditors, filed the proceeding, with 
a stated claim of $2,880. 

It is : expected to come; up for 
hearing within two weeks. 



Nabbrhood 'Future Stars* 
From Local Auditions 

Chicago, July 24. 

One night each week the Regal, 
operated by. B! & K. for Lubliner 
and Trintz, stages what it calls a 
"Future Stars" night. Those de- 
siring to compete are given folders 
which outline the requirements^ 

iHeaded "An Opportunity for 
Those Seeking a Stage Career," the 
leaflet explialns how various stage 
stars got their start, and states that 
the theatre, is aware that talent 
exists in the helghbOrhood. 

Auditions ^nd tiy-outs are given 
weekly by the house's, production 
manager. Ten prizes, from $10. to 
$1, are awarded each week, while 
the first prize winner is given a 
brief stage contract. 

The leaflet attacks "discovery" 
nights, "amateur nights" and dance 
contests, and the house is operating 
the stunt on a practical business 
basis. The Regal Is in Chicago's 
colored territory, catering to a col 
ored patronage exclusively. 



Gambling and Dog Races 
As Added Minn. Worries 

Minneapolis, July 24. 

Tlu';.Ures are complaining at the 
new-fanglod opposition which has 
-spruas up this summer to make 
their going even harder in the 
heated term. ' The latest is a gam- 
bling resort, with roulette wheels, 
faro bank, 'n everything,: located 'n 
an elaborately fitted out roadhpuse 
just , ciutside the city limits-' in an 
adjacent county. 

The gambling resort attracts huse 
throngs nightly. ■ It Is .niii in a 
clean-but fashion, strict order being 
kept at all times. Food is sold In a 
cafe part, but no liquor is per- 
mitted on the premises, and even 
set-ups are not served. 

As a result of the booze. taboo the 
establishment has fought shy of the 
Federal authorities and is mopping 
up with its gambling in-take. 

Greyhound races have caught on 
with a bang .this summer, due, un- 
doubtedly, to the bbokmaking in 
connection with them. The track 
is outside the city limits, and In 
another county. Races are run 
every night, and recent crowds 
average around 4,000. ■ Much of 
this Is patronage which otherwise 
might go to the theatres. Although 
both g'ambling and bookmaklng are 
in violation of the State law, the- 
atrical interests have made . no 
squawk to State or county authori- 
ties. ■ 

Other new competition this sum-, 
mer includes two dance marathons, 
and numferous. aviation fields, at 
w^hich sight-seeing airplanes do a 
big, business daily at $2.50 to $5 a 
ride, .During recent hot waves 
these airplan.es have carried as 
many as 1,000 passengers, per day. 

Because of its lai-ge percentage of 
automciblle owners and numerous 
fine boulevards, parks, lake resorts 
and other outdoor attractions, this 
city under normal conditions is , a 
very bad summer spot for indoor 
amusements. 



Board Decides Must Play and Pay 
Warners' "To Be Announced " Film 



Seattle's Mayor Gives 
Former Partner Good Job 



■ Seattle, . July 24. 

Mayor Frank Eclwurds, the show- 
man mnyor of Seattle, has just ad- 
vanced another ex-showman into a 
lucrative job on the city staff. 

His former partner in tiic \yinter 
Garden, Portola and several other 
theatres in Sejittle, Geo. E. Herpick, 
is port warden of the city. It Is a 
real job. Herpjck is a business man 
who helped Frank Edwards make a 
success of the show. So far Ed- 
wards has been going along well. 



Philly's 1st Sure Seater 

Philadelphia, July 24. 
Philly will, for the first time, have 
an Intimate film theatre this fall 
The motion Picture Guild la build- 
ing at 2222 Market street, to seat 
216 people. 



Playing Return Films 

For Summer Rentals 

Picture houses recently wired are 
booking "The Jazz Singer, "What 
Price Glory" and "Seventh Heaven" 
for repeat eiigagcraents with sound. 
"The Jazz Singer" has been booked 
by the Strand, Yonker.s, N. Y., and 
by the Publix houses in Newburgh. 
and Poughke<?psie, N. Y., managed 
by George Walsh. 

The repeats are considered a 
great summer bet, due to the rent- 
als asked for return bookings. The 
score for "The Jazz Singer" costa 
the exhibitor $200, and every jiatron 
who saw the picture without, th© 
score Is a prospect for a return 
visit. 

The Brooklyn (N. Y.) Strand Is 
bringing btick Al Jolson's; "The 
Jazz Singer" next week for a ruh 
after having played the feature 
three weeks. Edward L. Hyman,- of 
the .Strand, conducted a straw vote 
to determine the reaction of the 
andlences waiting their turn In the 
cuter lobby. 

The other Strand houses may 
likewise re-book the Jolsoh Warner 
talkirip- film. 

The Brooklyn Strand, like the 
New York Strand, is playlnjj Vita- 
phone short subjects on an all- 
talker policy. 



.In a contnu'tuat ca.se the Joint 
Board of Arbitration last week de- 
cided In favor of Warner Brothers 
against Leo Drecher, operating the 
Plaza theatre. New York. 

This . decision affected contracts 
entered into by Brcchor and the 
Warners for a. Wrlos of 26 Warner 
films, with fivo of the contracts 
having printed therein as to the 
titles of the pictures, "To Be An^- 
nbunced." It was on that line the 
Brccher case came up before the 
Board. 

The specific test came on the pic- 
ture, "The Little Snob," which 
Brecher refused on the grounds the 
contract said no title had been anr 
nounced and so indefinite a de- 
scription that he (Brcchor) was not 
bound to take anything with the 
line "To Be Announced." 

Brecher Avas represented by At- 
torney Berlack, attorney ^for the 
Sapiro organization, Brecher being 
a member of that group. Louis 
NIzer • (Phillip's & Nizer) repre- 
sented the Wai-ners. 

Mr. Nlzer argued that Mr. Brecher 
had contracted for 26 Warner films, 
with the price of each agreed-upon, 
a.nd that the title to be announced 
did not invalidate the contract. 
Nizer further contended that It 
would be very unfair for the board 
to hold that Brecher should be re- 
lieved of pictures, {is the Warners 
were bound to deliver 26 pictures 
and that, therefore, Brecher. would 
under such a ruling be bound to 
accept only 21. 

The picture involved was orig- 
inally fentitled "Rebecca O'Brien," 
but because of racial prejudice the 
Warners had decided not to make 
It, They had this particular pic- 
ture crossed out and substituted the 
line, ""To Be Announced." 

Nlzer on cross .examination 
brought out that Brecher knew he 
had contracted for the picture on 
no other description than "To Be 
Announced." 

ThiQ board rendered a unanimous 
decision that the exhibitor must 
play and pay. 



AL SMITH or HERBERT HOOVER 



It Makes No Difference 





Remains as 

MASTER OF CEREMONIES 



AND 



PERSONALITY CONDUCTOR 



AT 




'S PALACE 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 





For the past eight months he has demonstrated his ability as a stage band conductor, master of ceremonies, singer of ballads, character, 
personality and bliMe songs, and as a player of violin, banjo, ukulele, piano, musical saw, saxophone or what have you? — and how! 

NOW VACATIONING AFTER A BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY 



With Sincere Thanks to Those Who Made It Possible 
L. K. SIDNEY, MAJOR EDWARD BOWES, LAWRENCE BEATUS and COLBY HARRIMAN 



VARIETY 



PICT U R E S 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



G. & Developing Wider Flm for 
Taking Stage Shows in Coloring 



Par shortewiih Sound BJusieians' Ufflons Hetliods, Along 



General Electi ic engineers are re- 
ported working on a apeciaj wide 
film to carry color iJ3 well. It is said 
the perfection, of this film would 
simplify production of stage shows 
for talkers and give i natural >color 
tones. 

Producers' with intentions of film- 
ing musical coniedles are handi- 
capped owing to. lack of a natural 
color him. The productions would 
look too dull unless given color and 
the present color, devices do not 
register realistically. 

The wide ' film now being pro- 
duced will make it possible to show 



more detail in special scenes. The 
magnoscope» now in use, Is only 
an effect,, an enlargement of the 
regular screen and does not result 
in any added detail. 

It is understood that there are 
no restraining Influences on the 
manufacture of '. wide film and that 
all suits pending against various 
producers do not seem likely to re- 
strict. It is said any manufacturer 
can produce a wide film , without 
patent infringements. 
. General Electric ics also manufac 
turing a new projection machine, 
especially for' talking film projec 
tion, but also for general use. 



Famous Author's Series will be 
the first short subjects with sound 
to be made at Paramount Long I 
Island studios. The first of the 
aeries has been photographed .andj 
will be synchronized as .soon as the 
wiring is completed at Long Island. 

The shorts will be two reelers and 
titled in . the east. . So far a^ is 
known no dialog is contemplatied. 



With Picketing, Close Fihn Theatre 



To Lose in One Season Two Such 

Fixtures'* as 

WAL TER JOHNSON 



and 





Is More Than Any City Can Possibly 
Stand — Even Washington, D. C. 



A feu) of hia innumerable friends wish him 
the best of good luck in his new field of en- 
deavor — that of an important position in the 
home of f ices of Loew's, Inc. 



FOR THE SAKE OF 
AVLD LANG SYNE! 



Maurice H. Kafka 
Colby Harriman 
Sam Rubin 
jerome F. Horwitz 
Mark Gates 
Herndon Edmonds 
John Bachman 
Clinton Robbins 
Hardie Meakin 
Henry Leibel 
Lester H. Steinem 
.AlanJMLJKA]rfiimn_ 
Dr. George Nordlinger 
Arnold Herman 
Walter Nordlinger 



Nate Sauber 
Angie Ratto 
Roscoe Drissell 
Carl J. Brown 
Harry Hunter 
Rudolph Berger 
Robert Smeltzer 
Clarence Eiseman 
Emory Daugherty 
David R. Simon 
Albert E. Steinem 
Miltpn Block 
Dr. Aubrey Fischer 
Jerome Saks 
Francis L. McNamee 



Worchester, Mass., July 24. 
The Plaza has been dairk for isev- 
eral weeks with th« Musicians Union 
comliig in for attention frori the 
public. 

Differences between the union 
and the management reached a 
climax when police were called on 
compliaint that union pickets were 
addreissing patrons about . to enter 
the place. A. F. Winstrom, who 
leased the house from Poll and was 
intending a summer of film fea- 
tures, claimed the union men also 
Washington, July 24. I distributed in the 1°^^^ ^r,'?^^ .fj^ 
George Canty, trade corrimlsisoner, commonly known, as^ stinkballs 
Paris, submitted the following trade Union men disclaimed responsibil- 
reports to the .motion picture section Ity for. anything but peaceful pick- 
of the .Department of Commerce: eting. 

The invitations sent out by the Winstrom, although receiving 
German C. B. A. to their confreres 1^1© encouragement from Poll ex- 
abroad are meeting with a. general I g^jy^jygg j,a.ve always given 



FILM NEWS 
OVER WORLD 



pit. He said he had nevet en- 
countered such a situation in his 
25 ye^rs In the theatrical business. 
Hazelhurst said Winstrom slmpTy 
posted noticia the men would be 
laid off in two weeks and later said 
he wasn't sure whether he would 
close or not. 

It was thought after the thea:tr6 
closed tha;t 'some move nilght be 
made to adjust the differences but 
all hop!e seems to have vanished. 



1 response, it is said. Already the ex 
hibitors' organizations of 10 differ- 
ent countries have promised to send 
delegates. American exhibitors may 
be represented. The exhibitors' an- 
n\ial meeting, Aug. 21, is, therefore, 
devieloping into an international 
congress. 

New Firm in Berlin 
Arzen von' Cserepy has founded a 
new producing firm in Berlin, under 
the title CserepyAFilmgesellachaft 
I m. b, H., with headquarters at Fried 
irichstrasse 218. The first film pro - 
I duced by this firm will be the Carl 
Wllhelm film, "The Gypsy Parimas,"^ 
based on Calmann's operetta. Thus 



in to the demands of the musicians, 
tried gamely to fight, for what he 
claimed were his rights. 

He hired stage hands and mu- 
sicans from the Knights of Labor 
and kept the house^ open three 
weeks. The picketing continued 
and Winstrom installed a loud 
speaker in the lobby, connected it 
with local radio stations and 
drowned out the voices of the 
pickets. It helped business for a 
time because it attracted attention 
but the damage from the publicity 



the Cserepy-Film firm, which was siven the trouble could not be over 



previously one of the best known in 
Germany and which, among others, 
produced the "Friedrikus-Rex" film, 
Is re-established in Berlin. 

Emelka's Statement 
Emelka, of Germany, has Just 
published' Its balance sheet as t>f 
Dec. 31, 1927. Somewhat belated, 
it shows a capital of 3,000,000 marks, 
I while it has, since then, been In- 
creased to 5,000,000. Its latest trans 
1 actions, such as the sale of Sudfllm 
shares to British International and 
the purchase of Phoebus with its 
1 whole equipment, do not appear on 
the balance. The comipany has ac- 
1 quired all Sudfilm theatres, while on 
the balance the item theatres is 
covered by an amount of 413,000 
I marks, much below the present 
values. Thus the balance is only of 
purely historical interest, end g^ves 
I no Idea as to the company's present 
standing. 

Net profit amounts to 320,644 
marks, after reduction of 145,772 
marks amortizations, including the 
amount carried over from last year, 
According to the board's suggestion, 
a dividend of 8 per cent (220,000 
merks) will be paid on the original 
capital, amounting to 2.5 million 
I marks, and 4 per cent (20,000 marks) 
on the capital Increase of 1927, 
amounting to 500,000 marks, 
i Twenty thousand marks will be af 
Ifected to the reserve fund, and the 
remainder, 80,644 marks. Is to be 
1 carried over to the new account. 

The assets comprise: Participa- 
tions, 768.000 marks; fllnis, 998,042 
marks (increase of 300,000 marks, 
as compared with last year) ; debt 
ors, 1,486,859 marks. Liabilities are: 
capital, 3,000,000 marks; reserve 
I fund, 250,000 marks; mortgages, 646, 
596 marks; creditors, 570,327 marks, 
I and bank debts, 118,647 marks 

Fox vs. Fischer for 



come, particularly as Winstrom was 
trying to run his show at a 25-cent 
top with lower prices in the morn- 
ing and afternoons. V 

Winstrom carri\5d his battle to 
the Superior court where he asked 
an injunction to restrain the pick- 
eting but the most he gained there 
was the privilege of going to the 
Supreme Court oh l.ppeal. Win- 
strom intended to do this If he 
could, have kept the house going 
until the higher court was sitting 
which would have been 'several 
weeks from now. 

The Plaza trouble developed over 
the number of m.usicans which the 
house was to employ. Mr. Win 
Strom claimed that the union of- 
ficals insisted he carry a number' 
which was unreasonable in the face 
of the receipts. Walter Hazelhurst, 
business manager for the- union, as 
serted the management forced a 
Ibckotit, and replaced the; men 
with employes not members of the 
union. 

Forced to Close 
Winstrom said he did that only 
ia.fter he was unable to reach ah 
agreement with the union regard 
Ing the number of musicians he was 
to employ. Winstrom claimed these 
men employed as members of the 
Kiilghts of Labor were union men 
in strict sense of the word, for that 
organization was one of the first 
to be formed in the country and* 
was sponsored at the time by Sam- 
uel Gompers, later head of the 
American Federation of Labor. 

Winstrom claimed that the union 
insisted he carry seven men in the 




DRENA 




World's Greatest Dancer 
of Her Kind 
After playing three solid 
years on Broadway, New 
York, now featured in 

"HULA BLUES" 

A PUBLIX UNIT 

With Her Famous 

"Leopard Dance" 

(CopyrlRlit FeiidinK) 



Afl In ««VARrETT," March 7, 1928: 

"Item No. 4 was the solo dance, 
'The Tiger,', done by Drena Beach, 
surrounded by the girls made up 
as Zulu warriors with futuristic 
native weapons and shields. This 
girl is one of the first to grab a. 
first-rate scheme In framing a 
'contertionlstic dance around an 
idea. Here her bends, splits and 
twisting kicks are dramatized 
into a picture of a slinking, 
stretching cat, instead Of being 
presented In straight routine 
as acrobatic dance feats. Toe 
dancers have di-amatized such 
routines as in the 'Dying Swan* 
figure for illustration, but the 
Tiger idea is a new adaptation of 
the contortlonal style. Thif3 girl 
does it splendidly arid the num- 
ber is a first rate novelty." 



Battle in Wisconsin pyie»s Lincoln Theatre, 



Chicago, July 24 
With appointment of Joe Leo as 
general nianager the Fox-MFd-* 
wesco theatres In Chicago and the 
Fox-Ascher holdings in Chicago, 
the Fox interests are reported start 
in-g immediate development cam 
paigns. 

A battle against the Fischer 
Paramount Theatre Co. in Wiscon 
sin is believed to be of prime im- 
portance,, with a fighting fund to 
be established by Fox to stop unfair 
trade tactics and further invasion 
of Fox-Midwesco holdings. T.he 
Paramount Fischer organization 
has several Wisconsin houses, its 
most important stands being in 
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. 

Fox Interests are said to have 
served notice on the National The- 
atre Supply Co. of Chicago to quit 
bank-rolling and,,.advancing money 
for theatres to be built In opposi- 
tion to Midwesco in Wisconsin. 



Milwaukee, July 24. 
Announcement of the securing of 
11 more state theatres has been 
made by the Community Theatres, 
Inc., a new chain organized to con- 
trol small town houses in Wis- 
consin. 

• A few of the houses, now num- 
bering about 30, are in the local 
suburbs. Milwaukee interest.s con- 
trol the chain. 



Danville, IlL, Bankrupt 

, St. Louis, July 24. 

Lincoln theatre, .at Danville, 111., 
best known to fame. If any, as, the 
motion picture house erected and 
opened by Charles C. Pyle, of Bun- 
yon Derby fame, has gone into 
bankruptcy. The step was taken 
just a few minutes before the thea- 
tre was to have been placed on the 
auction block by the .sheriff to satify 
a judgement for $280 due W. Clark 
Fortner, orchestra leader. 

Saniucl E. Brittingham, Danville 
attorney. Is receiver. He will con- 
tinue the theatre. 

Pyle's failure to account for the 
money spent on the Lincoln caused 
the filing of a suit against him In 
New York . City recently by Mrs, 
Susanna Ivetherford, former resi- 
dent manngor of tlio theatre. More 
than $ir),000 was involved in the 
suit against Pyle. 



Kindest Regards to 

FANCHON and MARCO 

Direction Lyons & Lyons 



r COIORED USHER FIRED ^ 

Milwaukee, July 24. 
Ill protest aKainst the romov.al of 
a ncgre.ss usher at the l^ascom the- 
atre, Madison, 47 members of the 
house ushers staff, all University of 
Wisconsin students, have walked 
out. The girl was fired by W. C. 
Troutman, manager, after com- 
plaints from patrons due to the 
mixing of races. White ushers are 
otherwise employed. 



To Cash in 
52 Weeks a Year 

ALFRED E. 

eREEN 

PRODUCTIONS 

Are the Exhibitors' 
Best Bet 



Distributed by 

FOX 



SENSATIONAL DANCERS 

Four Covans 

Featured wHIi 
VANClION and MARCO'S 

"HI-YALLER IDEA'? 



Wednesday, July 25, .1928 



V A R I E T Y 



23 




or 



\ 







the two 







PARAMQUIVT'S FIRST SOUND PICTURE, 

RICHARD DIX in WARMING UP'' 



breaks Paramount Theatre (N.Y.) record in red- 



hot July ! Moved to long run Riyoli by popular 
demand and doing Broadway's biggest business. 

Thomas Meighan in "The Racket", after phenomenal week at Paramount, 
JV. Y., moves to Rialto Theatre, block away, for long run. Emit Jannings in 
"Street of Sin", Bancroft in "Drag Net" and Clara Bow in "Ladies of the 
Mob" ouidraw all other product on the market. 

* * 40 to 50 PARAMOUNT 1928-9 FEATURE 

PICTURES IN SOUND! 

f Six in sound out of eleven pictures released 
in August and September! Also, Christie Com- 
edies, and coming: Paramount News in Sound, 
Paramount Stage Shows on the Screen. 

.6" 

Whether you play sound or silent prints, PARAMOUNT is the one company 
guaranteeing a continuous flow of QUALITY product in 1928-^9! 




MOTION PICTUI^EADQUARTERS 




24 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, JiiJly'25, 1928 



UNIVERSAL is AH Set and is 
Tailing Contracts on These 
SynckrotOzed PICTURES 

No. 596— Straight from the Shoulder Talk by Carl Laemmle, President of the 

Universal Pictures Corporation. 

NO GUESS WORK BETWEEN YOU AND UNIVERSAL. 

NO CRAZY STATEMENTS ABOUT SYNCHRONIZING. NO ATTEMPT OR 
intention on our part to stampede you with a lot of bunk and nonsense. 

NO PROMISES OF THINGS WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO PERFORM. 
NO CHAOTIC CONDITION. 

UNIVERSAL IS IN THE ENVIABLE POSITION OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE 
YOU DEFINITE PROPOSITIONS AND SIGN DEFINITE CONTRACTS FOR 
SYNCHRONIZED FEATURES. 

UNCLE TOM^S CABIN IS ALL SYNCHRONIZED RIGHT NOW ! 

THE MAN WHO LAUQHS IS BEING SYNCHRONIZED. 

THE LAST WARNING IS BEING SYNCHRONIZED. 

THE GIRL ON THE BARQE WILL BE SYNCHRONIZED. 

GIVE AND TAKE WIL^ BE SYNCHRONIZED. 

THE COHENS & KELLYS IN ATLANTIC CITY WILL NOT ONLY BE SYN- 
chroni^ed with music and sound effects but we are planning this to be partly a talking picture. 

REGINALD DENNY IN RED HOT SPEED WILL BE PARTLY A TALKIE AND 
fully synchronized with music and sound effects, 

MAN, WOMAN AND WIFE WILL HAVE MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS. 

IF WE ADD TO THIS LIST, WE WILL NOTIFY YOU. MEANWHILE WE 
are ready this minute to sign contracts as outlined above. 

DONT GUESS. DONT WAIT TO QUESS LATER. PLACE YOUR COMPLETE 
reliance on Universal, now as in the past, and cut down your synchronizing worries and 
your other worries, too. 

UNIVERSAL HAS MORE FINE QUALITY PICTURES TO OFFER THIS YEAR 
THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY AND THE SOONER YOU FIND IT OUT, THE 
BETTER FOR YOU.' 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



25 



Leo for 



Fox Shaking Up Saxe Cham; 
. Relative, Set to Walk 




Milwaukee, July 24. 

A general shift 'of the Fox Mid - 
wesco chain, impending for the sfev- 
eral months that Fox has owned 
tlie circuit, is at hand. 

Joe Leo, whom Fox sent to Chi- 
cago to reorganize the Asher cir- 
cuit, came to Milwaukee with a free 
liand. 

With the title of general execu- 
tive manager, Leo tops all of the 
chair warmers now holding down 
posts in the Fox offices here, includ- 
ing H. J. Fitzgerald, relative of 
the Saxes who sold the chain to 
West Coast. Fox got it when buy- 
ing West Coast. 

Fitzgerald, who has been the last 
■word,Ms now relieved of all Avords 
by Leo who will dictate. Fitzgerald, 
it is said, has owned, several the- 
atres on his own hook though work- 
ing for Saxe. It is said he owns 
theatres in Sparta,a»Wa:tertown and 
several other Wisconsin towns. Up 
to a short while ago he owned and 
controlled the Educational Featur<;s 
Exchange here and' w'as associated 
with the Weisner brothers : in the - 
Celebrated Company. 
: Leo, in his first statement, said 
he was checking up reports of other 
Fox representatives who have been 
in the state looking over the as- 
sortment of stuff that Fox has now 
on his hands. The Fox men were 
seeking the bottomless well into 
which the hard Fox dolla,rs were 
dropping. When Fox . bought, he 
was shown, statements Where ' the 
chain was making plenty of dough. 
Now it is losing into the thousands 
each week. 

.Fitzgerald on Skid 
While Leo made no statement it 
Is expected that Fitzgerald will be 
among those to take the ioiig trek. 
With Leo In full charge, there is 
nothing left for the Saxe nian. With 
his sufficient interests outside he 
will probably be giving full time for 
them. 

One change announced by Leo 
was Jack Retlaw has been replaced 
at Kenosha by Fred Harmon of 
Kansas .City, and also has ordered 
that the Gateway, their only house 
there, discontinue Saturday and 
Sunday yaude, with the reopening 
of the Orpheum, dark- 
Walter Alschlaieger, Chicago ar 
chitect, is. now drawing; plans for a 
new house at Appleton which Fox 
win run and Alschlaeger will fin 
ance. The Midwesco house at Be 



HAYAKAWA'S COME-BACK 



loit has also bci^n ordered remod- 
eled arid a 40-foot stage put in. 

For .Milwaukee plenty , of changes 
are announced, Richy Craig, m, c, 
at the. Wisconsin, goes out this 
month, replaced, probably, by Monk 
Watson, now in Detroit. Eddie 
Weisfeldt, production manager for 
the Wisconsin, is now in .Detroit 
looking Watson over. 

The Strand, neighbor of the Wis- 
consin, i.s still on Midwcsco's hands, 
With a lease for three more, years. 
Wire Delay 
Strand's policy will be changed 
entirely. The house has boon run- 
ning one •.week, program stuff. It is 
included in only specials to run 
from two to four weeks. The house 
will not be wired for some time, 
Fox having been informed that he 
cannot get equipment for possibly 
six to eight months. 

Nothing will be done to bolster 
the Merrill. This Mid we.sco down- 
town house is being held by the Fox 
chiin .only until January when the 
lease runs out. The Kre.sge people 
will then remodel the place into a 
dime store. 

The two other downtown houses 
.owned by Fox are the Princess and 
Miller. The : Princess is , a' , grind, 
now run without an orchestra. 
Miller, until a few. \vceks back vaude: 
grind, is running double features 
at a two bit top. No orchestra is 
in this house either and none Avill 
be put in. 

Leo explained that through fail- 
ure of the., houses to make agree- 
ments with the musicians the 
houses will operate Without music 
until the musicians listen to reason. 

No immediate changes in- the 
personnel of the executive staff will 
otherwise be made at present. The 
press department of the chain* now 
with five men. may be cut to three 
and the office force of 16 be cut 
to eight, under Leo's ; plan of re- 
trenchment. . . 



Los Angeies, July 24, 
After an absence of five years 
from, the sorooii, Se.ssue. Ilayakawa 
is leaving vaudeville to essay a 
comeback in pictures. Ho will be 
^starred in his own published story; 
"The Bandit Prince," which he pre- 
sented and played in Paris as a full 
length drama and which he has used 
mot^e recently for vaudeville in con- 
densed form. 

Picture will be produced by A- 
Harry Sebastian, with sound effects 
and several: technicolor sequences. 
Sebastian is negotiating with Harry 
Hoyt to direct. Ilayakawa will adapt 
the story for the screen. . 
Distribution has not yet been ar- 



Church and Business Men Favor 
Regular Sunday Shows for 





Jolsoti Silent 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

We.st Coast Theatre Circuit played 
the "Jazz Singer" without Vita- 
phone . atta.clim.ont at the Beverly 
Hills theatre and advertised the fact 
on the house marquee. 

The reaction at the box office is 
reported favorable despite Al Jpl- 
son lives two blocks away at the 
Beverly Wilshire Hotel. 



LITERATI 



Warners' "Fog" on Coast 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
"Caught in the Fog," Warner 
Bros. Vitaphone production, goes in- 
to the Metropolitan Aug. 3, when 
the house will present a talking pic 
ture for the first time. _ 

With this showing the Metropoli- 
tan changes its opening day from 
Saturday to Friday. 

COAST NOTES 



Nina Wilcox Putnam's Column 

Nina Wilcox Putnam has a con 
tract talting effect July 22 to write | 
a daily , and weekly feature for Bell 

Syndicate. 

The long term agreement was 
reached after . several months' ne 
gbtiation between, Frank Scully, act 
ing for Miss Putnam and John 
Wheeler, president of the New York 
syndicate. Though Miss Putnam's 
home is in Madison, Conn., and she 
has a winter home in Del "Ray, Fla., 
she is at; present on i;^e French 
Riviejja, having taken Villa Iberia 
at Cap Ferrat. It- formerly belonged 
to King Leopold of Belgium. Miss 
Putnam was the first woman au- 
thor to tour, the .United States from 
coast to coast by automobile and 
she immortalized the trip- In a novel 
called "West of Broadway." 

Before joining the Bell Syndicate 
Miss Putnam was for five years with 
another syndicate and 'is known to 
rriillions of newspape readers for her 
'I and George" articles and her 
"Kitty McKay" daily comic, cartoon 



Fox Has Three Favorable 
Decisions on Censoring 



Of , the t.'ilker tost capes with the 
censorfhip boards in throe stntos, 
tlie Fox dev,ice. Movietone, is re- 
ported to have .st-iSrod ■ t'oniplote 
victory. . ,* / 

In Philadelphia, Saturday, Movie- 
tone, according to advises to the 
Fox home office, won in a battle 
with the local censor board, which 
sought final ad.iudication in the Su- 
preme Court. In that court, de- 
spite an unfavorable ruliiig of six 
weeks ago against Vitaphone, the 
talker rights of Movietone to go un- 
censored were upheld. 

Ohio and New York are tlie other 
two states in which the censorship 
angle on talkers has been debated. 
In both ,6f these states, the Fox 
home office again reports victory, 
although it is conceded that this is 
but a preliminary success and that 
the final analysis will probably 
have to be threshed out in the U. S. 
Supreme Court. 

It is pointed out in the litigation 
that has surrounded talkers that 
another judge in the Philadelphia 
Supreme Court has previously ruled 
that Vitaphone is censorable. Vita- 
phone is appealing, from this de- 
cision. 



TOpoka, July 21. 
Loading , churchmon- and tlie 
ciuunbor of conimoroe soi'>m to bo 
about to do What theativ intorosts' 
here have been unable to do for 
several years— open the thoatvo.s on 
Sunday. 

The chamber of commorco is obu- 
ducting an industrial survey of the 
city and rosponses to- questioiiuaires 
.sout out to thousands of prominent 
Topokans show that a vast niajority 
aro of the opinion that one of tlie 
main drawbacks of Topeka is the 
lack of a muson-ient Sunday. 

A large number of the answers 
criticize the local theatres for not 
giving the ri.uht kind of attraction.^ 
and .for, booking pictures iifier tlK'y • 
have boon shown in all surrounding 
and even siiiallor town.s. 

The Rev; John W. Day, of Grace 
Episcopal Cathedral, is the leader 
of the ciiurchmon favoring .the Sun- 
day theatre. < 

The last ses.slon of the state leg- 
islature started toward, a cainpalgn 
of abolishment ' of bliie la^y3 by re- 
pealing the anti-clgar'ette law. With 
'business men and churchmen' fa- 
voring it, there is every chance how 
that the next session which starts 
In January will act favorably on 
the Sunday Labor Law. under 
which a small faction of church-^ 
meh in this state have been able to' 
close theatres and other amuse- 
ments on Sunday. 



3 FILM HOUSES 
GO NON-UNION 

Kailet Theatres' Answer 
To Union's Demands 



"^Syracuse, July 24. 
The cioiids of lal>or troubles hung 



That monopcrUc, ctlnffins, <li»iu'iliff 
c6in«<lluit 

MASTER OF CEREMONIES 

rrovokiiif; ronrous Imifflitcr nn<l thun- 
<I<^roun applause for l»ublU Uicutros, 
with box-i>iIico rcsult«. 
Sole author of his s<)>nsr Bon.Matioii 
"A SMILE FOR SALE" 
Direction WIT.UAM MOUKIS 



CHARLEY MYERS 

The Boy With the 
RUBBER LEGS 

„ Now with _Fanchp 



"MARS*^ IMA 



William Bakewell added to "Three 
Musketeers," U. A. 

Howard Hickman added to "Alias 
Jimmie Valentine," M-G-M's Will- 
iam Haines picture. 

EHse Bartlett Schildkraut added 
to "Show Boat," U. 

Vivian Moses renewed his con- 
tract with Paramount as head of 
the story department on the west 
coast., 

Chester Conklin, Flora Finch, 
Montagu Love, William V. Mong 
•and-Larry-Kent in -First NationaVs 
"Haunted House." Directed by Bcn- 
jamln Christen sen. 

The Edwin Carcwe company ifas 
changed its plans and wiH make no 
productions during the .^tay f. broad 
Si Carewe. . Dolore-s Del Uio, Mrs J. 
L Asunsolo, lier ,moth,er; .Albert 
Benham and Harry D. ^Vilson rep- 
resentative of producer and, sj^ar. 

George Afchainbaud assigned to 
di?ect Belle Bennett in hor^noxt 
s .nrring picture for Tiffany-Stahl, 
titled ''Queen of Burlesque. ' 

Cast of "Tiio .Ylilam 
Griffith directing for T;.. A ^ ;1 ^ ' ^ "j". 
Bovd Lupe Vcloz. Jetla Goudal, 
Sconce r^Avcott. Albert Contl. 

Columbia signed Sonya T^t^vien, 
T«oat rice A%'ui and Liilic llaywnrd to 
£rm conlr.'i.ts to write origmals 
and continuities. .'^ 

Douglas Fairbanks. 

'(Continu'f'd on page HO) ■ 



Hearst Mags Fly Back? 

Hearst cales or transfers of late 
do not seem able to istay put. Lat- 
est report is that whatever • deal 
W. R. inade with Jimmy Quirk on a 
couple of Hearst mags is a bloomer, 
and the sheets are going to fly back 
to papa. , ■ 

Quirk took over "McCall's" a:nd 
'Smart Set" to run, it was thought, 
in a Hearst-Quirk pool with Quirk's 
"Photoplay." If a pool it appears 
to have evaporated and, like 
Hearst's sale of "The Mirror" to 
Moore, just one of those things. 

Report now says Hearst will get 
his two worst sellers back within a 
couple of months. V 



Newspapermen's Fight Club 

Cornelius A. McGrath and John 
A. McKeon, newspapermen of Troy, 
N. Y., are the newly elected heads 
of the Collar City A. C., staging 
weekly light cards in that city. 

McGrath is a former pro ball 
play er ah d' is" well^kn'own • in the 
amusement world. Both he, and 
McKeori write sports for local 
papers. 

To date the newspaper pair have 
been Quite successful in the- box- 
ing game, the cards being fair and 
the crowds ditto. The. boys took 
over the club and obtained a license 
when the former promoters failed. 



on the local Rlalto today as the 
three Kailet theatres here, Rfegent, 
Harvard and Avon, went'^non -union 
followliig the example set recently 
by the Syracuse theatre when it 
passed to Frank Sarbino. 

Mike Comerford is Interested In 
the Kailet Circuit, which has heald- 
quarters in Oneida, N. Y; 

The wage demands precipitating 
the action were those submitted by 
the Pictures Operators Union, It 
was said by Lester 'Wolfe Kailet, 
district manager for the Regent. 
The union specified an advance In 
scale of about. 25 per cent, or a 
minlmiim week of 39 hours a-t $1.50 
per jhour. The proposed working 
agreement further, demanded that 
an extra projectionist be engaged 
Saturday and Sunday, and, in the 
event of sound pictures, two men 
be on duty at all times. 

For the Harvard and Avon, the 
union's proposed contract asked for 
an increase of 25 per cent or a 
minimum week of 39 hours at $1.25 
per hour with the same provision 
made for two men. 

The action of the Kailet chain 
In replacing Its union operators 
with non-union projectionists prom- 
ises widespread effect, particularly 
in the snialler theatres and neigh- 
borhood houses. 



Peanut Giver Popular 



Seattle, July 24. 
Sam Siegel, publicity man for 
Danz houses, came close, to going 
off his nut here giving out peanuts 
as a tleiip for the Chaplin picture, 
'"The Circus." 

The week before the picture hit 
the Capitol, Its third time In the 
downtown district, Slegel started to 
hand but the goobers; 

When Slegel was down to his last 
peanut he had given away some 12,- 
000 bags. It made Siegel as popu- 
lar as the ijicture. . . 



^'3 WEEK ENDS"— BOW 

Los Angeles, July, 24. 
"Three Week Ends" wlll bje the 
title for Paramount's next Clarai 
Bow picture.- John Farrow is writ- 
ing it 



Thorritcn Wilder Coast Bound 
Thornton Wilder, author of the 
I best . selling "Bridge of San Luis 
I Kf-y," will go to Hollywood in an 
advisory capacity when M-G-M 
films his book, probably in the fall. 



"Mercury" on Talkers 
"The American Mercury" for Au- 
gust, now out, has an article by 
Robert F. .Sisks on the talking pic- 
, turcs.- It's probably the first in- 
itolligf-nt magazine story to be pub- 

ia the chief pulViicity 'dTriScCOr Tor 
the. Thealrr; CJuild. 



NEW YORK OFFICE: 
1560 BROADWAY 



.VfAllii 6i'3 xAFT BLDG. 

HOLLYWOOD, CAL. 
HEMPSTEAD 3594 



Book Publishing Profit 
i An in.MiL'iit on the Timincos of a 
I proinin'-nt book publl.shing firm ni.'iy 
I be patlierr-il fnnn one of the out- 

■ standing hoii.'-e.s dning a gross busl- 
ine.s.s of $l.iOO,000 and having a 

■ $.10,OdO U'-t profit to show for it. 
; Tcrrilin ovcrbe.'nls, inve.--tment3 

(■(''. >iitiniic'l on pago Ci) 



Enlarging Des Moines 

DCS Moine.s, Iowa, July 24. 

Blank-Pubilx will reconstruct 
the pes Moines theatre. It is to be 
rebuilt and the pre.sent seating ca- 
pacity of 1,750 increased to 2,800. 

Blank-Publlx opens the new Cap- 
itol, Cedar Rapids, la.., August 17. 
Vaude-nims, seats 2,200. 



CHAMBERLAIN IN CHINA 

Frank B. Chamberlain, after go- 
ing from New York to 'he west 
coa-st, has sailed for the Far Kast, 
where he will represent Metro- 
GoUlwyn-Maycr in the China ter- 
ritory. 

Chamberlain knows the Chinese 
rrountryr^having^BptnTt'^^lirtni -^yfii^ 
there before. 




CHAS. 



rKGCT 



HUFF & HUNT 

SENSATIONAL DANCERS 
Kturtlnir Third CoiiHccutlvo 'Jour with 
I''iui('lion un«l Mnrco 
NOW WITH 

MARS'' IDEA 



on 



A, ir» flCIIWAUTZ ANNOt.NCIOvS WITU TMOASl UK 

THE iiKTriiN tcn(»agt:.mi?nt or 

HOWARD EMERSON 

and III.H VEKSATIT.K .miOW.MAM.V OKfllESTRA 
MERRICK THEATRE, JAMAICA, L. I. 



26 



VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Ladies of Night Club 

(Continuea^-.from pagre 14) 
nerv© and because he knows he'g 
good in spite of all the evidence. 
Throuehout it is evident that team 
are not married, although they dress 
together.. Millionaire night club 
8t)fen<Jer falls for the girl. As this 
romsthce develops, hoofer comes 
gra.dually to drift away from his big 
brother attitude and figure on mar- 
riage, although the girl does not 
understand this.' 

Hoofer characteristically figures 
that all he has to do is to get the 
ring and make the announcement. 
He gets the ring, but before he 
springs the proposal other man has 
proposed and been, accepted. All 
•leading to an emotional finale to 
musical accompaniment of "Laugh, 
Clo\vn, Laugh." This scene Is 
heavily over-played, but because of 
its intrinsic strength gets over in 
the picture. 

Despite defects In snniooth treat- 
ment, material works out into a 
good program picture, and probably 
will do especially well with neigh- 
borhood clienteles. Rush. 



Marion Morgan dancers have been 
signed by Paranjount for dancing 
eecjuence of untitled stage story fea- 
turing Richard , Arlen and Nancy 
Cairroll. 



Brandon Hurst added, to "Inter- 
ference," Par. 



THE LOVE PIRATE 

(GERMAN MADE) 

Ufa production. No American release 
connection mentioned. Made In Germany. 
Directed • by Dr. Arthur Robinson. Pro- 
grammed aa In cast, Paul Rlchteri Ru- 
dolph KloInc-RuRR-o and lilgode . Nla^on. At 
nsth Street PlaylKiuse (sure seater), Now 
York, week July 21, Running time around 
65 minutes. ■■. 



"The Love Pirate" as a foreign 
made has little for over here be- 
sides its title. Designed for the 
box ofnc6, that title has been used 
on American mades, either comedies 
or dramatics and probably both. It 
leaves this Ufa feature as fit for the 
sure seaters or for double feature 
bills, playing one or two days and 
one preferred. 

In the days of the ancient 
Corsairs, says the B5th St. Playhouse 
program. Thiat may have been . in 
the 16th Century when the swash- 
bucklers fought with : knives and 
One hand free. In the fight here, 
the pirate captain slipped a little 
poison on his knife to cinch his 
lieutenant. It needed a skirt to 
urge on the lieutenant to kill his 
best friend, even In battle, but the 
lieutenant did, as the Spanish Main 
came in through the pirates' castle 
in droves, a.11 in brand new uni- 
forms. 

Not much In the way of direc- 
>tlon, less in photography and often 
examples of bad cutting. Thie girl 
looked well when the camera per- 



mitted, the mob of pirates and their 
women seemed staged to represent 
old masterpieces of after the ban- 
quet or the dirty dogs or one of 
those things. Mostly one of those 
things. 

The corsair pirates were a gallant 
crew of bunglers. They heeded a 
Jesse James as . leader, but the gang 
thought they had picked a nance, for 
captain when they couldn'^t tear him 
away from a dame he had kid- 
happed from the: mainland. Even 
the lieutenant told him to grab her 
by man power only and get through, 
with that. But this captain said 
he would win her or else. It was oi* 
else for the captain died from knif- 
ing In the last 200 feet. The pic- 
ture had dlied in the first 200 so that 
may have made It evenly bala.nccd 
otherwise. 

At the opening the captain, 
wounded, is takeh in by a Spanish 
doctor and nursed by the daughter. 
When able to blow, 'the captain 
takes the girl with him, not leaving 
an address or thanks for the doc. 
The girl didn't appear to mind it 
much either, for she never men- 
tioned papa again nor did pop re- 
appear. Those were- the good old 
days. 

Back In the castle where the 
pirates hung out, they had a party 
every evening. Booze and wiinmln, 
with nothing extra' looking about 
the wiromln. , One tough guy 
dragged a dame around by the hair 
to show her the men were boss and 



all of the others applauded. It 
looked like a nite club, 300 years 
ago. ' • 

When the captain returned with 
his kidnapped sweetie, the mob 
asked him to get down to pirating, 
that evidently being the German 
idea of roughhouse when there's no 
excuse for another Russian revolu- 
tion picture. The captain stalled; 
the girl didil't like him. he whined; 
she liked Peter, his lieutenant, and 
Pete did look pretty good. Peter 
told the captain to take the girl 
and go to sea or any 5th er place 
and he (Pete) would remain be- 
hind, with the wimmln. It looked 
great on Peter's part until recalling 
he would oe the only man there 
among the wimmin. .. .. - 

Cap did go but the girl rushed 
h'lm back. She wanted to be with 
Peter, she said; she had Ued to the 
captain, and the captain said that 
meant fight to him, with Peter, who 
had called Salvatore,- the cap,, a 
coward, because he had struck a 
woman. It seemed a hew system of 
chivalry among the Corsairs, as 
most of the scenes of the stew 
parties showed the men beating up 
the wimmlh to keep In practice. , 
- Howeyer, the Spanish Main put 
everything on the bum, but Peter 
and his fair one who was able to 
stand off an entire bunch of pirates 
with her charm of something that 
didn't come out on the screen, es- 
caped from the castle by a secret 
passage to the desert. And the fin- 






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ish was both of them on a nice 
looking front yard, dome one hav- 
ing forgotten all about the desert. 
It's the German way. 



DETECTIVES 

Ifetro-GoMwyn-Maycr production and r*« 
lease dlrectetl by C. . M. Franklin. -Story 
and continuity by Robert Lord and 
Chester Dane. ' Marcelln* Day featured. 
Cast Includes Tcnen Holtz and Polly 
Moran. At Ixjow'b New York one day, 
July 14. BunnlpK time, 70 mlns. 



Spotting In this . dally change 
house reflects the quality of the 
production and Indicates its poasl- 
bllitles. The Dane-Arthur combo 
flops, in. this, latest effort mainly be- 
cause of bad direction. The story, 
as well as the players, has not been 
properly handled; Many situation! 
muffed with Insipid titling and 
comedy bttslness. 

Starring team's work indicates 
they are only suited for certain 
type roles. They register for llpht 
laughs, but only Infrequently and 
the running time of 70 minutes de- 
mands something stronger. . 

Story Is Interesting, but slowis tip. 
The boob hotel detective suffers th« 
usual humiliations conceived by an 
over-smart bellhop. Latter finally 
cops the Jewel thieves, the reward 
and the girl. 

Marceline Day registers nicely, 
but has a minor assignment.' Polly 
Moran delivers a strong comedy 
characterization In two brjef scenes 
with the hotiel sl6uth and ig tjien 
relegated to the background. T€nen 
Holtz assumes the role ' of ih« 
heavy. ilori. 



U. S. SMITH 

Sam Srtxe (Gotham) production, distrib- 
uted by Liumas. ■ Directed by Joaeph. Hena- . 
bery. Stor* by Loula Stevens. wPhoto- 
graphed by Hay June. Titles by Casey 
Robinson. . Supervlsloif of Harold Shuirtate. 
Production manager, Don Dlgglns. Ell- 
Dunn, assistant director. Eddie Grlbbon 
heaOs east; no star. At New York Hippo- 
drome week July 23. Running time, .73. 
minutes. " 

S(>rgeant Steve Rlloy Eddie Grlbbon 

Molly Malone Llla Lee 

U. S. Smith. ....Mickey Bennett 

Corporal Jim Sharkey Kenneth Harlan 

Danny. . i-. .Earle JMarsh 



A bully program picture, best 
thing th(3 Gotham outfit has turned 
out this lonp: time. Appeal froni a 
number of angles. Eddie Grlbbon, 
who has done some extremely good 
things, here has a high-class com- 
edy character creation, a role that 
carries the picture on merit. 

Besides the genuine laughs, the 
story has capital sentimental values, 
a wealth of grand old fiag stuff and 
a melodramatic kick in a first-rate 
prize fight scene, whidh also carries 
a laughing finish that rounds out a 
highly amusing bit of screen enter- 
tainment. For good measure there 
are a number of rich sequences . In- 
volving a dandy kid actor in Mickey 
Bennett. 

Number of splendidly biillt-up 
comedy passages makes a running 
fire, of ' sparklinpT episodes. Such a 
bit Is the sequence where the . kid, 
who needs $40 for a scheme of his 
own, lures the champion pug of the 
marine corps Into a burlesque house 
where a b^uis^r Is meeting all com- 
ers for $50 to. the survivor. Kid 
giyes the bruiser the raspberry when 
he appears, and so Jockeys the situ- 
ation that a wrangle develops and 
the marine boxer is drawn Into a 
fight, knocking the bruiser cold and 
drawing down the needed Jack. 

Whole picture Is Interlarded with 
good gags, some hoke and some of 
good character stuff growing out of 



Present Day Stars 

JACK NORTH 
XL JOLSOiN 
JACK NORTH 
EDDIE CANTOR 
JACK NORTH 
PAUL WHITEMAN 
JACK NORTH 
JOHN BARRYMORE 
JACK NORTH 
CHARLIE CHAPLIN 
JACK NORTH 

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Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



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F I L M REVIEW S 



the people themselves and gtiited to 
J-eal humor, 

The relationship bcitweon the hard- 
hittinp top sergeant ot marines and 
the kid whom he adopts and makoo 
"^mascot of the outUt Rives rise to 



other fellow and goes to the rescue. 
Rescued man hundles Swlnley into 
a car and takes him to hla flat. 
Next morning Swlnley finds him- 
self alone, and on his way home 
learns from a newspaper hei, has 



good sentimontal s(;oru'S.. '.. Marino j^clpcd a gangster against a couple 

dresses the. youngster up in a spruce of xacn servants who had caught 

marine uniform' and trains him' Iri hj,,^ making a getaway with the 

the code of the leathornccUs. Drills family jewels. So Swlnley, thinking 

him to stand stiff n;t a,ttention for j^g jjj.^y arrested, Join.'? a touring 

the striking of the colors at sunset, Ki|p(,yg after driving to their tage 

and coaclios him in the oath of alle- three lions which have escaped into 

: gl£^nce..' Here are excellent PPPor- ^jjj g ... 

tunities .for rodnre stuff for the fans. • He falls In love with the clrqUs 

At the Hip they went for it hard, owner's daughter, on " whom the 

Marine and army ring champs are L.g .jg^^ g^g^ j^nd 

latched,^ .and,, as it lurns .out, th^ frequent :fight3 the -tamer li 

ame pair arc rivals for the girl. _ . 'L^jg. <\y\^vi. Swlnley 



ma 

same - 

Is set for the battle, which is a kick 



done it. Then the clown bursts Into 
court and says he did It because 
the tamer was always hazing, him 
and was around with a razor to kill 
Swlnley and the girl. 

Thoroughly British In aettlngB 
and appeal. , Good average routine 
release here. For Amepica, out. 

Prat. 



exhibition of fisticuffs in its. own 
right and rich in comedy incidentals. 
Gribbon, of coursip, gets the decision, 
knocking out his man at the very 
instant when he is himself out on 
his feet. ' ^ 

Gribbon. staggering around the 
ring, goofy from the hammering he 
has received and wearing an ex- 
pression pf idiotic ecstasy, is a com- 
edy epic. Brief sentimental bit for 
the fadeout has the girl falling Into 
the airms of the doughby rival, leav- 
ing the marine a pathetic outsider 
except his love for the kid. 

Some of the hoke is laid on a , „ ^ 

little thick; but that, does ^no 2^^^^ Claude Gil: 

before the clientele it is aimed at 



Tramel In indifferent situations. 

Popular comic Is not sufTlclent to 
make^ picture. Other elements are 
necessary. A'mdrfto. 



ROAD HOUSE 

Fox proilucllon and feli.-a.'if. IMix-cled Vy 
Richard Kosson. I.lojiel Uanyinoie iv-i.- 
lured, • together with Maria Alba and War- 
ren Burko. Story by I'hilip Hurn. ■scenurla 
by John Stone. At Audubon, New York, 
July l'J-22;» Kunnlnir time, M minutes. 

Sally Carroll Marla_ Albn 

Iju-ry . Grayson. : . . . Warron Burko 

Henry Grayston ............ Mohol Barrymore 

Mrs. Henry Grayson. .Julia riwayno Gordon 
Grandma Grayson. . .Trmpe ■go" 
Helen . Gray.son, .-. ... . . v. . . , . t'lorence Allen 

Jim, Larry Gp^yson's Pal... Edille Clayton 

Sain. ; 1 . ; .Jack OaKle 

Maljl .... . .'. • • ••Jane I'^cckley 

.Joe ■ Brown .Joe Brown 

Marv, I>arry Grayson's Cli'l . Friend 

. Kiiy Bryant 



HUSBANDS FOR RENT 

Warner Bros, .production and release. 
Directed by Henry Lehrman "rom tiie story 
by Hdwln J. Miver. .Screen adii;itaU<jn bv 
C. Graham Baker.. Titles by Jo.scph Jack- 
son ana Jimmy Starr. Cast including 



lingwater, Kathryn Perry, Arthur Hoyt and 
John Miljan. At Fox's Academy of Music.. 
New York, Jiily 23-^.'), Running time, over 
(lO m.nutes. 



HOiJP-LA 



(BRITISH MADE) 

Produced by British Screen Productions 
Ltd. Original story by Arthur rhiUlpt 
Directed: by FrariW . Miller. Photography 
by John Miller. Quota film, U. K re- 
lea-ie Aprl) 29. 102fl. Censors* cei-tlflcate 
tJ. Pre-view, Palace theatre, London, June 
29, Running time, 82 nilns 



Spicy title deceptive, inasmuch as 
the story does not live up to expec- 
Itations: Film okey as a filler in the 
split weeks and down. Helene Gos- 
tello and Owen Moore, featured, do 
I not figure as box-ofTlce attractions 
of any strength. 

Miss Costello as. a' blonde vamp 
fails to impress in one of the major 



George Bellamy j.oies. Kathryn Perry photographs 
T^nv%tanm^r. becomingly, and registers well ex 

Charles Garry cepting in Instances ^yhen camera 
.".".Peggy CarliflU I shots of her face iire .too close, cre- 
ating an angular outline, which 

Circussto^i^sha^cp^-^ Hoyt and 

^^ili\t^nlTr>rT^^^ l<^^-<^« Gillingwater. the latter espe 



Nofth Swlnley. ... 
Lion Tamer. . . ^ . . 

Clown.- •-■ •. 

Circus Proprietor. 
.His Daughter. . . . 



tion the bride revises her sympa- 
thies and becomes a patriot, ' 

Adolfi, directing, hais carried It 
along at a decent pace without hav- 
in.g any particular high points to 
reach and thereby suffering for a 
clima.K.. Finish Is weak, but the 
rtlm gets a \finger hold on audience 
interest, despite. apending some prp- 
longefl moments on the Cortez- 
Myers amour. Continuity is also 
slightly loose Irt ' permitting the; 
general's friend,. the head gun run- 
ner, to slip from sight and stay 
there. . *. .. 

.Just ambles along arjd figures, to 
satisfy the clientele in those houses 
for which it has been pjiiited. Sid. ' 



review iiiia Mij*.. i»^^--<--"" — score nicely in supporting 

cently floated company without I ^^^^ ^ Miljan plays the menace, 
drawing harsh comparisons, btory I j^jjg ^^^^^ boys essay in- 

la credible and holds fair Interest, tgrggting comedy roles, 
but the direction lacks any sort oi stories of. this type, which are 
technique or Inspiration, ana Uj^jj^^ put into production consist- 
misses many opportunities. ently, never carry. Use of material 
i> Despite much of the action ^j^jg kind often raises conjecture 
.centering round a circus, nothing regarding the mental balance of the 
is shown under the top. Photog- supervisor, director or producer re- 
raphy and acting are competent, but sponsible for the choice. Without 
nothing more. Better exterior sets nugrit of any kind, timeworn, and 
than usual, some village streets hacking a single incident or combi-- 
Into which Hons escape , being well nation of sequences productive of a 
done and doubling for the hero In laugh or even getting attention, this 
the cages is well handled. story could have been taken from. 

Noah Swlnley Is a zoologist and any one of 60,000 magazine stories 
a former college boy athlete. He which have appeared in print in the 
Bees a couple of men beating an- past ^20 yesirs. There is ^no Part cu- 
^ *^ ' lar idea to the story and very little 

comedy. ' . 

Concerns a some>yhat aristocratic 
couple whose emotional affaii^ be- 
come complicated. An engagement 
is broken. The girl thinks she loves 
another man who claims to' love her. 
The boy thinks he wants another 
woman wh6 thinks she loves him. 
For no particular reason the other 
pair elQpe, and the engagement is 
on, again followed by a marriage. 
After the marriage the same condi- 
tion ari-ses, and a divorce is framed 
when the boy backs out, insisting 
he loves his wife. ifori 



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The Crystal Submarine 

(FRENCH MADE) 

Pans, July 15.„ 
This comic picture has. the advan 
tage of the presence of Tramel, a 
popular French vaudeville star, In 
the leading role. On the othor hand, 
it will not be of much advantage to 
the comedian. Tramel i^s r^w a sort 
lof household word as a low comS'^ 
dian. The scenario is more of a 
series of funny episodes, arranged 
by Miircel Vandal, for the Aubert 
circuit. It is about a. mcsisenger 
who finds the manuscript of a play 
entitled by Its unknown author "Le 
Sous-Marin de Cristal," leading to 
ridiculous situations wlien the hum 
ble porter Is credited with the crea- 
tion of the literary work. 

Tramel Is quite at home as the 
messenger, but the picture cannot 
be classed o.k; Even the technical 
department is not to be taken as an 
example of excellency. Andre Du- 
bosc and Rene Lcf ebvre do their 
level best to bolster up their friend 



Picture of spotty interest. Story 
deals with life among the gilded 
youth of an average Americaii town. 
So far as it, treats of their jazz and 
necking "iactivities it holds attjCntioh 
by audacious sex stuff involving 
wild petting arid 'flask parties. And 
a good^title for its class of stbry. 

There are also some . punchy 
angleis of underworld life into Which 
a s.ap .son ot a millionaire adven- 
tures. So far the production has 
strong appeal, but it falls down at 
the finish because of . its pretense of 
having a serious moral purpose. 

Fairly torrid necking Sequences 
and. the episode of the underworld 
girl vamping the gilded youth, to- 
gether with shots of the activities 
at a country roadhouse where the 
elders of the town gather to gamble, 
even while they hypocritically 
preach civic virtues in .public, ielII 
pack a kick, but the whole tale as 
such Is weakened when the story 
is brusquely switched to point a 
moral. However, the previous mat- 
ter stands- that off a!s far as the 
younger set, who may go for this, 
is concerned. 

Moral purpose seeiried to have 
been an afterthought, designed per^ 
hapis to alibi the torrid passages. 
Point of the story is that a too-in- 
dulgent father, also a genia.1 sinner 
in his private life, is responsible 
when his son is led into evil; 

Father heads the Good GPverh-; 
ment party in his town, but on the 
quiet is a hlp-fla.sk toter and a 
poker fan. Because of his easy- 
going code, he permits the boy to 
"have his fling," which means Joy 
riding and wild parties with the 
boys and girla. Even these pretty 
liberal young, people get too quiet 
for the boy. He goes to a. road- 
house to seek even more highly sea- 
soned entertainment. 

There he becomes involved with 
an underworld gang, through their 
vamping girl hanger-on. He falls 
in love with her. "Wheri the old man 
finds it out, there is . an explosion. 
Boy leaves home and throws his 
fortunes with the gang, which is 
using the sap for its own purpo.ses 
The thugs ring the kid into a holdr 
up, and whei> there is a killing 
they throw the blame upon him. 

So far the picture moves fast arid 
has been absorbing. Boy- is put on 
trial and convi.t^.d hi a minor de 
gree and the fllm ends, in a maze of 
titles . when the judge throws blame 
for the whole affair upon the ea,s- 
golng indulgence of the parents. 

Production Is splendidly. made and 
satlsf ylngly acted by the three prln 
cipals, Barrymore as the father 
Burke as th- boy and Maria Alba 
as the vamp. As a blueprint of the 
wild life in the younger set It de 
livers and as a picture of the jazzed 
up younger generation it has plenty 
of force and sex kick for the fans 
But the safety first "moral" flni.sh 
leaves a fiat final impression..?«.s/( 



FLEETWING 

Fo.\ production and release. Directed Ijy 
Lambert Hlllycr from KUzaljeth Packct■^ 
story. Frank Oood, photOKr.ipher. Cast 
Includes Harry Norton, Dorothy Jnnl.i and 
Ben Bard. At Loew's New York, half Qf 
double bill, one day, July 20. . Runnlnp 
time, under hour. 



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Into No Man's Land 

Excellent.- (iin»'.tPt> produotloTi, dlatrlb- 
trlbutod throuKh Common'wealil». Directed 
hy Clirr Wheeler" from adaptation rIalmeA 
to have been made from ■tory "Tou're In , 
the .\rmy Now." Arthur (3uy Kmp«y, . 
technical director. 1» east: Tom SaiU»i*hJ, 
Botty Biythe. Jo.iephlnc Norman, M^ry 
MoAliistor, Craufunl Kent. At T»cWn 
New York, one day. July 17, one-halt 
double bill. Running time, ft5 nilnuteu. 



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CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA" 
By MASCACNI 



One of those desert shootie-ups 
revolving about the title of the pic- 
ture, the name of a horse, dnd a 
machine gun. It's a Fox pa,per- 
.Weight. which fitted here on a dou- 
ble-header and seems fair enough, 
solo amusement for the interme- 
diates on a one- da:y. basis.; 

A New York roof night audience 
accepted it as just another plctur-=>, 
which it • is. . Barry Norton, who 
was killed in "What Price Gloi-y" 
and' "Legion : of the Condemned 
plays the son of the tribe's leader 
who captures, releases and. then 
steals the wild stallion and later 
rescues the niaideh (Dorothy janis) 
from a slave. market ^ith the aril 
mal's aid. 

But it's not a romp; for the 
youngsters, as. the boy isn't a full 
warrior in the eyes of his people 
and rriust divide his spoils. So the 
father, deeming the horse more safe 
than the girl, gives the miss to one 
of his lieutenants. Meanwhile, Zeki 
(Ben Bard) would exterminate 
Ami's clan, having a double grouch 
against the boy who stole his. horse 
and fair one, the latter and a ma- 
chine gun offered in exchange for 
Fleetwing. 

Zeki is eventually driven off when 
Ami (Norton) turns the: rnachihe 
gun on its owners, but there's still 
the old man and his sweetheart's 
husband to be straightened out, so 
the house can get a turn over. 
Caught with the gij-l. the father 
rules that; both men have violated 
the- code of the tribe and the dispute 
can only be settled by mortal com- 
bat. That washes up the husband. 

Norton is hard to recognize in his 
flowirtg robes, but irieots require- 
ments; Miss Janis is appropriately 
frail and scared. Bard does pretty 
well.outalde of being rather broad 
in some Of his 'gestures. He ap- 
parently screens well, but his Klan 
outfit prevents a good flash at him. 

Mostly exteriors and photograph- 
ically there's some nice looking sand 
dune stuff. The horse is a solid 
white. Is given plenty of footage and 
takes all the theatrical license 
there is in converting itself to do- 
mestic needs. 

For the small houses where they 
like pounding hoofs, a terror 
stricken maid and . retribution. jSid. 



Fans who ■hop for quantity will 
get a couple of loads full In "Into 
No Man's Land." It Is glutted with 
gangsters, Im posters and district at- 
torneys^or a couple of reels. These 
pull a holdup and murder. Then 
quite suddenly the action shifts to 
overseas biattle fronts, and the war^ 
With plenty otf newsreel . shots, is 
carefully reviewed. 

Santschi does a fine piece of work 
as the gang leader who seeks solace 
In the war because the young d. a. 
flops for his. daughter. Excluding 
the government filin, there are some 
worthwhile skirmishes worked up 
on Hollywood sets. 

The hedge podge of action is Im- 
plausiblv entertaining until the last 
reel. Here a weakness that , will 
leave the audience With a bad taste 
is brought about by poor acting, ex- 
cept by Santschi, and by direction 
suddenly aware of too rich a mix- 
ture arid ovecfootage. The failure of 
an affectionate daughter to recog- 
nize; her old man becau.se of war 
scars Is ill -timed \vith his imme- 
diate Identification by his district 
tfttornoy son-in-law. 



NAME THE WOMAN 

■ Columbia producllon and vloase. Di-. 
rectPd by Karle C. Kenton. Continuity by 
Peter Milne from novel "Bridge." Titles 
by Mort . Bluraen.stock. rholography by 
Bon Reynolds. In cast: Anita Stewart, 
Huntley Gordon, Gaston Glas.s. Jed Prouty, 
iulanrio Johnson. At Rtanlpy. Now York, 
5ne day,' July 17. RunnInK time, 60 
minutps. 



"Name the Woman" Is f.iir enter- 
tainment of the Indle kind with a 
cast of old timers. Th^y do their 
best in rambling through a story 
that starts with the court trial of 
a murdej- suspect, unfolding details 
from .the witness box. 

The mystery woman stuff, much 
over-played. Is carried to the ex- 
treme in this case; the woman even 
coming into the courtroom with her 
false face on. 

Trifling incidents and dra.tjgy mo- 
ments, with the revelation that « 
greaser did the killing long before 
the trial is over, rob the .-story of 
everything but the mild e.st .suspense^ 
This Is realized when the average 
audience's guess that the masked 
baby wa.s the district nttornejr'g 
wife turns out correct. 



Gaston Glass has tuined pro- 
ducer and will make onc'-r»'<'lers for 
Ghadwick. 



ON to RENO 

Pathe release, protluccd and directed by 
James Cruzo. Starring- Marie Prcvost. 
Adapted by "Walter Woods from story by 
Joseph. Jackson. Ernest MJIler. camerman. 
Cast: Cullen Landln, Ne<l Sparks, ISthel 
Wale.s. At the Tivoll, N. Y., one day, 
July 23, on double . bill. Running time, 
about CO' minutes. 



Prowlers of the Sea 

Tlltany-Stahl ■ production and release. 
Based on a Jack Ijondon story.' Directed 
by J. G. Adpifl. Titles by Lesley Maiskm 
with E. Miller cameraman. Oast features 
Rlcardo Cortcz and Carmel Myers. George 
Fawcet among players. At Loew's New 
Yorlt, as half of double bill, one day, 
July 20. Running time, 5C mlns. 



May have been based- on 4 Jack 
London yarri, but it- screens like a 
rewrite of "Carmen," smugglers and 
all. That dpesn't necessarily stam- 
pede the point that "Prowlers" 
ought to keep 'em awake for orie or 
two days. Besides which it has the 
Cortez and Carmel Myers names to 
push it a little. Both do well, al- 
though there are times when the 
camera hasn't been overly kipd to 
Miss Myer.s. It would have been 
better had the camerarnan softened 
her up a bit. 

Story is back in the late '90.s and 
Cuba is. having its troubles witli 
revolutionists .';;miri;i4liiig in "arms. 
It's become a surolu-e habit until 
the general (Fawoctt) assigns Cor- 
tez ^^to-eommand-ot^t he- coast-^guai-dr 
The gen's Iron is behind; the hide 
and seek contest and induces a cap- 
tain of a runner to per.suaciq, his sis- 
ter (Mi.ss Myers) to turn on the per- ' 
sonalily for Cortez. It evolves Into 
mutual admiration, but Cortez is jfl' ! 
post long enough with the girl to 
let someone else discover the latest 
attempt at running, and he's placed 
under airrest; 

The girl offers her.sclf to the gen- 
eral as hostage if he'll let the boy 
go, and the, commander probably 
figuring there'll be a revolution tlie 
last half anyway, sends both of 
them out to get married on condi- 



Cruze's first attempt in the pro- 
gram field since shooting at road 
shows should register fairly, in the; 
better second runs. 

"With the name of the director to 
ballyhoo and with Marie Prevost in- 
something better than .her recent 
average, "On to Reno" .figures to 
draw. 

The comedy is built around RenO, 
and 4^ usual in its complications. 
Laughs are not particularly numer- 
ous, but are worthwhile Avhen they 
arrive, Action, centering in a pala- 
tial home; drags for oyer a reel' be- 
cause of ifepetitipn of chaser gags. 

Punch is in a swimming pool, 
where the wife keeps two husbands 
apart. Clever direction lets audi- 
ence in oh the fact that one hubby 
is minus bathing trunks, and ali- 
mony club, confined to "women, un- 
corks good cackle when Land is is 
floored by husky Amazoris. , 



Summer Attraction 
Film Road Show 



UNWED 
MOTHERS 



Percentage 

Booking Anywhere — Send Dates 
SAMUEL CUMMINS 

Publix Welfare Pictures Corp. 

723 Seventh Ave., New York 



Michigan Vaude Mg-rs. Ass'il 
Charlie MACK 

Pooklhg the most cxtcnalvr.. cir<vuTt 
of vaudeville and prcBentatlon the- 
atres betwcon No.w York and Chicago 
Michigan Theatre BIdg. 
DETROIT 
Standard Acts, Write or Wire 
ASK TKAItT. and <;rs 



THE 



MAESTRO 



OF 



CEREMONIES 

CHARLIE MELSON 




prFANCHON 2l 





There is no Business Depression 
All of the 25 theatres playing Fanchon 
& Marco "Ideas'* are making money 

Because! Low Cost 

High Box Office Values 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



VARIETY 




WAHT COMEOy 



Scientific- survey reported by'fx/iifei/owVHcrflW-^^'orW^siibw*^ 
greater public demand for Comedy than for any other; type of 
screen entertaituncntl—And First National, always alert to publi^ 
demand, is the only company that has New Feature Comediw 
ready nowl—Especially in Summer you need Harry Langdon in 
^'Heart Trouble," Johnny Hines in^thc^Wright Idea'^^and 
Gharlie.Murray in/OThe Head Man." 





It 



or 



hi 



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■KP'X'^^^-*** .' .. <1i I I J.l 







ACCLAIMED ONE QF THE GREATEST! 

" HAREM - SCAREM " 

FIRST PUBUX PRODUCTION DEVISED, STAGED AND PRODUCED BY 

C. A. NIGGEMEYER 

PARAMOUNT/NEW YORK, THIS WEEK (July 21) 

WITH THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS FEATURED 




PAUL ASH Says: 

BRAILLE AND PALLO 

Are "Artists Supreme— An Asset to. 
Any Program or Production" 

Featuerd Dancers in Niggemeyer*s 

HAREM-SCAREM" IM 



There la No Substitute for 



PAUL 




HELEN SWAN 

PERSONAUTY PRIMA DONNA 

PAUL ASH Says: 

"A Charming Little Girl with a World 
of Voice and Personality— "One of Our 

Future Stars" 



Watch These Horses Go 
Seven Feet in the Air 



Horses Furnished by 



BEN HUR STABLES 



STAGE-BAND 
ENTERTAINMENT 

Known m the 

'TAOLASHPOUCY" 



PARAMOUNT 

THEATRE 

NEW YORK 

Indefinitely 



•TBXClirSIVEI-Y COLUMBIA 
BECOBDrNO ABTI8T" 



THE 



GOULD 



OF PUBLIX UNITS 



''Bittersweet Blues ' 



and 



Now in 
Rehearsal 




Ml 



Wish CHARLES NIGGEMEYER Success 



HIRED HIGHEST 



PRICED STRAIGHT MAN 

IN ALL SHOW BUSINESS— A CERTAIN 




IVIR. 

for MY PARAMOUNT ENGAGEMENT THIS WEEK ONLY 




Signed 





Care of Charlie Niggemeyer's 
''HAREM SCAREM" 

A PUBLIJC UNIT 



Direction 
LEDDY & SMITH 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 




Albee s Failure to Protect Old 

les Again 
Disclosed by Darling 






BOUNCING CHECKS NOT I Announces House Won t Pay Salary; 
«.MSSErs,s*Ysm| B^yfe Off Stage 




London, July 24. 
. Cabled advices to vaudeville of 
flees here from Keith's, New York, 
state . Eddie Darling is no longer 
connected with that booking office. 

Eddie Darling resigned last Fri- 
day from* the Keith agency. He 
had been with it for 23 years. 

The resignation followed an inr 
terview had by Darling with ft/hn 
Ford, shortly following Darling's 
return to New York from his vaca- 
tion abroad. In the I'feorganlzation 
of the Keith agency by Ford, rep 
resenting the Kcnhody-Murdock 
control of Keith's, no' provision was 
made for the. former Keith's chief 
booker. It had been previously re 
ported Darling: was iniitructed not 
to act on behalf of Keith's while 
away, on booking or other matters 
A3 booking director of Keith's 
barling became well known In all 
Va:rlety circles, here and in Europe. 
His resigrfiation from the circuit he 
was associated with soi long may be 
a matter of personal regret to' 
Darling, as he had frequently de- 
clined proposals to head other book- 
Ing institutions.. : ThQ.... latest re- 
ported proposition Darling turned 
. down was tiiat o£ Publix. When the 
Paramount theatre subsidiary was 
forming its present- presentation 
chain. At other times Darling had 
declined offers to leave Keith's, 
with the principal proposal prior 
to the Tublix tender, when the 
Shuberts formed their Vaudeville 
opposition to the ^ie time. 

Al bee's Favor 



Kids oir Talkers 



Talking shorts may provide 
a stage appearance for the . 
prodigies under the stage age, 
that various state laws have 
prevented* from personally ap- 
pearing, or may until they 
reach the legal limit. 
. This Is not uniforrn in ia.ll 
states. New York is espe- 
cially severe on children ap- 
pearing in variety theatres. 

In a talking short kidlets of 
any age can appear all over 
the country, not subject to the 
statutes devised against them 
in person in the theatre, , 

That will probably mean the 
migration to Hollywood of a 
considerable number of kids, 
with no place out there as yet 
prepared to park their mothers. 



But Nite Club Actors Gave Bill 
and Partner 30 Days to 
Gome Across 



Happens at Pantages, L. A — House Mgr. Claims 
Afit Knew It Was Playing Date at Cut 



Darling remained with Keith's 
evidently through the appiarent 
favor in which he stood with E. P. 
Albee. Albee failed to protect 
Darling or any one -else In the Keith; 
employ, including his son, when 
passing his,, common stock and long 
control of that organization to' the 
Kennedy -Murdock combine for $4,- 
500,000. This seeming disregard of 
any and all Keith staff men Is con- 
trasted now to the means adopted 
by the late Percy G. Williams, when 
aellThg the Williams Greater New 
York vaude houses to Keith's. 
. Williams sold for $5,000,000 and 
conditioned his chief booker, Frank 
Jones, go with the Williams houses 
Into the Keith agency. Jones did 
and Is still with Keith's, J. J- 
Maloney, a partner In the Williams 
houses, also went Into Keith's, re- 
maining until about a year ago 
when Maloney resigned, to' take up 
other work. , 

Other strong favorites of Albee s 
still with Keitli's and reported un- 
protected are Henry Walters, one 
of, the Keith attorneys, and Ted 
Lauder, Albee's son-in-law. 

Darling was favored in other 
ways by Albee, besides the security 
felt by the booker in that position 
while Albee was at the helm. Darl- 
ing has a 10 per cent, interest in 
- ---Keith'sr -GiTicinna li, a :a:ather Jarge 
percentage in the sparse distribu- 
tion of interests to a very few 
Keith men in the days when 
Keith's was. an extei^slv© builder. 
Keith's in 'Cincinnati beciame the 
profit leader :of the Keith circuit, 
equalled only, by . I^eith's Palace, 
Cleveland, for a spell. Darling's 10 
per cent, share of that house , has 
yielded' him as much* as .$28,000 a 
year in dlviclends. Darling bought 
and paid f«i- the. stock. He was 
given .shares in smaller amounts In 
other Keith theatres. , „ 

"Booking Office Stomach 
Upon reaching New York Darling 
was .said to lif at home, not fooling 
well. He has been ill off and on 
for a couple of years. Stomach 
trouble was the report. ,, . 

"The booking ollice stomAch ' has 

been the common name given to all 
Illness or broa.kdowns by members 
of the Keitli oiriv'P staff while that 
=^circu it^Was^aiiiirtdiyLM=Mm£i. 

aliment scem^-a to be brought about 
by nerves, proinpt.nl mostly through 
doubt felt li.v tlir i.Mliont over his 
job, or Ihr insiiii' i>.)litifs of lUe 
former Ki-ilh aiUniiii^lration. 

Darling ^vas the loiulm- of oni> ol 
the political eli-iuos in.. t lie form.T 
Keith sttiiy. M-.iy .W<''< '>"-'^ 
Keith's fiiinily .l.'i>.iiliiu'nt. was aur 
other. l!.)ih an- now oui "f the or- 
ganization. The l)arlin.g-\\oo(l.-5 
feud simnu'H il .-iloim for yt-iirs, pos- 
sibly without Alhof's knowleilge, 
since tbi- .•h'v;ni'.ns of Miss \V ood.s 
and Dai-liri;i w-m-" iii;>.l<' by him nt 
various lim-... Th- .-li'iu-'S, how- 



ever, divided the office forces. 

In his 23 years of servitude for 
Keith's Darling rose fi'om secretary 
to the top of the booking staff. He 
operated without consultation in his 
importaint decisions and looked to 
no one other than Albee for final 
approval.. Time and again the 
booking office staff had evidence of 
Darling's strong standing. 

'as a booker Darling had his 
champions ah*d detractors, 
champions were, as a rule, those in 
the Darling cli(iue or in sympathy; 
with it. Bookihgjacts that amounted 
In salaries to millions of dollars each 
season, Darling appeared, to bear 
his responsibilities without undue 
strain. He came into contact with 
the stars of the talent end of the 
show business and kept a: thorough 
gra^p upon the legitimate division, 
through contact and constant at- 
tendance at legit shows. In this 
manner he Was enabled to pass upon 
names from the legit when submit- 
ted to him. for vaude bookings. 

There Is no information., upon 
Darling's ^future business course. 
The long period devoted by him to 
vaudeville bookings ohly naturally 
prevented him from equipping hlm> 
self for any other pursuit. In length 
of service with Keith's, he is sec 
ondary to only one other let- out by 
the present regime, Harry Mundorf. 
Mundorf, also a booker and for some 
while the foreign scout for l-^clth's, 
was with the organi^zation for 28 
years. Mundorf was one of those 
who reported as having "the book- 
ing office stomach" when returning 
from his flna:l trip to the other side. 

Darling may be associated in the 
near future with the English firm 
of agents. Reeves & I-amport. His 
hea«lquarters will be in Pans. Ac- 
cording to friends, he will quit this 
country for good. 

During the past two season.s. Dar- 
ling seemed to book all the foreign 
turns Keith used through the Lon- 
don aVehcy.-^ 

ticeable on both, sides of the At- 
l.antic. • 



Friedlander Still Owes 
$280 for Equity '26 Boxes 

Williihi B. Friedlander allegedly, 
owes the Actors' Equity A.ssocia- 
tion $3.<?0 for two boxe.s. he ordered 
for the 1926 E'luity ball , at the 
Hotel Astor and Frank GiUmore, as 
treasurer of the organization, is 
anxious to recover. 

Suit is being started for thai put - 
pose, it being claimed .Equity ro- 



Los Angeles, July 24. 
"Say. listen. Will Morrissey is an 
actor and "a showman, Will Mor- 
rissey goes to Jail,, Will Morrissey 
has had a lot of tough breaks— but 
Will . Morrissey doesn't hand ou.t 
bouncing checks! Take it from me, 
kid, Marrissey alht that kind of a 
„uyV' And with these cur remarks 
to a Variety, reporter, who met him 
at an unexpected tryst In the City 
Prosecutor's office, Bill Morrissey 
dismissed -the silly" idea that he 
gave out rubber checks to a group 
of actors who were working for him 
at hia night club on the beach, at 
Paiisades Dei J^ey. 

Bill, it seems, was invited to sit 
in at a little meeting conducted by 
Johnny -. Concarinon, chief d- puty. 
city prosecutor. So were- a few 
others. Among them Morrissey's 
business partner-, Tom Pappas; his 
lawyer, Charles. Cradick, and of 
course, the actors who came .to find 
out . about their checks. ' 

Sure, they got bum checks." 
Morrissey explained, "but I didn't 
give them. I got one myself, but I 
aint squawking. . .It's Just one of 
those things, you know. 

"Pappas. the fellow who owns the 
■joiht signed those checks; I don't 
own t4»e place— thejr Jus* put my 
name at the top of those checks b • 
cauiao I'm famous." 

Pappas admitted he signed the 
checks, but for the rest had little 
to, say; Morrissey did all the talk- 
His 1 'f^S- 

"It really wasn't Pappas' fault 
either, you' know," continued Mor- 
rissey. ':You see, Mr. Prosecutor, it 
was this way. A guy that we figr 
ured was a pal of ours slipped us a 
piece of paper for 900 berries. Pap- 
pas paid off the actors against that 
check; Now, how were we to know 
that guy was Just a mug and later 
stopped payment on his check. 
That'i exactly the way. It hap- 
pened." And Morrissey nodded 
knowingly to the Prosecutor. "What 
do you intend to do about it?" the 
Prosecutor asked Will. "Right now," 
replied Will; "I can't do.a' thing-^ 
my dou^h is all tied up. but how 
about you, Pappas, you know, you 
signed those checks," Morrissey 
turned- to the b.ew:ildered Pappas. . 

"When do you think you can rais >. 
some dough?" Pappas, with a long 
face, murmured something that was 
lost in tlie laugh that went ^.round 
the room. 

"Meanwhile," Morrissey hastily 
added, to the group of a.ctors in the 
room, ' don't let that stop you folks 
from going out and getting Jobs 
somewhere, while you're waiting for 
me to get" my money." The actors 
1 didn't say what they Intended to 
do, but the prosecutor asked them 
what they wanted to do about the 
matter. The actors ••epUed."Will 
is not isuch a bad guy after all, we 
guess, so let's give him a litti • time 
and maybe he'll conae across." That 
was satisfactory to the prosecutor, 
who thinkd a lot.of Morrissey. Hp 
ha4 met him before. 
" it was "agreM 'thar Wlll^^a 
pas be given 30 days in which to 
dig up some coin. "Don't forget." 
Will coticmded. as. he started to 
\yalk away, while leaning on the 
arm of Midgle . Miller, his wife, 
"Morrissey Is the /name— anO Mor- 
rissey never gives out rubber ch-v-k-s 
—not even the other kind; lately." . 



Even in Sydney 

Sydney, June 23. 
At the present time, the win- 
ter season here, there is not 
one . house In town playing a 
straight vaudeyllle policy. 



BUCKNER DEPORTED 

Former Theatrical Man Going Back 
to Native . L.and. Canada 

JefEer.<)6ni -Mo., July 24. 
Arthur Buckner, detained at the 
jail in Union, Mo., has been ordered 
deported to his? rtatlve land. Canada. 

Buckner ^as formijrly in:the show 
business as .stage bidycld rider and 
agent Later he became a promoter 
and got jammed up with the Gov- 
ernment through fr.aiidulenf use of 
the U. S. malls. He has served a 
couple of terms, but at this time 
is said to be held on the deportation 
action. 

Looking over Buekners' record, 
the Government decided he . Is an 
undesirable visitor.. Buckner has 
been in the States fbr years. He 
comes from the Newfoundland sec- 
tion of Canada. 



W. A. Wheeler Charged 
With Too Much Credit 

A combined anhullment and 
fraud a:ction Is pending against 
William A. Wlieeler, 26, 117 Jerome 
street, Brooklyn, N. Y., who Is 
charged with having niisrepresented 
himself as a vaudeville agent and 
theatrical producer, and also pe^tlt 
larceny. Magistrate Llota held him 
over in the Gates avenue coUrt 
uhtil Aug. 8 for hearing. 

Wheeler allegedly claimed^ there 
were outstanding accounts totaling 
$8,400 due him. His wife, suing for 
annulment, charges she was dis- 
graced by his misuse of credit, even 
the expenses, of the wedding being 
met on the "charge it" basis,. 
Wheeler denied the charges. 



; . • ■ . Loa . A.hgoies, July. 24.; : 
Kramer and BoyK-, ho.adlihing at 
Pantages last week, w;alkM oft the 
bill Thursday afternoon a fter ah 
argument over a .25 percent cut the 
boys were .asked: to take. 

iioupc was thrown Into plenty of 
excitement and. the scene ; looked:: 
like one of thuse rehearsed im- . 
promptu bits when Iloyle. walked 
on the stage and- announced to the 
audlentfe that Kramer an'l P^-le 
were not going on because the nvan- 
.agement refused to pay tliom their 
salary, IBoyle started, to continue 
with more remarks when a cop 
walked / out and told Bpyte to get 
off. Boyle pi'd nbV attention to the 
officer and kept oh talkin^. .the cop . 
starting for him, Boyle was deter^ 
mined to finish Wlia; lie had to say. 
so he jumped.from the stage into a 
box, but the cop beo.ame .serioias and ' 
Boyle made a bee line through the 
audience and left by the front of 
the house. 

It looked like a tough predica- 
ment for Carl Walker, house man- 
a,ger, who was in the wings. As It 
happened, Ray Huglacs, of Raiy 
Hughes and PanL standard Pan act, 
happened to be backstage. so Walk- 
er pushed him out to quiet the mob. 
HUghes went on alone aiid finished 
the rest of the week with, hils two 
act, replacing Kramer and Boyle. 

Walker had little to say about the 
affair except that Kramer and 
Boyle knew they were working the 
weel? on . cut. "The boys thought, 
differently and contended that their 
corxtract, for two weeks only, here 
anc^ in San , Francisco,: did not say 
anything about cuts. . 



Palace Bill De-Yidded 



Too Much Choking for 
Jessie Wood^Divorcc 

Boston, July 24. , 
A decree of divorce was awarded 
Mrs. Jessie. Mantia, professlohally 
known as, Jessie Wood, froni Charles 
Mantia, Jr., vaudeville dancer, by 
.Judge McCoole, In the Suffolk Pro- 
bate Court yesterday. 

Grounds upon wT»i<;h the woman 
based her testimony were abusive 
treatment, chdrging that her htis- 
band choked her. As a result of the 
harsh treatment, Mrs. Mantia stated 
she vfaa unable to talk or sing for 
more than two years. Mrs. Manila, 
was a member of the song and 
dance team, the Wood Sisters. 

According to te.stiniony .couple 



Were married in Brooklyn, N. 
19i9. 



Y.. In 



Wilton and Weber, at the Palace, 
New York, were ordered to ellmi 
hate the Jewish second chorus of 
Rex Weber's ballad, "Mother of 
Mine," Monday night. 

The ballad was used Monday aft 
crnoon and stopped the show. As 
George Jesscl was using Yiddish In 
his turn, "Mamma in the Box," and 
Florence Moore al.sO talked Yiddish 
to Illustrate several gags, the man 
a.gement decided to de-yid the bill 
fis much as possible. 

Wilton and Weber were the first I the Mai-bro and Granada at 
t.T Trer a" crack at ' the^^m^^^^^ their, -wtiekly starting June - 16 and virer^ 
ballad.. It was a wow, probably [ told they. had been cancelled when 



Canceled Act Sues 

Chicago, July. 24. 

Suit has been started against 
Marks Bros., by Cuby and Smith, 
who claim they were contracted for 
Granada at $450 



due to Jessel's followlne: out front 
to see Cieorgle in his second week at 
the house. 



served 
at his 



the boxes for Frieulanrler ; tj,jut,h 
requ<>st but tliat hf« never 



GIEL AS AVIATRIX 

South Norwalk, Conh., July 2-1. 
Julita lioyt of this place, who in 
the daughter of the late Ira Morti- 
mer Hoyt, for years a theatre nian 
j and who conducted Hoyt's theatre. 



made s"od the ohlltrntion. 



Norwalk, and many stock 
• companio.s, is training at the Mil- 



Trio in Saratoga 

Lo.s Angeles, July 24. 

..\dler, Weil and Herman leave the 
I'ublix unit, ''Pagoda Land," when it 
■.lo-MCS at the Metropolitan this week, 
an.l go to Saratoga, where they open 
;,i.t the Club Lido Venice for an en- 
gugt-ment during the racing season. 

Salary is quoted at $1,750 with the 
trio replacing Van and Schenek at 
ih'> race track resort. 



reporting. 

Contract was made by Irving 
Yate.g in New. York. The team Is 
suing through Atliorneys Lowen- 
thaiand Munns for $900. 



■I 



ford ainU-orne for her licon.se to 



, i-onie an aviatrix, 

f. f,j • Tlie n'm-profes.sional daughter of 

Cath. Hayes ror OnOW ^^^^ j^^^,, tj„..itre manager Ls th.vwife 
C ttherin.. n.LV.'.< ha.s l.-on ent,-.!-^-] of Thomas Loam.xn, Jr.. ■ proni.-.rwnt 

i r,hert Pnuluction oC "Kismet." i Their New York add^e^,« is .... - ^ i,,,. tv,„ ..nv« onnMn't 

^ M srpr'iv..s is rm oM-tim-r arn-.n-.; iuy"'\ Crutham 



FEED ALLEN WITH "POLLY" 

Prod Allen will be the leading 
f.omic in Arthur Ilammerstein's 
" Polly." Hammerstf»in wanted the 



TOM BAREY IN WEST 

Tom Barry, engaged by Fox for 
Movietone authorln;^ left for the 
coast yesterday (Tuesday). 

Edwin iiurke, . another vaudevllla 
author gono Movietone, does not 
lea^ve until September, after Burke's 
legit play, "The. Monkey Wrench," 
formerly known as "Bed and 
Bored," sees it.s : Broaa way pre- 
miere. 



vau.lrviUians, K^r y-.u-^ si.- w '-f 
|II:,y..san.l .I...h.u'oy. a .t..n.l.... 
' ! iT.'^" ti'atn. 

i ANOTHteR RUBIN VITA 

, Los Au-^i-\''^. -I'll-v -1., 

I rvnnie liubin. m.e. :it. th". K^"-'!'- 

ti.'in in Hullywno.l, wiU tr.;il;;- 
1 other Vitaphone s-.l-j.-t f..r ^^ .rn-r 
! r.roUuT.-^ this week. 
I Kddi.^ K;«tie ff..riH.'rlv K u - h«'1 
• n-rni.'in) will do slr.i^^^.r U ..nn 



HELEN MENKEN'S SKETCH 

I'ntil H'-'l'-n .Mcnken'.s new stxr- 
:-iTi4 play, "Kongal," goes Into r-- 
(..•••ir.-.l in S.-pt-mbcr, the legit. stir 
will lill in in vaudeville un ler .M 
I. .w'.s' .lii >"'lion. Lou Solomon w.)' ■ 
.t,>h unlay Night." 
r.u." by Fl'irry. Hervy. is 
L-7.-i4 pr vJuction. It h i 
\','Ti',i>r". prominent in -jn'i- 



together agiain but the boys couldn't 
S'-'e it that way. 

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711 SEVENTH AVE., 



SAN FRANCISCO 
936 Market St. 

BOSTON 
181 Tremont I?t 



CINCINNATTI 
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IQ3 Yon^e St. 



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122,8 Market St. 

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LOS ANGELES 
405 Majestic Thea. BIdg. 





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CHICAGO 

75 W. Randolph St. 
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34 



VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Gus Edwards' Old Acts as Material 
For Shorts-Leaving Vaude for Lot 



ESCAPES IN WATER 

Life Guards at Long Beach Prob- 
ably Saved 3 Livea 



Gus ICdvvards' thr.oc monilis.' ex- 
pci-imontul contract with MtHro- 
Goldwyn -Mayer. • CLoow's) talking 
shorts may mean th« loss to the 
vdvioty .field oC Kd wards, in .person. 
..EdwavdsVagrccmont Avi.th the talker 
carries an opti<m for one year or 
more. If exorcised, Gus will remain 
In Hollywood to the o'xclusi(»n pE the 
show stage. 

For the talkins? shorts Edwards 
will produce several of his standai'd 
vaxide production^' turr^stsy. star ting 
with his famed "School Days" skiW. 
These will be rcca.st with kidlets of 
today. Another the producer will 
likely revive for the talkers, is 
"Baby Follies;" the jEd wards' sure- 
fire with kid impersonators of lead- 
ing, stage stars. 

Edwards was ' negotrating with 
Keith's aihd iPublix for his current 
production act, with Keith's having 
' approved of a full seiisoii's route 
with. Edwards in person at $4,500 
.weekly. Edvvards broke his agerit!,s 
(Charlie. Morrison), heart when he 
cialled off . the Keith,: agreement 
when the talker contract,, sent him 
by Harry Rapf of M-G-M arrived. 
Instead, Edwards will slip the turn 
over the Keith time with Ray Bol- 
ger, an Edwards' protege, and an- 
other boy }n the. lead. A reduction 
.in. the vaude salary followed the 
omission Of Edwards. 

Gus will leave for the coast to- 
ward the. end of August. A "Good- 
bye Broadway, Hello Hollywood" 
departure is being arranged. It 
will be sound photographed by M- 
G->L Through the prominence of 
the pro persbriages at the station 
t. to wish Gus au revpir, the depart- 
ure record may go but as, an M-G- 
M news reel or become one of its- 
talking shorts. 



Dog Grabbed M. C. 

Los Angeles, .luly li4. 
."When the Hal Uoach mem- 
bers of "The pur Gang" ,cQme- 
dies made n per.sonal- appear- 
ance at the Los .-Vngelo-s Loew's 
State/ "Pete" the . dog appeared 
with them. ■ TJie last member 
of the gang, was leaving the 
stage, followed ciosely by 
"Pete," Jack Waldron, ni. C 
■ made a. gesture to kick the lii- 
tle kid. 

The dog'turneijl on the ni, c. 
and wa.s not. released until 
after other members' of the 
comedy troupe' pulled him off. 
Waldron had to back off the 
stage and change his trousers. 



Perhaps a triple tragedy was 
averted at Long Beach jii front of 
the Hotel Nassau through the time- 
ly action on the part of the life 
guardi^ who were succeesfurin res- 
cuing Ramon a.nd Rosita; the dan- 
cer.s, and Ralph Alevia from the 
surf. The latter, unable to swim, 
had been injured when trapped in 
an undertow. He stumbled, into a 
hole hear a jetty . causing the cross- 
current to Bw.irl him into deep 
water. 

Ramon went tpi his friend's aid 
and was similarly caught. Rosita, 
ah expert swimmer, found the 
weight of the two men too much 
for her. . Meantime , the life patrol 
had got Into action. 

Alevla was under a physician's 
care at the. .Nas^iu for the rest , of 
the week. . ' 



Garage Mgr. Heard of 

Claire, but Too Late 

Baltimore, July 24. 
Ted Claire, m. c. .at the Loew Cen-- 
tury here, returned from' a week's, 
vacation last Friday ni^it, and also 
returned for a few brief btit bloody 
minutes to • his old profession of 
pugilism. The ring was a garage on 
North Howard street, and the oppo- 
nent of. the former featherwelghl 
was the automobile dodging'-s. night 
manager. 

The n. m., who took a COurit of 
10 after coming in contact with the 
m. c.'s 1-ight, was patched up at 
a local hospital and appeared 
against the actor in police court. It 
seems that when Claire went toHhe 
garage about 10:'30 Friday night the 
n. m. .demanded to see his claim 
check. That there was apparently 
an individual in Baltimore who 
didn't know him didn't set right 
with Ted, neither did the n. m.'s 
declaration that if he didrt't like the 
rules he could "take his pushcart 
hither. 

Two garage assistants were push- 
ing Claire's car toward the exit 
When the n. m. suddenly heard the 
little birdies and went, out himself 
by the w. k. starry route. He told 
the judge that Claire's police dog 
got iiato the argument, which wasn't 
just according to the Maryuls of 
Queensberry regulations. Mrs. Claire 
was at. the ringside and it was her 
exclamation that brought the pbliec 
.. who ^topped the niilvt at the .end .of 
the first round. . 
■ Th" nurse, .$11. 4:"),. went to the city 
"rhere's little chance, of a return 
bout. I 



"New Act Week 

For Keith's, If— 



Keith agents were called into the 
New York office Monday and told 
to make out a list of all the new 
acts and material on their books. 
The idea is a "New Act Week" for 
-iiU Keith theatres in Greater New 
York, starting Aug. 20. 

If .sufficient material crops up, the 
Palace will also display an entire 
lineup of fresh faces and rhaybe 
fresh gags that week. 

After informing th4 agents of the 
festive week, it was suggested they 
get out and dig. 

Agents see in the special, week 
the first iiiove on the /part of the 
pew regime fo develop material to 
replace some of the passe acts 
which, have cluttered up the books 
the past two seasons. 

It is no secret that headliners and 
names,' many of whom owed their 
bookings to favoritism and in- 
fluence, will not be routed this sea- 
son except at greatly reduced sal- 
aries. To take up this slack and 
'to develop now faces that can be 
tied up to long term contracts and 
kept exclusively working for Keith 
and Orpheum is tlie reason for this 
special week. 



Danny Simmons Complete Surprise; 
Resigns as Keith s Chief Booker 



"Televox" With Ban 



KEITH 'S L OSES 
mO' GIRLS 



Strartge "hellos" came over tlie 
Keith phone board Monday upon 
Nellie Woods, chief operator, get- 
ting notice of disnaissal. 

Immediately all of the. other 
switch gals ^.blew, leaving the. 
agency, flat for instant phone ser- 
vice. 

When the new Bell belles arrived 
they were unfamiliar with the rou- 
tines, mixing up themselves and 
the staff, 

Nelli^ Woods is a sister of Mae 
Woods, recently retired Keith boss 
of the Family Department. Nellie 
Is the third of the Woods clan to 
leave Keith's. The other Is the 
girls' brother, Pat Woods, Keith 
Jjooker. Another brother, Joe 
Woods, lost his agency frank &i 
Keith's when Gordon & Woods were 
given notice to discontinue agent- 
irtg on the Keith floor. 



kenmore Replaces Flatbush 
As Keith Vaude Stand 



Kehmore, Keith house under con- 
struction due to open Labor Day, 
will displace .the Flatbush, Brook- 
lyn, as the Keith vaude stand in 
that district. Future of the Flat- 
bush is problematical: 

The Flatbush, on© of Moss 
chain taken over by Keith, started 
with straight vaudeville on a two- 
a-day basis but diverted to vaud-, 
film two years ago. This later pol- 
icy will be transferred to the Ken- 
more. Keith interests may continue 
operation of the Flatbush for 
straight pictures or leas© it for 

stock; — — — ^ 

J, J. Lcventhal, controller of a 
chain of stock houses in New Jer- 
sey and Brooklyn, is reported dickT 
erihg for the . Flatbu.sh. 



Earle,.WasL, With 

keith Vaude Bills? 

Washington,- July 24. 

Earle, Stanley-Crandall picture- 
presentation house, has given two 
weeks' notice to the orchestra, stage 
crew arid operators. Though noth- 
ing "official" has yet been released, 
Nelson Bell/ formerly p, a^ for the 
Crandall houses " and now picture 
editor for the "Post," is responsible 
for breaking it locally that Keith 
vaudeville will go Into the the- 
atre. ' 

This will inean bringing the other 
S-C house. Metropolitan, back to 
the first run break on all pictures. 
Theatre is now playing Vitaphone 
productions. 

At the same time installation has 
been completed in the Loew Palace 
of both Vitaphone and Movietone 
equipment along with the "Public 
Announcement" system. 

As to the Earle, Bell has it the 
plan will be two-a-day with the 
former Keith's scheduled for Shu- 
WE,T)rodMti6ni^ 0 "take iraire t^ 
passing of Polios, which the gov- 
ermhent is shortly to raze, to erect 
office buildings. 



LOEW, NORFOilK OPERATOR 

Norfolk, Va., July 24. 
It i-s said that.Loew's will shortly 
be the sole operator of the Wilmer 
& Vincent and LoeWs tlioatres , in 
this city. , There iire five or six of 
them. 

Under an arrtaiKcniont of a year 
or so ago, Loew booked all of the 
theatres under a pooling agreement, 
but the operation remained with the 
-.^^reapeeti-vc^eJx'uullJa.- — _ — 



Dave Stamper Goes with 
Fox Movietone for 1 Year 

Dave Stamper has been signed bi 
Fox Movietone for one year, to 
wlHte special music and lyrics for 
Movietone productions on the Fox 
lot In Hollywood, 

Stamper left New York for the 
west coast Monday, He previously 
had composed melodies for Publlx 
stage units. 



"Telcvox," the mechanical 
man, went Into the Hippo- 
drome with a rigoi'ous ban on 
"showmanship." The West- 
"inghouse people, owners, for- 
bade fi,ny hoklng of the me- 
chanical s. a. boy. He was 
allowed to do only his legiti- 
mate remote control stunts. 
Westinghouse decided that the 
man picked for the spiel -was 
too young. 

: The Keith suggestion that 
he be aged with make-up w^as 
vetoed, and A more elderly 
spieler was found. . 



DUPLICATED NAME USED 
AGAINST HEMSTREET 



Although Frank Hemstreet 
coached the Hernstreet Singers, 
standard act in .vaudeville arid pic- 
ture houses, and also lent his , name 
to the qua,rtet, it has been ruled by 
Justice pelehanty in the New York 
Supreme Cpurt he cannot organize 
another group of Hemstreet Singers, 
independently of the present aggre- 
gation. 

Hemstreet had an arrangement 
for. one-fifth of the Qiiartet's gross 
earnings for the use of his name 
and his vocal coaching and mana- 
gerial services. Justice Delehanty 
rules that as far. as using his own 
name in competition with the al- 
ready existent Hemstreet Singers 
he cannot legally do so. The music 
teacher's differences with the. sing^, 
ers precipitated the idea of his or- 
ganizing a new quartet. 

Hemstreet was paid for his serv- 
ices as vocal tutor and, the court 
rules," "the members of the quartet 
were hot in the employ of the de- 
fendant; he was ijot the producer 
nor the owner of the quartet. The 
grant .. . . the right to use his 
name w:as .for defendant's own ben- 
efit, as well as the quartet, he hav- 
ing been employed as* coach man- 
ager of said quartet. It also 
brought his name before the public. 
If the defendant had died, the right 
of the quartet to use the name 
Hemstreet Singers would not have 
been revoked. The defendant can- 
not now reap the benefit of the rep- 
utation which the quarter ha;s 
gained" ... 

This decision is deemed very im- 
portant, considering the duplicate 
names in. the show business. It 
parallels a, famous legal ruling, that 
a Mr. Dobbs or a Mr. Knox cAnnot 
use their own names in the hat re- 
tailing business ih competition to 
already established firm names 
which may have actually passed out 
of the founder's, control many years 
back.. 



CHAIN-ARCHER SPLIT 

Chain arid Archer have dissolved 
their vaude partnership after hav- 
ing been a standard act for several 
years. 

Archer has formed u new alliance 
with Norval Stamni. Chain has not 
decided upon his future activities. 

Tab Stock Vice Vaude 
'Vablo'd nui.-Jical stock will sup- 
phint vuidf :iL llie P.ark, Brooklyn, 



Tom Gorman Promoted 



years manhger of the Hippodrome, 
New York, has been appointed as- 
sistant to Major Thompson. Keilh 
supervisor of houses belsveen New 
York and lUiffalo. : 

Gormiui will tn:ike his hiM hiuar- 
ters In New York, 



Bud Fisher $70 Setback 



Danbury, Corin., July 2-1. 

Sore because the car of Dr. Albert 
Rose of Brooklyn had crashed into 
his awto at Doraln's Corners, Bud 
Fisher, cartoonist, squawked so 
loudly a prowling cop pinched Bud 
and the doctor. 

At police headquarters in, Ma- 
hopac Bud. was still belligerent and 
wanted to beat up the medicine 
man. It was finally adjusted when 
each agreed to pay for the other's 
damage. 

Accordingly, the. expert mechanics 
ajisessed Bud $150 and Or^ 1^5'*^'^ JJ 
sttu 'loavirii Bud $70 in the Box, ixT- 
though he preserved his good looks 
and health put of the crash. 

Bud lives in this section in the 
simimer, but he may move now. 



Keith's Southern tune 

Resuming in Fall 



Some 12 or i5 southern Publix 
houses will resume playing Keith 
vaudeville this fall, booked by, Ar- 
thur Dcnmari of the Keith office. 
Policy for the majority of these 
stands is thi-ce or Ave acts and a 
picture on a split. 

Tublix gave up vaudeville at most 
of the houses at the start of last 
sea.son. .Tulos Dclmar, who former- 
ly booked this Keith route,, at one 
time had around 15 weeks. His 
"book" withered until at the , time 
he lately left the Keith office ho 
had but one house left. 

This resuniatiori of vaude will 
ttikc place during. September and 
October, the Florida theatres pick- 
JJia^UP ,the.. act.jj „l.'iter iri_- Jh|i-i5il«lb5Sn^ 
as formerly 



There are two houses on the Pub- 
I lix list which will inaugurate, usage 
I of l-Ceilh acts this season, in .fCno.x- 
i ville and Cl.uittanooga. 



Danny Simmons put over the big- 
gest surprise of the • Keith reor- 
ganization Monday when he re- 
signed as that circuit's cliief booker. 
The Kennody-Murdock direction of ■ 
Keith's had slated Simmons to vir- 
ttially step into the supervision of 
general bookings as Eddie Darling's 
successor. 

Simmons seeniingly acted purely 
upon hl9 own initiative. He had, 
but returned last week from a vaca- 
tion abroad. That is thought to 
have influenced his decision to leave 
Keith's. AlWaj'S a hard worker and 
hooking 35 Keith houses when leav- 
ing New York, the trip to the other 
side is said to have convinced Sim- 
mons it would be better for his 
health to take it a bit easier in 
the future rather than to again tie , 
himself down to the grind of that 
many or more Keith hojjses. 

Siriimons leaves Kcifn's with a 
100 per cent clean record. He. has 
been booking for 16. yearf^ Prior to 
B. S. Moss' association Avith Keith's ^ 
Simmons had, booked the Moss 
Greater New York houses, and went 
with Moss into the Keith agericy. . 
His booking method was with the 
theatre in mind, He received credit 
from the agents for it, at the sanie 
tlriie giving the agents without 
favoritism a break when they had 
what he wanted in_the way of acts 
or attractions. . 

Refused Vacation Ghecks 
When tendering, his resignation 
Monday to the Keith office, Simmons 
is said to have declined to accept 
his weekly pay checks for the six 
weeks he had just spent on vaca- 
tion. His reason as reported was, 
as he had npt worked during that 
period and, about to leave, did 
not think he should accept pay. 

Simmons' resignation parallels 
that by Lawrence J.' Golde from 
Keith's some months ago. Golde re- 
signed before. Keith -s passed to the 
Kennedy-Murdock control. 'Golde 
also had handled a large number of 
Keith houses and was worked hard, 
without, unlike Siirimons, however, , 
having received recognition in post- •' 
tlon or salary. 

Simmons' is the second surprise 
voluntary resignation from th©, 
Keith booking office since tlie re- 
organization started, The other was 
George Godfrey. Godfrey though, 
was in the Orpheum Circuit booking 
department where no one ^el* se- 
cure, by reason of the Helman odd 
handling of that circuit before the 
-Albee sale. Godfrey was accepted 
as the best by far" of any Orpheum 
circuit . booker, Jtnew the circuit, 
houses and acts, and there seemed 
1 no one available to replace Godfrey 
when he left. The Godfrey houses 
were placed With Arthur Willi, who, 
was fast erecting : a booking rep 
through his handling of the Keith's 
"Palace, New York, as assistant to , 
Darling. Young Mr. Willi is said 
to have never been West ^of Cleve- 
land, while the house* he la now 
booking on the Orpheum string are 
all west of that point. 

Danny Simmons has no immedi- 
ate plans. He will extend his vaca- 
tion , until September.-'It is likely 
tIiatTf"Mbss~agalri- gSeslnto- theva-^- 
riety end of the show business, 
which he is apt to do, that Moss 
will call upon Simmons. At prc3-^ 
ent though there is no understand- 
irig between them and Simmons is . 
now a free lance. 

With; Simmons and Godfrey out 
of the: Keith agency, along , with the 
necessary washing up that has been 
done there, and besides the absence 
of Golde, the -Keith office is now 
left where it must do some acute 
figuring and replacements to be 
protected on its bbolcing end, 
Schultz-,Pempsey Booking 
William McCaffrey is reported as 
to be Simmons' successor in the, 
Keith houses. John Schultz, who 
headed the Keith production depart- 
ment, will return to" the books, as 
will Jack Dcmpsey, who has been 
acting as a material scout. 

A meeting of the booking men 
reinaining--in- the--Keith= anrit(LJtun_ 
held Tuesday to decide what di.spo- 
silion was 10 be niade'of Hi'' houses 
i Simmons w;is In book. 



New Fabian, VaudFilm 
Fabian, new Staniey-Fabian ;{,rtOO 
.scater at Hoboken, N. J. ..opens Aug. 
2 with vaudlllm policy, five a>*ts 
split-week, i)Ooked by H troM Ki-Mip 
in the Keith agency. 



KING BACK WITH LEVY 

George M. King is back as gen- 
ernl eastern representative of tlie 
Bert Levy Circuit, in charge of the 
liCvy New. York ofl^ce. 

King severed connections a year 
aiiij with Levy, to organize the iriiity 
[.Hooking Agency, since defunct. 



GIRLS ON VITAPHONE 

Los Angeles, July 21. 
Klorenee J'.rady, single, and Dun- 
can and iMoody sister act, both cur- 
rently at the Orjiheum, will make 
Vilaiihmie shorts. 

Wui. Perlbc-rg, Williani Morris of- 
. Ii''i', made the bociUing. 



SKETCH FOR TALKER 

Los Angeles, ,luly '-ll. 
William Fox purchased .screen 
rights to "The llomanee of the 
Underworld." one-act vaudeville 
sketch by the late Paul Armstrong 
and Wilson Mly.ner. 

It will bo made into a fealiire 
le-nglh production. With James Tin- 
ling directing. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



36 



Keith s Fam. Dept. Booking 60 Weeks 
With New Season-More Expected 



Keith's Family or fifth floor de- 
partment In the Palace, New York, 
building, -will have about 60 weeks 
on Its books with the opening of 
the new season, TIrik Humphries, 
In charge of' the. department, Is re- 
ported expectant of further the- 
atres- : ■' . ' 

It is said Humphries is proposing 
to managers to play three quality 
acta with feature pictures in place 
of the usual five. Humphries' 
claim is said, to be that for the 
same money and running time three 
quality' turns prove superior, enter- 
tainment to the five acts that must 
be furnished to koep with irt the sal- 
ary appropriation. ' 

George Lukes, formerly with the 
Association in Chicago as booker, 
is to be added to the Family De- 
partment, It Is reported. Lukes 
may go In as an assistant to Harold 
Kempi the Stanley booker in the 
Humphries division. . When leaving 
the Association, Lukes for a time 
went with Billy Jackson, a Chicago 
agent. 



Harry Singer Starts 



Los Angeles, July 24. 

Harry Singer, who resumed his 
post as western manager for Keith 
Circuit after three yeai*s in the 
New York offices, has launched his 
retreniJhmeht policy here. 

The first change announced was 
the, withdrawal of Bob Edney from 
the treasurer's post 'at the Hill- 
street. Other changes are expected 
this week. 



TOFEEA'S COMBO HOUSE 

Topeka, July 24. , 
Topeka's exclusive vaudeviile 
house will be exclusively vaude no 
longer. It closed Saturday and re- 
opens Aug. 20 with three acts and 
pictures. An organ will supplement 
the orchestra In furnishing the 
music. 



Andy Talbot Hears First 
Rumblings of "Scram" 



Chicago,. July 24; 

Among the Keith bo'okers and 
agents scheduled for airing by Ben 
Piazza, the one about most certain 
to be let put is Andy Talbot, booker. 

It has already been reported that 
the lineup of local bookers and 
agents is scheduled for '..numerous 
changes within the next 'few weeks. 
Piazza sent a list of agents to each 
booker and asked them for their 
recomniendations. ■ 

Talbot formerly was In "Kut" 
Kahl's office. His method of work- 
ing is that of the old Ass'n regime, 
which was held in such high dis- 
favor here and deadened the en- 
thusiasm of the staff and acts. It 
is : believed Talbot may be -eased 
into a theatre managerial job. 



Stock Burlesque Replaces 
Vaude at Lyric, Hoboken 

stock burlesque wll displace 
vaude next season at the Lyric, 
Hoboken, N. J,, giving the commu- 
nity burlesque for the first time in 
years. New policy is scheduled to 
go in during September. 

The Lyric, formerly Soullier'X 
played top price legit shows then 
switched to vaudfilm with the acts 
booked by Loew. 

Burlesque had previously been 
attempted at the Rialto, Hoboken, 
formerly the Empire. 



SILVEK'S FOX HOUSES 

Max Silver, Fox booker, will have 
the presentation houses in Phila- 
delphia, Washington, Brooklyn, St. 
Louis and Detroit under his wing 
this fall, 

Brooklyn opens in September and 
the St. Louis house in November. 



Presentations 



PresentaUpns, staged in the 
manner . jOi tiie afterpiocos, 
tried by the Orphouin Circuit 
road shows, may be used next 
season by Keith and Orpheum 
houses to offset the picture 
house presentations. 

The experiment is said to 
depend upon the manner in 
which straight vaudeville will 
be patronized. If , they buy 
straight vaudeville the idoa 
will be shelved. It is being 
held in reserve and producers 
are keeping a watch on the 
situation. 



Pan Resting in Chi 



Chicago, July. 24. . 

Alexander Pantages is spending 
several weeks vacationing at the 
Edgewater Beach Hotel here. 

Don Prince will return to New 
York with Pan and Nan Elliott will 
remain In temporary command in 
Chicago. 

Questioned as to Paul Savoy's 
status with the organization, Pan- 
tages stated that his connection 
was not official. He declared he 
had granted Savoy permission to 
try and secure theatres to book 
Pantages time in and a.bout De- 
troit, but. that Savoy's so-called 
"family department" of the Pan of- 
fice was largely a flash on Savoy's 
part, Inasmuch as the Detroit man 
is not. authorized to book acts for 
any branch of the cirduit. , Pan also 
said that he had no knowledge of 
Savoy'ig plans fbt organization of 
another Pan "family" office at Chi- 
cago, and inferred that his only in- 
terest In the Detroit activities is 
centered about the possibility of 
'Savoy managing to book Pan at- 
tractions Into theatres. 



M-G J Setting Week s Salary as 
Value of Acts for Talking Shorts 



Loew's State, Syracuse, 
Cuts Scale and Show 



Syracuse, N. Y., July 24, 
Presaging still another box-office 
"war" on the strife- worn Syracuse 
Rialto, IjOcw's State will cut its 
scale . 331^ per cent Aug. 11, when 
the house adopts a straight picture 
policy, eliminating Loew-Publix pre- 
sentations. 

The State at present Is, scaled up 
to 75c.- The new top is announced 
at BOc. From 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. 
it will be 25 and from 1 to ,5, 3oc. 

The dropping of the presentation 
policy brings the State Into direct 
competition with the local first-run 
picture houses and gives Keith's the 
combination field wholly to itself, 
for the present at least; 

Preparing for the shift, Loew's Is 
rushing Installation of wiring. 

The State will Increase its orches- 
trat to 21 pieces. Bruce Brummitt 
will remain as guest conductor, but 
I'-r.ank Comwell, m. c, will be trans- 
ferred elsewhere. 



San Francisco, July 24. 
Alexander Pantages is due back 
here by tMe end of this week, after 
several weeks in Chicago. 



Lorette Young has been added to 
"Scarely Lies," 1st National produc- 
tion starring Richard Barthelmess. 



STACJE HANDS STAET ANNUAL 

Syra.cusc, N; Y., July 24. 

Local stage hands have fired their 
annual broadside at the theatres In 
the guise of a new agreement which 
provides for weekly increases of $10 
and $15. 

Keith's would be the hairdest hit 
by the new scale. It Is asked to 
pay Its carpenter $C0 on a six-day 
basis, and $20 additional for Sun- 
day, a $16 total boost. Other mem- 
bers of the crew would be advanced 
from $45 to $55 for six days, and to 
$20 oil Sundays. 

Loew's State, changing policy, 
-will effect a large saving. Stage 
hands' contract with the Wieting, 
legit house, has another year to 
run; 



The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talker 
which is buying talent, Is the only 
one, according to the agents, that 
knows the. salaries of acts. The 
Loew vaudeville and picture house 
booking adjuncts aire in charge of 
the act buying, and the manner In 
which they are picking their stuff 
from the field for talker production 
proves that to the agents. 

Willie M-G-M is paying a bit ex- 
tra for the start for acts, the indi- 
cation Is that an act's regular Loew 
salary for one week will be the aver- 
ago scale for the M-G-M talking 
shorts. M-G-M figures that a 
week's wage for one or two days' 
work in a picture studio on a talker 
Is good compensation. 

The bugaboo of hurting the act's 
value for personal appearances Is 
further decried, M-G-M stating that 
with pop songs being as ephemeral 
In vogue as they are It doesn't meike 
any difference In that direction. 

Among the Loew acts signed or 
set for talkers are ' the Tommy 
Christian and Howard Emerson 
bands, "Parisian Red Heads," Gus. 
Mulcahy, Locust Sisters.' 



"Chevrons" with Hero 



"Gold Chevrons," reduced from 
five reels to two, with Private Clay- 
tori K. Slack, Congressional medal 
holder, to niake an appearance and 
tell of his experiences, has been 
booked for the Loew circuit. 

The fllm-Boldler Tiero combo starts 
the tour at Norfolk, Va., Sept. 1 
next. 



OLIVE BORDEN'S ACT 

Olive Borden, who has been free 
lancing In pictures on the Coast, 
since leaving Fox, '^III enter vaude- 
ville via Orpheum and Keith In Au* 
gust. 

Miss Borden's last . picture waa 
"Gang War" for PBO. M. S. Beiv^ 
tham oflflce is handling the act. 



MOST VERSATILE UNIT ON THE STAGE— 50 ROUTINES 





ALEXANDER OUMANSKY 



BALLET PRODUCER 
WITH ROXY AT CAPITOL THEATRE, N. Y., FOR 4 YEARS 

AND JUST FINISHED 

6 MONTHS AT FOX'S DE LUXE THEATRE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 

ORIGINALLY BOOKED BY LAWRENCE J. GOLDE AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE, TRENTON, N. J;, 

FOR 3 DAYS (JULY 2-3^) BUT HELD OVER INDEFINITELY 



N. B. BEN BERNIEi "Most sensational group I ever played for." 

HARRY SHAW, Director of Production of Lincoln Theatre: i'Cleverest girl ensemble that has played theatre since opening.' 



Costumes by MAHIEU 



Direction WILLIAM MORRIS 



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Keith omce bookers are reported 
worrying about the shortage ot 
material. At . this time , ot the sea- 
son, with. many h6uaes closed, jicts 
should be in demand for vacations 
and outside bookings, such pic- 
ture houses, independent vaudeville, 
etc., and the usual condition has 
been reversed. . . 

Agents report new faces are be- 
ing snapped up and routed for next 
season when available and that the 
"office" has adopted a stifE neck at^ 
titude as -regards salaries for some 
of the former headliners and 
'names." 

There seems to be. no disposIUon 
to loosen up on salaries. The trend 
is toward newcomers who can be 
signed to long term contracts in 
moderate money and developed. 

I>ubllc used to be assured of a 
type of show in a Keith house that 
they would not see elsewhere for 
less money. With the growth of the 
Loew, Pantages and Fox Circuits, 
and the bookings of vaude acts into 
presentations, and the us6 of yaude 
names as m.c.'s in de luxe picture 
houses, many of the former Keith 
and Orpheum standbys disappeared. 

It has been proven time and again 
that legit names in vaudevll)e ex- 
cept In rare Instances, do , not mean 
anything at the boxofflce unless 
conforming to vaudeyiUe standards 
Vaudeville headliners who stand up 
and draw business are: from vaude- 
ville. 



Gus Sun Talking 

Of All-Tab Shows 

The Gus Sun Circuit may displace 
its current mixture of vaude and 
tabs with an all-tab circuit next 
season, according to the present 
campaign being promulgated among 
the former stands of the Sun Cir- 
cuit. ■ ;. 

Missionary work along, the lines 
of converting houses on the Sun 
books' from vaude to tab is being 
handled out of the Gus Sun main 
ofllce In Springfield, 111. 
:: The list: of yiude houses booked 
by Sun has been dimlhishlng for 
tW3 years but with new tab stands 
more than offseting the vaude drop- 
outs that have been aligning with 
new booking agencies. The Sun 
Circuit now has 50 weeks set for 
tabs but can give the draw tabs 
70 weeks through repeats. 

The tabs; booked out of the Sun 
•Agency operate on a two-way basis, 
some with guarantee and percent- 
age and others with flat guarantee. 



CHINESE GULL SUES PAN 

. . Los Angeles, July 24. 
Alexander Pantages is defendant 
in a suit filed in Superior Court 
here by Jue So Tal, Chines^ vaude 
actress., who asks $2,375. She 
charges breach of contract. 

The girl at present Is in the East 
and could not appear to prosecute 
her case when it was called. So it 
win be tried Sept. 4 before Judge 

Blake. ^ 
Pantages contends ho owes the 

actress nothing. 

Houses Opeiiing 

The Endlcott, 13th avenue and 
70th street, Brooklyn, has opened 
with straight pictures, A. C. Costa, 

managing. . ' ^ r^uj^^ 

Regent theatre. Prairie du Chien, 
Wis., being remodeled for stage and 
vaude. 




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acres, placid waters, beautiful 
7-room log bungalows, absolutely 
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eluded, swimming, boating, fish- 
ing, i8-hole golf course fifty feet 
distance. All bungalows situated 
on exclusive island approached 
by dreamy rustic bridge. The 
summer resort miliehhiurn. One 
hour from Columbus, Ohio. 



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INCORPORATIONS ROSCOE AILS 

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Albany, July 24. 
Now York 
Plcturetone, Jnc. New York, manu- 
facture aifd deal in movlne pictures and 
sound reproductions: 7,500 
value; Wm. J. Hefternan. Olto Bleber. 
Arthur A. J. Wesleln. Filed by U. S. 
Corporation Co., 150 Broadway. Ne^ 

^Paramount Gttino Co.. Wanhattan^ 
amusements Includlns eame of eclentific 
trolf- J5.000; Krvln , Neuliut, Roy u. 

A?bVrt'P. Wollher. Filed by Crane 
& Kalman, 42 Broadway. ^-^T^^X v«rif 
Imnerial rio.tnreB, Inc., New TorK. 
motion picture films and negath/e?, .nW," 
S compositions; $10,000; Ro^t-^^^- 
Roy. Jesse H. Barkln. Nathan S. Fart- 
mnn. Filed by J. W. Friedman. BBl 6th 
avenue. New Torlt. . 

iMmnm PriMluctlonB, Inc., Manhattan 
theatre productions. proprietors and 
managers of opera. slaKC Pl^ys .^00 
shares no par value; Harold C. Stern, «L.. 
Hosenbertj. Piled by Albert Wald. 276 
5th avenue. New York. . , . 

Tot« Amuwmcnt Co.. . 
furnlshlhB amusement, erittertalnment 
and diversion to public; 200 phares.. 100 
ohares preferred $100 . each, 100 shares 
common'^no par; G.. Anthony Tota Marie 
M. S Tota, Kenneth P. Tola. Piled ty 
Mortimer V. Sullivan, 406 Church street, 
Elmlra. ■ • , . 

SiimHcls' Attraction^. Inc., Manhattan, 
promotlnB and productnpr vaudeville 
acts; $10,000; David S. Samuels, John I. 
Sparrow, Sunla 3. Samuels. Filed by 
Max Mully, 225 Broadway. New Torlc. 

Syndicate Pictures Corp., Manhattan, 
distributor of motion picture films; IfiO 
shares no par value; I^llllan Cunnlnp- 
ham. Peter I,ewla, Ilpnry. R. Danzlnprer. 
Filed by Phillips & Nluor, ICGO Broad- 
way, New York, 

Cleveland Mutual, Inc., Manhatttan; 
Ihnatrlcal, musical, operatic and other 
public performances; 1,000 Rliares no par 
vnlue; Jacob T. Goodslcln, I. "Wli^nnr, 
Isl.lore : mnro..^l?Ucd^hy^-Ji«£flh_.lL-ATeod 
stoin, 21 East 40lh ntrcot. New York. 
. Hurry's Kiddle I'ark, Inc.. I-onp 
Hciii-h; thfalrr-H, plays, nets; $5,000; Ira 
N. Hurwlt?;. Doris S. Kanririck, Morris 
A. Vo»;cl. Piled by Morris A. VoRel, 1440 
Brtjartway, New York. 

Woody & Adler, Inc., Miinhattan; man- 
ufacture motion pictures, films; 200 
shares no par viilue; Orcn "Woody, Bert 
Adlcr, Harry G. Ko.srh. Piled by Harry 
n. Kosch, 383 Madison avenue, New 
York. 

Murailioii IMclurcti Corp., Manhattan, 
manufacture motion pictures, lllma and 
priotoplays; $20,000; Symon Gould, Kasle 
Hreprsteln, David L. Uanff. Filed by 
1 Tfarry G. Kosch, 3BS Madison avenue, 



Artist Isles 
Russell Point. Ohio 



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tights, opera hose,, etc., etc., for staKe 
Jcostumes. Samples upon request. 

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Our 2nd \eat with prBT^rX 
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MILLS and SHEA 

Touring America with 
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Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



A U D E V I L L E 



VARIETY 



37 



Slowness in Wiring Keith Houses 
Holds Up Acts' Routes Next Season ;; 



TALKER PROJECTIONIST 



■ Slowrioss in issuing Koith roiitfs : 
niay be o.axlpcd by the Kcitli Cir- 
auit's decision to wire 25 hoiisos im- 
mediately, with 17 more to fonow. 

The preferential list includoK the 
Albce, Brooklyn; Bushwick. Brook- 
lyn; Hippodrome, Jefferson, Regent, 
New York; Palace, Cleveland, and 
. Keith- hbtises in Louisville, Colum- 
bus, Cincinnati, Boston and other 
Itey': cities. 

, Application for equipment mstal- 
IJvtion has been made to the elpo- 
trlc.ll research department of Wost- 
prn Electric, but it is doubtful if 
any installation can be completocV 
before December. 

Western. Electric is now signihp; 
aontracts for installations for March. 
• 1929. 

^ The Loew Circuit "is ahead of 
Keith's with 99 houses listed to be 
wired, also the Publix houses. 

The decision to" wire the Keith 
Bouses would explain the apathy 
of the new regime in issuing route? 
for next season. Agents report that 
the bookers are only booking for 
eurreht shows and that it is dlill- 
atilt to sell acts for a week, ahead 
Keith's New Tbi-k Hippodrome is 
reported imdergolng wiring at pres 
«nt. General Electric (Photophone) 
is doing it. Keith's is a friendly af- 
filiation of General Electric through 
the RCA Photophone connection 
With Jos. P. Kennedy's FBO pic- 
ture producer. 

Keith's, from accounts, placed 
some equipment installation con-^ 
tracts with Western Electric be- 
fore aware General Electric would 
also install. Other than the Keith 
houses mentioned, it is said that 
Keith wired theatres will have G. 
E. equipment. 

Producers report Keith's is asking 
them to spend thousandi? of dollars 
with no guarantee of protection. If 
the oifflce likes the act after pro- 
duced, it will talk salary. 

One dancing act which was to 
include a ballet that has played all 
of the de luxe picture houses was 



Vairfe Road Shows 

For Next Seasosi 



Va\id'e. rciul show unit!? iwo. being 
ci)ri.si(U>rc(J by the txiew and Koith 
cirouits. for the' lii^w season. . The 
Loew piru'os have already framed- 
a number for the circuit, with Keith 
reported experinionting a.!^nin along 
the lines of the former Qrph units. 

With this in mind a number of 
comedy turns are boing tc'n;\tively 
booked with the principal comics 
expected , to work ■ in either the 
"fla.^h": turn, featured •.act or stage 
.'ifterpircCi 



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iiKs up juid swilrhos ihe sound 
ike the amplifier on a radio. This 
switch of :lilm and sound from 
mai'luTio to machine is continued 
uiitil the entire pictiire has been | 
shown. ! 

The. '.'King of Kinpi=;". i.s On a. 
Movietone etquipnient. but the .«ame 
"process is gone through wiih the 
A'itapho'ne,. except that a nt'W rec- 
ord as well a new reel of film is all 
set on the next machine; The Vita- 
phone process takes more worlc by 
the operator to effect iirrfei t .«>n- 
chronization. 

Operator's Chance 



Keith s Borrows Service Experts 
From Publix for House Efficiency 



Milwaukee's Majestic Goes 
Sound Film With Brin 

Milwaukoo. July 2-). 
The Majestic theatre puzzle has 
been solved. D.-vrk since the . Oi'-. 
pheum moved out'^ in June, the 
house has been the questiph mark 
of the street as to who had gotten 
the pluni. The Schlif// brewery 
interests, owners, now announce 
that the lease has been given o 
L. K. . l3rin, present owner of the 
Garden, also on Schlitz property. 

According to the dope, the lease 
calls for a rental involving about 
$650,000 over a long term of years. 
Erin is to install. Vitaphche, ahd 
other talkers, and is expected to 
have the house open by Labor . Day'. 

Since the Majestic A'-as primarily 
built for vaude, expendi ure f 
$100,000 is nece.s.sftry to renindol; the 
brewery paying. 

Straight -films with stage pres- 
entations are announced by Erin 
AVith a 50 cent top. 



ready to spend $4,500* for a produc- 
tion for Keith and Orpheum houses. 
The producer was told to go ahead 
and that it would be booked for a 
"showinjg" and then a sal.i.)-y set if 
the act was in demand 



The projectionist of the talkers 
ha.s 75 per cent, more work to do 
than with .siilent pictures, and^ be- 
sides, can become an artist in his 
line. The way the show is put oyer, 
.tjound perfectly .synchronized, anv- 
plified'or decrea-sed; the attention 
given to the needle on the Vita- 
phone disk or the proper adjiist- 
nient of the light oh the Movietone 
film- is all in the projectionist's 
hands. 

It seems with the sight and sound 
films that the man in the projec- 
tion room is pretty important now- 
adays. Very fe-vv other than the 
engineers know as niuch about the 
new picture mi?chahism as the pro- 
jectioni-st. They realize the posi- 
tion to which the talkers have ele- 
vated them and are anxious to take 
advantage of it. The projection- 
ists' Union has started schools to 
educate men in handling talkers 
so' that out.sidcrs cannot intrude 
upon their craft.. Howard Paxton 
of the Rivoli teaches such a school 
on Long Island. The talker busi- 
ness has come up so fast all pro- 
jectionists are . head over heels 
learning. The other two men at 
the Rivoli study at nights and the 
three take turns at handling^ the 
different positions in cohne'ction 
with the showing of a talker so 
that they may become adept In all 
Phases. 



Diversey, Loser $200,000, 
Now Gets Stock Burlesque 

■ Chicas^o, July 24.'. 
The l)i\( rsey, i-OTitrolled . jointly 
by r,:\lalian <t Katz, Orph.nim Cir- 
cuit and .Tones, l.ini*'k Si'hiiofcr. 
will discard its K^nth vaudefihn 
policy Aug.. 27. -in' favor Of stock 
burles<iue. Sid AnschoU of the Star 
tt Oavter will. produce the shows.- 

:This h(Hise has tried everything 
from big time vaudo to pictures 
without succe.ss. . Tt has cost its 
operators $200,000 ■ in losses since 
opening three y(\irs- ago. Recently 
tire operators hcii ght the remaining 
nine months on the lease of Covont 
■Cardens, nearby L. T. picture 
house, and closed it, in order .to 
bring more • business into tlie Ui- 
versVy. The. lease cost them 
$20,000. It didn't help the Uiversey 
to any extent. 



JUDGMENTS 



It's reported Keith's lias n mu- st- 
ed froni I'.ublix the loan of .some 
of its service experts, a." instnict- 
pr.s f(u- the Keith. housi- staffs, en.st 
and west. 

"Whether l^ubHx . has acccd<-d ia 
not - reported. . It's expected I'ublix 
will designate asmany of its .ser- 
vice . men as may be reciuired by 
Keilh;.s, to be attached to that eir- 
ctiit uiuil released. 

Tlie xinderstanding is that Keith's 
does not -vant to follow the exact 
Publix service system, but to instill 
in, the Keiih house forces tlie gen- 
eral sclieine of. attention, courtesy 
auTl service to the p.-.vtrtms that 
I'ublix Is always striving for. Its 
manner of adaptation with Keith's 
will be left to whoever may. be in 
charge of the star:, etlleieney de- 
Piirlincnt. 

A'audevillo in the past n.ive .n6 
marked attenticyv to service lor pa- 
trons. The staff was expin-ted to be 
civil and u.sually lived up to that 
much, without giving thought to 
anything else in connection' w-lth a 
patron .after he or she had left the 
l)ox olhce. . 

"The customer comes lirsi " was a 
forgotten echo in the Keith and Or-, 
pheum circuit theatres. 



Olive Amus. Corp.; Common 
wealth Film Corp.; $1,743. 

Park Lane Theatre Corp.; Greater 
N. Y. Export. House, Inc.; $1,140 

Castilian Royal, Inc.; Nat. Cash 
Register. Co.; $234. 

Little Campus . Restaurant, Inc.; 
Atlantic .Meat Co., Inc.; $129. 

Irving . M. Lesser; Jay-Thorpe 
Inc;; $1,451'. 

Russell Janney Prods, inc.; Dowd 
Lumber Co.; $432, 

Waldorf Theatres Corp.; A. H. 
Wei.ss; $67, 

Elton Amus. Co., inc.; Travelers 
Ins. Co.; $236 
.Texas Guinan; M. Holcomb; $892 
Nat. Theatres, Inc.; A. T. GbuUet; 
$1 349. 

Satisfied Judgments 
Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Western 
Photoplays, Inc., et al.; $2,015; 
March 6, 1928 



ROEHM-RICHARDS' FRANCHISE 

Roehm and Richards, independent 
agents and producers, have been 
given Keith . and Orpheum . fran- 
chi.ses by John Ford. 

The newest K-O agency has .spe- 
cialized mostly . in cal)ar<'t and 
bands.' 



"WHITE FACE FOOL" SHORllr, 

Lionel Atwill has completed rTiit' 
'White Faced Fool" for Movietone. 

Edgar Alan Woolf, author of the 
sketch, directed the talking picture 
version. 



FROTHINGHAM BACK 

Jim Frothingham is back in the 
[managerial fold of the Keith ofhces. 

At present he is inspecting the 
I New York Keith houses. 




CHAMBERLAIN BROWN'S 

WORLD CHAMPION MARATHON DANCERS 

Broke Regent Theatre Sunday house record, Paterson, 
at first appearance of this novel and entertaining act 

16 People, Including the Following Authentic WorW Champions 

GUNNAR NILSON, conqueror of Nurmi, and HAN NA KARPMAN 
TOMMY NOLAN and ANNA KING, World Champion Charleston Dancers 

££)£)XE LEONARD and MARY PROMITIS, Cham pions of Pittsburgh 
JIMMY SCOTT and OLGA CHRISTENSEN, foremost exponents of the waltz 
DAVE AUERBACH and VERA CAMPBELL, fastest one-step dance team in the world ^ 
JAMES PRIORE and FLORENCE CARLOUG^ National Marathon which 

ended at midnight, Sunday, July ^ 

JOEY REYNOLDS, Trainer JACK B. SHEA; Announcer 

All of the above teams danced 432 flours at Madu.^S<^ and u,ere on the floor u,hen the 

contest was ended by court oraer 

Routines Staged by HARR Y PUCK 

AMlWS'^^^ ™ get business for you even in hot weather 

Special exploitation/stunts and races in every 



Promotion and publicity planned by 
C S. THOMPSON, GEORGE H. MAINES and Associates 



CHAMBERLAIN BROWN, Producer, 145 West 45th Street. NEW YORK CITY 



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VARIETY 



Talk of Rotating 

Stock Burlesque 

De^pito consiilorahlo talk about a 
new burloscjuo circuit little cred- 
ence is pivetv, to wliat has been 
circuliiting-, although several bur- 
leaqiio men who have neither house 
nor show priyilepes on the Mutual 
wheel intend to operate stoclc bur- 
le«niic in tlioir theatres next sea- 
son. 

..This propo.s.efl stock project has 
gi.yen rise, to the' vepo.rt that Charles. 
Waidron, Boston: Warren Irons, 
Chic!ic:p; Gus Hill. New York, and 
Ed Fay. Proviiiohce. have pooled to- 
ward tlie formation of a rotary 
stock proposition.. This provides for 
the moving only, of .principals from 
town to town, tlie chorus remaining 
in house, changins sonRS and nujti- 
bers weekly. 

.Waidron has the Casino in the 
Hub, and as the -Mutual will not, 
play that \iouse next season; con- 
fining, its bookinffs to the Howard 
and the Qayety, there. 

I; H. Ilerk, who rC'turned Mon- 
day, from a western trip, denied that 
Irons h (IS anything . to do with the 
reported rotary istock btirle.'^que cir- 
cuit. 



C A K L B N A 



DIAMOND 

(D.ANCING IIARnST SCPREME) 

Dolnj^ tlif Iltirp DandnK' Specialty .aa 
Qri(;lnntert l>y iBer .Dad, ■ 
' . Charlie Diamond 



HAaRY Q. 




ORGANIST 
Warner Bros. Theatre, Hollywood 



Minsky-H. & S. Terms 



The I^rinsky Brothers in 
abandoning the Apollo, their 
upper-floor house, pay Ilurtiff 
and Soamon $25,000 a year 
rental for Hurtig and Seamon's 
Music Hall, and IL' & S. ..will 
also get 50 percent of the prof- 
its. The agreement is for 25 
years, 'another advantageous 
term for Hurtig and Seamon, 
as the continued ,pnv.-p.rd 
niarch of the colored popvila- 
tlon will, it is expected, engulf 
the.theatre within a few years. 

Hurtig and Seamon are to be 
billed with cqu:*! prominence 
as the Minsky name.-; An odd 
clause . In the agreement be- 
tween the two declares that if 
the Minskys belittle or In any 
way besmirch the name of the 
Hurtig and Seamon nrm, the 
Minskys be penali7,od. 



Mutual in Strand, Wash.; 
Gayety's Policy Unknown 

strand, Washington, D. C. was 
definitely iset Monday-,by I. H.:Herk 
to play Mutual shows next season, 
Ira J. X.aMotte, for . six years in 
charije of the Shubert-Belasco there 
and former manager of the Gayety; 
Will manage, the Strand. First show 
i6 due in.week of Atig. 25. 

By settling upon the Strand. 
Herk WjU steer completely ofC the 
Gayety, which now has new direc- 
torate control. Nobody seems lo 
know Ahati policy will prevail af 
this house. 



Stock Ousts Yiddish 

The Lipzin, Bowery, N(^w York 
(formerly London), temple of Yid 
dish drama since the house di-scon 
tinued wheel shows some 10 years 
ago, win scrap the Y'iddigh for stock 
burlesque next season. 

The Lipzin experimented with 
stock burlesque after the Yiddish 
season for several weeks this sum- 
mer. 



Marcus Loew 

BOQKINGAGENCY 

GeneraX &Kecutive Offices 

LOEW BUILDING t 

AN N E X 

160 WEST 46^ ST* 

VPXMiT- 9850-NEW YORK CITY 



J. H. LUBIN 

OISNEK.'VL MANAGISR 

MARYliTCsCHENCK 

DOO KiyO .WANA QEIt 
CHICAGO OITICK ^ 

600 WOODS THEATRE B'LD'G 
JOHNNY JONES 

, IN CHAnCE 







BURLESQUE 



Burlesque Changes 



1\>K & Krause have decided upon 
.wo of tlieir Mutuals for next sea- 
.son. They will change tholr ".Red 
Hot Mamas" to "Hed Hots," with 
Pepg.v Mayo starred and Benny 
Piatt featured. Among the others 
will bo Helen llonoir, Burnrf Sisters. 
Billy Pitzer, Gordon R.vdoen, with 
r»arnoy Kelly mahitging. The. other 
show stars. Teresina and her "R'l- 
dium Girls," with Bert' Hose fea- 
tured. The princir)al3 include Gaby 
I-'ioUls, Ina Thomas, Marie Collin.-5. 
Joe (Slim) Rogers and Ralph 
Smith, witli Nate Fields as man- 
ager. 

."Girls From the Follies" (Kd J. 
Ryan): Sam Kaynor, Jean Quinn, 
Gladys Clark. Florence Rich, Zuna 
Durval and Mae RaynOr. 

"LafTm' Thru" (S. "VV. Manhoim): 
Joe van, Al Flatico, Mae Serpas, 
Katherlne Stevens, Anhea Connolly, 
Jimmy Serra, Don Proctor and Bert 
Peck. 

"Dest Show in Town" (Bert 
Todd): "She," featured dancer; 
Jack Erickson, Jimmy Bova, Anna 
Propp, Paith Darling and Phil Hall. 

"Record Breakers" (Jack Reid) : 
Margie Bartcl, Syd. Burke, Juanita 
Kvans, Davb Burt, Johnny Gilmore, 
Larry Clark and Tom Breen. 

"Mae Dix and Her Flappers" (Joe 
Catulano): Mae Dix, Jack Mon- 
tague, Johnny Ragland, Tom Fair- 
cloug'n, Madeline McEver.v, Jofs 
Mack. Paith Hamilton and- "Sh.nrlee." 

"Stolen Sweets" (Joe Catalano) : 
Harry Lcvine, Edith Plamer, Bee 
Moore, Artie Lewis, Bob Leonard, 
Bill Johnson and La Jade.<5. 

Anna Clair, ingenue; Jacques 
Wil-son, ingenue; Mildred Fra:nklin, 
soubret; Johnny Kane, straight, 
with Apollo Stock Co.; Marie Ar- 
nold, soubret; Billy ' Fields, come- 
dian; Clyde Vlckers, dancer, with 
J. G. Jermon; Bobbie Wilson, come- 
dian; Fay Tunis, ingenue; Jane 
Hazelton, prima donna, with Min- 
skvs' National Winter Garden. 



No Salary Raises 



When some of thfi lead com- 
ics of the Mutual closed the 
recent season they decided to 
risk their old bosses for a raise 
in salary. 

Not a single increase was 
allowed as far as . can be as- 
certained. 

The' producers might have 
acauiesced but their guarantee 
for the new season remains as 
it was. last year, $1,670. 



H. & S. and Cort, Jamaica 

- — ) .. 

Joe Hurtig of Hurtig & Seamon 
says no deal has been closed for 
the Cort theatre, Jamaica, L. I., but 
negotiations are to take It over. 
It may f?o on the Mutual wheel. . 

The Cort at present is under Louis 
Wei-ba's management, with a stock 
as its present tenant. 

Hurtig stated the new Shubert 
theatre H. and S.. are building at 
165th street and . Jainaica avenue 
will open Aug. 27. with Shubert legit 
attractions. 

The Shubert' Jamaiica, when fln- 
ished,:will be a new link in the sub- 
way circuit, and will also take up 
the legit bookings heretofore , sup- 
plied the Cort theatre; That Is the 
present plan with H. & S. believed 
to be the prospective lessees of the 
Cort. 



Again 16 Girls 

Mutual shows will again carry 16 
chorus girls next season. 



MUTUAL EOUTE FIXING 

The Mutual has not filled in the 
stand for the first half of the week 
that has the second part playing 
the Colonial, Utica. 

Gone for good is the old one night 
stand layout through Pennsylvania. 

Lyric, Allentovirn, gets a Monday 
date; Orpheum, Reading, Tuesday 
and Wednesday, with the Palace, 
Trenton, picking up the last half. 



CHI'S ONi;- WHEEL HOUSE 

One of the things established by 
I H. Herk's' recent trip west is that 
the new Mutual season will open 
with only one house in Chicago, 
Empress. 

There was talk that the Hay- 
market, operated by Irons & Clam- 
age, would return to the Mutual 
wheel. 



BLOWS AFTER TRIAL WEEK 

Chicago, July 24. 
. Billy King, coloi-ed musical tab 
man, attempted to put over a musi 
cal stock policy at the Grand the 
Rtre, .list and State, two weeks ago 
He leased the house for a trial 
week, and took in under $1,000. 
Billy blew, — 



Hay market Key House? 

* Chicago, July 24. 
I. H. Herk, in Chicago last week, 
conferred with Warren Irons about 
the policy of the Haymarket next 
season! There is a report that 
Irons will not use Mutual shows 
for the Haymarket when It re 
opens, but will use the theatre key 
house of a string of stock burlesque 
stands under his direction. 

Herk went -from here to Battle 
Creek, Mich., to visit his wife, who 
is in a sanatorium. 



Featured In Fnnchon nnd Mnrco'a 
, <'Bathtab Idea" 

LUCILLE 



In SPECIAXTT DANCES 
P. 8.— A Week sf Laughs with Benny Rubin 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 
N. E. Park Men Organize 

' Worcester, Mafls., July 26. 

N'cw England Amusement Men's 
Association has been formed and 
the first annual convention will bo 
hold in Worcester In January, with 
hotel Bancroft as headquarters. 
Former State Senator- Andrew Cas- 
sassa, of Revci-c Beach is presi- 
dent, Howard Gllmpre of Provi- 
dence, vloe-presldertt»jjf and Will 
White of Norumbega Park, Auburn- 
<iale, Mass., secretary and treasurer. 
There will be an exhibit by, manu- 
facturers supplying amusement 
facilities. 



i 



COLUMBIA CHANGES 

Several changes were agiin made 
among the principals at the Co- 
lumbia, New York, Monday. Jack 
Held replaced Gus Flaig and Vera 
Walton supplanted Albertini as 
prima donna. 



HENRY FINK 

Now Heiidllnlns Ijoew's Tlienires 




A VACDEVtttE ACrlCr^CT WHICH PRODUCES RIOBi? TO AN IT PROMIBB8 
CONSISTENT. EI FICIENT SER^HCE SINCE 1913 

The Fally Uu$ YaDdeville %ncy 

Astor Theatre Bldg., N. W. Cor. 45th St. and Broadway 

Lackawanna 7876 New York City 



Wheel's Columbia Opening 

With the summer season at the 
Columbia, New York, indef it is 
understood that the first Mutual 
show to play the house on the new 
season will be Ed. F, Ryan's "Girls 
From the Follies." 

The Ryan show is listed there for 
Aug. 20. 



ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC. 

Bonkini; All Theatres Controllecl by 

STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA 

A route of 15, wcckn witliln 200 mllen of New York 
Artists invited to book direct 



1560 Broadway 



New York City 



2£3~5-WEST ST. 



5UITE-:403 



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1 1. JACK GOLPB£RG PRESIDENT. 

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ILLYS 



AMERICA'S FOREMOST JUVENILE TAP DANCERS 

KEITH-ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 

STIMr^Y FAR^I«Er GREATEST ^l^^ 

—San Francisco Examiner/' June 30, 




for a Second Week, ORPHEUM, Los Angeles 

Demonstrating Their Value to Any Bill . 



VARIETY 



39 



News From the Daflies 

This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub« 
lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago, 
San Francisco, Los Angeles and London. Variety takes ho crefiit 
for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily pap|r. 



granted a new trial loUowinR hor 
conviction to six months in jail on 
a bad chipck charge. Her attorney 
discovered new evidence. • 



NEW YORK 



Madeleine Marshall admitted she 
had l^t her husband, Arthur Rich- 
nian. li:ight-month-.old son i.s with 
the mother. '■ ^ 

Jos W. Weber, president of tjie 
American Federation of. Musicians, 
eot definitely Into the fight on talk- 
inir pictures by the musicians when 
he Issued a statement condemning 
the mechanical .form of entortain- 
jnent as "dehumanized drama." 

Helen Broderlclo reported engaged 
to sing several opei-atlc roles in Ber- 
lin in November. She is a contralto, 
>■ but has been before the American 
public only In musical comedios. 
Opera engagement was arranged by 
pame Nellie Melba in London. . 

Life savings of Mrs. Helen Hardy, 
veteran actress, who retired in 1918, 
go to the Actors' Fund under a will 
filed In New York. 



New York:, 
dcni.'il. 



Haan, C4, ihakes general 



John Maxwell, chairman of the 
board of lirlti.s^ International Pic^ 
tures, arrived Monday. He said: 
"We have experimented with talk- 
ing pictures in England, but they 
are not a permanent :orm of enter- 
tai-nment." Which di.<3posos of . that. 

Today (Wednesday) is David 
Bola.sco's birthday anniversary. 
Employes will give. him a six-foot 
carved candle, bigger than Cal 
Ooolidge got. 



Mae Murray continues to get into 
legal entanglements, This time the 
actre.ss says she has been, imposed 
upon and deprived of money through 
a transaction involving a note- she 
gave Paul Albert for • $2,558, Ro.se 
Klein, acting as. assignee for Albert, 
filed suit to collect. Miss Murray's 
answer declared that Albert and 
others, owed her $4;652 over and 
above the amount of the note and 
she wants it canceled. 



Florence Wlllard, dancer, peti- 
tioned the New York courts to legit- 
imatize her son, naming as the 
child's father Joseph Haan, ,an offi- 
cer of H. M. ttaan, candy makers of 



VALE 



AND 



STEWART 

YESl WE DANCE 
Direction of LYONS and L^ONS 
A PUBUX tJNIT "DANCING FEET" 



Raquel Albert, wlio says she is a 
Cuban lilm actress, caused the ar- 
rest on Mann Act charges of Jose 
Menual Casanova, wealthy Cuban 
planter, registered at the Hotel 
Mayflower, She also has filed suit 
for ?250,000 in breach of promise 
action. 



Following raids and "temporary 
padlocks" on bars and dispensing 
counters it was intimated that this 
new system of drying up the night 
clubs will be followed as a regular 
thing on instructions, from Wash 
ington. 



John Henry Meairs and .Capt. 
Chai-les D. B. Collyei*. Jr., reached 
New York by aeroplane Sunday, 
making a record trip around the 
world in 23 days 14 hours and 64 
minutes, beating the former record 
by almost five. days. . 



THE MEMPHIS . 

COLLEGIANS 

That Sweet Band from the South 

HeadllnlDK PantaccB CIrcnIt 
Dlrectktn of ESTELLA QBEEN 



BTTRIXE 



Conlin and Glass 

' with HANK MILO 
Tivoli Theatre 
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 



LOS ANGELES 



Henry Schumanri-Heink,. son of 
the opera singer, was cleared of 
grand theft charges In connection 
with a stock promotion. Judge Staf- 
ford dismissed the case when it was 
learned settlement had been made 
out of court. 



Investigation into, the death of 
Sidney Smith, screen comedian, 
whose death followed an asserted 
drinking party, wound up with the 
coroner's olTlce putting down a final 
report of death being caused by 
acute alcolioHsm combined with an 
ailment of long standing. 



It took Virginia Browne Faire, 
screen actress, but a few minutes to 
convince Superior Judge Russill that 
as a husband Jack. Dougherty, pic- 
ture- actor and one- time husband of 
the late Barbara La Marr, is impos- 
sible.. Dougherty did not appear 
The pair were married in February. 
1927, and separated in^jMay, 1928. 

Alfred Weston, stage actor, is 
sued for . divorce . by Charlotte R. 
Weston, who complains he had a 
yen for cOminj; home late and 
kicking her out of bed. 

On occasions, Mrs. WestOn alleged, 
Weston threw her out of the house. 



Ralph sumner awarded a divorce 
from Margaret Sumner, screen ac- 
tress, after she showing letter from 
his wife In which she stated she 
married him only for spite. Sumner 
said they were mari'led after but a 
three-day friendship. 



Seven water taxi operators, 
charged with conducting passengers 
to the "Johanna Smith," gambling 
boat anchored off Long Beach, were 
convicted under a section of . the 
state penal law before Municipal 
Judge Swain. The men were fined 
$50 each. 



Divorce decree was granted Letl 
tia Dorothy Webb from Millard 
Webb, picture director, oh grounds 
of cruelty. Judge Frederickson lis 
tened to Mrs. Webb's plea after cor 
roborated testimony outlined the va- 
rious acts of cruelty Webb was al 
leged to have performed. Couple 
were married January, 1925, and 
separated August, 1927. 



Arthur L. Bernstein was awarded 
a decree of divorce from his wife 
July 17 on grounds of cruelty. An 
alienation of aiffection suit filed by 
Mrs. Bernstein against Mrs. Jack 
Coogan was dismissed in court, with 
Mrs. Bernstein in attendance. Mrs. 
Bernstein was given no alimony. 

Virginia Hurst, picture actress, 
known as Lady Diana Bathurst, was 



F. C. Crabtree, acrobat a.nd 
dancer, filed suit in United States 
District Court a,gainst the Oregon 
Short Line tlallroad Co., asking for 
$12,500 damages. Crabtree's com- 
plaint states that he was thrown 
from an upper berth while on one 
of the company's trains, sustaining 
Injuries that will interfere with his 
continuing to work. 



MURIEL KAYE 

WITH 

JACK LENNY RAYMOND SYKES 

AL WILDE DON ODIN 

in *'AN ARTISTIC INTERLUDE" 

At the PALACE, NEW YORK, This Week (July 23) 

HARRYROYE 

PRODUCTION 

birection, LEW COLDER— ARTIE PIERCE, Associate 

* . 

P. S,-^ee Ethel Parker and Fred Babs at Loew*a State 
New *york, This Week 



WEST COAST NOTES 

(Continued from page 25) 
be directed by .Clarence Brown with 
Greta. Garbo starring. 

Walter l^yron borrowed from .Sam 
Goldwyn will play opposite Miss 
Garbo. 



Production on "Runaway Girls" 
started at Columbia, with Shirley 
Ma.son, Arthur l^hkiri, Hedda Hop- 
per, .George . Irving and KdAvard 
Earle; in cast, Mark Sandrich di- 
recting. 



sound effects and technicolor. Norma 
Shearer starred. 



Mildred Bovd added to "Riley the 
Cop," Fox. Directed by John Ford. 



Karl Urown, formerly of Par- 
amount, with Columbia to direct. 



Neil Hamilton opposite Clara Bow 
in "Three Week Ends," l»ar. Clar- 
ence Badger directing. 



Duke iAIartin added to "Moran of 
the Marines'' for Par. Frank Strayer 
directing. 



Tom Ricketts added to "Inter- 
ference" for Par. Lothar . Mendez 
directing. 



Paramount has Harry D'Arrast to 
term contract to diroct. D'Arrast is 
now with Fox, where he was loaned 
by Paramount, to direct "Dry Mar- 
tini." This will be completed next 
week. 



. Nora Lane signed by T-.S to play 
opposite Ricardb Cortez in "The Gun 
Runner." Directed by Edgard Lewis. 

t ' 

Fritzl Ridgway added to FBO's 
"Son of the Golden West." Tom 
Mix. . 



Richard Carle, Dan Wolhelm and 
Joseph W. GIrafd added to Para- 
mount's "The Fleet's In." 



Johnny Arthur, comedian of "The 
Desert Song," here, played a barber 
In the opening sequence of "Alias 
Jimmy Valentine" for M-G-M. 



Mary Aster and Ben Bard are set 
for the leads In Irving Cummings* 
next for Fox, due for production 
about Augi 1. No title has been 
chosen. 



Mathew Betz to play the heavy In 
Sins of the Fathers," Par. Ludwig 
Berger directing. 

"The Last of Mrs. Cheney" to 
be produced by M-G-M will have 



Nicholas Sousahin and Gladys 
Brookwell addod to "The Woman 
Di.sputPd," U. A. Sam Taylor di- 
recting.- 



Charlotte Mincau added to "Moran 
of the Marines." 



Louise Fazenda. closed her five- 
year contract at Warners on one 
day and as. a free lance player 
stepped into a prominent part at 
FOx's with Farrell McDonald In 
"Riley the Cop." 

Complete cast of "The Lookout 
Girl," Dallas Fitzgerald directing for 
Quality: Jacqueline Logan,' Ian 
Keith, Lee Moran, William Tooker, 
Gladden James, Jimmy Aubrey, 
Henry Hobart, Broderick O'FarrelL 



Paul Lucas added to untitled 
Richard Arlen and Nancy Carroll 
(Continued on page ♦S) 



KING 

for a 

DAY? 



NEW HOTEL ANNAPOLIS 




Washington. D. ftfi 
SiDKle. flTJtO 
Doable^ $28.0* 



11-12 and H Sta. 



In ' the H«art < 
.Theatre. Dlatrlot 



Del? Andrews, picture director, 
divorced by Edith E. Andrews on 
charges he drank to excess. Prop- 
erty settlement was effected giving 
Mrs. Andrews custody of minor 
child and allowance of $200 a month 
for support. Couple were separated 
and reconciled several times In the 
i>ast. 

Although Adolphe Menjou knows 
all about what the well dressed man 
should wear on the screen, he ad- 
mits he is Just a novice when It 
comes to buying studs, links and 
that. sort of stuff. Menjjou has filed 
suit In Municipal court against M. 
Welnstein, jeweler, to get back $950 
he paid for a set of studs and links 
that he later found out was worth 
only $40'0. MenjOu wants the jew- 
»eler to take the stuff back and re- 
turn his money. 

Lyon Barnard accused of extort- 
ing $2,000 from Fay Wray, film ac- 
tress, held In bail of $1,000 at the 
preliminary hearing before Judge 
Gibbs. Miss Wray appeared as 
complaining, witness against. Bar- 
nard, accompanied by her husband, 
John Monk Saunders, scenario 
writer. 



Address Care/Tariety," Chicago 



WANTED FOR PRODUCTIONS 

Standard Acts, Vaudeville Headliners, Sensational 
Dancers, Musical Acts— Long Season 

GEO. W. SMITH ATTRACTIONS 

M75 BROADWAY (Times BIdg., «^..;f. S10> BRYANT 2387 



Henry Isabell, m'bvie cowboy, Im*- 
plicated In the killing of Tom Ker- 
rlck, picture cowboy, last year, was 
arrested In Hollywood In connection 
with another asserted "gin party, ' 
charged with drunkenness. 

Henry Halstead, orchestra leader, 
has taken over the management of 
the La Monica ball room on Santa 
Monica pier. 

Sylvia and L/eontlne, dancers with 
Fanchon and Marco, have complet- 
ed a season In the east with the 
Brewster-Pomeroy revue and are 
In Atlantic City.. They return to 
the coast to resume their F. & M. 
engagement In August, 

Staff changes announced by West 
Coast Theatres Include: H. B. 
Brown to be manager of the Mosa, 
Los Angeles, succeeding the late 
Leo Laughlin. Walter Kofeldt, 
manager of New Glendale, in Glen 
dale. 



Edwin George 



Supported by His First Wife 



in "A COMEDY OF ERRORS" 

PALACE, NEW YORK 

This Week (July 23) 
ORPHEUM CIRCUIT, AUG. 27 



Direction, KELLER & GODFREY 




THE 

OUNTERS 

HOME FROM ABROAD 

THIS WEEK (JULY 23) 

PALACE, NEW YORK 

Direction, MOftRlS & FEIL 



CHTCAGO^ 



Four boys- who murdered Pearl 
Eggleston, 17-year-old Berwyn 
movie usher, this week threw them- 
selves upon the mercy of the Chi- 
cago courts, pleading guilty. 

Walter Burton, colored, assistant 
manager of the Apex night club, in 
the black belt, was shot and in- 
stantly killed when refusing to ad- 



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You Work First Act ONLY TWO A DAY NO SUNDAYS 

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VARIETY 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



Wednesday, July 26, 1928 



CAPITOL 

(SYDNEY) 
(Australia) 

Sydney, June 23. 
Wool; after week finds absolute 
capixciiy Iuto. This wooU'h loalurc 
is "The CJiirden of Eden" (U, A.). 
No i)osKible doubt now of Union 
theiitri-' -havinpr scorod a IrcMnen- 
douK, Kuccess with the policy ut 
this, house. . , . 

Ted Jioiiki'l . and his orchestra 
started the apDlau.so oarly \vith a: 
icorkiiv.;- rciuliliiiii of "Blue Danulye,' 
followiiii; it up with '•J-5uttorlly 
GhorUH" and the ''La l>apillon" ^n- 
seiiiblQ and featurinj; JoHophiho. 

. iload, AllHM-t. Huf,''o and Komuna in 
corking- d;inc(?!i. Hcnkol jjets every 
oun cTo on f of • his' stase band •. and; 
unit and ha.s niado a decided hit iir 
thi.s city. ' 

I'"rod Si'lioll, .'it the organ, knows 
hi.'S audiiuK'e and can make them 
sintf. I*ru<fram included a ' good 
short, "Thanks for the BuKKy. Hide." 

House is hurtiii'j: .legit business in 
town to a oiarlwd degree; Q. G- 
Peri'y is l ospohslble for .the staging 
of the presentations and iJ'ohr) 
Glass handles the publicity., Kront 
house slafC follows the patron-ls- 
alwaysTrijjht • olicy. Most polite. • 

Gor.rick.. 



BRANFORD 

(NEWARK) 

Newark, July 23. 

''In . Hawaii," .last of the atanley 
units, is the ieast interesting of all 
the Harry . CruU shows. It has 
Charlie . Melson arid, an effective 
scenic endiiigj but otherwise it's^ 
hardly an inspiring moment. CruU 
.Is going to stage: shoAvs for the 
Stanley and Brahf ord only in the 
future, and If Stanley economy 
doesn't -''keep him crippled he will 
no doubt hit his stride again. 

Molson is billed sia finishing his 
•first year at the Branford and Stan- 
ley. . He, still has . the same old 
punch, although doing, only two 
songs. Setting is pretty with a vol- 
cano as background and Hawaiian 
costumes generally used. Rest is 
nothing but a series: of acts run 
with speed at first and without in- 
troductions. These included the 
'i)^r Hawaiians, three men and a 
girl , with a naughty wiggle; Eight 
Wakiki Maidens doing the same old 
dances, and Benals and Brown and 
Riiff and Rumble, who amused rev 
spectively Avith dancing iand . bur- 
lesque acrobatics. 

Murray Pa.rker was , liked with 
his . uke and peculiar voice work. 
By someV stupidity Roy Chaney 
soloed directly after Melspn's songs. 
Ho\y.eYer, after the girls had danced 
a. bit his second song was a smash. 
Voice is good and he at>peals. 

Final scene, executed by Langdon . 
McCormack, shows ; the volcano 
erupting.. Laya runs down the side, 
overflows, and finally engulfs the 
band and all with flames and smoke. 
Very good. Show ran 53 minutes. 

Newsreel did 10 minutes, with 
one each from Pox, Par., Pathe and 
Kino. Half of the time was used 
by a Stanley-Fabian special show- 
ing; the New Jersey National Guard 
In canip at Sea Girt. Feature, "The 
Head Man" (F. N.), pleased. Jim 
Thomas - billed' for "The Straw 
Vote" at the organ, was cut at this 
show. Performance ran 123 min- 
utes, Austin. 



REGAL 

(Colored)' 
(CHICAGO) 

July 16, 

Chicago's luxiest de luxe colored 
picture hoiise, Regal, continues to 
purvey excellent entertainment to 
the colored folks of Chicago's south 
Bide. 

Owned by Lubliner & Trlnz, the 
house is operated under the direc- 
tion of Balaban & Katz, using the 
latter firm's scenic effects, props, 
and accesso.rie^s,. SiSLce^.la caught, 
the booking of the hou.^e and the at- 
tendant production problems have 
been nicely ironed out. 

Since the opening of the Regal 
that part of Chicago's colored sec- 
tion has become the rendezvous of 
the' better class of colored people. 
Next to the Regal is I. Jay>Faggin's 
Savoy ballroom, also colored. 

Business for one place of aniusie-i 
ment reacts favorably on its neigh- 
bor; The Regal is a good draw for 
the Savoy,, and vice versa. Thiis 
week the iRegal's feature picture, 
"The Hawk's Nest" (F. N.). proved 
great b. o., containing just enough 
stimulant lor the much desired 
goo.se pimples. It has been found 
that the more gruesome and xnys- 
terious the picture is, the better 
their patrons, like It. 
.♦ Audlhlos opened with Dave Pey- 
ton and band in the pit. Peyton 
works his men well, and they bear 
the earmarks of many rehearsals, 
par.tit'ularly In T..lszt's Second Hun- 
garian Rhapsody. Following the 
jau.slc .conu's _Saminy Williams, go- 
nial "57)U ngKont' of "colorriiriTf^^ 
console. Tliey liave organliied an 
"organ club" for him, and are flash- 
ing the names of new members on 
the screen, along with club news 
Iterris, which include births, mar- 
riages and vaccinations. 

Opening the stage show In which 
various bouquets of colored flowers 
revolve while lOrno.stlne I.<yle sings 
"My I)ou(iuc>t of Memories.'"' Eleva- 
tion of scrim reveals songster In a 
prop J)ouauet in the foreground of 
a garden. 



Spread flill across the stage is 
the band. The ballet danCes on and 
off, Peas Williams, master of core- 
monies, trotting in with the last 
two girls. ;\Villiains is just about 
the best cplored picture house cn- 
tfrtainbr in the cbuhtry today. He 
has personality plus ulti'a. A np- 
ticeablo feature of tho- batl«-'t, im- 
perfect, was, that in the- .application 
of powder to lower extremities the 
girls were not .uniform. ' Legs of 
varying shades don't look well. 

As Fc'Ss enters h- yells "Hello, 
Folks," and the audience comes 
hack with a resounding. "Hello, 
Fcss! " At this juncture he intro- 
duces Bornyco lJutlor,: colored girl 
.of looks. Hernyco. plays xyibp.horie, 
and aside from being a bit seilf- 
conscious, is a.^jood little ontertaio'- 
or. If electing to stick: to the stage 
she. can work her way into some- 
thing. 

Albertine Pickens sing-s to Fess 
about the .availability: oC her two 
lips, and the personable m. q: wPrks 
well with her. .A stout cornctist, 
who , doubles into clown blls fre- 
quently, furnishes a' few- more 
laughs with ht-r. Next are' Johnson 
and Baker, white; Who jugglQ' egga- 
;.nd fo I around with h;it.s of boom- 
erang propen^itifc.s. Good act for 
(iolored houses, which, incidentally, 
are difficult for whites. . . 

Ernestirio J^yle, comeij' prima 
donjia, is pretty and in good voice, 
and i>recedes the ballet which comes 
In here for some morid good step- 
ping.. Then a band number in wb^ch 
"The Variety Stomp" is- plenty hot. 
Fess WiTliams, spotted, does a clar- 
inet, vet-fllon. Marshall "Garbage" 
Rodgers,' beloved house comedian, 
in red pants and frock coat, works 
with the fat cornetist and spme girls 
from the ballet.: Doing a. burlesque 
skit In which the wafting pf a rose 
has" much to do with the winriing 
of women. 

Closing, are the Whlt^ , Brothers, 
two fast colored steppers. They did 
well. Finale utilizes ballet; White 
Brothers, Fess Williams and a prop 
sunset, with the: ballet .fastened' In 
the rays of the. sun. 

Business excellent :despife heat, 

Loop. 

ROXY 

(WIRED) 
(New York) 

New . York, July 21. 

The presentation at the Roxy this 
week is "Carnival De Venice." , It 
prologs the feature picture. "Street 
Angel," held over, perfectly. The 
iocale of the feature Is Naples, al- 
lowing for a fade in .via: scrim drop 
from the finish of the presentation 
to the credit titles and opening shot 
of the picture, before the picture 
isheet is lowered to black out tKe 
Grand; Canal scene on the stage. 

The presentation .hals another 
novelty for the • Rbxy, gained . by 
utilizing the side boxes for the; 
singers,, costumed In carnival attire; 
They remain in the boxes during 
the entire presentation, singing ac- 
companiments and solos, all more 
or less operatic. 

The Venice locale allowed the 
Roxy costumer wide . latitude in 
colorful co.stumes and he makes the 
most of the opportunity. The ?2 
Roxyettes in the ballet liave two 
striking changes, the last showing 
eight different color combinations. 

The principals and specialty art- 
ists were Beatrice Belkin, Jeanne 
Mignolet, Douglas Stanb.ury, Henri 
Therrlen < and • Nina Sergeyva, 
Mischa Voljanln and M. Vbdnoy in 
a grotesque folk song and dance; 
Helen Lyons and Losqucs Lorraine 
novelty waltz; Patricia Bowman and 
Nicholas Daks, special dancers, and 
Eerinoff and Eulaile unusual, atagio 
contortion duo. . 

The program lists names; but not 
specialties, making identiflcation of 
principals difficult. Beatrice Bel- 
kin probably contributed the op- 
eratic, aria from the box and Jeanne 
Mignplet likewise from the opposite 
side of the house. "Chilli Billi Bee" 
was another vocal contrib. "Un- 
derneath the Venetian Moon" was 
an ensemble vocal and dance num- 
ber with the Roxi^e.ttea in pretty 
Venetian costumes.; 

The prpigrram opened with th6 
symphony orchestra billed for an 
intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rus- 
ticaina,". but playing a populer selee- 
tion. Charles Prevln conducted in 
the modern manner, making un- 
usuar concessions to; the Paul Ash's 
and til© new school band leader.s 
and conductors. It was good show- 
manship, judging by the applause 
for both orchestra and loader. 

The Magazine and Fox News fol- 
lowing held only one Movietone clip. 
It was an audil)le shot of Herbert 
Hopver arriving in Wisconsin upon 
his recent visit to the Cbolidge re- 
treat. The shots of the Coolidge 
welcoming the Hoovers, etc, were 
silent Fox News Weekly, ones. One 
M. O. M. clip sliowed experiments 
conducted by scientists ob.serving 
-t llP.-reactions_of _ a__in .(nvkpx - Af ter^^^ 
"Soil had been placed In his capo. 
The pair got along like a Teiinossec 
l>astor aJid a Tanunaiiy Jlall s.-x-. 
chcm. Later a cat assmnVd the role 
of anibas.sador of. good will, anil it 
threatened to turn into a love affair. 
That proves .soinethin,ir or other; 
.l)robably that no matLer how thii.'k 
the butter is, you can break a. plate 
gla.ss window with a sledge ham- 
mer. 

Plenty of custtimors at the cathe- 
dral peeking at Janet Gaynor's 
wliitf'ilnt'ss. Con. 



HOLLYWOOD 

(DETROIT) 

. . Detroit, July 20, 

Iri the three weeks absence (va- 
cation) of their regular conducting 
m. c, Sammy .iJiebert, the Cohen 
hoys are filling In with Seymour 
Simons, formerly a bandsman but 
n6\v a local song writing and book-' 
ing light. On a hot night the 
neighborhood attendance was a sur-' 
prise; \ In addition to. Simons: there 
is Frankie Richardsori,- the high 
note kid, bn tap. 

Split week, policy in ^orce here 
shortens production* However, the 
house will, go seven day in Septem- 
ber. Current .stage, piece, "Midget 
■Foilies,'; mostly, novelty. . Excepting 
the regular house Stuff and .one out- 
side dance team, all half pint. 
Opening introduces Simons, with 
Seymour conducting the band foi- 
a ballet nuinber by. the eight house 
gals. . • ■ 

First inidgie' is the biggest little 
one of the troupe, Grace Gould. 
She sings a number as well as 
many of the pres'ent .Crop of pic- 
ture house.entertairierS, It's Grace's 
last appearance until the finale. 

Stone Bros., not midgets, were 
gopd enough In a tap dance to make 
n, speech; Routine number two 
included a solo by one and a mili- 
tary bu;k by the pair, both very 
good. Booked in here by a vaude 
oflice' (Keith) the boys -most likely, 
are breaking up their act for this 
sho^v. They can't do much bettei- 
in yaude, if as well. It would be 
.well for presentations tt) remember 
this turn, A doU diance brought to 
life about seven or eight mixed mid- 
gets standing around since the open-' 
ing. Effect better thin the number 
itself. Four smaU peoplei two men 
and two women, next In an Impres- 
sion of the : Floradbra Sextette in 
front of a scrim. 

Back, to the band for an xylb 
solo by Prince Ludwig who is suing 
the city. The way the Prince takes 
bows is a classic; more so than his 
playing, Richardson follpwed; to. a 
big hand, Singing one .number, bal- 
lad: He was later on thrice. Frank 
has been a boy soprano for almost 
20 years. He's still young, but not 
that young, Another midge num- 
ber, this time Dutch, 
. Fast band selection helped this 
stage outfit, SunnybrooTc Orchestra, 
to retain its classification as the 
hottest jazi and fast tempo- com- 
bination in town. Then the mid- 
gets again, this time in the fa- 
miliar boxing match. 

Next Item wasn't 4uite funrty 
enough to be niecessary. It had the 
house chorus arid an equal number 
of bandsmen "Strolling Through the 
Park One Day" in old fashioned 
'Costumes. They did' a bnce-across 
tAVice. After the midgets' Flora- 
dora bit it didn't rate. Margaret 
Foy, Llliputian, song soloed. Simons 
duplicated Richardsori^s 'show stop- 
page at the pianb and did some 
clpwning with the band. Another 
ensemble number by the midgets 
and then an s. and d. by Prince 
Ludwig and Miss Foy. 

Ran a minute or. so short of an 
hour but seemed longer. Many 
duplications by the midget troupe 
the caustei 

Bob' Clarke, at the console, plaved 
a music publisher's delight with 
slides. Lots of congregational re- 
sponse, stamping Clarke as a fixture 
here. "The Escape" (Fox) feature;- 

Bige. 



LOEWS STATE 

' (LOS ANGELES) 

Los Angeles, July 20. 

Plenty of stage show at the 
opener today. In fact, the enter- 
tainment ran 20 minutes too long, 
taking a full hour. Elimination of 
■ one £).ct snapped up siibsequent per- 
forrhances. Unit is Fanchon 
Marco's "Morikey Shines." Even 
the . girls, 12 of 'em,, were above 
ordinary. Comedy honors went to 
Charles Chase, "nut" : pantomime 
comic. Chase -vvas at Grauman's 
Chinese, .some months ago, and this 
is his opening for F. .&.M. . . 

Jack Waldron, m. c., showed Jiiore 
Improvement -and clicked. He .is 
again working this week with"Kod" 
Corcoran,, comic, seated with the 
band. Corcoran has all the ear- 
marks of developing into a corking 
m. c. He knows how to put over 
comedy, and he plays a banjo satis- 
factorily. Another comedy act was 
Cal Norris and his educated 
monkey. The monk made three ap- 
pearances— as a bride; disguised ns 
Sid Grauman, with flaming red 
locks, and then in, blackface as 
Rosetta Duncan. Okay for laughs. 

J. AVesley Lord opened with an 
organ novelty titled "A Spelling 
Bee." The singing was feeble. 
First reel of the 'film actors in th<i 
,V \:est,,Co as t---"j!;ven ing-Jaxpr,css'-'-SiJi.r 
Guessing Contest, and then staue 
show proper. Waldron introduct>ii 
Gwcn lOvans, who war))loa a bit 
Then .the 12 girls, six of them as 
monkeys, for a cleverly done drill 
number. Alfred Brower, dancer, 
followed with some whlrlwnid liuss 
stepping, and scored solidly, Brower 
was out after flr.st show due to the 
length of the bill. He was trans- 
ferred to another unit inimediatelv. 
Then Norris with his monk. 

P.and number had a plant In the 
(•rchi.'.'=;(ra singing and Waldron 



stopping off a chorus. Hes .a 
capable hoofer. Novelty ,nvoon 
nunibcr had Gwen Evans singing 
before a scrim and two chorines, 
both good dancers, lowered' from 
the flies on an illuminated ca*escent 
moon. One of the girls did an 
acrobatic number and the other a 
clo,g tpe dance. Bernlce Spier, 
comedienne (Bert Wheeler's part- 
ner), gagged with Waldron and put 
over. a comedy song, numlxer plus a 
nifty dance, .This girl has a load 
of talent. 

Line girls back for a real novelty 
dance. Each wore shoes on hands 
as well as feet, and went through 
an intricate: routine that dre^w 
rounds of applau.se. Chase followed 
and had dlMlculty getting away. 
For. a finrtle Cha.se told "yVTaldron he 
was so ■ hungry he could eat a 
horse, arid Waldron led on a gray 
mare that wowed, 'em. Ed Wynn's 
gag. Girls in tableaux at curtain. 

"Wheel of Chance" (M.-G.) screen 
feature. Edwards. 



PARAMOUNT 

("Harem.-Scarem" Unit) 
(WIRED) 
(New York) 

New York, July 22. 

A .silent Paramount program fea- 
ture leads the bill here this week. 
It's Bebe Daniels in "Hot News," 
taking in interest^ actibn and laughs. 

Next Is a lightweight Publix- 
Loew stage unit called "Harem- 
Scarem," staged :by C. A. Nlgge- 
meyer. It's . along Turkish harem 
lines in ^ttlng, helped along in at- 
hiosphere by the Foster girls doing 
an old Zouave drill, even to going 
over the wall. \ That affair leads 
into a nicely blended . treadmill 
finale, with horses, the French flag 
and. applause. 

Paul Ash is on the stage, more 
Subdued it ^eems than before, al- 
though he nicely sends Helen Swan 
along with her whimsical number. 
Ash and Harry Savoy do crossfire 
for Savoy's la,ughs: He works along 
tabloid or burlesque comedy Ideas 
In gags. Besides in the unit Is an 
adagio dancing pair that means 
more leaping aerobatics. .' 

Savoy, asked by Ash if he can 
not do something in a serious, vein, 
starts a. fecltatlon about over there 
In France, leading up the denoue- 
ment of the treadmill panorama 
that sure fires the ending. This unit 
must carry the treadmill for there's 
no finale and not much unit with- 
out It. Savoy may satisfy for those 
who don't look for much, while Miss 
Swan is using the type of song the 
single women appear to think they 
need to. work best with A.sh. That 
riiay be good enough for the mo- 
ment but It leaves the Impression 
they can't work without a straight, 
and not so good for them. But it's 
cinchy here at the Paramount for 
the singles. Ash led a couple of 
stage orchestra numbers, and. looked 
well as the boss of the Turk joint, 

Foster girls also had a gun drill, 
doing both of their number stunts 
'nicely, but they need more Umber- 
ing up or stretching to get over that 
wall with the abandon It calls for. 

Paramount News broke into the 
overture, with the reel carrying an 
extensive Kinograms of President 
Coolidge in camp, with Hoover with 
him. This was later squared when 
Al Smith and his entire famlly.came 
into view. It's going to be headache 
for the weeklies to lay off the 
charge of propagandizing on the 
nominees. If not bringing "in one 
with the other. 

A Paramount sounded short,- 
"Builders" (Talking Shorts), got its 
spot, and Jesse Crawford did an 
enjoyable operatic cycle for a 
change on the organ. .^Show ran 
.quite some over two hours. 

Light house at 3 Sunday after- 
noon. 



STATE 

(WIRED) 
. Minneapolis 

Minneapolis, July 19. 

"In a Persian Slave Mart," cur- 
rent stage presentation, was a brief 
but effective and artistic offering 
built about Olive McClure, dancer. 

A sti-iklngly garbed Oriental 
tenor appiears before the curtain to 
sing and at the end of the song 
the curtain rises to reveal a yard 
with eight girls, house ballet, who 
huddle as the prison keeper cracks 
his whip. Girls went through an 
Oriental spurred on by the whip 
and then Miss" McClur-e. who danced 
)ier way out . of being manacled. 

A high light, was the orchestra, 
"M;vximilian Robespierre" splendid- 
ly played ])y the pit mu.slcians un- 
der W. W. Nelson, International 
News was interesting and the organ 
concert was styhnl "A Few Informal 
--M<tments-at--the-W\irlitzt?r"=-irnn haa^ 
a young tenor working with Larry 
Goldberg, who oiflciates at the con- 
sole. Designed to give an air Of In- 
formality, their chatter preceding 
the various songs of yesterday and 
today could have been dl.spensed 
with. 

Bailey and Barnum got across 
satisfactorily in a Vitaphone short. 
A funny "Our Gang" comedy fol- 
lowed a Vita trailer on "Glorious 
Betty." underlined attraction, and 
preceded the feature, "Forbidden 
Hours" (M-T). Business only fair. 



CAPITOL 

(NEW YORK) 

New York, July 21.. 

Just what there is to this week's 
stage unit , as to talent, outside of 
Herman Tlmberg, is an. open ques- 
tion. Maybe it's Walt, Roesner's 
straight for the violin -playing comic, 
possibly the dre.^slng of the Gould 
girls, ie; and then there's Frank 
Stever's voice, which croons "Chloe" 
through the organ pipes from off 
.stage. Joe Ross dances, too. Seeing 
thiis lineup on paper doesn't overly 
impress, but take it on the stage 
the way PetrofE has put it together 
and It's riot- bad. 

Timberg is now working with 
Barbara Blaire, ia small blonde, but 
follows his vaude routine of having 
the other person spilUng all the an- 
swers. Roesiier, Broadway's long- 
est resident m, c, more than an- 
swers Timberg's purpose on the talk; 
The chatter got over in . this 4,600- 
seater — no small feat. But. Herman 
Is off his nut the way he's fiddling. 
Miss Blaire hasn't the syncopation 
or conception of variation which was 
Sonia's, for whom this b6y used f 
bear down on the strings for weird 
chords blue enough to send chills 
down tlie spine. And Herman Isn't 
giving Miss Blaire the best of it by 
simply rapping the- ,T?ow on the 
stiings while stamping his foot, the 
latter loud taps not belonging In the 
soft crooning and hot style,, vocal 
and instrumental, which is Tim- 
berg's. Herman ought to stop try- 
ing to be funny while his partner is 
warbling, and fiddlie the way he can 
fiddle. If he <?oes he's a bet for the. 
sound shorts with Ben Bernle. an- 
other who could duplicate the idea 
opposite a girl in front of a camera 
and "mike." : And has Herrnan ever 
heard of a number called "Black 
Beauty," which Duke Ellington's 
band generally plays over WHN once 
every Monday night around mid- 
night? Miss Blaire is worthy of 
rating more conslderatipn from her 
partner. 

Stever's warbling is a worthy ar- 
gument In favor of a national cam- 
paign to give baritone's a better 
brea.k. He did two numbers, but 
"Chloe" was top. Roesner took the 
band through a travesty on "Uncle 
Tom's Cabin," which m. c.'s all over 
the country have been doing since 
last winter. iParts of it were funny. 
This stage ensemble Is playing ac- 
companiia&nts and straight numbers 
much better than it's handling com- 
edy. It also needs a hot drummer, 
such as the one who was present 
when the house first went stage 
band, or someone who's adept and 
takes his work as seriously as the 
tympanl expert In the pit. The lat- 
ter is a kettle drummer with a per- 
sonality and a flourish. He sells It 
'way over on the end. 

Set for this local unit was a Grand 
Canyon effect for which the finale 
had shimmering material on rollers 
to depict a waterfall. Good and a 
sufficient flash. Also the 16 Gould 
Sirls made the stage look like some- 
thing. If they walk In after seeing 
the 32 Roxyettes. eight girls on this 
big, rostrum make 'em feel some- 
body's cheating. Ross' brief acro- 
batic met its obligation. 

On the screen end the nlne-mlnute 
newsreel split it up more than Is 
usual. Fox and M-G were in twice 
and Pathe, Paramount and Interna- 
tional once. A corking M-G laugh 
two-reeler was on the end of the 
show, mainly due to Stan Laurel's 
work known in the trade as "mug- 
ging." "Forbidden Hours" (M-G) 
the film leader. Overture had a 
vocal chorus in the pit, Louise Bavo 
soloing nicely, and the entire show 
ran 2.D3 with a 49-minute feature. 

Sid. 

ORIENTAL 

("Carnival Nights"— Unit) 
(CHICAGO) 

. , Chicago, July 18. 
Carnival Nights" as a display is 
both pretty and pretty old. Jack 
Laughlin, the producer, did as much 
as -could be don^B" -with"a' be^ard^d' 
ideav' While his rating isn't helped 
by this output, it IsnH hurt. He 
has shown plenty of originality 
previously. Setting, consists of the 
customary barber poles, lanterns, 
villas and painted canals. Musi- 
cians are in green jackets and white 
trousers. 

About. 20 of the 65^ minutes In 
running tim are given to Buck and 
Bubbles, colored comedy team with 
hofjAng and .juano' specialties by the 
tall find short, respectively. Nat 
Nazarro used to carry these boys 
In vaude, and pull a crack about 
'I think up the gags and you get 
all the credit." Somebody's still 
thinking up the gags, . maybe selling 
them to the magazines for one. buck 
each, but Buck andJBubbles are de- 
livering 'em in a way that makes 
all the difference. . Besides, there's 
that classy hoofing and the barroom 
piano batting. When an act takes 
up 20 minutes in a presentation it 
has to be good. There are few 
teams in picture hous(\s todav of 
-hr^trr-— mm'tninirir^canrff^ = t^ 
these boy.s. 

The presentation .opened directly 
in full stage with an attractive 
dress parade by the ballet of 10 
and Milton Watson singing a Vene- 
ti.an ditty In front. Watson has be- 
come a stock attraction here, where 
the fl.aps adore his romanticism and 
the elders admire hi.s voice. 

Al Kvale, m. c, followed, to chat- 
ter with Watson about two girl 
friends that had disappeared, work- 
ing into the idea of playing a -hot 
(Continued on page 42) 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



NEW ACTS 



VARIETY 



41 



JACKIE COOGAN (2) 
Talk and Dancing 
16 Mins.; Band Presentation 
Michigan, Detroit 

Too big for small roles, too small 
for ble roles; and at that intlcoisivo 
age for further screen work, Jackie 
Coogan is having his flljng on the 
boanls. Like others, it's'thft name, 
novelty of the personal appearance 
and the pov<rer to draw that counts. 

Including an introauctqry' series 
of dllps oin the. screen, Jackie and 
his pa, John, were on 1$. minutes 
before the hand and working in a 
Publlx \ihit. Film st.uff consumed 
about half the tijne. Through the 
curtain camo Jackie to say hello 
and introduce his father, the latter 
receiving a sizeable hand. Some 
crossfire between the two, and John, 
Sr., recalled the old days in hoofing. 
He' returned after the youngster's 
ricltation and both go before the 
band for a varsity drag finish. 

For a wildly acclaimed encore, 
. Jackie reads a letter he is " w r iting' 
to mother,'! vvrlth gag linos and one 
about the old boy. 

Young Jackie couldn't be iieard 
80 well In the rear of this big house, 
but allowances are made for his 
probable inexperience. His dance 
finish is simple but okay, being put- 
classed in the step department by 
his father, who hoolTed long before 
Jackie met him. No fault with rou- 
tine or material, such as it Isf, al- 
though the running tinie. could be 
shaved, and most likely it has been 
by this time. , 

In the film portion are shots from 
all or most of the Coogan pictures, 
excepting, and surprislrigly, '"The 
Kid." However, honorable mention 
is given. ChapHn by Jackie when 
talking. -. 

Viewing, the $5,500 salary (net) 
received here, it goes without saiy- 
ing that Coogan is a natural for all 
houses that can stand the gaff. 
There must be . plenty, too, at that 
salary and maybe liess. Also, maybe 
more,: elsewhere. At njoon on a hot 
day, for Coogan's first show, the 
Michigan held capacity and a half- 
flJlecl lobby. 

It might be added that the parent 
rates more than a little credit for 
the way he supports the boy and 
•works with him. Bige. 



WHITE and FRAYNE and QRCH 
Dance Revue 
17 Mins.; Full 
Academy (V-P) 

Hook up of classy pair of ball 
room dancers with a mariniba band 
of seven men doesn't Jell. Boy and 
girl, principal dancers, have air of 
refinement in appearance and style 
of work. Six men in Spantsb cos 
tunie pounding marimba with bass 
Tiol supplying a sort of tom-tom 
cadence, are out of the picture. 
. Principals do four numbers. 
Spanish, jazz, waltz and tango-like 
routine. All the bits take on acro- 
batic trimmings and have an adagio 
tinge. Adagio is well done by the 
elfin-like dark girl who wears Ritzv 
frocks With real distinction. Boy is 
an appropriately refined partner and 
a first-class stepper. But frame up 
doesn't build the class idea. After 
the ^jrst dance the marimbaitcs 
crashed into "William Tell." which 
every mediocre hammer thrpwe 
has done to death. .Between dance.s 
a soprano twice sang solos. Agice 
able voice, but delivery lifelos.<?. In- 
cidentsils of flash turn impede 
rather than enhance pleasin.cr im 
presslon of the dancing pair. Rush 



H I P PO DT?O^M E S KATER S (?) 
Icei Skating " 
6 Mins.j Full (Special) 
8l6t St. (V-P) 

Just about what the title im 
plies with -Willie Frick, Cathleen 
Pope, Bobby Hearn and Harry 
.Fleming skimming over the limited 
surface. Miss Pope and Frick are 
responsible for whatever pyrotech- 
nics are displayed, the girl's open 
Ing solo winning Instant recogni- 
tion. Frick follows the conven- 
tional ice routine while Hearn lifts 
his long blades over three or four 
barrels. 

Set is a snow scene, with the 
nialn mixed duo making a. costume 
change. Act looks cool and has a 
fair share of appearance. Being on 
and oft in six minutes doesn't do It 
any harm. 

Acceptable vaude clcsor. Sid. 



TELEVOX (2) 
Mechanical Novelty 
11 Mins.; Full stage 
Hippodrome (V-P) 

Tolcvox described a.s 
chanloal sltviiiU" may be 

tilic marv<>l, Imt. as a sta.j;e e.^liibii Lau.sjlilin 'are credited with lyrics 



MURIEL KAYE and Co. (4) 
Song and Dance Revue 
18 Mins.j One, Full (Special) 
Palace (St. V) 



FRANK GABY (2) 
i Comedy (Ventriloquist) 
! 15 Mins;; One 
: 81st St. ;{V- P) 



the -tiif- . JVlu-ry Iloyo produf^ed' this turn I (l:i>'>' l>:is been uroiind for many 
a .scMen--, jiiHl Harry Ruskin and John ' Me- .veiii-.s, bilU'd wit'h and ' without his 



it i.<j a bust imder thl.s fr.ari>e-up. 
principally, because there is h(\ 
sliowmansliLp in the . prcsetiiiition. 
The .apparatus is the inven.ii'ji ot 



!ind tunes; A leader is also oar 
ri('(l. 

.Miss Kaye i.s a.^slsted' by 
i Wilde, ..Jack. Lenny, Raympnd 



a clover onKiiwr and is spnns.p- wi ' syla-.s and. Don Odin. Cansider.able 



by the Westins^hou.se Co 

The Westingliouse ha mo is im- 
pressive' as an assurance thiit tlie 
thine Is.noi a hoax;' that it does in- 
volve an iutprcsting adaptation of 
the radio remote control principle. 
But from all that comes out in the 
demonstration, a side street elec- 
trician could frame a .series of puPh 
buttons that would accomplish al- 
most the same result. 

Crude, figure of mechanical mini 
occupies center of stage as curtain 
risies. At one side electric fan and 
piano, at other side an electric 
washing maciiine. Across the stage 
a network of wires and cables. Lec- 
turer makes brief statement of ma-, 
chine being operated by . telephone, 
and calls another . man who pick.s 
up phone attaclied to long cord. 

While lectuirer talks, operator 
moves about sta.ge and later into 
the audience. He makes a whistl- 
ing-buzzing noise into transmitter, 
there is a glow on one of the many 
bulbs visible, in the Teleyox glass 
windowed chest, and the piano 
plays, tlie fan whirls and the wash- 
ing machine is agitated. It was not 
made , plain why these things hap- 
pened. On faith the audience might 
believe that they obeyed some in- 
tricate scientific impulse or they 
might assume that somebody off 
stage puslied a door beH._ 

Nothing was done or said to pique 
curiosity. Any' old illusion that 
tricked the imagination would have 
Infinitely more kick. Trouble is the 
presentation is too conservative. 
It ought to be Barnumed. Here it 
has not much -more audiehce in- 
terest than a demonstration of an 
electric curling iron. 

Midway of the Hippodrome bill it 
aroused the mildest kind of interest. 
At the Monday night performance 
it didn't even work smoothly. 
Somebody in the audience suggested 
that the piano continue playing and 
the fan go on whirling, while the 
washing machine was made to 
stop by phone command to Televox. 
There was an elaborate parade of 
giving the command througli the. 
telephone, but the lecturer, with, his 
back to the apparatus, did not notice 
the machine had stopped before 
the command was given. 

Throughout the mechanical man 
was slow in carrying out orders and 
the commands had to be repeated 
over and over. Hush 



pi'vKluvtion is seen,, ;Miss Kaye's 
ootstumes standing out as. also the 
dr.apes and arti.stic set. 

The; males, after one of those 
"Aieet -Her at the Ritz" openings, 
contribute a quartet s6ng, fairly 
well .har.monizod, and individual 
stepping that's smooth. Miss Kaye 
handled a toe solo gracefully, also 
a peacock nutnljer. 

Two of the boys in evening 
clothes did some tap dancing that 
registered nicely and two plaj-ed a 
piano accompaniment. Ah ensem- 
ble dancing finish concluded a turn- 
fastly routined, flashily produced 
and while holding no outstanding 
punch hoofing is a likeable number 
for any big time lay out. 

Con. 



YVETTE RUGEL 
Songs 

14 Mins.; One. 
Palace (St. V) 

Miss Rugel, back from operatic 
work In Italy and making one of 
lier sporadic appearances in vaude- 
ville, brings the same surefire 
equipment to the two-a-day 
patrons. 

Opening with an aria, she quicitly 
switched to a semi popular number 
that ■>rought her beautiful voice 
and range right down to the vaude- 



lirst n;inn'. He is a • vejitrilociuist. 
or was .sui-'li 'primarily, and his pres- 
ent .rpiitiue dv pvruis not -a little on 
his vuii'O-tlVrowing: prowess, but it is 
all presented in a., different vein 
Mayhaps (I'ahy has been doing this", 
idea fur swisons, but Variety's last 
review and this reporter's recollec- 
tion have to do with Gaby as a., 
straight ventriloquist. 

\s. he is today Gaby is a more 
genuine .'eomcdian, and indicates- 
oven greater possibilities alp'ng.tlibst 
llno.s. He'll get tiiei-e,' too,- if he doe!s' 
away witli thoso interpolations, "If 
there no limit to this man's clever- 
ness?" and forgets those near-wittl- 
ciams about the lady barber feeding 
her baby milk and calling to Gaby 
"Xext!" Ho doesn't need that. 

Gaby works now with ii Ted Lewis 
type of battered hi -hat. He com- 
plains about his ill-luck with the 
femme.s, whereupon his first asslst- 
ant, girl, enters for a.n effective 
comedy bit having to do. with his 
crude a ttack of the "make." 

Gaby cinches himself with a grea.t 
special number, "I'm the Meanest 
Alan on Earth," in which almost 
each line is . a comedy laugh. It'll 
doubtlessly become a Gaby trade- 
mark and is conducive to a host of 
extra choruses. ., 

"I Was Ne\'er So Embarrassed Ih 
My Life" later on is ah attempt at 
a similar type of song, but not up 
to par. In between, Gaby announces 
hfs ventrilo(iuial specialty as an 
"imitation" of the old-style ventril- 
oquist. In which he has his durhrhy 
trossfirihg with a box plant 

The sole remindier of the old Gaby 



another' popular number. She could 
have sung more but was content to 
call it a night. 

The Rugel voice ,has improv^ 
immeasurably since the days it was 
first heard arouiid the vaude bar- 
racks, but she hasn't forgotten iiow 
to sell an audience. Unlike most 
graduates. Not too high hat for her 
former supporters and perfect.. A 
girl pianist accompanied. Con. 



ville strata. An old favoi'ite of 

hers followed and she finished witlv' ^is the dialog with the two imagmary 



children off and on stage. 

Gaby has a .strong comedy act,. 

Alel 



LLOYD and DEAN 
Songs and Talk 
14 Mins.; One 
American (V-P) 

Man and vvoman open with the 
everlasting family wrangle, which 
leads into fau* duet. More of the 
dispute and then they go Into the 
best material of the act. 

Man makes elaborate announce- 
ment that they will "give their im- 
pression" of husband and wife in 
tlie last dance of a country club 
evening. They go into waltz while 
wife keeps up a running fire of 
curtain lecture as amiable boob 
husband tries to smooth her out. 
Good, amusing ch aracterization. and 
made worth " wHite'^y nice.' i'asy 
playing. 

Drew quiet laughs here, spotted 
first after intermission, which was 
not good ; placing. Two nUmbers 
earlier would do nicely. Woman an 
excellent, aggressive worker; man, 
quiet foil. Both of . good appear- 
ance. Itush. 



PAT RODNEY'S RODEO BOYS 

(5) 
Musical 

'15 Mins.; Three (Special) 
American (V-P) 

Pat Rooney is accredited pro- 
ducer of this outfit,* male quintet in 
cowboy garb. Offer a ^edl^y of 
musical selections on novelty in- 
struments. 

Mounting Is a. prairie background 
with all on for. an instrument en- 
semble, a lively number. This 
gives way to two of the' boys for 
a double on banjos, the latter also 
vocalizing. Another ensemble em- 
braces harmoiiica, zobp, wine jug, 
banjo and guitar. Then a double 
on saws following and all going 
into a routihe of trick Instruments 
for fast finale. Good novelty for 
midsection of any bill. EMa. 



{5)_ 



E.Sri ERIFF_and_Co. 
Comedy Acrobats 
7 Mins.; One and Three 
Broadway (V-P) 

An excellent group ' of tiimblet-.t 
featuring every variety of smart 
band and footwork. 

Opened as a comedy turn with 
but fair results. Going into "three," 
«nd two more boys added, action 
started. Drew well for applause on 
<'very specialty attempted. 

Suited for picture house ))ro.<;en- 
l«tions. Mori. 



BAILEY, CALVERI and HURD 
Songs and Piano 
14 Mins.; One 
Coliseum (V-P) 

'Pears as though there will al- 
ways be a two or three-ply combo 
to recall the halcyon rathskellar 
and cabaret. Pre.sent day night club 
training hiis put a faster swing to 
the planner and melody outfits with 
a few striving to get away from the 
beaten path with a comedy fling. 

Bailey, Calvert and Hurd seem 
matured graduates of the former 
STdS^g " HariTi 6n!?^OTtt 
voices blend pretty well and they 
.stick mainly lo the tri-vocal demon- 
.<4tratlons. 

Several nn-mljers are u.sed ior 
comedy results, a laug^jing song ea- 
poclally. They also -clicked with 
their ".dunken" numbei\ 

Pleasing act and likely more in 
booking demand than others of its 
stripe, due to the comedy <ffEort» 
One of the trio pbiys the piano nc- 
pompaniment.<». Mark. 



AILEEN COOKE (1) 
Songs with. Piano 
13 Mins.; One 
81st St. (V-P) 

Ailcen Cooke is a cookie on ■ the 
s. a. thing, but In a nice, refined 
manner, although none the les." 
forceable In personality. Hence her 
opener that she might have been a 
school teacher or something else. 
T) iff ~tHar 'sS¥"^ec i d ed HTo 
stage because Slie liked to sleep 
late is altogether in general keep- 
ing with her appearance, 

Neville Fleeson is credited for the 
"Tailor Made Songs" tO; fit "The 
Tailor- Made Girl" (billitig), fur- 
nl.shing a satisfactory enough re- 
stricted^ song turn, although she 
tops off with a pop number. 

Miss Cooke Is a tallish frail with 
John Heldish southern expos'ure and 
knows her . do-ray-mea in song de- 
livery. A hel. 



FOUR LIFE BUOYS 
Song and Dance . 
11 Mins.; One 
Audubon (V-P). 

Four young men of nice appear- 
ance in yachting clothes crash on 
in en.semble and go into a unison 
dance, acrobatic taps. Two exit and 
other two" continue with slightly 
'di ff erent=routine~invol vlng--comftd 
knockabout. 

Other two back for similar stuff, 
then all four In more taps supple- 
mented by striking walking sticks 
upon the stage. Then they go into 
a song ensemble, parody oh "Var- 
sity Drag," and spirited dance along 
the "drag" idea furnishes the finish. 
On No. 2 here. Light number for 
even that spot, having nothing but 
straight dance routine to offer. 



DENO and ROCHELLE (5) 
Dance Revue 
15 Mins.; Tvi^o and Three (Specials) 
State (V-P) 

-Standard dance team with a new 
act and production. A string quar 
tet and Helen Manning, dance spe 
ciallst, are in support. 

Their routine hag been consider 
ably bolstered -and built up Into a 
strong dance flash. Opening with 
a biillroom double, two production 
.flashes are the highlights of the 
routine. 

One is an Indian dance with a 
prop tepee and the usual trimmings 
for background. The flnale is a wow 
Apache frame-up, far and beyond 
superior, to their former conception 
and topping almost anything in that 
J.ypc of number. . 

Intelligently conceived and orig 
inally presented, with . the male 
string quartet dressing the atmos 
phere, Denb and Rochelle go 
through some energetic dance for- 
mations in their strenuous and 
thrilling Apache. The woman talces 
a fail that makes one wonder how 
.she can stand it and Deno's handl- 
ing of. her mop of hair Is equally 
fliashy. 

Miss Manning has two solo op- 
portunities and impresses each time. 
One is "Doll Dance" and the other 
a buck in boy's clothes. 

The instrumentalists contribute 
nicely, the general ens.emble with 
i^eno and - Rochelle as the kingpins 
shaping up as a terp act that can 
play anywliere. Abel. 



"STEP BY STEP" (5) 
ijance Revue '. 
17 Mins.; Three 
8,1st St. (V-P) ., 

."Step l;y ^?lo^i" will' hi- .1 .^trvii'e- 
ilile dance revue in liuie. lt,nei.';l.s 
editin.g and .stnglngr - liUt-u is<» cut- ; 
tini,'. running overlong. Witli. .a lit- 
tle judicipus production and a -better 
dea of dressing the -piit lit, ■ it'll io 
very well . beeau.«!e biisifa'li'y it has 
steji.s apiical. . ' 

Act eoriiprise.s- five ' peojile. ' Ac- 
cording to the lobby frame, Murika 
Rokk is the feature, the Murphy 
Brothers, secondary, and the Lewiis 
Sisters next. In the theatre, th^ 
Murphy's were solely bllied, lending 
the . impre.sslbn the girls . were in 
their supjwrt, and as a result, it all 
looked askew. 

Murphy Brothers have been but 
on their own. The Lewis gals sug- 
gest hlte club rearing. One Is 
labeled M;ixine, but is not the Max- 
ine Lewis of the 54th Street "A La. 
(\irte" and other Broad\yay deriva- . 
tion. ■ - ■; 

Murika Rokk, the real feature, is 
a wow looker, ppzihg personality, 
and generously showing it off from 
the hips. Up and down. 

The Murphys do their Eton cos- 
tume dance doubles, and the Lewis 
Si-sters song-Atid -dance faUiy. They 
should i)Q coached on enunciation. 
No telling whether "My Pet" was 
rechristened "My Pal," : "Pat" or 
"Pet,", according, to th<e pronuncia- . 
tion. ..':•-.:,. 

A collegiate number starts as a 
nnale. double and develops, into a 
mix^d quartet of . istepping, missing 
out altogether. .The boys can . de- ■ 
velop it on their cwn to better ad- 
vantage. ■ -. 

Miss Rolck, while impressing su- 
perbly in her . solo specialties, is 
brought back, for the finale like a 
supporting cast member. If the Key 
stepper, she should be routltied ac- 
cordingly. . . ' • 
The boy.S; also lieed .sartPrlal 
coaching. They close in business 
suit when tuxes vvould be better ors[^.. 
the afternoon style of striped gray 
trousers. contrasting with the. 
Ja cket; just as good. Tlien the fancy 
linen vests woiild be.. smartly ap- 
pt'opriate. As they are, in single.- . 
breasted suits, the fancy waistcoats 
are out of place. The cravat Idea 
is also all wet, and It requires no 
Beaunash to otherwise fijt uP the 
boys who look like they can wear 
their duds well. Ahel. 



M A R JORIE H A LLI C K . a nd Co. .(?) 
Song, Comedy- Dancing 

12 Mins.; Two 
Broadway (V-P) 

Marjorie Hallick's. abilities are 
confined to straight hoofing with- 
out special appeal though neat 
enough when working with, her two 
boy partner.s. \ Hei: attempts at 
comedy interpretation, either" in 
song or dancing, are futile and un- 
necessary. . * 

Rates very low on account of 
comedy busines.s. 

Two boys dclivei- well In solo and 
duo dancing numbers after bad im- 
pre.ssion'with song. 

Returnq negligible here In open- 
ing spot. MovU 

EDITH BOHLM AN 
Songs 

13 . Mins.; One 
American (V-P) 

Miss Eohlman Is new as far as 
iVaEie.tyis.iJi ew= .,act=Jilfis^.^^ 
cerned. But she knows too much 
about vaudeville and delivery to be 
a novice. Ilcr routine of four 
songs, three pop.s a,nd a classic, 
sold her for top- honors at the Roof 
session Mopday night. 

Miss Bohlman is a trained so- 
prano, knows values and got them 
at the w.ilk-on witli her opener In 
which she played to the boys in the 
boxes. .She kept this up more or 
I'^.sa for lan^lis. T!lg No. Ti. K'lhd. \ 



BETTY and JERRY BROWNE 
"The Ejopera" (Skit) 
14 Mins.;' Two (Special) 
81st St. (V-P) 

Paul Gerard Smith has smartly : 
outfitted the Brownes with a non- 
sensical flapper skit which certainly 
shows "youth at its fiamingest," ac- 
cording to the billing. . 

It's one of those jolly flipper and 
flapper routines,' with the gal a, re- 
incarnation of a John Held, Jr., 
flapper, much more so than Alleen 
Cooke, preceding bier on the same 
bill. . 'Whether a natural blonde or 
not, she l.s a p.erfecl type, as is Jerry 
Browne. . He is attired In a slicker 
adorned with campus hieroglyphics, 
running to playing card insignia. 

It's an eloping bee, and Jerry, has 
shown up to keep the tryst, stating 
his pnl had another date and was 
doing it a.s a favor for a buck and a 
quhrter. He figured a. good elope- 
ment was worth a buck and a quar- . 
ter, Betty is a bit jerry of Jerry in 
view of the .short acquaintance, and 
,so. it develops. In front of a striking 
special cottage exterior.. . . .. . ^J. ... 

There's a lot of bright material in 
this lii-othy skit. Miss Browni^does 
the durhb flapper beautifully, and 
Jerry Brownie is altogiether convinc- 
ing in his plaint, "It's a -swell time 
to tell me that; I could be playing 
pool all night," in.: rcferenice to her 
information she iiad alriBady parr 
ticlpated In four elopements, and 
that all the previous olopees were 
gently done away with by her old 
man by strangulation. 

The youngster.s, for- such they 
look, tied up the works, and can 
move into any house. Atel. 



B}EE JONE and Capitol Six 
Dances 

15 Mins.; One and Fiill St-ge 
American Roof (V-P) 

A blondy -dancer and six boys 
who feature teams rtepping with 
.several special numbers, one a duo 
\,y...^,■^f,^^.^..l^t-^i.Y^^>.. -yQunB -menL-dolng.an .. 
eccentric searecrow number to an 
old, old accompaniment and the 
other a burb;.sque on the baljct. 

Bee JfKif i.s about the mo.'it muia- 
euliir d.inc'T .•^een In this ' section. 
Mus''I"S on her leg.'; and anus . tand 
out lik<; wliipc'U-d.s x'lnd enable her 
to display a lot of liveliness. 

Mi.v.s .loiH! goe.s in for imitation 
in an iibliiuvia.od costume, Imita- 
tions were of Ted Lewis and Pat 
I Curilinucd on page 42) 



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42 



VARIETY 



REVIEW S 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Vaudeville Reviews 



PALACE 

(St. Vaud) 
With thfCQ . names on the Palace 
iblli this weekothe show :helcl consid- 
erable strength, but the names took 
it on the Inchay Monday nisht; They 
lost a close decision to Kid Hu- 
midity. , 

BlU -Was a perfect layout for the 
material to hand, and played well in 
both halves. Wilton and Weber, No. 
4, and Florence Moore, 5th, grabbed 
the first-half honors, while in the 
secbnd flight George Jessel, second 
■week, and Yvette Rugel (New Acts), 
Just back from the spaghetti bend- 
erig, copped the patapats. 

The Mounters, equilibed. opening, 
and Edwin George ad libbed deuc- 
Ing. The careless juggler has . some 
new material, and some that wears 
hash marks. Some of his cracks 
failed to explode, due to overfamll- 
larity, but he hung: up an excellent 
average, due to delivery. His non- 
chalance arid "take-it-or-leaye-it" 
attitude are surefire for any .vaude 
gathering. Play the chill for them 
and you're in. Ask Frank Fay or 
•Pfahces White.. . 

Muriel Kaye and Co, (New Acts) 
followed in a flashy dancing produc- 
tion,, with Joe Wilton ; and .Rex 
Weber next for a natural clean -up. 
Both- are from burlesque. Wilton Is 
a veteran straight, arid Weber was. 
burled for several seasons on the 
Columbia wheel. Weber has a freak 
double voice and facial control . that 
utterly mystifies an .audience, 
Whether singing with a dead pari or 
without an attempt to conceal, he 
has the same excellent quality. Wil- 
ton foils nicely for him. The .cross- 
fire In between the songs is passable 
hut not too hot. Weber essays com- 
edy, and the tempo is funereal, but 
they could sit In a rocking chair and 
knit for 12 miniites arid then stop 
the show with Weber's trick pipes. 
. Even when alone on the stage, when 
he doesn't move his lips, they are 
doubtful of where the voice is com- 
ing from, so perfect is his facial arid 
throat muscle control. It's a novel- 
ty and wow, and a natural for talk- 
> .lng shorts. - 

Florence Moore closed the first 
half. Miss Moore- walked on »and 
told them old and new feags, selling 
everything with her delivery and 
mugging. Her vocal contribution 
was the way different characters 
would sing a pop song. Here again 
her delivery triumphed over Indlf 
ferent: lyrics. An unprogramed 
male pianist accompanied.. Miss 
Moore worked in full stage. She 
wowed them. 

After orangeade, Pathe News and 
m cigaret. Miss Rugel opened. Her 
^▼olce sounds better each tlme. heard 
In vaude. She also shows excellent 
Judgment In her repertoire and has 
a fine sense of the "proprieties In de- 
. livery.. . . 

■Jessel, for his second week, did his 
former vaudeville standard, "Mamma 
In the Box." The turn consists of 
Jessel in the box with his staige 
mamma, translating a French farce 
. being played on the! stage, to the 
audience In English and to his 
mamma in Yiddish. . The goys 
laughed harder at the Yiddish than 
they did at the English.. Jessel fin- 
ishes oh the stage, alone for a 
mother ballad, sung confideritlally 
while seated on • the piiho. He 
doesn't sing "Kol Nldre.'.' 

Willie Frick and Cathleen Pope, 
the former the world's champion 
fancy Ice skater, according to the 
billing, justified the underline. The 
pair used to knock the peasants gog- 
gle eyed at, the Hippodrome, and 
they did equally as well here. Frick 
could skate all day on a 20 -cent 
piece of ice. 

Business fair, considering the 
weather, which has ceased to be an 
alibi in these days of refrigei*ated 
theatres, . Oon. 



81ST ST; 



AMERICAN ROOF 

(Vaudfilm) 

rib standouts the ifirst half here, 
but a. smooth running sihow which 
holds, despite being able to stand 
more comedy. Eight-act bill held 
three new ones, Bernard and Ward, 
Pat Rooney's Rodeo Boys and Edith 
Bohlman, 

Hama and Yama, Jap duo, opened 
with a fast line of slackwiro • and 
balancing. Gave way to IBerriard 
and Wfest, mixed duo, getting over 
neatly with chatter and songs (New 
Acts). Al H. Wilson held the trey 
adequately with nut comedy and 
songs. Pat Rooney's Rodeo Boys 
(New Acts) also clicked in. 

Edith Bohlman (New Acts) was 
pretty much the clean up of the 
evening with a song routine. Young 
woman's personality and delivery 
Were mainly responsible. Morton 
and Green, mixed team In which 
man handles the comedy, did some 
fast chatter and songs, warmly re- 
ceived. Jones and Jones, two col- 
ored males, clicked heavy with droll 
=^ooriiedy^-next'^to=;-shut;-=HFhe=comic'3^ 
flights with triplicate words to the 
bewilderment of hisi partner lays 
the laugh foundation, more or less 
sustained throughout. Boys have 
been around some time, but wear 
well from an entertalnriient slant 

May Joyce Co., comprising male 
Hawaiian accompanist and two 
dancing boys, closed. Average dance 
flash spaced by Miss Joyce doing a 
couple of vocalsi Results, so-so. 
"His Tiger Lady" (Par) screen fea- 
ture. Edba. 



STATE 

(Vaudfilm) 
None of these six acts liad to 
ligiit a Murad iri the wings Mbriday 
night but. It's equally true that the 
half house present played hard to 
get in with one or two of the en- 
tertainers. The real eruption came 
late with the Arnaut iBrothers next 
to closing. 

The Arnauts used to open shows; 
now they're next to shut and clean-: 
Ing iip. It's the axioiri that if 
you've got it you'll get it. Class. 
With the white pans and clown 
costume. Class. And the taller of 
the brothers has uncbyered . a de- 
cided personality, in his pantomimic 
work. It may be just that grin, but 
drop in at. the State and you'll find 
he radiates what the other. 90 per 
cent, would like to haye. The boys 
have thrown in a few new pieces Of 
business and have their bird whist-, 
ling to- the point that the audience 
can hear 'em say "you big bum" 
and "who's coo -coo?" They accom- 
plished that rare feat of stopping 
themselves, in the midst of this 
mimicihg. Ah act, arid all the way. 

Besides the stage display, there is 
on the screen an MrG comedy, an 
M-G-Ufa short, an ;M-G newsreel 
and an; M-G feature, .'That Certain 
Yourig Man." Incidentally, the or^ 
gariist playing the shorts did more 
than his share. The celluloid un- 
winds into the overture by the or- 
chestra the Palace ought to dupli- 
cate. Regardless of the act this 18- 
piece pit outfit wont' do it any 
harm. For every stage doorman and 
phone girl the Keith mob Is letting 
out they ought to add a musician 
and -discount the financial differ- 
ence. If the musiciians are worry- 
ing about sourid pictures vaudevlli#i 
better . think about the musicians.. 
It can't ride on a trarisf er without 
som& volume and talent In the pit. 
Film house orchestras arid organs 
have educated 'em to expect to have 
the ear soothed as well as the eye. 

Not a new act on the bill. Gitz- 
Rlce has his quintet of male sing- 
ers dressed as Canadian Mounties 
just as at the Palace. Unloading 
eight of the lieufs melodies and 
lyrics. Rice played safe by using a 
hot number to finish, the diminu- 
tive girl on thei roster^ hopping out 
for a strut. • The militanr soThg 
writer beamed on every one, every- 
one seemed to be satisfied and 
about everyone applauded. It was 
a pleasant evening for the soldier. 

LaFleur and. Portia opened doing 
their acrobatics, the man climaxing 
on a terrific 45-second strong jaw 
twirl. Previously the girl did a 
back bend to a glass of water with 
enough gestures to make it, look as 
if she were goi:ng to sing "I<augh, 
Clown, Laugh," upside down. 

Jerome and Ryan were here two 
years ago. Maybe sinee then,, too, 
but it's still a question of songs, 
and still No. 2. With the aid of 
"Constantinople"' for encore riiusic, 
which the pair didn't sing,, the boys 
chiseled themselves into three or 
four bows and an encore. They're 
a hit on radio. They tell about it 
in the opening lyric. After that 
there's a collegiate number and a 
pop song delivered as various na- 
tionalities would sing it, heaven 
forbid. The Irish and Hebes are 
still, saving acts and this was no 
exception. "The pair need melodies 
more than the special lyrics they're 
currently uncorking. That's be- 
cause they're got voices appropriate 
for this sort of thing and the pres- 
ent dialects and words are not 
there. "The asking each other what 
to sing, naming the soi>gs for a 
steam-up, is strictly small time. 

Brandies, Kelly and Mann are do- 
ing the act the latter two formerly 
offered with Frank Fay. Brandies, 
had a serious moment and did the 
Winchell ' song, "Gag, Clowrii Gag," 
the patter, with it. Has a vaude ac- 
tor no conscience? Thousands have 
done this song and patter ahead of 
Brandies at the State. He must 
know it and yet there it is. Ex- 
planation may be the -psychology of 
tilt number- — every . actor who does 
it is singing about himself— but no 
one around here has been able to 
equal VanDuzee's* rendition of it at 
the Roxy. 

Other than that the threesoriie is 
doing burlesque's well known 
money, changing bit and Miss Kelly 
and Maim are as unkempt as ever. 
Act is okay as a whole but there 
aije some dull spots In between the 
material Fay handled so well. In 
fact. Patsy and her boy friend don't 
need Frank any more than Smitii 
needa the middle west. Ail this 
happened No. 3 and took 20 min 
utes. ■. . 

Parker, Babb and orchestra con 
tinue with their same act. Girl 
=waa^WOfkinr"Witri^"mhda¥ea:Tc;^ 
Monday night but went through her 
strenuous ground tumbling for the 
applause peak. Philippino band of 
six remains and is uninspiring, 
Their slow instrumental number 
was a drastic drop after the heroic 
labor of the girl in working it up 
with her gymnastics. Boy did 
fairly on his Individual legmania 
and his partner's clothes are a dis 
tinct asset. Best thing that can be 
said is that the net held them in. 

Sid. 



,. (Vaudfilm) 
Flock of flapper types on the 81st 
St. bill, feiituring those John Held, 
Jr., type of spindle gams, adds a 
load; of youth to the proceedings. 
Ailoen Cppke, deucing, was a takeoff 
on the Held style of nether extremi- 
ties, and Betty Browne of the No. 4 
interlude was a living counterpart 
in. ensemble of this Held flapper. 

Three, acts in sequence .qarried 
author's credits to Neville Flcesori,. 
William K., Wells - and Paul Geraj-d 
Smith, respectively,; for special ma- 
terial, all proving none the worse 
for the in vestment.'- 
. The show was seemingly a last 
minute frameup. Program was in- 
complete arid carrying one change, 
the opener, with the headliner iand 
the> closing act omitted. The front 
of the house looked equally hasty in 
its billing display, and the annun- 
ciator on the Inside erred grrossly in 
billing the Murphy Brothers as 
heads of the "Step by Step" act 
when Murilca Rokk, premiere dan- 
seiise, is the Important attraction, 
with the brothers and a sister team 
iri support. The correct display was 
evidenced in the lobby but outside 
of that everything was oke. 

Biz started off biim Monday at 
the 81st St., but the neighborhoodr 
ers straggled in all through the 
vaudeville forepart. . Even during 
intermission with only th* feature 
film, "The Vanlshirig Pioneer" 
to go, tiiey were still coming 
in, with the box office closed. A 
light shower just . \at theatre , time 
probably accounted for the irreg- 
ularity of attendance. In total, a 
halfrcapacity or little better was 
the final count-up. 

Those who came early viewed arid 
heard a youthful trio, Miller 
Brothers and CecUe, possessed of 
riot a little personality but negating 
their physical impression with spme 
raucously blatant brass instrumen- 
tation. They could mute their stuff 
to advantage, the sour brays falling 
harshly on the ear of an intimate 
auditorium's attendance. 

Five new acts, new Iri material 
or personality, followed: Aileen 
Cooke, Stuart Casey and Mildred 
Warren, Betty and Jerry Browne, 
Frank Gaby (standard but new in 
style) and "Step by Step," tefp 
revue. The Brownes succeeded in 
halting the trafHc and Gaby proved 
what a good ventriloquist trying to 
be bad can do to Improve himself. 
All of which comes under the head 
of knowing how to sell It, some- 
times known as showmanship. 

That trap drummer in Lou Fbr- 
man's pit gang deserves a bouquet 
for his trap business in punctuating 
the steppers' routines. Particularly 
In the finale turn did he make him- 
self felt— and heard. ' 

With all the variety talent on 
the tisipls and the feature, It was a 
so-so six bits' worth. The only rec- 
ommendations a house like the 81st 
St. has lie In neighborhood con- 
venience and the reserved seat idea; 
otherwise It's Just too bad what the 
downtown dnemagogues can . give 
you for the same pennies. Abel. 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 

► (Continued from page 40) 

band number to bring them back. 
Then another ballet insert, a tam- 
bourine and kick routine, effective 
in full skirts. Marie Petcr.son,. bal- 
let director, centered , with some 
fast whirling. 

Johnny Dunni first specialty, be- 
longs in the "Rio Romance" unit, 
but was brought in to bolster the 
local unit. . He's an accomplished 
uke player. In one part playing 
melody and individually timed ac- 
companiment for a two-man effect, 
and climaxing with a hot eccentric 
dance while still strumming the 
uke. ^Established in picture houses 
and his material is adaptable to 
a talking. short. ■ 

Beehee and Rubyatte, Arabian 
hand-to-hand balancers and tum- 
blers, came here tiirect -from the 
Palace in New York. With both 
men capable, of either topping or 
understanding, they've built, a 
routine that's a gem in its line. 
Backed by a definite sense of show- 
manship, the team is an excellent 
buy for picture houses. 

BecJTEarche, singing and dancing, 
turned out to be the two girls Wat- 
son and . Kvale were 166king for. 
The boys stood by her side glaring 
at eiacii other while she let loose 
a' song , Indicating promiscuity. 
Finished with her taps and proved 
a substantial late entrant. Buck 
and Bubbles followed. Finale 
brouht the ballet on in various 
costumes for a dress promenade. 

Kvale continues as. the best m. c, 
the house has had since Paul Ash 
left, and the only local boy who 
seems able to stand up in the job, 
He is drawing heavily. 

Preston Sellers, solo organist, re- 
ceived abbut as loud returns as 
Henri. JCeates usually does with 
community singing. His comedy 
slides were well gagged- and helped 
in draiwing out the voices. "For- 
bidden Waiirs" (M-G) feature, 
"The Red Man's Home" (Tiffahy- 
Stahl color) and Pararriount news- 
reel. . 

Capacity in orchestra at 7 p. m. 
Mondiay. Loop. 



HIPPODROME 

(Vaudnim) 

There must be sdmebody left In 
old Keith booking department. This 
summer bill was typical In its spe- 
cialty department of the old regime. 

Two flash acts, one at either end 
and both long on color and silk 
drapes, but not so long on real tal- 
ent. 

A sort of polite dime museum 
feature in Televox, the "mechanical 
servant" that works by word ^ of 
command, made a, good lobby arid 
house front flash, but fell down 
sadly oh the stage (New Acts), A 
polite singing male quartet was No. 
2. That inspired selection of en- 
tertainers left the bill with two 
domedy acts to hold up a sultry 
evening in the :6th avenue . barn. 
These two were Pat Henning and 
Co., in fact a first rate dancing 
turn with incidental comedy, arid 
Lew Reed and Paul LaVere, tWo 
more men, whose specialty has Its 
basic appeal in music with the 
comedy as a side lii^e. 

Whole business was pretty indif- 
ferent eriter.tairiment, even at the 
four bit tax. Aiidience accounted 
for about half the lower floor Mon- 
day evening. However, the evening 
wasn't entirely wasted, as the 
screeri feature developed, a surprise 
in an independent fllm, "Urilted 
States Smith" (Gotham-Lumas), 
which did a good deal to pull the 
performance out of the Are. 

Having a bum vaudeville bill at 
the Hip saved by a lively, picture 
is an experience new to that house. 
Usually the film Is a liability on 
top of the handicap of vaudeville 
so-so or not-that-good. 

What excuse can there be for a 
summer show that has not a single 
woman outside of the gals In a 
couple _6f L,flash_ .aets, . and ..only itwo 
"combdy""turris 'but of a total of six? 
Televox was the only turn that 
didn't dance. Otherwise it was tap, 
Charleston and "Varsity drag from 
start to flnlsh. Lack of variety was 
bad enough, but even the dancing 
was mostly mediocre. 

That doesn't go for young • Pat 
Henning, who is the last word in 
nimble footed grace and skill. 
Neither does it go for the little 
acrobdtlc dancer In "Clownland" 
(It's called "Land of Clowns" this 
week, making its fifth or so title 



PALACE 

(DALLAS) 

Dallas, Texas, July 19. 

A musical ensemble, as outstand- 
ing as anything imported from New 
York or Chicago, on the Palace 
stage this week. It's the "Treble 
Clef Club" of IJoward Payne Col- 
lege, l^exas, composed of 16 teach- 
ers and pupils in the institution. 
It's understood there's an offer to 
place the club in a unit. Unwilling- 
ness of the girls and their families 
to embark on the trouping ■yv^^iu; re- 
strict the. club's theatrical venture 
to cities near home. , 

Stage show opens With a lunar 
scenic accompanied by John Hatha- 
way's pit orchestra. Barid is too 
sriiall for such scores. Dwlght 
Brown and Homer Phillips again 
are paired for an organ-piano duet; 
successful. Publix , stage show, 
"Tick, Tick," the best material Lou 
Forbes, m. c, has had since his re- 
turn here< On the screen "Half a 
Bride" (Par.). Bu^^iness fair. 



CRAZIEST "ANGEL" 



In as many months). 
, Nearly every act that can't make 
a specialty stretch out to cover 14 
minutes, has recourse to • a tap or 
an eccentric routine to flU in or 
work up an exit. Apparently the 
bookers have slipped into the actor 
scheme of figuring. When In doubt 
book a straightaway dancing bill. 
It saves mental wear and it's al- 
ways a fairly . safe stall. ^ RusJi. 

86TH ST. 

(Vaudfilm) 

Show didn't run right Monday 
night. It skidded and ran so slowly 
that there wasn't much doubt it was 
hiot outside. Bill was topheavy with 
songs and dances. The iiouse Is one 
of those neighborhoods where the 
family comes in together, becomes 
separated one by one and in the 
subsequent dodging and skirting for 
empties grand and loud winds up 
with a reunion down front. It's a 
ifuriny indoor sport. Who knows 
anybody who lias ever sat in the 
first row at the Roxy? 

Show reeled off with a Will 
Rogers short. Then the prganistj 
W. J. Gilroy, and a good one, en 
glneered a straw vote for Hoover 
and Smith. Both candidates lost. 

Left and D^marest Sisters started 
the vaude section. Man attempting 
vocal didn't get very far with his 
singing. Couldri't be heard much 
beyond the front rows. On dancing, 
the act pleased. Act needs com- 
plete rearrangement. Kranz and 
Kaufman, with songs, were second, 
and got over nicely. Got their best 
results . by localizing a comedy lyric. 

Lew White Co. had a soft spot 
Candle, ligh ting bit, hit ,:e m thQ hard^ 
est. It won't be long before bur 
lesques will be using it. Bud Har- 
ris and Van were the comedy smack 
of the show. Colored boys went 
along to a solid laugh score. Some 
showmanship to the way these Ne- 
groes peddle their wares. 

For a closer Max Woods' "Wood 
land Revue" dished up more music, 
singing and dancing with a little too 
much vocal stuff. Required some 
fast stepping to overcome the hand 
leap. Screen leader, "The Vanish- 
ing Pioneer" (Par). , Mark.' 



(Continued from page 1) 
play was worthy of box olllce pat- 
ronage. He had been givinfj tickets 
free for seven months. Last week 
was the first full week of "The Lad- 
der'' with admission charged. 

"The Ladder" is Broadway's most 
curlpUs paradPx as it has been run- 
ning longer tha,n ariy play on the 
list .and has lost more than all of 
the other flops of last season. 

■The theatres it has played in have 
been rented. It has the Cort under 
lease , until November. 
• The show is in its 93rd week and 
is hearing a twP'year "run." 

The sarrie set of actors in the 
play are still i)layirig to the same 
set of empty benches In the the- 
atrie. 



NEW ACTS 

(Coritiriued from page 41) 

Ropney. While they may not be 
letter perfect they help, kill time 
and give the act a little diversity. 
But some Imitations appear ' so 
useless and unnecessary. ;, 

Miss Jone has a solo inning In 
which she puts those leg muscles 
to work and tosses in a few acror 
batics to enliven the routine. 

For the. finish Miss Jone and- the 
boys go in for the hot stuff a la 
varsity collegiate or whatever you 
want to label It and serves as a 
closer. • 

Nothing exceptional nor unusual^ 
but satisfying where the dancing 
isn't so hectic between acts. Mark. 



BERNARD & WARD 

Talk and Songs 
14 Mifis.; One 
American (V-P) 

Mixed duo In conventional flirta- 
tion bencii act. Spaced by songs 
handled mostly by the male; Dove- 
tails for a pleasant deucer.; 

Collegiate idea permeates the 
chatter, girl doing a fourflush about 
a wealthy uncle to land the boy. 
Liked No. 2 and good for the spot 
In the intermediaries. Edba. 



MARRIAGES 

Emma Rlc6 (screen) to Joel Pred 
Osborn, (fllm stunt man) at Los 
Angeles, July 21. 

Madeline Poy, daughter of the 
late Eddie t'oy, to William P. 
O'Dorinell of the Century Theatre, : 
New York and brother of Bob 
P^Donnell, general manager of In- 
terstate Circuit, in New Rochelle, 
N. Y., July 19. 

Virginia Lee (screen) and Paul 
Vogel, ' (cameraman) have . been 11- , 
censed to wed In Los. Angeles. 

Wilma Novak ("Rosalie") and 
Stanley Johnston (Irving Aronson's. 
"Commapders") have announced 
their engagement to wed. 

A. W. Jones, Keith western book- 
er^ to. Ethel Anderson (non-pro) 
in Chicago, July 21. Jpnes formiarly 
in the Gus Sun offlce, Springfleld, .0. 

Edna Shaw, screen actress, sister 
of Viola Daria and Shirley Mason, 
to Hal Hpughtoh, Los Angeles 
broker, at Reno, Nev., July 21. Bride 
is widow of Marvin Shaw, killed 
in an aiito accident at Los Angeles 
last y^ar. 



ILL AND INJURED 

Robert Wolf, sales manager Fox 
fllm exchange, recovering from aii 
operation for tonsilitis. 

Thomas Hainlin slowly recover- 
ing, frpm a- second operation in th* 
Hospital For Joint Diseases, New 
York. 

Willlani . Cooiee, former salesman 
for Firs't National at Chicagp, 111 at 
his home in that city^ 

Raquel Torres (screen) is recov- 
ering, from pneumonia in Culver 
City, Cal. 

Sam Rork, picture producer, re- 
covering from arthritis ait* his home 
iri Beverly Hills, Cal. 

Fess Willlanis, colored m.cat the 
Regal, Chicago, Is on leave of ab- 
sence owing to an attack of sinus 
trouble. 

Thomas Hodgeman, company man- 
ager, now assigned to the "Godless 
Girl" (DeMllle) opening as a road 
show attraction at the Blltmore, 
Los Angeles,' Aug. 21 Is at his home 
6007 Marathon, 'Los Angeles, re- 
covering frpm two operations per- 
formed in Kansas City. He expects 
to be fully recovered in about two 
'Weeks ;" ' ^ ^ = —'=:-='^=^'^^-^^=- 

Sam Than, head of the Keith Chi- 
cago transportation department. Is 
In Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, 
with an infected foot. , 

Sailor Burke was slightly injured 
during a high dive at Mid-City 
Park on the Albany-Troy Road last 
week. 

"Blutch" Schlelfstein, treasurer of 
the Liberty, New York, ill at his 
home in Rosedale, L. I., affected b^ 
the prolonged heat wave. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



W O M E N' S P A G E 



VARIETY 



43 



Among the Women 



By The Skirt, Jr. 




' Best Dressed Woman of the Week 
MURIEL KAYE 

(Palace-4-Vaude) 





At the Palace 

All round enjoyable show at the Palace. this week. 

Muriel Kaye hais the best dressed act, with four clever boys Und de- 
i^rves credit for her Bensational costuming. Her first appearance is 
in a net bouffant with a rhUlion yards of ruffles in orchid; flesh/ peach 
*nd sreen with a flesh bodice and ttiaillheri corsage 6£ gay flowers. . It 
ifl sufficiently extreme to draw a few gasps froni the ladies. With this 
ahe uses a malln© cap with on© large flower at the ear. Later she does 
a nice toe number In a short costume of chartreuse coque feathers with 
a green and yellow, sequin bodice and feather turban. 

For a "picture" dance with bends and arabesques,, she has a black 
velvet, embroidered In rhinestones with a long velvet train lined in 
silver and a silver hat. Huge ropes of crystals are added for effect. 

In the closing number Miss Kaye shows a velvet wrap of apple greeii 
with huge orange cuffs and collar of a very extreme cut. This is re- 
moved to display a, whi^ chiffon bouffant with ruffles, a long waist em- 
broidered heavily In stones with white gardenias trailing down- the bdck 
of one shoulder worn with a diamond cap. Bach ; costume Is more 
striking than the other and all are admirably suited to a lovely figure, 

Florence Moore, Irresistable clown, extremely well gowned, this time 
In a black net bouffant over pink, trinimed In rriany tiny pink petals, and 
a pink taffeta sash. No doubt as to her reception. 

Tvette Rugel has juat . returned from abroad where she has been 
studying. . Her voice shows even more quality than before. Why 
wolJldn't she be the. perfect Eutterily for the Metropolitan? Smartly 
groomed in a simple gown of flesh lace . with a girdle and a flower at the 
shoulder, worn, with a rope .and long emerald earrings. Her pianist had 
an impossible frock of white With hideous white slippers. . .. 
• Cathleen Pppe^ far famed skater, sumptuously clad In green; velvet 
suit trimmed in white fur and a« green hat. Later ishe wore an entire 
bodice of rhinestones and cap to match with a short skirt of white fur. 



. Cute Without (Jujjjs 
Half a house at the 81st Street Moiiday night but plenty of en- 
thusiasm,.- • 

Mllleii'. Bros, and Cecile, two good looking boys and a girl who would 
be cute if she didn't wear , curls, opened the show. They play brass 
Instruments but should develop their singing ^nd dancing and eventually 
discard the music. The girl wore a yellow chiffon frock, purple pants 
and brassiere set, and a black satin cton .suit, none especially striking. 

Aileen Cook, on second, looked Incredibly youthful to be so poised, 
jind with better material will oVie day do very well for herself. She used 
a pretty orchid chiffon frock, tight fitting and a. large hat with a green 
streamer. Green slippers and bloomers were a nice touch. 

Mildred Warren (Casey and Warren), had a fiame colored chiffon 
gown of uneven hem with a small hat and shoes of the same shade, 

Betty and Jerry BroWhe are two cunning coUegiatcs with a neat Idea 
for a skit called "The Eloljers." The boy wears a yellow slicker with 
mottoes painted on it and the nifty blonde a satin pleated skirt, sweater, 
and neckerchief of orchids, and a darker biarett and : greisn sox. Very 
bright and becomilng. 

A dancing act closed, with Murika Rokk and the Murphy BrOs. Miss 
Rokk wore a fuschia ballet dress Inclined to make her look heavy. Later 
she had oti a stunning, cerise fringe slfirt, brassiere and headdress giving 
the opposite effect. . She also wore lovely white rhinestone trunks With 
hanging white ostrich and a rhinestone brassiere. Miss Bokk has talent 

'and class. , ' . 

The Lewis Sisters, also billed, were yery badly dressed. 



CARROLL'S GALS 



(Continued from page 1) 

In his appreciation of the beautiful 
and how devoted they aire to hjm, 
they claim. 

Jean Murray came rushing out 
frohi rehearsal- to state this is . the 
fifth time she had appeared in "the 
■'Vanities'* and' she has never had 
another stage engagement. No . one 
else could pay her near enough, 
J«an says, to leave. . 

Then there is Dorothy Britton 
known as Miss Universe, winner. of 
the Universe Beauty contest in 
Galveston, She never has been on 
any stage. The , first day pf . re- 
hearsal she was discouraged but 
now she just loves everything about 
the "Vanities" even without consid- 
ering her fabulous salary, . Dorothy 
states. 

Zieggy Deserters 

The girls who deserted Zieggy 
say they are wild about Cari-oll. 
Tiiey are Naomi Johnson, Bobby 
Storey, Blanche Satchel, and 'Ruth 
Patterson. Naomi is that show girl 
"with brain." At least In this unique 
fashion has she been advertised, So 
her desertion of the great glorifler 
can be understood when it is ex-, 
plained that Eari Carroll ha)» given, 
her a more extended speaking part 
than she had in "Show Boat,"' 
Naomi must consider her mind be- 
fore her figure, to live up .tb the 
billing. • ' 

It is rumored that Bobby Storey 
thought that she and Gladys Glad 
"killed" each other. Too much of 
the same type to appear under the 
same management is the talk. Like 
wearing a red hat and a pink dress. 
In "VahitiesV Bobby hopes to shine 
alone. 

The two rema,ining Zieggy dcsert- 
iers didn't, give any reason for their 
change of heart. Probably merely 
mercenary. All the girls are work- 
ing hard for Carroll and his won- 
drous Wages. When they are not 
on the stage they are jammed into 
a hot little room, with the persoji 
next spilling Coco Cola down their 
back or oil your bar© legs. 

They can't eat ice cream because 
it will . make them fat and they 
can't go. to the stage door for air 
because the doorman says he is hot 
going to have a bunch of hicks 
staring in. 



Random Remarks 

By Nellie Revell 



The NtUlonal League of Women Voters is conoontnitinK in -i*! < rf(.it 
to get out for the rre.siclontial elpotioli the 25,000,000 po.ssiblo woinon 
voters of the country. In .the 15>20 campaign approximntoly 10,000,000 
women visited the polls and In 1924 it is. estimated only 43 p<^r cent, ex- 
ercised, the right of siiffrago. ■ , 

All of which roeulls ono .of John C. FlintVs favorite .stories told to; film 
sfilesman. - He- rchitos how a disgruntled passoni^or in a. trolloy o;u- airod 
his grievances against the poor sorvlOt\ of the trartion cpnip.uiy. A 
bibulous gentleman seated next to." hinv took: exooption. "yay," hp do- 
manded, t.ipping- the ; othc'r ori : the kno.c, y o\i know how inany t'ars 
are in this systdrn?'* The aggrieved one shook his head, "Wt^ll, there 
ar'e 6,553," sblenvnly proclaiined the man,- ''and dp you know how niany 
pafssengera they tran.sport daily'.''.' - Again a jiog.ative. "W'o.ll," \ou<.'h- 
safed. the informative one, "those 6,553 oars carry on the av.oragt* 869,/ 
641 passengers daily. And further more, do you know what is the mileage 
covered each day by those iS,553 cars carrying 869,541 pa.ssongors?" 
• But the other man hounded to his foot and ru.slied to tht' exit without 
waiting for the answer, 

Tiie conductor, curious about the source of those statistiof, made inr 
quiry of the man. "I don't know a tiling about 'oni." ho explained ri^adily,' 
•^■but I do kpow the best way to squelch an argument is to' give 'em 
figures— figureis and.- plehty of 'em.'* 



' Mame, the Girt Reporter 

Dear Dot: 

i was lunching, at th© Ritz th© other day with Vic, and Ethel Barry- 
more was there with a party of ladies. My dear, she was simply too 
lovely in a two-piece suit of figured black silk and a blaCk hat. 

Oh, and I must tell you the news, Marion Spltzer has signed a con- 
tract with Fox to' sit in on all . production and give -th© woman's point 
of view. Isn't that thrilling? 

Speaking of Fox, Frank Gaby, that clever comic, you rememberi had 
a Movietone test taken the pther day and at . the end he said "So long, 
see you In the cutting room." Isn't that priceless? 
. Tou'U never believe . I. saw "Good News" again the other night, for the 
third time. Mildred Brown, who replaced Mary Lawlor, had laryngitis, 
poor girl, and Inez Courtney had a new dress, lucky girl. It's Orchid 
chiffon with a petal skirt. She had on th© cute.st orchid and silver 
slippers. Despite the . heat, simply tbrriflc, the costumes all looked 
fresher than when you and I saw It last. 

Have yo'u read; "Show Girl," McEvoy's new book that is causing so 
much comment? My dear, ypu'd better read It before you get back- so 
as not to appear too dumb, 

Girl friend, stay away as long as you can, the heat's unbearable 
and wiir knock you for a row of evaporations. 

Hoping to firid you the same. 



Hugh -Frayiie, national organizer for tlie Ainevioari Kedoiniiun of 
Labor, who . Monday " night orgdnized the newly formed Association of 
Theati-ical Agents and Managers, many yoa,r.s ago' bofOre ontoring the 
uhipn labor movement, was a minstrel man. An old time troupei^.his 
interest in theatricals has never fagged and it was his famlUarity with 
conditions that aided materially, in the succe.s.srul unioni/.atioh of Kquity. 



. Tom Gorman, rhanager of the . Hippodrome, returning from Atlantic 
City whei-e his friend and colleague, Pat Ca.sey, :is convalescing from 
an attack of piioumonia.' reports Miv Caisey sviffering with a new ailment— 
sunburn. "He. Contracted it,*' explain.s Mi-. Opriiiiin, "while lyin.g oh the 
sai^d in the bl'Oiling sun talking business with a pretty ^ii-l in a bath- 
ing suit." 



Albert Thompson, foi-mer dramatic editpr of the Cincinnati "Com- 
mercial Tribune," wiio came to New Yoik a few years ago' to handle 
the press work for. Crosby Gaige; is in the Manhattan hospital, re- 
cuperating fripni a slight operatloh. 



. No: matter who Is elected President there . i.s. going to be a change 
of religion in the White House. A Quaker or a Cathollo, will occup;^ 
the executive chair and it will be the fir-st time in hiKtor'y i"or a repre- 
sentative of either religious belief in th'T-t exalted .<;Pot. 



Mame. 



Well -Balanced^ AttraGtion ^ 

At the present Writing, ther© is no spot in town more deliciously rest- 
ful than the log© seats at the Capitol. You wonder why all newly con- 
structed theatres do hot install a. like added attraction. 

This week the show Is well balanced, Dui^ing the overture Louise 
Bave sang excellently and looked well groomed in a flesh sequin goWn 
with a corsage of pink flowers. Walt Rpesner appears to better ad- 
vantage this week than previously. • Indeed, . h© seems to be gaining, 
in unction and depth of speaking voice. He wears clothes well and is 
thoroughly competent but has a slight tendency to .sing-song his an- 
nouncements. . • . 

Herman Tlmberg. of vaudeville, scored a decided hit wIUi bis nip 
chatter and is a great bet for this type of program.' He features a little 
blonde named Barbara Blair, for some reason, who does, a few seconds 
of talk and a chorus of a hot song. . She wears a short cape made en- 
tirely of periwinkle ostrich that enhances her blonde charms. A youtn 
named Joe Ross danced exceedingly well garbed, in an eton suit and 
the Gould girls wore good looking white cowboy chaps made of feathers, 
white blouse, and hats with green neckerchiefs tind gold belts and cuffs. 
Cap pi.stols are used at intervals for rhythm effect.-?. u v.* ^ f 

The picture,. "Forbidden Hours," starring Ramon Novarro, is lignt init 
chuck full of love which will satisfy the feminine audience. Novarrp 
carries the whole thing of course a;nd Is at his best in this light amorous 
vein. Rence Adoroe was as beautiful as ever, although slightly too ma- 
,^tHiaaor^<).varr.Or.Shfe=chose=hciM5xastmnfia^ 
first in a satin empire, with an entire cape bertha of lace, she followea 
wearing a .silver court dress ombroidered in pearls with silver .(irnps. 
Later, a satin gown and scarf of tulle wa.s cffertive and an .empn*\ 
organdie, heavily embroidered and tucked, was distinctively worn vitii 
a horsehair hat. 



KAHN AS DONATER 



(Continued from page 1) 

ca.mpaign drives, organized, federa- 
tions and whatever meritorious in- 
dividuals might come to Kahn's at- 
tention. 

The. picturesque banker has , al- 
ways been a target for the show 
business. He will donate several 
thousands to what is patently a flop 
idea, like the New Playwrifehls' 
Thea,tre on Commerce street in 
Greenwich Village, but fights shy of 
lat© as regards; the important 
money contenders on Broadway. 

For sentimental reasons he has 
backed his son, Rpger Wolfe Kahn, 
at least $?80,000 on two particular 
BrPadway ventures. One was the 
co.stly 1200,000 flop, L© Perroquet 
de Paris, the $5 convert riite club 
young Kahn headed, and the other, 
more recent, was 80 grand in 
"Here's . Howe," the Aarons & 
Freedley musical for which young 
KahTi collaborated- On; the score and 
contributed spme truly notable com - 
positlon.s. , From the standpoint pf 
the corhposltipns, Kahn, fll.s, proved 
himself notably. ; _ 



Sizing 'Em Up 



The absurdly gi'otesque JEatsy 
Kelly, lately with Frank Fay, is a 
bright spot on the bill at Loew's 
State this week. Efere Is,a girl, who 
makes the supreme sacrifice, that 
Of her looks, -in the cause of art, 
for Patsy is a very, cute trick when 
she removes til© bilious and ill 
fitting rose cplored suit to comb her 
sleek black haiir th^. vyray ft was 
meant to. go. ' A very amusing kid. 
Patsy., And good hoofer, too. • 

Qltz' Rice, Elsie Jariis's only rival 
when it comes to using the war . in 
his act, reappears after a ^ long 
absence, a sha:de portly, biit just 
as engaging as ever. He sings hla 
old songs and a couple of new ones, 
with the assistance of a quintet of 
harmonizers handsomely costumed 
aa members of the Canadian Royal 
Mounted. ' 

Lending a feminine to'uch is 
sprightly llttl© girl described as 
a . French Canadienne. She can't 
sing much and her dancing is noth- 
ing to brag about, but she looks as 



NEW ACTS 

"Fla.sh'! act headed by JaV;k Rus- 
sell. 

Revue fealtviring Russell and Titus 
and. 8 giiis. 



cover of "La Vie Parisienne," which 
ought to insure a notable career 
for any girl. 



with a striped beach coat and 
bandana to match. It's only a 
nilnor. point, to' be sure, . but , it 
might be suggested that young 
debutantes from the best aocIa,l 
circles do not hav© their namea 
painted in large white . letters 
across their luggage. 



.Brassieres On a Runway 

It seems to be George Gershwin 
week at the Columbia, . with two of 
that composer's best songs, "The 
Man I Love" and "Do' Do Do" 
mangled ailmost beyond recognition 
by well meaning and well padded 
yoUng women whose chief ability is 
to shake. 

Another production number, 
"Crazy Elbows," from . "Present 
Arms" geta slightly mpre ^ffectuail 
treatment from a snappy -gal 
liamed Miss iQIbbphs and a cho'rus 
which prances out on the runway 
clad in m©tal cloth brassieres and 
the shortest of shorts. 
. The other Outstanding features 
of this week's show, optimistically 
entitled "Happy Hours," are a 
series Of brightly jeweled feminine 



though she'd just stepped off a' j-^ont elevations and a large, glitter 



3 Girls and 1 Film 

Three good looking and admir- 
ably contrasted girls In the pic- 
ture, "A Certain Young Man," with 
Ramon Novarro as the star. Carmel 
Meyers looks seductive in a blonde 
wig arid Peggy Joyce clothes, 
Rehec Adoree i.s piquant iii an In- 
teresting new bob and revealing 
satin, and Marcelino Day supplies 
sweetness and light in softly wav- 
ing tresses and billowing tulle. 
, Miss. M.eyers docs the best Work 
as ' the hard, flirtatious" English- 
woman and Mar.celing succeeds a,d- 
mlrably in looking like a;, w.ounded 
dove. She wears a very becoming 
bathing costume of two-tone jersey 



Ing and multicolored butterfly, 
poised discreetly as Geprge Jean 
Nathan says. 



OFF RACKETEERS 



Bebe Steps Out At th^ Paramount 

"Hot New.s," Harlan Thompson's first scen.ario for I^uamount, .star.s 
Kobe Daniel.s. Picture is snappy, full of action, and is ea.^ily hor tK-.st 
vehicle of recent date. It's currently at the Paramount. 

Bobe plays a daredevil news camera girl which gives her wide .scope 



for athletics. She dresses the part well, mostly in white sports clpthes 
with berets to match, Pne even being fashioned of leather. A white 
coat trimmed in badger was very chic and a white tailored suit was 
also most becoming. ' . 

.Te.sse Crawford, at the organ, elected to play .something good thin 
week for a change, "Cavalleria Rustioana." . 

The stage unit was callr'd "Harem . Sc.arom" and started out like a 
house on fire with a fast drill number by the Foster girls in rod and 
white Zuave uniforms at the conclusion of which they all scaled a high 
gateT^'A'fiWelty' Jrnfl =WI l^^cnf ccutcdi^H cl on--Swanr=arTroung""hl u <7B-Pln gtrr 
l)f)S.si-ssing a charm of hor own, offered a elite number with Paul Ash 
in which she woro a white chifi'on frock embroidered in . black plu.s 
a tiny black and white hat. The off<!f;l was .somewhat spoiled. by hideous 
wliito shots. TlH! Fostf-r girls showed small pink costumes with silver 
buirlo trimniing, Silver wigs, and sfjuare chiffon capes of pastel shades. 
Theso were also ruined by wbite kid sandals wtth flat heels that ip.'Ldc 
the girls' feet look larger than is con8iHt(>nt at any time . with feminine 
lovelint'ss, 

A good looking tetit set i.s used, the orcliostru wearing desert costume.s 
while l^Ir. Ash was in while riding breeches and black bool.s. 



(Continued from page 1) 

th e i n tricatjle s""of ^h e^iieWT)^ 
.Legit Standing Now 
Easy speculation Is no longer poa- 
.sible in pictures since the tighten- 
ing up process applied with the en- 
trance of strong banking influences. 
Prompters and shakedown iartlsts 
are few and those left find it dif- 
ficult now to pperate. The picture 
business, tp some extent, has be- 
come truslifled. The only chance 
for. Independfent endeavor, whether 
crooked or oh the level, lies through 
the legitimate stage and this once 
high-hat. profession along with vau- 
deville now has to st.^nd for the 
gambler and cloak and suiter 
among Its ranks. 

The retired manufacturer, even 
the Wall Street broker, can no long- 
er go into picture production. It 
requires too much money and there 
is no certainty of reliable relea.se. 

. BIRTHS - - - 



Mr. and Mrs, William J. Slorz, at 
St. Francis hospital, Evttnatoh, HI.. 
.Tilly 15, daughter. Father is chief 
cameraman for Fox newsreel at 
Chicago. ^ ■», 

Mr. and Mrs, Fred Niblo, at their 
Beverly Hills (Cal.) home, July 17, 
daiightfT. Father is the picture di- 
rector and the mother, Enid Beh^ 
nf-tt, .'•orecn a'-trcsM, 



44 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



PRESENTATIONS-BILLS 

THIS WEEK (July 23) 
NEXT WEEK (July 30) 



C'S) indicate opening this 
For next wcok (.20) or (30) 



SliDWS rarryiiif^ rmmorriKs such as ('22) or 
weok on Sunday or Monday, as date nii.'iy be. 
with split Avcoks also indicated by dates. . 

An asteiisk (*) before name signifies act is new to city, doine a. new 
turn, reappearing after absence or a;ppearirig. for first time. 

Picturp.-^ include in clas.siflcation picture policy ;with vaudeville or 
presViitaiion as adjunct. . •• . 



PARIS 

Week of July 23 



Ajiibussii(I<>ur!i 

. feUsler & ;l Weat 
Noble Sl.sHle 
SlssIinB B>'n 
Clifton WPhb 
FlrUe BanUs 

: Miss VaniiPssi 
A RivsiMi Girls' ' 
Kathryn Ray . 
Jonn C Wiiidell 
Mary I.eigh 
Ba^all Howe 
Hanic the ' Mul^ 
Karolevna . Sis' 
Olga . Chuuibors 
Klorence Ml'ler 

Folics lierffcre ' 
Andre Ttandall 
Dodge Sl3 , 
Georgia Graves 
Alice Meva 
Montcl-Uudeau , 
Komatova-Skibine 
Gretchlklne . ' . 
. Tamnra & Roberta 
. Colette Jove 
CarJ us Cartel 
Cahuzac-Sourget 
■ Claudia Jonesou... 
Malina Dorsowna 
Ijyaana-Ray'nidnd 
J Tiller Girls 



MbuIlD Kuuse 

MlstiiiBUCt.t 
Earl' L.<;alio 
Spiidaro 

Diane Belle-Ryaux 
I'atricla.Storn 
Carjol-Dandy 
Mazza- Sis 
Poegl Sis 
Boyer Sis 

J "W Jackson Girls 
Ditrlx-Gabin 
Duval-Jude 
Roger Blum '• 
Spark's Ballet 
IMerrat-Thibert. 
Jfred'Mele Bd 
Olympia 
Paulette Darty 
Vermel Ballet 
Jane Bruyere 
• DuUnc 
Gregolre 
Gerald 

Zimle & Jenny Mey 
Poplavaka-Taneif 
Vonlne &. Weison 
Athena 2 

Franclanl & Ptnr 
Bryantes 3 
Taher 

O'Connor . 
Ble-Rlos . 



Eilz O'ponnell 
Crawt'd & Kamsky 

Norshorc (22r 
'Carnival Nights' U 
Pra'nk -^f asters : Bd . 
Milton Watson 
Behoe &' Rubyatte 
Duck & ' Bubbles 
Frank Milano 
Bee. Sarohe 

"Half a Bride" 
Orit^ntal (22) 

"Pacific JJrcezes" U 

Al Kvale 

tluth Durrell: 

Earl & Bell 

Reed & DutUera 

Bob Allen 

Helen Mcl5evitt 

Thelma Edwards 

Ilonrl Keates '. 

"Forgotten. Faces" 

iicBui <2iy 

Fesa Williams- 



DKNVKR, COLO. 

Denver (:iO) . 
'Pagoda l.and' Unit 
Adler Well & H , 
Ii'enc Taylor . 
Smith & Hadley , - 
Gus Mulcify 
12 f'he.steri'ttes 
DES MOINK.S, lA. 

Capitol (27) 
'Steps & St'p'rs' U 
Ruth Rolaiid 
Ilomay Bailey 
Charles. Huey 
Glenn & Jenkins 
DET.KOIT, MICH. 

Capitol (21) 
'Fine Feathers' ' U't 
Del Delbridge Bd 
I..OU Holtz ' 
Sybil Fagan 
Doris Rue' . 
Hall & Essplcy 
Evans ■& .Perez 



LONDON 

Week of July 23 



Kmptre 
.Paint & I'owdcr Rv 
HACKNEY 
..Kmpire 
The Jo vers • 
. Chris Charlton 
Walker S; Mascot 
"Whit CunllfCe 
George Hurd 
Harry Gunn 

LONDON 
Alhnmbrn 
"Wyn & Ivy 
McRae &. LePort 
The Blstoris 
Zjayt'n & Johnstone 
Clarice Mayne 
Jackson Owen 
Neil McKay 

Coliseum 
Frani; Varf Hoven 
Hmory Glee Singers 
Alt Jackson GlrlB 



Talbot. O'Furrell . 
Gladdy Sewell 
Cir Rey 3 

Victoria Tuloce 
J Hylton Bd 
Medley & Duprey 
Francis & Walley 
Victoria Girls ; •: 
Billle Kay 
Lee & Tesnit ; 
Harry Moore 
Ladd West 

NEW CROSS 

Empire 
Tip Toes- Rev 
SHEFH'RDS.: BUSH 

Empire 
Leag of Nelghbora 
. SJRATFORD 

Enipire 
Lady Ba Good Rev 
WOOD GKEEN 

Empire 
Tea Sir Rev 



Playing in This Vicinity This 

(July 23) Week: 

JONES and JONES— LOEWS American, 
Groel'ey Square 

SALLY BEERS— LOEW'S Bay Ridge, Corona 
MAN-KIN— LOEWS Gates, Grand 

DRONOFF SISTERS and MOGILOFF BAND 

—LOEW'S Oelancey . ' 
TOMMY IViANAHAN and HIS CO-EDS^ 

LOEWS, White Plains 
HORTENSE RAGLAND— Janssen's Hofbrau 

BELA BERKES' ROYAL HUNGARIAN 
GYPSY ORCHESTRA— Appearing at the 
. Estato of MRS. LAURA M. CURTIS. 
Roslyn, L. I., Saturday . evening. 
July 28 . 

Time Personally Arranged by 

ALF T. WILTON 

llSGO Broadway Bryant 2027-8 



"Half a Bride" 
NEWARK, N. J, 
llninford (3t> 

f'harllo Molson 

•1 Hawaiian's 

llijy Channy 

J.'.'ifrlcla 0'l>are ' 

tWnla it Brown- 

Knff & Rumble 

Alurray Parker 

8 VVakikl Maidens 

"Thn lli>ad Man" 

N. OKLHANS. LA. 
HncnRcr (27) 

"Fast Mail" U . 

I.oOroha 

•Foster Girls 

Eva Thornton 

Myrtle Gordon 

Eddie Hill . 

Roy '.Shelton 

OMAHA, NEB. 
Rivlern (27) 

Surprise .Week 

Bernie .Bros ,. 
Ritz Bro.s . 
Moore Sis . 
Miss . Irwin . 
Charles Jol'ley- ' 
Do Pace 
1>HILADELPHIA 

Carmen (21) 
3 Whirlwinds. • 
Medlsca-S'rpjlus &R 
Lenora's Dancers 
Hcrniandez 3 
Franklyn & Stanl'y 
Agnea Bothme 
•Chi After Mldnlto' 

Fay's (21) 
Rhea & Santora Co 
Hart-la & Pepper 
Cook & RoseVere 
Downey & McCoy 
'Chicken a la King' 

Fox's (21). 
Fred Rich Bd . 
Freddie & Effle 
Mirth Mack 
CafCroy it Miller 
Helen Worley 
Jackie Heller ' 
Flo Merr,^ll 
Cy L.-indcy 
"U. S. Smith" . 

.Sfniilcy (22) 
Jack Kaufman 
Stanley Stage Bd 
'Telling the World 
PITT.«lBi;BGir. PA 

Penn (21) 
Teddy Joyce 



Mr Wu 
Nell Kelly 
Nee Wonff 
Yip I.al 

6 Chinese Flappers 
Chlno.se NIghta 
D'mond HandcufTB* 

Stanley (22) 

Ted. King 
li-mianoita 
Dolores & Eddy 
Arthur Ball 
'Wheel of Chance' 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 
. AmiMtwador (22) 

Ed Low?iry ' . 
Hcarsf Bros 
Patterson. 2 
IT. Sc M Korenoft Co 
'The Michigan Kid' 
MISHonrl (22) 

Frank Fay 
Ruth Patty 
'Butter & Egg M'n' 

State (23X 
Nat . Nazarro Jr 
Walter Hlers 
Howell & Harger .J 
Moorie & Shy 
Maxino Lewis 
"A Certailn Man" 

: (28) 
Eddie Alfon 
Ledova Co 
Collins & Peteraon 
Murray Leaf - 
'D'mond Haiidcufta'. 

S'N ANX'NIO. T'X. 

Texas (27) 
"Tidk Tock" Unit 
Rasche Girla 
Frohman & Gary 
Bernard & Rich 
Helene Torke 
Bayes & Speck 

WrSHINGT'N. D .C. 

Karle (22), 
Jack Pepper. ' 
"Lady Be Good" 
. Fox (22) 
Duke Tellman Bd 
"Don't Marry" . : 

. Palace (23) 
Gamby^Hale Glrla 
George NelUdoft ' 
:Vlrglnla Johnson 
Ray Bblger 
"The Drag Net" 



Universal 
let half (30«1) 
Wordon Bros 
Party Spoar Co 
Lander Bros Sc L 
Aobt Rtfllly Co 
(One to -fill) 
. 2d half (2-S) 
Br'kaway Barlowei 
Cowan &. Gray 
Lionel Mike Amos 
Steppe St Pierce 
supper Club •. 
ATLANTA, OA. 
Grand (30) 
Paull Broa 
Mason & 'Gwynne 
Billle Taylor Co 
Syd Lewis 
Violet Joy .Girls' 
BAY ItlDGK 

Loew's , 
Ist half (3(t-l) 
Al G«<rdon'a Doga 
Bud & Elinor Coll 
Coogan & Casey 
Joyner & Foster 
(One to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
Man-Kin 
4 Mariners 
N & W St Clallr 
Kuma Co 
(One to HID 
BIR>nNGHAM 
Loew's (30) 
3 Castles 
Frolic 4 
N & G Verga 
Jaa C Morton Co 
Cyclone ^Rev 

BOSTON, MASS. 
. Orplicum (30) 
3 Herman Bros 
Irving & Burnett 
Sid Townes 
Frank Sinclair Co 
Frank Melino' Co 
Florence Hedges Co 



Bobby O'Neill Co 
Clifton & Brent 
(One to fill) 
EVANSV'LB. IND. 

Loew's (30) 
Zluglcrs 
June Sc Jo 
Billy FarroM Co 
Harry Hlnoa 
Perezcaro Sis Rev 
HOUSTON, TEX. 
Houston (30) 
Kate & Wiley 

4 Baton Boya 
Bond & Trent 
Welch & Hllla 
Maker & Rodt'd Rv 

JAMAICA, L. I. 

Ilillside 
1st: half (30-1) 

5 Danubea 
Billy Day . 
Cardiff & Wales 
Harris & Van 
May Joyce Co 

2d half (2-B) 
IjePleur &. Portia 
Lucille Benatead- 
Abbott & Blsland. 
Rome & Oaut 
D'Andrea & W Bd 
MEMPHIS, TENN. 

I^oew's (30) 
RafTln'a Monkeya 
Oscar Grogan 
Saxton & Farrell 
Donovan Sc Lee 
Joe Fejer Orch 
MONTREAL, CAN 

Loew's (30) 
3 Longflolds 
Win J Ward 
Weddfng Ring 
Smith & Allm^tn 
Streleaka-LaR Rev 
(One to All) 
NEWARK, N. J. 
State (30) 
Ford & Price 




MOVIE TALKERS 

Movietone. Vltnphone, Photo- 
plioiie and all the othor pic- 
ture talkers .. constitute the | 
ooiiilngi show ' buslneaa. Suit- 
able talent Is at a' premium 
and our Mr. Burt Cortclyou | 
is Intensively . devotlnit bis j 
time to this field. See blm. 



LYONS €> LYONS 

PABAMOVNT BIOClNCWYORK . 



PROVrNCIAL 

ENGLAND 



AltERDEEN 
H. M. 

Pontoon Rev 
ARDWICK. GREEN 

Empire • . 
De Blere 
Victoria Carmen 
. A C A.s!;or 
Beth Clvallls 
BIKMINOII.VM 

Empire 
Swish llev 

Grand 
Father & Son Rev 

BLACKPOOL. 
Grand 

My Son John 

Opera lIou«e 
Sydney 'Rua.scll Co 

Pain re 
Percy Honrl 
Clay Keyes 
Kathl'n Destournell 
. Debroy Somers 6 
Hale Sis 

. 4Vlnter Oorden 
Follies of 1928 
BRADFORD 
Alliambra 
Orders Is Ordera 
BRISTOL 
Hippodrome. 
Hetty King " 
Jaclc Wynne 
May Henderson 
Mary & Erik 
ZellinI 
' Fred Lindsay 
Horace Kenny 
Beatrix Richards 
CAtlUIFF 
Empire 
Blackbirds of 1928 
CILVTIIAM 
. Empire 
Safely First Rev 
Dl'NDEE 
Kings 
preamblrds Roy 



GLASGOW 
Empire . 

They're Off Rev. 
HANLET 
Grand 
August 1914 Rev 
LEEDS 
Empire 
Formby's Night Ott 

Royal . 
Bits & Pieces Rev 
LEICESTER 
Palace 
Khaki Rev 

NEWCASTLE 
limplre 
Sunshine Sal Rev 
NEWPORT 
Empire 
■Welsh Miners 
Hatch & Carpenter 
Stewart fie Cameron 
Syd Seymour 
Mamie' Soutter 
Stoll & Stewart 
NOTTINGHAM 
Empire 
The Brownings 
Ernest Hastings 
.Tans Ayr <ffe Chllda 
Wallau Ptnr 
The Bolls 
Russell Carr 
Mills & Bobble 
Penrose & Whltl'ck 
PORTSMOUTH 
Ro}-al \ 
Cmpr'ls'g Daphne 
SALFOBD 
Paliioe 
Artists & Models 
SHEFFIELD 
Empire 
Un Vent de FolleRv 
- SOl-THSEA 
Kings 
The Ghost Train 
SWANSEA 
Empire 
I, Evening Stars - 



Picture Theatres 



NEW YORK CITY 

Ciit>ltol. (21) 
Walt Roesner Bd 
Herman Tlmberg 
Barbara Blair 
Joe Boss 
Frank Stcver 
Gould Girla 
'Forbidden Hours' 

(28) 
Walt Roesner 
V & E Stanton 
Chester Hale Girls 
"Beau Broadway" 

Paramount (21) 
Paul Ash 
Foster tSlrls 
Helen Swan 
Pallo & BralUo 
Harry Savoy 
"Hot News" 

JJii). 

Helen Hbiian 
Fred Bernard 
Toilette Sis 
Eloctru Havel 
Sally Starr 
Gamby-Hale Glrla 
"Loves of Actress" 

RiaHo (21) 
Bha\V 3 
"The Racket" 

Rlvoli (21) 
Hians ll'anke 
Baltista Belettl 
"Wanning I'p" 
Roxy (21) 
Beatrice Belkin 
Jeanne MIgnolet 



Douglas Stanbury 
Henri Therrlea 
Helen Lyons 
Berlnoff & Eulalle 
Nicholas DaUs 
"Street Angel" 

CHICAGO. IIX. 

Avalon (23) 
Del Lampe Bd 
Jack Ostcrman 
Lydla Harris 
J & J Walton . 

Chtrago (23) 
"Swaneo Moon" U 
H L Splt.alny Bd 
Warlng's Pehns 
Jack North 
Gus & Will 
MUt Charloa 
'Heart to Iloarf 

Granndu (21) 
Dnnny- MorofC- Bd 



U 



Edgar Bergon Co 
Vivlonne Glenn 
Iford M.Trshall & 
Taylor & Lako 
Madle Rae 

Harding (22) 
"A Movie Party" 
Mark Fisher Bd 
Charlo 

Ch'f Eagle Feather 
Murray & Allen 
Janet Sis 
P.osc Valyda 
"Happiness Ahead" 

Morbro C^l) 
Trixle Frlganza 
> Ma'.Kellus 



Miller & Lyie 
Chas Davis 
W Richardson 
Revella Hughes 
Irving & Milton 
Albertlna Pickens 

Rlulto (30) 
Leo Prince.. 
Tex Morrissey 

Senate (22) 
'Btlasco's Follies" 
Al Beiasco Bd 
Mlas Universe 
Coleman .Goetz 
Anita LaPlerro 
Scotty Weston 
Chilton & Thbmaa 
'Rarhona" 

Sheridan (22) 
Melter 3 , 
Lubow & DuPree 
Pall Mall 
LaPan & Basdedo. 
Stratford 
2d half (26-28.) 
M Hlllblopm Bd 
Dean Newton 
.Tonea & Elliott 
Rutley Slstera 
F & J Rlnehart 
Ted Leary 

Tlvoll (23) 
'Knlck Knacka" U 
Bennle Krueger 
Winifred & Wills 
Karaviert 
Lee Sis 

Llera Hoffman: 
"Ramona" 

Uptown (23) 
'Rah Rah Rah" 
Johnny Perkins 
Lticlla Lee 
Al Gayle 
Collegiate Bd 
Keith Dancers 
'Telling the World' 
ATLANTA; G\. 
Howard (27) 
"Havana" U 
Boris Petroft Co 
Al MltQholl 
Wally Jackson 
Coster & Hewlett 
Dorothy Berks 
BALTIMORE, MB 

Century (23) 
Ted Claire 
Moss & Frye . 
Mabel Hollla 
Scanlon-Denno & 'S 
4 Merry Gobs 
Foster ChorUa 
"Half a Bride" 
Stanley (23) 
Buddy ■ Page- 
Cogert &< Mottu 
Reckless Recco 
Billy Roles . 
Grace Johnson 
Ada Kaufman Girls 
'Hot News" 
BIRM'OH'M, ALA. 

"Alabama (27) 
'Dancing Fcet' U't 
Itarry Rose- 
Richard Kdwarda 
Martha. Vaughn 
Larry Vale 
Wallle Stewart 
Alice Finn 
Alice Swanson 
BOSTON. MASS. 
Metropolitan (20) 
'Babes oh B'way' U 
'The Racket" 
State (23) 
R'yal W. l.qh Gl'm'n 
Charlie Althoff 
'Telling the World' 
BUFFALO. N. Y 
BuiTnln (21) 
"Xylophonla" Unit 
"The Drag Net" 
<ir«Mit Lukoct (22) 
Julia Roonoy l?d 
Ned Norworth 

c'lrcua Foliii'H 
Jack Rj'an . 
Bon O'Nell 
lOmory Manly Co 
"The Jazz ;Slngcr' 
CLEVELAND. O. 
Allen (21) 
Harry McDonald 
'The Bcllaniy Trial' 
DALLAS, TEX. 
. Palace (2H) 
"Jems Rev" Unit 
Di;nnia Sis 
Ray SchuHtcr 
Davp Uubin>)rf 
Pasliin 

Burns & Kl-w>'n 



(28) 

'Levee Lovers' U't- 
Del Delbridge Bd 
G D Washington 
Jack Joyce 
J erry' .. 
Lucille Sis 
Grand Riviera (22) 
Keystone Ser 
Monk Watson 
J & W Hale 
Master Gilbert 
Villa & Strlgo 

Michigan (21) 
Sunny Sklea' Unit 
Frank Beaston Bd 
Jackie Coogan ' 
Willie Robyn 
Bobby Gilbert 
Morrla Colleano 
Myrtle Hayes 
Ruth Buer 
(28) 

"Xylophonla" Unit 
Frank Beaston Bd 

Oriental (22) 
Billy. Small 
Kit Kat 4 y 
Hattle Althoff Co 
Penman & Page 
Gaslar & 'Lu3by 

EV'NSV'LLE, IND 
Victory 

2d half (2-4) 
Foster & Peggy 
Bobby-Brown 
Romany Revue . 
Neville & Johnson 
Petite Lee Ann Co 
FT. WORTH, T'X 
Worth (27) 
Milndy's Fan" U't 
Frank Jinks'. 
Basil Lambertl 
Dorothy Neville 
Ojeda & Imbert 
Stanley 2 
Benny & Western 
A Kaufman Girls 
HOUSTON, TEX. 
Metropolitan (27) 
"Snap Shots" U 
Tyler Mason 
Bert Tucker 
Mills & Shea 
Lillian Bernard 
Flo Henri 
Gould Girls 
INDIANAPOLIS 
Palace (28) 
Walter Hlers 
Moore & Shy 
Howell, .& Harger 
Harry Fox 
Maxine Lewis 
•Telling the World 
L'S ANG'L'S, CAL. 

Boulevard (20) 
Gene Morgan 
Emperors of H'm'y 
Vic Dunn 
The Remy Klda 
"Woman's Way" 
Corthay Circle 
(Indef) 
Photophorie 
Carlt Elinor Bd 
"Lilac Time" 



NEW YORK CITY 
' American 
Ist half (30-1) 
Helda, Depford Sis, 
Plsano & Petro 
Burt & Lehman 
Lowe & Sargent Rv 
Bison City 4 
(Three to fill) 

2d 'half (2-B) 
Bernard & Merltt 
Creighton & Lynn 
Sally Beera 
Miller & Fears 
Mllo 

Fantihoa 
(Two to fill) , 
Boulevard . 
ist half (30-1) 
Alex Melford 3 
Murray & Ir.wln 
John Barton Co 
Al B White 
D'Andrea & WItera 

2d half (2-E) 
Sembla. Broa 
Peggy .Calvert 
Coogan & Casey 
Bison City . 4 
Bee Jones Steppers 

Commodore 

lat ha,lf (30-1) 
White Bros 
Billle Richmond 
Nazaroft & Brown 
Going Straight Co 
Ward & Wilson . 
Jose Bohr Co 

half (2-6) 
Kit Kat 4 
Gulf port & Brown 
Peggy Mackechrle 
Flying Hartwells 
(Two to nil) 
Delancey St. 
1st half (30-1) 
Sembla Bros 
Bristol & Belle 
Catherine Rose Revr 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (2-E) 
Maude ElUt Co 
O'Connor Sis 
Plaano & Petro ■ 
Cardiff & Wales 
Dwyer & Edwards 
Al Gordon's Dogs 
• Grand 
lat half (30-1) 
Aerial LaValls 
Jerome & Ryan 
Abbott & Blsland 
Jerome & Manin 
Marlon WUklns Co 

2d half (2-6) 
Great Johnson 
Murray fe lrWln 
Brow.n .& B'm'gh'm 
Robt Rellly Co 
(One to fill) 
Greeley Sq. 
1st half (30-1) . 
Murand & Glrton 
Kirk & Lawrence 
Fay & Mllllken 
Noll McKlnley 
Sheldon Heft & 
(One to fill) 

. 2d half (2-B) 
Marco & Jerftme ■ 
Marlon Werth 
Cook & Veriion . 
Donia & PUlard 



. Orplienm 
1st. half (30-1) 
Peters & LcBuft 
Peggy Meckechrle 
Mllo 

Sid Hair Co 
(One to fill). 

2d half (2-6) 
Downey & McCoy 
Robinson Connie Co 
'V^Ich Gleemen 
(Two to fill) 

State (30) 
Winnie & Dolly ' 
Olcott &.Lee 
Snoozer Jr 
Keller Sla & Lynch 
Eddie Mayo Gang 
(One to fill) 

Victoria 
lat half (30-1) 
Kama & Yama ' 
Sally Beera 
Miller & Feara 
Clifton & Brent 
Welch Gleemen 
2d half (2-6) 
Fay Elliott & King 
Billy Day 
Jiist a Pal 
Browning. & Br'ken 
Smith Colton.Co 

BROOKLYN - 
. Bedrord 
lat half (30-1) 
Bruno & Stelnbach 
Bobby O'Neill Co 
Rosa & Costello 
4' Fantlnoa 

2d half (2-6) - 
Joe Cody Broa 
Patty Spear Co 
Janet of France 
Burt & Lehman 
(One to fill) 
Gates Ave. 
1st half (30-1) 
Maude ElUt Co 
Just a Pal 
Rotne Sc Gaut 
Dave White Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
6 Danubes 
Beau Brummels 
(Three to fill) 
Melba 
1st half (30-1) 
Ferris & Ellis 
Jones & Jones 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
Jimmy Pinto Co 
Jerome Mann 
(Three to fill) 
Metropolitan (30) 
3 Ken:\my'8 
Violet Singer Go 
.iiarr'gton & 6reen 
Arnaut Bros . 
Hall St Dexter 
Julian Hall Co 
Oriental 
lat half (30-1) 
Busany & Fox 
Edith Bohlman 
Holland Sc Oden 
Kuma Co. 
(Olie to fllD v 

2d half (2-5) . 
Jerome & Ryan 
V Sc C A Very 
Ross & Costello 



CANTON. O. 

Loew's (30) 
Broslus & Barton 
B & H Skatelle 
Roblaon & Pierce 
Lewis & Dody 
Marino Sc Mona Rv 
CLEVELAND, O. 
Griinada' 

Ut half (30-1) 
C & L Earle 
Lowe & Dunn Sis 
Princess Yvonne - 
Walton & Brandt 
Dance Mad . 

2d half (2-B) 
Cahlll & Maybelle 
Frank Whitman 
Princeton & Tale 
Eddie Lambert Co 
P Mansfield Co . 

. Park 

1st half (30-1) 
Cahlll & Maybelle 
Pranlt/ Whitman 
Princeton & Tale 
Eddie Lambert . Co 
Perry Mansfield Co 

2d half (2-B) 
C & L Earle 
Lowe & Dunne Sis 
Princess Tyonno 
Walton Sc. Brandt 
Dance Mad 

State (30) 
Nelson's Catland 
Bobby Sc King 
Bernlce & Panaey 
Johnnie Berkea 
Rev Fantasy 

COLUMBUS. O. 
State (30) 
The LeRays 
Natalie Alt Co 
McL'ghlln Sc Evana 
Ponce Sla 
Al Herman 
Carnival of Venice 
; CORONA, L. I. 
Plaza 
1st half (30-1) 
Cannon & Lee 
Lomax & Johnson 
V & C Avery 
Creighton & Lynn 
Zlmmy 

2d halt (2-6) 
Busany & Fox 
Bill Caaey 



W'tch This Rh'thm 
nippodrame- (30) 

Breon Labard & B 
Johnny Herman . 
Harry Gerard 
(Others to fill) 
(23) 

Juanlta Sc Paop 

Dollea 
Pat Hennlng Co 
Televox 



3d halt (a-»| 

Bramlnoa 

Koram 

(Three to tllO 

2d halt (2$-tH 
J & C Hughea 
3 of Ua 

Jimmy Pinto Oo 
Olga MIshka Co 
(One to fill) 



EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED 
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN 



BEN ROCKE 



1632 B'way. at 60th St., N. Y. Ci|f 



Fein & Tennyson 
Murray & Maddox 
Sunshine Sammy 
Paul Tl.sen Orch 
NEW ORLEANS 
State (30) 
Hack Sc Mack 
Rvan & Boss 
Hamilton Sis & F 
Frank Terry 
The Raccooners 
NORFOLK, VA. • 
State (30) 
Franklyn Sc Royce 
J & R LaPearl 
Raymond Wllbert 
Lillian Morton 
Dolan Sc Bonger Rv 
PALISADES P'RK 

(30) ■ 
Casting- CampbellB ■ 
Jack BIrchley 
Dainty E Marine 
Ploren? 2 
(One to fill) 
TORONTO, CAN. 

I^w'S (30) 
Ponzlnl'a Monkeya 
Craig Campbell Co 
Otto-Oretto Co 
Elliott & LaTour 
Paddy Cliff Orch 
WOODH'VEN, L. I. 
. .Willard 
1st half (30-1) 
Downey Sc McCoy 
4 Mariners 
Brown & B'm'gh'm 
Brown'g & Bracken 
N T G Girls 

2d half (2-6) 
Hama & Tama 
Sherman & Ryan 
M & A Clark 
Bob Fisher 
Dave White Co 
YONKERS 
Yonkers 
1st half (30-1) 
Great Johnson 
Bin Casey 
Robinson Connie Co 
Steppe Sc Pierce 
Supper Club 
. 2d halt (2-6) 
Alex Melford 3 
Edith Bohlman 
John Barton Co 
Al B White 
Lola MenzelU Co 



Reed & t^eVere 
Land of . Clowha 

JTefferson 

lat halt (30-1) 
Dack Shlng Tr : 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (20-29) 
Frank Hamilton 
Boy Friends 
Danny Small Co 
Burns Sc Kane 
(One to fill) 

Palace <2S) 
The Mounters^, 
Edwin George 
Murial Kaye 
Wilton & W'ober 
Florence Moore 
Yvette Regel 
George Jesscll 
Frisk & Pope 
Hearn & -Fleinlng 

Regent 
let half (30-1) 
Pepplno Sc Carthe 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (2-G) 
Marcolle 
(Others to flll> 

2d half (26-29) 
Mazolla 3 
Freddie & Eddie 
Billy Swede Hall 
Reiftd Sc LaVere 
Jack Donnelly 
Royal 
1st half (30-1) 
DIrkson & Cassidy 
4 Pctleys 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (2-B) 
Van T^ane Sc V 
3 (Jood Nights 
Lew White Co 
Carr Bros ft B 

(Two to any 

2d half (26-29) 
Nathanc & Sully 
Judson Cole C6- 
Irvlng Sc Burnett 
Pierce & Porter 
Boyal Saxonottcs ■ 
COKEY ISLAND 
N«w Brighton (30) 
B ft L Travers 
Oliver & Crandall 
Prlnceaa Pat 
OUn lAndl.ck 
Freda & Palace 
Belle Baker 
Osokl Boya 
Tllyon 
Ist half (30-1) 
Mlcareme. . Co 
The Twins 
Boyle & Bella 
(Two to fill) 

2d lialf (2-6) 
Pepplno & CarthI 
Garden Party 
Reed & LaVere 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
The Agemoa 
Baseball 4' 
Brice & Clark 
Milt Douglas Bd 
FAR ROCliAWAY 
Strand 
2d half (2-6) 
Joe - Nlemeyer 
E Sheriff Co • 
Wallace & May 
Hap Hazard Co, 




NEW YORK CITY 

Broadway (30) 
Reed & Lucy 
Tom Ray Bornalne 
Cole & Snyder 
(Others to fill) 
(23) 

Johnny Mack Co 
P & N Ghazzl 
Nell Roy Co . 
Rogers & Wynne 
Princess Pat 
Harry Howard Co 
Evans B Fontaine 



Tuesdays 
723 7th Ave. 
New York 



JACK L. UPSHUTZ 
TAILOR, 908 Wahut St., Phila. 



Egyptian (20) 

Moglln Kiddles 
Bobble Agnow 
'Steambont Bill Jr* 

Loew's State (20) 
Jack Waldron 
Cihnz Chase. 

Rod Corcoran 
.Cal Morris Glrla 
^ A 1 f mi Br.owc r; 

Killy Snydor" 

(iwonn Evans Girls 
"WhopI of Chance" 
Warner (Indcf) 

Loo -Forb.stcln Bd 

Jimmie Burrougns 

Larry Ceballos 

J.co St Lpo 

The Car.sons 

Tut Maco 

'I'omiuy Atkins 

"Ti'nilorloin" 
Metru)>olitiin Cil) 

"ItODiail NIglus" IT 

Rus.<!c>ll Mnrconi 

l.assilor Bros 

l'V;Uilv J C.ri b->IL 



Marlon WUklns Co 
(One to nil) 
Lincoln Sa. 

lat half (30-1) 
Baggoit & Sheldon 
Bernard & Merltt 
Oakcs & DeL Rev 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
"LWnTffx-&"^Tnhnson"^ 
Bristol & Belle 
Catherine Rose Rev 
(Two to fill) 

National ' 
lat halt (30-1). 
Br'kaway Barlowos 
Shorman & Ryan 
Cook & Vernon 
Donia Sc Plllard 
Bee Jones Steppers 

2d half (2-5) 
Peters Sc LeBuft 
B & E Coll 
Hollnnd ,t Oden 
.«!id Hall Co 
(Ono to nil) 



N T O Girls 

(One to fill) 
Palac« 

1st half (36-l> 
Flying Hartwells 
GuITport & Brown 
Arthur Jarrott Co 
Demarest ft Deland 
(One to fill) 

2d half (1-6) 
Wrir FliWps'-Ci-^"' 
BlIIlo RIchmohd 
Lowe & Sargent Rv 
(Two to nil) 
Premier 

lat halt (30-1) 
LaFIeur & Portia 
4 Brummels 
Dwyer & Edwarda 
Fay Elliott. Sc K 
(One to nil) 

2d half (2-6) 
Cannon Sc Lee 
Seymour *; Cunard 
Oakea ft DoT^our 
Joyner ft Foster 
55humy 



Chester 

lat half (30-1) 
The Bramlnos 
Princess Wahletjca 
(Three to fill) 

2d halt (2-6) 
Tatea & Lawley 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (2G-29) 
Cl/r'nce DoWney Co 
Tlo'ea^&"Tiucy 
Olyn Ijandrick 
Step by Step 
(One to nil) 
Coliseum 

1st half (30-1) 
Chandler Boya 
Gamble Boya Sc B 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (2-6) 
Danny Sniall Co 
Jimmy Allard Co 
Tcmpleton Bros 
(Two to fill). 

2d half (26-29) 
Johnny Hfrman 
Snulh & Hart 



Fred Ardath Co 
Joe Nlemeyer Co 
(One to nil) 

81st at. 

1st half (30-1) 
Fleesom & Folsom 
The Graduates 
(Three to All) 

2d halt (2-6) 
Dack Shlng Tr 
Gamble Boys & B 
(Three to fill) 

2d halt (26-29) 
Adele Verne 
Barry Sc Whitledge 
(Three to fill) 
Fordham 

1st halt (30-1) 
Danny Small Co 
Jllmmy Allard Co 
Joe Nlemeyer 
(Two to All) 

2d half (26-29) 
King ft King . 
10 Nltes In Barr'm 
Foraythe Sc Kelly 
Ed it L Ford Rev 
(One to fill) 
FrankUn 
1st halt 30-1) 
Ray Shannon Co 
Templcton Bros 
(Others to nil) 
2d halt (2-6) 

2 Ghezzls 
TOlTic?!i"(d-=mTy" 

2d half (26-29) 
Stllwell ft Frazer 
'T ft R Rufualne 
PaxtOn 

Frank Gabby Co 
(One to fill) 
Hamilton 

let halt (30-1) 
Bruno Stelnbach 
Wilton & Weber 
(Three to niU 

2d halt (26-t9) 
Harris ft Claire 

3 Hauser Boys 
Morgan ft Sheldon 

Boylo ft Delia 



'Pro«pe«t 
lat halt (30-l> 
Reed ft LaVeris 
(Othera to All) 

2d halt .(26-.«9> 
Hart ft Francta 
Hlcka ft Hart 
Hap Hazard Co 
Jimmy Lyons 
Capea Capera 

AKRON. Oi 
' Palace 
1st halt (30-1) 
Glad Moffatt 
Sandy Douglas 
Mitchell ft Duraat 
Ruiz ft Bonlta 
(One to fill) 

2d halt (2-6) 
Jazz Boat Rev 
2d halt (26-2») 
Glrton Girls 
Jewell ft Rita 
Lou Tellegen Co 
Mary Haynes 
Lester Lane Co , . 
ATIiANTIC CIT» 

Globe (30) 
J & C Hughes 
Lewis ft Wlnthrop 
Billy House Co 
/dele V«rne 
Frank ft Townea 
Geo Jesaell 
Ladeaux ft lA>ul8e 
(23) 

Faye ElU'tt ft Kinm 
2 Daveya 

Freda ft Palace 
O'Hanlon ft Zana. 
Harry Holmea 
Belle Baker 
C ft L Fondau 

BALTIRIORE, MT>. 
Hippodrome (30) 
Padlocks of 19*8 
(23) 

Leo Topping ft Tip 
Kit Kat Boys 
Owen Garry Sc O 
Wm Ebbs. Co 
Morris , ft Shaw 
Rainbow Rev 

New Gardens (30) 
Padlocks of 1928 

BUFFAI^O, N. T. 

Hippodrome (30) 
^ Aces ft Queen 
Courtney Sis 
Welat ft Stanton 
Little Billy 
Pllcer Sc Douglaa 
(23) 

Hubert Kinney CJa 
Stan Kavanaugti 
Ella Shields 
WilUamis & Sweet 
Norman Thomas B 

CANTON, O. 
Palace 
lat half (30-1) . 
Curley Burns 
Frank Rlchardsoh 
Ellda Dancers 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
DIehl SIS ft McD 
Jack Wilson 
The Duponts 
Doc Baker 
(One to fill) 

2d halt (26-29) 
Rhapsody In Silk 
Janet- Chllds 



BY THE PUBLIX 
FOR THE PUBLIX 

HARRY SAVOY 

PARAMOUNT, N. Y. C, THIS WEEK 
Direction 

Joe— lEDDY & SMITH— Ed 

220 We.st 47th St., Snite 001 



Mae Usher 

Morris & Campbell 

2d halt (26-29) 
Stickney's Circus 
Tates & Lawley 
Ray ft Harrison 
Princess Wahletka 
Brennan ft Rogers 
BROOKLYN 

^ Albee (30) . 

Jay C. Fflppeh 
Williams ft Sweet 
(Others to fill) 
(23) 

Dack Shlng Tr 
Reed ft LaVere 
Theo Bekefl Co. 
Cla,udla Coleman 
Billy House Cb 
Bushwlck 
1st bait (30-1) 
Van Lane ft V 

3 Good Nights . 
Lew White Co 
Judison Colo. 
Paco Juanlta- Co 

2d half (2-B) 
Haueser Boys 

4 Petleys 

Ray Sc Harrlaon • 
(Two to All) 

2d halt (26-29) 
Mllt Bronson Glrla 
4 Pages 
J ft E GUroy 
Bingham ■&• Meyers 
Mary Mang Co 
Mndlson 

1st half (30-1) 
Miss Marcell 
Garden Party 
Hap Hazard 
Wallace & May 
2d half (2-6) 
StUbblefields 
"Tf Iii c esa "'Wahl elTtU 
Boyie ft Delia 
Dale ft Wendt 
Shule Ha rris - Co 

2d half (26-29) 
Breen Labard & B 
Miss Marcclle 
Lew White Co 
Al Shaype Co 
Mlcareme Co 
Orphonm 

1st halt (30-1) 
Mildred Andrews 
3 Hauser Boys 
I^aunta Stamtn ft A 
Koran 

(Throe to QU) 



Sol Gould Co 
(Two to fill) 

CINCINNATI. O. 

Albeo (30) 
Aussl & Czech 
Smith ft StroQS 
Rookie 

Torke Sc King 
Devills Circus 

_,C23)- - 

Paul Sydell 
Josephine Harmon 
C Bennington Co 
Roy Cummlngs 
Klkuta Japs 

Palace (30) 
The Thrillers 
Janet Chllds 
Taylo^ ft Bobbo' 
Garden of Melody 
(Two to fill) 

(23) 
Valencia 

Park Sis ft Harvoy 
Alex ft Peggy 
Sh'mr'cks ft Tulip* 
Marty White 
Cameo Capera . 

CLEVELAND, O. 
106th St. 
1st halt (3»-l) 
Alex ft Peggy 
Viola Dana Co 
4 Glrton Girls 
(Two tD fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
Ellda Dancers 
Fred Helder 
Curley Burns 
(Two to nil) 

Palace (30) 

Devil's Circus 
Don Cummlngs 
Hooper ft Galchett 
Odetti Tiryl'tlS^^"^ ~ 
li'rcddy Allen 
Night at the Club 

C0LU.MBU9, O. 
Keith's 

lat halt (30-1) 
Duponts 
Fred Ilclder 
r>oo Baker 
Jack Wilson 
Mason ft Scott 

.2d h.-ilf (2-S) 
Ervel ft Del 
Frank Rlcliardson 
Viola Pan;i 
Duffy ft Glenson 
(One to nil) 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



VARIETY 



45 



«ja«« BoaV tJnU 
jobnnr Hyra*n 

PAYTON, O. 

" Keith's^ ^ 
, iBt half (30-1) 
■el Gould Co 
Sinuel Vega 
Wary Ilftynes 
Stop I^oi* & Listen 
Tone to flllV 

* :a half (2-5) 
Alice Doyo 
Son Cummlnga 
Billy M*ln : . 
joseplilno Harmon 
Cart Freed Orch 

jd half (26-29) 
( Orleye 

plehl Sis & Mcp 
Curley Burns Cp ^ 
vitchell &. Durant 
nigoletto Bros 

PETROIT, MICH. 
ItoIIyvood 
lit half (SOrl) 
Witgoletto BroB ; 
jved Alien 
(Three to fill) 

* ad half (2-6) 
f tt T Sabln* 

B' Ijelands 
(Three ; to flU) ^ 
. 2d half (26-29) 
Sully & Mack 
(Others . to fill) 
tTptown 

Jst hair (30-11 
Ithapsody In Silt 
Bherman & McVey 
Night at the Club 
p & T Sablnl 
Juncleland 

2d half (2-6) , 
8 ■ Mounters ■ ■ 
Bminett O'Mara 
Manuel Vega 
Xiockett & Page . 
(One to fill) 

2d half (26-29) . 
Texas Comedy 4 
Frtdel Gold Co 
Thrillers 
(Two to fill); 

Biiiic, PA« 

Brie (30) 
Freeman & S'ym'ur 
Primrose Senibn Co 
. Butler & Snntos R 
(Two to fill) 
(23) 

Donahue & LaSalle 
Glad- Moffatt 
Morrlascy & M'r'y 
Bniz & Bonlta 
(Two to flU) 

GLENS FALLS 
Rlnlto 
■ 1st half (30-1) 
. Honey Trip 
" Prank Farrbn 
(Three to fill) 
. 2d half ( 2-6) 
Bloomberg's Hev 
(Others to nil) 

GRAND RAPIDS 
Ramonn Piirk 

1st half (30-1) 
ChrisBle ft Daley- 
•Frldel Gold Co 
Jack Benny 
' Lester ft Irving > 

2d half (26-29) 
Hill & Qulno«Al 
Bmmett O'Mara 
Sherman & McVey 
LoQkett ft Page 
Dnfty ft Oleason 
Peter the Great 
HUNT'GTON, W.T 
Orpheum 

let half (30-1) 
PaVker ft Mack 
JAR Hayneis 
Shamr'ks & Tulips 
(Two to mi) 

2d. half (2-5) 
Huller' & Francis - 
(Others to fill) 

JIERSET CITT 
State . 

let half (SO-l) 
Tates ft Lawley 
(Others to fill) 
2d half (2-6) 
Romalne ft Castte 
(Others to All) 

2d half (26-29) 
The Bramlnos 
Dale & Wendt 
RIU Gould 
Wlton ft Weber 
Left ft D'mnrest Sis 
(One to All) 
LOUISVILLE. KT. 
, Keith's 

iBt half (30-1)- 
Alice Deyo 
Don Cum'mlngs 
Billy Main Co 
Josephine Harmon 
Carl Freed Or 

2d halt (2-6) 
Sol Gould Co 
Mary Hayncs 
Stop Look ft Listen 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (26-29) 
Smith ft Strong 
Any Family 
Torke ft King 
Parker ft Maok 
(One to fill) 
N'SHV'LE, XICNN. 

Prln<jejtB (30) . _ 
BUb-DedTJancers 
• 2 Southern Girls 
6 Brown Bros 
(Two to flU) 

Alice Deyo Co- 
.v.Le Paul Co 
Billy Main Co 
Pred. Lewis 
Carl Freed Orch 
NEWBDRGH 
Academy 
_,l8t hart (30-1) . 
western Capers 
Clifford ft Marlon 
Hoyal Saxonettes 
(Two to fill) 
^. 2d halt (2-6) 
Pft Leather . Boys 
Down Home 
(Three to ' fill) ' 
2d half (26-29) 
Claires 

Murray ft Fain 
.Francis Renault 
Mao Usher 
Klnkald Kilties 



OTAWA, CAN. 

Keith's 
1st half (30-1) 
HAG Miller 
Anderson & Benn'tt' 
(Three to flU) 

2d half (2-5) 
Lady Tson Mel 
Cecil Alexander 
Lentlnl Co 
(Two to fill) 
FATEKSON, N. J, 
R4>i;ent 
Ist half (30-1) 
Lanraster & L'nlng 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
Martha Lawrence 
Pat Hen hi ng 
(Three to fill) 
PHII^ADEI^PIUA 
Earle (30) 
Gufl Edwards Rev 
Ladles ot Melody 
(Others to fill) 
PITXSRVRGIC. PA. 
HorrlH 
1st half (30-1) 
So.hcpp's Clr 
PltKelnimons ft F 
Golden Violin . 
Wm Ebb 
(One to fill) 

ad half (2-6) 
Paul Bros 
(Others to 1111) 
FLATTSBUKCn 

Strand 
1st halt (30-1) 
C^hocolate Dandles 
(Others to fill) 

2d hallf (2-6) 
Sulton 

(Others to fill) 
POITGIIK'PSIE 
Avon 

1st half (30-1) 
P't't Leather Boys 
Down Home 
(Three to flll) 

2d half (2-6) 
Western Capers' 
Clifford ft Marlon 
Royal Saxonettes 
(Two to fill) 

rd half (26-29) 
Lcdcaux ft Loiilsfr 
El Brown Co 
Anderson ft Graves 
Hilton ft Almy 
Vnrslty Varieties 
STRACUSR. N. T. 
Keith's 

1st halt (30-1). 
Francis Renault 
Ijcster Lane Rev 
(Others to fill) 
. 2d half (2-6) 
Klefcr 3 

Parka Sis 4- H'rvey 
Peter the Great 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (26^29) 
Welst & Staliton 
East ft 'Dunike 
Joe Laurie Jr 
Waiman's Debs 
(One to flll) 
TOLEDO,. O. 
Keltli'n 

let half'W30-l) 
Gaftney & Walton ' 
Roy Cummlrips 
6 Orleys 
(Others to fill) 

2d. half (r-6) 
Jnck Benny 
Christie ft Daley 
Frtdel Gold Co 
Lester ft Irving 3 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (2C-29) 
Mlnervinl ft I^etta 
Duponts .. 
Faber ft Marble 
Stop Look .& Listen 
Joe HowJird 
Elsie ft Paulsen' 

TORONTO, OAW. 
. HIpiKMlrome (30) 
Stan Kavanaugh ■ 
L B Hamp Co 
Jean Granese 
I.i6ckfords 
(One to fill) 
(23) 

Carr Bros ft Betty 
Courtney Sis 
Wm Halllgan Co 
Block ft Sully 
Pllcer ft Dou)7las 
TRENTON, N. J. 
Capttol 

Ist half (30-1) 
Lea Ghazzis - 
(Other? to flll) 
. 2d half (2-6) 
Scrambled I^eps 
(Others to flll) 
I'NION CITY, N. J. 
Lincoln 

1st half (30-1) 
Kitamura Japs 
Francis Renault 
Paddy Saunders 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (2-5) 
Julie Lindrudd 3 
Smith ft Sawyer 
(Three to fill) 
WHITE PLAINS 
KelMrn 

1st half (30-1) 
Stlckney's Circus 
Nell O'Brien Co 
Babe Egan R'dh'ds 
(Two to flll) 

~2d"halt"(2-6y 

Toto 

Porsythe ft Kelly 
Midget Land 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Brenok ft Bella D 
3 Vagrants 
Jack Usher Co 
Harris ft Van . 
Koran ' 
TOUNGSTOWN, O. 
Kolth'H 

Ist half (30-1) 
Jazz Boat Rev 

2d half (2-B) 
Glad Moffatt 
Sandy Douglas 
Mitchell ft Durant 
Ruiz ft Bonlta 
(One to fill) 

2d half (20-29) 
Severn & Neal Sis 
Freeman & S'ym'ur 
Karyl Norninn 
Shone & Rich 
Mangcan Tir 



(23) 
Bob Anderson 
D'rrlcks'n ft Brown 
Herbert Warren 
Summers ft Hart 
Jack Wilson 
(Ono to flll) 
. Btcile lAlne (SO) 
Gene Green 
Haunted 
Smith ft Barker 
Tracey ft Hay 
Frank Wilson 
The Graduates 
Donald Brian 
Ryan ft Lee 
Bentell ft Gould 

(23) 

Dave Apollon Co 
Chas Irwin 
Frances White ' 
Keno & Green 
KItara Japs 
Tioman ft Decs 
Margie Clifton 
Grade Deagon Co 
William Boyd Co 

. DENVER, "COiu 

OrpJioum (3b) 
Mason Keeler .Co 
Flo Myers Olrls- 
Payne ft Hllllard 
Chas T Aldrlch 
Bury's Dog Stars 

(23) 
Nazimova. 
Eddie Borden Co 
Frank Wilson 
Flor & O Walters 
Hudson Wonders. 

LOS ANGELES 
Klllstreet (30) 
Eugene O'Hrien . 
Brltt Wood 
Rellly Kids 
Teix McLco'd 
Berk ft Saun 
Del Ortos 

(23) 

Eva (jlaric ft Boys 
Dora. .Ataughan ■ 
Side. Kicks 
Urox Sis 

McCarthy & Moore 
Marin ft Bernard Jr 

Orp.honm (30) 
Our Gang Kids 
Tom McAuUfTe 
Joe Daly 

Poodles ' Hannaford 
A'al Harris 
Mary Marlowe 
Gilbert ft French 
Jack l^earl 

(23) • 
Eddie Conrad 
UpUam Whitney R 
Pearl' Rcgay Co. 
Florence Brady 
Jack I'earl 
Moody & Duncan 
3 Freehands 
6 Rellly Kids 
^HLWAUKEE 
Palace (30) 
Nazlmova 
Norce . 
Honey • Boys 
Homer Dickinson, 
Burns A Burchili 
(One to fill) 
(23)': 
Pask man's Mins 
Reynolds ft Clark 
Lestra Lamont 
Cortlnl 
Ryan A Lee 
Bentell A Gould 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Hennepin (30) 
Midget Follies 
Gaston & Andrea ' 
Tleman ft Dees 
cortlnl 

(Two to fill) . 
(23) 

Jack Hanley- ■ 
Haunted 
Collegiates 
Ncwhoff & Phelpis 
Burns ft BurchlU 
Daunton Shaws 
OAKLAND, CAL, 

Orpheum (30) 
Sessuc Hayakawa- 
Shaw ft Lee 
B ft R Gorman 
Ann Garrison 3 




CA LGARY , CAN. - 
(irnml (30) 
Illinois state Dd 
f4ip' Ahdy 
Jay Vclit; 
Stewart OMvp 
Monroe & IJrant 
Hayes Cody 

Mualc Art Rev 
CoUegt! Flirt 
^i"anklyn 1)' Amove 
Prank Kef nan Co 
f^ias Wllsim 
■■Hec'ior a. i>ai3 

CmOAGO, ILL. 
I'ftlaco (30) 
NorbfTiii Avdc'lll 
Ixiu Tollcgcn Co 



Kiknta Jupa 
(OihPrs to (111) 

(23) 

Felovl.s 
JiX'k Henny 
l>ance Ithapsodioa 
Clradp Tioatron 
5 Honey Boys 
Harrv ('nrriill Co 
Holleclalr IJros 
Johnny Karrell 

nivicrn (30) 
Lestra- Lamont Co 
Grade Deagon Co 
CJiiin Ryan 
Jliuniy 1jU'';iS 
(Two to nil) 



Redmond ft Wells 
Evers ft Greta 

(23) 
Mexican Oroh 
Master Jay Ward 
Berk ft Saun 
Mary. Marlowe 
Paula Paqulta ft C 
(One to flll) 
OMAHA, NEB. 
Orpheum (30) 
Roslta 

Senator Murphy 
Zclda Santlcy . 
Eddie B.ordep 
(One to fill) 

o (23) 
Kentueky Jub Sing 
Dare ft Wahl 
Lydell ft Hlgnlhs . 
Chas J. Hill Co 
Sandy I.ang Co 
SAN FRANCISCO 
Gplden Gate (30) 
Mexican Orch 
Master Jay Ward 
Herbert Clifton 
HolUngsworth & C 
Paula Paqulta & C 
(23) 

Eiigene O'Brien 
Shaw & I^e 
Tex McLeod 
Frank Stafford • 
Del Ortos 

Orpheum (30) 
Moran ft Wiser 
Nawahl 

Ruth Warren ^, ': 
Morton ft Stout' 
Who Done It 
Jane Green 
Pearl Regay Co ' 
(23) 

Our Gang Kids 
Maglcys 

Sessue Hayakawa ■ 
Tom McAuliffe 
.Val' Harris 
Joe Daly Co-Eds. 
Ann Garrison 
SEATTLE, WASH. 

. Orpheom (30) . 
Jeanne Eagels Co 
Roy Rogers 
Tillls & LaTue 
Larimer ft Hudson 
■Teller Sis ft Ackl'd 
Slim 'Timb'iin Co 
(23) 

Shaw A Carroll 
RastelU 

Grace ft M Ellne 
Ted A A Waldman 
Helen ft N Leary 
Klutlng's Enters 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 

St. Lonis (30) 
Frances White 
18 Singing Cadets 
Keno ft .Green 
■ B.ob Anderson 
F'clovls 

(23) 

Schlchtl's M'nettes 
Smith & Barker 
Anger ft Fair 
Donald Brian Co- 
Paul Yocan Co 
VANCOUVER. B.C. 

Orpheum (30) 
Music Art Rev 
College Flirt 
Franklyn D'Amore 
. Frank Keenan Co 
Chas Wilson: 
Hector ft Pals 
(23) 

Jeanne Eagels Co 
Roy Rogers 
Tliris ft Larue 
I^iirlmer ft Hudson 
Teller Sis ft Ackl'd 
Slim Tlmblln Co 
WINNIPEG, CAN. 

Orpheum (30) 
Michel 

Kane ft Ellis 
Is^ewhoft & Phelps 
Rodrlgo ft Llla Or 
Lowell Sherman 
Wolft .ft Jerome 
(23) 

Tlllnols State Bd 
Ship Ahoy 
Jay Velle 
Stewart A OUye 
Monroe & Grant 
Kelso £ De Monde 




NEW YORK CITY 
86th St. 

1st haaf (30-1) 
Fr.mk Hamilton Co 
Fred Ardath Co 
Bag of Tricks 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (2-8) 
Ryan Sis 
Jarmon "Ift Green 
(Three to flll) 
IZSth St. 

Ist half (30-1) 
Bag ft Bagage 
Lauria St'amm ft. A 
Ray ft Harrison 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (2-6)^ 
Frank Hamilton Co 
Lillian Steele.. Co. . 
(Three to flll) 

ALBANY, N. Y. 
Grand 

Ist half (30-1) 
Lottie Atherton 
Singer ft Llghtner 
Curtis & Bush Sis 
Hilton A Almy 
Glorious Girls 

2d half (2,-B) 
^Bobble' Johnstone ■ 
O'/Connor A Vaughn 
Radiant 8 
Bernard A Keller 
Challe.no Rev 

Harmunus Hall 
1st half (30-1) . 
El BroWn :Co 
Pierce ft Porter 
Sgltan 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (2-5) 
Alice 'i'albot 4 
^Others to flll) 

NEWARK, N. J. 
Palace (30) 
Frank Dobson Co 
Marlon Olhney 
O'Donnell A Blalr 
(Two to flli) 

SCHENECTADY 
rrortor'H 
. l9t half (30-1) . 
Honey 3 

Con n or ..A. Vaugh n 



College Widows . 

2d half (2-6) 
Gene A Jeanette 
DAM Ryan. 
Theo Bekefl Co 
(Two to fill) 

TROY, N, Y, 
Proctor's 
1st half (30-1) 
Bobbie Johnstone 
4 .Choc Dandles 
Radian 3 
Frank Farron 
Chnlleno Rev 

2d half (2-6) 
Lottie Atherton 
Singer A Llghtner 
Curtis A Bush Sis 
Hilton A Almy 
^Glorious Girl 
WEStCH1?RTEK 
Mt. Vernon 
. ist halt (30-1) 
Burns A Kane 
Frank Viola. Co 
May XTsher ' 
W A B Burke 
(One to flll) 

2d half (2-5) 
Paxon 

Noll. O'Brien Co 
(Three to flll) 

New Roohelle 

1st half (30-1) 
The Stebbleflelds 
Ryan Sis 
Thank You Doc 
Forsythe A Kelly 
Mldcet Land 

2d half (2-6) 
Pagiina 
Ouy Voyer Co 
. Ray A Harrison 
Nitza Vcrnillc-Co 
(One to flll) 
YonUer* 

1st half (30-1) 
Hoiie Vernon 
Harry Howard Co 
T'uxon 

(Two to flll) 

;;d half (2-5) 
Bag A Ilaggage 
Snn'ly Sliaw 



Alexandria, S6) 
The Gallenas 
Cart Dobbs Co 
Levan ft Doris 
Tony & Norman 
Countess So'nla Co 
(Same bill plays 
Beaumont, 29;- 
L'ke Ch'rlcs. 30: , 
Shrevepgrt, 31;. 
Alexandria, 1) 
Stanley & AlVa 
Lera A Spertcier 
Under the Pailms 
Chief Caupbltcan . 
Parisian 4 ■ ■■ 
BIKM'GH'M, ALA. 

^tojestlc (22) 
George Wong Co 
Billy Moody 
Billy Purl Co 
Little Jack Little 
Conlin ft Hamilton 
(29) 

La Salle ft Mack 



FriMl Ardath Co 
1>,< rnard A Kelly I <Cim: to fill) 



Grace Edler Co 

XITTLE ROCK 
Hajestio 

1st half (22-t4) 
Stanley ft Elva 
E A M Ernie » 
Under the Elms 
Lasses White Co 
(One to flll) ; 

2d half (26-28) 
LaSalle A Mack 
Harry J: Conlcy Co 
Wallef McNally 
(Two to fill) 

1st half (29-31) 
Al Striker 
Day ft Eileen 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (1-4) 
Gossips of 192s 

NEW 011LE.1NS 
Orphrom (i'i) 
The Gallcanos 
Carl Dobbs Co . 
Levan' ft Doris 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGE 

iseo Broadway, New York 
Bet. 4«th and «7tb Sts. 



E ft M Ernie 
Wailter Mehally 
Lasses White Co . 
Harry J Conlcy Co 
DALIJIS, TEX. : 
* Majestic (22) . 
All Girl Show 
(20) 

Eileen ft Marjorle 
Ciulxle 4' 
Dainty Mtirle 
Trahane ft Wallace 
Jack Redrhond 
FT. WOHtH, TX. 

Majestle (22) 
Eileen A .MarJorle 
QUIxIe 4 
Dainty Marie ' 
Trahan ft - Wallace 
Jack Redmond 
. . (29) - 
Dubas 2 . 
Ossman & Schepp 
Marion Sunshine 
Walter Brower 
Les, Gall Co 
nOUSTQN, TEX. 

Mertlnil (22) 
Lawrence Murray . 
Robert Benchlcy 
Winnie Llghtner- - 
Clark ft.McCuU'Eh 
(One to flll) 
(29) 

Alberta Lee Co. 
Bennett Bros 
J ft.M Harklns 
Family* Ford 



Tony & Normap 
Countess Sonia 
OKLAHOMA CITY 

Orpheuni (22) 
Dubas 2 

Ossman A Schcpps 
Marlon ' Sunshine 
Walter Brower 
Lee Gall Co 
. (29) 
Dallas Walker Sis 
Northlane & Ward 
Lou Cameron. Co 
Jack Major 
WIther's Opry 

SAN ANTONIO 
Mojeatle (22) 
Alberta Lee Co. 
Bennett .Bros 
J A M Harkins 
Family Ford 
Grace Edler ' 

(29) 
All Girl Show 

TULSA, OKi^\k 
Orphenm (22)- 
Dallas Walker Sis 
Ward & Northlane 
Lou Cameron Co 
Jack Major 
Wither'B Opry 
(29) 

Zel.da Bros 
'DOh Hurbert 
Gene Fuller D'nc''rs 
Hunter A Perclval 
In the Orient 



Associatian 



CHICAGO^ ILL. 
American 

lat half (30-1) 
Nelson ft Barrys 
VlJIanI Bros 
Cody Quintette . 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2.-4) 
GAB Carmen 
Ted Ledford 
(Three to flll) 
' Belmont 

let half (30-1) 
Mays Burt ft Finn 
Myron Pearl Co - 
(Tfetree to flll) , 

2d half (2-4) 
Haney ft Stewart 
Boyd Senter Co ' 
(Three to flll) 

Englewood 

1st half (29-1) 
Cooper' ft' Clifton - 
Boyd Senter Co 
Foley ft Welton 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (2-4) 
Bell ft Capman 
Boganny 'Tr 
(Three to flll) 

Majestic (29) 
Royal Venetian 6. 
(Others to fill) 

COLOiR.ADO SPGS. 
Bums 
2d half (3-4) 

Warner ft Colo 
4 Manilla Boys 
.(Others to flll) 
DAVENPORT, lA. 
Capitol 

1st half (30-1) 
Anger ft^Falr 
Dance Rhapsodies 
Chas Hill Co 
Jack. La, Vler . 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2-B) 
Leon Leonard Co 
Chas Irwin ' 
Sandy Lang Co 
Soenco & True 
(One to fill) ' 

2d half (26-29) 
P -Bushman Jr 



KAN. CITY, MO. 
Malnstreet. (20) 

Louisville Loons 
Harrington Sis 
Edmond Le' Grohs 
Lubln Lowrle & A 
(Two to fill) 
MADISON, WIS. 
Orpheum 

1st. half (30.-1) 
F X Bushman -Jr 
Joe Boganhy Tr . 
Summers A Hunt 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (2-5) 
Rainbow Revelries 
Bess'er A Balfour' 
Corner Drug Store 
Joe Mendl 
(OnQ to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Midget Follies . 
Lorln Raker Coi. 
Win Aubrey 
Wolff A Jerome 
(Ono to flll) 

BULWAUICEE 

Blverslde (20) 
Carleton ft Ballew 
Racine A Ray 
B Wells A 4 Fays 
Will Aubrey 
Ton Kee Tr . 
(Two to fill) . 
BOCKFORD, ILL. 
Palace 

1st half (30-1) 
Olsen' A Johnson 
Joe Mendl 
(One to flll) 

. 2d half (2-5) 
Olsen A Johnson 
Foster ft Peggy 
(One to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Noree ft Co ■ 
Jimmy Lucas Co 
Vlllanl Bros 

ST. LOUIS, MO 

Gr&nd (20) 
Ralph Seabury 
Margie Clifton Ptnr 
Bertrand ft Ralston 
Little Samson 
(Three to fill) 



HOWARDS L O AT 

BONDS FOR INVESTPrtENT 

'A .B, Leach & Co.. Inc.. 57 William St.. N. V. 



Interstate 



ATLANTA, fiA. 
MftJvfitlc ('i3) 
Willie Mauss Co 
I'c.nion A- Fiel'lB 
Fortunello A '"Irll 
Sub-D(^b liancors 
Rcnee Hiano Co 
(20) 

G'jorge Wong Co 



I liilly Moody Co 
1).I V Purl '.'o 
Li I tie Jack Liitt'.' 
. Conlin A IIajiilln..n 
I BEAU MONT, TEX. 
i (22) 
I Same bill uluvs 
L'ke nrrlcH, 'i'-i ; 
Shrcveport, 24; 



Qcrber's Gaieties 
Yorke ft O'Brien . 
Carleton ft Ballew 
Valentine ft Bell 
DBS MOINES, lA. 
Orpheum 
1st half (30-1) . 
I..oon Leonard Co . 
Ijydoll ft Hlgglns 
Sandy Lang Co 
■Spence ft True 
(One to nil) 

2d half (2-5) 
Anger A Fair 
nance Rhapsodies 
(■h.-iB Hill Co 
Jack La Vler 
f One to flll) 

2d half (26-29) 
Tracey ft Hay 
Xlor'ey A Anger 
I'enliiry Scren.'id'rs 
?. White Kuhns 
llci-tor Chandon Co 
^Di:3CltQlI, JlMllL. 
<;rand-rUvlora (20) 
llii/,i;l Kennedy 
(Two to flll) 
l-T. WAYNE. IND. 
New Emboyd 
. half ( 2'J-l) 
Hf<rirk«rr)n A Urown 
CI if on A Derex • 
Iiav'- Al)f>l'in Co 
((JllP .to flll) 

,i-l h!ilf (2-4) 
}lii;;f(l<'(to Bros 
('i lire" to /111 ) 
.lOLIRT. ILL. 

Rlnlto 
iMt half (29-1) 
l\'"nlucky Choir 
'/'thtrs to Oil) 



Lorln Raker Cp 
Serge Flash 
Johns A Mably 
Foster A Peggy 

2d half (2-6) 

Gerber's Gaieties 
Summers A :Hunt' 

oopOr A C'lfton 
(Two. to flll) 

3d half (26-29) 
Olsen A Johnson 
Joo Mend Is '3 
(Three to flll) 
SPBlifCGFTjO, ILL. 
Orpheom 
1st; half (30-1) . 
Gerber's Gaieties' 
Local Stylo Show 
Corner Drug Store 
tTwo to nil) 

2d half (2-5) 
Tiny Town Rev 
Harvey ' 

(Three to flll). 



2d half (26-29) 
18 Singing Cadets 
Lubln Lowrle ft A 
Bertrand ft Ralst'n 
Lucas ft I,illlan 
(One to flll) 
SPRINGF'LD, MO. 

• Electric ' 
• 1st half (29-1) 
Day Sis 

7<P0k A Randolph 
WAVKEGAN, ILL. 
Genesee 

• 2d half (2-4) 
Kentucky Ohbir; 
(Two - to mi) • 

WINDSOR.. ONT. 
■ Capitol 
1st ha'.f (20-1) 
Hubert Dyer Co 
Texas 4 
(Three to flll). 

. 2d half (2-4) 
Master .Gilbert : 
Osiair A Lusby . • 
(Three to flU) 



ST. PAUL, UnNN. 
Palace 

1st half (30-1) 
The CoIlegiat*?B 
Torke A O'Brien 
Undercurrent 
Jack Merlin Co 
Rector Chatldon Co 

2d half (2-6) 
Century Screnadcra 
Dare Wahl. Co 
Jack Hanley 
(Two to fill) 

2d half f2C-29) 
Rodrlgo A Llla Or 
Gene Green 
Dickinson A M 
Hungarian Tr 
(One to flll) 
SIOUX CITY, LV. 
Orplieiim 

1st half '30-1 1 
Century SerenadV'i 
Dare A Wahl 

-J.Ti k.^H.n .n.lft.v.J: ^. 

Morlpy A Anf.'>~r 
(One lo nil) 

2d half f2-r.). 
rfill'-Kint'" 
Yorku A (VBrion 
i-ndfirciirr/'nt 
Jack TiU-rVn Cn 
Rector ciiiindon Co 

2d i:ii;f cji;- ::.'); 
KfiHira A ()Tf h 
Sju-nce X- True. 
S'-nntor Murjihv 
Kijlli llolilnHoii '.'o 
(<>T\r to nifl ■ 
SO. aiCNO, IND, 
I'alaee 

l.Mt half (30-1) 
Tiny Town ReT 




NEW.\RK, N. J. 
Newark (30) 
Ling Tey Tr 
4 Bars ot Harmony 
Wilfred Clarke 
Te.iaak. A Dean 
Silks ft Satins 
Barnes ft Drew . 
NIAGARA FALLS 

' Stmnd (30) 
Marcel A I,aSpurce 
Kneoland Syn 
(Three to flU) 
TORONTO, CAN. 

Pnntages (30) 
4 .Kadcx 
Daner >' 
Dixon ft Morelll 
Estcs ft - Bernlce 
(Two to nil) 
HAMILTON, CAN, 

FantngcB . (30) 
Camilla's Birds 
Jones A Grannon 
DeToresgo 
Brady ft Ma.boney 
Royal Pekin Tr 
•TOLEDO, O. 
RlvoU (30) 
Kola 

Seymour A (^mard 
Garden of Roses . 
Hyams A Mclntyre, 
Joe Fantnn 
, INDIANAPOLIS 

Lyric (30) 
Dalt A LaMarr 
Jean Barry 
Harry Cooper . 
Boggs A Weston. 
Fantasy Rev 
MINNEAPOLIS . 

Pantages (30) 
LIttleJohns 
Gehan A Garretson 
Rogers Rev 
Burns ft West . 
(One to fill) 
CALGARY, CAN. 

Pnntages (30) 
Meyers A Sterling 
Richard Vintour 
BIgson Herbert 
Argentine Cabaret 
(One to flll) 
SPOKANE, WASH, 

Pantnges (30) 
The Cornells 
Joe Roberts 
Telephone Troubles 
Murray ft Van . 
Erma Powell Co 
SEATTLE 

Pantages (30) 

3 Olympians 
Edison ft Gregory 
Gray Family 

6 Crooners 

Earl Pogan Bd 
VANCOUVER 
Pantages (30) 

Raymond ft Geneva 

Ulls ft Clarke 

Dancers a . La. Carta 

Hayden 3 

Billy T^mont 4 
TACOMA - 
Pantages (30) . 

4 Karreys 
Walley & Zella 



Cycle ' of Dan(:e ' 
Those 3 Follars' 
Mexican Cossacks 

PORTI^^ND 
PiUittigeN (30) 

6 Brachards • 
Grace Dor o . 
Joe Bernard 
Iloder A Maley 
B'way Bits . 

SAN FRANCISCO 
Vunthgcs (30) 

Weise-S 
Etai Look Hoy 
The Grohs 
BlCota A Byrne. 
Exposition 4 
Margo A BCth 

LOS ANGELES 

PlUltflRCH (30) 

Mary Sweeney 
Graham A C'rtney 
■Madeleine . 
.RuUlvan & Ruth 
Werner & Mary A 
Mason DIx Dancers 
SAN DIEGO 
Pnntnge<i (30) 
Redford & Wallace 
Radiology ' 
Welcome Lewis 
Margot Morel 
Billy Gilbert 
Raymond Fagon 
LONG BEACH 
Fantngca (30) 
Mary ZoUer , 
Ivan Bankhott 
Mack ft Tlvoll 
Havania 

Kramer A Boyle 
10 Mu.slcal Maniacs 
SALT LAKE CITY 

Pantagos (30) 
3 OrohtoE- 
Gaby Duvalle . ■ 
HouUon ft Whiting 
Tracey. A El Wood 
Empire Comedy 4 
Spoor ft Parsons 

LOGAN, UTAH 

Pantugeo (30) 
. Bonhalr Tr . 
Dave & ■ Tressie 
Cunningham Sf. B 
Eddie White 
Vardell Bros 

OMAHA, NEB. 

Pontages iZO) 
Paul Kodak 
Rowland ft Joyce 
Chas ft LaTour 
R ft E Hurst 
Mae Murray 

KANSAS CITY 

Pnntages (.10) 
Austrlallan Waltes 
Chas Willis 
Mabel Taliaferro 
Brons'on ft Gordon 
Libby Dancers 
MEMPinS 

Pnntages (30) 
Irving A Chaney 
Harry Hayden ■ 
Alexander Sis 
Ward A Patrick 
Edge ft Meda - 
Bud Snyder 



Butterfield 



ANN ARBOR 
Mirhlgan 

1st half (29-1) 
Don Lee A Louise 

2d half (2-4) 
Jerry A Bab.v.Gr'ds 
» EN TON HABUOH 
liberty 
2d half (2-4) 
Marie A Pals 
Mays Burt A Finn 
Clifford Wayne 3 
FLINT. MICH. 

Capitol 
let half (29-1) 
Danny Russo Bd • 
Adams ■& Rascli '.: 
(One to flll) 

2d half (2-4) 
6 Cardinals 
Jahns A Mabley 
Royal Scotch Bd 
KALAMAZOO 

Stujte 
Ist half (29-1) 
Clifford Wayne 3 
Hoyal Scotch Bd 
(One to flll): ' 

2d half (2-4) 
Tfotas 4 
(Two to nil) 



Bary, Ulrlch Ilaupt, William Bake- 
well, Rolfe Sedan, Dorothy, l^evicr, 
lion Pflf, Charles Stevens. 



At the Universal lot J. Orubb 
Alexander Is finishing continuity on 
a story of Russian haclvprroutuV ten- 
tatively titled "lied Clay." 



Director William Craft is pre- 
paring "The Cohens and Kellys at 
Atlaintic City." Sot for it are Vera 
Gordon and Ivate Price, 



Entire cast of Tiffany-Stahl's "The. 
Rainbow." directed by Reginald 
Barker: Dorothy Seba>stian, Law- 
rence Gray, Sam Hardy, Harvey 
Clark, Paul Hvn-st, Cicno C»ri"ado, 
Kate Price, Kins: Zaney. Trq\ipe 
will spend three weeks , in Death 
Valley. ' 



Lydia Yeamahs Titus added to 
T-'S's • "Patience," starring Belle 
Bennett. 



Duncan Rlnaldo added to T-S's 
"The Gunrunners," starrihis Kicardo 
Cortez. 



Ray Taylor has started "Rider of 
the iSierras," U, lidmund Todd 
starring. 



Doris ; Bawsoh, Charles Delaney, 
Ijuoien Ijittlelield, Aggie iierring 
and JSd Brady In F. N.'s "Dp Your 
Duty." . Charles Muri'ay stftrring, 



.Montagu Love signed by FamoUs 
Short Stories, . Inc., to play part in 
"The Condemned Woman," now be-, 
tng directed by Robert Dillon. 



Jim Tully win write titles for 
"Beggars of Life," his own story, 
produced and directed by WiUlam 
Wellman, Paramount. 



Carihel Myers and Tony Sanford 
added to sequel, to "Three Muska- 
teers," starring Douglas Fairbanks, 

"U. A. ■ . 



Benny Markson now writing 
screen treatment for "Lipstick," 
Madge Bellamy's next for Fox. 



Paramount is? considering the re- 
making of "Admirable Crichton." 
As "Male and Female" It . was pro- 
duced by Cecil B^ De Mille severiil 
years ago. If remade it will be 
under another title. 



Mary Brian opposite Charles 
Buddy Rogers in "Just Twenty- 
one," Frank Tuttle directing. 



Alfred Santell directing "The 
Show Girl" for F. N., played a part 
in four of the principal night club 



scenes. 



In place of 12 experienced bit 
players for "The Divine Lady," 
F. N., Frank Lloyd, director, picked 
12 extras. Contrary to movie ethics 
It turned: out satisfactory. , 



;. Production started on "The Gun 
Runner," T-S- Ricardo Cortez, Nora 
Lane, <3ino Gorrado; Gene McFar- 
lane, John St. Polls in cast. Kdgar 
Lewis directing. 



LANSING* MICH. 
Stmn<I 

Ist half (29-1) 
6 Cardinals 
,T(ia K Howard 
Wells A A EJays 

2d half . (2-4) 
Hanson. .Sis 
Wagner Bros Rev 
Henry Regal CO 
PONTIAC, MICH. 
8tate 
1st half (29-1). 
Hanson Sis 
IKsnry Regal Co 
Wagner Bros Rev 

2d half (2-4) 
Joe E Howard 
Don Lee A trf)ulse 
(One to flll) 
SAGINAW, XUCn. 
Temple - 

iBt half (29-1) 
Jerry ft Baby Or.'ds 
(Two to flll) 

'2d halt (2-4) 
Serge Flafl'h 
Adams A Ra^ch 
Dave Apollpn'Rev 



Claude King, John Northpole, 
Jack Wise, Jack Kerrlck, Kdgair 
Norten and Fred Obeck added to 
"Oh, Kay,". F. .N. Mervyn LeRoy 
directing. 



Virginia Pearson added to "Pa- 
tience," directed by Wallace W^ors- 
ley, T-S. 



• Kathryn Crawford assigned oppo- 
site Hoot Glb.son in "King of the 
Rodeo" for U with Bodll Roalng, 
Slim Summervill , Char,les K. 
Freiich and Harry Todd In cast. 
Major part of this picture will: be 
filmed at f5oldiorB Field, Chicago, 
during rodeo. Henry McRac will 
direct. 



,Lella. Hyams . opposite* ^y 1111am 
Haines in "Alia.s Jimmy Vatontlne," 
M-G-M. 



Albert Contl added to "The Love 
Song," U. A. 



COAST NOTES 



(Continued from page 39) 



picture for 
directing. 



Par. Dorothy Arzner 



In "A.Man's (iame," U western, 
starring' liob Curwood, are Gloria 
(Jroy, Georg«v Magrill, Buck O'Con- 



Esther Ralston will make one star 
picture for paramount preceding 
"Lena; Smith;'* • 



E. H. Calvert and Charles Cole- 
man added to "Mbran of the Ma- 
rines." 



nor and William 
Fubian directing. 



Malan. Walter 



S.iri>portlng Tori WcUs In "Horn 
i lo the .Saddle," L': iJiiane Thoinp- 
: s(in, J^f'O 'VVliitc Tiyi'du Doutrlass, Nf.l- 
I son AffiCowf-ll, Dave Diinli.'ir, I3fn 
(Jorhett and Jim Corey. Josff Levi- 
^;i,rd (llro.ctJon. 

Loiii.se Fazfiula 
••liilcy the Cop." 



added to Fox'.s 



Pauline Stark, Claire McDowell, . 
Roy Stewart, Dick Aliexandcr, An- 
ders Randolf. Harry Woods, Al Mac- 
Quarrle for Technicolor's .sound and 
color "Leif the Lucky." Rojfa.s'p title 
as yet un«electPd. 

Goorwe Fit'/maurice's next direc- 
torial aP.siKnm(>nt with First Na- 
tional will he "The ChanpelinRS." 
hy Don r-yrne, Ktarrlng Dorothy 
•Mackaill. 



followin;,' "Gold. Braid" v.ill be 
"The f'.'ir.in " Dircctc-d by I'Minund 
GoulditiU'. ..^iidit and sound. 



Complete fa.^t for Dnuglns T-'alr- 
banks' sf.-'iuel to "Thrfc Mnskct- 
efrs"; Marguerite D'-LaMottc, Otto 



Tjoi"-: 
'Cha'rl<- 

Loiil- 
(Jircii.-J.' 



?.I'.r;in in ''Fot 
Kl< in ill" < lir'C; 



Fox. 



I) IT' '-r 
Fi.v. 



.'I'l-li (I t-'. ' TJi" .\ir 



H.-iMv T'.'-ircioiit. adfU'd to Van 
3-!curcn- \V'').»iT's ".*^niitty." First >')f 
t\V(i-piitf ronif'dl'-fl Will be "The 



Matieson, Tiny .Sandfoid, Leon ri'ii.'-.' 



46 



VARIETY 



TIMES SQUARE - SPORTS 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



MORGAN BEATS MARTIN Demand for Fight 

IN SECOND MEETING Tickets StiB Slack ! 



'^Quebec Kimonos'' 



By JACK PULASKI I Monday it was claimed tho ad- 

At Ebbets Field last Wednesday hancie sale on the Tttnney-Heeney 
* night the Often postponed return heavyweight champion flght had 
match between f od Morgan, Junior touched $600,000. The report was 
lightweight champ, and .Eddie not credited aa accurate along 
"Cannon Ball" Martin, again proved »r<>a.<*way In light of the figures of 
Morgan the better man. As a con- a. week previous when the sale was 

test it was more keen than the first to have been $225,000. Tomor- 

■ • , , .L row night (July 26). when the event 

match early, m the summw. is staged, the answer will be known. 

The hall park was tenanted with it is claimed that the gross must 
Brooklyn bugs, who were raring. for reach $800,000 for Tex Rlckard to 
Martin. There were times when hreak even. Tunney's reputed guar- 
^ * X ■ ..J., i. 1- antee is $525,000 and Hceney is to 
Eddie put up a sturdy battle but he I $100,000, Because of the slack 
.. couldn't overcome the long lead interest Rickard is said to be . off 

piled up by .Morgan in thei first . 10; making any more guarantees 
. rounds. Martin seemed to spurt iri Monday it was decided to cut the 
..• , . ^. i .« A,. J J price of the cheaper tickets, and $5 

the last mmute of the rounds in ^^1^^^^^ tvhlch price applies to the 
. which he looked best. He kept bpr- bleachers, will be sold to the fans 
Ing In and it was only when Tod for $3, which eliminates the iadmis- 
f ailed to promote hl^lef t jab that I s^on tax. It was reported th.-it the 
the short-armed Martin was effec- 
tive to any degree.; 

In the 10th round Tod landed a 
hard left hook to. Eddie's eye, 
which was badly cjit. His other 



"Quebec Kimonos** are the 
Ijitest sellers in tho rye and 
Scotch rackets. Where here- 
tofore caps, labels and revenue 
pjisters were regarded aa suf- 
ficient clinchers for the skepr 
tics, npw the bootleg comes 
swathfed in elaborate corru- 
gatied paper- covered by exact 
duplication of the Liquor Com- 
mission wrappers*; The cam-- 
ouflaged stuff is phbnejr. Comes 
pint, sizje. The rye is labeled 
•'William Penn,- one of the 
most respectable old brands, 
and the Scotch Is "Old Parr" 
and "Gold Label." 

The prices run $76 a case for 
the rye and $72 a case for the 
Scotch— give or take » few 
bucks either way. 



rates might be. slashed oh other 
tickets but that was doubted at 
ticket headquarters in Madison 
Square Garden 



Nosey Cops An Wroi^ 
(tabbing Scbwab's Booze 



tickets at $5 and upward, which re- Schwab was taken to West 47th 
1 cently becanie the law. Similarly, street police station two weeks ago 



s 



tr. S. Commissioner Garret Cotter 
ruled that thevpollce had no author 
There is an even price on all I ity to search the "car of Laurence 
tickets for the fight. The actual gchwab without a, warrant, nor to 
price of the $40 rlngsidca ia $32 and seize the two cases of alleged boode 
peeper. was cut. in the second round, the government tax $8, representing In it. The case against the pro- 
The champ blossomed shanties on | the 25 per cent federal levy on all ] (jucer was dismissed, 
both lamps, too. 

There were times when Morgan 
missed, but he landed both hands 
so often . that toward the finish he 
tired. Intense heat was no help, 
either. Morgan often measured Mar- 
tin and crosped With a right to the I of ^5 per cent, plus 5 per cent for 
face. Eddie's hunched left shoul- the iTew York state tax, meant that 
der could not block those blows $40 free tickets carried' a tax of 
going true. The champ is no $9.60 p^er ticket. Most of the compa 
knocker-'Out and it was a cinch that were igiven to newspaper people for 
if he really packed 81 wallop the whom there is no. room directly at 
cont'ender would have gone down, the rinj?. However, no tax was col- 
Eddie took everything thrown his lected by the Garden people, the 
way and aroused, the' petsplrlng tickets being stamped working 
throng by carrying the fight to the press. All additional free .admis< 
champ. sions carried the tax. 

Since the new law that calls for ] . Despite the strong ballyhoo put 



FORE 



50 Per Cent .Oversold 

Some idea . of the ihcreiaae in fol- 
lowing of the mad pasttlme this 
year is to ■be had from the com- 
plaint of a sports goods dealer neAr 
Times Sauare. 

The Stan dar*> cliib manufacturers 
who supplied him goods this year 
Increased production 15 per cent; 
When salesmen returned f roin the 
spring tour, the factory had been 
ov^old BO per cent. Now, this re- 
tiaill dealer has nothing to sell at the 
height of ; the season and has had 
to shift to lesser brands for the first 
time In his life. 



80 at Winged Foot 

Hiram Serene, of the Rogowski 
plant, which gets Variety out. won 
the press championship by nego- 
tiating the east course at Winged 
Foot in 80i . 

Charley Freeman shot the 
Qiieensboro layout in 80' last week. 
The Variety personnel Itself, how- 
ever^ . Is still plenty: down to even 
fives. , 



the $20 are really. $16 and the tax 
$4 and the . same proportion applies 
to .other rates. 

Tax on Comps 

The tax on complimentary tickets 



25 

priced at $5 and more, it was the I agencies again reported sales away 
first championship affair to be held, off Monday and the fight only four 
within the limit ($4.99 established days away. Even the bigger , agen- 
prlce plus 49 cents tJ^x or $5.49 top), cles failed to see much interest from 
Ringside was well populated, and the public. Sales at the best Were 
the gross was fairly good, at $32,000; 50 per cent less than for the Demp 
but there was plenty of space in the sey-Sharkey match last summer, 
upper pavilion. Because of the high which was not a championship . h,(- 
tax the Garden has called off box- i fair, btit which drew- oyer a xhlllion 
ing matches there, at least until at $27.50 top. One of the moderate 
after the Tunney-Heeney event July sized agencies claimed a sale of sey 
26; The Garden has been using | eral hundred tickets for . last sum 
$7.70 as Its lowest price. It is 



after an argument with a traffic 
cop at Both street and Broadway 
over parking his car. In the car 
at the time were his mother and a 
friend, the chaufl^eur . having gone 
into a shop to i)uy Schwab a straw 
hat. 

The latter was tired after a day 
of rehearsals. iDurlng the argument 
the cop claimed Schwab socked him 
in the eye. . > 

While at, -the police station the 
cops made it harder for Schwab by 
rubbering into the car and remov- 
ing the supposed liquor 

After pleading guilty to a charge 
of disorderly conduct, Schwab was 
discharged in the Magistrate's 



-^r-f^Pc I court. But he hasn't got the. booze 

back and thinks somebody, maybe 
[the Cops, drank it, 



Panhandlers Posing as 
]Phoney Gobs of U. S. N. 



hoped to have the high tax ruled 
illegal on the grouifids, that it Is. dis- 
cretionary. , 



46th St. Corner Loiterers 
Taken to Station House 



Deputy Chief Inspector James S. 
Bolan, with Captain Edward Len- 
non of the West- 47th street station 
and naval ofilcers from, the Brooklyn 
Navy Yard have begun a drive to 
mer's scrap, but up to Monday has I rid Times Square of bogus United 
sold less than 15 tickets for 'ths States sailors panhandling along 
Tunney Heeney affair. Broadway 

The betting is as high as four to Not only are the fraudulent sailprs 
one that ' Tunney 'wins, . with few soliciting alms, , but complaints of 
wagers reported. Fans prefer to bet robbing "weak sisters" have been 
on a knock-out. The champion de- made. They are charged with beat- 
clared he would put Heeney away ing and robbing their victims. When 
quickly. That makes a two-to-one a pedestrian refuses to give alms 
bet that he won't look good either the bogus "gob" hurls ah epithet and 
way. At that price, however, It threats, 
usicians who I ^o"'<^ seem that the odds that Tun- .How they acquiire their outfits Is 
ney woul^ win on points should be a mystery. 



Once again the m 
make a clubhouse of the sidewalk at I ^ye or six to one 
Biroadway and 46th street,. .Were 
taken to the West 47.th street sta- 
tion where, charges of loitering were 
registered against 24. 

Policemen oh post, acting under 
orders of . Captain 



Low Price Golf Balls 

Plenty of competition for six-bit 
and one buck golf baHs from the 
chain -stores. The .Kresge people 
are offering- a fair ball, standard 
size and weight and. apparently 
quite round, for a quarter. Now 
one Of the chain drug stores rep- 
resented in Times Square is bally- 
ing a new brand at 3 for $1.25, , 



BLAME HEARST PAPERS 
FOR CAU RING REPEAL 



Los Angeles, July 24. 

Fight fans in California havo 
started a campalgm to offset th« 
proposed repeal Of the state bozlnff 
and Wrestling act of 1924. It is to 
be voted on at the coming election. 

Projponents of boxing have Issued 
a brochure sponsored by Hollywood 
Post. No. 43, - American Legion, 
which charjfes . W. R. Hearst , and 
the Hearst California papers with 
waging a grudge fight in an attempt 
to bring about the end of legalized 
boxing. Contention is that an in- 
vestigation has revealed that aa 
editor, who. wai unablei to obtain 50 
tickets for traveling Hearst news- 
paper executiV'^s .wherf application 
was made but a few hours before an 
important .ring contest, is at the 
bottom of the attack on boxing out 
here. 

More than 160,^00 signatures have 
been obtained in this state favoring^ 
the proposed . repeal measure. A 
two-thirds majority of the entire 
vote cast on ^he measure is neces- 
sary to bring about a repeal and 
proponpnts of the fight game are 
teorifldent they can muster sufficient 
strength to defeat the measure. 



One Armed and Left Handed 

Los Angeles has a one-ai'med 
golfer and a left-hander, too. Louis 
Cohen, head of the West Coast The- 
atres circuit realty department, be- 
came a golfer through, accident. For 
some tinie Cohen had been follow- 
ing A foui-s.onxe of picture people 
around the iFtancho Golf cburse near 
Culver City.' One day Jake Mil- 
stein, branch manager . of the 
M-G-M exchange, was shooting one 
of. those .jotty games. He got a 
10 on a three-par hole, and burned. 
Finally when he got a nine on an- 
other three-par, he said he was 
through Ti'ith golf for life and w^ould 
get rid' of his membership costing 
$220 for i,ny price, Cohen offered 
him $10 on the sp6t and got it. 

Then Cohen got hold of Artliur 
Clarkson, pro at Rancho, obtained 
some left handed clubs and after 
two weeks of tuition is able to shoot 
104 onN*i 72 par course. 



• Track's Atmosphere 

Chicago, July 24, 
Lincoln Fields race track Is im- 



Their arms are plenti- 
fully tatooed as evidence that they 
are bona fide bluejackets. Their in 
come has .been quite lucrative as 
spenders along ' Mazda Lane mani 
fest admiration for the real "gob," 
not kfiQwing the beggar Is a phoney. 
Word apparently has reached the 
Lennon had I P°''*-^"S ticket ^nd gate men, as well I ears of these evil gentry and they 
, \ \ other employes, from Kentucky have temporarily quit Broadway, 

warnocl tl.e musical instrument car- the apparent purpose of giving making their stamping ground a 
rlers to move ^On, They thoughtLh^ t^ack southern atmosphere, 
the cops were kidding With five Chicago treasurers now 

Saturday afternoon Captain Len- j^^^ ^j^.g i^^a the Treasurers 

non happened to pass the spot and cmb of Chicago held a protest 
observed the crowd. . Ho directed | ^^^^j^^ ,^^3^ ^^^j^ ^^.^,^^^33^^^ ^ 



Beaumont's Back Snapped 
Harry Beaumont, . M-G-M di- 
rector, is having a session with the 
medico specialists, . month ago 
while playing golf in Hollywood he 
had sunk his ball on a three-^par 
hole, one oh which- he had not ex- 
tended himself. When lea.hlng over 
to , pick tip the ball he fell over on 
his face. Something snapped in his 
back. 

The director • was hurried to 
medical treatment, and eventually 
was patched up so he^ould finish a 
picture on which he wa^^ working. 
iSTow Beaumont is undergoing 
X-rays to leaan. If an bpcrati^ may 
be nfecessary. 



Store Show Tipping 

Off Film Secrets 



There is a. new racket in the 
form of a store show on Broadway. 
'Secrets of Motion Picture Trick- 
ery Exposed," aiid "The Inside 
Story of the Movie Studio,*^ reads 
the billing. 

For ay-^ballyhoo in the window 
whiskey and gin bottles are dis- 
played with a card explaining thiaA 
w'hen the movie stars are hit with 
these, they feel no ill effects as one 
broken bottle shows they are made 
of thin plaster. Other movie "props'* 
are large, heavy wrenches, bolts, 
hammers, etc, a card expiating 
that these are made of balsa wood 
cork and rubber. 

The show is a walk through. 
Chumps get the tip off through the 
medium of a'^ set of seven "me- 
chanical working models." Cards 
explain each. 

The . "Magic Carpet" in the 
Thief of Bagdad" is tipped off, a 
storm at sea with an oCean llnw 
and storm effects have an ex- 
planatory that the terrible storms 
at sea are done in miniature. 

The entire racket is operated by 
one person, and admission is two 
bits, and the exhibit lis doing 
business. 



"rj^^if Tl'"^ ^'"^ ot stopping . the importation. 



and on the first visit got 11 

A visit a short while later netted 
13 more, who had thought the raid- 
ing- all over. Most of those .ar- 
rested pleaded they ha,d engage- 
ments and that if not appearing 
would lose their jobs. 

The cops ignored their pleas and 
later sent the two. dozen to cells 



Directors of . this track include 
Stuyvesant Pcabodyi Marshall Field 
and Charles BldwiU. 



MAY ENLARGE TRACK 



Kansas City,. July 24'. 
The 31-day racing meet at the 
in West 30th street station to await | new Riverside Park, just across the 
arraignment in court. Captain Len- river, proved that horse racing has 
non said he would have his men returned to Kansas City to stay, 
make regular visits to the spot and Next meeting will be for 25 days,, 
see it is kept clear, - I «t^^rting Aug. 25, 

Plans are now being considered to 
increase the five-eighth mile track 

Patron Hurt at 'Scandals* to ^ miie. During the meet 

. , r just ended there were 700 horses at 

._ While wltnessmg the performance the^track 
"of "Scandals" at the Apolfo; Fran¥|" 
E. Wall, an architectural engineer, 

576 Oakland avehue. West Brighten, l ELlIOTT NUGENT'S "RAGKET" 
S, I., was struck by an object which . 
is believed to have fallen from tho Norwalk, Conn, July 24, 

spot light, in a balcony. . Elliott Nugent is a tennis lumln- 

Wall suddenly slumped in his seat ary in the Harbor View Tennis 
and friends assisted him to the rear Club of South Norwalk. With Ed- 
of the theatre. He was attended by ward C. Hald he won the doubles 
a physician and then left for hi.« for his club In the recent match 
l^Qnje^ . with the Norwalk Country Club. 

Officials of the theatre started an Elliott and his brother-In-law, 
investigation to determine how thi- .Vlan Bunce, have been prominent 
accident occurred. • I on local courts for several years 



in front of exclusive 



little north 
restaurants. 

Arrested Three 
Patrolman Joe Cohen of the West 
iOO.th street station was informed 
by several women that three men 
wearing, .sailor uniforms had., so- 
licited, aims from them. - Receiving 
nothing, they became abusive. Co- 
hen hurried to lOOth street and 
Broadway and there found a trio of 
phoney sailors crowding the walk 
and begging coin 

The three were arrested. They 
gave their names as Ralph Williams, 
32, of the U. S. S. "Colfax;" WiUiam 
Crowley, 25, Of the U. S. S. "Seattle," 
and William Brown. .22, of the "Se- 
attle." They were charged with dls-. 
orderly conduct and looked up in 
tiie West 30th street station house 
When a doorman went to fetch 
them out of their cells, he found 
they had removed the upper part 
"of "their"" cl6thIfig^)SHd""With^^Keir 
shoes and other parts of their garb 
jammed them into the wash room 
The floor of the station was flooded 
Plumbers had to remove much of 
the piping, causing the city several 
hundreds Of dollars to repair the 
damage. 

Ensign Edward Southwick of l^ie 
U. S. S. "Texas" told the Court 
that the defendants were bogus 
sailors. He asked the magistrate to 
sentence the men for at least six 
months. 



Reduced 

Al Gray smacked it just 83 times 
In getting .around Sound View last 
week and promptly had his club 
handicap reduced, from. 18 to 15 for 
the offense. ; 



Sam Katz Unconvinced 

Sam Katz Is reported dabbling 
with the links idea, but as yet re 
mains unconvinced. 

Stpry Is that . the .Publix head re 
cently took his fi.rst swing on the 
private course of Adolph Zukor on 
Long Island, has been lending piit 
for golf clubs, and looking at them 
— skeptipally. . ^ . 



Difference in Courses 

A Callfornian now east went 
down on Long Island last week and 
pla>'ed QueensborO; After four holes 
the westerner was not only puffiingi 
but crying, "Boy, this Is tough," 
By the time he'd finished the. 18 
there was no doubt in his mind 
that he'd just finished the hardest 
course he'd ever played. 
-=^T-he--boy3^around.--New=York'^have 
never considered Queensboro tin 
^usually difficult. Sporty, perhaps 
but holding no particular terrors 
for the high 80 and low 90 player 
This layout measures 6,150, with a 
par of 71 and the yardage isn't all 
the card says It Is. 

But which sponsors the thought 
— just how hard ate the Los An 
geles courses over which the boys 
report those Income tax figures 
The visitor is at home on the 
Rancho layout In Los Angeles. 



Utah Ends Racing 



Ogden, Utah, July 24. 
Horse racing In Utah ended Sat- 
urday, when an agreement was 
reached between the operators of 
the Lagoon track and the county 
prosecutor. 



Arrests were made 
Thursday at . the track, following 
Utah's Supreme Court decision bet- 
ting is illegal. 

The race track operators agreed 

to discontinue racing. If the prpsecu- . 
tlons were dropped. Further raids 
on the track would have been made 
dtherwise. 

Agitation against horse racing in 
this State has been on for a longr 
time. It Is believed now to have 
been effectually squelched. 



NEW VICTORIA OPENS 

The new Victoria hotel, on 7th 
avenue and 61st street, built by 
David Melster of the Melster Build- 
ers. Inc., opened formally Tuesday 
with a luncheon to the tnetropolitan 
press. A L. Libman has the kitchen 
privileges.""" Ani6Td""1Johh 
chestra from "Scandals" officiated 
at the luncheon. 



MORRIS CAIN'S FIGHTERS 

Morris Cain, burlesque man, 
who with Ed Davenport produced 
Mutual shows, - lhas gone over to 
prizefighters. 

In his present stable he has Jack 
McVeigh, colored, said to be \n the 
money. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



T I M E S S Q U A RE 



VARIETY 



47 



FRANCES RYER BEATEN 
BY TERRY LEE, SHE SAYS 



1 



Brawl in Lee's Apartment 
Started by Unnamed Woman 
* — Miss Ryer Badly Hiirt 



"With her face terribly bruised, 
one of the worst victims of an as- 
Bault in. the. West Side Court in a 
long time, Prances Ryer, Hdtel Nor- 
wood, 240 West 49th street, who said 
she was a prima donna on the Co- 
lumbia burlesque wheel and former 
0ingle act in vaudeville, appeared 
against Terry Lee, 29, 114 West 47th 
Btreet. lice said he was a theatrical 
booking figent. : 

Miss.'Ryer said Lee was respon- 
sible fof h^ condition. She had her 
lace covered with a towel, and when 
removing it for! Magistrate McQuade 
. it revealed that half her face looked 
like a California euhset. 
. The young woman said that she 
had attended a party In Lee's apart- 
ment on Sunday night. Some other 
show people were there, among 
them a Vroman whose name she. did 
not reveal. Miss Ryer said this 
.woman; whoni she thought was 
Lee's sweetheart, bficanie quite bel- 
ligerent and t»led to pick a quarrel 
with her. The prima, donna said 
she tried to. avoid trouble, but that 
Lee seemed anxious to see a fight. 
• Finally, Miss Ryer said, the wom- 
an tried to strike her, and missed 
She said she struck back and land- 
ed, whereupon Lee lunged at her iand 
- struck her a terrific blow in the face. 

It felled her. When she. fell to the 
'. floor. Miss Ryer said, Lee leaped 
upon her and continued to beat her 
about the face and body until she 
lapsed into unconsciousness. 
Neighbors Called Cop 
Neighbors heard the cries of the 
woman, and Policeman- Henry Hunt, 
West 47th street station, went to the 
apartment. He arrested Lee, who 
was pointed out by Miss Ryer. AH 
were taken . to the station house, 
where an. ambulance surgeon at 
tended the wounds of the singer. 
She then went home; Lee was 
locked up for the night. 

The following morning when Miss 
Ryer appeared in court she was so 
weak thit she had- to be iassisted 
lAter, when before Magistrate Mc- 
Quade, she collapsed. Because of 
. her condition the case was adjourned 
until tomorrow (Th^ursday). Bail of 
1500 was fixed for Lee. 

Police fingerprinted Lee and 
found *hat he had been convicted 
twice previously. He served a term 
in Elmlra for assault, and on. Nov 
11, 1917, was sentenced to the peni 
tentlary for being a disorderly 
person. 

Lee denied that he had assaulted 
Miss Ryer, and insisted, she did not 
know what she was talking about 



2 Hungry Runaway Girls 
Ran Out of Cash in N. Y. 

Futllely seeking jobs as chorines, 
Anna Taylor, 17,. and Vera Rhodes, 
16, both of philadolphia, and room- 
ing at 337 West 55th street, wore 
found by Detectives Dave Mullee 
and Jii- my Sweeny of the West 47th 
street Stat 'on. 'tiif. gh-is had noth- 
incr to. eat for almo.st two days. 

The sleuths took them to a res- 
tiiurant. The Florence Crittonton 
Home was tified and. both r .la- 
wnys remained therp' until, their 
parents came for them. 

Anna and Vera . told of lieaving 
their home?^ ' - -:>-.ch of work here. 
They had a few dollars when they 
sta.rtGd. They b-^gged an auto ride 
to New York, . Soon, their money 
gave out and they -wore up against 
It, Meantime their parents had sent 
out a general al- • fcr them. 

This missing girls wrote. Ixome to 
frien'!! for cash. Mullee and Sweeny 
ere notified. Vera offered her 
wrist watch to the landlady of the 
rooming house as security, for rent 
until she obtained nioney from 
Philadelphia. It was declined and 
t'. runfLways promised to pay the 
woman. , 



Tank town Lad Picked 
Wrong on "Parints 



' Los Angeles, July 24. 

Adam Hunteles, a small time lad 
from a tank town in Nebraska, 
landed in the psychopatic waird of 
the General Hospital for observa- 
tion, a:ll because he figured out an 
idea to po.se as the. son of Lewis 
Stone a,nd Anna Q. NUsspn, screen 
players. 

It seems that the boy once saw a 
picture in which Stone was sup- 
posed, to be married to Miss Nilssoh. 
The kid thought they must really 
he married and an idea diawned on 
him that thex. might, have a son. 
Someone told him that ha resembled 
Stone a good deal. He flopped a 
freight for Hollywood and estabr 
lished himself at a hotel. When .the 
landlord came around for rent the 
boy nonchalantly would reply, "Oh, 
that's all right, papa will pay that 
soon," . : ' 

When asked who papa was the 
boy said; "Why, Lewis Stonie, of 
course, and Anna Q. Nilsson is my 
mother. My name is John Stone;" 

The hotel finally got wise and the 
kid was pinched. 

Mea,nwhlle, Stone, in San Francis- 
co, and' Miss Nilsson, In a hospital 
here, Were both ignorant that they 
had a "son" roaming around. 



BROADWAY GUIDE 



(Changes "Weekly) 



For thow peoplci as well as laymen, this Guide to general amusements 
|n Naw. Yoi'k will ba published weekly in response to rept'a'ted raqufiats. 
II ni«y Mrv« the out-of-towner aa « tim«-»av«r . In aeloctlon. 

PLAYS ON BROADWAY 
Ciirrttnt Broadway legitimate attractions are completely, listed and 
eornmentsd upon weekly in Variety under the heading: "Shows In Nsw 
York and Comment.'' 

In that department, both in the comment .and the actual amount of 
the gross receipts of each show, will be found the necessary informail.on 
as to tha inoat successful plays^ also the scale of admission charged. 



NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK 

Capitol— "Forbidden H6ur.s" (Novarro-Adoroo). 
Paramount — "Hot News" (Daniel.s) and Movietone. 
Rialtp— "The Racket" (Meighan) (run). 

Rivoli — spar's first sound feature, "Warming Up" (Dix) (nm>. 
. Roxy— "Street Angel" (Gaynor-Fari-ell) and strong stage show (2d wk.) 
Strand— "Lights of New York," first 100 percent talker feature; also 
Vitaphone (third weolc). 



SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING 
"The Lion and the Mouse" (Vitaphone) 

"The Red Dance" and Movietone 



"Wings' 



NIGHT LIFE 

Publicity conceirning enforcement sciuad.s' raids hu.s reacted against the 
Joy caves mentioned on the padlock lists. Biz has been off accordingly^ 
Helen Morgan to a. $4 and ?5 couvert is commencing to pick up again. 
Texas Guinan at her Salon Royal to a $3 and $4 couvert, and the Chateau 
Madrid atop the 54th St. Club which, like the Morgan club, has ah open- 
air dance floor, operating on a $3 and $4 couvert, -are the only two others 
worth while these dog days. If you're tired of the femme hostesses, the 
Madrid la pleasant relief with a zippy .show and Harold Leonard's Inspir- 
ing dance music. 

This is the season for the hotel roofs and the roadhouses, which arc 
flourishing, . particularly the former. . The hotels feature, moderate, 
tolls although a |2 couvert at both the St. Regis and Biltmore (Gas- 
cades) roofs are a precedent. St. Regis Hotel holds Vincent Lopez's 
music and Roslta and Ramon, while Bernie .Cummins and his Jazzlsts 
with Madeleine Northway. and George Chiles, dancers, are equally 
Sterling features at the Biltmore. Both rooms shun the, Broadway ele- 
ment, preferring the conservative east side element, John McEntee 
Bowman of the Blltmofe purposely keeping his music off the radio for 
fear of too much exploitation. 

Toni Gott's Meyer Davis band unit Is at the Hotel Astor roof*, Johnny 
Johnson atop, the Pennsylvania; . William Scotti at the Park Central; 
Leo Reisman at Waldorf-Astoria. 

Among roadhouses, Vincent Lopez Is doing the bulk of the biz at 
Woodmansten Inn. Up - Pelham way Castillian Royal a.nd the Pelham 
Heath Inn, both with nude floor shows, are killing each other oft with 
the overhead. The other roadhouses like California Ramblers Inp, 
Hunter's Island Inn, etc., have turned to the $2.50 shore dinner thing as a 
bid for mass patronage. Pdst Lodge still clicks with the Westchester 
younger set. Ben Riley's Arrowhead Inn draws its usual crowd. 

Down Merrick road Pavilion Royal is faring well. Castillian Gardens 
is an In-betweener. 



Etta Wann Tires of 
Her "Man's" Beatings 



"I'm no IiiKij;\'iH.' Wilson, 1. rt^- 
fustv to bP kii'kod aiiil puiT.'l-i-U; If 
my man lovo.s nio it is. no yvay to ' 
show it by 'bluring' nv.y (>y('s," So. 
Of'i larod Etta. Wann, ajini-or, 
\vl)o. Siiid sho \va-s J^toppini; at . the ^ 
rm'tland lUitol, 132 Wi'st -ITih 

Ktta looked in bad shape; Sjie 
told ,:Mapistrat(.' CJcorge KwaUV she • 
had workpd'at the Club JaoQuo.-?. 11.7 
Aiardi)U!,';i'] stri-cH;' (?nH-n\vicli\ Club.:' 
121 Wost Slst stroot. and Harry 
I^jons" Kar and 'Srill, in W<'st Clfet 
jttrcct. 

, Vatrolnian John 0'l.lare of the 
Wc,«t 47th strcot. station iiPird 
.shrifk.s coming from- ih<.» C.ontuty 
Hotel, IM Wo^5t 4fiih .street. .When 
<)'IIare arrivod ho found lOtta, small 
and wearing rolled down .stockings, 
beinp ejooted^ 

Wagnor Wober, .liiiiht niatiager of 
the CenturVi demanded that O'ilare 
arrest Etta. On Wagner's complaint 
the danrer .was locked up in .the . 
West .47th street .station, cha»-pod 
with disorderly, conduct. 

In West Side Court, bofoie Mag- 
istrate fiporge lOwald, she pleaded 
guilty; Both optics were diseolored. 
She told rcportcr.s that Webor was 
her "man", and . it was he who 
had blackened her eyes; She then 
told of how she had tired of being 
booted about. 

"She Is a nice girl, yot.ir honor. 
Only when drinking she becomes 
violent and disorderly,'* .said Weber. 
Etta was fingerprinted and found to 
have no former record.^ She re- 
ceived a suspended sentence, pro- 
viding she remain away from the 
Century. 



RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC 
"I'm Tirea of Making Believe" "Outa Town Gal" 
"Dusky Stevedore" "Out of the Dawn" 

"Blue Grass" *" "Think of Me Thinking of You" 



On the Square 



-A 



Dating Dives Safe in Chi 



Chicago, July 24. 
Chief Justice Feinb^rg of the Cir- 
cuit Court, in refusing to confirm a 
morals court attache's order closing 
a taji dance hall in this city, stated 
that while he did not approve of 
finy form of dancing, and that terp- 
slchore In public or private had 
"passed the pale of human decency," 
it wad" Tihfair^to" close one and per- ^ 
mit others to operate. 
\ Chlcagb Is infested at thiv.tinie 
with a number of laxly regulated 
public dance halls of the taxi vari- 
etl. They serve principally as dat- 
ing dives, with girls Supplied at 
from 5c to 10c a dance. 



ENGINEER DIES IN TUB 

G._Grant Hargrave of Toronto Passes 
Away in Park Central Hot^l 



Although the riianagemcnt of the 
Park Centra] Hotel denied, to news- 
papermen a death had occurred in 
the establishment, It became known 
through official channels that G. 
("•vnnt Hargrave, 38, wealthy niining 
engineer of Toronto, Canada, had 
died while in a bathtub in his suito 
at the hotel. 

Hargrave, at the hotel for a short 
r.^.^=t ini<^r^\va3=^=round^lyiiig-^in--thG -hath, 
tub by a maid.- Wlion entering tho 
iialhroom she sa-.v tl>p' hody of Ihi? 
'■ngineer, which was partly Puh- 
nierged in water. 

She notified IJert Stpivors, house 
detective, and Dr. Kenneth Iloff- 
nian, hotel physician, was called, but 
the engineer was beyond medical 
aid. Dr. Hoffman said that he had 
been attending Hargrave for a short 
time. It l.s'believfd he suffered i 
. heart attack when he entered the 
tub. 



30 Days for Name Caller; 
He Slugged "News" Man 

Hai-ry Liebe, 25, 270 Lehigh ave- 
nue, Newark, N. J., one of the mara- 
thon dancers jigging from one state 
to another, will do all his dancing 
for the next 30 days in the Work- 
house on Welfare Island. 

Liebe- was given that sentence by 
Magistrate George Ewald in West 
Side Court, after he had pleaded 
guilty to a disorderly conduct 
charge preferred by E. D. Barber, 
reporter for the "Daily News," 

Barber, with a number of other 
reporters, were covering the dance 
marathon then iDCing held in St, 
Nicholas Rink, 66th street and Co- 
iumbus avenue. While '■the scribes 
were watching Liebe espied them, 
He began to express his opinion of 
newspaperrnen in general. : 

A; vile epithet was hurled at Bar-, 
ber who resented it. Liebe to dem- 
onstrate his. antipathy, landed flush 
on the. jaw of the reporter, Sev- 
eral reporter? rushed tip as did 
dancers to quell the disorder. 

Policeman ■ Mechan, West 'GSth 
street station, was called and he 
succeeded in restoring order. Liebe 
was arrested when Barber insisted 
upon it. After: Barber had related 
to Magistrate Evvald the names 
Liebe had called him and told of 
the unprovoked as.saulL, the dancer 
pleaded guilty. After fingerprinted, 
he was' given the Workliou.s'e f^en- 
tence. 



Crack Golfer At Adagio Dancer 

John and Mary Jennings are currently the adagio dancing team at 
the Castillian Gardens, Pelham road house. The dancers are brother 
and sister. 

John Jennings is acknowledged one of the crack golfers of the country, 
with scores to his credit equialling those of the champs with all of whom 
he has played. He dances with his si.ster because she wants him too, 
giving her the entire salary. 



Law Firm Coming Back 



Ford's New Priceless Model 

Ford showrooms, t4th street and Broadw^iy; flashed a special cabriolet 
body on the new chassis last week. Word pas."^ed around on It. A few 
professionals took a look: and offered cash on the spot. 

No sale, however, as salesmen stated no price had been set on the car 
and the factory hadn't Informed them whether there would be any more. 
The special Jo b dr ew many of the 'curio us to th e win dow a ll w eek . I t 
seemed as though the Ford people wanted to get a line on the Impression 
the new model might T^ke. . 

.In Panic at Controls 

Show people interested in aviation are told by Bert Acosta at Curtlss 
Field at Mlneola, L. I., that .student-aviators learning to fly in planes with 
a dual control become frozen. by fright to the alternate: control to. such 
extent it becomes necessary to knock them out With a monkey wrench. 

It parallels the panic-stricken swimmer who will cause his instructor 
to drown by grappling him around the nock. The plane being equipped 
with two controls, the student will instinctively grasp th^. control-pole 
in front of him and cause the airship to do dangorou.s tracks, hence the 
necessity for stringent emorgonoy measures. 



Nat Evans' Newport Club 



Newport, July 24. 

The Embassy Club, now known 
as the Nautilus Club, is Open with 
Mrs. R. T. Wilson, society hlte club 
promoter, reported but. Nat Evans, 
who operates the Brook Club, class 
Saratoga spot, is now In control but 
is giving the club absentee treat- 
ment. A four- piece orchestra under 
the direction of Emil Griesz plays 
for dancing,, and although a |5 
Couvert is In effect,'- the beautiful 
rosewood dining room, with its 
arched ceiling, has been . getting, 
little patronage. 

The room was the main game 
room when Canficid operated here. 
The present game rooms up.stalrs 
h.ave been getting merely mild, play, 
even on week-end.s, house parties 
and the Casino theatre cutting In. 



MASHER SOCKED $50 

Bookkeeper Spoke Out of Turn tO; 
Marion Lewis 



Morones as Good Time Charlie 

Luis Motoncs, secretary of labor in Mexico, who resigned in the rUmpus 
over the assassination of Obrcgon, was known to more visiting show 
people than any other man in the ehlli con carne nation. They all had 
to check in to him to get permits. 'He was always Indulgent to Ameri- 
can pierformers, cultivated tbcjir friendship, entertained them heartily 
and made whoopee entliusiaslieally. 

A two-fisted elbow-benfler, a nightlifer and a sport, Moronos was popu- 
lar with the professionals. It^ -was noUiing unusual for him to drop all 
irffairs"^T State "a^^ 



Marion Lewis, 19, dancer, residing 
at 1310 Morris avenue, Bronx, was 
emerging from the Master dancing 
studios on the third floor of 1947 
Broadway, when .Joseph Ferro, 
bookkeeper, of 1972 10th street, 
made a remark. 

,Miss Lewis let out a yell and 
other dancers came from the stydlo, 
followed by Stanley MallCk, of 569 
West 1 50th street, operator of the 
studio; They gave chase after the: 
bookkeeper, Ma.lick captured Ferro 
on the second floor. Mallck took 
him to Patrolman Bart Druery of 
the West GSth street station and 
later to West Side Court. 

Ferro said he remembered noth-. 
Ing. He said he was married and 
worked for on auto eyilnder grind- 
ing Company, 

"Fifty 'dollar.s or .five daiya," 
roared Magistrate Thomas I"\ Mc- 
Andrews. 

P'crrp paid. He waited unti) Mi.^is 
Lewis and Horne of her dancing 
companions had left the court. 



House, CJ^•os^^)•nan & Vorhaus^the 
S'^-CT^ i't)rk~Ifiw^~fiT^mr"^VMTT^)i 

ro-estahli.>-'h itself uptown again 1 made friends, to f<perid a few niglifs in Tarnpieo- or Vera. Cruz as a 



because, of its many tlioatrieal in- 
terests, at the new Lefeourl bullil- 
ing on 43d street and Fifth avenue. 

The attorneys maintained an rip- 
town branch oMieo in the Time's 
building, hut after, uniting in a 
body at their present 115 Bro.'ulway 
locatlcin the ine<mvenienee to the 
extensive theatrical elientele war- 
rants a move nearer Times JJfjnare 
onec again. 



.John. 

Cloud Burst in Square 

A miniature cloud bur.M deeend.ed on Kew York late I'Yjfj.'iy afternoon 
with no little damage resulting in several theatres. Those hou.sps prin- 
cipally affected were the Shuhert, Tlroadhurst, Booth and I'ljmouth. The 
lounges and retiring rooms were floodi d when the sewers were unable to 
carry off the volume of water. 

At the Shubert there was s"im<' fh.riiage x<> waring apr-arel of plityer--- 
in '.'The Silent House." Fuit ea^-'-s \w i e afli>;i( for a tlnie. 



Pullman Porter Sympathy 

Negro stage profes.sionals showed . 
how they felt about the Impending 
.strike by the Pullman porters by 
staging a benefit for tiiem at the 
Jva.f J i-y of. ) ^...at^nil d:nlgiit,=.J.uly..^. 



Tlio porters are now waiting to 
liear from Hie A. K of L, as to the 
time wlien tliey will strike. . The 
porl'-r.-- 'lie a.>--kiTig for a $l")0 inini- 
ninni monthly wa^-f? airaiiist the 
t'. J'i) !iow r'.?eiv. d; il'.ey also de- 
mand ri 2-10-h(.'ir work month or an 
ej;'ijt-i.orir day, v.ith a fiirtlier re- 
f|i)< t-tV.-'t t)« eo.Mpanies reinstate 
.'til the ji(t}i.ri; \v:th pay who have' 
b/en ()i>:c)i,'in.^ed sinen the ."trike 
lall: .'.f.-.i '<-i>. 



48 



VARIETY 



EDITORIAL 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Trade Mrtk Recistered 
. PabliRhed W««klj by VARIETY. Ine. 

Sime 8llv«ntniB. Prealdent 
it* West «<th Street New York City 

eUBSCRtPTION: 

4.nnuaK , . tlO ForetvB . .Ill 

JSinRie ' Copiee. . . •> • • ■Cent* 



Inside Stuff-Pictures 



Inside Stuff —Vaudeville 



Vol.XCII 



No. 2 



15 YEARS AGO 

( From- Vai-i^ty and "Clipper"') 



Piling up of claims and falling off 
if business foreshadowed the col- 

ipse of the Buffalo Bill-Pawnee 
^ill Wild West. The famous show 

^as near its end. 



Ownership of picture rights of 
stage plays was in process -pf be- 
ing cleared up. LeAv Wallace heirs 
contested K. & E.'s argutnent that 
film rights went with the perform- 
ing rights. It was only just becom- 
ing .recognized that, screen rights 
were valuable property. Famous 
Players had paid to owner of the 
"Prisoner of Zenda" .copyrights a 
total of $68,600. 



Thomas Edison took over his 
talking picture device for exploita- 
tion upon the option held by J. J. 
Murdock expiring. .It was reported 
Jdison had offered Caruso |20,000 
. o appear befbre the camera and 
■ecordev. 



After: a long wransl© with the 
Ivelth people, Marlnelli, most Im- 
portant foreign agent, cabled his 
Xew York, office to book ipaterlal 
whenever they liked. 



The presence of two dramatic 
play? in New York during mid- 
summer was regarded as a remark- 
able circumstance. "Peg o* My 
Heart" was doing $7,000 a week In 
the most severe weather; "Within 
the Law" doing $6,400 at the 
Eltinge, both better than breaking 
ifiven at those grosses. . 



A small town indie exhib. figuring on .wire ectulpment and talktii-i^ .must 
also llgure how much the talkers can Inorease the gross. It's unlikely 
the exhib dare , to advance the admission so the dependence for gross 
must, be only calculated in an improved -attendance. A small town 
can take in any of 75,000 and under, 

Not much question but that the talkers are, charging high for talking 
films. It's nothing for Warner to ask $1,000 ot more rental for a full 
length talker in a ioMi/n of this size, as against perhaps the $250 visual 
rental paid for a silent feature. IMien the extra advertising, besides 
cost of scoring and ah extra operator, forced by the union, on top of the 
pro rata coat for the. wired Installation. Against this must be placed 
the utmost increased ;gros9, and the utmost increased gross in a ^mall 
town isn't much, to be steadily relied upon. 

The fear of the indie is that the opposition wilL.pilt In. the talkers. 
But the common sense viewr that if anybody is to go broke early on. 
talkers in the small towns, why not the opposition? Or the indie can. 
say he will Wait until the market Is flooded with talkers as. seems 
likely, for by that time the cost of ovtirything in connection will have 
cotn© down, including instiallation and rental.. When the talker situa- 
tion is normal, as now :with the 0llent black and whites, then the small 
town indie can better figure for' himself, unless, at present he prefers 
to Work for the landlord, producer and electrics .only;' 

This is not theorizing; It's the experience of exhibitors in at least two 
.<imall towns. The exhibs in both towns made an appeal to reduce the 
rentals of the talkers and received no attention. One of the wired 
houses doing an average gross weekly on the year of $3,100 increased 
to $3,300 with the: talkers, $200 more n week: The exhib -estimated that 
if he played 13 talkers a year he might /increase the whole gross in that 
time .about $5,400 at an expense to his hou.se of $15.000. . Talking shorts 
were found to be. no. decided factor at the box office, about one In six 
going over big; 

■ With the equipment rush now on the indie exhib can well affot-d to 
wait with a reasonable reason for the public, that no installation may 
be had. If the chains! have sewn up equipment at its present slow 
pace, it will be some while anyway before the indie of the small towns 
'will be reached by the electrics:. 

For a natural admi/^slbn incretuse . nothing has occurred since th6 war 
like thfe dropping of the admission tax up to $3, In the Broadway houses 
it worked iautomatically. . Where the Piiblix theatres were charging 99c 
top, . with 9c of that the tax, they merely made the top admission $1, 
without a, squawk It has meant a 10 per ce.nt increase of the gross 
without announcement and probably inany patrons agreeable to the 
penny increase to avoid the change. 

The unusual business done at the Paramount, New York, by "Warm- 
ing Up," the Richard Dix baseball pictuT(? with sound, is attributed to 
the public's respotise to the: advertising Tine "First Paramount sound 
picture." Many picture fans do not differentiate between "talkers." and 
"sound" pictures. As a resuU both cla.sses were drawn In to see . the 
Dlx picture. 

The sound was added in New York after local Paramount officials 
had seen the Dix picture as. an ordinary program release and below 
average quality, Walter Wanger is credited with first suggesting 
strengthening the picture with sound. A yjctot record was made aind 
Interpolated : with the result the piQture die. tremendous business at the 
Paramount. The seasonal nature of a. baseball picture is not credited 
with the draw, neither is Dix; it's the "First Paramount sound picture" 
slogan that did the trick. , 



George Mooser and his brother, 
Leon, entered into an agreement 
with Lubln, Philadelphia 'picture 
producer, to distribute hla product 
in > China, where the Mooser broth- 
•?r3 carried on a general theatrical 
^►usihess. 




50 YEARS AGO 

(^Fr&m "Clipper") 

One of the meaisures of a circus 
performer's ability was his skill 
at the "leats," and acrobats and 
clowns vied to outdo each other at 
this display. William H. Batcheller 
advertised that he will meet any 
competitor at the ,test for $200 to 
$500 side bet, and a number of cir- 
cus people took up the challenge. 



Two names familiar even at this 
time ore B. T. Babbitt,, soap maker, 
who had complained to the police 
he had been swindled of $23,000 by 
a bogus woman detective, and An- 
thony Coni stock ,'^hb^wa'isti6"dfo^ 
$10,000 byi a Mrs. Chase, wife of a 
physician. A 



Jimmy Conlin (Conlin and Glass) tells a story of his old medicine 
show days when he was strugglitig to send home $10 a week to his 
father. Between baflyho'os, Jimmy spent his time in a side tent mixing 
up' the colored water and sugar. Any idle moments he might And were 
spent fighting for the 10. • 

Aftei: weeks of this, James finally got away long enough to visit his 
home. Upon arriving at the Conlin estate he opened a door to throve 
in his grip and saw the clo^t lined with familiarly labeled bottles. The 
old man had been spending the weekly $io on Jimxny's medicine. 

Recently in a middle western presentation house a two-act refused 
to a.ppear for a bow after a flop despite that this hou^e m. c. had mad© 
himself look <obli.sh enough in coaxing suftlcieht applause so the bpya 
could hear it. The production manager of the circuit of which the the- 
atre is a part was out front. He.notifled the m. c. to repay the act's 
obvious ingratitude by going right Into the following band number at 
the cbncliislon of their turn proper. The boys didn't talte a bow to their 
own music for the remainder of the week. 



In the :fall when the new prpheum, Memphis, opens, the to'*rn will b© 
badly pverseated; It's a six-4ay tbwni with a surplus of theatre capacity 
at present. The Orpheum circuit, now ICeith's, leased the new house 
against advice. It has been built by local capital. 

It is said that the Orpheum people at one time, refused to pool Memphis. 
This may be how changed, through Keith's in control of the Memphis 
house. 



An elderly woman on . the coast .who served a nunrvber of years on the ' 
Los Angeles dallies as a writer of movie chatter, turned press agent 
some years ago, and of late has found, it hard to get clients. She be-, 
came destitute, an4 appealed to the Wailfpas for .flriancial assistance to, 
the extent of a loan for $750.. Not being\ member of the Wampaa, there 
was nothing in this organization's by-laws to' permit them to make the 
loan, but they did assist in finding some clients and deferred the case 
to one of the welfare workers of the industry who immediately procured 
a loan of $750. This enabled hfsr to take, a new lease on life. 

Ten days later, the welfare worker and others who had tried to as- 
sist the aged lady were aato'unded upon learning she had Staged an: after- 
noon tea for 20 puest? at one of Hollywood's leading cafes. 

One of the production supervisors on th"$ coast often identified as the 
loud speaker of the industry, cost his employers several "hundred dollars 
becauise he preferred to sit in conference with another executive of the 
studio arguing over trivial personal matters, such as wagering with 
each other as tb. who had the most neckties. To settle the bet, they 
Jumped in a car and . motored to each other's home while a set with 
250 extras waited for the super to return that he might place his stamp 
of approval before the scene could be filmed. 



Keith's new form of contract is no. riot with the actors who read it. 
The name turns it is subinitted to may ask for a personal .cor^tract,or . 
the scratching of several of the Keith restrictive provIsIo"ns. This goes 
especially for a blanket contract, a general agreement conti'acting 
the act for a season or a period of weeks, or possibly for a season with 
ah option. 

^Restrictive clauses are to the elTect that the act while under contract, 
to Keith's can't do this or that or play elsewhere or appear anywhere 
without first submitting Itself for the same service to . Keith's. It 
amounts to an option on the act's entire show emplb'yment while under 
contract to Keith's to do an act upon, the stage only. 

This seem.s pertinent now with the talking picture vogue on. No one 
knoWs at present what the valU© of an act to a talker may bfe, whether 
for a full length or a' talking short, at present or in the future.^ 

Report of the phbne switch girls walking out of Keith's New York 
agency this week recalled the oft repeated report of all cohversatlona 
going into the Keith, office having been taken do^n in shorthand. This 
was said to have been the practice under the E. F. Albee reign. It's 
doubtful if it has continued under the Kennedy-Murdock control. 

For years a Keith office man having private business to talk abojut 
over the phone never used an inside office wire- No private wires wet© 
permitted for employees of ithe Keith office* unless executives. For some 
while a loig; time back th6 K^lth office appeared to secure information 
regarding conversations held by employees or agents that could only b© 
accounted for through the phone talk having been recorded. Even thi 
phone wires of agents were switched through the Keiifh office. Agents, 
however, could install private phones in their own offices. 

The feeling that such talks, were taken down in the Albee days spread 
and was never contradicted up to the time of Albee's passing. Even 
after the Albee power and influence In the Keith circuit had waned, a 
Variety reporter calling up one of Keith's publicity men in the Keith 
press department was immediately greeted oyer the phone with: 
•Hey, you know where you are talking, don't you ?" 



The book ticket plan with the rebates similar to those used by Publlx, 
has been adopted by Harry Harris, indie, for his Gotham Bunny and 
Co'stello, all In. the Washington Heights,- New York, section..,^ 



A new menace appeared in the 
midwest. Besides Indian outbreaks 
which at the moment were preva- 
lent, armies of tramps began to 
seize trains. A . company of 50 
hoboes took possession of a train 
on the Northwestern near Cedar 
Rapids and forced the train crew 
to take them as far as thfey wanted 
to go. 



The practice of coast studios furnishing costly motor cars for trans- 
porting writing chatterers from their home to the studios, reached its 
climax at on© of the plants that had placed a seven passenger car and 
chaijffew at th© diapotiariyf a"New 

Hollywood. It seerhs this critic wanted to go to San Francisco for a 
week-end, and the press agent of the studio, loajiing th© car thought it 
would be a grand stand play to have himi use the car for this trip. When 
he called the general manager for an 6.. k. the car was re-called at once, 
leaving the critic to make the trip by train. 



, John N. Clark, fight prontoter, 
came out of New Jersey state pen- 
itentiary after serving two years, 
less time allowancie. He had been 
sentenced in connection with the 
fatal termination oC a pugilistic 
battle between two. professional 
fighters. Benefits were .arran.ejed 
for ...the _ylcLtim Jn ._ae verai eastern 



Fox . studios may eliminate all .pag men or comedy constructionists 
from following the production from beginning to completion and will 
transfer such people to' the scenario department where a branch for 
gagging comedy scripts will be installed. This department will take the 
completed Scenario , and add in the gags wherever a situation calls It 
That will save time over th© bid system ot a gag man on the set and 
holding up production for hours at a time to. conceive added comedy 
sltuatlo'ns to fit the action. 



tovvns. 



Cercmonius attendant upon ar- 
ranging a championship ring moot- 
ing were simple in those days. Pat 
Ryan and Johnny Dwyer, who were 
to meet for the American title, 
merely came together in the "Clip- 
per" office and deposited the final 
$500 of the forfeit nioncy, being at- 
tended by their trainers, no lawyers 
or counsel for underwriting syndi- 
cates being present. 



The treasurer of a western state, interested in several banks, was 
hauled into the theatrical route via his bank interests when a couple. of 
theatres in the capital city went broke. Just another theatre-bank 
merger. 

Finding him.solf a theatre magnate, with one of his houses iii the 
million dollar class, he began an investigation of show business in gen 
eral and his own houses in particular. The investigatio'n convinced him 
that show businoss irf different from any enterprise he had ever before 
..taclded,.^nd^thiitJuaJimiafi3^w£ 

up tlio head of a bookini; circuit, and asked lum to take the smaller 
house as an outright gift. Mtressetl tht> point th<vt he wanted to* be 
roll(>v(>d of It CMlirt'ly. 

"What's the inatterV" a.-;k.'.l tl>.; eircnt ho.td. 

"Those boys are too fast for ^t\^'.'^ rcpU'vl khu banker. 



silent housew The pictiire wi^l run through as a black and white only 
without the i'aiog. Their theo'ry is that the dialog in the silent hbuse?i 
will be filled in by captions. 

This theory Is not agreed to by other picture makers. "The latter say 
that a talker made with dialog and the latter pitoyided for will not ruli 
smoothly without th© dialog. It will rather have a disjointed or Jerky 
appearan^ce when o'n the silent screen. 

It appears to be a matter of opinion only. If the theory of one picr 
tur© for both classes of houses is incorrect, the dialog sequences will 
have to be shortened possibly fbt the silent version. 

Chains may decide to buy out their "partners," to fully control the 
operation of circuits they ar© now half owners in. Whether the partners 
may want to sell is another matter. Or the partners may suggest that 
It be a buy or sell proposition although th© latter Is unlikely. , 

Th© "partners" as a rule are the operators who created the circuits, 
mostly state or Interstate. When selling they co"ntInued as the operators. 
In that manner of course no noticeable new methods were Introduced to 
any degree^ other than perhaps a change in stagc^^shows, with th© 
former operator, now partner, receiving his half interest selling price 
from the chain and tlien continuing as the o'perator at a higher salary 
than he had charged up when the sole operator, although as th© sole 
operator he may have had stockholders. 

The first sign bf this is th© reported purchase by Publlx of A. H. 
Blank's remaining halUnterest in the Blank N©b.-Ia. circuity That buy 
would mban Blank's retirement as op^ rw- 
ning the circuit as a full part of its own. 

To what extent the operator may command local prestige or influence 
that could result for th© betterment of the chain-interested hous|es is 
problematical, in these days of chain everything. With a chain abl© to 
finance from its home offices for all mo'ney requirements, about the only 
angles left for the native operator to contribute is his personal popu- 
larity, locally, of 'his showmanship. If any. If , any, that showmanship 
should be worth something. Yet the box office reports are the best 
guides. , . . 

Backing up a house manager isn't always a mattei^ of. principl©, it 
appears. In a mid- west theatre the manager fired an assistant manager 
who had slapped or pushed a. woman in the theatre lobby, causing her 
to fall to the floor. The manager did th© firing for two reasons, because 
he felt the slapper's action senseless, despite the ultra provocation no. 
doubt responsible for It, and also to ward oft wl;iat looked like a cinch 
damage action, believing if th© assistant manager were ©"ut of town, 
th© damage action might not arrive so pro'mptly. 

But the assistant manager happened to b© a relative to a nian higher 
up He was reinstated. And naturally the manager resigned. 



Mt'inbers of- the C.itnonuuen'.s Union who.se scale is $260 weekly, 
fi-e(iuently hire them-^elves out to small oom panics, industrials, etc., as 
direetor.s. This averanf-s rh-Mti $100-$inO r).ml makes them work cheaper 
than their broliier frotn > union wiio e.ops the camera job. 



Produeers of lalkiiM; pietu:^ 
I he .all df)ne al tl\o '>»•• *iin'^ 



s s.vy thixt in taking the dialog film it will 
•ind UierHatter serve for either wired or 



The recent change of titles at Paramount's West Coast Studios, elevat- 
ing Ben Schulbergf^rom asso'ciate projducer to general manager of We.'?t 
CoaVt~Pro'ductldnsi"a^^ 

elate producers," is seen in picture circles as an effort to get away from 
the onus attached to the title, "supervisor." 

No class of men in the picture business have co'mc in for so much un- 
favorable comment during the past few years as the supervisors. As 
"associate producers" they may duck the barrage for a short time. 



Pat Powers' "Wedding March" is about ready to have something luip- 
pen to it, although the threat to reach a screen has been standing for 
months. 

Latest report is that all left to do befo're the status quo rating- is wipeU 
out is to.synchl*^^ize the score on those "dinner plates,*' as Powers calls 
them. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



49 




WORRY EQUITY 




New Agents union noios upen 
Meeting,^ M 



An open meeting of the Asso- 
ciated Tlieatrical Agents and Man- 
agers, aflflliated with the American 
Federation of Labor -vvag: held Mon- 
day night. Over • .Sioo,, agents, and 
nianagers were present.: 

M, J. Flynri introduced Fi'ank 
Glllmore of Equity who advised 
those present of the results and 
progress Equity has niade by band- : 
ing together, and with the help 
of , the American Federation of 
Labor. . 

Hugh Praney, organizer for the 
A. F. L. said the agents and man- 
agers were granted a charter by 
the Federation July 6, 1928. Franey 
cited the success of other theatrical 
craft and explained that there would 
be no fight with the managers in 
any way that , would cause disrup- 
tion; that he and the body desired 
to co-operate with the theatrical 
managers and producers and to offer 
them men who were guarianteed. 
No threat would be made against 
any managers but from this nieet-. 
ing on, every effort would be made 
to bring into the union fold every 
man and woman eligible. He ad- 
vised those present not to . expect 
all their demands to be met over- 
night and told them that on, joining 
the union their troubles were only 
starting. He also advised those 
present that tactics might be used 
to hinder or disrupt their organiza- 
tion, and if used, they would fight 
back. 

Weber's Talk 

Joseph Weber, pji^esident of the 
musicians, (A. F. M.). spoke for 
some timV on the musicians; told 
those present to . join the A.' F. L. 
like the musician, stage hand and 
"art" situation, as they were all 
actor; advised, them to forget the 
•wage earners. 

.Weber explained that his, union 
had" 168,000 members, and that they 
received the higjiest scale and 
worked the .shortest hours of any 
craft in existence, 

Regarding the talking picture sit- 
uation,. Weber remarked: "The 
talker might change conditions, but 
as long , as the tialkers require mu- 
sicians the union will still have 
something to say. Talking pictures 
"Will not drive put the musicians," 
Weber forcefully said, "the public 
will determine this and soon they 
will be overfed." He stated that 
now some mu.slcians are receiving 
from $200 to $500 a week playing 
for the talker.s. 

• Theadore Mitchell, president, ex- 
plained the purpose of the new or- 
ganization. He stated it wag the 
desire to meet and co-operate with 
all in the theatrical "business, and 
; that th*e deni?\nds of the union were 
reasonable. Mitchell said there 
would be no set wage scale, but that 
the organization would request no 
doubling, and ask each , show to 
employ two men. These and a few 
other minor abuseg now existing 
they would ask to be abolished. 

Lodewlck Vroom, of the member- 
ship committee, read wires from 
San FrancLsco: and bther points. 
One from Los Angeles, from Myles 
Murphy, pledged 20 members. 

Prayne again spoke, advising 
those who had not join';d that there 
would be no strike, tliey would not 
be called upon to contribute to other 
unions and that there was no obli- 
gations to strike with other unions. 

The control of the business opera- 
tion is vested in a board of govern- 
ors, with Theadore Mitchell, chair 
man, and M. T. MIddletdn, secretary 
treasurer. Others: Mr. Vroom, Law- 
rence A. Nelnis, Rod Waggoner, 
Samuel Tuck and Campbell B. 
Casad, 

-—--^ Mitchell- in-Tv-Pr-R ; — 

Mitchell is vice-president of the 
Theatrical Press Representatives 
of America, conceded a .standard 
form of contract by the managers, 
probably a direct re.sult of tho 
unionization activities in that 
Oeld. It is reported that Mitcholl 
ha.s been a.sked to resign from T.. 

O. R. A. otnce, it being felt by 
<he lattor that being an olTioer in 
')oth organization.s is inoompatiblo 
"i^h tho jiinis of the T. P. O. R. A., 



TaHdng Shorts Take 

Cook Show's People 



Seven players are leaving "Rain 
br Shine" a;t the Cohan, New York, 
inclusive of Tom Howard and Joe 
Lyons. Howard a,nd Lyons handed in 
notices after engaging to do Movie- 
tone shorts for Metro, placed un- 
der conti'act for a year. Janet 
Velie is . leaving, as is MoUie 
0'Dougherty, thfe latter due to sail 
for Eiarope Saturday. . r 

Ted tiealey is mentioned to suc- 
ceed • Howard. Backstage it is 
thought that' might result in sqmer 
thing of a. clash, since Joe Cook, 
the show's star, 'works with a gang 
of assistants and Healey has hi|! 
own stage gang of men. 



Winter Garden Dark 



The Winter Garden will -go dark 
Friday, when "Greenwich 'Village 
Follies" departs for a Sunday pre- 
miere in Chicago. It Is the first 
summer in years that the Garden 
will have been untenanted for any 
length of time. 

It will probably remain closed for 
two months. Next attraction slated 
is for late September, at. which time 
the Shuberts may present "A Night 
in Venice" there. 



Fem. D. E. iii Wash. 

Washington, July 24. . 

After a lapse of. almost 10 years 
this town again has a femme dra- 
matic editor, Mabelle Jennings, ifdr- 
merly a feature writer oh the News 
haying been given the d. e. dfesk 
succeeding Paul McCrea who re- 
turns to the straight news end. 

Mabelle is the sister of Hazelle 
Jennings, one of the fair members 
(Of Ziegfeld's "Show Boat." 

The News sissignment was first 
held by Leonard Hall, now on the 
New York Telegram. Both are 
Scrlpps-Howard papers. 



which Is on record against union- 
izing. There is no doubt, however, 
that a considerable percentage of 
T. P. O. R. A. membership has 
joined or applied for memberiship 
i.\ the new union. 

In the most recent circular as to 
for purpose of the union no mem- 
tion Is made of house managers 
and box office treasurers being 
eligible, although they were in- 
cluded in the original survey. A 
time limit of service which was 
supposed to indfcate eligibility has 
also been withdrawn. It was first 
stated that the union would consider 
for membership only those who had 
had 10 years' experience. The 
membership committee will favor- 
ably consider tho.?e applicants who 
"have -worked a sufficient time to 
be regarded as competent in this 
highly developed form of work." 

Jurisdiction ^ 

A question of jurisdiction may 
explain the reason why house man- 
agers and treasurers are not men 
tioned as eligible for membership. 
There Is a Chicago union of "front 
of the house" executives and it is 
a 100 per cent, affair "with Johnny 
Jones, son of Aaron Jones, its presi 
dent. That union was formed 
when . four treasurers returned 
from lunch one day and found four 
girls ill the box office. Girls arc 
barred from membership. Thpre 
was an abortive attempt to unionize 
treasurers in New York about a 
year ago. 

It is believed that if tho field 
i!5^tClHPltide^house-'managers-and 
box office people, an arrangement 
will later be made with .the Chi 
cago union whereby both unions will 
turn in their charttTs to tlie A. 
F. of L., whirh would' then Lssue a 
Manket charter r;over»ng the entire 

field. ' . 

Women press amenta are <-ligiblo 
to the now Association (»f The- 
atrical Agents and Managers 
which appears to complieate tho 
matter. 




Gillmpre 'Reticent, but Dul- 
zell Opens Up — Equity 
Members Must Make Own 
Terms With Talking Pic- 
ture Producers— Expects 
Talker Invasion Into Legit 
to Last for Two Years 



Bway Legit Producers Tying Up 
With Talker Ma^^ New Plays 



Lebiang Taking Oyer 
John Cort's Theatre 



INJURY TO STAGE 



Equity executives are close to 
swords' points over what action 
should be taken by the organization 

in regard to the legit'-talker situar 
tion. To date no • move has been 
made although Frank Dulzell is in 
favor of the association joining the 
musicians in their stand of ediicat- 
inq the public to "this debasing of 
art." 

Frank Gillmore, while conceding 
that talkers will make serious in- 
roads into the legit field, believes 
in a continuance of the watchful 
waiting policy. 

"We do hot want to move too 
quickly and yet we do riot want to 
be too late. We do not want to. 
shut off any avenues of employ- 
ment." , • 

Gillmore and his assistant are of 
the opinion thiat fewer Broadway- 
ites than haye been reported are 
headed for Hollywood. Because the 
talker matter . has not been a.cted 
upon, Equity has no oflftcial record 
of those who go the. Hollywood 
way, it was explained. Until dudh 
a step Is taken, it was stated, 
Equity members will have to make 
their own arrangements and terms 
w;ith film producers. 

Injuring Legit . 

While Gillmore .was not inclined 
to go into detail on the talker sit- 
uation, except In la broad way, his 
assistant was emphatic in his ob- 
servations., 

"If film producers are allowed to 
come into our . ranks and our thea- 
tr<^c; the legltimiate stage is bound 
to be seriously injured. For the 
next two years,, at least, I fear this, 
will be true. 

"Now is the time to act. There Is 
nothing more to watch because 
talking pictures are no longer. ..a 
myth but a reality. We should start 
educating the public by showing 
thorn, through the medium of pub- 
licity that they aire just jMiying for 
something they are not getting." 

Duzell salJ that it was not only 
the legit performers' voice that film 
producers are after, He stated his 
belief that their ignorance of work- 
ing condition J. In Ho Uywodd coyld 
be trespassc '. upon to the point 
where the belng-pald-only-while- 
working policy of Equity would 
make their importation a big eco- 
nomic factor. 

"The legit actor In the eabt 
accepts four weeks of free re- 
hearsals and two weeks on the road 
S.lthout pay. He is, however, cer>- 
tain of two weeks' pay. What he 
doesn't know Is that as soon as 
a Hollywood actor is signed up he 
goes on the payroH Immediately, 
What ho doesn't know Is that on 
tho coast they are turning out some 
of these pictures in eight days. 

"I haven't heard of any long term 
contract.^ these film producers are 
offering legit people. I have heard 
of many cases where the actor has 
been offered less than his salary 
here with a lot of bum promises to 
take up options on his service and 
make him famous. I predict that 
,the film .p.roducer will j;.se the actor 
for his own convenience and when 
that is through the actor will find 
himself right back where he 
started. 

Film Stampede 

"Th<'.sf« nim men are running 
around in a stampede at present. 
One is trying to outguess the other 
f«-]Iow. They think the best way 
I be prepared is to round up a 
wliole lot of actor.s, despite the 
hiindreda of efficient people that are 



Joe Leblung is expected to oper- 
ate the Cort, New York, under ah 
assignment of the long term lease 
by .John Cort. Like Oliver Morosco, 
who also came to Broadway frqm 
the coast; Cort has been mentioned 
in money jams from time to tin^e 
over a period of years. 

With Lebiang said to be shoulder- 
ing Cort's liabilities, it Is inferred 
that the transaction is. more than a 
business matter with Lebiang, al- 
though the latter was known to have 
aided the manager financially, be- 
fore. That is supposed to have been 
based on an early friendship be- 
tween, them dating from the time 
that Lebiang .started expanding his 
ticket business. Lately Cort's in- 
debtedness to Lebiang is believed to 
have risen to a considerable figure. 

Lebiang did not want to take over 
the Cort but was forced to in the 
end. He interested Jed Harris in 
the house and was to have bcien 
a silent partner. Some dispute with 
Harris arose, however, and is an 
explanation of Harris' recent state- 
ment that tickets for Ws shows 
would not be placed at Leblarig's 
cut rate agencies. 

Last week there was a meeting 
of Cort's creditors with Leblang's 
counsel. "The result is still In doubt 
but indications are that Lebiang will 
straighten out the Cort money 
muddle. . Cort started operating a 
neighborhood house in Jamaica Ifist 
fall, but he lost control and the 
theatre went Into the hands of a 
receiver. He was largely inter- 
ested In the Windsor, - Bronx, also 
of the subway circuit, but that 
house is reported now controlled by 
a Mr. •J'lorshelm, a partnier. Dialy's 
63rd street, operated by Harry Cort, 
son, may be involved In the Lebiang 
deal. 



It is reported legitimate producers 
with forthcoming. t?hows on Broad- 
way next so.ison have dee.ided to 
go into production of talking pic- 
tures of their plays, Al Lewie, It 
is reported, Willi 10 pUays sched- 
uled in association with Sam Har- 
ris, is said to have effected - an ar- 
rangement with Fox for release of 
his talking picture productions. 

Among the Lewis plays slated to 
be produced, which may also bo re- 
produced in pictures, are Included 
"The War Song," starring George 
Jessel; "Mister Bones," by Fulton 
Oursler and Bide Dudley; "Blaclc 
Belt," by William Jourdan Itapp 
and Wallace Thurmah; "Lucky 
Stars," "Street Scene," "The Big 
Fight," "Congai," "Women," "Poor 
Little Foor and" "The Shyster." 

It is understood the original New 
York casts will appear In the talk- 
ers to a large extent. Some of the 
plays. are to be produced in collab- 
oration with Crosby Gaige, Gilbert 
Miller and David Belasco: 

• Indication^ are that Metrp-Gold- 
wyn-Mayer, Paramount, F(fX and 
Warner' Eros; will try to tie up 
with as many legit producers a.a 
possible for a guaranteed supply of 
Broadway/ productions for the 
talkers. 

Lewis' 3 -Year Contract 

Lewis .has signed: ia, three-year 
contract to fill a new Movietone 
post established by Fox to handle 
the legit situation of his talkers. It 
Is said. His title under the con- 
tract is that of general manager of 
the New York ofllce of the West 
Coast department In the Fox plant. 

It will not interfere with Lewis' 
regular work of' producing plays. 
His main duties are to pass upon 
stage • plays and . story material for 
Pox's talking subjects In addition 
to promoting the development cri the 
new type of player ■ necessary for 
sound pictures. 



Arliss on Talkers 



Warner Bros, have signed George 
Arliss to make two Vltaphone full 
length pictures which will be re- 
leased as specials. John Barry- 
more has also been signed by War- 
ner Bros, for two Vitaphones. ' 

All four "talkers" will be made at 
the Warner's west coast, studio, ac- 
cording to present plans. 



out of work in Hollywood, and hold- 
ing them in the offing. 

"I know of one big actor who 
recently had some dealings on the 
talker subject with Win field Shee- 
h an of ..Fox.. Th is. man,'a .salary _ pn_ 
the ptage is $400 a week. Slieehan 
offered. him a two weeks' guarantee 
o; $250 per week with the induce- 
ment that if everthlng went well 
he would keep him on for another 
fifteen weeks at $300 per week. 
When tho actor agreed to go for 
$400 a week for four weeks, with- 
out other Inducements, he was told 
that was out because the producer 
could not see building him up for 
some one else to steal." 

Directing 

Speaking about the difference 
between stage production and pic- 
ture making, Duzell said: 

"Where a stage director can alter 
his play according to the reactions 
of the try-out audience the film 
director is forced to be guided 
solely by the reaction in the studio. 
Many a good stage director has 
Hopped in Hollywood. 

"George Marion _i« an example. 
No one _in . the theatre know.s more 
about the the.itre than Marlon. As 
one of the ablest stage directors 
and actors he went to Hollywood 
10 years ago and was a com plot'.' 
nop. 

"Now thry nro going after legit 
writers and directors onco more. 
There are only a few George Ab- 
bott.s around but I think that the 
Abbotts are too foxy for thum. I 
think thpy will s(;iy right wIktv 
tlify belong." 



"Unborn Gbild" Melts; 
$8 Each for Actors 



"Her Unbprn Child," under can- 
vas, suddenly melted In the Adlron- 
dacks Friday, with the players paid 
$8 each for the final week and trans- 
portation back to New York. The 
troupe was out three weeks under 
the direction of George W. Gatts and 
Paul Scott. It opened near Lake 
Placid. 

Sqpms the venture busted when 
the sheriff appeared because some- 
body forgot to pay. for the lot. Les- 
ter Bryant, company manager, could 
not be found. "There is one story of 
a rubber check bouncing around tho 
monuni^ins.^ ^* „ 

Early this, week the players were 
adjusting their claims with Gatts 
and Scott. The company had been 
guaranteed tWo extra, matinees 
weekly, and tho claims totaled a 
week and. two-eighths salary. They 
laid off three days when it was dis- 
covered the advance man had for- 
gottten to bill. Gatts covered the 
stand, the players being a.skrd to ac- 
cept living expenses. 



COLLEGIANS' SUMMER TOUR 

Boston, Jiily 24. 

Four one-act play.-s, "Gettysburg," 
"Magic of Mother India," "Jean 
Marie" and "Her Father Was a 
Frenchman," comprise the program 
offered this .summer by the Stroll- 
ing Players of Boston. 

Traveling group is under direc- 
tion of Itelene M. Boll and consists 
of coll«;ge men and women, Per- 
fprman(.;es arc bein^ given under lO'^ 
caV auTi) I'rrpH "tirfou frli oiTt Kew Kng-' 
land. 



CHATTERTON'S SUN BURN 

Lo.s Anficles, July 24. 

rioiliKtliin on "'SIuH of the 
Fathers," .stari'lng JOniil .lannlngs, 
dill not .'^tcijr this Vtr.fk on ac('»junt 
i)f ;j .scridii.'^'. .sunburn {iffi-cting r.iilh 
(.'lialtctLon's fat'o. 

The burn is seriou.s. 



50 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Equity's Caster Percentage Code 
With Penalties, for General Meeting 



With the revised fot-m of the 
Basic Agreement with the managers 
accomplished, Equity h£ts begun 
formuluting t\ code for dramatic and 
casting agents. It is hoped to place 
an effective curb on excessive fees. 
New clauses, in the managers' 
agreement were designed to secure, 
aid from suchi sources in making the 
forthcoming code ironclad. 

The recent U. S. Supreme Gourt 
^ruling wliich declared the law fix- 
ing agency fees illegal, is not ex- 
pected to be a hindrance to Equity's 
plan of making the agency fee of 
five per cent, for 10 weeks effective. 
While, some agencies adhere to that 
rate which is the New York stiate 
law, others have been charging 10 
per cent, per w^eek for the entire 
length of the engagement,, liridei' one 
pretext or another. 
' Equity's aim is to license or rec 
ommend certain agents to members 
, and managers, with heavy penalties 
for violations, the penalties not only 
applying to actors but managers as 
well. "The charge that managers 
have been splitting commissions 
■with certain casters has never been 
actuiilly proven, but it is claimed 
that practice did not apply to any 
one managerial office. 

Equity's agency code will probaibly 
not be ready until Septerhber at 
which time a genei'al nieeting will 
probably be called for its ratifica^ 
tlon. 



Carroffs "Blacklist" Off; 
$6.60 top for Show 



Earl Carroll will charge I6.G0 for 
his "Yanitles," the only top for the 
lower' floor chairs. It had been said 
Carroll contemplated possibly an $11 
scale. 

Carroll instead states he intends 
making no profit on the show, count- 
ing on the theatre's share only. 

The Carroll "blacklist" has been 
entirely done away wUh: i?apers 
and individuals on, the papers who 
were blacklisted by Carroll in for- 
mer times are back in full receipt of 
all courtesies. 



Chorus Girls Mag 



N. Y. Dailies Operating 
Xapeharl-Carey Ad Agcy. 



Capehart-Carey Corporation, ad- 
vertising agent, with amusiements 
the specialty, is in financial trouble. 
At a meeting Monday in the offices 
of the . "Herald Tribune,'- iit was de- 
cided t6 cairry on the jJusiness which 
will be conducted by a committee 
of five leading creditors. The latter, 
a grbup of New Tork newspapers, 
are the "Times." "World," "News,*- 
^Tribune" and"Sun." , . 
J. P. MuUer, leading specialist In 
' amu.sement advertising, offered his 
services to re-establish the Carey- 
Capehart affairs. Thai was regarded 
as a generous gesture from a com- 
petitor. ; John J. Carey, general 
manager of the Capehart office, has- 
been in the business for 44 .years. 
Charles Capehart, head of the firm 
for 16 years, owns 75 per cent, of 
Its stock. 
It has been commonly believed 
, along Broadway that the Capehart- 
Carey agency was dominated by the 
Shuberts. That is denied, although 
It is admitted the Shuberts were 
' the firm's biggest customer. There 
Is a five per cent, kick- back on 
amusement advertising. It is re- 
puted practice of the Shuberts to 
collect one-half of the kick-back 
on any attractions playing their 
theatres. While the same percent- 
age of return applies to the Muller 
office, it is paid to the person or 
theatre which pays the bill. 



New "Americana" with 
McEvoy and Young Kahn 

: Roger Wolfe Kahn will do. the 
score for the new "Americana." in- 
timate revue, for which J. P. Mc- 
Evoy agaiin will do the book. Mc- 
Evoy will have a controlling hand 
in the production this year. 

Pvichard Herhdon. who produced 
the first "Americana," may. sell out 
his titular rights in the . revue and 
disassociate himself from the ven- 
ture. 

Otto. H. .Kahn, who backed his 
son's ''Here's Howe!" unknown 
to Roger Kahn, who states he wftuld 
not have entertained the production, 
had he known about it. has been 
won over to his son's talents as a 
musical comedy composer and will 
back the "Americana" show. 

Kahn has further ideas for an 
intimate playhouse all his son's, a 
la Irving Berlin's Music Box. 

Roger Wolfe Kahn, when ap-. 
preached by Aarons and Freedley 
for an operetta score, did not know 
that his banker-father Is financial 
backer of A. & P. g:enerally, and not 
specially brought in for the "Here's 
Howe!" production. . . 



Baltimore, July 24, 
F, C. Schanberger, Jr., proposes 
to install a stock company in . the 
North Howard Street house in con- 
junction with Q. P. Marshall of 
Washington. \ Marshall formerly 
conducted stock in both this theatre 
and the laite Lybeum. 

Idea is that local playgoers will 
underwrite the first 10 weeks of the 
proposed season a la .Theatre G-uild, 
and arrangements for the Baltimore 
'Theatre Guild, Inc., have been made 
with a local bank to act as deposi- 
tary and' trustee for the siihscribers. 
'The Knopf -Famsworth scale of fl 
top will be retained, and if the first 
10 weekg can be sold to the sum of 
;i5,006 a week through the subscrip- 
tion scheme, the company will opfen 
with a tisntative list of plays. 

Th© Mayor has indorsed the 
scheme and playgoers are now be- 
ing canvassed for subscriptions.- 



Future Plays 



Dewey Wbinglass, colored pro 
ducer, putting a new musical to- 
gether. In the cast will be Lottie 
Hurley, Hortence and Wtlhemina 
Shlrcraf t. 

"The Brass Ring," John Golden'a 
show which had three weeks around 
New York last fall, Is to be on that 
producer's new schedule; 



Arthur Smitlr in Wage 
♦Claim Jam on Coast 

.. Los Angeles, July 24. 
Financial troubles of Arthur P. 
Smith over his production of "Tell 
Me Again" out here landed, him in 
jail when he could not pay off so'me 
$2,500 in wage claims. 
. Labor commi.ssion had Snilth ar-. 
rested, on .six complaints. Smith 
tvas later rcloasod from cu.stody on 
$1,200 bail. 'IVial will be held to- 
morro'w (Wednesday) before Mu- 
nicipal Jud.ue Wilson. 



Frances Shelley's Memory 

Beth Milton, one of the 'two ac- 
tresses of 'rtlain or Shine," who were 
badly Injured in upstate New York 
several weelcs ago in an automo 
bile accident, continues to improve 
She will probably leave the Glens 
Falls Hospital within the week, 
Francos Shelley, the show's prima 
donna, is still In bad shape. Her 
recovery will be slow. 

The brain concussion su.stained 
by Miss Shelley appears to have 
dried up inatead of clearing through 
circulation aiid a clot has resulted 
Physicjans say:_the;_ clof _rh^^^^^^^^ 
dis.solved before the patient's abil 
Ity to remember becomes normal. 



The chorus girls finally are 
to have their officlail paper. 
"The Chorus Girls' Monthly" 
makes its appearance shortly, 
sponsored by Richard Burko, 
.aissociated with a theatrical 
photographer. 

it will be a combination ''art 
photo" periodical of nudes and 
realistic barfk-stage dIa,log 
about chorines: and their: 
pranks. • 

Zedda Mansfield ot "Good 
News" is contributing editor, 
having the real-life of a back- 
,of-tho-3cenes chorister depart- 
ment in charge. 



BALTIMORPS GUILD 



Schanberger-Marshall Trying 10- 
Week Subscription Idea at $1 Top 



2 Shows Out 



"Two more shows leave Broad- 
way's list this week, neither of suc- 
cess rating. 

?'The Greenwich Village Follies" 
for the first time under Shubert di- 
rection, although not so billed, will 
leave the Winter Garden - Friday. 
It has been regarded one of the 
weakest draws the Garden has nad 
in years. The 17 weeks' engagement 
Is comparatively brief for that 
house. ^ . . 

"Marriage on Approval" will close 
at the Totten Saturday. The piece 
which started at Wallack's was re- 
ported closing several times. It 
went along on a co-operative basis, 
the players receiving very littlie and 
the show scraping along with all 
manner of cut rates. 



Common People Asked 
In for Newport Break 



. Newport, July 24. 

Proof that a theatrical enterprise 
operating in a class summer resort, 
such as Newport;, needs the sup- 
port of the year round natives in 
addition to those in the Social Reg- 
ister, to brea-k even was furnished 
here last week by an appeal broad- 
ca.st by Mayor Mortimer Sullivan, 
Ci.sk'injsr' the folks to give their sup- 
port to. the stock at the Casino : 

Although the season is under- 
written, the wealthy boai'd of direc- 
tor.s having already shelled but 
about ten grand for improvements 
to the theatre arid other expenses 
for big town style, the stock needs 
tlie patronagei of the plain citizen 
to keep out of the red. Playing six 
performances weekly, the Casino, 
400-.seater, must play to capacity all 
week to get off the nut, when ac- 
tor's salaries alone run over ? 2,000 
weekly. . 

Ina Claire in "The Last of Mrs. 
Cheyney" grossed about $6,000 for 
the week, giving the company a 
srnall profit. . 

.Will Rogers played an engagement 
here Monday night to capacity, 
using special filrns of the recent 
political conventions to illustra,te 
his mbnolog. Will now carries a 
portable projector as a prop in addi- 
tion to a few sticks of gum and 
yards of rope. Playing the date on 
percentage, the seating capacity 
was increased to 600, with chairs 
placed on the stage, eliminating the 
Rogers rope handling turn but per-, 
mitting the house to i turn a fair 
profit. . 

Grace George in "She Had to 
Know," opened tonight in the third 
play of the stock season. Edward 
H. Weaver directed. 



SUPREME COURT JUDGE 
HOLDS $300 JUV UNIQUE 



Paul Gregory Must Play Only 
for llam merstei n, Who Guar- 
antees 20-Week Season 



ENGAGEMENTS 



Legit Crisis in Russia 



Reports from Moscow indicate 
the theatrical ' business in Lenin- 
grad (St, Petersburg) has been bad 
this season and there is dissatisfac- 
tion expressed at the management 
of the three government playhouses. 

The nianager, EiShousovitch, has 
resigned, although the decline in re- 
ceipts is due to public patronage 
having fallen off, moving pictures 
being more in vogue. 



Nance O'Neill's School 

Lo.s Angolo.«!. .Tuly 24. 

N;inro O'Neill is coming- from 
New York to join her husband, 
Alfred Hickman, who has been for 
six vyecks on location with Herbert 
Brenon at Santa Cruz. The Hick- 
mans will make their permanent 
homo hoco. . r _ . , 

It is .slated. Miss O'Neill will. open 
a school for vi)ic'e culture. 



Max Dill's New Show 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Max Dill, of Kolb. and . r>ill, is 
starting independent production by 
staging "Why Worry," to open at 
the Hollywood Mu.tic Dox Aug. 22. 

pill and Dr. Clias. D. McGettigan, 
a San Franci.sco physician, wrote 
the shovv. Al Fields and Johnny 
John.son, formerly in vaudeville.' are 
to be featured. Dill will .sta.ge. 

Cast will include Virginia Cleary 
and Donald Carroll. 

Music was written by Leo Flan- 
ders and lyrics .supplied by Walter 
Craig. William Ciillon will manage 
the company. 



1 Week for Foley's Stock 



"VIOLET TOWN" PEOPLE 

• With iliolon Ford starred In tho 
now Lew Fields "Violet Town" mu- 
sical. It Is to open at the Forrest, 
Philadelphia-, in September, 

Others so far engaged are George 
HasKSol, William Wllliam-s, Betty 
Starbuck and Dorothy Roy. 

Show probably set for Fields' 
•MatisUeld in New York. 



Des Moine.s, July 24, 
Paul Foley's .stock at the Princess 

ol.o.sod after the first week. 

Foley is • convinced De.l Moinci 

will not support a summer stork. 



Kitty O'Reitly Doubling 

Kitty O'Keilly joined "Pre.sent 
Arms" Monday night, .suoeeeding 
"Ilotpy - Tolsy" (Demari.s Doreo). 
another nitc' club alumna. 

Mis.-^ 0'RellI.v will conliiuH' dou- 
bling Crohi Tex.u-i (Juitian's. 



Ruth Morris, Critic 

Ruth Morris, daughter of William 
Morris, has been appointed drama- 
tic editress and critic for King Fea- 
tures Syndicate, issuing a weekly 
theatrical letter for national dis- 
tribution, beginning this week. . 

Miss Morris has been on the edi- 
torial staff of the Hearst feature 
syndicates for a year. She suc- 
ceeds Bushnell DimOnd ais the dra- 
matic writer, Dimond having re- 
cently been appointed a;s associate 
editor to Jack Lalt. He followed 
J.. Ward Greene, who was promoted 
to the post of editorial manager 
when J. y. Connolly became gen- 
oral manager of King Features. 



Wm. Farnums, 22 Yrs. 

Married, Into Court 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
'^"=^^ rt ffr"=2 2 ""y ears ot -^mnrri pd-= i ( f p 
William Farnum, and his wife. 
Olive Ann Famum, are apart. 

Mrs. Farnum has filed suit for 
separate maintenance, charging him 
with marital Indlscrctlon.s and 
n.'imlng Isabel. Major as the olher 
woman. 

Mrs. Farnum claims they' have 
$500,000 in community property and 
has asked th© court to appoint a 
receiver. She also a.sk3 for an al- 
lowance of $2,500 a nionth. Th<Me 
.aro no children. 



Ivan Simpson and Lumsden 
Hare for Herman Shumlin's "By 
Royal Appointment." 

Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor 
for "The Big Fight." 

Hugh Lobdell for "Fast Life." 

Nine winners of beauty contests 
will be in. "Vanities." They are: 
Ruth Pat.terson, Joan Clement, 
Frances Joyce, Bobble Storey, 
Eileen Wenzel, Blanche Satchel, 
Ha.zel Forbes, Esther Sutherland 
and Dorothy Britton. 

Victor* Moore, Betty. Compton, 
Bert Lahr and Olivette for "Hold 
Everything." 

Barbara Bulgakov and Georges 
Renevant for "Going Home." 

Ralph Locke and Edward Woods 
for "Trapped." 

John Marston for Gustav Blum's 
"The Phantom Lover." 

Ben Carswell for "Rosalie." 

Jennie Moscowitz and Georgie 
Price for ".The Song Writer." 

Ethel Intropidi for "The Trial of 
M.ary Dugan," 

Ruth Cambridge for "The In 
truder." . 

Constance McKenzie for "Whoo 
pee," 

Bobble Perkins for "Ups-a 
Daisy." 

Ona Munson for Aarong & Freed 
ley's "Hold Everything." 

Rosita and Ramon for Schwab & 
Mandel's "The New Moon." 

Edith Barrett Cor "The Phantom 
Lover," 

.Ethel Wilson for "The Song 
Writer." 

Thelma Lewis for Shubert's 
^'Cliopih;"- ' V - • - 

Alhambra, New York (colored 
stpclOi has added Johnny Woods 
and Charles Olden. 

, Margie Barrett, Martin Bi'os 
Dobbs Si.sters, Snow Fisher and 
Chester Herman for the Shubert 
operetta, "A Night in Venice." 

McOushion Sisters for the Shu 
berts' Mclntyre and Heath show. 

Roy Sedley . and Lester Bernard 
for Haminersteih's "Good Boy." 
. Lewis Sisters, Toi).sy Twins 
Margie Lane and Sonny Hines for 
H.'irry Delmar's vaudc act. • 

Kaye and Roche and Tom Hardy 
for vaiule act produced by Sol 
Tiirek. 

■ Grace Bowman for Philip Good 
man show, "Rainbow." 

Louise Ma'ckintosh for "The Phan 
ium Lover." 

Junior Durkin, Gertrude Gilmorc 
;ind .lanct Bleccher for Tom Barry's 
"Courage." 

Virginia Smith for "Just a Min- 
nie." 

Mabel Montcfomery fur ".Klmer 

I Duleie Cooper for Lew Cantor's 
"Courage." 

Hilda Vaughan for "Tanlpieo." 
Myra Brooke, I'Vedcrick Uudia and 
Mabel Montgomery have been added 
to the cast of "Elmer Gantry." Mar- 
tin r.urtln. announced for the show, 
has signed for the Rex Cherryman 
role In the London, eninpany of 
"Mary Diigan." 

Georf-"" Barnes is with the Savoy 
Players. San Diego, as lead. 
Winifred Watson. "Miss New 
i York State" at Galveston, for the 
iGemgo Wintz road "I'olli'^s." 



A somewhat new slant on whether 
a. $300 . bT week musical comedy 
juvenile is "unique and extraord- 
inary" is taken by Justice Sherman . 
in N. T. Supreme Court, who holds . 
that because, "a successful play 

tends during its course to be asso- 
ciated in the public eye with the 
personnel who make it a success," 
Arthur Hdmmerstein is entitled to 
an injunction restraining Paul 
Gregory from gojng into Zlegfeld's 
"Rosalie." Gregory was the juv 
with Hammerstein's "Golden Dawn" 
which goes to Boston in September. 

Gregory had. the opportunity of 
filling in an intervening eight weeks 
for Ziegfeld in "Rosalie," but an 
exclusive jRve-year contract between 
producer and actor . at a . salary 
ranging from ^300 to $800 a Week 
(20 weeks' guarantee per season) 
was the basis, for Hammerstein su- 
ing Gregory for an injunction. 

Gregory was of the opinion that 
the known Hammersteln-Ziegfeld 
feud caught' him in; between, al- 
though Hammerstein was agreea,ble 
at one time to relea.se his conti*act 
Players when he had a film offer 
for a consideration. 

Impossible to Replace 

: Justice Sherman says Gregory's 
"services are unioj.ue and of eubh a 
character" since he ''possesses that 
union of physical fitness and, his-> 
trionic and individual ability . . . that 
it would be difficult, if indeed at 
all possible, to replace him. The 
newspaper criticisms and the affl-, 
davits of producers who are iex- 
perts in such matters lead, despite 
defendant's denials and proofs, to. 
that conclusion." . 

Gregory wais developed by Ham- 
merstein from an understudy in 
The Song of the Flame" through 
the road company of "Rose-Marie" 
into the leading juv role in 
"Golden Da>yn." Hammerstein show-, 
ed that the hero's part was specially 
crfeated with Gregory in. view, 

Gregory had started rehearsals 
with "Rosalie" jind was to have 
succeeded Oliver McLenhan oppo- 
sit© Marilyn Miller last week when 
temporarily enjoined by Hammer- 
stein. 



Reviewing Tests Made 
Before Talkers Arrived 



Tests of legit people made by 
Paramount before the Introduction 
of talkers are now being reviewed 
by company officials. 

Legit talent turned down during 
thiat time because of failure to meet, 
all screen requirements will now be 
given more consideration and 
greater latitude'. 



Shuberts Take Woods, Chi 



The Woods theatre, Chicago, has 
been taken Gv<jr under lease by the 
Shuberts, which removes the house 
from Independent rating It assumed 
when leased from A. H; Woods by 
Aaron Jones. 

in the bookings the /latter his 
leaned towards the Erlanger bfflce. 
The Jones lease had about .10 year* 
to run, the. Shuberts taking con- 
trol for that period. 



Supervisors or No, 

McGowan Buys Estate 

Dahbury, Conn., July 24. . 

John W. McGowan, author oC 
"Ejccess IDagg.ige," has purchased a 
farm in Bethel. He plans to make 
the land Into a summer estate. 

Farmhouse is being remodeled 
into a keeper's lodge, a new main 
hou.se to be erected. 



DOROTHY DWAN IN SUPPORT 

Dorothy Dwan. screen actress and 
wife of Larry Semon, film come- 
dian, has been signed by Henry 
Duffy for a supporting part to Leo 
CurriUo in "Jjombardi, Ltd," 

Show opens Aug. 2 at.IIollywoo.l 
Playhou.se, taken over by Duffy. 



Dorothy Whitmore, Talker 

Dorothy Whitmore, recent prini. 
donna of 'The Merry Malones." \- 
now in Californi-t, to n\ake a Vif ' 
phone subject. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



LEGIT I M ATE 



VARIETY 



51 



Umited Number of Wired Houses 
Holding Down Talking Short 
Salaries-Matter of Bargaining 



■Although the talkers, notably 
M-G-M and Paramount, are known 
to want George M. Cohan with the 
Tankce Doodle exponent chary of 
the Idea, the Salaries. for talent are 
less than 50 per . cent below the 
previous market price. This goes 
tor namea as well as small talent. 

The immediate limited market 
for short subject bookings is the 
whyfore. With only about 300 or a 
little ovbr 300 houses presently 
wired, Movietone-Vltaphone-Photo- 
' phone, and the other producers" of 
sound pictures cannot invest too 
much on talent for shorts. The av- 
erage rental per week, taking in 
the first runs down to the split 
weeks,, is $50 per subject. , ; 

A name band can safely compute 
twice its regular : picture house sal- 
ary for the talkers, for Instance, 
these days. Thus a $3,000 band act 
would be worth $5,000 to $7,000 for 
the talkers with the question of 
damage to personal appearance to 
be determined by the attraction, 
whether straight instrumental, or 
vocal, comedy, etc* 

For the' present, the talkers seem 
concerned cliiefly with musical syh- 
^hrphizatlori for features. Short sub- 
ject booking is still at a standstill. 
Vltaphone is doing nothing in the 
east and little more under Bryan 
Foy's direction in the west until 
, their Brooklyn (N. T.) studios are 
opened. 

Fox's Movietone is laying elab- 
orate plans, chiefly for feature 
length productions through the 
aligning of authors, directors, and 
actors. 

Paramount and M-GrM will not 
be ready for the buying of talent 
for another 10 weeks at least. Louis 
K. Sidney will probably have the 
Iioew interests In hand. While no 
definite contracts have been Issued 
by Loew- Metro, It is understood they 
have Kya Le Gallienne, Oscar Shaw, 
Louise Groody, Mary Eaton and 
Buch other legit names virtually set 
when, production starts. 

Difference 
Paramount is lining up its musical 
department first for synchronization 
purposes for features before going 
Into th<i short field. RCA's Photo- 
phone Is still in abeyance as regards 
shorts although the Pathe-tone 
news reel will soon be released. First 
National and Pathe-DeMille are em- 
ploying Phptophone for feature syn- 
chronization with Bob Kane plan- 
ning to tackle the short subjects in 
early fall. 

A distinct difCerence in talker en- 
gagements appears to. be that for 
one dialog picture or talking short, 
and an acceptance after test of a 
player for exclusive contract. The 
latter calls for services either in 
the full length talkers or the talk- 
ing shorts. In these, as well as 
with distinctive but non-musical 
acts or combinations, the salary 
Betting becomes a personal matter 
of bargaining, without a standard 
lor a guide. 



Tax Inspectors told 

To Watch Fighters 



Orders from the Internal Revenue 
Department at Washington are to. 
the effect that the local federal tax. 
office staff start a drive on fight 
promoters, fight managers and box- 
ers. The purposes of the drive are 
not exactly clear to the tax people, 
but a nymber of Irregularities are. 
alleged. 

One of the matters in hand is the 
charge that fighters and their manr 
agers have secured or purchased 
blocks of choice seats which they 
are supposed to have disposed of to 
ticket brokers for "a price.'' If that 
can be proyen the fight people are. 
open, to penalty for failure to file re- 
turns and iDay the goyerhment one- 
half of the excess premiums ob- 
tained by them from the ticket peo- 
ple. Based on the same practice is 
the illegality, of the fight people do- 
ing business without a. license. . 

The tax men have been also or- 
dered to check up on Broadway the- 
atres which sold in advance Of June 
29 for performances on that, date or 
thereafter. Although the new. tax 
on admissions, exempting all tickets 
priced up t;o and including $3 . was! 
effective on that date, the govern- 
ment ruled that if such tickets 
were sold in advance the tax was 
collectable. 

"Variety pointed out that but box 
office people claimed they were not 
officially informed arid appear ,to 
have made no attempt to ooliect the 
tax. Inspectors from the. tax office 
admit that only a few hundred dol- 
lars could be due the government on 
such sales as few attractions have 
been selling any material number of 
?i.dvance tickets this summer, espe- 
cially those of moderate price. 



Shows in Rehearsal 



"IHold Everything" (Aarons 
<& Fr6edley). . 

"Vanities". (Earl Carroll). 

"The Kiss" (J. & L. Hyman). 

"Goin' Home" (Brock Pem- 
berton). 

"He Understood .Women" 
(M. Kallesser). 

"The Front Page" (Jed 
Harris). 

"Gentlemen of the Press" 
(Jackson & Kraft). 

"The Town's: Woman" (Da- 
vid Golden). 

"Trapped" (Marcin & Shu- 
berts). 

"Cross Your Heart" (Sammy . 
Lee). 

"The Sonfl Writer" (Alex 
Yokel). 

"The . Money Lender" (Ned 
Jakobs). 

"EJmer Gantry" (Grady & 
Shea). 



High Temperatures Continued to 
Hold Down (irosses last Week 



New Producing Trio 

Of kearhs, La HifF, Mack 

A new Producing firm for legit 
stage plays id said to be Jack 
Kearijs, Billy La .Hiff, proprietor of 
the Tavern restaurant, and WiHard 
Mack, author. ' 

The. first, production niay be "The 
Push -Over," hy Jack Conway 
(Variety) and Dan Kusell. T?he 
play, a prize-ring comedy, had a 
summer tryo'ut two seasons ago and 
was taken oft to be rewritten by 
Conway. 

Teddy Hayes, of the Kearns 
sitabie, former trainer of Jack Demp- 
sey, and now acting, in the same 
capacity for Mickey Walker, has 
been engaged to play one of the 
principal roles In the forthcoming 
musical by ' Jack McGowail, De 
Sylva, Brown and Henderson. 



Aullior of "Show Giri'^ 
Producing It 9S a Play 

"Show Girl" will be dramatized 
and produced by J. P. McBvoy. 
author of the book. Picture rights 
have already been purchased, by 
First National. Simon and Schus- 
ter are publisheris of the work. 

McEvoy's decision to produce 
"Show. Girl" himself, rather than 
lay It with one of the recognized 
producers, is nOt due , to the fact 
that the picture tights have been 
disposed of and that a producer 
would not get his usual cut, but 
because the author has had a- life 
long ambition to produce. McEvoy 
has very decided ideas which he 
wants to try out and Incorporate in 
the stage version of his brain child. 



ielasco Coaching Dempsey 



Jack Dempsey, with the approach 
of rehiearsal time for. "The Big 
Fight," has confessed nervousness 
at trouping with experienced legits. 
Accordingly, David BelascO, who is 
staging and making the joint pro- 
duction with Sam H. Harris' and 
Ai Lewis, Is coaching the champ in 
the prelims prior to tackling regu- 
liar rehearsals. 

The complete cast of "The Big 
Fight" which will star Dempsey and 
his wife, Estelle Taylor, includes 
Edna Bennett, Harry Stubbs, Vic- 
tor Killan, Arthur R. Vinton, j;ack 
Roseleigh, William Richardl, Roy 
Hargr'ave, Jeff Lloyd. Milton Her- 
bert Gropper and Max Marcin' are 
the authors. 



Jane Gowl on Coast 

Los Angeles, July .24. 

Jane Cowl, who With hep com- 
pany In "The Road to Romance," 
Jumped direct, from New York to 
San Francisco, opens a three weeks 
engagement, at the Belasco here 
Aug. 13, folio'wing hef' three weeks 
In' the northern city and then re- 
turns direct to New York. 

With the coming here of the 
Jane Cowl Show the Belasco-Butler 
production of "The Spider" goes to 
the Geary In San Frianclsco. 



NEW SHOWS ON COAST 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
"Night in Spain," now at the 
Curran, will be taken off by the 
Sliuberts to give place to another 
show. 

Hoiner Curran _ has arranged to 
ibooic "''Whatr^a Vliah?' now it' 'the' 
Hollywood Playhoi^se, to fill in two 
weeks at. the Curran, San Francisco, 
pending the production of "Mid 
<"-hannel," now In rehearsal here. 



Road Shows in Atlanta 

, Atlanta, July 2i. 

Erlanger has' ordered consider 
able Improvement upon the jeffer 
son theatre. ! It will be employed 
for legit road shows next s.eason 

In the interim Brown Parks will 
operate a stock company at the 
Jefferson, alternating it with an- 
other of his stocks, at Birmingham 
These will vacate, temporarily when 
a road show comes In. 

Ghbrus Man Advanced 

Rochester, July 24. 

Neil Collins, who got his start in 
Rochester selling tickets at the 
Lyceum and later filling minor roles 
In George Cukor's stock companies 
there, has gone tp London to play 
a juveline role in "Good News," 
after playing in the chorys of the 
New York Company. 

His younger brother, Walter, has 
gone to New York to make a bid 
for his place In the "Good News" 
chorus. 



San Francisco, July 24. 

"The Squall," with part of Its 
original New York cast and bal- 
ance locals, follows Jane Cowl in 
"The Road to Rome." 

It opens at the Bola-qco July 30 
for three weeks. 



Bit Player'Became a 
"Musketeer" in Reality 

• Just bpfore the socond-act curtain 
of "Three Muskotoors" wcis ready to 
rise at the Lyric, Now i'ork, Satur- 
.day ni^r.ht.a s.oono of. backstage com-, 
edy Irarisinred. ' For a moniont it 
iQokPd !is though . tragedy would 
result. 

So far as John Muccio was con- 
cerned everything was tragic, be- 
cause he hdid lost his girl. She had 
been in - the show, but left for the 
coast, and on Saturday afternoon a 
letter came telling John everything 
was cold, it is said. 

Muccio, who played a bit in "Mus- 
keteers"— that of the Bo'sun in the 
inn scone— decided he needed sup- 
port. When the second act waiS set 
John ran amuck, a phrase of consid- 
erable merriment in the show. Zeke 
Colvin, general stage director for 
Zieggy, got a flnsh at the lad and 
thought it best he did not go on. 
Porfman, the' stage manager. Im- 
parted that message to Muccio, who, 
armed with a prop cutless, declared 
he'd play or else — . With the ..point 
of the cutlass looking at him, Dorf 
man didn't say no. and after a short 
curtain delay the show went on. 

Immediately .after the scene Muc- 
cio went to his dressing room and 
quit the show. He had told the 
world that only , a ppliceman could 
move him off the stage. A. cop was 
called. John wasn't kidding, and 
he walked, but there was no arresl, 



liUat week was th.d third wec^k of 
hinh ti»mp<'i';Uur6s. A lioavy, ruin 
liYiday cooled , the atmosphore and 
It remained, cloudy over the week- 
end. '. . ■ : 

liut there was ho break for 
Brpadway; Gros.ses in some cases 
wore slrghtly bettor, , but most 
6lij)ped do.wnward further. 

"Scandals" again was out in 
front of the muslcal.s. The rovue^ 
entered without fresh summer hui- 
sical opposition and is approxi- 
mating capacity, last week better- 
ing $.49,000. "Show Boat" remained 
about the .sanie, getting ai-ound 
$42,000; "Musketeers" . was rnie-l 
next tit $38,000; "Rosalie" got about 
$2S,000; "Rain or Shine" slipped to 
?25,000; "Good News" failed to Im- 
prove, at $15,000; "Blackbirds" and 
"Present Arms'' clixlmed $ft,000: 
"Connecticut Yankee" . a bit less. 

"Strange Interlude" .was rated 
topping the non-musicals, quoted .^.t 
$15,600; "Diamond LIl" moved into 
second position, with approximately 
$14,000; "Bachelor . Father" ' about 
$13,000; "The Royal Family," 
$10,000; "The Silent House," $8,000; 
same for "Coquette"; little over 
$6,000 for "Volpone" and "Porgy"; 
"Skidding" knd. "The Lawyer's 
Dilemma" very low, with one of 
them estimated, around $1,000. 

"The; Gfeenwlch Village Follies" 
closed at the Winter Garden this 
week; "Marriage on Approval!' 
flops out of the Totten, which Is 
due to get something called "The 
Kiss." 



VERBAL N. G. 



Lyie Andrews' Not Liable to Au- 
thor of "Life Is Real" 



Channing Pollock Goes 
With M-G-M Talkers 

It's reported that Channing- Pol- 
lock as a legit stage producer and 
dramatist will be indirectly assccl- 
ated with Metro-GOldwyn-Mayer 
for the film producer's talking pic-, 
tures. 

This is said to Include Pollock'iB 
stage productions, taking in his first, 
"Mr. Moneypenny," due at the Lib- 
erty, New York, in the fall. If "Mr. 
Moneypenny" becomes a full length 
dialog M-G-M' picture, Pollock will 
also assume the stage end direction 
of It for the screen, it's reported. ' 

No Inforrhatiori .Is available as to 
Pollock's contract or . agreement 
with M-G-M. It Is said the author 
has a series of stage plays outlined 
for future production, all to be 
staged by himself, with each subject 
to the call of M-G-M for the 
camera, 



Arty-No Liceitse-Pmch 



Police are renewing their activi- 
ties against unlicensed art theatres 
dispensing tickets to th© public In 
violation of the law. - 
The latest gra.b In this direction 
Is Mrs. Anna lYankfyn, manager of 
the Grove Studio theatre, Green- 
wich Village, haled to court Monday 
charged with having sold ilckets for 
'Still Waters," current at the 
Grove, to Detectives Burke and 
Rothamel. When arraigned In Jef- 
ferson Market Court tife case was 
postponed until later In the week. 

The Grove Is the second of the 
Village art theatres operating withr 
out license, taken itor public sale of 
tickets, the other being the Triangle, 
In which caae Kathleen Klrkwood. 
managing director and Icsisee, was 
fined $100. 

"Still Waters" was -written by 
Irwin Franklyn, son of the house . 
manager. 



A verbal contract "to produce a 
play is not binding, according to an 
arbitration decision In the case of 
Elmer Rice versus Lyle D. Andrews. 
Rice wrote "Life Is Real," favor- 
ably considered In Andrews' office. 
Before final arrangements could be 
made the author was taken ill and 
a kidney . was removed. Rice 
turned his affairs over to an attor- 
ney, vfho sought to have Andrews 
pay $l,bl5'0 "as~advanc"e ro ' " 

Andrews demurred at making the 
advance and finally decided not to 
produce "Life." Rice claimed the 
manager was bound and sought ar- 
bitration. He testified that Lew 
Levenson of Andrews' office told 
him the play waia accepted and that 
he had the authority to do ao. The 
arbitrators ruled that as there had 
been no actual contract entered Into 
Andrews was not liable. 



^^STOGELESS WOEGESTER^ 

Worcester, Mass., July 24 
This town, which has always been 
noted as among the best stock 
cities in the country, Is without 
such an organization this year, 

The Lillian Desmonde Players 
started the sealson, but after five 
weeks gave up the ghost. They 
jumped to Youngstown, O. 

Worcester theatre, home of the 
De.smonde troupe, will probably 
stay dark until the legit season. 



Harry Puck with Shuberts 

Harry Puck " has gone Shubert 
for two years to stage dances and 
appear in productions. Puck's first 
staging assignment Is "A Regular 
Fellow," with a Maurice Yvain 
score and libretto by Max and Nat 
Lief, the former of the "News" 
dramatic staff. 

Puck's next will be the Mclntyre 
-and^Heath-6how,^wlth..pojssihlyJ5dr^ 
die Leonard. It goes into rehearsal 
Aug. 13. Maurle Rubens did the 
music for that one. 



Stock Mgrs. Committee 

Joseph B. Shea has been ap- 
pointed chairman, Charles Blaney 
vice-chairman of the Stock Man- 
ager's Committee functioning In 
matters pertaining to authors and. 
royalties. 

Others on the committee are Bill 
Harden, Frank Gazzolo and Henry 
Duffy. A nieetlng will be held this 
week. 



Evangelist in N. C. 

Tent stocks playing through 
Nprth_Ca.rplinai are^gVving Raleigh^ 
N. C., a wide berth Aug. 6 oh Tor a 
month \or so anyway, as "Cyclone 
Mack" (Rev. Baxter F. McLendon) 
starts a revival there at that time. 

"Cyclone Mack" Is the Billy Sunr 
day of the region. . 



WHITEMAN'S $2,0Ga JJIGHTLY 

Paul Whiteman Is calling off his 
vacation at hig Denver ranch and 
will play a month of dance dates 
throughout the east and midwest 
Instead. 

Whiteman starts Sept. 12 at his 
usual figure of $2,000 a night mini 
mum guarantee agralnst a 60-50 
percentage. 



Legit Names/Taken for 
M-G-M talking Shorts 

Among the pros frotn the legit so 
far engaged by Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer for its talking shorts are Eva 
Le Gallienne, Oscar Shaw and Mary 
Eaton. 

No information on their contracts 
is procurable. It Is said that each 
has been sierncd for talking shorts, 
with an option for full-length dialog 
talker use If the occasion should 
ai-ise. 

For the talking shorts the salary 
Is usually per record. 



Earle McGill With Fox 

Earle McGill, of the Jed Harris 
staff, has been signed by Fox to 
work on talking plcture.-j. 

McGill, company manager of 
"Coquette," does not leave for the 
coaflt until October. 



MBS. GUNN PAEALYZED 

■ Chhiago, July 24. 

Mrs. Beijsle 13. Gunn, 26-year-old 
circus performer, who fell while dO- 
Injf? an Iron jaw act at Elojln, 111., 
W!l) survive what Were thought to 
be -f atal in jurle3r-----=^-^-=^= 

Mrs. Gunn will be permanently 
paralvzed and In now confined to 
the St. Joseph's ho.'-.pltal In Elgin. 



Broadwayites' Oil Gusher 



Investing in oil w^ll shares, listed 
find othierwise, Is hardly new on 
Broadway, but for Broadway ites to 
strike oil is soniething different. 
Looks like several have connected. 
They are laughing at the mugs who 
called them sur.Uers when th'ey went 
for a proposition known as the 
Bucna fields In Ohio. The "suckers" 
are Tom Burke, of the Lyrlr box 
office; Sam Mayer, of the I.-xils 
Cohn ticket agency, a^)•^ Eddie :\'>u- 
erts, who was with the croverinoni 
In the tax departinent. 

Last week word was thu; a 
gusher came . through. Burke giH 
excited. Mayer refused to, answer- 
ing queries by saying: "We'll see if 
the report is a phoney," Roberts 
merely laughed. 

Burke owns 21,000 shares of the 
oil stock, valued before the well 
came through at 50 cents a share. 
HcJhock cd s ome reaUy_ln As 
L. I. to take a chance, and' it loolls 
like he would come out with a for- 
tune. Mayer has about 1,000 shares 
and Roberts about the same. 



Garroirs P. A/s 

Earl Carroll l.s out to cinch hi.s 
name this season in the public 
mind and has placed two publicist.^ 
dn handling "Van I ties." Charles 
Bochert will do the rc-gular stuff 
land. Sidney Skolsky thn features.. 



"Spain" in Portland, Ore. 

San Francisco, July 24. 

Fred Gelsea has bought "A Night 
in Spain" for three days to present 
it in Portland, Ore. 

Show will play the Liberty, West 
Coa.'^t hou.se, dark for some time. 



52 



VARIETY 



L E G I T I M A T E 



Wednesday, July 25/ 1928 



Shows IB N. ¥. and Comment 



Figures estimated and comment point to some attractions being 
successful, vvhile the same gross accredited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in 
house capacities with the varying overhead. Also the size of cast, 
with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Variance 
in business necessary ' for mUsical attraction as against dramatic 
, play is also considered. ^ 

Classification of. attraction, house capacity and top prices of the 
admission scale given below. Key to classification: C (comedy) ; 
D (drama) ; R (revue) ; M (musical comedy) ; F (farce) ; O (operetta). 



(Admission tax applies only on 
tickets priced rnore than $3.) 

"A* Connecticut Yankee," Vanderbilt 
(39th week) (M-882-$B.50). Third 
week o£ high temperatures last 
week; ho. break for most shows, 
though some leaders benefited be- 
cause of comparatively small 
number of offerings; "Yankee" 
rated around $13,000. 

"Blackbirds," Liberty (12th week) 
(R-l,202-$3)v Business better con- 
sistently oyer previous week and; 
irf nine performances colored re 
vue quoted above $14,000. 

"Coquette," Moxine Elliot (38th 
week) (D-912-$3.8B). Passed 300th 
performance ; some cast changes, 
but star ( Helen Hayes) remains 
and business profitable at $8,000 or 
bit more. 

"Diamond Lii," Royale (16th week) 
(C-l,117-$3). Rated second in 
non-musical group last week; ex 
' ceptional for attraction of type; 
estimated over $14,000. 

"Good News," Chanln's 46th St 
(47th week) (M^1,413-$5.S0). Ex 
pected to last into new season 
with year's run mark virtually 
cinched, but new production likely 
during, autumn; no Improverhent 
last week at $15,000. 

"Grand Street Follies," Booth (5th 
week) (R-704-$3). Geared to make 
money at modest figures; well out 
In front; trade excellent until heat 
wave arrived ; $9.500 recently. 




"Greenwich Village Follies," Winter 
Garden (ITth week^ ■ (R-l>4?3- 
$5.50). Final week; leaves tor 
Chicago after Friday; small run 
for a Garden revue; house gofes 
dark, 

"Porgy," Republic (2nd engagement) 
(9th week) (D-901-$2,50). Prob- 
ably costs little to operate; has 
not gotten grosses expected on 
repeat, but bettering even break; 
$6,000. 

"Present Arms," Mansfield (14th 
week) (M-l,050-$5). Agency buy 
expired; early promise of excep- 
tional fun not fulfilled and house 
will get another attraction in fall; 
heat pushed pace under $14,000. 
"Rain or Shine,'? Geo. M. Cohan 
(25th week) (M-l,371-$5.50). Stood 
up strongly until heat arrived; 
should come back, .and expected 
to extend well into new season ; 
claimed over $25,000 last week. 
*!Rosalie," New Amsterdam (29th 
week) (M-l,702-$6.60). Manage-, 
ment plans continuance uhtir Oc- 
. tober, then ta road; a new "Fol- 
lies" probable successor; -about 
$28,000, with agency support. ' 
"Scandals," Apollo , (4th week) (R- 
l,168-$6.60). Capacity since open 
Ing, though some space reported 
: empty at Wednesday matinee la;st 

week through heat; over $48,000 
"Show Boat,*' Ziegfeld (31st week) 
(M-l,750-$6.60). No change in 
Indication of year's, run or more; 
dropped oft sothewhat on hot 
nights, but will come back; last 
week rated at $42,000. 
"Strange Interlude," Golden (26th 
week) (D-900-$4.40). Agency de 
mand reported not as strong as 
before, although attraction gelling 
out. Paced at ;$16,0ff0, topping 
dramas. 

"Skidding/' Bijou (10th week) (C 
605-$3). One of least costly shows 
to operate In town, but in the box 
anyhow; maybe $2,500 last week; 
new show slated for house next 
month. 

"The Bachelor < Father," Belasco 
(22nd week) (C-i.000-$3.85). Lead- 
ing non-mueIca4s until warm 
. weather came; last week around 
$13,000, lowest gross to date 
should recover and go through 
fall. 



"The Intruder," BUtmore (1st week) 
(•C-l,000-$3). Independently pre- 
sented; only premiere on Broad- 
way for weeks; opens tonight 
(July 25). 
"The Ladder," Cort (93rd week) (D- 
l,094-$3)i Admission charged, but 
few customers; gross for last 
week estimated at $300. . 
"The Lawyer's Dilemma," Wallack'3 
. (3rd week) (C-77«-$3). Still go- 
ing on, but only backer knows 
why; rated at $1,500 or less. 
The Royal Family," Selwyn (31st 
week) (C-l,067-$3.85). E.xpeCted 
to last through September; busi- 
ness off for past month or so, but 
probably profltablfe around $10,000. 
"The Silent House," Shubert (25th 
week) (D-l,395r$3). Making Money 
and" will go through summer;: 
leaders out of cast with gross ap- 
proximating $8,000; trade satisfac- 
tory. . . 
"The Three Musketeers," Lyric (20th 
week) (O-l,395-$6.60), Went off 
like others during month, but still 
rated good third In going; last 
week gross again a,bout $38,000. 
"The Trial of Mary Dugan," Harris 
(45th week) (D-l,051-$3). Long 
est run of season's dramas; will 
probably round out year? approxl 
mately $7,5'00 recently. 
"Volpone," Guild (12th week) (C- 
941.- $3.85). Expected to last 
through balance : of summer, 
though business dropped away off 
during July ; rated around $6,000. 

Little Theatres 
Marriage On Approval," Totten: 
final week; next attraction, "The 
Kiss " 

"Still Water," Grove Street. 
"Sweeney Todd," 64th Street. 



NEW YORK THEATRES 



The 



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nACHELOR 
P FATHER 

By Edward Chtldi Ctrpenter 
with JVNB WALKEB. C. AUnBKX 
BmXH, OEOIl'FRET KEBK 
mrT AcnnThea.. W. 44th St. Kv*. 8:80. 
BJIlLAoLU Mat& Thura. & Sat.. 2:80. 



lEW FIELDS' THEA.iEva^**/ei," 

MANSFIEUJ— W. 47 St. IThura & Sat. 
LEW FIELDS Presents 
THE NEW MUSICAX COMEDY HIT 

''Present Arms'' 

. By FIELDS. R0DGER8 & HART 
"The tUDcrCilest, Uie daoclcflt, the fistest and 
most colorful ihow of mani > dny." ' . 

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The Mnslesl Comedy That I MABK 
WIU Live Forever! I TWAIN'S 



Jed Harris Production. 
THE 



Vfae West's Trumpy 
Up Her Sleeve— Secret 

Awaiting: an aldjustment of the 
dispute between Mae West, co- 
author, star and heaviest stock- 
holder In "Diamond Lll" arid Jack 
Liinder who produced^the shOw, the 
charges preferred against her by 
the show's management lay dormant 
at JJqulty, The difl^erences are ex- 
pected to be settled by arbitration 
or privately. 

Linder wrote Equity asking that 
the charges, of insubordination be 
held In abeyance. Miss West, al- 
t.h.ough not yet ofllcially notified by 
Equity, wrote It saying ah attempt 
would be made to arbitrate. 

Last week things appeared to be 
quiet airound the show, and business 
was' better at the Royale. Miss West 
Is said to be Indifferent as to the 
charges and Is understood to have 
a trump up her sleeye. 



"Good News,;; 23d Wk. 
In Chi, to $25,0 



10 



News," Boston, $13,000 

Boston, July 24. 
."Good News" is still the only 
legit attraction In town and. got a 
break last week after four days 
against exceptionally warm' weather. 
Collected plenty Friday nleht when 
a severe, rain swept the city. Busi- 
ness built for Saturday and esti- 
mated gross was around $13,00Q, up 
about $1,000 from previous Week. 

Some advance announcements 
coming through for "The Great 
Necker," due at the Wilbur Aug. 6, 
and "Sunny .Bays" booked into the 
Shubert Aug. 13; 



"Captive" Thru in Frisco; 
Grafs Can Fight Off 



San Francisco, July. 24. 

"The Captive" is all through so 
far as San Francisco Is concerned. 
Management of the Capitol, particu- 
larly the Graf Brothers, supposed to 
be "silent partners" in the running 
of thijg newly renovated legit houfle, 
tossed up the sponge. 

The Grafs came Into court and 
meekly told the judge that they 
were through fighting and that, they 
would miake no further, attempt \o 
force the show down the throa:ts of 
the town If the powers . didn't 
^yant It. 

■ Cases against the players In the 
police court, however, are still pend- 
ing^/" 



"Unborn Child'' Under Canvas 
Danbury, Cbnri., July 24. 
"Her Unborn Child" Is playing 
New England under canvas. Three 
day stands are being made. 

Cast Includes Edward Keeman, 
Frank Kirk, Diana Thilllng and Ada 
Daiton. 




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cui urvM *2d St Bvs. 8:30 
SELW YN Mta. Wed. & St, 2:30 



JOE COOK 

"RAIN OR SHINE" 

Geo. pnU AM I'll-. B'y & 43 St. Eves. 8:30 
l/UriHra .Matlneea Wed, and Sat.- 



M. 



"A Connecticut Yankee 

Adapted by 
FIELDS, ROnOEBS add UABT 



Thnftt.re GuUd Prodoctions 

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Evenings 5:30 

JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE 

SSth, Ett«t of Brotidwny 



SECOND WEEK 

WlUlam Fox Presents 
FRANK BORZAGE'S 

"STEEET ANGEI" 

with JANET QATNOR 
and CHAS. FARRELL. 
A Sc«nle and- Stage Spectacle 

witli Co. of 350— Woxjr Orohcs- 
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7th Ave. & 
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^'-'**-«*^ Thora. and Sat^ 8:S0 



I Doors Open DaUy 10:30 A. M, 
J All Seats 35c. to 1 P. M.^, 



3rd 
Week 

The Flt-at 100%- 7 reel "All Talkie"' 

"LIGHTS OF NEW YORK" 

Elaborate Vitaphone 

Program 
MOVIETONE NEWS 



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Chicago, July 24. 

The season has been rotten and 
losses heavy. Practically every 
house, with one or two exceptions, 
can see red. . 

The Woods went approximately 
$45,000 In the box trying to keep 
open this summer, but had to 
darken after various attempts rang 
ing from first run films and big 
musical' stock to second rate road 
shows. The Erlanger managed to 
break even until June, and then 
business, was' lion-exlstent and the 
house drew its curtails and joined 
the other glooms. The Olympic was 
closed at the opening of the sum- 
mer, ostensibly to undergo, renova- 
tion and remodeling. Then there 
was the Harris, which, besides be- 
ing dark, had to shoulder a hut of 
around $4,000 . to exploit "The 
People," with this play falling to 
show. The Selwyn, sister house of 
the Harris, has the record for thisi 
summer's prosperity with a profit 
to date of around $75,000. Due. of 
course, to "Good News;" 

Another 'Dearborn street house, 
the Cort, without any big shows, Is 
just getting out from under by 
pooling . the present show, "Com- 
panionate Marriage." The Four Co- 
hans has been unquestionably the 
best booked house of the town, 
though probably the last few weeks 
of "Sunny Days" have been to small 
money. Adelphi, now . dark, man- 
aged to stay open for a good part of 
the summer, but lost money on the 
last two shows to play the house, 
Great Northern, now vacant,' had a 
real money magnet In "Desert 
Song." This was a wise move here 
when summier business was not re- 
garded as worthy of any attention 
The Illinois has been dark all sum- 
mer following a generally prosper- 
ous year. 

Over at the Blackstone business 
held up well throughout the season, 
with money stili coming to "Elmer 
the Great," current. The Stude 
baker is not In the running, due to 
Sam InsuU's b&nk roll. ' 
... Estimates for Last Week 

"Elmer the Great" (Blackstone, 
6th week).. Still In the money at 
around $lli.500, getting set to move 
shortly to make room for another 
Cohan attraction; business has held 
pretty steady. 

"Good News" (Selwyn, 23d week) 
Consistently sensational run; biz 
holds remarkably well; touching 
$25,000. 

"Sunny Oaya" (Four Cohans, Hth 
week). Due to move soon; .business 
bad of late, and figured about 

$.12,000. 

"Excess .Baggage" (Garrick, 22hd 
week). Still here and a mild draw; 
near $9,000. 

"Companionate Marriage*' (Cort, 
11th week). Hanging on by sticking 
close to $5,000; will probably con 
tinue for a month or so and then 
lay off until producer starts brush 
ing up for New York presentiation 



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St. Louis, July 24. 
Frances Marie Cuming, known as 
Patricia O'Day, and Kenneth A- 
Smlth, both of the Fresh Park 
Company's chorus, eloped to Clay- 
ton and were married last week. 



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Members of Wilcox Stock 
Refuse Dress Ripping Bit 

Syracuso, X. TT., July 24, 
■Ripping' a lady's dress down the 
front may be art to sonio follcs, but 
It isn't to tbo Wioting stock com- 
pany here. So tlie Wilcoxians, now 
in tlieir fifth Koason here, Won't pro- 
duce "One Man's Woman" next 
week.deapile the desire of Jack 
Hays, new company pilot, to give the, 
town something different. 

Hays as.sumod the reins of . the 
Btock la.st week, the fourth man to 
be installed in the front olTice by 
Judge Montague in an effort to put 
the cornpany oyer. Hays, whose laist 
berth was as manager for "Diamond 
Liil" in New York, looked over th'? 
list of plays done so far this season 
and expressed the opinion they wore 
too mild. He ran into trouble upon 
Informing Frank VVilcox of the 
choice of play. 

"All right, lay off," said: Hays to 
"Wilcox, and went ahead with, his 
plan."?, submitting this ad copy to 
underline Sunday's copy: "Daring! 
Different! 'One Man's "VS'oman.' 
She Sold flersolf for a Trip to Concy 
Island and a Hot Dog!" 

Meanwhile Al Macic, director of 
the company, attempted to cast the 
piece. Hay?, it is said, suggested 
that Mack play the male. lead him- 
self. He refused. One version is 
that his refusal leads to Mack's de ■ 
parture from the company nex', 
Monday. Mack denies this, .saying 
he is leaving to accept a talking pic- 
ture offer. Feminine lead proved 
equally distasteful, and Helen 
Mayon- closes Saturday, night. Dor- 
othy Holmes, ingenue, was a.sked to 
take it, but also refused. 

Finialiy, on Saturday, Hays called 
another 'conference and admitted 
himself . up. against a stone wall. 
"One Mail's "Woman'' was definitely 
dropped, and "The Squnll" substi- 
tuted. 

Two more jnombers of the "Wilcox 
Btock clo.sed Saturday night. Hugh 
V. O'Connell, guest star comedian, 
departed to rehear.se in "Gentlemen 
of the Press." Clay Cody, third stag<^ 
manager since the season began, also 
made his .exit. It is said Willard 
Foster, character man, will succeed 
Mack as director. 



San Francisco, July 24. 
deary street is copping heavy 
gravy at the box offices. Last week 
was well on an average with the 
week before. Both of Homer Cur- 
ran's houses, the Curran and Geary, 
had them coming steadily all seven 
days. 

"A Night in. Spain," in its fourth 
week, is e.stimated close to $28,000, 
and "Command to Love," also in Its 
fourth and final week, copped 
$16,700. 

Both of Henry Duffy's companies 
drew a little l)etter than average. 
At the Alca;zar "Tommy" held up 
at $5,300, and at the President "The 
"Wooden Kimona" grabbed $5,700. 

Columbia. with "Man Who 
Laugh.s" (film), in its third week, 
scored $7,500. Considered better 
than just good. 



A. Grosses 



Los Angeles, July 24. 

In its ninth week at the Mayan 
"(lood News" is still the leader of 
the legit group in town. Starting, 
off bit light early in week, this Sam 
Halvin production rolled up a total 
«t $20,74.0, allowing a healthy 
profit for the producer. . 

In fourth week at the Biltmoro 
••Dracula" got around the $10,000 
mark. "The Spider" looks like one 
of the best bets the Belaseo has 
had in its entire career, ■ getting 
$16,300 last week.. 

"Show Off" in fourth week at El 
Capitan over $5,000. President, 
other Henry Diiffy house, for the 
third week of "Why Men I^eave 
Home," got $5,200. 

"Mary's Other Husband," at Ed- 
ward Everett Hbi'ton's Vine Street, 
in Its initial we6k, started what 
looks like an eight- week run by 
getting $8,450. At the Hollywood 
I'layhouse they claim $5,300 for the 
fourth week of "Wliat a Man." 
"Desert Song," sixth week at the 
Majestic, looks to. be skidding a.'^ 
$16,000 would denote, yarah. J'ad- 
den seems to be quite a hit in the 
rewritten ver.«ion of "Window 
_l'aji.e.s/' gettmg J2J)pJ) for J.he third 
wee£ 6"f "iu'V .stay Tn "tTiFs ^38-scat- 
houKu at pop. priet'S. 

Four houses dark last week and 
»ive no apparent indit'iuion of re- 
opening soon. Tli"y are Mason, 
Orange (ir()V(\ Hollywood Music 
Hox and I'igueroa Playhouse, 



$16,700 for 'Xommand"! I 



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Aknm, O., July 2-1. 
('f'loi)i.il Players have coni.'ludcd 
<it tho I'olonial. House remain.^ 
dark for .«ix week.*; and reopens with 
vuudelilm policy. 



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VARIETY 



R A D I O-M US I C 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Disk Reviews 

By ABEL 



Johnny Marvin- Hdrold Yates 

Two contrasting vocalists ort a 
Victor record doing a novelty and a 
baUad. ■ Matviii> recently returned 
from abroad, waxes rollicking with 
"Oh! You Have ISTo Idea." It is 
coupled Yatea' "i'm Tired ot Mak- 
ing Believe," a sob number, 

. The Knickerbockers 
^<5w ditties from I'Blackbirds of 
1928" revue make an inspiring 
dance couplet by The Knickerbockr 
ers. "I Can't Give You Anything 
but Loye" and "I Must Have That 
Man," both with vocal refrains, are 
as distinctively handled In orches- 
tration as they are original. Co- 
lumbia No. 1424. 



Emerson Gill— Charles Kaley 

. Two midwest maestros are 
backed iip on Columbia No. 1408 
3111, Cleveland favorite, does "Ready 
tor the River," witn vocal chorus by 
Pinkey Hunter, this, being the sue 
cessot to "Chloe," and Kaley, a Chi 
m'y c, who also sings, which was 
his original forte when M'lth Abe 
Lyman,^ handles "Blue Ridge Motin 
lain Home." 



. Bernie Cummins 

Bernie Cummins Is relatively new 
to . Brunswick ais an exclusive re 
cording artist. Cummins is the ace 
dance feature at the Hotel Bllt- 
mbre. New York. 

Their type of dance music Is pri 
marily commercial. When they do 
"My Melancholy Baby" and 
"There's Somebody New," there's 
no mistaking the themes which are 
hot burled under ah avalanche of 
trick modulatibris and Jazz breaks. 

Cummins seems to realize he's 
playing for a lay circulation, and 
not the sophisticated laboratory 
men or musicians who are but a 
minority, and does his stuff accord- 
ingly. A trio is prominent In "Mel 
ancholy Baby," and Paul Roberts 
solos "Somebody Else." 



Cuban and Oriental on tlie. "B" side, 
are superbly Interpreted by the 
Whitemanites^" 

W hiteman plays them in orthodox 
fashion, eschewing any syncopated 
transniutatlons, and achieves a not- 
able recording. 



Cliff Friend 

This hew Victor reqording artist 
Is a well-known songwriter with a 
host of hits to his credit. Friend Is 
also mean song salesman, judg- 
ing from the first two aides of what 
will doubtlessly be a series of "Daf- 
fy Ditties." There's nothing but a 
medley of . doggerels, familiar, and 
not so familiar gags and chatter 
done in silly rhyme to self-piano ac- 
companiment. 

Some shrewd homely humor con- 
tained in the. ditties and all in all 
It's good canned vaudeville. 



Seger Ellis 

This confidential tenor is the Gene 
Austin of Columbia. He reminds a 
good deal of Austin or vice-versa 
and does the same type of num- 
bers, ofttimes coinciding on selec^ 
tions. "Last Night I Dreamed You 
Kissed Me " and "Was It a Dream?" 
as the couplet oh No. 1433 rate with 
his best. 



Ben Selvin . 

Now a recdrding executive with 
the Columbia, Selvin, who is a vete- 
ran disk maker, still retains. his own 
unit for "canning" on the Colum 
bia label. "Just a Night for Media 
tion" and "Chilly Pom Pom Pee" are 
his latest releases, both proving 
serviceable fox trots. 



K«nn Sisson 

. Sisson is best known as a premier 
jazz arranger with Ben Bernie and 
th^ publishers.. He now has his own 
recording orchestra for Brunswick 
and shows some interesting mate- 
rial with "Wings" and "When," Ed- 
die Thomas soloing in the first and 
a vocal duet contributing in the lat- 
ter. 

They are* effective fox trots. The 
former is the theme song of the 
Paramount film feature, "Wings." 



Paul Whiteman 

Among the last of Whiteman's 
concert recordings for Victor, this 
12-incher Is out-and-out conceft. 
Victor Herbert's "Suite of Sere- 
nades," with Its four themes, Span- 
ish and Chinese on one side, and 



Open Air Opera Record 

St. Louis, July 24. 

All records for ticket sales for the 
Municipal Opera performances at 
the open 'air theatre, r<'orest Park 
were broken at the Friday evening 
performance of "The Student 
Prince," when a capacity audience 
jammed th6 huge ampltheatre. The 
official box rftlce statement showed 
an intake of $7,429 for that night 
eclipsing by $59 the previous record 
for a single perfonnance established 
by "Rose- Marie," a year ago, which 
drew $7,370. 

It is estimated that more than 
12,000 persons attended the per 
formances. The top for Municipal 
Opera performances is $2 for box 
seats, with nearly half of the avail- 
able seats sold at 25 and 60 cents. 



LEADING ORCHESTRAS DIREa^^^ 



IRVING AARONSON 



and HIS COMMANDERS 

Featured in "PARIS" 
WILBUR THEATRE, BOSTON 



PHIL FABELLO 



and His 

ORCHESTRA^ 

LOEW'S 7th AVENUE THEATRE 
New York City 



MAL HALLETT 



AND HIS ORCHESTRA 
New England Dance Tour 

Pvtmnncnt Address: 
CIIARLES SHUIKMAN, Mannser, 
S/VMCM, MASS, 



GEORGE OLSEN 



AND HIS MUSIC 

"GOOD NEWS" 

CHANIN'S 4tlTn STRKIOT TIIKATRE 
NEW VOKK riT* 
Offlco: 20 >V»-Ht iS*! Wrcept 
NcAv York City 



B. A. ROLFE 



HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA 

WEAF ARTISTS 
Edison Records 

' ROLFE ORCHESTRAS, Inc. 
200 W. 48th St., New York City 
Piiona Lmsk. tiOU 



FROM DETROIT 



JEAN GOLDKETTE 



Orchestras 

VICTOR RECORDS 
Office: 812 Book Tower 
DETROIT 



VINCENT LOPEZ 



and His ORCHESTRA 

Exclusive Brunswick Artist 

WOODMANSTEN INN 
Pelham Parkway, N. Y. 



PARISIAN RED HEADS 



America's Greatest Girl Band 

rc'ritiniiont AddroM ' 
28 U°<>st Nordi St., Inainnnpolia. Ind. 



IBERNIE SIEGELk' MUSIC 



Next Season Not Good 



People connected with nlte 
clubs in '.Ne^y York profess to 
believe next season will see 
slight business. 

This has been . an . ' annual 
Slimmer predlctlpn; for the past 
three or foiir years. So far it 
. has but partially come true. 

Baals for the anhuai belief 
now is said to be the poor nite 
club trade of the past ^ew 
months, . the recent federal 
raids and the usual cause of 
high checks for poor service! 
and worse booze. 



Dn Morro-Coftone at Roxy 



Dr. Melchiore Morro-Cottone, for 
many, years at the Capitol, New 
York, joins the Roxy staff, as organ- 
ist Aug. 1. - 

At that time Lew; White, the 
premier organist at the Roxy, goes 
on a month's vacation during Cot- 
toiie's try-out period. C. A. J. Par- 
mentler and George Epstein con- 
tinue as associate organists. 

Cottohe: will be succeeded by 
Henry Murtagh at the Capitol. 



ORGANISTS MARRY 



George Latsch and Esther New' 
combe Now Man and Wife 



George H. Latsch and Esther. I. 
Newcombe were maiTied July 19. 
They will start on a European 
honeymoon in. August. 

The groom is organist at the 
Stanley theatre, .Jersey City, the 
largest house (4,500) in that town. 
Mrs. Latsch is organi.st at the 
Orpheurri, another Jersey City the- 
atre. 



Fox Heads Band 

Los Angeles, July 24. 
Ray Fox. trumpeter in Gus Arn 
helms' orchestra at the Cocbanut 
Grove, Ambassador hotel, has or 
ganized his own band and is going 
into the Montmartre, He succeeds 
the Vince Rose- Jackie Taylor 
combo. 



TONY BIDDLE'S PARTY 

Newport, July 24. 
Harry Rosenthal . and his Palm 
Beach Bath and Tennis Club orches 
tra invaded Newport Saturday night 
for the biggest party of the sea 
son, thrown by Tony Biddle, the 
most popular figure in society, at his 
Bellevue avenue estate. 

Biddle is Interested in th3 St. 
Regis Hotel, New York, and Is also 
one of the biggest stockholdeVs 
back of the Sonora phonograph. 



Collaborator Must Be 
Named in "Betsy" Suit 

Irving Caesar and David Freed- 
man, librettists of "Betsy," Zlegf eld's 
champ flop musicaly must now make 
William Anthony McGulre a tech- 
nical co-defendant in their suit to 
recover, accrued royalties on the 
show, Ziggy contends that Mc- 
Guire was called in to doctor the 
book and while not program- 
credited as a co-author, McGylre is 
technically involved. 

Caesar and Freedman are suing 
for an accounting. They received 
no royalty statements on "Betsy" 
and believe there is between $5,000 
and $10,000 due thern. 

After haying their complaint dis- 
missed, the Appellate Division re- 
versed the original ruling and re- 
manded the action back to the Su- 
preme Court for trial which comes 
up in the fall. 



Weber Stops Contracts 



Los Angeles, July 24. . 
Musicians working in Movietone, 
Vitaphohe or any other sound pic- 
tures cannot accept long-term en- 
gagements imder ' any conditions, 
accprdiiig to notification received, 
here from Joseph M. Weber, presi- 
dent of the American Federation of 
Musician^. . 

Weber's statement specifies that 
musicians must be paid from week 
to week and undeV no othor ar- 
rangement. 



PIANO-LESS OFFICE 

While a music publisher without 
a piano might be likened to a show- 
girl without s. a., Al Piantadosi is 
probably the only publisher in the 
world who hasn't a piano in his 
Office. 

Piantadosi exploits his songs via 
orchestrations and private derrton- 
strations to artists at their homes 
or in a pelghboring publisher's pro- 
fessional studios. 



LAWBENCE IN N. Y. 

Maurice Lawrience, in charge of 
musical matters for Publlx in Texas, 
has been promoted to the home of- 
fice. He will be assigned to duty 
within the big music department iti 
the Paramount building. 



Counsel Says Talkers 
Don't Hurt Musicians 



Milwaukee, July 24. - 
Milwaukee musicians will not join, 
in tiie fight, .with Chicago union 
members to discourage further in- 
stallation of talkers, according to 
Joseph Padway, union attorney, 
who said that the imlon does not 
cai-e if every house in town wires. 
. "There are several liundred musi- 
cian§ here out of work how because 
the houses have closed or are. not 
using bands," Padway said. "We 
are used to this summer policy and ' 
will not fii'ht it Our new conti-acts 
go to the theatre men in September, 
and we feel tliei-e will be hp trouble, 
in getting them, sighed. 

"The Milwaukee musicians are 
ready to fight if they are frozen -out 
by the talkers, but there is no in- 
dication yet that we will be "seri- 
ously affected. We are ready for a 
battle, though, if necessary. 

"When the new contracts are 
offered th^i:^e will be no deniand 
made for a raise in the scale. We are 
satislied^ with the present scale, for 
the present at least.'; 

Of all of the downtown houses, 
there are only five in which the 
unions have men working. The Al- 
hambra, which closes Saturday, dis-. 
pense'd with its orchestra two weeks 
ago and is using only organ music. 
The Garden is using a full-wired 
program, while the Gayety, 
Princess and . Miller are running 
without niusic. The Davidson, 
legit, closing, throw's five or six 
more men out of work. 



Cato's ^and ^ined 



Detroit, July 24. 

Cato's Vagabonds, 12-piece band, 
has been fined $1,600 by the Detroit 
Federation of Musicians for work- 
ing under scale at Lester Bripgs' 
Oriole Terrace; Each member is 
fined $100,. with Cato's amounting 
to $500. 

An original aggregate fine of 
$13,000, $1,000 a man and $2,00^ for 
the leader, was. later reduced. 



Good Vice Morgan 

Los Angeles, July 24. 

Dave Good, m. c. at the Broad- 
way, Portland, has been assigned 
by Fanchon and Marco to replace 
Gene Morgan at the Boulevard here 
this week. 

Morgan is going on a two months' 
vacation and will probably work 
around. New .Yprk^later. 



LITERATI 

(Continued from page 25) 
book plates,; binding, etc., and the 
attendant advertising to launch a 
possible best sell6r iE^ccount for this 
relatively smnll margin pf profit. 



George' e Carnec With Fox 

Georgette . Carneal, shoi story 
•iter, novelist and former mer-^er 

of the "World" (New York) staff. 

has been .' 'aged by Fox to wi-ile 

.scenarios. 

Miss '^arneal dopiirts foi; the 

roasl. Au'r,. 6. 



"OBCHESTBAS OF 'DlS'nNCTION" 

Foaturpd at 
ALCONIA INN 
70 U'0<Hll>lnc SI. ProvldriKo. H. I. 



PAUL WHITEMAN 



And HIS GREATER ORCHESTRA 

1560 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. 
D^oUOB niLXilAAl AIOUKIH 



: The Lltc'iury Guild of America, 
after about a year's 'existence in the 
Hold, now has 50,000 subscribers at 
$18 a year. This gives the sub- 
.scriber a book a' month at a cut 
prii'e -With "othT'rMnducenicnts.--^-^^^^ 

For .the Guild it means a $900,000 
annual capital to work with. The 
organization is Just beginning to 
turn a profit aftcM* being in the red 
for a iw'olflhmonth altliough im- 
port.'intly eiulowod. 

Still another book-of-the-month 
organization is understood being or- 
ganized, 



Under tlio editor.flup of Erixcst V. 
lleyn, "Film Fun" will gradually 
pel away from the movie angle and 
no ill for (joucral iiualOE. 



Cabaret BOls 

NEW YOUK 



Arrowhead Inn 

Meyer Davia Orch 

Ben Glaser 

John D'AIessandro 

. Oantilllan Gardens 

Harold Liconnrd Or 
Cliff O'llourke 
Revue 
Caatiniiin Royal 

Eddie KIklns Or 
N T G r.ev 

Chateau Madrid 

Harold Leonard Or 
Keller. Sis & Lynch 
Don &■ Jerry 
Alice Rldnour 
Jack White 
Mary Lcc 
Joey Vv Agstaff 

Club Monterey 

Bunny VVeldpn Jlev 
Carol Uoyd Orcli 



Coanle's Inn 

Sam . Manning Rev 
Leroy Tlbbs Orch 

Et^erslade* 

Earl Lindsay Rev 
Eddie , Da via 
Alan Lane Or 
FrivoUty 
N T O Rev 
Tom Timothy Bd 

Helen Morgan's 

Helen Morgan 
J li'rlcdman Bd . 

flofbrna 

C P Strickland Or 

IIot«l Ambassador 

jFrancea Mann 
Pred Carpenter 
Van der Zanden Or 

Ilotel Blltmore 

Madl'ne Northway 

G'ser^Chllea ^ 



B Cummins Or 

Hotel Hanre' 

Geo Hall Orch 

Jardin Royal 

Carroll Dunlap Or 

L«verlch Towers 
Hotel 

Brooklyn 
Mel Cratg Oicb 

Atontmartre 

Emil Coleman Bd 

MoAlpIn Ilotel 

McAIplneera* Orch 
Oakland's Termre 
Will Oakland 
Landau'e Bd 

Falnls D^Or 

Van -Stetxifp Or - ■ 



Pavilion Royal . 

Meyer Davis Orch 

Pelham Heath . Inn 

Hal Hlxon 

Roy Mack's Rev 

Cass Hagen Or 

Pennsylvania Ilotel 

Johnny Johnson.Or 

St. Regis Hotel 

Vincent Lopez Or 
Rosita & Ramoin 

Salon Royal 

Tcxfla Gulnan 
Tommy Lyman 
BIprclow & Lee' 
Silver i^llpprr 

N T G Rev • ^ 
Jimmy Carr'Oroh 

Smnll's Paradise 

Chos Johnson Bd 

.Woodmanstcn Inn. 

Vincent -Lopez .Or 



CHICAGO 



. ' Alabam 
Dale »y$r 
Lew King ' 
Ralph Bart 
Ernie Adlor - 
Eddie South Bd 

■ Ches-nerre 

Esrl Hoffmpn'p Or 

Collrge Inn 

Sirnnies &• Bfibotte 
Ofchnjpn 2 
Kate Smith 
Sherman Bd 

Orlentiil-Diivis . 

Loonils 2 
Su;;annc Prance 
Amllo & Juvlla 
Bolla Steppers 
Abo Lym.m Bd 
Sol Wafrner Bd 



Golden Pumpkin 

Myrtle Lansing 
Irene George 
Wary King 
Texa? Redheads 
Joo Martinez Bd 

Kelly's Stables 

King Jones 
Charley Alexander 
Johnny. Dodda' Bd 

Lantern Cafe . 

Freddy De Syrette 
George Taylor 
Betty Taacott 
Gladyce iCllday 
HniTlet Smith 
Al Wugner Bd 

Samovar 

Olive O'Ncll 
Carroll & Gorman 
Joffrc Sis 
Pred Walts Bd 



Terrace Gardrii 

Lolita Amict 
Splice Httmllton Bd 

TiirklNh .Village 

Harry ITarria 
Phil Murphy 
Margie Ryan 
Proddle Jania Bd 

Vanity .Fiilr 

Larry Vincent 
Rick & Snyder 
Adele Walker 
Jane McAilistoi; 
Patsy Snyder 
Leo Wolf Bd 

ROAD 

Dolls 

Eddie Clifford 
Allan Snyder 
LaMarr & Joainc 



Coon Sandera Bd 

Four Seasons 

Jules Novit Bd 

Garden of Allah 

Httrry Moons 
Josephine: .Taylor 
Rose' Wynn 
Hank Liahin Bd 

Iilncoln Tavrm 

A 1 Handler 
Eddie Collins 
ErcoUe Sla 
Prank ' Leonard 
Charlie Straight Bd 

Vllin Venire 

Vlctroft 
Angolita 
Dooley 2 
Klrby De Gage 
Al Bouche Rev 
James Wade Bd 



WASHINGTON 



Carlton 

Meyer Davis Orch 

Chevy Clinso Jjihe 

Moycr Davis Orch 

CInb Madrlllon 

J O'Donnell Orch 



Club Mlra<lor 

M Harmon Orch 

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E Dougiierty Orch 

Le Paradis 
Roof 

Meyer Davia Orch 



LotiiB 

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Mayno\yer 

Sldn'y Sldenm'n Or 
Powhatan Koof ' 
J Slaughter Orch 



""^Woma^aitrd**n8P-'^ 
Chos W^right Orch 

Willnrd Roof 

Meyer- Davis Orch 

Wardman Park 

Meyer Davis Orch 



PHILADELPHIA 



Club IJdo 

Broadway FoUlcs 
Club ftladrld 

Chic Barrymore 
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Jean Wallin 
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Pauline Zenoa 
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Joe Candullo Orrh 



Picrndllly 

Al Wohlman 
Murray 81s 
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Al White 
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Abe Ballpger's Rev 
Walton Root 

LeRoy Smith Orch 
Pawn & Jardon 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



RADIO-NIGHT CLUBS 



VARIETY 



BALLROOM CIRCULARS 
QUITE MUCH ALIKE 

Gala Receptions With Screen 
and Stage Stars Almost 
Guaranteed 



; Chicago, July 24. 

Mails are clotted these warm 
days with weeklies, circulars and 
blotleas blotters from theatrical en- 
terprises throughout the country. 
In scanning the output for a mis- 
placed comma, or possibly a ham 
sandwich, with plenty 6i mustard, 
It was found that all weeklies 
Issued by ballrooms b.eiir a surpris- 
ing similarity. 

At first it was thpught they were 
all edited by a man named Crins- 
berg, Who had a bicycle, but later 
It was found that all ballroom 
weekly editors' minds Just run In 
the same channel. Most use the 
weekly as a plaything, managing a 
grocery store or six-day. bike race 
on the side. By placing all week- 
lies in one pile,, the following com- 
posite resulted: 

ARCADIA NfiWS 

(Published weekly by the Aphro- 
dite Arcadia Ballroom . for . distri- 
bution among its patrons, Contri- 
butions should be placed in the box 
marked "Contributions!" near the 
Gents' room. We welcome con- 
tributions! Joe Slapgott, editor.— 
Ed.) 

ARCAD12 PXANS GAIaA 
CELBB'RATION! ' 
Stars. Of Stage And Screen To Ap- 
pear . in Gala Celebratloh! 
Will Be Gala Ceiebration! 
B!et that takes load off of the ole 
mind! — huh? 

Well, folln, the maniagement has 




A CHOP HOUSE 
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 

156-8 WEST 48TH StREET 



East 9f Broadway 




You Hear It Everywhere 

"Sweet EDa May" 

AndtMr "Mafy^ Lou'' " ' 



.1.., 
1 

i 

! RpBBiNS Music Corporation 



Watch It Grow 



799 Seventh Avcmie.WewVoA 



p^-'"=^-' B=TT.-BrTT . i^T5 g.rrBr. 



GUS 
ARNHEIM'S 

COCOANUT 

GROVE 
ORCHESTRA 
AMBASSADOR 



LOS ANGELES 
Second Year 



<5ot a Copy of Thin Sonp Sent to You 

"My Mother, Old and Gray" 

Just olT. the. pross; price, 30 cents. 
Actor.% slnper.") and cnl pr(Jilnor.<!, write 

to mo. You nan use thi.n none 
_ on the Ptacc 

" m. E. Mo<z. Jr., S.'.'l.'i lliiniboiat Ave. 

Detroit. MIeb., 
Dcalori) and muHic houses, write for 
prices 



decided to. reward you for your 
loyal patronage by staging a -big 
event Tuesday, August 28 (Re- 
member the date — Tuesday, August 
28) in honor of their 83rd week of 
faithful, loyal and untiring devo- 
tion in operating IP NATURE 
WON'T MY SAUER KRAUT 
JUICE MIGHTt-^ELITE DELICA- 
TESS. this great big wonderful 
ballroom! It will be known as 
Kazatska Night, in. honor of Moe 
and Nick Kazatska, who Unflinch- 
ingly built this ballroom on dreams, 
jiist so that you might have 
eiitaoinshrdlu2345678 just so that 
you might have a Joyous rendez- 
vous In which to .spend delightful 
lazy hours away from the made 
from the maddening toil of this 
worj^aday world! . 
. W honor of this gala celebra- 
tion, Madge Bell- Anns, star of the 
Internationally Famous Abe Elum- 
blotz Stock Players, ha^ consented 
to appear and .hand out auto- 
graphed copies of iier own beautiful 
self to each and, every Kazatska 
rooter! (Photographs by courtesy 
of Zurich's Photograph Gallery- 
Babies A Specialty). Then, too 
Miss Mamye O'Dayze, whom you 
no doubt have seen starred in 
Pathe news with her one-eyed cat, 
wil] be on hand to greet you and 
tell of her amazing experiences be- 
fore the camera! .. 
ARCADIA... .FIVE., , .JOE . . . DAT 
Indeed, it will, be a gala celebra- 
tion, and we know that you won't 
miss it! As usual, Joe Blues and 
His Seven Blackheads will be on 
hand playing the best in dance 
music for your entertainment and 
amusement! 



. NEws Notes 
Moe Kazatska made a business 
trip to Milwaukee last week. Busi- 
ness before pleasure, says Moe, and 
we might all of us adopi the slogan 
of this successful gentleman. 

Miss Daisy Smith of Peoria was 
a visitor to our ballroom recently, 
and says there's nothing like, it in 
Peoria. "Thanks, Daisy! 

Nick Kazatska spent last Sunday, 
with Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kazatska, 
socially prominent owners of the 
Bijou theatre which you no doubt 
have been in. Joe always gives his 
patrons the best, which' is none^ too 
good for thenl! -' 



Personals 
Dolly— I notice you' have a new 
sheik now. — Joe " 
Bill — Why don*t you ask me to 
dance. Haven't you forgotten that 
night? 

—You Know Who! 
Well, folks, don't forget the gala 
celebration ! —Ed. 

Frank— You think you're hot stuff. 

You're not.— Three Graces. 

IF NATURE WON'T MY SAUER 

KRAUT JUICE MIGHT— ELITE 

DELICATESS. 



AIR MOVIES LICENSED 



Fired for Asking 



A road house owing its i 
waiters salary for three months , 
paid them off and fired them 
'when the waiters Iri a group 
demanded theii: money. One 
of the proprietors was asked 
why he had fired the waiters, 
some having been in the joint 
for yeajs. He answered: 

"They're a bunch of anar- 
chists." 



Radio Rambles 



By ABEL 



Air Station Barring 
Up in Twin City Row 



; Minneapolis, July 24, 
An "exclusive service" fight is on 
between WCCO and K^TP, leading 

Minneapolis and; 'St. Paul broad- 
casting stations respectively. Wal- 
ter Mailory, tenor, refused to per- 
mit KSTP to broadcast his voice 
when he faced KSTP microphones 
carrying a Como park band concert 
over the ether. Mailory was the 
soloist at . the concert. 

In explanation, Mailory stated 
that he is under contract to sing 
exclusively for WCCO, 

H. C. W^'^zel, St. Paul commis- 
sioner of parks, who has .charge of 
the Como band concerts, took Mai- 
lory to task for his action, stating 
that It was "his duty to permit his 
song to be broadcast." Wenzel, in 
a newspaper statement, asserted 
"the whole affair was unfortuna''? 
and we are sorry that radio listen- 
ers were prevented from enjoying 
the entire program." The com- 
mi-ssioner also pointed out that 
Mailory Is a St. IPaul man, had ac- 
cepted the . Como engagement and 
was being paid by St. Paul taxpay- 
ers to sing. 

Bad feeling becanle engendered 
between WpCO and KSTP when, 
prior to the opening of the latter 
station, WCCO pfflclals announced 
that It would not usie' any artist 
who at any time broadcast over 
KSTP. 

The Minnesota theatre here 
broadcasts Its Publix unit shows 
over WCjCO every Thursday night 
When Paul Whiteman in person 
and his orchestra receiitly appeared 
at the Minnesota however, he re- 
fused to allow any orchestral num 
bers to go out over the ether, as 
serting that his phoiiogra^^h record 
ing contract forbade any radio play- 
ing by the Whiteman aggregation. 
WCCO is a, link In the WJZ and 
WEAF networks. 



The radio fan who is more or loss 
of an' ether addict and not just a 
mere tunyr-in " may have been 
struck with tho goi.veral .''umcncss of 
certain radio conunorcial bands and 
entertainers. In lime they havie 
probably ledrnod that Nat Shilkrot 
and Gus HacMisehon, heading the 
different outfits, obviovisly utilize 
the same instruinontation. 

Louis Katxman'ls the ubanip pro- 
lific maestro, having four NUO com- 
mercials.. The Anglo-Persians, on 
behalf of tlie VVhittall russ. is the 
ace favorite and Katzman's pet. 
Since then, the cbnductor has boon 
conducting the musical , entertain- 
ment on behalf of the llpoveu Sen- 
tinels, the Mutual Savings Bank 
hour and the Michelin hour. 

What is particulOLrly noteworthy 
about Katzman's. technique is that 
he switches his .style perfectly for 
each occasion. The Oriental niolif 
of the Anglo-Persians makes it easy 
in that direction. The prudence 
propaganda of the Mutual Savings 
Banks Association calls for another 
specialized program hinging on cer- 
tain song titles about which the an- 
nouncer, sees fit to gag and ad lib. 
Thus a song about "sunshine" will 
inspire the interpolation that per- 
petual sunshine may . be Insured by 
a savings account; a song about 
"changes" will simila.rly pun on 
keeping one's spare change in a 
savings account,^ etc. 



Washington, July 24. . 
Broadcasting of motion pictures 
has been recognized by the Federal 
Radio Commission with that body's 
issuance of a license and call let- 
ters to the Jenkins Laboratories 
here. Jenkins is sending out pic- 
tures regularly for a half-hour 
period one day each week. 

Commission also issued a like lir 
cense ibJ.'Srfiilh.Dpdg^ert 

Mass. ■ ■ • ■ 

Jenkins received call letters 3XK, 
to be operated on 4,900 to 5,000 kilo- 
cycles, wave length 61.22 to 60, and 
5,000 watts. 

Dodge ■ received IXAY, • 4,800 to 
4,900 kilocycles, wave length of 62.5 
to 61.22 meters, and 500 watts 
power. 

Playing safe, however, the com- 
mission Issued the statement that 
the licenses, though issued for one 
year in each instance, were "sub- 
ject to revocation unless the appli- 
cant makes satisfactory progress in 
the work and full u.se of the band." 



O'Keefe, in 18 Mos. 

Walter O'Keefe, from Bairrioy 
Gallanfs in the village, opened 
July 23 at the Helen Morgan Club 
for - four.- woek.s. . O.' Koef c _ came to 
New York 18 monthM ago from, the 
University o'f Notre Dame. He 
made his first record last week for 
Victor. 



HOTEL NASSAU 

(LONG BEACH) 

Long Beach, L. I., July 24. 
More than ever before, Meyer 
Davis has a grip on the dance band 
situation around New York. It is 
all the more surprising these d?iys 
in view of the known economy of 
the calces and roadhouses which 
have been educated to under-scale 
combinations, counting on the price 
rather than the quality. Davis gets 
a price for his music although 
dpubtlessly it is good business to 
make some concessions in the right 
spots, such as the key hotel.l, where 
one can make up on the private 
party bookings, banquets, weddings 
and other social functions. 

Hotel Nassau is on© of a flock of 
Ld«b' is]a«d" aahee usiltis Da^^ 
permanently spotted In that sec 
tion, On .the Merrick Road at Val- 
ley Stream, the Pavillion Royal for 
its sixth successive season has 
Davis mU.sic. Other units in the 
fashionable sectors of the Island at 
Quogue, Montauk Point, etc., have 
similarly gone Davis.. 

The Nassau, now under Hillm.an 
management with R; L N. Wingart 
managing director, started its new 
policy with a Davis organization re- 
lying on its dance music with extra 
talent on week ends. Whether It Is 
the new policy, band or what, the 
Nassau has taken a turn for the 
better after slipping rapidly. The 
hostelry ijs like its old . self, with 
sizable attendance throughout the 
week. 

This is exceptionally good in view 
of the gambling lid all along the 
Island being clanipcd down. Long 
Reach, particularly in the Hold 
Na.s.sau territory, relied not a littl«^ 
on the wheel and dice appf>al for 
i ts . .sum mer . .draw.s. „,From . .Ind ica- 
ti.ons,"^'the' liiUman management Is 
turning the trick at the Na.ssau, and 
the Davis syncopation i.s no moan 
contributory factor.. 

Ahcl. 



Organist for Commercials 

What will probably prove a nov- 
elty for radio commercial exploita- 
tion will be Lew Wliite's organ re- 
citals. Why he isn't grabbed for 
the NBC's adv. accounts is debata- 
ble, although it is just as possible 
White Is already set for that sort 
of thing for the fall and winter 
season. 

Meantime the crack console spe- 
cialist is giving his White Institute 
for Organ a great plug via ether, 
and is also edifying a dog-day 
weary radio audience. White is a 
ishowman of no mean caliber, Judg- 
Ihg from his programs on lhe_NBC 
stations. The manner In which he 
transmits his stuff is well nigh per- 
fect. It is said White records for 
Brunswick in a similar manner via 
wired transmission and amplified 
pick-up from his studio. Instead of 
from the Roxy theatre, where he 
regularly performs. » 

MoMth Organs on Air 

Like White, who sounds like a 
full orchestra on his Kimball organ, 
a pair of sizzling Harmonica Jacks 
were caught via WLTH, obscure 
Brooklyn, N. Y., sfatloif, who all 
but made their mouth organs sit 
up and talk. The Ja,cks socked out 
their pop ditties like a jazz band 
and made the miniatured -keyed in 
struments talk pretty. 

This is a tip for Borrah MInne 
vitch as a couple of new pos.sibil 
Ities for his Minnevltch Rarcals. 



G od Will With Mamas 

Saturday afto. oon the Parnassus 
Trio, regular string '-utfit on the 
NBC, was heard in a pleasantly ap- 
pealing program of familiar .stand- 
ard numbers. A Musical Variety 
program followed immediately there- 



HERE AND THERE 



after, and equally fetching. Earlier 
in the day, Osonr .Adler, , conducting 
the Moyor Davis orchestra at the 
Waldorf-. A.storia, slipped in a kiddle . 
number to appeal to the youngsters 
at thoir n '■"•.day luncheon, and was 
so announced. It's good, stuff for 
the. good-will thing and should reg.r 
istor. with tho mamas. 

Peter . Vai. Sloe<lon, from the 
Palais d'Or, with a dance program, 
riglxt thereafter, impren.sod anew 
with his snappy dansapation. • 
LeoiMrd's Violin Obligate 
Probably the most distinctive. In- 
slnmiontal radio trade-mark, or 
such it " be developed into in the 
popular music field, is Harold Leon- 
Jird's jazz violin pbligato. Tuning 
in cold on Leonard's jazzapators 
from Castillian Garden.s, the Mer- 
rick roadhovise, there was no this - 
taking th.at violin, and it easily 
identified Leonard. It is equai and 
even better to Rolfe's solo trum^ 
pcting, becau'-f the solos are. usually 
announced, whereas Leonard's own 
fiddling is ad lib. 

. And Leonard's gift of gab in the 
announcements is a pleasant sur- 
prise. He gagged glibly with ClifC 
O'Roufke, the roa.dhouse'3 tenor, 
wiio did vocal choruses, later tak- 
ing over the mike for the revue In- 
troductories. : . 



.Plenty of Band Music 
Plenty o( midsummer concert 
music on the air these days. 'What 
with Edwin Franko Goldman, Wil- 
1cm von Hoogstraten and the U. S. 
Navy and the United Military 
Bands as regular features over the 
major stations, there is enough of 
that. Trouble is, it generally cornea 
all in a bunch, simultaneously or 
in overlapping hours. 

Norman Hall's South Sea Islands 
seem to be 'the NBC's pinch hlttera 
Whenever there's a lull, a lapse on 
an open Sunday night p6riod, the 
Ibiwaiian instrumentalists are en- 
listed. And pleasant they are, top, 
at all times. . 

•' • ' ■' ' — ' 



• Thelma Terry and her Playboys 
orchestra opened at Crystal Beach, 
BufTalo, N. Y., July 23 for the sum- 
mer. 



Ted Weems and orchestra opened 
.Tuly 23 at Sanders Inn, Pilt.sburgh. 



. Don Bestor and band are at the 
Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee, for the 
summer. 



. Buddy Fisher and orchestra are 
at Ea.stwood Park, Detroit, Indefi- 
nitely. . ■ 



Kellogg Pep Orchestra, new co- 
real exploitation unit under direc- 
tion of "Happy" Felton, opened at 
Brady Lake O., July 23. 



Charles Fulcher and orchestra are 
at Pera'.s Resort, Geneva-on-the- 
Lake, O. 



"Spark Plug" Ethel Norris Is the, 
feature of the 45th St. Yacht Club 
The frolic also has Edgar Gardiner 
and a floor revue on tap. The nite 

5Lubjg^.going,.in._£f>ivainD£j:k^^ 



; o / r%>c-t»nrf The 



"May be a Httle late, but 
I, top, wish Meyer Davis 
good luck." 

Lon Chassy 



HARR7 McCOY ANNOUNCING 

J^a Angcle.". July 24, 
Harry McCoy, writing gags and 
scenarios for pictures, is now an- 
nouncing from station KPLA here. 

McCoy was one of the original 
Hall Room IJoys. . 



' U. M. BAND'S SHORT B. R. 

The University of Minnf.sota band 
has cancelled its European tour 
through Lick of funds to cover ex- 
penses of the trip. 

It would have coat arounfl $45,000 
to send the 65 pioccs over and back. 



Jim Durkin is how, hviul of Don- | 
ald.son, Douglas & Gumblo's band 
and orchestra dei)arLnu'iit. 



B & D SUPER 
Banjo Strihgs 



Used by 



Leading Orchestras 



and 



Professional Players 

Sample Set SOc 

Loudest, Strongest and Best 
lUuHtratcrt .UajiJo CataloK— Fre« 

THE BACONBANJO CO. 

INCOUrOKATED 



Freddie Rich M, C'ing 

Fi-edflie Rich and his orchestra 
from the Hotel Astor, N<.'W York, Is 
filling In picture houses' prior trt ihc 
Dillingham production for which he | 
Ik Blgnf'd. ^ 

Rich opens at Fox'.s I'hilftd'.-lphia 



A.NNOi;.Nf"IN(J 

1'ho Kctuni of 

Mrs. James Thornton 

Famou.s fur her boiled dinners 
at 

The Little Green Room 

C3 \V. 4Rth Stro<!t 
.Spi.cinlli'.lnK In Aflcr-Thi-Jitrc Dlnnera 



56 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



Bands and Orchestras 



Routes for Next Week (July 30) 

\ Permanent addressea of bandf or . orchestras vylll be publishad 
vytthout charge. 

No charge is made for listing in thi» deptrtment. 
F;or reference guidance, initials represent: H — hotels T— theatre, 
P— park, C— cafe, D H — dance hall, B-<— ballroom, R-H*estaurant.. 

As far as possible, street addresses in larger cities are also 

included. 



. Aaronson, Irving, Lincoln T., • Trenton. 
AgosUnI, Geo.,- I'alac'e T., Montreal. 
Albert, Harry, Lldo-VenJce, V^ftlce, Italy. 

lAHjert,: Don, Penn T,. Plttsburgrh. 
■ .Alblti. ; Jack, Bossert H., ilrooklyh. 

Aldrlch. Bob, Onon Hotel, Syrttcuae, N. 7- 

Alidorf. U. J.. 93 Liberty St., Kewburgh. 

Almare, Joe, New Bamboo Inn, Chicago. 
. Ainldon, A.. 912 E. 8lh St., Flint.- Mich. 

Appdl, Oscar, The Cathay, Baltlinora. 

Armbruster, J. L.,- B. A. C, Bunalo. 

Arcadians, Greystone B., Dayton, O. 

Arcadia Syncopators (C. Edgerton), 2004 
Addlaon St... Phlla. 

Arnheim^ Cius, Ambassador H., L. A. 
- Aah. Paul. ParamounfT., N. T. C. 

Astoria, Jo, P. Q. Box 398, Coral , Gables. 
Fla. 

AtKlno, A. p., 8614 6th Ave., Dea Molriea. 
Austin, S., Davis la. Country C; Tampa. 



Baer, Moe, Bhcrry'a, Baltimore. 
Bailey, R., 620 So.. B'way, Los Angele*. 
. Balsden, H.. Mlramsr H., Santa Monica, 
Cal. 

Baldwin, P., Frontenac. .Quebec. Can. 
Baj-d, Jos., Golden Peasant R., Balto. 
Barnard, B. 930 W. MorreM St., Jackaon. 
lllelu 

Barrlnser, Don, Calico. Cat B., Miami. 
Darrett. H.. Seneca H.. Rochester, N. T 
Bartlett, O,. Book-CadUljtc, Detroit. 
Biarzley, B«oqar, Montauk Point. Montauk; 
X*. I. 

• Baall*, Joe. 63 No. 14th St., Newark, N. S 
3astlan,. Walt.. State T., Detroit, 
Bauduc. J., 1101 N. WhIU St.. New 
Orleans. ^ . 

Bauer, P. JT., 67 Ormond St., Rooheater, 
If T 

Bati'm. Babe. 226 Rose St.. Reading, Pa. 
Bay 8tat« Aces (Al Relyea). 8 Mohawk 
•t.. Coboea, N. T. „ . 

B6ale, Bob, Athena Club, Oakland, Cal. 

BecVley, T.. 102 K, 8th St.. WllmlBjton, 
Del. • 

Belaabo, Al. Senate T.. Chicago. 
Benalre. Sam, Capitol T., Detroit. 

Berse, W. E., 07 Grand Ave.. Englewood, 

J. ^ 
■■ Berget, Paul. Rice, Houston, Tex. 

Berger, W, J.. S440 Penn Ave.. PltUburg 

Berger. Her1>, Chase- H.i St. L. 

Bergman. AL. 41 Harvard PI., Buffalo. 
Cergman. D., Webster HalU Plttaburgh. 

Bemle. Ben. 746 7th Ave.. N. T. C. 

Semle. Dave, 745 7th Ave.. N. T, C. 

Berahad. Bob. Club Lido. N. T; C. 

Bestor, D.. Bchroeder H., Milwaukee. 

BlaginL H., Casa Lone H., Torento. 

Btnghaiix. T. W.. 18 S. Ryan St.. Buffalo. 

BUsette Maclean, Casino, Grand I.ake 
Ont. ■ . ■ ^ 

Black. A., 7237 E. Jefferson At«., D« 
trolt. ■ . 

Bloora, T.«on, "United Artlsta T., Chi. 

Bilumenthal's Orch.. Sovereign Hotel 
Chicago. _ 

Pobbltt, P, O.. Varsity Inn, Van Wert. O 

Boutella Brothera, Wlnchendon, Maaa. 

Boyle, Billy, Copley-Plaza, Boston. 

Bradfleld. E. Max. T. A D. T.. Oakland 

Brauhadort Orch., t»ll 22d St., Galveston 
Breeskln, Daniel, Earle T.. Washington 
B'way Collegians. Walled Lake B.. De- 
troit. 

B'way Melody Boys, Rose. Gardona 
Wilmington. Del. 
Broudy, Dave, ^rant T., Plttaburgh. 
Brow. Sam, Dance Box, Philadelphia.. 
Brower, Jay, California T., San Jose, Cal, 
Brownagle, T., 922 0th St,, Harrlsburgh 

Bryant, W. H„ 1520 S. 6th St., Terre 
Haute. Ind. 

Buck, Verne. Sheridan T., Chicago. 

Buckeye Wondera. 649 So. Main Bt 
'Akron, O. . 

Buffano, Jules, Publlx T^, Seattle. 

Buloawkles Califs., Eagle B., Milwaukee 

Burk, Mllo, Brockton, Mass. 

Burke, Chick, Amesbury, Mass. 

Burke, F.. LIndo Inn, Chicago. 

Burfnett, E., Blltmore H., Loa Angeles 

Busse. Henry, Clarldce H., N. T. C. 

Butler, Mel, Davenport. Spokane. 



Caperoon, Fred, 401 B'way, Camden, 

■ H. J. ■ " " ■ 

Carlln. Bill, Adolphua H.. Dallaa. 
Carpenter. - E. J.. Blltmore, Miami, 
Carr, Jimmy, Silver Slipper, N. T. C. 
Carter F., Majestic, Ijong Beach. Cal. 
Caruso Service Ore, 1658 B'way, N. T. C. 
Casale, M.. 140 . Pine St.. WUllamaport. 
Pa. 

Castle, Frank,' President, P.' " 
Causer,. Bob', Ithaca H., Ithaca, N. Y. 
Cavallaro, John, 20 Irving St., New 
Haven. 

CavatOi Ets, Flotilla Clut», Pittsburgh. 

Cerriy. John, Belmont. Chicago. 

Cervone. I2zy, 503. Dlackstona Bldff., 
Pittsburgh; , . 

Chnatlan, Tommy, Forrest H., N. T. C, 

Christie. H. J., 1831 N. Ormsby Aye., 
Louisville. 

Claire, Ted, Met. T., Houston. 

Clay. Barry. Lido C, Chicago. 

Co*. P.. 262 W. Douglaa St.. Reading, 
Pa. 

Cohen, Richard. Vanderbllt H.. N. T. C. 
Cole, H., Swanee Club, N. Y. C. 
Coleman, Bmll, 622 W. 137th St., N. Y. C. 
Collegian Serenaders, Far Eaat R., Clave. 
Coinmnndei-a, Lincoln T., Trenton, N. J. 
Condelori, A., Adolphl H„ Philadelphia, 
Cnnfrcv, 7.e/.. cnrc M. O. A.. N. Y. C. 
Conklin, Richard, Loto.'f Club, Wash. 
Connelly, H. R., 489 Central Ave.. 

■"-Brldgeportr ^ODXLm^— ^1 ■ . _ 

Conrad, H., 1088 Park Ave.T~^.^ C;"^ 
Cooley, Fritz, Maple View, ♦Plttsneld, 
Va£s. 

. Coons, Del, Tea Gardens ,C., Detroit, 
Co6n-Sftn<3ers, The Dells, Chi. 
Coop, Pythian Temple, Brockton, Maaa. 
ComwicU, F., lK)ew'fl Syracuse, N. Y. 
CoylB, L. H., 219 S. lOlh St,. Easton. Pa. 
Craig, Francis, Hermltoge H., Nashville. 
Craig, Mel,, Leverlch Towers H.. Brook- 
tyn, N, Y. . 
Crescent Orcti., Armorr. Mlddletown, 

Crumley, Geo., Broad Manor, Columbua 
Crawford, "Busji." 2121 New York Are., 
N. W., Washington. 
Crawford. Jack, Steel Pier. Atlantic City, 
Crawfor'l, Thomoa L., Wichita, Kan. 
Cullen. D. £}.: 614 E. 8th St., South Boa- 
Ion. 

Cummins, Bornte, Blltmore H., K. T. C, 
Citrne. ilarry, beilbacb. I/>ul>vlU«. 



Dantrig, E. J., 843 Putnam Ave,, B'klyn. 
D'Artri'a Orch., 51 14tb St.. Norwich, 
Conn. • 

DayldBoa, J.; W., Norshore T., Chicago. 
Davla, C, Indiana T., Indianapolis. 
DavlB, Doc, Drake H.. Chicago. 
D.ivjs, Kildlc, L<iri;iin(' Uolt'l. N, T. C. 
Davla. Meyer, Bellevue-Slratford, Phila- 
delphia. 

Davis, . Meyer, 1000 Broadway, N. Y. C. 
Davison, W;, Ralnbpw Gardens, Loula- 
vllle. ■ •.■ . 

Davison, Walt, Malnstreet T., K: C. 
Dflbrldge, Del.. Mich, t;, Detroit. 
DeLucia, J., 331 St. Mark's Ave., Bklyn, 

N. y. •• . ■ 

Denny, Jack, Mt. Royal, Montreal. 

Deterlch, Roy, Avalon T.. Chicago. 

Dexter, F., Wisconsin Roof, Milwaukee. 

Doerr. Clyde; WEAF. N. Y. C. 

Domino Orch., 22 4th St., Troy. N. Y. 

Donnelly, W. H.. 239 Glenwood Ave.. E. 

Donnelly. H.. Parody C„ N. Y. C. 
Orange. N. J. - 

Dodds, John, Itellys Stables C, Cbl. 

Dornberger,. Chas,, Greenwich Coliseum, 
Tacoma. 

DUmont, A,. Paramount, N. Y. C. ■ 
Dougherty, Doc, Lido C, Washington. 
Dytcb, U., 40B S. First 8t.. Daytona, Fla. 



Elsenbourg, Dok, Shepard-Colonlal R.. 
Boston. 

Elinor;. Carle. Carthey Circle, t.oa An- 
gelea. ■ 

Elklna, Ed.. Canltllan ttoyal. Pelbom, 
N...Y, 

Ellard. Jim, Rlrlera T.. Otnaha. . 

Ellla, P., St. Francis H.. S. F. 

Ellington. Duke, Cotton Club, N. Y. C. 

Elrawood Band. 372 Van Nostrand Ave,, 
Jersey City. • 

Emerson, H.. 11-A S. Elliott Place 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Engelhart, Jos., McVlckera T., Cht. 

Eppel.^736 N. 7th SI., Philadelphia. 

EnJody. Leo. 105 W. 48th St., N. Y, C. 

EsBlg, Abe, lOOO St. Nlcholoa Ave., 
N. Y. C. * 

Eubank. Philip Lee. Harllngen. . Tex. 



Fabello, P., L«6w> 7th Ave.. N, Y. C 
Farrell, P., Inn, 4 Sheridan Sq.. N. Y, C. 
Pay, Bernard, Say'a,.' Provlaence. 
Peenar. J. M.. 226 B. 11th St., Oakland, 
Cal. 

Feno, P, a., 1745 Caton Ava., B'klyn. 
N. Y. 

Fenton, Carl, 1674 B'way, N. Y, C, 

Feyl, J. W., 878 River St.. Troy, N. T- 

Florlto, Ted Edgewater. Beach H.. Chi. 

Fischer, Cafl, Majestic. D. H., Detroit. 

Flacher, C. L-, 914 So. Weatnedge St., 
Kalamazoo. Mich. 

Fisher; Max, Muyan T., L. A. 

Fisher, Mark, Varlctv. Ohlcago. 

Fogg, A. M.. 174 Beacon St., Portland, 
Me. J- 

Poote. R., Brown'a Club, Prenca Lick, 
Ind. 

Forbea, Lou, Denver T., Denver. 
Frahclsd,' Ivan, Cleveland H.. Cleveland. 
Franko, Nahan, Paramount H., N. Y. C. 
Freed, Carl, 20 S. Orange Ave., Newark. 
Priary, George, Rockland. Mass. 
Frldkln, Bob, Roseland B. R., N. Y, "C 
Frledberg, Theodore; Majestic H.. N. Y. C. 
Friedman, Al, Mayflower R.. N. Y. C. 
Friedman, J., Morgan Club, W. 52d St., 
N. Y. C ■ 

Friedman, L. P., St. Louis T., Bt. Louts. 
Frlesa. J. P., Strand -T., Stamford, Conn. 
Pry. C. M., 6233 Roosevelt Blvd.. Pblla 
delphlo. 

Funda. Prank, Ten Eyck H., Albany, 



Galrln, J. J., Plasa T,, Worcester, Maaa. 

Galllccchlo. Jo.. 6200 Sheridan Rd., Chi. 
Garber. Jan., 1587 B'way, N. Y, C 
Gardner, C. C, 1527 N. 24th St., Lin- 
coln, Neb. 

Gasparre, Dick, Pavilion RoyaU Valley 
Stream, L. I. 

Gaul, Geo., 2119 Madlaon Ave., Baltimore. 

Gay. Ira, 845 So. B'way, L. A. 

Oegna Mlaha, Forum Theatre, L. A. 

Qeldt. At, 117 8. N. J, Ave., AtlanUo 
City, 

Gftrunovlteh, Torhr Roof Garden, , B. R., 
S. F. 

GUI, Joe, Congreaa H., St. L. 
GUI, E., Bamboo Gardena, Cleveland.- 
Qllllgan'a Orch., Grand Dansant; Cin- 
cinnati. 

Giants Nathan, 145 W. 45th St.; N.Y.C. 

01;iscr. lien. Arro\vb"aO Inn. N. T. C. : 

Goff, Mark, Brlggs R., Detroit, 

(lOliloi), Krnle, 'Vnricty. N. Y. 

Goldbergf, .Geo.. Celestial R., Bay Shore 
Park, naltlmore, Md, ■ 

.GoiaUotle,' Jean, Book Tower, Detroit 

Goldkette. J.; Pla-Mor B. R., K. C. 

Gonzales, B. N.. 310 B. 4th St., Santa 
Ana. Cal. 

Goodrich Slivertown Cord, Goodrich BIdg., 
N. Y. C. . * 

Gordon. Herb, Adelphla H., Phlla. 

Gorman, Ross, 1576 B'way, N. Y. C 

Gorrell, Ray, care Goldkette, Detroit. 

Gott, Tom. A.«lor IT.. N. Y. G. 

Green. .A; J., 340 West 63d St., L. A, 

Green, Jacques, Rita Towers, N. Y, C. 

Greystone Orch., Greystone H., Dayton. 

Grosso, 81 Bt. James St.. Elmhurst, L. I. 

Ouenetta, Lou, 16 St. Angele St., Quebec. 

Gurnlck, Ed, 88 Reynolds Ave., Provi- 
dence. 

Gunzendorfer, W., ■VJ'hltcotnb H., S.'P. 
Guteraon, Wald., .Solomon'a D. H., L. A, 
Guttefaon, M., Valencia T., Baltlmora. 

H 

---Hag6n;:^Ga«3r.^elhaiii^JEi;fiflikJjin,.,_^!-- 
ham, N. Y. ■ 

Hall. George, Variety, N. Y. C. 

Hall, Sleepy, Venetian Garden, Montreal. 

Hallett, Mai. 208 Essex St., SaWm, Mass. 

Hammond, Jean, Sky Room, Milwaukee. 

Hamilton, Spike, Terrace Garden, Chi. 

Hamm. Fred, care of M. C. A.. N. Y. C. 

Hamp, Johnny, Westchcster-BUtmore, 
N. Y. C. 

Handler, Al, Lincoln Tavern, Chi. • 
Hand, Armln, Piccadilly T.. Chi. 
Harlng, Bob, 200 W. 67tb St., N. Y. C. 
Harknass, Eddie, 202!0 Franklin St., S. P. 
Harmon, U., Club Mlrador, Washington. 
Harrta, Sid. Wardman Park H., Woah. 
Ilaniaon, J., Rondezvoua, Toronto, 
Hart, Ronnie, 202 Mt. Pleasant Are., 
l.oni\on, Ont.. Canada. 
Har\'cy, Cope, Cinderella B., Chicago, 
Hayeii. Ed, Alhnmbra T,, N. Y, C. 
UeaU^- H.« Calvin, Norltumptoo, hlaat, 

V 



Hetdt, Horacai aimnd-Lalw Osklaad, 

C»\. 

Hetberger, Bmll, Bond H.. HortfordL 
Henderson, P., 338 W. ISMh 8t,. N. T. C. 
Handeraon. H.. Savoy B., N. T. C 
Hankel, Tad,, Yorlatr. Lioa Angalaa. 
Henshell, J.. BUta-LAka H., Chicago. 
Harberveaux, J., NBC, 180 N. Mloh, 
Are., Chicago. 

' HUblooiii, M..' Stratford T., Chicago. 

Hlrabak, A„ 1123 Ooattn^n fit.. Pitta* 
bur^h. ■ : 

Hofar, John. 1406 Klizabath PI., Clncln- 
/latl. • • . .> ■ 

Hoffodan, .Earl, Cbas Piarra, Chicago. 

Hoftman,. L. O., 78 Ernst St.. Buffalo. 

Hollewalt, B., Sti«nd I». H,, Wilming- 
ton, Del. . 

Holmea. Scotty. Adama 'House. Boatoii. 

Holmea, Wright, Martinique H., N. Y. C. 

Huntley, Lloyd, Ten Eyck H.,, Albany. 

ITyde, Alex., Minnesota T., iitinneapolls. 



Irving, B., Lyceum T., New Britain, 

Conn. 

Irwin. Victor, Stadium T., Wooiisocket, 

R. I. ■. 

Imperal Marimba, American House, Bos- 
ton. . . 
Indlalna Five, Wiaconsln H.. Milwaukee. 
Ipana Troubodoura, WEAP, N. Y. ,C. 
lula, Robert p.. Southern H., Baltimore. 
Tula, Felice,' RIvoU Tv. Baltlfnore. 
lula, Rumno. City Park Bd., Baltimore. 



. Jafckson, Harry, 74 West 99th St., N.Y.C. 

Jackaon, J., Rainbow Gardena. Miami. 

Jackson's Jaxz, 13 . Chestnut St., Glovers- 
vllle. N. Y. ■ ■ ' ■ 

Janls. Fred, Turklah Village C. Chi. 

Jonover. A. L., 1295 Grant Are., N. Y. C. 

Jedel, H.. 476 Hawthoma Ave., Newark, 
N. Ji ■ . 

Jehle, John, 76 Drlgga Ave.. Brooklyn. 

Jenks, Pr., Met. T., A. 

Jockera, M. M.. 400 Weat 102d St,. L., A. 

Johnsnn, Arnold; Apollo Theati-e. N. Y. C. 

Johnson, C Small's Paradise. N. Y. C 
.Johnson, Johnny, Pennsyl. H.. N. Y: C. 

Johnaton. O. W„ 48 Grora Ave., Ottawa. 

Johnstone, Jack, Alamo C, Chi, 

Jones, laham, Congresa H., Chicago. 

Jordan, Art, 6241 Norwood St., Phlla, 

Jorgcnsen, Rnth, 1236 Sheldon St., Jack- 
son, Mich. ■ ■ 

Joy, Jim, MUehlebach H., K. C. 

Joyce, Tad. Loew'a Btata T.. Bt. L, 



Kahn, Art. Hording T.. <!bl. 

Kahn. Herman, Tl vol! T„ Newark, H. M. 

Kalto. H.. Lldo Venlca C Boaton. 

Kalcy, . Chaa., Oranada T., Chicago, 

Kamoa, At. Swanee B. R.. Woahlngton. 

Kaplan, P, J.. Bomboe Inn.. J222 W. 
Madison St.. Chicago. 

Katx. At, 40 B. Front Bt.. Newport, Ky. 

Katx' Kittpna. core of H. C. A;, N. T. C 

Katsman, IjOUla, ' 893 Audubon Avat, 
N. T. C. 

Kaufman, . W., SB N, 10th St,, LabaiMn; 

Pa. . 
Kay, Geo., Oiympla T., Kaw Haven. 
Kayaer, Joe. Midland T.. K. C, Ma. 
Keegan, Rosa E., 22 Oold Bt,, Preeport, 

L. . L 

Kemp, Hal, Manger H., N. T. C. 
Kentnar, H., BenJ. Franklin, H., Pbtlo. 
JCenln, H.. Multonomah H.. Portland. Ore. 
Keystone Serenadera, Gd. Riviera T.,' De- 
troit. 

King, Hermle, 6th Ave. T., Seattle.- 

King, Ted, Variety. N. Y, 

King, Monty, Blrkhlmars D., Columbua. 

King, Wayne, Abagon B. R., Chi. 

Klnga Melody, 68 Mueller. St,. Bingtaora- 
ton, N. Y. 

Klrkeby, Ed, MeAlpln B.. N. Y. a 

Kerr. Choa., Ooldan Dragon, Phlla. 

Kline. M., 6456 Spruce St., FhilaaeU>lita. 

KnecAit, Joa., Variety, N. T. C 

knalael. B., Blltmore H.. Atlanta. 

Knutson, Erllng, President H., K. C. 
. Kosarin, H,. Rua do Oavldor. 153, Rio da 
Janeiro. ' • - ' 

Kosloll, Lou.. Clhlcago T.. ChL 

Kraus, Arthur. 1482 Broadway, N. T. C. 
. Krausgrill, Walt. Balconadea D. H., B, P. 

Krans, Bll, Ansonla C. Chicago. 

Krueger. Art, Wisconsin H.. Mllwaukaa. 

Kruegcr, Bennle: Uptown T.. Chicago. 

Krumholx^ O., P O Box 404, New Bad- 
ford, Maaa. 

Kvale, Al., Oriental T., Chi. 



Lagaaaa, F., 618 Merrimack 8t.^ Lowell, 
Mass. 

Lange, Harry, Baker H., Dallaa. 

Lampe. Dell, Capitol T.. Chicago. 

Lampa, Del. Terrace Garden B.. Chicago. 

Landau, Mike. Oakland' a Terrace, 00th 
srt. As Broadway. N. Y. C. 

Lange, J. V., 27 Abbott St.. Lowell, Maaa, 

Lanln, H.; 2 000 W. Girard Are,, Phlla. 

Lanln. Sam, 'WBAP, 199 B'way. N. Y. C 

Legler. J. Ed., 1CZ3 Mono Bt.. Preano. 
Cal. 

LentK, Al.i 1009 Prealdent St., Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 

Lenzberg, Jullno, Hippodrome T., N.T.C. 
Lecinard, Harold, Caatlllian Gardena, LyU' 
brook, L. I. 
Leonard, ' Harold, Chateau Madrid. N. 

Y, C; 

Levin, Al, 478 Whalley Ave., New Haven. 
I.«vlne, Jock, Cinderella B„ Long Beach, 

Cal. --^^ - 

Levitow. Bernard, Commodore tl.. N.Y.C. 

Levy, R. H., 181 Elmer Ave., Schenec- 
tady. N. Y. 

Light. Enoch, Ooumont Palace, Paria. 

Llllenfeld, Loula, Blltmore', H.. N. Y. C. 

Llpaey, M., 1781 Humboldt Blvd., Chi- 
cago. 

Lombardo, Qny, Oranada C, Chicago. 
Long, DlCki Curtia H.. Mlnneapolla. 
Lopes,' Vincent,. 150O Broadway. N.'-T, C. 
Lowe, Burt, Statler H., Boston. 
Lowry Ed, Antbaaaador'T;, St, Lu 
Lyman, Abe, Selwyn T., Chicago. 
Lynn, Al. Kinga jQarden R., Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 

Lynn, Sammy, 200S Wichita St., Dallas. 
Lyona, Al, CalK. T., San Diego. 



Valaon, Cboa.. Btonlay T., Xarsay Cttr, 
Memphlaonlana, S2 8. Main St., Memphis. 
Kanga. M.. El PaUo B., U A. 
Maaaangar, Al, Roseland, Taunton. Kaos, 
Maroff, Ben, Granada T., Chicago. 
Heyar, M. p,. 926 Broadway, B'klyn. 
N. Y. 

Mayer. Oscar. 4020 N. Comae St., Fhllo- 
delpnlo. 

Meyer, Big, Wlilte City B., Chicago. 

Mayar, Vic, Butler H.. Seattle. 

Meyers, Al, 6206 Girard Ave., Pbllo. 

Meyera, tioula, Hom'a D. H., L. A. 

Miami Syn., Miami H., Dayton, O, / 
. Mich. Ramblera, Country Club. Poreat 
Lake, Mich 

• Mlchaela, V., Perry's, Coney Island. 

Miller, J. Franz, etotler H., Detroit. 

Millar. Jack; Press Club. Montreal. 

Miller, N., 121 ■Wllllama St.. Ohelaao, 
Moos. 

Miller Ray, Hotel Gibson. Cincinnati. 
Miller. Vic, Ixiew's State, Syracnaa. 
MlUer. W., Rltz Carl, H.. Phlla. 
Mlner-Doyle. 1192 Middlesex St., Lowell, 

■M4*i. • ■■ ■-■ ■ V' ■ • 

Mllla, Floyd, 786 Fayetta St., Cumbar- 
land, Md. 

Mltchel, Al., Oiympla T., New Haven. 
Moore, Dlnty, Variety, N. Y, C, 
Moroy, Al, Worth T., Ft. Worth. 
Morris. Glen. Silver Slipper, Baltlmoin^ 
Morris, Mel, "Piccadilly H., N. Y. C. ^ 
Morgan, Gene. LoeWa State, .1., A, 
Mosher, V., 3137 10th Ave . S. Mlnneap. 
• Murphy'a Skippers, Majestic H.. Toma- 
QUB, "Pa. ■ ■ : . 

Mualal, Fred, Oriental T., Detroit. 

N -. ■ . 

■ d 

Naylor, Oliver, 1050 Broadway, N. Y. C. 
Nott, Art; 6223 Spruce St.. Philadelphia. 
New Orleans Owki, H. Roosevelt, N. O. 
Novak, P. J., 125 S. K. 1st Ave.; Miami.. 
Novlt, Julea, Parody. Chicago. 



M 



Macdonald, Rex, Coliaeum, Bt. Petersburg. 

Mack, Austin, Golden Pumpkin C, Chi. 

Maltland, J., Garden B., 3136 Sheffield 
Ave., Chicago. 

Majoir, P. J., 1007 8d at,. Ocean Park, 
Cal. 

Maloney, R. B., 808 Elinor St., Knoxvllla, 
Tenn, . . 

Mann, Gell, 76 E. S6th St.. N. Y. C. 
. Marburger, H„ 346 Knight St.. Reading, 
Pa. 

Marsh, Chaa.. Ft Pitt H., Pittsburgh. 
Markey, R,, Falaia da Dance, Hill St. A 
0th, . L._A. 

Markar~tfetild,--'I^llW""H7;=Detrolt. - ™ ^ 

Mason, Bobble (Miss), New China R., 
Young.slown, Ohio. 

Masters, Prank, Uptown T., Chicago. 

May< Cliff. Bench H., Coronado Beach, 
Cal. 

May, Hugli, T«w»m& P., Covington, Ky. 

McAlplneera, Hotel McAIpln, N. Y. C. 
. McEnelly, B. J,. 84 Sylvan St., Spring- 
field, Maaa; 

McGay, J.. Detroit County Club, Detroit. 

McGowan, H., Rice H., Houston. 

Mclntyra, Jomes, Chateau Laurter. Ot- 
tawa. 

McKinney'a, Edgewater B., Detroit 

McMiirphey, Geo., Balboa PavHion, Bal- 
boa Beach, Calif. 

MoVea, I. &, 1291 B, 83d St.. L. A. 

Meeker, Bob, Palmer Honia, Chicago. 

Mella, Wm,. 91 Edwin St., 'RIdgeneld 
Park, N. J. 



Octavet Ore.. 35 Duffleld St.. Bklyn. N. Y. 

O'Hare, H., .20 W. Jackson Blvd., Chi. 

O'Hearn. Trave, LeGlalr H., Mollne, lU. 
■ Olsen.; Georse. 20 W." 4".d .St.. N. Y. C. 

Oppenheim, W.. Benj. Franklin H.. Phlla, 

Original Georgia 0. Danceland. Jamaica. 
L. I. 

Orlando, Nick. Plaza H.. N: Y. C. 
Owens, H., Mayfalr H.,- L. A. 
Owan, Dale; Capitol T.. Flint. Mich. 



Pace, George C. RoaevlUe, O. 
Paleman, Dan, Black Cat R.. N. Y. C, 
Panlco, Loiil Paradise B. R.. Chtc«ffeo, 
Parisian Red Heads, 28 W. North St., 

Indianapolis. 
Poatemackl, Steve, Luigl'a R.. Detroit. 
Payne. . Al, 409 Meigs. St., Rochester, 
Peabody. Eddie, LoeWa State. L. A, ' 
Pearl, Morey. 268 Hunting Ave,. Boston, 
Peerleaa Orch.. Monmouth St.^ Newport, 

Ky. 

Perluaa, Abe, Rose Room. Los Angelea. 
Peteraon, B.. Tlvoli T,. Michigan City, 
Ind. ■ 

Pfelffer'a Orch.. 1348 Palmetto Are., Tb. 

ledo. I . 

Plcdno, A.. £60 N; 8th St.. Reading, Po. 

Pipp'a Orch.. Sulllvan'a. Edmonton. Can. 

Pollock, Ben, Million Dollar' Pier. A. O. 

Pollock. Ralph. Loew'a State. Syracuaa. 

Prado, Fred, American House, Boston. 

Provln, Chas., Roxy Theatre. N. Y. C 

Prince. O.. King War Lo R.. Detroit, 

Pullen. R. E., 1365 Sellora St., Frank- 
ford, Phlla. I 



Raitano, A., 5417 New Utrecht Ave., 
Brooklyn. 

Randall, Art, Fontenella H., Omaha, 
Rapp, B., Arcadia, West Haven, Conn, 
Rasmussen, F.. 143 Graham Ave., Council 

Bluffs, la. 
Rawden, Bill, Palace H., S. P. 
Reed. J. H., X433 1st St., Rensaelaar. 

N. Y. 

Relsman, Leo, Waldorf-Aatoria H.. 
N. Y. C. 

Renaird, Jacques, Cocoanut Grove, Boaton, 
Reser. Harry, 148 W. 4«th St. N. Y. C, 
Rythm Roamera, Variety. Detroit. 
Rlccl. Aido, Rltz-Carlton H„ N. Y. C. 
Rich, Fred. V.iriely. N. Y. C. . 
Rickltta. J. C, Kosfclusko, Mlaa . 
'Illnes. Joe, Elks H., Boston. 
Rlttenbaud, J., W. Artlsta T., Detroit. 
Rlzzo, Vincent, Sylvanla H.. Phlla. 
Rodemlch. Gene, Metropolitan T., Boston. 
Koeaner. Walt, Capitol T., N. Y. C. 
Rohde, Karl, Loew'a "Orpheum, Boston. 
Roky. Leon, Syracuse H., Syracuse. 
Rolfe, B- A.. Palais D'Or. 48th St., 
N. Y. C. 

Romanelll, I., King Edward H., Toronto. 
Romano, P.. DeWltfr Clinton H., Albany. 
Rosa, Irv, Statler H.. St L. 
Rose-Taylor, Montmartre, Hollywood, 
L. A. 

Rosebrook, Shad, Pantages T., B. P. 
Rosen, Paul, Bamboo Inn, Chicago. 
Rosenthal, Harry, Stein way Hall. 
N, Y. C. 

Rothschild, I.eo, 306 W. 14th 3t, N. Y. C. 
Royal Novelty Six. 2333 N. 22d.St., Phlla. 
Rupoll, Carl, Rlvervlew B., Chicago. 
Russell, B., King Cotton H.', Greensboro. 



Banborn,"~ Ed, ■ Loew'a T.-'-Montreal. ■ - 

Sands, P.. 21S RIdgewood Ave., B'klyn. 
Sears. Jerry, Strand. T., N. Y. C; 
Schmltt, Fred, Rlttlto T., Denver, 
Schooler, D.-ive, Itiverdale. N. Y, 
Schwartz. U. J.. 819 Court St.r Fremont, 
Ohio. 

Scott, L. W., 609 Dtlbert Ave., Spring- 
field, O. 

Scottl, v.. Park Central H., N. Y, C. 
Beldet E^ll, Loew's P.alace T., Ihdlan- 
at>olia.' 

Seldeinman, Sid, Mayflower H., Wash. 

Salinger, Abo, President H,, A. C. 
. Selllnger, Henry. DraU6 H., Chicago. . 

Selvln. Ben, Columbia, 1810 B'way, N. Y. 

Setaro, A., Granada T.. S. F. 

Seven Aces, Baker H.. Dallas. 

Severt, Glno, California T., 3. F. 

Sheffers, H. C, Wilbur's, Taunton. Maaa. 

Shelton, Geo.. Olympic H.. Seattle. 

Sherman, Maurie, Sherman H., Chicago 

Silverman, D., Missouri T., St.' Louis. 

Slmoits. Seymour, l.'>04 Broadway, Detroit. 

Sims, Wm., Recreation B. R., Toledo, 

Slnal Jo, Calif. T,. Sah Jose, Cal. 

Smith, LeR.. Walton Roof, Phlla. 

Smith, Harl. Blossom Heath Inn; Detroit. 

Smith, M., Venetian Gardena. Palm 
Beach. 

Smolln, S.. ICO W. Buchtel Ave, Akron, O. 
Soudera, Jackie, Oiympla H., Seattle 
Bpecht, Paul. 1385 Broadway, N. Y. C. ' 
Splelman, M., Harbor Inn, Rockaway, 
N. Y. 

- -Rpltalny,=rhllr..Stanley=.X, JPJtlSblush, 

SplUlny, H. Leopold, Chicago T., Chi; 

Spltalny, M., Statler H., Cleveland. 

Springer, Leon,. 1B4 Livingston St., B'klyn. 

St. Clair Jesters. Prince Edward H., 
Windsor, Canada. 

St. Louis Kings. 1.133 E. 05th St. B'klyn. 

Stafford, H., 611 Sumner St, Lincoln, 
Nebr. 

Stahl, Willy, Str.ind T., Brooklyn, N. Y, 
Stark. Ferdinand, Currtin T„ S. F. 
^SU^vens, I.KSS, Loew'« Melba T., Bklyn, 

Stock, B.. Moonlight B. R., Canton, O. 
Straub, Herb, Buffalo T., Buffalo. 
Btrlssoff, Vanderbllt H., N. Y, C. 
Steele, Blue, Peabody H., Memphis, 
Stoddard, Karry, Friars' Club. N. T, C. 
Straight Choa., Frolics, Chicago, 
fltrickland, C, Jansson'a Hofbrau. 
N, Y. C. 



Sunnybrook Ore, Hollywood T., Detroit. 
Sutherland, Lee, Pior D'ltalla C, S. F. 
Sweet, Al, 29 Qutiicy St.. Chicago, . 
Sweeten. Claude, Golden Oote T,, B, F, 



Taylor, H., 1016 Chestnut St, Phll^i. . 
Teppas, J. J., 538 Glenwood Ave., Buffalo. 
Terry, Thelma, Ft, Worth Amus. Co., Ft, 
Worth, 

Tharlr. 1739 Straus BldgJ, Chicago. 
Tlbbs, LeRoy, Connle'a Inn, N. Y. C. 
Tlemey Five. Rlttenhonsa H., Pbllo. 
Timothy, Tom, Frivolity Club, N. Y. O.'" 
Tlpaldl, Andy, RlU-Carlton, Montreal, 
Tracy-Brown, Ad Sell R.. Omaha. • 
Turcotte, Geo,, ,,00 Orange St., Manchaa* 
ter, N. II. , * 



Vagabonds, Oriole Terrace. Detroit.. 
Vallee, R'jdy. cure B. Lowh, 1058 B'way, 
N. Y. C. 

Van Surdnm, H, E.; Statler H., Buffalo. ■ 
Van der Zanden. Ambassador H., N. Y. 
Veo, Hamid, Arrowhead Inn. N. Y. C. 
Vescey. Armand. Rltz-Corlton H., N.Y.C. 
Voorhees, Don, 325 W. 45th St., N. Y. 



W 

WaOsworth. W., Rainbow Gardena, . Chi. 

Walta, Fred, Samovar. Chicago. 

Walker. C. E., Plorldl.in H., Miami;. 

Walker. Ray, . 406 Washington Ave.. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. » '. 
' Wagner, Sol., Davis H., Chicago. 

Warner, D.. Egyptian B., Ocean Pk., Cal, 
. Warabauer, Frank. Wald. -Astoria, N. Y, 

Walsh. W., 212 E. Tremont ' Ave., 
N. Y. C. 

Warden. "Tick." Warden's. Asbury P'k, 
N. J. 

Waring's Penn., Variety, N. Y. C. . 
■Watson, Monk. Gd. Riviera T., Detroit- 

Webster, Claude. Tearle BIdg., Sao Diego, 

Weede-Meyer-. Ore.,. Wrlghtsville Beach, 
N. C. - . 

Weeks, Anson, Mark Hopklnis H.. 8. P. 

Weema. Ted, Muehlebach H,. K. C. 

Werner, Ed, Michigan T., Detroit. 

Wesley, Jos., 317 12th Ave,, Mllwaukaa. 

Weat, R.. Ambassador H,, L, A. 

Whldden. Ed, 125 Dlkeman St.. B'klyn. 

Whlteman. Paul, 1680 B'way; N. Y. C 

Whitman, 'Ren, Palace T.. Dallaa. 

Wlillama. Ra., Frolics C. Chicago; 

Williams. F-. Regal T., Chicago. 

Wilson. Billy. Du Pont H.. Wilmington. 

Wilson. Charles. Castle Inn, N. Y. C, 

Wilson. Clare. Madison -Gardens. Toledo. 

Wilson, D.. Grand Lake T., Oakland, Cal. 

Wilson. P.. Marcell Country Club, Pasa-. 
dena. '- 

Winebrenner, W, 8.. 267 Frederick St., 
Hanover. Pa. .■ 

Wihtr. .Tnl)» TTnlcl'-i'rhoMrp.r Orllli N. Y. C, 
Wlttsteln. Eddie Now Haven. . 
Wolf, • Rube, Warfleld T., fl, F, 
Wolfe. I/eo, Vanity Fair. Chicago. 
Wolahan, J.. El Patio B. R., 8. P. 
Wuodarllch. F„ 1S09 Ocean Ave.. Bklyn, 
Wylla. Alllster, Coronado H., St L. 



Yates, Danny, Wlndoor H., Montreal. 

Yoder. A., Blltmore H., Coral Oablae, 
Fla. ■ . . ' 

Yellmah, Duke, Moh Jongg Inn.. Mth Bt. 
A Broadway. N, Y, C. 

Young, L.. Ifl56 Prospect PI., Bklyn. N. T. 

Ya^ngman, H., 882 Olat St. B'klyn, N.T. 



BRITISH FILM FIELD 

(Cohtinued trom page 6) 
Films, Ltd., with a capital of $1,- 
500,000 in'400,000 eight per cent pref- 
erences aX $2 and 400,000 deferred at 
40 ceiits. 

' Bbatd includes Rhys Williams and 
Victor Sheridan^ with a production 
council Including Graham Cutts and 
Denison Clift.. First film is to be 
directed by Clift as aoon as he has 
finished "Paradise" for -British In- 
ternational, which will be toward 
the end of this month. 

The company alms to mako 12 
films a year, four, of the specials at 
a-cost of $320,000 each. 

Louis Wynberger is to leave New 
Era and.t^ke charge of distribution, 
and N. Pogson, who went out of 
Whitehall Films, Ltd.. recently, will 
look after publicity, 

.It 15 likely, however, these arr 
l-angements will switch about a- bit 
before the flotation Is made, which, 
according to Sheridan, will not. bo 
for about two months. 

About Multicolor 
All sorts of rumors are afloat 
about the recently projected British 
Murticolor Co., of which Charles 
Gulliver was to be chairman. Arthur 
Maude says the options he gave have 
expired, and Gulliver is credited 
with having resigned. As he is out 
of town tor this aiid the next two 
weeks, and no one in his ofllce knows 
anything about anything, the dope 
cannot be checked up. But It won't 
be. surprising if it's a blowup, any- 
way. 

A British Screen Writers' Asso- 
ciation has this week been formed 
to . encourage the Improvement of 
story values— ^artistic and financial. 

Business in the heat wave has 
slumped everywhere. Become kind 
of astrological — sun in opposition: 

.Tames Diamond, American cam* 
eraman, has been signed by British 
International land is oh his way. 

J. H. ("Tinly") Maitt, film broker 
and artists' agent, died this week 
after an illne&s lasting several 
months. 

Anna May Wong is here to play 
in B. A. Du'pont'a next, "Pipcadilly." 
.lamcson Thomas will have the male 
lead. 

Now Showing 

Plaza— Held over, "Paying the 
ipenalty" (original title, "Under- 
world"); new, "The Wife Saver.s." 
---AstorlarrrrllSquare.. CLOQks^;i^''IIer 

Surtimer Hero." On the stage, XH.v 
Morris, Throe Kddie.s. Helen Sisters 
and Troy, Masu and Yuri. 

Carlton— Held over, "Wings." 

New Gallery — Held over, "Tem- 
pest." . 

Marble Arch Pavilion— Held over, 
"Love's Crucifixion." 

Rialto— "Held over, "The Man Who 
Laughs." 

Tlvoli— Held over, "Napoleon," 

Stoll— "Woman Wise." "Broadway 
Madness," "On the Trail of the Cow- 
boy," with R.scott North talking; on 
the stage, Thelma Dane, Tommy 
Long. 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



OUTDOORS 



VARIETY 



57 




WILL A. PAGE 

One of Broaaway's ablest . and 
^est known publicity men. Will A. 
Page, 55, dropped dead in his apart- 
ment at the Alamac Hotel, New 
Torki Jilly 20. It' was stated he was 
a victim of the prolonged heat wave 
which was broken by . a violent 
storm just a few hours after his 
passing. 

Mr. Page had been pverweig-ht for 
some time and his heart was af- 
fected. He was all. but overcome in 
the editorial room of . the "New 
Tork Press," one of several publi- 
cations with which he had been 
recently engaged. He had been reg- 
ularly writing a colunin headed 
"New York Banter" for "Town 
Topics." 

Mr. Page was active in show 
business in Baltimore before he 
«ame to New York. He became gen- 
eral press representative 'for leading 



IN BELOVED MEMORY 
of Our Dear bad* 

SOLOMON BERMAN 

Who Passed Away 
July 19/1928 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

BOBBT BERMAN (B. B, B.) 
HENEY BEBMAN 



producers, among . them Morris Gest, 
Charles Dillingham and Flo Zieg- 
feld. His last theatrical press po-. 
eition was with Yincenl Youmans' 
"Hit the Deck" companies, last fall 
Page's activities on Gest's behalf 
attracted attfention to such presen- 
tations as "Chu Chin Chow" spec- 
tacles, also the Russian balleit and 
other importations of Gest's. The 
manager and press agent made a 
number of trips to Europe together; 
with a stunt invariably resultant, 
and it was a. bit of a jest as to 
whether Page pi^ess agented . Gest 
or Gest press agented Page. He 
had ha:ndled several 'Tollies" for 
Ziegfeld. 

A newspaper man and author, 
as well as press agent, Mr. Page 



established her as one of the stage's 
foremost actresses. 

Her parents wer^ strolling play- 
ers. Her father, Benjamin Terry, 
was proirjinent in his day on the 
Worcester circuit. Ellen Terry was 
born in CovehtVy (Shakespeiare%s 
own .. county of Warwickshire) in 
1848, . and her initial stage appear- 
ance was made in 1856 in "The Win- 
ter's Tale." Then followed a long 
line of plays, including stock travel- 
ing early in the '60s. 
: Jt : was in 1866 that' Damd Terry 
achieved fame at the Queen's thea- 
tre in "Still Waters Riin Deep." She 
then joined Henry Jrving in "Stray 
Memories." 

She retired from the stage at 21. 
leaving for six years with her hus- 
band, Charles Ward ell. Two chil- 
dren, were bom; Edith and Edwardi 
who became known to the theatre as 
Ailsa and Gordon Craig. Warden 
died ln>885. 

Charles Reade, novelist, persuaded 
Miss "Terry, to return to the stage. 
In 1876 she was with the John Hare 
(^mjpiany and under . his direction 
became one of the theatre's idolized' 
heroines. When she came to the 
States on her last American tour; 
1907, announcement was made of 
her . second marriage, this time to, 
James Care w, ; het leading man at 
the time. Miss Terry returned to this 
country several times afterward. 



SCOTT SIDNEY 

Scott Sidney, 56, actor and direc- 
tor, dropped diead of heart trouble 
in tiohdoh July 20 while Working in 
pictures there. Sidney, in his early 
days was an actor and had at times 
been with shows produced by the 
Mittenthal JBros. He was given his 
first chance at .pictures by Thomas; 
Ince, 'who saw Mr. Sidney play his 
vaude sketch, "The Inspector." Pla.y- 
Ing opposite was his wife, Josephine 
Foy. who was with him in London, 
when he died. 

. Mr. Sidney's real name was Sig- 
gihs. He had been active for some 
time fn picture dire<Stlng and at his 
death owned 25 per, cent, of the 
Christie Comedies. He had retired 
from the film directing but retained 
his Christie Interests until recently 
when he. was prevailed to associate 
himsc)£ with the making of the new 
Syd Chaplin picture. He ha,d di- 
rected Chaplin in "Charley's Aunt." 
"> The Sidneys have a home in Hol- 
^'wOod and his yidow will take his 
remains to California for interment. 



WAfiD CRANE 

Ward Crane, 37, actor, died of 
pneumonia at Saranac Iiake,/N, Y., 
July 21. He had been at the Ad- 
irondack resort for three : months, 
following an attack of pleurisy suf- 
fered ^n California, 

•The World War gave Crane an 
opportunity to break into pictures. 
.He was stationed at the navaji sub- 
marine base in San Diego and there 
met . Allan Dwan (director), the 
Talmadge sisters and other fihn 
notables. They encouraged him to 
take up film acting, and wheii dis- 
charged from the service he took 
their advice. Crane .first yrbn at- 
tention as a leading man, but later 
Ward became a heavy. 

He was |''a confide»ial stenog- 
rapher In the executive department 
at Albany, N.. Y., before the war, 
having acted as secretary to Gov- 



IN LOVING MEMORY 



or 



AGNES EVANS BOULDEN 

Beloved Wife of Howard 
and Mother of Alice 

Di€5d July 19, 1928 



.'!ist>rs, Marie Louise and Grace 
J'\vno..s, survive. 
•Tnterment in Kenstco Cemetery. 



EDNA VAUGHN 

• . Edna Vaughn, 64,. actress, died 
July 20 in Beeknian Street Hos- 
pir'.'il, Kow York. Miss Vaughn was 
born- in San Francisco, her original 
name being Minna Ulrica Rosis. 

She hid been an Invalid for sev- 
eral years prior to her death but 
appeared in many shows during 
her early career. ' Among her most 
nc 'vie , ^"-^y engagements were 
with Charles Frohman and David 
Belasco companies. Her last stage 
a\ earance was In support of Otfs 
Skinner In "Blood and Sand." 

The funeral was conducted under 
ii •• ■ of Actors' Fund with inter- 
ment in the Actors' F^jnd plot In 
Kensico Ceinetery, New York. 



4 Dead in Wreck of 
Bernardi Show Train 



• l-'anuington, N. IT., July 2-1. 

The dropping of- a drawbar on 
the track, derajj,lng- fi^'*^ steel, cars 
immodiatoly behind, caused the 
doiith of four and the injury of 
eight other attachoa of BernardL's 
Carnival Shows at Place!s Crossing, 
hear here, Sunday.. A number of 
other employees wore missing after 
the . acoicleht, but DfTicrals of the 
show believed that they were mak- 
,ing the .jump . from ; Lakeport to 
Gloucester, Mass,, by automobile^ 

Superintendent G.. R. Edwards 
identiriod the bodies of the dead as 
M. Z. Glienicki, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
Reginald Baggett, Lynchburg, Va.; 
Geoi-ge Mohi'oe, a twenty-two year 
old hogro of Baltimore, and. Wil- 
liams,-nesro, first name and addriess 

.unknown. 

The show had played a week's 
engagement at Lakeport a.nd was 
heading for Gloucester. The cars 
were carnival property, the Ber- 
nardi outfit being a twenty-car out- 
fit. 



MICHAEL GAVIN 

Michael GavliT 67, died July 23 
at the Good Samaritan Hospital, 
Cincinnati. His death was the re- 
sult of Injuries received July 13 
when an auto in which he was, rid- 
ing crashed into a loading platform. 

Mr. Gavin bad b«en the adver-^ 
tiling agent for the Grand Opera 
House, Cincinnati, for 40 years. 
Widow, and son survives. : 



novelized many plays and pub- 
lished "Btroadway ; . Beauty Trust" 
two years ago. Appended was cor- 
respondence between Page and 
George Bernard Shaw dating back 
to the Baltimore days when the 
Irish dramatist flatly refused 
to release his plays, though he 
later changed hi.s. mind chrough 
other hands. A new book with 
Ziegfeld the central character is 
said to be on the press a;t present. 
His activities with Dillingham cov- 
ered a number of years.- Although 
leaving that manager more than 
onc& he was re-engaged. 

The deceased is survived by a 
wife who spent considerable time 



ernor Sulzer. Crane • obtained a 
commission in the navy during the 
war, and was a native of Albany, 
his father being a railroad engineer 
there. Funeral services, military in 
character, were held in that city 
Wednesday. Crane was a member 
of the Elk«!, the Lambs' Clul* 
Equity, and the Master's Club of 
Hollywood. 



J. AUSTIN FYNES 

' J. Austin Fynes, 68, theatre man- 
ager and former- dramatic editor, 
died July 20 of pneumonia at hi.s 
home in Jackson Heights, Long 
IsHndCity. 

Mr. Fyncs was a Bostqnlan. At 



LOIS ELLSWORTH 

Lois Ellsworth, 29, of tlje- Gif 
ford stock players at the Bijou, 
Decatur, III., died July 18 of perito- 
nitis. Interment In Springfield, 111. 

She is survived by her husband, 
comedian with the Gifford stock. 



i JESSE SMITH 

Jesse Smith, legitimate aq^or who 
retired from the stage about 20 
years ago, died July 14 In New York 
of tuberculosis. 

Smith was a son of Marie Taylor, 
character actress for many yeairs 
with the old Colian and Harris 
shows. 



Joseph Malafronte, 20, musician, 
was drowned in Bantani lake. Ban- 
tam, Conn., last week while fishing. 



Mntoal Supervisors 



Frank Cuhimlnga arid James 
Morrison, of Cleveland, and Walter 
Van Horn, of i Chicago, will com- 
prise the new board .of Mutual 
Wheel supervisors who will look 
over all the shows. 

They will, be on a weekly salary 
and will start right at the begin- 
ning to help the . Mutual shows get 
.in proper shape Without waiting for 
midseason to bring about desired 
.show changes. 



2 Downie Show 
Women Burned 
In Explosion 



■ Watertown, July 24. 

Mrs. Harry Coy, 60, and Mrs. 
James Horoh, 39, both of Havre de 
Grace, Md., are in the House of the 
Good Samaritan here today, suffer- 
ing from severe bums received fol- 
lowing an explosion of gasoline in a 
car' of the Downie Brothei-s circus, 
showing at Carthage, N. Y. 

The. accident happened last night 
on the show grounds. The circus, 
traveling on motor trucks, was in 
Carthagie for tlae day. . . 

A. large supply of gasoline had 
been brought to the show grounds 
to fill the trucks. Mrs. Coy and Mrs. 
Heron, wife of the manager of the 
circus, were in the car. While it 
was being filled with gasoline the 
explosion occurred. 

Severial of the circus employees 
also suffered burns lA rescuing the 
women and putting out the Are. 
The women were attended by Dr. 
Miller and then. broUght to the hos- 
pital here. Mrs. Coy Is burned all 
about the body. Her legs and arms 
are burned, but her face escaped . 
the flames. Mrs. Heron is burned 
about the arms and le^B; 

It is believed both women will 
survive. 



marctti Xoew 



in Washington, where he was once 
dramatic critic on the ."Washing- 
ton Post." She was with him at the 
•pnd. *". 



ELLEN TERRY 

•Dame Klien Terry died at Small 
>lythe, Kent, England, July 21 of a 
-.<iornbinalion-=-of---heart--attack-^andv 
forebral hemorrhage. The celebrat- 
ed English actress, who had estab: 
lished her fame on both sides of the 
Atlantic, celebrated her 80th birth- 
'lay last February. 

Miss Terry, up to two years ago, 
had always . appeared at all London 
'Irst nights, and her entrance at 
each theatre, was always the signal 
for an ovation. For 25 years Miss 
Terry and Sir Heni-y Irving shared 
•''t.cllar honora of the Lyceum com- 
^»ny, and her Shakespearean roles 



an early age he became night edi- 
tor of the Boston "Herald." Later 
he came to NevT York and even- 
tually became dramatic editor of the 
"Evening Sun." He was managing 
editor of the New York "Clipper" 
and later joined the Keith Circuit 
publicity staff. Fynes at one time 
was with the Keith ofllces and later 
"ffacame'^W5Heral=^"nianager^of^the^ 
Proctor houses in New York. 

Mr. Fynes in 1906 obtained a 
site in Jersey City and another on 
125th street. New York, and an- 
nounced the promotion of a new 
vnude circuit. He launched activi- 
ties in the old Third Ave. theatre 
but the new Fyn'^s circuit never ma- 
terialized. 

His wife, who was Mrs. Mary A. 
Coflln, Boston, died last winter. A 
daughter, Pauline Fynep, and two 



CIRCUS ROUTES 

John Robinson's Circus 

July 25, Lb^an, W." va; ; 26, • Hont^ 
ingtoh, W. Va:; 27, Ashland, Ky.; 
28, Williamson, W. Va,; 30, Blue- 
field, W. Va. 

Sells Fipto Circus 

July 25, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 
26, Pueblo; Colo.; 27, Salida, Colo.; 
28, Grand Junction, Cola, 



Woman High Diver 

May Collier, lady high diver, has 
been engaged indef as the main 
park feature at Merrimack Park, 
Lowell, Mass. . 

Miss Collier geta h6r dates on the 
strength of. doing a swan dive from 
an 85-foot high pedestal into a 

four-foot tank- 



Giveaway Programs 

At the Miller Bros. "Ranch 101," 
exhibiting for. two weeks in New 
York, there are two innovations, as 
far^as -the=cirGUs.=.goeSr^^^^^-=;.=^^ 

In the reserved seat section a girl 
usher directs you to your seat aud 
you are given a 20-page program, 
reading "Conipllmenta of the Mill- r 
Bro.s." 



CARNIVALS 

(For current week (July 23) when 
not othervvise indicated.) 

Barker Arn", Co., Wickllffe, Ky. 
Barkoot Bros., El wood, Ind; 
Barnetv. & Schutz Shows, Downs, 
Kan. 

Bruc« Greater, Harrington, Del. 
Cetlln & Wilson, Waynesboro, Va. 
Coleman Bros., Webster, Mass. 
Colley, J. J.. Pond Creek, Okla. 
Cronin, J. L., Barberton, O. 
Crounse United, Potsdam, N. Y. 
DeKreko, Nevada, Mo. 
Delmar Qucslity, West Columbia, 
Tex. 

Dod?on's World's Fair, Michigan 
City, Ind; 

Edward.s, J. R. Wlllard, Q. 

Endy, . H. N., Roseto, Pa. 
^ F; & F. Am. CO., Alta Vista, Va. 

Fritz, H. A'„ Magnolia, Miss.; 30. 
McComb, Miss. 

Caller's Am. CO., North. College 
Hill, O. 

Gray, Roy, No, 1, Mt. Vernon, Tex. 

Greenburg Am. Co.k Julesburg, 
Colo.; 30, Gering, Neb. 

Hames, Bill H., No. 2, McKinney. 
Tex. ' 

Harris Expo,, Dalton, Ga. 

Heinz Bros., Hannibal, Mo. 

Henry, Lew, Mt. Clemens, Mich. 

Heth, L. J., Lockland, O. 

Howiird Broff., Lancaster, O. 

Isler Greater, Red Oak, la.; 30, 
Fair Hamburg, la. 

Jone^, Johjiny. J., Saskatoon, 
Sask., Can. 

Keystone Park Attr., Punxautaw- 
ney, Pa. 

Laclare Am. Co., Willobunc, 
Sask., Can.; 26, Graveltaourg, Sask.. 
Can. 

lappa Am. Co., Gladstone, Mich. 
McGregor, Donald, No. 1, DeLeon. 
Tex.. 

Manhatlan Expo., Valatie, N. Y. 
: Martin -&. No.e,. Troy, 111. 

Metropolitan, Tower City, Pa. 

Midwest (Fair), Hamilton, N. D. 

Miller Bro.s. (Fair), Harrisburg. 
111. . . 

Miller, Ralph R., Onidell, Okla. 

Monaich Expo., Tanhcrsville, 
N. Y. . . 

Morris .fe Castle (Fair), Fargo. 
~N. IX . ■ • 

Murphy, D. D., Graftd Rapids. 
Mich.- 

Northwestern, Wuusau, Wis, 
Pearson, C. E., Lacon, 111. 
Rice-Dorman, Bedford, la. 
Rice Bros., Clay, Ky. 
Rock City, Georgetown, Ky. 
Royal American, Elgin, 111. 
Rubin & Cherry Alodel, Kacine. 
Wis. 

Rubin & Cherry, Rochester, N. Y 
Savidgp. Walter, Rapid City, S. D. 
Siobrand Bros., Dickinson, X. D. 
Southern Tier. Tonawanda, N. Y. 
' Sponcer. C. L., Fairyland, Okla. 
Wade, W. G., South Bend, Ind. 



Outdoor Advertisers 

Alleged in Combine 

Washington, July 24. 
Department of Justice .is attempt-. 
ing to break up an alleged Combina- 
tion in violation of the antl-truat 
laws in the outdoor advertising 
field. 

Suit against the General Out- 
door. Advertising Co;, and eight 
other defendants was ordered filed 
in New York yesterday. 

Others named Ir the action are: 
National Outdoor Advertising; 
Outr'oor A<ivertl3ing Aisoclatton of 
America, inc.; Foster & KleicoD 
Co.;. Foster & . K'erson Investment 
Co.; Kerwin H, Pulton^ Georgii 
Johntcn, George . Armsby and 
George W. Klelser. 

Justice officials trace the alleged 
monopoly back three years ago 
when the Thomas Cusack Co., and 
.several others merged to foi'm the 
General Outdoor Advertising Co. 

Attempt was ntade to bring abotft 
an agreement without suit but the 
advertising companies are stated to 
have refused to accept the Govern- 
men f ar proposal. 



Guilf oyle Resumes 

Syracuse, July 24. 
Almost fully recovered from the 
effects of thb loss of his arm, John 
Gullfoyle, 39, lion tamer with 
Spark's Circus, who was attacked by 
one of his cats here last May, is 
preparing to resume his act. Blood 
poison developed and Giiilfoyle lost 
his right arm within a few inches of 
the shoulder. Guilfoyle's wife .is a 
leopard trainer With Spark's Circu.s: 



Carnival _ Bars JJp^ 

Albany, July. 24. 
The common qoiincil has barred 
all traveling outdoor . shows in 
Rensselaer, N. Y:, after January.!, 
1929. The ban extends to circuses, 
an unusual step in an anti-carnival 
drive. It is understood that spon- 
sors of the legislation hold Rensse- 
laer people can go to Troy or to. 
Albany, should they desire to see a 
circus. Neither, of these cities, 
however, permit carnivals within 
their limits. 



CARNIVAL MAN KILLED 



ZISLEB-TODD SHOW 

A . Show franchise ha.s been 
grtinted by the Mutual Wheel to 
Richard Zlsler and Bert Todd. 

The Zl.sler and Todd show will be 
styled "Puss Puss." 



Cfntfrvlllc, la., July 21. 
John FillpHchuck, employed by 
the Fairyland Carnival, appe.'iririg 
here, was killnd Saturday returninp 
from Ottumwa, where the carnival 
troupe had attondcd the Sflls-Floto 
clrcu.s. j 
Filipschiu.'k, who harl drawn his j 
pay the day hcfuK:, li.ud S'^nt tiif, 
entii'c anio\int to liis widowd ; 
motluT in Monli'fal, Ciin.'ida, ;nifl to| 
I tr:iv<"l with the ••uriiiva) frroijp to 
I the I iri'-ij<= h.ii] hf.ii his way. 



Og'len.sburg, N. Y:, July 24. 

The Ogdensburg Common Council 
has adopted a resolution "request- 
ing" Mayor Nf^ell to prohibit fur- 
ther carnival bookings here. The 
ar-tion resulted from a carnival en- 
gamement last week . which was. 
marked by police acllvlty against 
gambling devices. 

The carnival men have an "'out." 
"lirP^t'T'.VFrr in" th(5'-^fact-=-that=-p£irt=-^of- 
the fair grounds, where tht- out- 
iloor .^hows play, ar»» outside the 
city limil.s. 



Stopped Street Carnival 



toij -.iti-.ing with the 
;ii JS»'i'.an<.'U.% N. J. 
ii)n'-«»Ksionaires to 

])i'vn brought 



Criinlilinif ii'it; 
.«iti'C( t c.j.rniv;!! 
foJic;*' I'lld ^'i- 
blow. 

Til'' ■ .1 t rii' .< i 
ihf'f' I'V 'h" ,^"•■.1 •I'Mi.s I'Mii'ion Club. 



68 



VARIETY 



FOREIGN 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 




By Eric H. Gorrick 



Sydney, June. 23. 
Several shows ,go outvln two. 
•weelis to make vi'ay for new attrac- 
tions. One or two shows have not 
been able to stand up for more 
than a few weeks. Some blanied 
the cold weaithet — it's winter here 
now— for the poor business, but the 
wise ones claim that the two new 
film houses have been responsible. 

"Top Hole", is doing Just fairly at 
the Empire, but will probably last 
until "Mother Machree" (picture) 
opens In a . month or so. On the 
night the show was seen only the 
lower floor was open, the balcony 
being closed. ' . . 

"Princess Charming" will close in 
two weeks and opera will follow. 
Leon Gordon will close "The Man 
Upstairs" this week " and f ollo\r 
with a revival of "Scandal" f or 
W.-T. A revival of "White Cargo* 
to then scheduled. 

Muriel Starr is reviving 



well known proprietor of the Na- 
tional Hotel, Cairo. Formerly the 
Pavilion L-ido, it is situated to the 
rlRht of the Zamalek Bridge on the 
Nile 

Following artists appear every 
night: Lyna Marlys, the Duo Es- 



Piino, the Trio Adonis and Dinah 
Georglhl. TRector's Club Orchestra 
Is the instrumentation, 

has been re 



Chatter in Nice 



narrow, escape 



^''"^'iiuh"}he*'"cel&ed^^^^^ Chevalier's con- 

orN^hSb Ri'^'nltnt^nl^^^^^^^^ ^^'-^onr^, ^^Ira^.^^ 

Of ^^f^".",..- Klsh Bey.. Program Gbrky's . gift of, a chateau -from the ajout sucii tn^^^^^^ 



o^TstV <^ a -rVanco-Aral, cK>r^y. I soviet- government, and . ^udloy ^^^^^r^'StoSe'^ W 

;s." Artists include CWf. pj^i^ Malone's wet Fourth J^ly^ ^orl^ wlth^ 
.ella, DUO ^Sr^^K^S llJ^s^onrating should .ear ; 



Nice, July 15, . I ter average than all Europe put to- 

Between Avery Hopwood's drown- gethen _ v„t thi^v never 

ing at Juan Les Pins. Alice Terry's -Not only TheyV^alJ^^^^^^ 
In in automobile have grown smug, i ney re . aivyxya 

name of Klsh 

onsists of a i 

For a Kiss." Artists Include Chlf 
ton and Ponpon, Arthemis^e^, _Ma^^ 

^hat ought to be featured in this. I J^ijy ^^^^^ 
Amln Sidky's troupe is attracting I week's commlque from the Cote ^here will never be a country in 
large nightly audiences. Last pro- d'Azur. , .. Europe that can build a stone wall 

r -am was an operetta in four acts Hopwood's death, coming "Ornt i ^^jj ^^^^^ long as American 

. entitled "My Wife In the Army, K gj^^^ j^^^ them and remove 

Majestic Is presenting "A Reno composed by Anim Sldky^i^n. in ^ which is. Frank . „ . Hollywood. Germany has 

Divorce," and ."The. Pioneer .Scout. | east: ^o.^^-j^^.^f ^S^'o?^^ Gould's . place, between here and f^^^ J^eoveredfrO. 

Chafik an^ others. Dancers are Cannes; was a mighty sad affair L^j^ ^^^^ i.^^ several years ago 
lohaiton Mimi- Mat-teni, Fina and it was made even worse by the fact L^^j^ jf this Russian menace looms 
Perfecto'r. | that the playwright's mother had strong enough you can bank on their 

left London for Rome, intending to. pj^^upe talent, being dragged by the 
lon^' I join him there and then go on with hair into the harems of Hollywood 
t him to New York. It took 4Jiree 



under Carroir management. Palace 
stock company presenting "Please 
Get Married," Bijou has a tab re- 
viie under Fuller mainajremont. 

Following acts playing the Tivoli: 
Shlshtel's Wondercttes, Mezza and 
Adrienne, Miirdo and -Wynne, , J. J. 
Collins, Hazel Stalllngs, Irving Rose, 
Bob Barlow, Bert Errol and Capt. 
Winston's Sea-Is. 

Films 

"King of Kingsl' in last weeks at 
Capitol. * * . ^ 

"Mother Machree" now m third 
week at the Auditorium, 

meos" and "Doomsday." 



Around the' Continent 
Preparations are bing made for 
the forthcoming grand opera-season 
at Her Majesty's, Sydney, by W-T. 
The Last opera venture by the organiza 



Pictures 

Metropol<i Cinema— It's a 
time since Thomas Melghan ap- 



Otis Skinner, 



• Chevalier 



jyo^Vi^ ^r.'^rT^^.ight^ 1^^^^ I still these sc^^^" bring in some 

and will follow with "Nice People'.' | heavy overhea d. , . L Jn„me5. ' : I get in touch with Mrs. Hopwood. strange loot . sometimes. Lasky's 



for a short season. Margaret Ban<- 
*Our Betters", at 



Actor's Federation is appealing to I ^ A^iUm^purely Egyptla.n and ere- I l^e finally arrived on Independence I ^.agging of* Maurice Chevalier is an 



V^^^nl^itflin^'^ilivSek^un^^^ the Arbitration Court for new award ated by Amedeo Puccini. ^ndJ^^^^ The shock was more than she example. Chsyaller Js a sort of 

the Criterion ^last week unaer members. Case is now being schultz, entitled S^^a the Gypsy. J' and she collapsed. French Al Jolson. They go nuta 



been re-presented. 



emphatic success. Cast includes: 

comedy) • is playing at vne oper<i 
House; and "Rio Rita" is still doing ation. 

enormous business M the St James Telller and his band doing 
for the ^Fullers. Seats .are se^^^^^ Dance, Mel- 
weeks In advance' with compieie k ^^^v^ This Is Tellier's second] 

sell-outs. *„i%.Ar»,iaT. at visit to Australia. 
Tab revues are still popular at 

rullera', with George Wallace aa Ben Fuller has applied fori 

the featured comedian. permission to erect a big broadcast- 



Football," featuring Richard Dix I after' din'her, though complaining of I the profession. ^Is wisecracks are 

- - indigestion. So the tideless blue all smudged, even for the French, 

MSrrinean, where Shelley met so they'd be straight dirt in trans^^ 
his death, played a similar role in lation. What Paramount can do 
the life ei S^e greatest farce WHter hhn^^^^ a^n^ 

of his time. here if you ever could feet the cans 



Chatter in 




Alice Terry's Coloring 

Alice Terry's . smashup was . one 
of those "almpsts" which make the 



— — * A^^tA^A tA Ins station atop the St James thea- 
mvoll management „'Jffl'*!j^i*^ trl. Sydney, 
take a fling at revue after trying 
Btraight vaude for a considerable] 



"The Ingenues," ' Amerlca,n feml- 



revues before, but has always m- i g^^^^y ^^-^^ ^^^ly ^j^^^^ 
This time, how- ' ■■ • » 



Paris, July 15. ^ 
Irene Bordonl says that the reason 
so many European artists are not 

In the 



past the Pennsylvania censors. Be- 
sides he-, has a good looking pan. 
Sings too. Baritone. 
And he draws plenty. In Nice . he 



iLews section on a dull night. She L^.^^^^^ top, which seems like 
was in this car of the chief camera- Lathing till I tell you I saw sweet 
man and he smashed into another Raqugj Meller at the same house a 
car. Result: two. wrecks, a lot of weeks later for about 60 cfents. 



time. Tivoli has experlmente^^^ band, wiu' be.at the TlvoU, | recbgnized when ^P^^yJ^f^ 7., I volatile . French accusations and a T^V about $24;40 cheaper than you 

[United States la tnai xney la." w \ », ^^r,Aintr laflv I 1 ■bw^a.^nrav 



turned to Vaude. 

ever, It looks as If the revue tnmg 1 jYank O'Brien and Janice Hart 1 1*:"^^!^ of" the' American and the 
la here, to stay. „^ have arrived here from •America to | - | wrong 



* ^^oQT, VhA viifference in sllelitly shocked leading la.dy. I gaw her on Broadway, 

attempt to grasp the difference m | J^^^^^j^jg department was all | chevalier has some funny twists 



on . Miss 



.„,^.,^ Terry being a character. He budgets about 90 

Joe and Harry Kelso are pro- | g^-' - tab fevues for the Fullers. I ®*";^„^h .tar who went to brunet in her ukulele-playing hours, per cent, of the family fwag f or his 

ttuclng the unit under title of _Ace ____ „ *u^^Sof« «mde V n^ihe for She has ditched her wig altogether own clothes, though his wife Is a 

High." Kelso brothers, assisted by Maurice Diamond has quit Em- the States and * J°J^ f^^^^ "Three Passions" thing, trouper, too. Brave man. 

Maurry Kelly, are an asset, but the Theatres. Ltd... to Join Hoyts. herself explains that the only way for this one pic- He is hot due to arrive in Holly 

women are not very strong, ^o'' He will stage the presentation pre- for foreigners going to America to Always before, except intone ^® " -^^^^^ ^ has, bo he 
belnr mainly. comedy._Tom K^^^ _ ^^,,,33 ,3 3pena at .^^^^ | t^ure.__she has w^^^^ 



^_ . women are not very 



and his saxophone band score. Jack poUowing acts have been lined up weeks attending the theatres But now she's dived into the perox 

Muaerrove staged. . • ^, for this arrangement with W-T: , .^j._.York studying effects. Ges- Ide and came up a Swede. 

Vaudeville takes up a portion of k^je^o, Mardo and Wynne. Premier J°^^®^^5°^^.^^^^ „e cOn- 

the bill with Meazza^nd Adrienne. p^ur. Carre ^^^d Carlotta. Fred tYtes^and de very «° ^ ^ Collier's Vplce 

JSncers, outstanding. . Hodges, and Russo and Bradford, aidered riotous -^uroi» oo noi young ^^onieji J 

Vaudeville acts will still continue T,,efe will be 42 people on the stage, get a tumble In the States, accord- .«rhe Lion and the Mouse' re 

to play here and In other States I ing to Irene and should be changed L^l^^ j„ y^rlety handed up a latigh 

•ontroUed by this circuit. | "The Showdown and "Wife before Offering them, by its gentle doubt about the Wil 

' — ' \ 1 Savers'* will be two specials offered _—— Ham Collier, Jr., voice, remarking 

Following acts are playmg tn« by Paramount this month. Two M,k«i nftll'a Dilemma tt.at if csoimded different in differ 

tJnlon Theatres Klne-Vaudeyille Australian made pictures will short- Mabel Boll • Pilemma . ^ that "^sounded ^^l^^^^^^l'^^ . 

circuit- Martls and Reynolds, Mar- Uy be ofl:ered fexhibltors. J These are 1 Mabel Boll admits that, she has | ent places, as if somebody else 
tin and Marie. Huniphrer ' Bishop "The Far Paradise" and "The Ador- 



ing else, it will be a change of 
rackets. He. has . been playing the 
same role in the music halls for 
300 nights without a break. 



Newport 



Co., Head, Hugo and Romona. 
Wanda and Easter gavage. Metro- 
politan Pour, Santell and Co . The 
Bnos, O'Brien Sisters and Mack. 
Professor Little, Commonwealth. 
Band. Rene Rich. Kamo, Red Pep- 
per Jazz Band, The Redheads, 
Laurie and Ralne, and Dewar and 
Dawson. 

Pictures 

♦♦Wings" will finish a splendid run 
at the Regent this week and will 
then play "The Gaucho" for an ex- 
tended season. ■ ^ 

"King of Kings" finishes its sea- 
eon at the Prince Edward in a few 
weeks. This house is popular and 
draws upon the elite for its patron- 
age. Hal Carleton Is mainly re- 
sponsible for its success, . 

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is still play- 
ing successfully at the Crystal Pal- 
ace for .Union Theatres, y v „, 

Lyceum has "Burning, DayllghP^ 
and "The Pioneer Scout" this week. 
Martis and Reynolds appear on the 



able Outcast." 



got to the Atlantic if ehe ever were speaking the lines he appar- 

wants to return to the good old enUy uttered. When I press- 

„ , , ^ ,„«rU. S. A. She said tbat she would agented a Harold Bell Wright piece ^ 

Capt Lyon and Warner, tlw two ^ the nerve to face her in Arizona in Which Collier Played j j^i^g also on the staee, 

^h^'^^?^. "K^ng^sl^^r^^^^^^^ 

Ulm. leave for America today with back by boat She says she will' 



(Continued from page 2) 
once a well-known actress, and the 



films of the flight It is the Infen- ] fly home within two or three weeks, 
tion of the Americans to release 
the picture in America and to split I Mile, Lucie Brille, who brought 
the profits with their two compa-n- 300.000 francs damages 

A Mr. Hancock, a,n American ' 



of 



Cameraman' Burning 



SQjena Royle and Frederick Wor- 
lock have been stopping at The 



A French cameraman who does Viking, the only modern hotel in 
flne scenic shots generally but flops Newport Ina Claire at the old- 
interiors, had his usual .luck in fashioned Muenchinger-Klng. Roiio 



l^"m.«ti.^'''™^o"fln^,^'.^? f IliainsYWcomedie-Francaise, Jost I °" j;^;;^^ h;"rJ''"whVn the 1 Pe'ters. Philip. Tonge and Livingston 



were 



their debt and also gave them full tract was terminated immediately gj^j.jeking for ,th6 blood of the 



scratched he began not been "new" for a generation. 



rights to the pictures of the flight after her flrst appearance and not 
on the .'understanding that any yoted upon by the company at a 
profits be shared with . Warner and j-e^lar meeting. 
Lyon. ' 



ThQ two .xlrmen, together with 
their American pals, refused many 
offers for a stage appearance in this 
country although offered a big fig- 
ure by the T^voll people and one or 
two Ttt^ovle' rhahagements. ' 
An angle to the flight Is that one 



Mary McCormic, who has quite a 
niche with French audiences, is 
back to do her stuff at the opera. 



cameraman. But the wise crank er I Mr. and Mrs. Hany Oelrlchs ar- 

haT llt out for his next Job, h^^-^ M%1 C^^^^^^^^ 

drid of miles away, in Carcassonne, a son Of Mr. and^Mrs. Charles May 

S^lst Pe-^ j--^-- - ~ ^r^ ^ri^?S 
France a waned ^^^^J^V^^^^^^^ JOO | ,^^3 Jong known to vaudeville 
year-Old history. The director is | ^^^i^al comedy as Dorothy 



stage. • . , 

Lyric Is playing a second release 
"The Circus," together with 
"Burning Daylight." Martin and 

Marie stage attraction, „_ .,, 
Haymarket presenting "For All 
monv Only," "The Pioneer Scout 
and Humphrey . Bishop Comedy Co 

on the stage. ■ ' 

Empress is grinding out three 
second runs^"The Circus,'' "That s 
My Daddy" and "A Reno Divorce. 

i>lccadllly has "The Prince of Ad, 
Tenturers" for an extended season 

MELBOURNE 

Wllliamson-Tait's Melba opera 
iieason is an artistic success. Pto- 
Sons lri?lude "Thais." —ra es of 
Hoffman." "Dirdre In Exile," "Pag- 
llacci" and "Faust." ^ . ■ ■ , . 

"Rookery Nook" is being played 
at the Comedy by an English com- 
uany under W-T management 
^ "Tte GirrWSid''^i3:Still a 

-"^S^tf^J^^Z-oi "The pats," 
rW-T) takes place tonight at the 
King's. Cast includes Irene Homer, 
Brandon Peters, Eileen Sparks, Vera 
Gerald, Sam Wren and A S. Byron 
Pullers look good with 'Good 
News" at the Princess. Show opened 
last week and to huge success. Cast 
Includes Hal Murray, Victoria 
Regal, Dofothy Merrltt and Al Ham- 
mett and band. Ernest Rolls 
staged and Al Fisher did the dances. 
"Luck of the Navy" is being 



• "An "epen^ air - mo vie - was r ud ely 
Interrupted outside of Paris the 
big broadcasting ^station here picked | other eve when an unruly auto truck 

ran through the audienQjB killing 



thinking of attacking the strong- 
hold . with a siege gun. 



up and put on the air the actual 
messages received from the Southr 
ern Cross when the fliers were mid- 
way between Suva and Australia. 



Egypt 

By Edward Asswad 



Cairo, July S. 

At Diamantl's Gardens and Res- 
taurants, Maedi, English Nights 
have become popular and are a reg- 
ular Thursday night feature. 

Program Includes the White 
Knights and orchestra, songs by G. 



French Producers In Daze 

This new "speak louderi please" 
two persons ahT irrjuS"many"Tt I gag of Hollywood is ^^ojit making 
slems that all the chairs were the Frencb P^-^^^f^^*^^- J^^t 
occupied and many who could not Just got around to taking a belt 
sit down were standing on the side- at the American Juggernaut v«^ith 
walk and in the street The driver the aid of John Law, when along 
claimed that it was so dark that he comes . 'this new Frankenstein 
did npt *see the folks until he was monster— Phone, anything or what- 
upon them. He was freed at once, ever you're going to call it. The 

European producer in consequence 
Light Populiar | is gnawing his knuckles with In- 



Jardon. - Each has had a previous 
divorce. Looking strangely like 
Valeska Suratt, Mrs. Oelrlchs wears, 
even early in the morning, several 
ropes of pearls, 



Enoch Light and his band have decision. He hates the idea 

completed a very successful Paris It's going to localize his present 

engagement He played at the Gau- product if it succeeds, and even 

mont palace, one of the largest pic- more so If he Joins the mad rush, 

ture houses in the city for about And with him are all the deaf dicks 

^1,?C.n""^„ISS'^r»cai^r^^^^ months and then JoU-ed f ^» 

dancers Blue Room, one of the mo^t elite they can't hear the spoken smut 01 

: night clubs here for a similar period, the average French farce. It all 

A successful concert was given by The latter place has, folded for the warms me in my splendid Isolation. 

M. de Caro, Greek baritone, at g^jj^jj^gj. for ~ It convinces me anew that 

Groppl's Rotunda before an appre- ' — _ — American adaptability, the capac- 

ciative-but^flmall==^au<I ience.-^^=^---=l^--^^=.;j^j^^j5g^j^^^ 

Tamlrls, dancer, who interprets Jig time, will always beat the wet- 
rythm and color as depicted in the nursing laws of other countries in 
20th . Century was well received at this mad, mad movie racket. 



Entertaining 

William H. Vandeirbiit had Selena 
Royle, R'.llo Peters and Mr, and 
Mrs. >-. E. Matthews \ out in his 
motor boat one day last week. Ina 
Claire was guest of honor , at . a 
luncheon party given by Mrs. Jo- 
seph Harriman, with a tea planned 
by Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott for 
Miss Claire and Frederick Worlock. 
Mrs. James Denison Sawyer, one of 
the most fashionable hostesses at 
Newport, had many notables at the 
dinner party she gave for. Mr, 
Peters and Miss Royle. 

By way of reciprocity, the "Ib- 
betscn" cast gave a supper after the 
last performance, in honor of Mr. 
Vanderbilt. 



De Caro will sing at the Scala, 
Milan, this winter. 



San Stefano Casino, at Alexan ^^^^^ 

drla, reopened with a grand ball ^ ^ ^ recital the other night. Iler 



and fete entitled "Spring Dream. 
Two Jazz bands playort alternately, 
while the Boule tables drew a large 
crowd. Exhibition of dancing by 
Miss Dalgue and M. Sayar and a 
ballet by Mrs. Gordon and M, VasI 



daring had a partlculsu- appeal to 
the • French audience. 



Hollywood Raiding Europe 

Said as much to a German direc- 
tor who has one big international 
the I hit to his credit and an English 



Jerome Medrano, son of 
founder (the cloWn Botun-Boum) | producer who hopes to have many 
folf and' their troupe of eight ballet I ^-ho died many years ago, has per- [They had been panning American 
girls. sonally taken In hand the manage- [productions but it seemed to me 

rr-f T.-of T'i.,T, u in ih^ Hient of the Cirque Medrano, from that even In thf^lr mediocrity the 
The new Kit Kat Khib »K in the | I American producers made a far bet 



£'^':!^x^L^;l^„^X'^^c hanSs oToeoV-^ Caiomirls," ihe, I September next 



Xmericans Abroad 

Paris, July 15, 
In Paris: Marguerite Johnstone, 
Virginia McHaney, Mary McCor- 
mlfck, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Mabel 
Bell, Mrs. Frederick McLaughlin 
(Irene Castle), Alfred Lund and 
wife, Lynne Fontaine, Irene Bor- 
donl, Charles Rogers, Mary Chaney, 
Frank La Forge, Kathleen Ho'vard 
("Harper's Bazaar"). Paul Althouse 
(Metropolitan Opera), Morris Gcst. 
Henry Waterson. 



J 



4 



Percy Hutchinson 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



VARIETY 



59 



VARIEm CHICAGO OFHCE 

HAL HALPERIN in Charge 

Woods Bldg., Suite 604 
Phones: Central 0644-4401 



CHICAGO 



Professionals . have the fr«e use of Variety'e 
Chicago Office for intormatioh. Mail may 
be addressed . care Variety, Woods BIdg., 
Chicago. It <Mt'i\\ be held subject to call, 
forwarded or advertised in' Variety's Letter 
List. 



Palace 

■''They Hliould Cut out one act and 
liavo a longer intermission," sug- 
gested one gent in th'e Palace lobby. 
^As it is, the audience hasn't time 
Xo gat together and toll each other 
:vFhat they booked lust week." (Al- 
jnbst entire audience Avas show 
people,) 

There wore 11 rows ol custom- 
ers in the center section Sunday 
jfternoon. The bill as a whole was 
dead, although individual merit was 
present. Until Jack Benny opened 
the last half, the lineup hadn't pro^ 
duced one real laugh. With. Benny 
It was easy, all gags clicking, and 
some by- play with a vacuum-head 
flap giving him a strong Walkoff. 
Barry Carroll and Ann Greenway 
followed, working , a special song 
cycle by Carroll and JBallard Mc- 
Donald which didn't off 01' much for 
the big comedy spot. There was 
a last-minute attempt to give the 
show a decent closing pace, with 
Benny, Carroll, Miss Greenway, 
Gtacie Deag.on and Charles Canne- 
fax mixing up In a weak blackout 
and fair clowning. It was too late. 
„ Outstanding in the first lialf were 
Fowler and Tamara, direct from 
their great European . success, in the 
Edgewator Beach hotel, Chicago. 
They're a class dance team, with 
something to offer in both yaud(a, 
land picture bouses, arid cairy a 
seven r piece marimba band for solos 
.and accompaniment* Miss Tamara's 
.wardrobe is an eyeful. Opening 
was another dance turn, .Tosopbine 
McLean's "Dance Rhapsodies," ap- 
parently of school origin. "Three 
■ girls and two boys in a series ol 
interpretive numbers, with sceriei'y 
and costumes of considerable im- 
portance; The act will carry in big 
houses on appearance, but lacks 
special talent, 
j Original Honey Boys, five black- 
face harmonists, deuced with a 
pleasing routine and can hold a 
spot in film houses. Felovis, jug- 
■gler. was third with his familiar and 
excellent stick and ball work. His 
type of work ia easily adapted to 
picture houses. Fourth were Grade 
Deagon and Charles Cannefax, 
comedienne, working simp a;nd gent 
straight who buries his face at her 
answers. Not much for them hero, 
although the act has apparent aual- 
ity. Fowler and Tamara closed the 
first half. 

Sixth, Jack Benny, and seventh, 
Carroll and Greenway, Bellclalre 
Brothers billed to Close, but Ed and 
Jenny Rooney, trapeze . workers, 
substituted. Held fairly. Loop. 



Just 



look like v;iudeville Sunday, 
gals who like to whistle. 

Johns and Mabley have a vaude- 
ville talk tind song routine around 
the Idea o£ 30 years ago, with cos- 
tumes to match. It's well delivered 
arid can play better houses. Joe 
Thomas Sax-O-Totte,. fifthv was 
featured, and deserved, it. The 
five men have tuneful arrangements 
for both trumpet and sax, with a 
novelty instrumental "talking" bi" 
to dose. 

Racine and Ray, heavy-set ' Piirl 
comic and not-so-heavy girl 
straight, have several good anatomy 
gags and miscellaneous talk. Light 
in the late spot, but can hold it. 

Closing were the Taketas, Japa- 
nese trio, with two men doing 
risley and pole balancing and the 
girl working on a slack wire. Com- 
bination exceptional closer" for the 
association. 

'Mazz Mad" (U) feature: Loop. 



roll 0 nice,, has taken the Parthenon, 
IJerwynl Palace, in Cicero, and 
Gaioty in Ottawa frutii the Assooia- 
tion books. ■ . 



J. B. Koppel, manager of Louis; 
Laemmle's Illinois theatres, has es- 
tablished a special scale of prices 
for soldier.s and sailors attending 
that firm's Alcyon. theatre at High- 
land Park,; 111.- . Soldiers. a.re re.quired 
to pay only 25 cents on week days 
and 30 cents on Sundays, while the 
civil iian rate is 40 cents on week 
days and 50 cents Sundays.- High- 
land Park is Just a short distance 
from Fort Sheridan, U. S- Army 
post, and. the Great Lakes Naval 
Training Station. Both military 
and nival posts have their own 
theatres to furnish competition. : 



American 

"Hollywood Debutantes," 
act, showed hero the last half: 



Doa^t 
Rec- 



Dr. Korbort LaPbrte, chief of the 
R. «fc K. . technical department. Is 
in charge of air .sound installations 
at Ti. & k. theatres. 



Majestic 

Even tougher sledding here than 
at the Palace, with about 30 people 
on the main 'floor and shelf to see 
the first act Sunday afternoon. Bill 
okay for the house if poor business 
Is to be accepted as inevitable for, 
summer. < 
• Geraldlne and Joe, opening, seehri 
under six years. That alone would 
set them in most spots, but the boy 
is a good acrobatic dancer, and can 
work a fast Apache satire with -his 
partner for cinch 'closing results. 
Geraldine sings with, a lisp, thus 
making the act immortal, Ray 
Dove, deucing, is a juggler in funny 
makeup. This enables him to gag 
all the more when he misses all . the 
more, and P^y does. He has. a girl 
partner in shoi-ts who sings and 
dances, The act is on oke second 
for the time when working better 
than it did here. 

Fay Epperson's Ensemble, tbird, 
comprises ,13 girls who sit. around 
and Whistle a collection oC pops and 
cTasPics. It m6.y Tie a Parent-' 
Toacher-s' Association jjroduct, or It. 
may be Chatauqua, but it .didn't 



onimended to artists, student?, and 
those contemplating marriage. I.cavo 
the kiddies at home. 

There are five dancipg .aiirls, a 
model and a matronly designer who 
pins cloth on the gal and makes her 
look hot. "This model is very versa- 
tile,, posing once aS Cinderella and 
again, as a white sister. For the 
white sister bit, the orchestra softly 
plays "The Rosary," the designer 
bo\Ms in religious fervor, and the 
model steps out in a pink chemise 
to liaye the white cloth draped 
about her. . Hot rocks! Of the 
dancing girls, one is good. 

Opening act, Pantzer and Aidcn, 
has a European flavor. Two con- 
tortionists, in tight comedy suits 
and grotesque makeup, twisting and 
gagging. Their best is "What is, a 
slj.eleton ?" . To which the other 
answers: "A .skeleton is a bone 
with the' meat off." Nobody laughed, 
so the man who asked the question 
repeated the answer and chiickled 
to himself. Tiring of this they 
walked off. The act is so unusual 
there may be a chance for it in the, 
small spots. Bard and Eleanor were 
in the deuce with Bard some riela- 
tion to Ben Bard. Ife wears a col- 
legiate outfit for laughs. Girl part- 
ner dons kid clothes and has made 
him give her half the funny an- 
swers. "Dance a la Carte," third, 
comprises a sister acrobatic team, 
a boy hoofer, and an older mixed 
team who gag their way through a 
waltz. There are. possibilities for 
the' sister team. 

Coulter and Ferro,.next. to closing, 
are a blackface pair displaying the 
only real vaude talent visible this 
night. Coulter has material for 
laughs, gets 'em and finishes with 
an applause getting combo of hoof- 
ing and mouth organ blowing. His 
partner can handle a ballad. "Three 
Ring Marriage" (FN) feature. Fair 
business. Loop. 



Oeoi-ge Strodel,. manager of the 
Oriental, will replace Walter Tm-^ 
rrierman as. m.anager of the Mich- 
igan, Detroit! Immerman comes to 
Chicago as general director of the 
Lublihor and Trinz chain of B. . & 
K.-Publix houses.. 

R. C. Bruder has replaced Strodel 
at the Oriental. Bruder formerly 
had McVicker's. N. M. Piatt, man- 
ager of the Tivoli, is transferred to 
the Uptown and R. L. Davis of the 
Chicago goes to the Tivoli. 

Other changes in house personnel 
include M. F. ConcannOn, formerly 



^^orton Grove. Others programmed 
include Eddie Clifford as m, c. Col- 
leen Adams, Suzette and Jose and 
Elsie Cole, 



000 
Au} 



The 
;ust 4. 



Indiana will be . ready 



Ilarcy . Corbett, former manager. 
Ambassador theatre, will inanage 
the Capitol. 



Harry !M iller, ' manager. Admiral, 
has . assumed similar duties'at the 
Englewood. 



Jules Novit.'s orchestra is featured 
at the Four . Seasons roadbouse: on 
the Waukegah road. 



. Jossol & Israel have taken over 
the People's theatre here. . 



Joe Tortoll, Jr., fol-mer ' mi^nager, 
WofJt Englewood theatre, is now 
manager of the Cosmo. 



Ghlca.!?!) 
closed the 
immedia.te 



Title & Trust Co. has 
Admiral theatre with no 
plans set for reopening. 



A. li. McColium has acquired B. 
C. Orr's interest iri^ the Lorrc.Ine 
theatre at Hoopeston? . 



G. W. Mar.sh l?as taken. 
Pastime at Mahomet, lib 



.over the 



Wilmette (suburb) holds a- spe- 
cial referendum vote on Sept. 25 on 
Sunday movies. 



Frank Sylvano, Al Handler, Art 
Collins, Betty and Carper, Agnes 
Leonard' and Tina Tweedie . are at 



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Visit These Hitt 



CORT 



TnFATKT!. TlUltP MONTH, 
Clyde lOiUottt Presents 

•COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE' 

■ By flenn Arirhlliald . 

''a tru.stlng UUlo comedy wUh a 
good heart. This was exactly my 
description of 'AWe'.s Irish Rosje, 
which may be a pood omen.' — 
Charles Collins, "The Chlcagoan." 



C O R R E S P O N P ENCE 

All matter in CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week, unless, 
otherwise indicated. , 

The cities uhc'er Correspondence In this issue of Variety are as 
/fo'loVvs and on oaaiesi 
BRONX 

CHICAGO . ... . ........ . .V. . . 

DALLAS 

DENVER 

DETROIT 

INDIANAPOLIS 

LOS ANGELES 

MILWAUKEE 



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MINNEAPOLIS . 


' 1 < 


.. 59 


59 


MONTREAL .. 




.. «1 


61 


NEWARK ....... 




... 61 


60 


OAKLAND ...... 


• • • • • **• • 


...59 


60 


ROCHESTER ... 




.. 61 


59 


SEATTLE 




... 62 


62 


SYRACUSE . 




...62 


59 


Washington . 




...61 



of the Uptown, who will manage the 
Chicago and will have as his as- 
sistants O. :F. Knight ^ and R. L. 
Kalver. J., L. Lake is the treasurer 
of the house. . Gr. L. Brandt, an as- 
sistant at the Chicago, has been 
named manager at Mc'Vick<er's. 



Academy 

Summer policy at the Academy 
comprises three acts, a feature, 
comedy and M-G-M newsreel. La.st 
week the Carsello duo opened the 
show. Apparently father and sonf 
the Carsellos play accordions and 
a double guitar; good, for any aver- 
age house. 

Jack Bradley, monologist and vo- 
calist, centers the bill, with some 
weak wise-cracks and mediocre 
voice. 

Closing the show is tlie Francis 
Dance revue. An attempt at- flash, 
the. act -is w.eak and its value _ati^:^.; 
tionnble. Two boys, Up steppers, 
do a niimber in clown suits, wind- 
ing up with "Laugh, Clown, Laugh," 
Intended to be serious, but really is 
funny. Attempts at drama a.rc sad. 

Business, first show, fair. "The 
Matinee Idol" (Columbia) on screen. 



Marks Brothers have sold the 
Embassy, a small neighborhood 
house, to "Pop" Goldson. Joe Mc- 
Keown, former manager, will man- 
age the Broadway Strand for 
Marks's. 

Ben Alkins, present manager of 
the Strand, will be ad vended to the 
post of filni buyer for the Marks 
Brothers. 

Straw vote polls of the Herald 
and Examiner wei-e placed in front 
of the United Artists theatre hero 
for a week and on the screen with 
Al Smith leading in votes cast. 



Louis R. Fleischer has purchased 
the California theatre from Mrs. M. 
J'rause and will play straight pic- 
tures. 



the Lincoln Tavern 
Straight's orchestra. 



with Charlie 



Chi'trlie Davis and 
stage band leave Aufe: 
York to make records. 



his . Indiatva 
• 3 .for New. 



Keith's opens vaudeville after 
Walker stock clo.ses. in September. 



Parks rcpoi't a bad sea.sbn. Busi- 
ness off hecause of 21 days' rain in 
June! Hot weather boosted busi- 
nc.s.s^ la.st week. 



Mile. Theo Hewes is in >Jew York 
wltii nine students of llie Fountaine. 
Square ballet. They return for the 
opening bill ?ept, 1. • 



MINNEAPOLIS 

Shubert— "The Kerry Cow" (Bain^ 
bridgie Stock). 

Hennepin-Orpheum — Vi\udevil1e- 
"•'■A Ship Comes In." 

Pantages — Vaudeville - '' R o a,d 
House," ■ 

Minnesota — "The Racket"-"Hey, 
Hov" (Publijt unit). 

State — ''Glorious Betty"-stage 
show. 

Lyric — "Bringing Up Father ' (1st 
half). "Skirts" (2d half). 

Grand— '"Happiness Ahead" (sec- 
ond loop run). . 



The Shubert (stock) closes Sat- 
urday hltfht. reopening with the 
Bainbridge Players Sept, 2. "Buz^" 
Bainbridge will continue. to operate 
this hou.se along with the Minne- 
apolis and St. Paul Metropolitan 
theatres elegit shows). 



Frank Phelps has returned from 
the,i Chicago Orpheum offices to 
manage the Hennepin- Orpheiim 
again. He will also - supervise the 
other two Twin City Keith-O.r- 
pheum houses. 



Clem 
Clemmer 
manager 
Publix-F 



Helen Gahagan, . dramatic . star, 
.studying at .the Ravlnia summer 
opera b're, plans forsaking the 
drama for opera^ 



MILWAUKEE 

By HERB M. ISRAEL 

Davidson— "Her Cardboard Lover" 
(Worth Players). 

Alhariibra— "Hawk's Nest" (stage). 

Garden — "Lights of New York" 
(Vita-Movietone). »: 

Gayeiy— "Pitfalls of Passion" (2d 
week). 

Merrill— "His Tiger Lady." 

Palace — Vaude and pictures. 

Riverside— "Little Yellow Hou.'^e". 
vaude. 

Strand— "Detectives." 

Wisconsin — "Easy Come, Ea.sy 
Go", (stage). 



Pope, former miihager, 
theatre, Spokane, became 
this week of the State, 
& R; ace house next to 
the Minnesota. Harold Kaplan, 
whom he succeeds, becomes assist- 
ant to G. R. Branton, supervisor of 
Minneapolis theatres for F. &. H,- 
Publlx, 



Dave Rice, former manager North 
Center theatre, has gone to Cali- 
fornia to manage a string of the- 
atres for Universal. 



Fred Mindlln, manager. Play- 
hou.se, presented "Raider 3':mden" 
(Emelka) at OroheHtra. Hall July 
13-1.'5, with v'cserVcd .scJits at l.^O 
top; 



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A new ci>nipany of McCall-Rridge 
players has opened at the l^yric, 
Duluth, Minn. Stock organization 
has had the Lyric stand for three 
years. New troupe includes Doug- 
las Hope, director; . Allen Gilbert, 
producer; Margaret Kchard, ar- 
ranger; Mildred Juno, Dot David- 
son, Paul Yale, Harry Cornell, Llla 
Bunnior, Flnise Taylor, Jerry . 1.^- 
mar. Don Armond, Vh)let Morley, 
Art Bowers, Tom .Tones, Ja^Mv I'cU'r- 
son and ICdward Co.vta. 



W. J. Fluegel, operating the Cap- 
itol.and.-Kmplre, .P*;kin, 111., is cour 
structing a new 1,300-seater in that 
city, opening about Nov.. 1. 

Lottie and Maurice 'Wells have 
written a song, "The Road to Ruin," 
to be used as theme number for 
the .<<ex film of that title. 



j, B. Koppel, former man.ager Of 
the Village theatre at 'Wilmette and 
the Riviera for B. & K., is now 
managing' Louis li^emmle's Alcyon 
and Pearl theatres (Highland Park 
and the Casino) and Mopogram the- 
atres here, 



David M. Thomas (Big Four Pro- 
ductions) has placed his four Jack 
T>ondon. pictures with .the Jerry 
A])rams office for distribution in 
Norihein Illinois. 



The Worth Players, after 15 weeks 
at the Garrick and Davidson thea- 
tres, closed this week. The company 
tours the sticks a.round Milwaukee 
with one and two-nightcrs. 



Milwaukee Theatre Circuit (Unl- 
vcrs-al) IS .soon to have another new 
chief. Fred Meyer, manager Alham- 
bra, which closes this week for six 
or seven .weeks, may become chjef 
of the U circuit of neighborhoods. 



Tiffany- Rtahl is to 
branch manager her© 
days...' 



have a new 
vyithln a few 



The American Legion at Portage 
has presented Mme. Schumann- 
Heipk with a diamond service cro.ss 
In pnj'ment for her appearing at a 
))cnr'flt performance: for the service 
men, • ; . 



R. M. Avey, former M-(;-M .sales- 
man at Oklahoma City, will take 
over the Tiffany-Stahl brunch thfre. 



,Tnck anil .Till I'layers .ir*' 
rcntlv ]>crf()rming "Tlii- i.iniifH 
tlf'" in tli«\ Di-:iko IIoK'l. 



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^=^John^i it'cbel 1 -l.s^tho-ne^vv -m ana per. 
of the accessories department nl 
tlx- T'nited Artist-S ofllfc lif.-rc. 



The St. Pa;ul dance marathon, Ixi 
progress nearly one week. Is draw- 
ing light. After the . fourth day 
there still remained 153 of the 
d.ancers who started. The four pro- 
moters of the Minneapolis dance 
marathon divided $70,000 In profits 
on the 10- day run. 



Vitaphone and Movietone make 
their Minnesota theatce debiit July 
28 in conjunction with "Warming 
Up." Movietone also is being In- 
stalled In the State, which has ha:d 
Vitaphone for nearly two years. 



OAKLAND. CAL. 

By WOOD 80ANES 

"Work is nearing completion on 
two new houses here, the Oakland, 
a West Coast unit, and the Dufwln, 
a new project of Henry Duffy for 
stock. Both open In late September. 
With the Dufwln Duffy will have a 
chain of houses on the Coast, 



Robert Warwick comes to Oak- 
band Aug. 5 for another, stock star- 
ring engagement at the Fulton. 



John Barrymore will appear in 
"Hamlet"- in the Greek theatre at 
the University of California Sept. 
5-7. ' ■ ' 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By EDWIN V. O'NEEL 

English's— ^'Madam X" (Berkell 
.stock), 

Keith's — "Nightsticks" , (Walker 
stock). 

Circle— "Hot News." 
Indiana— "The Drag Net" 
Palace— "Steamboat Billie, Jr." 
Apollo-T-"the Itacket." 

.«=!kf)uras-Publix organization here 
let contracts to Install talkers in the 
Indifjna, Circle and Ohio, all down- 
-town^hou8es~efltlmated=cost,-J100,~ 



The Twelfth Street (Keith) Is go- 
ing after road show business. 
"Wings" is how playing a two 
weeks' engagement, and bookings 
are announced for ""The Trial of. 
Mary Dugan" and "Dracula." 

Earl Warren 
take steps to 
In Oakland 
bring It here 



District Attorney 
announced ' he would 
stop "The Captive" 
should the producers 
from San Francisco, 



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operator, and Jack Dwork of th.- 
Lowrntiial-Munns tlicatrical law uf- 
lice. have taken over the Wcnef<rla. 
west side picture house, with Sid- 
ney Mintz. Formerly owiu'd by 
Salk.-i Bro.«! and Max Ward. 



Bt-n I'.ciilb'y, l>ook<'r with the Car 



Lnuis P;inico's two rer'ording or- 
chi'.'-^l.i-as are furnishing the dan'^^ 
muHl': at the municipal navy iiicr. 



Bert lilackmore, former 
Highland theatre, i.s now 
tlu; People's. 



tnanager, 
niana ping 



Coon Sander.s' onlH-.'itra is fea- 
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VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



DETROIT 

Variety's Detroit Office 
Tuller Hotel 



Cass (Sliubort-Stfiir) — "Desert 
Sons" (IJth week). 

Garrick ( Wiubf-rt-Slair)— "Rias- 
eido" week). 

. Shubert - Detroit (Xederlahder- 
Shubofl) — "Poiirl of CJreat Price" 
'(3d wof>k.). 

Adams. (KinisU.v) — ''Foreign Le- 
gion"' (l.st\veok>. 

Capitol (Kunsky)— "The Gop"; 
Tlht'^' Feathers" unit. 

■Madison (Kunsky)— "Jazz Singer" 
— Vita (3(1 week). 

Michigan (KunsUy, - Publix) — : 
"HoMio, Jaines"; "Sunny Skies" 
unit. 

State (Kunsky)— "Lion and the 
Mouse — Vita— Movietone (3d week). 

.United Artists (U. A.)— "Tine Per- 
fect Crime" (1st week), 

.Oriental— "Crooks Can't Win" — 
vaudeville. 

' St6ck burle.sciuo downtown at 
Loop, Palace, National .and Avenue 
theatres. 



Columbia 

. For IG years Kunsky's Columbia, 
on Rfonroe strfeet, has bopked 
through Gus Sun. 2s'6w that the 




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Co-operative Booking Agency has 
been established In the Kunsky 
oince, the. onc-tjn\e notable vaude 
stand is under the home wing and 
ahead by as much as the booking 
fee. Besides letting Sun out in De- 
troit, it mis?ht mean something e.lse. 

Offering downtown position and 
seven-day salaries, • the Columbia- 
has long been this town's important 
medium for bringing a'cts in, though 
it hasn't always shown them how, 
to get out. With the Colunibia now 
booking locially, It is possible that 
acts already in town for other rea- 
sons .will be the theatre's main 
source, . conceding somie will not 
venture into town for \hat one par- 
ticular date unless assured of it in 
advance. However, it's going tp 
mean ' less acts stranded in Detroit 
than heretofore. 

Considering the classification rit 
the Columbia as a theatre after 
these many years, and the standing 
of vaudeville in.Detroit at the pres- 
ent time, the second home booked 
bill isn't a bad one.. Not ; much 
coin expended, much less a show 
stopper in the lot, but satisfactory 
Might have included more out and 
out girly stuff to oppose the heavy 
burlesque cohipetitidn on the same 
block, though the feature picture, 
"Port of Missing Girls," state riglits 
propaganda stuff, probably met that 
end. 

Turn one was Francois and Ce 
cile, ball walker. Nicely done up 
in golf attire and club background, 
with the ball painted as a large golf 
pill and the man walking on it in 
his ei'stwh-'ile excellent wanner. 
Woman does no work, but looks 
okay. Always a reliable starter for 
the smallies, and still the same. 
Frank and Vera Vardon, recalled 
as having worked under another 
name, didn't hit on all six in the 
deuce until the parody, finish. 
Straight musical combo, sin.glng 
and instrumental; Cryipg out loud 
for material. 

Two-man comecjy combo number 
three, unbilled both, inside and out. 
Comedian dpes brPad English in the 
familiar manner. Straight vocal 
solos and nothing very stronjg. Flash 
act in the mi(\-5POt, Romany Revue 
(5), minus the usual qualities but 
vvith favorable moments in 'the event 
if it is reroutined. One member, a 
girl accordionist with appearance 
and a-pleabant but little used voice, 
would be a novelty for the picture 
houses. It cannot be remembered 
at this moment whether there is 
such a single iii presentation. Other- 
wise a mixed dance team, girl, celliste 
and man violinist. Latter's song at- 
tempt fails to class him as a vocal- 
ist, and he should forget it. Gypsy 
setting and attire. 

Kent and Kavanau.gh, nian-wom- 
an, next to closing. Annie Kent has 
ever been- a topnotch low comedi- 
enne. This time she quite out- 
classes her straight marij . -which 
might be Just what Annie wants, but 



which is not going to do the act any 
good. Irene Parks and Co., atand- 
ard electrical act in all intermediate 
circles, closed in Ita accustomed 

.style. . . 

Business at the Columbia bas been 
fairly good, but rib t .what It should 
be for the only vaude hpuSe in its 
part of town. Probably location as 
much as the bills. Bige. 



"Sunny bays" opens July 29 at the 
Shubert-Dctrbit; following "Pearl of 
Great Price." . 



Iziy Seldenberg's Cadillac, playing 
stock since the clbse of the Mutual 
season eight weeks ago, goes dark 
this week and remains , so until open- 
ing of the wheel Aug. 26. 

Six theatres on the Koppln circuit, 
one out of town, are being wired, 
with expectations of beconilng sourid 
housiss Dec. 1. They are the .Lake- 
wObd, Harmony, Ramona, Ferndale 
and RIalto, in Detroit, and the State, 
Flint. They average about 1,500 
seats each. Five more houses on 
that /'Circuit will be equipped at a 
later' date.' , : . - 

Disposition of the stage policies 
6uri*ent at the Harmdny, Ramona 
and Ferndale theatres has not been 
settled, . 



tinuation of his station's license. 
It has been charged that the sta- 
tion's equipment is obsolete and 
that the transmitter operates In- 
emciently, and ordered the WBMH 
license withdrawn Aug» 1. Kou- 
ston declared that at no time had 
his station exceeded Mta allotted 
power. 

Another managerial change In 
downtown Kunsky houses installs 
Robert Corbln, now assistant at 
the Capitol, as manager of the Mad- 
ison; Harold Archibold, assistant 
manager, State; Jack Perry, assist- 
ant, Madison, and Ted Boisimeau, 
assistant, Capitol. 



will do concert work, making famom 
some Jasuical vocal favorites ot th« 
plains riders. 

Ken Maynard, First National's 
cowboy star, is encamped in Chey-* 
onne, Wyo., with a troupe for fllnt-i 
ing sequences during annual Fron." 
tier Days celebration. 

Pred Green, managinff director of 
Colorado thpatre, heads west to U. 
A. this week, it is reported^ to sign. 
Fanchon-Marco talent for the staga 
shows at his house. The Colorado la 
In competition to the .Denver's Pub- 
lix shows. . 



Edith McManus has succeeded 
Agnes Van Dyke Richardson as. so- 
ciety editor of the "Times." 



Tlnless business improves there Is 
a possibility that within a week or 
so the United Artists theatre will 
close for the remainder of. the hot 
spell. If closing, reoperiing will be 
on Aug. 17 with sound subjects and 
"Tempest." 

Near-panic when a skunk strolled 
across the stage of tiie Redford, 
Kunsky suburban house, during the 
screening of the feature picture. 

(jooperative (Kunsky) Booking 
Office is running, five-act auditions 
Monday mornings at the Columbia. 
Lew Kane booking. ; 



Detroit Civic Theatre, new title 
of the: Bonstelle Co. after going 
civic, elected officers as follows last 
week: Caspar J. Linggeman, chair- 
man; Mrs. John Newberry and 
Louiis Linig, first and second vlce- 
ohairmen; Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowlts'ch 
(Sarah Clemens), secretary; Joseph 
B. Mills, treasurer; Hubert O'Brien, 
general counsel. On the executive 
board are Linggeman, Ling, O'Brien, 
Mrs. Cortland Lamed and Mrs. 
Frank Sladen. 

As managing director, Jessie Bon 
stelle will have a play-reading com 
mljttee aside from her present stock 
company. 



"Rang Tang," colored musical, is 
playing the Koppln theatre for two 
weeks at a 50-cent . top. Show re- 
cently closed in Chicago after a 
$2,50 run at the Woods. 



Mystery surrounding the drown- 
ing of Jpseph A. Malone, 23, musi- 
cian, in Pleasant Lake, near Jack- 
son, Mich., has not been solved. 
Post-mortem revealed no sign of 
violence. Body was found in a foot 
of water near the shore. 

Malone was. pianist in a dance 
orchestra at a Jackson resort. . 



A special delivery letter adressed 
to Anna Case, In care of Variety's 
Detroit office, is being held for col- 
lection. 



Gerald S. Rouston,. operator of 
the local station, WBMH, appeared 
before tlie Federal Radio Com- 
mission in' Washington last week 
In support of his petition for con- 



DENVER 

Aladdin— "The Lights of Now 
York" with Vita, . . 

America— "Lion and Mouse" with 
Vita. 

Broadway — Dark, 

Colorado — "The Butter and Egg 
Man" and stage show. 

Denham— Dark. 

Denver — "Take-a-Chance Week.' 
("Hot News" and stage show.) 

Empress — ^^Dark. 

Elitch Gardens-^"Thie Second Mrs 
Tanqucray." • 

Orpheum— Vaude and "^Hold 'Em 
Yale." 

Rialto— "The. Michigan Kid." 
Victory — "Name the Woman' 
(first half). ; • 



The America theatre has been sold 
for a price reported at $1,000,000 by 
the Bishop-CaF.s Investment Co 
owners of the Colorado, to a local 
syndicate. Money, to be used, it is 
said, to aid Coloratlo. 



The Georgia Lane. Dancers, who 
have appeared at local theatres, join 
Fanchon-Marco unit. Will tour 
from L. A, to Vancouver, openin 
Aug. 3 at Loew's State in L. A, 1 



John Stapp, local singer of cow 
camp dittiesy has been signed by 
Paul Whiteman for his band. Stapp 



BRONX, N Y. C. 

Joelson-Suchman Circuit orderied 
by court to pay $600 in suit brought 
by I. R. B, Realty Co. for $4,083 for 
non-payment of rent for Blenheim 
theatre. Joelson - Suchma'n argued 
fire damaged the playhouse and 
owners did not make repairs.. 
House now dark. 



Jack Simon, who acq;uired the 
Melrose recently, has reopened it. 
Straight pictures. • 



Willis may be wired wlien re- 
opening, 



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guests. It completely prevents contact bet^yeen patrons and hotel employees when 
laundry, shoes, etc., are sent out or returned. 

Nearest Hotel to Downtown Theatres 

The Morrison stands closer than any other hotel to theatres, stores and railroad 
stations. Yet, at this central location, rooms are rented- for $2.50 td $5 that would 
cost $5 to $8 in any other leading hotel. Store sub-rentals here are so valuable 
'that they pay aW the ground rent, and the saving is passed on to the guests. 

The Terrace Garden and Boston Oyster House 

At these two famous restaurants, the intimate, carefree atmosphere has won 
international celebrity. In the Terrace Garden the light, vivacious dance music 
and sparkling entertainments have made it a favorite rendezvous for lunch, dinner 
and after-theatre parties. . 

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ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

Py E. H. GOODING 

Lyceum — "Take. My Advice" 

(stock). „ , 

Rochestei^"Sporting Age"-vaud€. 
Eastman^"Walking Back -Sousa s 
Band, 

Regent— "Yellow Lily." 
Piccadilly— "Mile, from Armen- 
tlere^." 

Charles 1«. Wagner stock has fold- 
ed up here aftef playing at the Tem- 
ple since May. , 

Former Princess (South avenue), 
rechristened the Rexy, reopens in 
September. 

Harry J. Chllds. editor of the 
Rushville "Community Leader," will 
run a Saturday night movie show 
in Memorial Hall in that village, 
starting in August, provided busi- 
ness men can rai.se enough money 
to set him up. 

Presentation of the Ruth Wood- 
ward comedy, "Just Relax," closed 
the summer stock of the Wagner 
Producing Go. at;, the Temple last 
week. A permanent company, with 
occasional guest stars, will be 
brought, here for the winter. It is 
announced, Edgar Runkle, company 
manager, and Robert Wilder, press 
representative, remain in town to 
prepare for the opening in mid-Sepr 
tember. 



mission, will at least stay on tjie air 
and probably on its present wave 
lenigth, according to assurances re- 
ceived from Washington;' Eastman 
theatre and school of mugic offer- 
ings are featured. 



Gayety theatre, burlesque, goes 
movie this week with "Mother, En- 
lighten Thy Daughter," 6ne of those 
for-women-only films; showd Mon- 
day to Friday. . This Is followed by 
.shows for men Saturday and Sun- 
day. . 



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DALLAS 

By HARRY GOLDBERG 

Palace— "Hair a Bride": also "Lou 
Forbes" and stage show. (Tick- 
Tock). 

Majestic — "The Play Girl"; also 
vaudeville and Movietone. 

Melba— "Glorious Betsy"; also VJ7 
taphone acts. 

Capitol— "Women's Wares." 
Old Mill— "for the Love of Mike." 
Pantages — '"Romana." 
Arcadia— "The Garden of Eden." 



Jimmy Harris has been added to 
the publicity .staff - of the Palace; 

Al' Katz and his 10 kittens, at the 
Adolphus during the winter, will re- 
turn Friday for an indefinite en- 
gagement in Bambooland, 

The Majestic plans playing a reg- 
ular group of Movietone shorts fea- 
tures every week; 

A "staff soloist"' is . to be selected 
for the Palaoe for four weeks, with 
an option for one year In a Publix- 
Palace theatre opportunity contest. 

"Wing.s" fPar) comes to the 
Phdwhousc (tile Circle) as a road 
show Oct. 22-27. 



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By HARDIE MEAKIN 

National (Erlanger-Rapley) — Steve 
Cochran's stock in "The Night Gap."' 
Belasco, Poli's, Keith's — Closed. 
Pictures 

Columbia — "Mademoiselle from Ar- 
mentiercs." 

Earle— "Lady Be Good," 
Fox— "Don't Marry," 
Metropolitan — "Lion and the 

Mou.so." 

Palace— "The Dragnet." 
Rialto— Closed. 



has been a very thin timo theaitri- 
cally speaking. There is some talk 
of pictures being dropped from pro- 
grams in other hduses which now 
feature first run films, and Palace 
will shortly take the step of trying 
out vaude as well as pictures, a pol- 
icy it has never so far adopted. 
Meanwhile. Imperial is doing a win- 
ter business in the height of 
summer. 



Orpheum (stock) is varying its 
company, now in about Its 70th 
week here, by bringing in "gue.st" 
artists. This week it is Laura Ar- 
nold in "Lilac Time." 



.scheduled to appear hefe with his 
own reviie company at His Maj- 
esty's Kept, 3. He is traveling under 
au.splcos of All -Canada Tours and 
will travel Domlnign from coast to 
coast. Under the. same arrange- 
ments the. D'Oyley Carte Opera 
Company, giving Gilbert and - Sulli- 
van show.s, will open at His Maj- 
esty's for a three-week season Sept. 
17, Seymour Hicks will play the 
same house on a repeat tour Dec. 
24 .ind Bran.sby Wllllnms will open 
a Can.adlan tour at His Majesty's 
Jan. 7. 



Andy Kelley is back on the Job as 
dramatic editor of the "Times" 
(Hearst), Jim Ring batted for him 
during the. vacaUon. . 



Wilton Spencer, publicity man for 
the Famou.s I'laycrs houses here, 
sailed Saturday for a seven weeks 
holiday in ICurope, He has earned 
it, not having been over since the 
war. 



Peggy Little and Helen Ferney are 
ail added feature at Chevy Chase 
Lake this week for Meyer Davis. 



A new swimming pool opposite 
Davis' Chevy Cha.se Lake is doing a 
tnrnaway business,- . . ■ 



Theatre building in the north 
end of the city is put up to plebi- 
scite, and aldermen of Outremont, 
Montreal suburb, are being peti- 
tioned for and aKaliist_ an $8^^^ 
second run and local v.aude house 
there, Outremeht la well served al- 
ready by the United Amusement 
Company's theatre, and project not 
likely to go through, but it shows 
someone's fajth in theatre profits 
whirh ar«'n't at all likely to mate 
rialize. 



Wesley Eddy, m. c. of the Palace, 
has one week of vacation at Atlantic 
City, and t-hen back to start on his 
ninth month at this Loe.w hou.se. 



Charles Melsori was brought down 
from Nawark last week to take Jack 
Pepp.pr's place at the Earle when 
tlw hitter was out, due to illness. 



Ben Broyle, former salesman, local 
Fox oflflcc, hai5 been made home of- 
fice representative for Movietone, 
with offices in Dallas. H, G. Rose- 
baum, former district manager. Par- 
amount, hoi-e. hn.s returned as spe- 
cial representative for Warner 
BrQ.thcrs'-lVitaplvone.upj:t._ . 

Moviftoiio has been Installed in 
the Melba tlK-atre. with oponing 
scheduled fnr .<^aturday. Vitaphone 
was in.si.'illed in the theatre in April. 



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MONTREAL 

His Majesty's— "Very Good, Ed- 
die" (musical stock), 

Orpheum- "Lilac Time" (stock), 
Capitol — "The Cossacks" 

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Palace — "Telling the "World" 
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Loew's— "The Devil Daneo ni.A.), 

Imperial — All vaude. 

Strand— "Enchanted I.«lc'" rivluf), 
•Oli-ning Night" (Col), "fhic'iir'/' 
(I'alhf), and "Domestic Troiil)l--s" 
I Warner). • 



On the other hand. Confederation 
Aniuseineiit Coinp.'iny. already op- 
erating about half a dozen small 
theatres, has taken out a liccn.*je to 
build an $85,000 theatre in the west 
end of the city. This is promised 
to be ready to show pictures about 
beginning of next year. 



Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 
Players are to be brou.ght to Can- 
ada next year by Morris Grst and 
will tour the Dominion.. 



Bob Murphy, m.c. at Imperial for 
reopening week. Is staying on for 
a second week. This m.c, stuff is 
new to Montreal and has caught on. 



NEWARK 

Charlies Melson begins his vaca- 
tion Aug, 4. He wlirtake the monthi 



The Shubert opens Aug. C with 
Arthur Hammersteih's "Good Boy." 
This is the earliest a lejcflt house 
has'opehcd here and marks an at- 
tempt to use Newark for summer 
tryouts. 



George Robey, who used to be the ', 
darling of British vaudevillian.s, is! 



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v.'iude is being looked at very hard 
1 by othor houses here, anxious to 
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Wednesday, jiily 25, 1928 




VARlEn'SiOSAKGELESOFFlCE 

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707 So. Broadway, Trinity 3711-3712 



LOS ANGELES 



Profeasipnala hav« the fr«« ui* of Variety'* 
Loa Angelas Office for information. " Mall 
may bo addresaecKcare Variety, toew'a State 
Bldg^ Suite 1221-22, Loa Angelea, It will bo 
held aubjeet to call or forwardedi or adver- 
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Orpheum 

Biz terrible . last Sunday night. 
Too many counter-attractions, led 
hy ' the Bowl, \yith its symphony 
music, attracting 20,000; others hlt- 
* tliig the beaches, resorts and other 

cool spots. The regulars were mlsa- 
- Ing, too, going to the Masquers, a 
blowout for Mayor Jimmy Walker. 

Bill in toto not up to snuff; not 
enough variety and . retarded tempo 
throughout. Lowell Sherman, top- 
lining . the eight acts, was the out- 
stander; the Five RelUys, Juve tap 
dancers, a close second, and Dora 
Maughan a good third. 

Miss Maughan, next to closing, 
should have, cinched as a shQW- 
r Stopper but the straight and. niar- 

rpw-minded around here don't .go 
I* for the blue stuff. Misg Maughan, 

however, showed enough to thi^ wise 
one^ tliat she la ^decidedly Clever. 
Her assistant is Walter Fehl,. an 
f . ; acceptable foil. ^^^^ ' 

[ . Lowell Sherman was the .piece de 

•.\ resistance after intermission. With 

Betty Francisco and Eileen Robin- 
i: , , son, Sherman gave a brilliant Iper- 
; . formance in the condensed version 

■ of "Lawful Larceny'' which Sher- 

man did in New Yorlc last year. 
P The Heiliy kids, Alice, Bobby, 

Francis, Grace and Johnnftf, next, 
precocious and capable, expert tap- 
pers, grabbed plenty » of ' applause. 

Riglit behind were Homer Mason 
a,nd Marguerite Keeler In a fast 
moving farce that scored with Its 
bang-up funny lines and situations, 
, an idea concerning the. evils of 
having too much money and. this 
pair, trying to figure out. a way to 
get rid of what they poaeess that 
can't nilss. 

Hertjert Clifton made a sad at- 
tempt to. puy a Jlrti Watts by bur- 
lesquing- the weaker sex. It was 
v" W very weak; . Openers were Frank 
■\.^-gff^ Evers and Greta, with Evers doing 
tlte wiie stuff vvhile the girl friend 
helped out with smiles. Nothing un- 
usual. 

Bee and Ray Goman with a flash 
girl re\ ue closed. Of the outfit Bee 
Gomah la the only thing, though 
Ray Is no slouch as a hoofer. He 
atte.mi;Led a weak imltatien of Ted 
LewlS' This : after Lewis just got 
through spending three weeks here. 
Four specialty girls and a harmony 
sister "loam, mediocre, complete the 
• turn. ■ 

For. the bell, ringers closing the 
first half there were the Bon Johns 
Girls (10)i girl band and hot so hot. 
They feature Florence Myers, con- 
ductor, and Tudy Strawbi-Idge, cap- 
tioned as "Chicago's Trumpet 
Queen." Just an average musical 
combo.; 

Show about 16 minutes late get- 
tinff stfirtcJ. fi.i","r delayed by a 
hc.Tvy ovcrv . i- .v, r, Vm] through by 
the pit or:Mi !i > l^pfore that and 
.dui iiiit InU-nv.isli. some organ, solos 
. were prcuhd out l;y Alton. 



from Alex Pantages around the 
coast, .figure staying around for. the 
summer. 

Kramer and Boyle were near 
show-stoppers, doing their own 
turn in next to. shut iand closing 
with Vincent Davies' gob oi-chestra 
in an afterjiiece. Latter ?Lre a hot 
combo. Due to JCramer and Boyle 
clowning, the mob stayed for. the 
finish. During the finale Charlie 
Murray came on the stage with a 
shoe belonging to Dave Kramer and 
was met with an outburst even be- 
fore he was introduced. 

.Ivan Bankoff's reappearance in 
vaude, after hopping around the 
picture . houses in .these parts. 



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Pantages 

Good hot wciiiher bill headed by 
Dave Krnnior ;;nd. Jack Boyle, with 
Iv.in BankoTf h;!lod as a special all 
owinsr to l;isi minute booking. 
'Kramfr and Doyle, a Keith stand- 
ard for years, grabbing some time 



MOST OIMCINAI, 

CO F F E E SHOP 

in the riolilrn WchI 

Carl— MULLER'S— Lill 

. "T'AHD OLD TIMERS" 

Dtrei-r from 'Triun or Theatre:. < 
■ Vfiii Are Welcome . 
724 So. Hill St., Los Angeles 



showed he is still a past master in 
Russian hoofing arid as a showrrian 
he Is second to none in his line of 
work. Bankoff is . doing his old 
"Dancing Master" routine, working 
with Charlotte Comer, a youngster 
with possibilities. Act carries an 
attractive' set and Nellie Erieer, 
pianist. 

Openers were- Mary ZoUer and. 
niale partner, both proficient xylor 
phone artists. Mack and Tivoli, 
mixed comedy ' talk paiir, came 
through nicely. The girl is clever, 
and holds up the turn. • 

Havania, femaldi . Impersonator, 
turned a Mot of tricks ivith hand 
balance stuff, while displaying and 
discarding a set of costumes.. Two 
gh-ls assist. . 

"Honor Bound" (Fox) ■ on the 
scrGon* ' 

Marie Callahan (va,ude) will marry 
George L. Stewart (screen) soun. A 
license has been Issued but no date 
set for the nuptials. 

Despite Louis O. Macloon- Lillian 
Albertison production of "The Desert 
Song" Is playyig to capacity at the 
Majestic here, and with indications 
that it will run until Labor Day, 
the Maclooris, in a desire to reduce 
their operating expense, dispensed 
with the services of Frank Hill, 
company manager, and have :as- 
sighed Lee Patvin to double at the 
publicity and to count up. ' Hill 
rates as one of the best company 
managers on the coast' 

Rehearsals are under way at the 
Hollywood Music Box for "Mid 
Channel,"- which Irving Pichel Is 
directing for Belasco & ' Butler. 
ConAvay Tearle and Marguerite Law- 
rence will be co-starred. The at-, 
traction opens at the Curran, San 
Francisco, . with Myles Murphy 
handling the advance and Harold 
Arberg back as manager. 



With Fanchon and Marco stagt 
units set to replace th£ Publlx 
shows in Seattle and Portland next 
week, a new lineup has been made 
In masters of ceremonies on the 
West Coast Theatres circuit. 

Gene Morgan will go from the 
Boulevard here to open with the 
first F. & M. unit at the Seattle, 
Seattle, Aug. 3. Morgan, it is ex- 
pected, will be temporarily replaced 
at the Boulevard by Jack Waldron. 
who will go out of Loew's State to 
make room for Rube Wolf, who 
goes there F: 'day (27) from the 
Warfleld, Bar, Francisco. Rube's 
engagement A\ ill be a flying one at 
the State for but three weeks. Don 
and Iris V^ llkins, m. c. and organist, 
respectively, at the Colorado, Pasa 
deha, will both transfer to the Port 
land, Portland, while Dion Roandi, 
pit leader from the United Artists 
here, wiU move to the Colorado. 
..At the Warrieidi San . Francisco,, 
Eddie Peabody, out with a unit over 
the circuit, will go in during Rube 
Wolf's absence and will be sup- 
ported by weekly changes of bills. 



entine Sidney, Edward Cassidy,. 
William Maciauley, Wilis Marks and 
J. Raymond Brown. Edwin H; Cur- 
tis is directing. 

City fire isepartment has jplaced 
a ban on the dramatic activities of 
the Writers, ordering the playlets 
produbed at the club's quarters on 
Sunset boulevard to stop. Rupert 
Hughes, acting for the club, has 
written to the fire commission pro- 
testing the ban. The matter mar 
be referred to the city attorney for 
opinion. 

Edward Everett ,, Hor ton's next 
attraction at the Vine Street will 
be "The Nervous Wreck." It will 
follow "Mary's Other Husband," 
current, in about four weeks and 
will remain for but two .weeks. 
Lois Wilson will again play oppo- 
site Horton. 



The national colors . flying ttom 
the top of a. 60 -foot steel flagstaff 
ereijted opposite the main ientrance 
of the First National studio In P.ur- 
bank add materially co the pio- 
turesqueness. 



dates are expected to book the band 
during the sunimer. 

Southei-n California Knights of 
Columbus stage a pageant and ia- 
dustrial exposition at Loyola Coir 
lege Campus from July 23 to 28. 
Dave Rice, brother of Andy Rice, 
(Fox) is general m^riager, 

Pasadena Community Playhouse 
produces James Barrle's "Dear 
Brutus" from July 24 to Aug. 4. 
Samuel Hinds plays the lead. Gil- 
mor Brown is directing. 



Bard's Hillstreet (grind pictures) 
has vaudeville at 25 cents and 16 
cents. Three splits weekly. 



Bud Barsky, known as. Roy Fltz- 
roy, signed for another year by Tif- 
fany- Stahl to act as associate pro- 
ducer. 



- Next attraction at the El Capl- 
tah to be f)roduced by Henry Duffy 
Players Will be "The Baby Cyclone." 
It opens July 29, succeeding "The 
Show-Off." 



"Hamlet" in modern dress will 
be produced at the Cordova Play 
Shop July 30. .' ■ 

Charles Kurtzman, • transferred 
from San Francisco' to the home 
olfice Of West Coast Theatres cir- 
cuit some months ago, has been 
drafted by A. M. Bowles, Northern 
California division manager and as- 
.cigned to the management of the 
Granada,. San Francisco (West 
Coast-Publlx). Kurtzman is one of 
the West Coast "ace" managers and 
publicity experts. At the presen^ 
time he Is Conducting a" movie star 
guessing contest which. West Coast 
Theatres Is operating in conjunc- 
tion with the "Evening Express." 

Solomon Siva, Japanese film 
comic, is here to look around the 
studios. Siva says he may make a 
series of pictures to take back with 
him to the Orient. He did not say 
on Whose; bank roll. 



Sam Goldwyn's "Two Lovers!' will 
open at the United Artists theatre 
late in August. 

Chiefs of independent units with 
headquarters oxi the Universal lot 
are amoHg the missing, tljese days. 
Joe Rock is In New York negoti 
ating for the purcUase of .equip 
r.-. ^nt for a sound stage to be erected 
at Studio City. Ho i$ due home this 
week. 

Harry. (Joe) Brown, associate of 
Charles RogerS' in the making of 
Maynard and Howes pictures, is in 
Cheyenne with the Maynard troUpe. 

Hoot Gibson and Jim Hum, his 
manager,, are on the W*y to Chi- 
cago for a big rodeo appearance and 
to take shots for "Rodeo"," Gibson's 
next. 

.Buck Jones and Don McElwaine, 
business associate, are in New York 
and Philadelphia for personal ap- 
pearai>ces of the actor with the 
premiere of "The Big Hop." 

Sam Sax is in New York for a 
couple of weeks. 



and' Marco and Publlx time, being 
with Jack Partington's Hula Blues 
idea last week at the Seattle. Stat© 
they; will open thiia fall at the Kit 
Cat restaurant, London, under, di- 
rection of WUliam Morris. 

Berton Churchill, guest star for 
five weeks at the President, has 
gone to New York. ' He will be in 
"An Old Man's Darling," James 
Forbes' new play. 

John Savage, owner and manager 
of the Butler hotel and grille, . faces 
a contempt charge for alleged re- 
moval of a notice of abatement hear- 
ing posted on the entraince to the 
hotel. iSavage admits taking down 
the notice, but said he did it to help 
the officers preserve the riotlce from 
the elements. 

SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

(By CHESTER B. BAHN) 

Wieting— "The Old Soak" (Frank 
Wilcox Stock). 

B> F. Keith's — ^Vaude-pictures. 

Syracuse-^Inde-pictures. 

Loew's State — "Diamond Hand- 
cuffs" -"Step This Way" (presenta- 
tion). 

Strand — "Partners in Crime"- 
Vitaphone-Movietone;. 

Eckel— -"The Lion and the Mouse" 
(l.st half); "A Gentleman of Paris"- 
Vitaphone (2nd half). 

Empire— "Mad Hour." 

Regent — "Doomsday"-"The. Ro- 
mantic Age." . 

Harvard — "Fashion Madness." 

Palace— "We Amei-icans." 

R 1 V o I i — "Skyscraper"-"Their 
Hour," 



William Morris Agency, through 
William Perlberg, has placed Duf- 
flh and Draper and Manuel and 
AMda, both dance turns, with Publlx 
units. 



Grace "Valentine, former Broad- 
way stage actress, arrived on the 
coast, and will remain here for a 
few months. 



SEATTLE 

By DAVE TREPP 
President — "The Valley of Con- 
tent" (stock). 
Orpheum— "10th Avenue" -vaude. 
Pantages — "My Lady of Whims" - 
vaude. 

Columbia — "Strange Case of Cap- 
tain Banner. ■ 

Winter Garden— "Flying Cowboy 

Blue Mouse — I'Light's of New 
York"-vita. 

United Artists — "Woman's Way." 

Fifth Avenue — "Hot News"-stage 
slhow. 

Seattle — "The Racket" - Publlx 
stage ^how. 



With Loew's State dropping Pub--, 
lix units to embrace an all -picture 
policy, the chances favor the Tem- : 
pie's return to pop vaiideyille and 
pictures this season. The house is. 
controlled bv E. F. Albee and the 
Cahlll interests T)f this city. 




Guerrini & Co. 
Th« Leadint an* 
Largest ' 
ACCORPION 
FACTORY 
>n the Unitid Stattt 

The onl) l<'actor7 
-.hat makci ' an; let 
.t Kei-di — mad* by 
I '11(1.- 
277-279 ColumtlUf 
Avenua 
San FranoUcd, Cal. 
Ir'Tce Catnlnguof 



Sam Myers, for several years 
manager at Grauman's Egyptian, 
Hollywood, and for years prior to 
that with the Orpheum Clt-cult as 
manager, is opening a booking 
agency . in Hollywood associated 
with Walter Mills. 



Christie Brothers broke ground 
for a sound stage at the Metropoli- 
tan lot with a bit of ceremony, con- 
sisting chiefly of a number of in- 
dependent producers wielding 
brand-new shovels on the surface 
of the proposed site. Pat Dowli.ng 
was In charge of proceedings. The 
structure will be the first of the 
group, 106 by 119 feet., 

Hal Roach has left for the rodeo 
in Salinas, 300 miles north, as the 
guest of T. H. Williia.ms, general 
manager of the Southern Pacific 
At the conclusion of the show, 
Roach, accompanied by Mrs. Roach, 
will Icav^e for ^ew "Tork on busi- 

hG53S. " . " - ' ' ; ~ 



Arthur Frahm continues as man- 
ager of the President (Duffy), Mr. 
"Walters having returned to Flint, 
Mich. 



Helen Audiffred has gone to Van- 
couver, B. C., for two weeks, playing 
with Leo Carlllo In "Lombardi, Ltd." 

The Pearl Twins, Eth and Flo, 
here last week for their third re- 
turn with F. & M. stage show at 
Fifth Avenue, have been booked by 
Wm. Morris' for opening in Paris 
next October. 



A Movietone short subject by 
Richard Bonelli (Richard Bunn), 
native Syracuse opera star, has 
been bool«d for the second all-pic- 
ture bill at the State. The Ber- 
nard Shaw Movietone act will be 
on the first prograrti. The State's 
programs will be extended t(f two 
hours and 30 minuties when the new- 
policy is adopted. 

The Hogansburg Indian Fair, to 
'be held on the St. Regis Indian 
reservation in Northern New York, 
Aug. 8-10, will have a midway this 
year. 

The Regent, Geneva, closed this 
week for alterations. The house 
programs are transferred to ■ the 
Smith Opera House. When the Re- 
gent reopens it will have both Vita- 
phone and Movietone. % 

Alfred Cros.s, leading man Tem- 
ple players last year, heads a ped 
Moines stock next fall. 



Herman . Raymaker Is preparing 
his first story for M-G-M for the 
dog "Flash." George O'Hara is writ- 
ing the story, it will go into pro- 
duction shortly. The tentative title 
is "i-Ioneymoori." 

Polly Moran will, be one of two 
featured comedians. 



Harrison Ford plays the lead .in 
"The Baby Cyclone" at the El Cap- 
itan, following "The Show-Off,". 
supported by Natalie Moorehead 
and Barlowe Borland, both of the 
.original. New York cast; Cameron 
PrUd'homme, Isabel Withers* Ann 
Warrington, Montague Shaw, Val- 



NOTE NEW ADDRESS 



PAUL 



FOR 



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& SON 

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Oldest Agency in U. S. Specializing on Tlieatrical Travel 
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I'HONE PENN. 2800 



With a city fireman drafted to 
ser,vc as a "bridesmaid," and an- 
other as best man, Daniel Mulette, 
44, Syracuse comedian, playing with 
a medicine show, and Flossie E. 
Reusing, 21, Binghamton, were mar* 
ricd at Johnson City last week,. 



Sally Rand, with the F. & M. unit, 
"Sally From Hollywood," sprained 
her ankle the closing night at the 
Fifth Avenue while doing her toe 
number. 



Mary of Singapore Is dead. Mary, 
pet of the Roach studio, was a 
spidor monkey. She was the last pf 
a shipment of six simians from 
Singapore and six chows from 
China arriving but two months ago 
Pneumonia claimed her when un- 
able to withstand the California, cli- 
mate. 

Pete, th^ ring-eyed bulldog, was 
in the animal hospital at the same 
time as Mary, but he. responded to 
judicloii.sly apportioned doses of a 
quart and a half of brandy. 



Nick Schmidt is new maintenance 
man at the .United Artists theatre, 
succeeding Bob Murray, who will be 
assistant to Joh;. Ilamriclc at the 
new Music Bpx, opening Aug. 2., 

Freddie Marcus, local tenor, for- 
merly at the. Fifth Ave. and Broad- 
way in Taco- \; arid on tour with 
a Fanchon and Marco unit, is now 
with the Al Franks company, at 
Palace Hip. 



JOMEYUMED 
toN EURS 

1 Siricilv CoiiTidTeniial 

PAUL KASKEL & SONS 

9 Co!nmbusAve.-between 59&60Sts 

I Phone COLumbus 1442-1445- 1481 



Chic Sale has arrived here to stay 

u n t ll..^retur ning^-..to_..Nfi:w- ^_XQrk^ f or 



Shubert rehearsals In September, 

Walter Chenoweth, treasurer, 
Henry Duffy's Alcazar theatre, San 
Francisco, has been transferred to 
El Capltan, Hollywood, replacing 
Don Sh.uler. 



Mflca Newman, U manager in the 
northwest, has gone to Los Angeles 
and San Francisco for two or three 
weeks. 




Fritz and Jean Hubert are back 
here after 13 months on Fanchon 



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Hollywoodf 
Calif. 



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A ''HbME" TlNJ THE HMART 6P FILIMLAND 

"CLOSE TO EVERYTinNC" 

Mention "Variety** for Special Rates 



R. N. Wolf, manager, the West 
Coast Manchester, organized a Sol 
Loew Kiddie Club orchestra of 50 
juveniles In Manchester. Sol Loew 
la the musical director and m. c. 
at the Manchester and the Juvenile 
band was built around him for its 
stage debut. Other West Count 



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Wednesday, July 25, 1928 



VARIETY 



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HOTEL HUDSON 

ALL NEWLY DECORATED 
$ 8 and Up Single 
$12 and. Up Double 
Hot and Cold Water and 
Telephone In Eacb Room 

102 WEST 44th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 

Fhone: DKTANT 7228-2B 



HOTEL FULTON 

(In tlie Ueart ot New lork) 
$ 9 and Up, Single 
. $14 and Up Double 

Shower Batbs, Hot and Cold 
.Water and Telepnohe . 

Clectito fao In eucb room 

264-268 WEST 46th STREET 

NEW YORK CITY 

Fhone; Lncknwannn G990-1 

Opposite N. V. A. 



Reduction in Rates 

Large Room Private Bath 

$16.50 Week , 
TWO FERSONS 

Room, Hot and ^Co'jJ $12 00 

Hotel America 

155 TVest 47th St., New York City 
, Phone Bryant 00D4 



Hinele 
n'nter 



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800 Eighth Ave, (49th St.) 

CHICKERING 35.->0.o 
2-3 Rooms, Itath nn«1 Kitchenette. 
Accommodate 3-5 Persons.. Complete 
Hotel Service. Attractively Furnished, 
rnder Now Mnnncoment » 
REDUCED RENTALS 



Furnished Apartments 

Tastefully furnished one and two 
room elevator apartments, with com- 
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people. 

$80 to 9120 per Month 
19 West 64th Street, New York 



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Baldwin Vera 
Burke Billio 
Burke Sylvle 
Byrne E 

;CostcUo Flo 
Craug M 
Curtis Billy 

Dewey J D 
Dia:t V 
Dl^ Mae 
DuBols E 
Dunn Bernie 
..Ellwood O B 
Estcourt S 

Fabrlcant 1.. J 
T'lelda E 
Findlay Hal 
Fleming M 
Fredsall Robt 

Glenn Willie 
Gray B 

Head G 



LanKton Al 
T.flrliin Peter 
Ijawrence Dob 
I^ittle Jack Little. 
Lorraine C 

:MtA»pine N 
Manpels J W 
Martin Edw S 
Miller Joe 
Moore Anna 
Jfoore Twins 
Morrison A L 

O'Connor H 

Plohn Ed 
Poynter Beulah 

Rcinos Dorothy 

Smiietta Daisy 
Stark Maud 

AVerner Robt 
White A 



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Antrim Henry 

Bainsfair F E 
Balmnin Cappie 
Belle & Coates 
Berger Bob 
Browne B & J 
Brunnles Merrett 
Buckley Jack L ■ 
Burns Richard J 

Castle Coreen 
Ohalue Theo 
Chief Shunatona 
Conley Harry J 
Crlllo Chas 

Downey Esther 
Early Jufal 
Ellison Jack W 
Ershon Jack 
Etting,. Ruth 

Farrell Paul 
Ferguson Mae 
First Barnf-y 
. Fltzgornid Jack E 
Foley Thos 
Frohman Bert 



flanlinni in ' .S- 
(lonnett <S- y>frc(lo 
Gibson's N.-ivlgators 
(lifford "W O 
Gilbert Bert 

ITaggorty I'.iiiil F 
"ItammonO Al 
I lornian Lewis 
Hfrtz Lillliin 
Ifonan it .Stanley 
Mfiw.nrrt May ' 
ilunltr UefifKic 

ivcrsen Frltzie. 

:nj n.' i.n ^Vinifr^'O 
fs'>V,oe 



La more Harry 
Lang Howard . 
Leslie Gcorg6 
Lester Housen & C. 
LeVere Paul 
Locke Emily 

McDermott' Lorelta 
M<iy Janet 
Stunk Otto 
Muriel & Fisher' 

Nablet Venza 

O'Brien Edna 

Page Rose ' 
I'agfe'ette Paddy 
I'eny Harry II 
Petrt'lla T G 
Powell Albert 
Pymm FroU R- Peg 

Reed A- I^ucey 
Rees Nellie 
Ritchie Joe . 
Rivers "Wanda 
Rogers Jack 
Rogers Wilson 
^Jtogcrs & King 
_ftoine ^•_I)unn 
Roy f hill'lp^ ' " 
Russell E J 
Rut list rom B 
Ituthstrom John 

Si'olt I.sobel 
.SiKcio 

SlhwrArina 
t^mc'ck Rhy 
.•^ripneer Paul 
Slr-lnbecl; liruno 
Stevens' Flo, 

■ srcvi-ns Go 

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■ Wiiitv H Pierre 
w;i.<.-<.n Geo P 
V."-h.ht Gen M 

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London Chatter 

(Continued from page 2) 

Molnar entitled "Olympla." Both 
may come to London later. 



The naval drama, "Contraband," 
to be staged by the Daniel Mayer 
Co., will 

August. The chief parts will be 
played by Adrianne Allen, Eliot 
Makeham, Bert Coote, Frank Vos- 
pcr, James Carcw. 




HOTEL ELK 

205 WEST 630 SJ- 

C«r. nh Aml, N. V. C. 

Single. $10-914 wMkly 
. $3 extra 
CIRcl* 0210 

If odemly fomlshed. Tranalent*, $2 | 



Hotel Winthrbp 

TACOMA, WASH. 

Right Acrom the Street from 
PantaKea and Broadway Theatree 
Fireproof and Real Beds 

, .Rates 

BAT Vi. CLARK. Manager." 



Two "first" novels just published 
are from the pens of stage folk. "To 
Kiss . the Crocodile" is by Ernest 
Milton, character actor, and ,con- 
tains cleverly drawn etchings of life j 
In the artistic circles of mpdern ' 
London; while "Towards Freedom," 
by Molly Vehess, wJio created the 
Gate Theatre Salon, the first high- 
brow sub.scription theatre^, is a story 
of the stage. 

Both aspirants to literary fame 
were at one time members of tlie 
Old Vic Shakespparo and company. 



It has been abbreviated to "That 
Monte Carlo" song. 

It was demonstrated to Lawrence 
Wright at noon one day, a contract 
was .signed and the boy is left the 
\y right office wi'.h some coin. 



Tired of work, the famous Drury 
Lane ' clown, Whimsical Walker, 
9.fter 65 years before the public, an- 
■n ou n c cd-- on hi s - 7-7-t h---b i rt h d a y---r 
cently that ho would rotire; 



Having succeissfully produced 
"Plunder," Tom Walls is due to 
stage another Ben Travers farce. 
This will bear the title "Mischief" 
and goes into the Fortune thoatr<' 
in the near future. 



Boris Chaliapin, son of the fam- 
ous tc-nor, recently held a first pub- 
lic exhibition of his jiaintings at the 
Royal Opera House, Cpvent Gard^-n. 



Chick Endor and Harry Steinberg 
collaborated on a song long titled 
"I'm the Man Thut Married the 
Girl That Broke T'p the Home ot 
thf Girl Who Brokv tlie Man Th.-it 
Broke the Bank at Monte Cailo," 



George Robey, supported by Marie 
Blanche, leaves for a Canadian toUr 
Aug. 24 with his "Bits and Pieces" 
revue. While away,' he wiU ti^ out 
his new Show, "Between OurselycB,'' 
with which he opens In L-ondon on 
Christmas Eve, probably at the 
PrJnce.^s. 



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one at hotel rate. 

Wire ReHcrvntion When You Play In 
llurrALO, NEW YORK 



Another Eden Phillpgtts play Is 
down for production in September, 
called "The Runaway." It will be 
tried out by the Birmingham rep 
company, under Sir Barry Jg^ckson, 
b('fore coming to London. 

Title of the new musical romance 
which the Daniel Mayer company la 
producing has been changed from 
"The Tavern Maid" to "Song of the 
Sea." .Show will be tried out at 
Liverpool Aug. 6 and comes to His 
Maje.sty'.s in September. 



-Bernard"^Shaxr"is^BXf1njr=aTi^actTiT^ 
for $25, alleging the actor gave an 
amateur theatrical performance of 
"Pygmalion" without the authoi-'s 
knowledge. 

Funny gink, that Shaw fluii) 
You'vo got ^to know him to und' f- 
s^and him,* but he won't let 
know him. 



lla.s H<'ibert Hoover been a Brit- 
is)i vot'.T? . Better than a dozen 
years ago he lived six years in the 
Red House on Hornton Street, in 
the Royal Borough of Ken.sington. 
And Herb was on the voters' list for 
the Holland Ward. So they say. 



Within a year of its doml.'-e. "Tlic 
Farmer's Wife' is to be revived at 
the Court theatr*» July 17, witlv an 
entirely new eornr'tiny. Original 
pl.Tjers arc *npag*;d elye where. 



As a rate payer he had a right 
to be on the list and to vote in 
Borongh-Gouncil eleclionH.=- But-did 
he do it? Tho Democratic Party Is 
credited with having someone nosing 
around trying to find out. . But as 
no n.nmes go on the polling papers 
anyway, and it's douhlful if they 
aie kept over till moic thrifi ttif 
next e](.'r.:tion, they're h.'iving fjuite 
a searol). 



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comfortable, '| 
well furnished 
rooms with CUT' 
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water,'electricfan, 
tiled bath aiid 
sleep - persuading ^ 
mattresses. An at- 
mosphere of old time 
cordiality /midst mod- 
ern surroundings of 
charm; A BRIEF VISIT 
^,will convince you that 
this is an Inn of economy 
and content. 4> * -f" 

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-=tom^I='!ea rs^'^>-by=two.^ y 0 u ng- ■actQr.g, 
Vernon Sylvain .'.nd Sydney Lynn. 



Until "Tlie Song of Hh- i^f.u" i.n 
ready for His Majc.'- ;y •■• a n* w 
IlirilW'r will be ])i>' in ,'r- ;i stori- 
t'fip firi'l. 'if .'■•iii'-f "fill liii.'. I- to fin.- 
.'moDiM hoii.uf. This I!- "U'J.'- I'li.'ui- 



INjrcy Ilurdii.-'fn i« i-'-tnnilng from 
Australi.'i .'■liorlly hi iisj-'irig home for 
prodijctiori a new ciinedy called 
"The L;inf)iirig ( Jr»f imint." 

T,y i),(; tiiJK i.IiiH j.'^ juildi.shed, 

Tr-ii'i W' 1 !'T. i;r; iiirnl's I'-ireinost 

c.-ii t'.i'Mist. 'ivil.l in Xe\v -York, 

i T'pt/i " < ;it tl.' :'i . iiiH'c b<-forO tO 

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V 

64 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, July 25, 1928 





"^heme Song of fhe 
Wm. fox production 

" STREET ANGEL" 



ERNO RAPES 
LBWPOLLACK 

Hunters of "dharmajne " 
And ''Diane" aud J US'?: 
as bC^ ahi'i ^ 

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10 THE EKHIbiTORS! 

Steel Angeris bfeakmq 
all records ~ - ifc/ou have 
not booked It ad so at 
once - - i f IS d "knock- out 
if i/ou have booked ''Street 
Angek/ get in touch with 
as for some wonderful ^ 
mdterid/ and 'hook-ups 
ihdi wil! mean pablicllu 
for Ifou!/ 



it: 



X^»- II 



ABTISt COPV 

MY ANGEL 

(Angela Mia) 



Moderato 



By ERNO RAPEE 
and LEW POLLACK 



f 




r ' i r r r r ^ i 



Days were long . ^ and nights w,ere end - Iess__ 

Ev - er since_ the day you found me. . 



Ov - er - head_ 
You have filled. 





the skies were gray. 



I 



my. heart with, bliss _^ 



Seemed all wrong___ to. be so 
For you put.__— your arms a ■ 



f f * r r 



friend - less 
round me 
JtfdRUS 



And then one day you came my way. 
And thenyou sweet_- ly whis-pered this. 




An-ge-la Ml • a You are my Aa^el dear, TheHeav-ens sentyoudpwnto me from 



up a - hove. An-ge-la Mi - a; 



'You are my guid - ing star 



A sweet Ma - 



don-nathat I hon-or and I love 



You re like the sun-shine, in all its 



splen ' dor ^ And 1 sijr^ rend - er 



each time you smile. 



An - ge - la 




r 

Mi - a 



My pr^y'rsare an-swered now. 




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And I am thank-ful for__ An-ge-la 

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